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LOT 2042
Egyptian Style Stone Amulet Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 1/8 in. (7.75 grams total, 18-28 mm).
Comprising three stylised plummets and three pesesh-kef amulets. [6, No Reserve]
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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Post Medieval Brass Ring with Chrysoberyl Gemstone
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United States Confederate Paper and Document Group
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Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Travel Icon with Extended Deesis
19th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Depicting a Deesis with Jesus at the centre, Saint Mary on the left and Saint John the Baptist on the right; Jesus seated upon a throne, depicted with the open 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; the Deesis surrounded by a theory of saints, with Saint Zosima and Saint Sabbas making the Proskynesis in front of the Christ; Old Slavic inscription above the figures: 'ΙC ΧΡ' (Jesus Christ). 67 grams, 64 mm
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 Deisis or Deesis (Деисус, Gk. for “supplication”) was the depiction of the Virgin, John the Baptist and possibly other saints interceding with Christ on behalf of mankind.
