Geneva, May 14, 2023
LOT 76
LEUCOTHEA AND PHOEBUS APOLLO
CHF 12,000 - 22,000
EUR 12,300 - 22,400 / USD 13,600 - 24,800 / HKD 108,000 - 196,000
Sold: CHF 20,000
Extremely fine and rare 18K gold and enamel pre.balance spring single-hand watch. Enamel painted in the style of Pierre Huaud I,
"bassine" shaped case with edges turned inwards, back very finely painted on enamel with Leucothea and Phoebus Apollo after an engraving by Henrik Goltzius (1558-1617), inside enamel painted with ruins and a bank of a river, band with four vignettes with rural scenes, short pendant.
"bassine" shaped case with edges turned inwards, back very finely painted on enamel with Leucothea and Phoebus Apollo after an engraving by Henrik Goltzius (1558-1617), inside enamel painted with ruins and a bank of a river, band with four vignettes with rural scenes, short pendant.
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Case: 3-71 |
Good ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Isaac Perrot, Switzerland
Year Circa 1660
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 39 mm.
Signature Movement
Notes
Isaac Perrot. A master horologer, he taught Louis Perrot in 1666 and Jaques Colladon in 1675.The scene represents Phoebus Apollo, identified with the Sun (Phoebus from the Latin, meaning "shining"), whom Aphrodite made fall in love in Leucothea, the daughter of Orchamus, ruler of Persia. Apollo took the appearance of Leucothea's mother Eurynome, interrupted her at her spinning, won her confidence, then resumed his divine form. Clytia, a daughter of Oceanus, who was in love with Apollo, out of jealousy betrayed the lovers to Orchamus, who punished his daughter by burying her alive. The sene was identified by Hans Boeckh as being after an engraving by Hendrik Goltzius, in which Phoebus radiates warmth to revive his love.