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LOT 0979
Byzantine Bronze 'in favour for health' Inscribed Ring
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.66 grams, 21.53 mm overall, 19.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)).
Slender hoop and disc bezel with Greek text ΥΠΕΡ ΥΓΙΕΙΑΣ (in favour / for health' written retrograde for use as a seal. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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LOT 0979
Byzantine Bronze 'in favour for health' Inscribed Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Byzantine Terracotta Bread Stamp
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Discoid in plan with integral stub handle; central Maltese cross within a herringbone ring. 319 grams, 95 mm
From the collection of Sir Daniel Donohue [1919-2014] and the Countess Bernardine [1904-1968], Los Angeles, USA; the collection was assembled in the 1950-1960s, but before March 1968. with Bonhams, London, 13 April 2011, no.310 [Part]. Acquired on the English art market, 2011. Private collection, Europe. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. -
Byzantine Bronze 'in favour for health' Inscribed Ring
6th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Slender hoop and disc bezel with Greek text ΥΠΕΡ ΥΓΙΕΙΑΣ (in favour / for health' written retrograde for use as a seal. 1.66 grams, 21.53 mm overall, 19.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Byzantine Marble Table Top with Roundels
6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £25,000 - 35,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £12,500
Broad stone disc with band of carved roundels to the border, dished central panel; the border comprising seventeen socket roundels with rosette and tendril ornament between, each roundel with reserved figural or emblematic ornament: an equal-arm cross with ivy leaves in the spandrels; to either side of this, a reserved regardant peacock; next to these, in pairs a calf's forequarters on each side; next, a goat, then a bull, then a regardant bird, a ram, a lamb and a peacock, remains of original pigment; reinforced with a steel backing and claws; accompanied by professionally made 'lift-on' wall brackets for display. 87 kg, 102 cm including wall bracket
Acquired in London from a UK collector in the early 2000s. Previously with an Austrian collector in London. Formerly in a North American collection. From a London gentleman, 2000s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12400-226356
The beasts have symbolic importance, such as the peacock for resurrection, the lamb as the 'lamb of god', and so on.