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LOT 1799
Bracelet and Necklace Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 - 6 1/8 in. (272 grams total, 7.3-15.5 cm wide).
Mixed silver-coloured metal group comprising: lunulate collar with braided fabric ties; hinged bracelet with lapis lazuli cabochon inserts; penannular bracelet of seven heater-shaped panels. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a South West London gentleman.
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Post Medieval Bronze Cap and Other Military Badge Collection
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Including Royal Artillery, Royal Corps of Signals and various other regimental badges. 166 grams total, 27-66 mm
Acquired since the 1970s. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Watercolour Painting Group
India, 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Three bifacial manuscript pages, each with recto with multiple lines of text, verso with watercolour scene with panel of text above and below, including children being instructed in martial arts in a courtyard, riders playing Chovgan, and a warrior wearing a lion skin attacking a demon in a cave, whilst his horse looks on from above. 5 grams, 14.8 x 10.3 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Russian Wooden Icon with Virgin Donskaya with Silver Basma
Circa 1700 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
With slots and mounting panels to the reverse; sheet silver basma composed of decorative impressed strips trimmed to the outline of the painted image; icon of 'Virgin Donskaya' (Our Lady of the River Don), Mary wearing a dark purple veil and mantle with jewelled trim and tasselled fringe to the crook of the arm, infant Jesus supported by her right arm; rectangular panels with monograms flanking Mary's head; 'ΜΡ' and 'ΘΥ' (Μήτηρ (τοῦ) Θεοῦ = Mother of God), over the child inscription in Greek letters 'ΙϹ ΧϹ' (ΙΗϹΟΥϹ ΧΡΙϹΤΟϹ = Jesus Christ), three letters (only two visible) inside the nimbus of Christ representing the continuous divine self-existence of Christ as God ('O ѾN' = The Only One who always exists). 1.05 kg, 31.5 cm high
Fine condition.
Ex property of a London lady, part of her family's collection.
The original of this icon (Our Lady of the Don) is a 14th century icon, with the characteristics of the Eleusa (Virgin of the tenderness), by the great painter Theophan the Greek, circa 1382-1395, held in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
