Egyptian Style Stone Bead Necklace String

Hollow-formed with hexagonal-section arms, each with a raised collar bearing an incised legend 'ME DU CI TO CE LOS' and granule finial; granules between the arms; blackletter legend 'CLUNY' vertically and 'a vol duci' horizontally; suspension ring. 33.32 grams, 59 mm



Ex Cornish collection, UK. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

The Abbaye de Cluny is a site of pilgrimage, a former Benedictine monastery.

Modelled in a half-seated pose, gazing upwards with compact body, broad forequarters, the mane rendered in long, parallel strands; the tail emerging from underneath the body and resting diagonally on top of the neck. 855 grams, 96 mm



Acquired on the European art market.

The treatment reflects the continuation of late Gothic conventions within German workshops, while also aligning with the more classicising tendencies found in North Italian bronze production of the period. The anatomical structure is simplified yet purposeful, characteristic of functional or cabinet bronzes produced across central Europe in the sixteenth century. Its scale and form correspond to small bronzes intended for Kunstkammer settings or as elements within larger composite objects such as inkstands or caskets, where the lion served as an emblem of vigilance, authority, and learned taste.

Brown oval cameo depicting a profile bust of a veiled young woman with large eyes and a small button nose, set in a ring with a closed-back setting. 10.26 grams, 24.74 mm overall, 18.91 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)



Acquired on the European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13399-257955.