Gold and Banded Glass Bead Necklace

Depicting Christ Pantocrator and Saint John on his side, hand of Mary visible on the left; the Lord of the Universe represented seated upon a cushioned throne, the right hand in blessing gesture, the left hand holding a Gospel decorated with precious stones; wearing a blue chlamys and red sticharion; Saint John in proskynesis in front of Christ, dressed in a brown vestis talaris; the head of both surrounded by a red halo; later wire for hanging to the reverse with an information sheet in German. 1.8 kg, 57 cm



Ex Hargesheimen Auction House, Dusseldorf, Germany. Property of a London, UK, gentleman collector.

The icon represents a middle section from a Deesis of a church iconostasis. Although preserved as a fragment, it is designed in the high style of the late 16th century.

Comprising three hooks, one with an erotic scene, one with face mask and the third with a seated figure. 27.1 grams total, 51-63 mm



From a Dunmow, UK, collection; formed from 1970.

With a host of Grand Tour marble, porphyry and other specimens set into a circular marble 'table top' in the late 19th-early 20th century; with black band border similar to items from the workshop of Francesco Sibilio; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 14.3 kg total, 46.5 cm including stand



Acquired from Diana Steel just before the end of 1999 in Suffolk, UK. From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman.