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LOT 2342
Antique Silver Memento Mori Pendant with Skulls and Skeleton
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (27.6 grams, 87 mm).
A cylindrical pendant formed as a rotating capsule, when opened, the inside showing a coffin plate with a skeleton with a skull above and below, five holes on the base of the pendant. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx East Sussex collection, 1980-1990.
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LOT 2342
Antique Silver Memento Mori Pendant with Skulls and Skeleton
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Post Byzantine Gold Earring with Cross and Garnet
Circa 17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Penannular hoop with applied collars, applied discoid plaque with beaded rim and openwork cross to the centre, lateral granule clusters, facetted garnet bead below. 6.53 grams, 44 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Enamelled Bronze Dagger Pommel
Circa 18th century A.D. or earlierEstimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £250
Comprising a rectangular-section body pierced longitudinally with knop finial; lateral bowed arms with scrolled ends rising to the level of the knop and similar flared below; panels of arabesque tendril ornament to both flat faces and to the lateral arms; damaged. 42.9 grams, 38 mm
From an English private collection, 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
There seems to be a good argument for this pommel to be part of the French group of crusader pommels in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and in the University of Chicago, which date to the 12th-13th century A.D. This object has parallels with this group in terms of its crude manufacture, type of enamel, and overall style, as well as the fleur in scallop shape, which is almost identical to the lobes found on many of the circular sword pommels of this group. -
Chinese Tang Style Terracotta Prancing Horse and Rider
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
The horse in advancing pose with its head turned to the right and left foreleg raised, on a rectangular base; the female rider erect with her left arm held extended and her right placed on the horse's shoulder; remains of painted detailing to the robe; repaired. 2.7 kg, 40.7 cm high
Acquired on the UK art market.
