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LOT 2009
Deity Plaster Cast Collection
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 3/8 in. (39 grams total, 20-35 mm).
Comprising ten impressions showing various characters and scenes including Hercules, cupid teasing a centaur, a hero wrestling a lion, Leda and the swan, and others. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
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Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Travel Icon with Anastasis
19th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With blue, yellow, white and green enamel, representing the Anastasis (Resurrection of Christ); the Saviour represented on two registers, in the upper one (Resurrection) emerging from the grave, surrounded by the hesychastic light, with the Roman soldiers falling asleep, and the apostles and a cherubin beside him; in the lower register (Descent into Hades) Christ surrounded by the same divine light, leading the people from the Limbo, Adam and Eve, King David and Salomon and other souls to heaven; the frame decorated with gilt arabesques on blue enamel, inscriptions in Old Slavonic at the top. 200 grams, 11 cm
Acquired from Chris Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas, 5 Piccadilly Arcade, London SW1. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
The iconography is typical of the Anastasis or Resurrection of Christ, with the gates of Hades broken under the feet of the Christ, echoing the phrase: 'Christ is Risen From the Dead, Trampling Down Death by Death, and Upon Those in the Tombs Bestowing Life!' -
Renaissance Silver Mirror with Mythological Scene
16th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Slightly dished face with hatched rim, running vinescroll to border, scallop supporting a low-relief scene with bearded figure holding a spear supported on his throne by two robed females, small hoplite above and long-haired figure with labrys to left; legends in pseudo-archaic Greek script; handle absent, old professional repair to verso. 138 grams, 13.2 cm
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Post Medieval Gold 'For Vertues Sake I Doe Thee Take' Posy Ring
17th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
Comprising hollow-form D-section ring with inscribed 'For Vertues Sake I Doe Thee Take' with a maker's mark 'PR'. 1.99 grams, 22.85 mm overall, 18.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)
Ex Silbury Coins. Acquired on the UK art market.
