Lot 127 Dα

A 22k gold and intaglio chain collier

A hand-forged necklace suspending an omega-form twisting ring. Set with two oval rubies (pink ca. 1,25 ct/purple ca. 1,10 ct). The connecting element of stylised lotus design set with a Neoclassical chalcedony intaglio with an erotic scene (ca. 19.97 x 15.71 x 4.09 mm). Can be worn as a necklace or hand ornament. The clasp stamped with maker's mark "S". L chain 40 cm, L of pendant 8 cm. Total weight 132.4 g.
Wolfgang Skoluda, Hamburg 1972. The intaglio late 18th/early 19th C.