Fancy light yellow cut cornered rectangular modified brilliant 2.70 carat diamond with even color distribution and VS2 clarity. Measures approx. 8.74 x 6.62 x 4.78 mm. Diamond is accompanied with GIA Natural Colored Diamond Report.

Superb 18K yellow gold ladies ring having a massive 18.55 carat oval cabochon cut dark fiery opal surrounded by 5.85 carat total weight brilliant cut white diamonds in a double bezel pattern. Ring is stamped 18K. Size 7 1/2. Approx. overall weight 28.56 grams.

Incredible custom made 18K white gold ladies ring having a large fancy yellow pear shaped 3.75 CTTW diamond (SI2) bordered by approximately 2 CTTW round brilliant diamonds. Ring size 6.

ƒ Girolamo INDUNO
(Milan, 1827-1890)
Au lever
In the morning, on its original canvas, signed lower right: G Induno
29 3/4 x 40 3/4 in.

Brueton
USA, c. 1975
mirror polished stainless steel, velvet upholstery
30 h × 30 w × 36 d in
76 × 76 × 91 cm

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, ca. 8th to 10th century CE. Simultaneously stunning and endearing, a wonderful 55% gold (equivalent to 12K+) frog amulet, finely cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) process, with twin integral loops below its raised front feet, perfect for suspending from your favorite gold chain. Ancient societies of Central America used gold ornaments to symbolize power and honor in both life and death. Leaders wore cast gold animals including frogs, hybrid human-animal figures, as well as composite beasts. This frog pendant is not only impressive for its precious goldwork and artistry, but also deeply symbolic as frogs signified seasonal rainfalls as well as fertility. Size: 1.75″ L x 1.625″ W x .75″ H (4.4 cm x 4.1 cm x 1.9 cm); quality of gold: 55% (equivalent to 12K+); total weight: 23.5 grams.

Provenance: ex-Craig Hendrix collection, South Carolina, USA; ex Charles Craig Jr. collection, Costa Rica, acquired in the 1960s and 1970s

East Asia, China, ca. early 20th century CE. A delightful cast bronze vase with Shang Dynasty (1600 to 1046 BCE) style decorative flourishes – ram’s heads, taotie masks, dragons, and other mythical animals. In the early 20th century, fabulous discoveries of Shang period tombs led to national pride in the Chinese past and sparked the creation of vases such as this one. Size: 6.25″ W x 11.1″ H (15.9 cm x 28.2 cm)

Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection, 1980s-2000s

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. Likely the largest Colima dog vessel we have laid our eyes upon, this skillfully hand-built redware corpulent canine has a portly abdomen supported by four attenuated legs, with an upturned tail which doubles as the spout. His lively head boasts incised wide-opened ovoid eyes, an upturned snout with impressed nostrils, a smiling perhaps smirking mouth as if he is about to get into mischief, and a pair of perky ears that are pierced for decorating with ornaments. Highly-burnished and covered in red slip as well as fabulous root marks and manganese deposits, this is a wonderful example from ancient West Mexico! Size: 16.25″ L x 9″ W x 10.8″ H (41.3 cm x 22.9 cm x 27.4 cm)

Scholars know of at least two types of Colima dogs, one to be fattened up and ritually sacrificed or eaten and one to serve as a watchdog and healer of the ill. This plump hairless canine known as a Chichi or Escuintla is thought to be related to the Chihuahua or Mexican Hairless also known as the Xoloitzcuintle. The Xolo dog was named for the deity Xolotl, the God of the Underworld, and believed to guide the deceased as they journeyed to the afterlife. Colima vessels such as this one were buried in shaft tombs to protect the deceased and provide sustenance for eternity.

See a similar example in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum (object number 37.390).

Provenance: ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection before 1980

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
Birth of Venus, 1979
Lithograph in colors on Arches paper
22-7/8 x 16-7/8 inches (58.1 x 42.9 cm) (image)
Ed. 14/350
Signed and numbered in pencil along lower edge

LITERATURE:
Field, 79-4

Bruce Hochman OS has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

the blossom-encrusted body applied with 18 balls of mayflower blossoms and spreading leafy vines, one side with affixed with a figure of a perching cockatoo, the other with a golden oriole, and three further small birds at the foot and leafy handle, gilt-edged rims, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised numeral 320

height 25¼ in.

64.2 cm