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A finely executed vessel with fluted sides, tubular neck and a hollowed interior. 64.49 grams, 49 mm



Acquired on the European art market.

Comprising a slender hoop with two clasping hands. 2.41 grams, 21.62 mm overall, 18.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Depicting the Deesis divided in three panels, with Jesus Christ at the centre, Saint Mary on the left panel and Saint John the Baptist on the right; God holding the Gospel in his left hand and raising his right hand in blessing; Mary with veiled head and mantle, wearing a maphorion mantle over an embroidered robe and holding a scroll; Saint John, portrayed as an elderly man, wearing a camel-skin robe, winged and holding a bowl containing an infant with flexed legs and raised right hand, the saint’s right hand pointing toward the infant Jesus, his left hand holding a scroll with the prophecy of Isaiah, while the right hand is raised in blessing gesture; Old Slavic inscription around the figures: 'ΙC ΧΡ' (Jesus Christ); 'ΜΡ ϴΥ'(Mother of God), ‘Saint John the Precursor’ (Иоа́нн Предте́ча); the images framed by a pseudo-vegetal and abstract decorations; the instruments of the Passion and the city of Jerusalem on the cover. 553 grams, 10 cm



Ex David Miller, Hemel Hempstead, London, UK. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.

The Deisis or Deesis (Деисус, Gk. for “supplication”) was the depiction of the Virgin, John the Baptist and possibly many more saints interceding with Christ on behalf of mankind.

Flat-section hoop with raised rim to each edge, tubular shank with frieze of robed figures between decorated arches and with pendant fronds above; domed lid with hinge and catch, stepped rim and chamber. 115 grams, 64.40 mm overall, 22.38 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Y 1/2, USA 12 1/4, Europe 28.2, Japan 27)



Private collection, UK.

Comprising: an openwork fastener with a cross motif; a fastener with a Tudor rose; an openwork fastener with a six-petalled flower. 7.52 grams total, 34-39 mm



From the private collection of Graham Slater (1927-2024), Cambridge, UK; formed 1980s-1990s.

Composed of spherical mosaic glass beads interspersed with small light blue beads, two pairs of biconical blue beads at the ends; restrung with loop-and-bead closure; likely Indonesian. 139 grams, 59 cm



From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.

Comprising: a two-tone oval glass intaglio showing a classical fighting scene; an impression of an intaglio showing a scene after a battle at sea with men in water and ships with broken masts. 17.76 grams total, 24-35 mm



Acquired on the European art market.

Comprising: a pastel of a young girl dressed in a green dress, playing with sand, her bare feet sinking in the sand, and shallow waves lapping in the background; the other pastel showing a young boy dressed in blue and holding a ball in his hands, gazing into the distance where a group of people are playing in the water; both set in glazed frames and signed to the bottom right-hand corner. 4.65 kg total, 46 x 54 - 47 x 54.5 cm



Property of an Essex, UK, lady. Accompanied by two original receipts from Frinton Gallery.

Framed with a white card reveal, monochrome image of a young woman smoking a cigarette wearing an eye-mask; with collector's slip stating (inter alia) 'Archive Date: 9/01/98' and 'Historical Significance: Shot in late 1997 by the 'King of Kink', this photograph epitomises Newton's lifelong obsession with old-world European grand hotels as cinematic backdrops for high-society mystery and female empowerment. Because the Madrid proof is dated January 1998, it represents a highly coveted "contemporary press proof" - printed and evaluated in real-time immediately following the image's original media debut.' 174 grams, 35.5 x 28 cm including frame



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.

Composed of graduated spherical beads with a hatched design, restrung. 76.8 grams, 42 cm



Acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. Ex London, UK, collection.

Base metal badge awarded to crew of fast-attack boats (Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen); 2nd pattern of 1943 by Rudolf Souval; legend to reverse 'FEC. W.E. PEEKHAUS BERLIN / AUSF. SHWERIN BERLIN 68'; possibly a later production. 46.58 grams, 60 mm



Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Monochrome print, photograph taken from the deck of a landing craft; typed label to reverse 'American troops land in Sicily. American soldiers and equipment arrive at a beachhead established near Licata, Sicily, in the early stages of the Allied invasion of the Italian island. Light and heavy tanks, Army scout cars and trucks move off invasion craft for the advance inland. 13662-PME. Not for use in Western Hemisphere. Approved by appropriate U.S. authority.'; pencilled notations; enclosing envelope with notations 'Robert Capa 'Sicily' 1944' 'May 13th 1944 'Illustrated Magazine'; Article called 'Invasion! Will it be like this?'' go to www.sightly-ou-of-focus.com/Robert-Capa-Sicily.html to see article'. 43 grams total, photo: 17 x 11.1 cm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.