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LOT 0342
Elizabethan Period Gold Ring with IHS Monogram
LATE 16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.15 grams, 21.73 mm overall, 19.88 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).
Comprising a slender hoop with acanthus-leaf detailing to the shoulders, discoid box bezel with engraved design to the upper face of IHS Christogram between scrolled tendrils and points. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old UK collection.
Acquired from Derek Content, UK, in the early 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12142-214824.
Cf. Oman, C.C., British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974, item 71(b).
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LOT 0342
Elizabethan Period Gold Ring with IHS Monogram
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
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Ethiopian Manuscript Page with Mary Rescuing the Two Scribes from Devils
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Leaf from a vellum manuscript with hand-coloured image: Mary, right, nimbate in red floor-length robe and blue mantle holding aloft a soul in yellow kilt, its neck seized by two crouching winged dark-skinned demons; a third demon, left, with protruding tongue seizing the upper body of another soul; foreground: two male figures seated on low stools, each with vellum page in one hand and quill in the other; panels of red Coptic text above the scribes, beside their souls; the right edge damaged, left edge folded and pierced for binding. 40 grams, 29.5 x 26 cm
Collection of David Buxton (1913-2003), author of 'Travels in Ethiopia', 1949.
The image is related to the tale of Virgin Mary and the two brothers who were scribes. In this tale, Mary rescues the souls of the scribes who had committed sins whilst they were engaged in writing a copy of the Book of the Miracles of the Virgin Mary. -
English Carved Oak Panel Group
Circa 16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Two rectangular carved panels, the larger with an arcade of lancet arches beneath a two leaf-shaped voids and four similar features radiating from a cinquefoil centre; the smaller with four lancet arches below a tracery; each with lips and raised panel to the reverse. 1.6 kg total, 38-43.2 cm
Acquired from various UK auction houses. Property of a Kent collector. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Restrung with biconvex beads and annular metal spacers, tabular scaraboids. 48.9 grams, 47 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery.
