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Flat-section hoop and ellipsoid bezel with leaf detail to the shoulder, orange glass insert. 2.07 grams, 21.36 mm overall, 17.44 x 15.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)



Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the English art market.

Off-white ground with overprinted pierrot image, 'Badictons Circus' title; printer's logo bottom left 'Beigat Litho-Druck / Berlin-NeuKolln / Reuterstr.34' and reference 'No.109'. 22 grams, 70.5 x 46.5 cm



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

The central baluster knopped column with scrolling ornament and looped carrying handle above a trefoil-shaped platform and rivetted tripod feet. 1.21 kg, 44 cm



Ex Nic McElhatton, former chairman of Christie's South Kensington. Property of a Berkshire, UK, collector. Accompanied by a copy of McElhatton's cataloguing page.

Depicting Saint Zosima and Saint Sabbas in front of the Solovetsky Monastery, both nimbate and dressed in the Abbot’s garments, holding the model of the monastery offered to God, represented in the sky as a dove upon a cloud; arabesque frame; inscriptions in Old Slavonic with the names of the saints. 108 grams, 88 mm



Acquired from Chris Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas, 5 Piccadilly Arcade, London SW1. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.

Saints Zosima and Sabbas or Sabbatius were highly venerated Orthodox saints, founders of the Solovetsky Monastery, a fortified monastery located in the White Sea in Northern Russia. This double portrait shows Zosima and Sabbas holding up a model of their religious institution, which resembles a small medieval city. Solovetsky Monastery obtained big investments from the city of Novgorod and established itself as one of the richest monasteries in Russia.

Framed with a white card reveal, photographic print in muted colours of Kate Moss's face and hair; with collector's slip stating (inter alia) 'Archive Date: 12/06/01' and 'Historical Significance: This photograph was originally shot for the iconic March 2001 cover story of i-D Magazine (The Beyond Price" issue, No.207). The Madrid archive date from June 2001, track the exact moment the imagery was licensed and prepped for a premium Spanish style monthly or photography retrospective following the global announcement of Moss's first pregnancy." 174 grams, 35.5 x 28 cm including frame



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

With blue champlevé enamel, depicting scenes of the life of Prophet Elijah: on the bottom right Elijah rolling up his mantle and dividing the waters of the Jordan, in front of his disciple Elisha; on the bottom left Elijah watched over by the Angel; on the top right Elijah ascending to heaven on a Chariot of Fire, assisted by the hand of God; on the left Elijah, covered by his mantle, fed by ravens; frame with blue enamel over gilded pseudo-vegetal decorations. 585 grams, 14.3 cm



Acquired from Chris Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas, 5 Piccadilly Arcade, London SW1. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.

The icon represents the Ascension of the prophet Elijah and other scenes from his life. Elijah is ascending to heaven in a fiery chariot drawn by horses, leaving his mantle to his disciple Elisha, symbolising the transmission of his prophetic mission. Among the great figures of the Bible, the prophet Elijah was one of the most venerated figures in Orthodoxy.

Comprising nine rings, including one buckle ring, one with a heart-shaped bezel, and others. 20.8 grams total, 18-25 mm



Found Suffolk, UK.

Comprising a bulbous body with an everted rim and a loop handle to the rear, three flaring feet on the underside. 1.05 kg, 20.6 cm wide



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Hollow-formed with hexagonal-section arms, each with a raised collar bearing an incised legend 'ME DU CI TO CE LOS' and granule finial; granules between the arms; blackletter legend 'CLUNY' vertically and 'a vol duci' horizontally; suspension ring. 33.32 grams, 59 mm



Ex Cornish collection, UK. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

The Abbaye de Cluny is a site of pilgrimage, a former Benedictine monastery.

The sprung nip on a tall stem wrought with three S-scrolls for holding spare splints, on a tripod base. 1.7 kg, 68.7 cm



Ex Nic McElhatton, former chairman of Christie's South Kensington. Property of a Berkshire, UK, collector. Accompanied by a copy of McElhatton's cataloguing page. Accompanied by copies of the relevant book pages where published.

Depicting Deesis with Jesus at the centre, Saint Mary on the left and Saint John the Baptist on the right; Jesus seated upon a throne, depicted with the open 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; the Deesis surrounded by a theory of saints, with Saint Zosima and Saint Sabbas making the Proskynesis in front of the Christ; Old Slavic inscription above the figures: 'ΙC ΧΡ' (Jesus Christ). 67 grams, 64 mm



Acquired from Chris Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas, 5 Piccadilly Arcade, London SW1. 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 other saints interceding with Christ on behalf of mankind.

Comprising a bulbous body and thickened rim, single handle to the rear; collector's label 'Simon Bendall Collection C157' on the base. 1.09 kg, 17.5 cm



From the private collection of Simon Bendall, collection reference number C157. Property of a Kent, UK, lady collector.