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LOT 1894
Georgian Bronze Weight Collection
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 1/2 in. (140 grams total, 15-39 mm).
Set of nested weights with their values punched into the surface. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Simmons gallery, 1990s.
From a North London, UK, collection.
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Hardstone Bead Necklace
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Restrung carnelian beads with interstitial oblate beads. 7.38 grams, 38.5 cm
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Georgian Pewter Whistle Group
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising one slender, tapering with vent to both faces; one squat with domed upper, knop finial 41 grams total, 58-60 mm
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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.
