Sep Ancient Art & Paintings & Collectibles
Lot 223:
Description
6.6*4.8cm Wt:43.9g
The cameo is carved in sardonyx using colour-contrasting relief technique, utilising the white and red strata of the agate to render a profile portrait of a goddess. Its two-tone gold-and-silver mounting is decorated with figures of Pan/Satyr (goat-man) and scrolling foliate motifs, blending classical mythology with Art-Nouveau naturalism. It is a representative bespoke jewel for European nobility of the 19th-century.Clearly engraved with the signature "A. VAUDET", the personal mark of France’s national-treasure carver, **Auguste Alfred Vaudet (1838-1914)**. He was one of the pre-eminent hard-stone cameo masters of Neoclassicism during the French Art-Nouveau period. He created high-end bespoke cameo jewels for the French royal family and aristocracy. His works are held in permanent collections of major French national museums including the Petit Palais in Paris. He is widely recognised as a master-grade carver within the European antique-jewellery trade, and his signed pieces command significant premium values at international auctions.
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