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LOT 1792
Bronze Statuette Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 - 5 3/4 in. (782 grams total, 10.8-14.8 cm).
Comprising: nude Orpheus with lyre; nude Venus with top-knot; cloaked figure on a rectangular base. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Western Asiatic Style Gemstone Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Including discoid and tabular types with mainly zoomorphic motifs; after the antique. 29.6 grams total, 17-43 mm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. From a gentleman's private collection. -
Renaissance Stained Glass Roundel with a Female Martyr Saint
Italy, Tuscany, Florence, circa 1510-1520 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
With lead came surround, painted glass panel depicting a nimbate female holding a feather or quill in a landscape; probably St. Lucy; repaired. 613 grams, 29.5 cm wide
with Nesbits Auction, Portsmouth, 1 August 2018, no.58. Private collection, Suffolk, UK. -
Ethiopian Triptych Icon with the Virgin and Child
16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
Wooden triptych with recessed panels to inner face, twine hinges; central image of Mary and infant Jesus flanked by nimbate angels; left panel with baptism scene and triumphant horseman; right panel with crucifixion and two nimbate saints; painted knotwork to obverse, 663 grams, 26.5 x 21 cm
Acquired from Owen Hargreaves, London, UK, March 2004. Property of an important West London collector, inventory no.355.
