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LOT 1909
Box Group with Carnelian Calligraphic Inlays
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 3/8 in. (41 grams total, 24-37 mm).
Group of two octagonal silver-coloured metal containers, each with a hinged lid and inset carnelian panel, one with a dense nastaliq text, the other in an angular (Kufic?) script. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a South West London gentleman.
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Tang Style Camel
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Opening Bid: £50
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Ex London, UK, collection, 1970-1990s. -
Tudor Bronze Corpus Christi
Circa 16th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Modelled with oversized pierced hands, head tilted, textured loincloth; mounted on a custom-made stand. 103 grams total, 13 cm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Ethiopian Diptych Icon of the Crucifixion and Saints
Circa 1680 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Carved rectangular diptych with pierced suspension bar above and braided thread hinges; obverse with ornate reserved cross on a field with concentric chip-carved borders; reverse with off-set quatrefoil in a square frame with concentric bands surrounding; hatched panels and saltires to the lateral edges; left inner panel a painted scene of the Crucifixion with Ge'ez script text surrounding; right panel with three nimbate figures. 98 grams, 8.4 x 10.2 cm
Ex Henry Brownrigg, 1999.
