JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 2 November 2021 - 10:00 AM start
A rare Pietro Annigoni solid 18ct yellow gold plaque, 'The Bud', c.1978
Estimate: $26,000 - $32,000
Lot Details
one of only two 'sold in the world'. Depicting a young naked woman seated in a landscape admiring a bud, the plaque engraved 'Il Germoglio, di Pietro Annigoni'. Both plaques with Italian '750' 18ct gold marks. The main plaque weighs 373 grams. The paperwork states the 18ct gold weight as 392.85gms, this will include the smaller name plaque. In lacquered brass frame under Perspex, in original packing box with 'Statement of Authenticity' and other paperwork.
