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LOT 1868
Georgian Silver 'Not All of me Will Die' Memento Mori Ring with Skeleton on Hoop
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.79 grams, 23.27 mm overall, 18.13 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
With flat-section hoop, scooped shoulders, bezel with domed cruciform motif; incised image of a skeleton to the underside, inscribed within 'non omnis moriar' (not all [of me] will die). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
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LOT 1868
Georgian Silver 'Not All of me Will Die' Memento Mori Ring with Skeleton on Hoop
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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Large Ethiopian Triptych Icon with the Virgin and Child
Circa 1720 A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Illustrating scenes from the Gospel of Luke and representing the nativity of Christ; the centre shows Virgin Mary sitting on a throne, portrayed as a young girl with her head covered by a typical female cap, dressed in a long red vestis talaris, and her body wrapped in a blue cloak and baby Jesus standing on her lap, archangels Michael and Gabriel standing on each sides, armed with swords and dressed in contrasting robes, Saint Gabriel holding a bouquet of roses, another bouquet below the Virgin and a male supplicant next to her, possibly the donor of the icon, holding a red flag surmounted by a cross; the left side panel with the Annunciation to the top and the lower part depicting an angel assisting St Luke with drafting his Gospel; the right hand panel with a Nativity scene to the top and the lower part depicting the visit of Saint Mary to Saint Elizabeth; inscriptions in Ge'ez to both side panels. 4.3 kg, 59.5 x 44 cm
Acquired from Milos Simonovic, New York, USA, December 2009. Property of an important West London collector, inventory no.1168. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12037-216186.
The icon, contemporary to the Second Style of Gondar, served as model for two icons in the Institute of Ethiopian Studies in Addis Ababa. -
Renaissance Stained Glass Panel of The Month of March
Southern Low Countries, Antwerp, circa 1540 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Discoid panel in a lead frame showing two workmen cutting back brushwood with sickles; posts and staves to the rear and two more men in the background landscape, repaired. 296 grams, 24 cm
George Wigley, Monastery Glass, Towcester. Klaus Tiedemann Collection, inv.100. Acquired from the above, 2016. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12075-217451. -
Reproduction North American Obsidian Arrowhead Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Group of knapped barbed arrowheads. 67 grams total, 22-38 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection, 1990s.
