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LOT 1955
Chalcedony Gemstone with Helmeted Bust
18TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.04 grams, 19 mm).
Translucent intaglio showing a bust facing right with a corner of a round shield covering the shoulder, wearing a crested helmet with a snake-head finial. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection, acquired on the English art market in the 2000s.
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Grand Tour Stone Cameo with Bust of Ajax
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UK private collection, acquired on the French art market in the 2000s.
Ajax is recorded in The Iliad as ‘the best man among the Thracians, being both brave and of great stature’. He was one of the strongest warriors for the Achaeans, second only to his cousin Achilles. His epic duel with Hector is detailed in the seventh book of the famed poem by Homer. -
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☩ LVDOVICVS · MARCHIO · SALVTIAR, bust to left wearing barrette. 6.05 grams, 30 mm
Very Fine. Set in a later brooch frame.
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Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Triptych Icon with Christ, Virgin Mary and Saint John
Circa 1820 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Depicting the Deesis divided in three panels, with Jesus Christ at the centre, Saint Mary on the left panel and Saint John the Baptist on the right; God holding the Gospel in his left hand and raising his right hand in blessing; Mary with veiled head and mantle, wearing a maphorion mantle over an embroidered robe and holding a scroll; Saint John, portrayed as an elderly man, wearing a camel-skin robe, winged and holding a bowl containing an infant with flexed legs and raised right hand, the saint’s right hand pointing toward the infant Jesus, his left hand holding a scroll with the prophecy of Isaiah, while the right hand is raised in blessing gesture; Old Slavic inscription around the figures: 'ΙC ΧΡ' (Jesus Christ); 'ΜΡ ϴΥ'(Mother of God), ‘Saint John the Precursor’ (Иоа́нн Предте́ча); the images framed by a pseudo-vegetal and abstract decorations; the instruments of the Passion and the city of Jerusalem on the cover. 553 grams, 10 cm
Ex David Miller, Hemel Hempstead, London, UK. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
The Deisis or Deesis (Деисус, Gk. for “supplication”) was the depiction of the Virgin, John the Baptist and possibly many more saints interceding with Christ on behalf of mankind.
