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LOT 0999
Byzantine Segmented Bronze Strap
10TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (17 grams, 87 mm).
Comprising an articulated strap, openwork finials with volute scrolls supporting the attachment loop. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection.
Acquired from York Antiques Centre, in 2001.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
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Byzantine Silver-Gilt Priest's Altar Group
6th-7th century ADSold for (Inc. bp): £30,000
A mixed group of silver-gilt liturgical items comprising: a hanging lamp with flared foot, carinated segmented body, flared neck with band of repoussé quatrefoils and florets, rolled rim, three suspension chains with loops and hook; a hollow piriform finial, possibly from a throne or a standard finial, with ropework collar and vertical tendril bands with pellets alternating with plain segments; a two-part vestment clasp set, each half formed as a parcel-gilt scallop shell with flared rim and pierced trapezoidal plaque, hook-and-eye hinge. 201 grams total, 90-110mm
Very fine condition.
Property of a Surrey gentleman; formerly from the private collection of a Canadian gentleman; from his father's collection formed 1965-1990; accompanied by an archaeological report by Dr. Raffaele D’Amato, Art Loss Register certificate numbers S001261511, S001261512 & S001261513, dated 5 September 2017 and a copy of a photograph taken prior to professional cleaning; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no. 10373-167792.
Hanging lamps, of different dimensions, were used to create the spiritual atmosphere surrounding the Divine Liturgy. Light was important not only from a practical point of view but also symbolically. The parcel gilt flask, if not the finial of a throne, episcopal chair or church labarum (standard), could be a miniature version of a large ceramic oil or wine container with a pointed base for setting them in sand at the cargo hold of a ship, and was probably used as a small flask for myrrh, the liturgical oil. The ornamented wreath border between shoulder and neck of the finial is a typical Byzantine decoration in the workshops active in the Imperial capital of Constantinople, as attested on a vase in the same ornament and style preserved in the Louvre collections (RGZM, 2010, p.173). -
Very Large Byzantine Bronze Armlet
Circa 8th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Penannular with expanding finials, raised ropework detailing, knops to the upper face. 396 grams, 10 cm
From the private collection of the late Victor Brox. -
Byzantine Bronze Epigraphic Rings
6th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising: one with segmented bezel, incised legend 'HXA / IIC'; one with ellipsoid plaque, incised legend 'EYTY / XWC', shank partly absent. 2.03 grams total, 18 mm each
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.