Lot 116
Josef Drahoňovský (1877 - 1938) RECUMBENT GIRL

1920s
Sardonyx
4,2 x 6,5 cm (h x w)

Starting price
7 000 CZK
   |   280 €
Price realized
12 000 CZK
   |   480 €
price without premium

A girl's cameo made of traditional material used for ancient glyptics due to a unique white-red layered patterning.The nature of the work and the rare, difficult-to-process material require a lot of patience and a lot of time, as Josef Drahoňovský himself recalls. Handicraft glyptics have been a prized craft in history, and quality genre motifs have often been repeated or repeatedly embedded in new, more modern jewelry.

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