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LOT 2092
Baroque Style Coral Amulet
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (22.23 grams, 85 mm).
Thick coral branch with natural striations, drilled and set with a silver pendant fitting.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
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LOT 2092
Baroque Style Coral Amulet
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Style Millefiori Glass Bead Necklace
20th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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. -
Renaissance Gold and Enamelled Crucifix Pendant
Spain, 16th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
The limp body of Christ hanging from the cross, wearing an enamelled loincloth, the bones of Adam at his feet; above his head a plaque mocking the saviour, hung by Pilate with the initials ‘INRI’, an abbreviation of the Latin ‘Iēsus Nazarēnus, Rēx Iūdaeōrum’, translating as 'Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews’; carefully rendered three-dimensional cross imitating the grain, knots and stumps of the wood, a baroque pearl suspended from both arms and the base of the cross. 8.56 grams, 75 mm
Acquired on the European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13402-257995. -
Russian Bronze Travel Icon with the Three Hierachs of Orthodoxy
19th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Depicting Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory the Theologian and Saint John Chrysostomus, all nimbate and holding their holy writings, under the vision of the Holy Mandylion; Saint Basil wearing a bishop's sakkos, the other two wearing the usual orthodox priest's garb, phelonia; all three wearing a brocade band, omophorion, with four crosses; inscriptions in Old Slavonic with the names of the Saints, on the Nimbus of Jesus, the letters 'O Ѡ N' (‘I AM’); names of the Saints in the background in Old Slavonic; framed by double moulding, the first decorated with crenellated elements, the second with arabesques. 270 grams, 11.5 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 is the so-called icon of the three hierarchs, Saint Gregory the Theologian (Gregory of Nazianzus), Saint Basil the Great (Basil of Caesarea) and Saint John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople. All three were important fathers of the church who strove to clarify and crystallise Dogma, for the unity of the faith, of the Liturgy and the needs of philosophy and letters.
