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LOT 1499
Dark Green Jade Pendant
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (33.6 grams, 74 mm high).
Polished to a flat egg-shape, a suspension loop to the the top with a length of silver-coloured chain. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection formed 1970s-1990s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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'The Boar Hunt' Copper Plaque
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Repoussé plaque with design showing a pack of hounds attacking a boar in a landscape. 13.8 grams, 86 mm
Acquired in the 2000s. Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman. -
Redware Chi Rho Roundel
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A reproduction with border of roundels and pelletted chevrons, tondo with Chi Rho christogram between roundels; edge repaired. 44 grams, 69 mm
Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
The monogram depicted on the roundel is bearing the Greek letters X and P, i.e. the initials of Christ. This Chrismon was widely used in the Roman world after Constantine the Great. Roundels with the Chi Rho monogram, widely spread from Constantine I onwards, would have been in use especially among ecclesiastic hierarchy as a distinctive token of their status. -
Gold Expandable Ring
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £338
Composed of a coiled hoop with faux-twisted body and coiled terminals. 7.28 grams, 25.14 mm overall, 19.97 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
