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LOT 1990
Bactrian Gold Love Ring with Turquoise Hearts
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
3/4 in. (3.40 grams, 20.99 mm overall, 14.89 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G 1/2, USA 3 1/2, Europe 5.55, Japan 5)).
Composed of a gold centre with expanding bezel, central oval turquoise cabochon flanked by heart-shaped stones, all with gold settings against a horn or lignum vitae field. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceSwiss art market, 1996.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings: The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Volume II, Leeds, England, 1994, p.451, item 1453, for broad type.
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LOT 1990
Bactrian Gold Love Ring with Turquoise Hearts
Sold for (Inc. bp): £618
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Copper-Alloy Finds Group
20th century A.D. and earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £1
Mainly comprising complete and fragmentary items including badges, brooches, furniture and other fittings, musket balls, buttons, nails, strap ends, weights, coins, crotal bells, jewellery and figures; together with other miscellaneous items. 5.1 kg total, 1-13 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Pair of Bronze Liturgical Fans
Greece, 17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Each composed of a stem with wooden handle and tapering white metal stem with bulbous collar, all ornamented with repoussé floral and foliate tendrils and seraphims; the bifacial discoid heads with scalloped circumferences, each with five domed bosses and displaying seraphims and stars within pellet and bead borders; lettering to heads and collars; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. 3.45 kgs total, 64.2 cm each including base
with Boisgirard, 28 November 2013, lot 138. Ex central London gallery. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.202063.
The shape and decorative scheme of these liturgical fans has existed since at least the 8th century A.D. These fans were likely crafted as souvenirs for pilgrims returning from Jerusalem, or for them to bring to Jerusalem as homage to the church. Seraphim are the highest-ranking angels in the traditional hierarchy, and as such are closest to God. -
Carnelian Bead Necklace
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Interspersed with small stone spacer beads. 72 grams, 73 cm long
Ex London collection, early 2000s.
