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LOT 1475
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Jasper Bird Gemstone
CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.77 grams, 26.86 mm overall, 17.40 x 19.93 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).
D-section hoop with expanding shoulders and discoid bezel, engraved stylised profile bird (?).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1475
Byzantine Bronze Ring with Jasper Bird Gemstone
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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Byzantine Terracotta Sgrafitto Dish with a Falcon Among Leafy Branches
Perhaps Corinth, mid-12th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £45
Broad and squat with carination to the exterior face, and a broad foot ring; cream glaze with sgraffito design of a delineated falcon in profile, surrounded by leafy branches and holding one of the branches in its hooked beak. 1.04 kg, 26.3 cm
Private collection (L.v.L.), Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany, acquired between 1960s-1980s.
In the Byzantine Empire, and even more so in the Islamic world, hunting falcons were a symbol of wealth and high status. The spectrum of designs in which they are to be found on 12th-century Byzantine pottery, in particular, offers a forceful testament both to the cultural reach of such vessels during the period and to the skill of the potters who were able to produce large numbers of beautifully worked slipware vessels destined for marine trade. The present example is likely to have been discovered in the late 1960's, when it is thought a 12th-century shipwreck laden with slipware vessels was excavated off the coast of Izmir. -
Large Byzantine Gilt Bronze and Niello Ring with Stepped Bezel
Circa 7th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Comprising a substantial D-section hoop with niello-filled frond motif to each shoulder, stepped bezel with disc bearing a running scroll surrounding 'BY' monogram. 16.92 grams, 32.24 mm overall, 19.30 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Rock Crystal Stamp Seal with Cross
7th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Bullet-shaped with domed top and transverse piercing; underside with incuse cross potent and flanking figures; supplied with an impression. 9.54 grams, 23 mm
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
