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LOT 0394
Enamelled Iron Articulated 'Hangman' Skeleton
CIRCA 1840 A.D.
16 1/2 in. (820 grams, 42 cm total).
Anatomically correct skeleton with articulated knees, hip joints, shoulders, elbows and wrists, the head formed of three pieces, the mouth slightly open; hanging from a later wooden gallows.
ProvenanceProperty of a County Durham collector; acquired on the UK art market.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Western Asiatic Style Terracotta Figure Group
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Mixed group including male with applied columnar headdress and belt. 200 grams total, 10.7-14.4 cm
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Ethiopian Painted Parchment of The Virgin's Miracle: Healing of the Paralysed Priest
Circa 1650 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Rectangular leaf with hand-coloured composite scene: right, Mary in blue mantle and rich embroidered red garment holding the fallen priest by the hand and raising him; behind him a prone male figure in colourful robes (the priest represented for the second time); ecclesiastic architecture on the background; a manuscript folio with text in Ge'ez to the reverse. 27 grams, 31.5 x 22 cm
Private collection, New York, circa 2016. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The image refers to the 'Miracle of the healing of the Priest' in which a priest, who had grown old in the service of the Virgin Mary, fell over in the church when bowing before her, and broke his back. The Virgin appeared and healed his broken bones. -
Cross and Corpus Group
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising three Corpus Christi figures in bronze and bone, modelled in the round with arms outstretched, loin cloth to the thighs, feet placed (on two of them) on the supporting block; one without cross. 171 grams total, 12.6-19.5 cm
From the private collection of Victor Brox (1941-2023), formed in the 1980s-1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The artists, probably Italian, with extraordinary dedication and sensitivity, created images of a still living Christ, afflicted by suffering. They had paid great attention to detail, with particular care taken over the softly curled hair, tense musculature, and protruding ribs.
