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LOT 1971
Detailed Stone Phallus
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
6 3/4 in. (1 kg total, 17 cm wide including stand).
Lentoid in section with incised scrolled tendril ornament; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Bronze Button and Badge Group.
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Including regimental and other dress buttons, a 'BOAC Junior Jet Club' lapel badge, and other items. 120 grams total, 14-49 mm
Found Tyne and Wear, UK. -
Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Composed of graduated tabular beads with a gold-coloured metal collar to each side, smaller cylindrical beads in between; restrung. 32 grams, 47 cm
Ex London art market. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Wooden Icon of the Virgin Mary Blessed by Angels
Asia Minor, 18th century A.D.Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Painted on a wooden board with raised frame, gessoed surface with painting of Mary adored by four kneeling females around her and three winged angels above; Mary clad in deep red floor-length robe with dark blue mantle; bearded God in upper corner releasing a dove (The Holy Spirit) towards her; Mary's nimbus emphasised with a gilt metal crescent around the head, with repoussé wreath detailing and pellets to the border; pins and suspension link to one edge of the frame. 755 grams, 21.6 x 29 cm
Ex Mehlis Auctions, Berlin, Germany. From an important collection of icons.
The view of Mary as the Comforter of the Afflicted is one of the oldest in the church. Here the painter combines the theme of the consoling mother with that of her being calling by God as Mother of Life, with the angels in devotion, while desperate human beings crowd at her feet. Here, God is sending his spirit in the form of a dove, to sanction the union between heaven and earth confirmed by Mary, who is the vas Christi.
