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LOT 0372
Ethiopian Triptych Icon with the Virgin and Child
16TH CENTURY A.D.
10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (663 grams, 26.5 x 21 cm).
Wooden triptych with recessed panels to inner face, twine hinges; central image of Mary and infant Jesus flanked by nimbate angels; left panel with baptism scene and triumphant horseman; right panel with crucifixion and two nimbate saints; painted knotwork to obverse, [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Owen Hargreaves, London, UK, March 2004.
Property of an important West London collector, inventory no.355.
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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.
