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Lot 23
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Byzantine-revival tiara/collar, Ilias Lalaounis

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • Ilias Lalaounis
  • gold
Designed as a textured collar decorated with embossed foliate scrolls, internal circumference approximately 340mm, signed Ilias Lalaounis, and numbered, maker's mark.

Literature

Cf: Ilias Lalaounis, 'Ilias Lalaounis Metamorphoses', Greece 1984, Page 153 for an illustration of this design.

Condition

Stamped 750 for 18 carat gold. Weighing approximately 163 grams in total. Signed to reverse Ilias Lalaounis Greece with maker's mark. In good condition.
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Catalogue Note

For an image of the collar as a tiara, please see the online catalogue.