Live Auction 221019th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art & Ceramics
Christie’s roundel
Lot 183 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. MARVIN GREENFIELD

A BERLIN (K.P.M.) OVAL PLAQUE, MESSALINA

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, H, 6 AND VARIOUS CYPHERS

Closed20 October 2009

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USD 4,375

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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) OVAL PLAQUE, MESSALINA
Late 19th/20th century, impressed monogram and sceptre mark, h, 6 and various cyphers
Finely painted with a bust-length portrait of the raven-haired beauty adorned with golden jewelry
13½ x 11½ in. (34.5 x 29 cm.), within an oval giltwood frame

Specialist note

Valeria Messalina was the third wife of Emperor Claudius (10 BC - AD 54). Notoriously promiscuous, the young Messalina unabashedly had affairs unbeknownst to her husband.