Historical Design I Lisa Sotilis “Kalliope Muse” necklace, handwrought 18K-24K gold, further inset with ancient and rare carved green jade and cabochon jade jewels, natural pearls, signed, 1970

Lisa Sotilis “Kalliope Muse” necklace, handwrought 18K-24K gold, further inset with ancient and rare carved green jade and cabochon jade jewels, natural pearls, signed, 1970
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Lisa Sotilis “Kalliope Muse” necklace, handwrought 18K-24K gold, further inset with ancient and rare carved green jade and cabochon jade jewels, natural pearls, signed, 1970

LISA SOTILIS (b. 1944) Greece

“Kalliope Muse” necklace 1970

Handwrought 18K-24K gold, further inset with ancient and rare carved green jade and cabochon jade jewels, natural pearls

Marks: LS monogram (impressed on a gold nugget form on the back of the necklace)

Exhibited: Parallel Dialogues from the jewelry of ancient Vergi to the modern jewelry of Lisa Sotilis, Archaeological Museum of Serres, 16 November 2013 – 16 January 2014, curated by Pierre Kaloussian Velissiotis & Giovanna Dalla Chiesa

Necklace illustrated: SOTILIS, Parallel Dialogues from the jewelry of ancient Vergi to the modern jewelry of Lisa Sotilis, exhibition catalogue, Archaeological Museum of Serres, 16 November 2013 – 16 January 2014, curated by Pierre Kaloussian Velissiotis & Giovanna Dalla Chiesa (Milano-Cannes-Athens: Musarte Edition 2013).

For more information and related Sotilis jewelry see: Giorgio de Chirico and Lisa Sotilis; The Thousand Eyes of the Sphinx, Floriano de Santi and Pierre Kaloussian Velissiotis (Athens: Pierre Kaloussian Velissiotis, 2010)

By repute this necklace was given as a present to Christina Onassis by her in-laws Dorette Karaiossifoglu-Andreadis and Stratis Andreadis.

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Lisa Sotilis “Kalliope Muse” necklace, handwrought 18K-24K gold, further inset with ancient and rare carved green jade and cabochon jade jewels, natural pearls, signed, 1970

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Tapio Wirkkala / Nils Westerback, Pendant Necklace, Lap-gold (18K gold or higher) pendant head with a rigid necklace, marked, 1970

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NILS WESTERBACK Finland

Pendant Necklace 1970

Lap-gold (18K gold or higher) pendant head with a rigid necklace
Makers: Tapio Wirkkala and Nils Westerback
Marks: 750, three crowns symbols
Model illustrated in: The Art of Jewelry, Graham Hughes (New York: The Viking Press, Inc., 1972), p. 135; Scandinavian Design, Charlotte and Peter Fiell (Köln: TASCHEN, 2002) p. 675; Marianne Aav, Rosa Barovier Mentasti and Gordon Bowyer, et al., Tapio Wirkkala – eye, hand and thought, exh. cat., Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, 2000, p. 194, fig. 342 and p. 370

Lisa Sotilis “Kalliope Muse” necklace, handwrought 18K-24K gold, further inset with ancient and rare carved green jade and cabochon jade jewels, natural pearls, signed, 1970

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