A gold and micromosaic jewel, by Castellani, circa 1865
Designed as highly stylised acanthus leaves, set throughout with blue glass tesserae within ropetwist borders, filed and damaged maker's mark to reverse, formerly the terminal of a pin, length 5.3cm.
Sold for
£1,680
inc. premium
Footnotes
- See Soros-Weber & Walker (editors), Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewelry, New Haven and London, 2004, for other jewels with "Hagia Sofia" motifs. In these stylised floral and foliate micromosaics, Castellani echoed the Byzantine acanthus leaf interior decoration found in Hagia Sofia, Istanbul.
Category: Jewellery
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