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LOT 2489
Byzantine Reproduction Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
3 3/4 in. (118 grams, 94 mm).
Two-piece enkolpion with hinge to upper edge; obverse with Corpus Christi flanked by saints, plaque with 'IC' above and beneath the arms 'ICXC - NHKA'; reverse with standing robed figure in orans pose among four roundels each with a facing bust. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
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LOT 2489
Byzantine Reproduction Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Stuart Period Gold and Enamel Ring with Citrine-Coloured Table-Cut Paste
England, mid-17th century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Set with a vivid orange-yellow table-cut paste in a raised octagonal collet, turquoise-coloured enamel decorating the bezel; the hoop chased with diagonal ornament, with remains of light-blue enamel. 2.58 grams, 22.63 mm overall, 17.40 x 15.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.
The projecting collet and table-cut paste belong to the seventeenth-century tradition of enamelled gemstone and imitation gem rings. -
Antique Icon of Mary Theotokos with Child
Greece, 19th century A.D. or earlierEstimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular wooden block with gesso-covered surface; image of Mary Theotokos in an elaborate red himation supporting the infant Jesus on her left arm; applied two-part horseshoe oklad around Mary''s head with radiating punched stripes; applied crescent oklad around Jesus's head with rosettes and Greek lettering; small fabric bag attached to reverse. 697 grams, 29.6 x 22.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Post Medieval Bronze Sprung Decorative Clasp Collection
20th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising seven bifacial clasps showing Classical motifs, including Alexander the Great, Colossus of Rhodes, a Greek warship, and others. 874 grams total, 82-83 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
