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LOT 0224
Byzantine Liturgical Bronze Bowl with Figures
11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
11 1/2 in. (418 grams, 29.2 cm).
With sloping walls and a thin everted rim, the interior of the vessel engraved with a scene comprising four nimbate Evangelists around a central figure of beardless Christ, each holding a gospel in the right hand, the left hand raised to make the sign of blessing; the four Evangelists each depicted beneath an arch with a Corinthian column flanking, the body of the column decorated with fish-scale motifs.
ProvenancePrivate German collection since the 1980s.
Acquired on the German art market in 2001.
Property of a gentleman.
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.10940-181731.
Cf. Papanikola-Bakirtzi, D. (ed.), Everyday life in Byzantium. Byzantine Hours. Works and days in Byzantium, Exhibition catalogue, Thessaloniki, White Tower October 2001-January 2002, Athens, 2002, no.372, for the type; Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 149, for a paten with similar engravings; see a paten with incisions in similar style in the Royal Ontario Museum, accession number 994.220.196.
FootnotesThis vessel belongs to a well-known type of rich liturgical objects, likely produced in the workshops of the Imperial capital, Constantinople, although the style used to present Christ and the Evangelists in this artwork points to an important provincial craftsman, certainly influenced by Islamic and Persian iconography. Patens and chalices were the essential containers for the bread and wine of the Divine Liturgy (Eucharist) in Byzantium.
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LOT 0224
Byzantine Liturgical Bronze Bowl with Figures
Estimate £10,000 - 14,000€11,600 - 16,240 (for guidance only)$13,500 - 18,900 (for guidance only)
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Byzantine Gold Earring
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Substantial D-section hoop with applied ropework borders, loops for fastening clasp, six radiating garnet cabochons in claw settings with interstitial granules, ribbed loop to the apex. 2.71 grams, 17 mm
Ex European collection formed in the 1990s. Acquired from a North London gallery. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant Group
Circa 12th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Comprising: one with a low-relief Corpus Christi; one with five incised ring-and-dot markings; one with a square central panel and short arms with knop finials; one with conical arms, loop partially absent. 18.4 grams total, 24-45 mm
From the collection of a High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman, circa 2000. -
Byzantine Gemstone with the Personification of Constantinople
5th century A.D.Estimate: £10,000 - 14,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5,000
Carnelian cabochon in gold cell with ropework border, ribbed loop and chain sections; intaglio figure of Constantinople standing wearing full panoply of armour with crested helmet, holding an oval shield, a spear and supporting a globus cruciger; supplied with an impression of the seal and housed in a custom-made display case. 2.86 grams, 59 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection. 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.11933-210475.
The oval gem shows the personification of the new capital of the Roman Empire: Νέα Ρώμη, Constantinople, founded by Constantine the Great on the shores of the Bosphorus, on the site of the ancient Greek Megarese colony of Byzantium, on 11 May 330 A.D. The city was the new centre of the Roman Empire for the next 1123 years.
