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LOT 1878
Byzantine Style Silver Ring with Cross
20TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.46 grams, 21.74 mm overall, 17.83 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Comprising a facetted hoop and integral chi-rho Christogram.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1878
Byzantine Style Silver Ring with Cross
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Post Medieval Lead Bag Seal Collection
Circa 16th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Large Cretan Wooden Icon Fragment of Deesis with Christ Pantocrator and Saint John the Prodromos
Circa 1670 A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Depicting Christ Pantocrator and Saint John on his side, hand of Mary visible on the left; the Lord of the Universe represented seated upon a cushioned throne, the right hand in blessing gesture, the left hand holding a Gospel decorated with precious stones; wearing a blue chlamys and red sticharion; Saint John in proskynesis in front of Christ, dressed in a brown vestis talaris; the head of both surrounded by a red halo; later wire for hanging to the reverse with an information sheet in German. 1.8 kg, 57 cm
Ex Hargesheimen Auction House, Dusseldorf, Germany. Property of a London, UK, gentleman collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The icon represents a middle section from a Deesis of a church iconostasis. Although preserved as a fragment, it is designed in the high style of the late 16th century.
