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LOT 1425
Byzantine Bronze Seal Matrix with Monogram
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (6.03 grams, 19 mm).
Conical type with pierced lug at the apex; incuse cruciform monogram with 'HΨΦρ'; supplied with an impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 744, for type.
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LOT 1425
Byzantine Bronze Seal Matrix with Monogram
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) ‡+BP*
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Byzantine Silver Ring with Open Bezel
Circa 10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Flat hoop with clasped-hands detailing to the underside, raised rectangular panels with saltire detailing and interstitial stamped lozenges; bezel divided into two tapering bars, each with a knop finial at the apex. 2.78 grams, 24.89 mm overall, 19.72 x 19.25 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant with Reverse Inscription
10th-12th century AD.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Heavy cross pendant showing a nimbate robed figure on one side holding a staff and a thurible, a Greek inscription on the reverse. 36 grams, 65 mm
Acquired on UK art market in the 1990s. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Byzantine Bronze Oil Lamp with Chain and Chi Rho
Circa 5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,750
With a carinated, round body and long, narrow nozzle with a flaring finial, a scalloped rim around the circular wick hole; small circular filling hole with a hinged, domed lid; the elaborate trumpet-shaped handle with a hexagonal lotus flower finial with knops, and a raised Chi Rho at the forward edge; looped suspension chain with a hook, and a square socket at the base to accommodate a stand pricket. 1.08 kg, 40 cm
Private collection, Stortford, England, 1982. with Christie's, New York, 9 June 2011, no.203. 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 search certificate no.13194-250130.
These lamps were produced in the Eastern Mediterranean, possibly in more than one centre (one was certainly in Syracuse, Benevento, another probably in Asia Minor, but some specimens come from Rome and Constantinople).
