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LOT 0381
Grand Tour Relief with Satyrs
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
14 1/2 in. (5.7 kg total, 37 cm high including stand).
A satyr Bacchus themed plaque featuring a nude woman and child with goat's legs and hooves, set in a formal landscape, the child holding bunches of grapes, a bearded male figure dressed in animal skins beside them; wax seal applied to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceEnglish private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11685-199804.
Possibly loosely based on C.M. Clodion's works.
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LOT 0381
Grand Tour Relief with Satyrs
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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Statue of a Saint or Apostle
Circa 17th century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
A marble statue of a saint or apostle modelled in the round, standing, wearing a floor-length simple robe draped over his right shoulder and open to his left elbow; his head held erect and slightly turned, long bead resting on his chest; in his hands, a chalice or cup from which to pour the baptismal water. 93 kg, 98 cm high
Worn, lower legs absent.
Acquired between the 1970s and 1980s. From the private collection of John Watson, Cambridge, UK, who worked for the Anthropology and Archaeology Museum, Downing Street, Cambridge. Situated in his garden for at least 30 years. -
Post Medieval Ecclesiastical Pendant
Circa 17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A bronze bifacial disc pendant comprising: obverse: tonsured and nimbate head and upper body with hands raised in prayer towards a Corpus Christi, legend 'CAR. BOV'; reverse: nimbate head and upper body of a robed and bearded cleric with cross moline, legend '·S·IO·GVALB ·INS·OR·VA·VNBRO·'; pierced suspension lug. 2.31 grams, 26 mm high
Found Rodings, Essex, UK. Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK. -
Post Medieval Relief with St Francis Scene
Italian, 18th century A.D. or laterEstimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
A carved marble figural panel depicting a religious scene, probably St. Francis of Assisi receiving the Holy Stigmata; a kneeling figure in loose-fitting cowl and habit with knotted cord to the waist, arms spread and head raised towards a chiaroscuro sunburst with a figure at the centre, wearing a loincloth and affixed to a plain cross, borne up by three pairs of wings attached to the shoulders and thighs; below, a second, smaller figure holding a book; all in a landscape with a tree at right behind the larger figure; mounted on a custom-made stand. 75 cm high including stand
English private collection.
The scene probably represents the events just prior to the end of the life of St. Francis of Assisi: while he was praying on a mountain with his companion, Brother Leo, he is said to have had a vision of a seraph (a six-winged angel on a cross) which gave him the gift of the stigmata, the five wounds of Christ. The apparition caused a deterioration in Francis's health and no cure could be found, so the saint spent the remaining days of his life dictating his spiritual message to Leo, who preserved the record of these events.
