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LOT 0355
Holy Roman Empire Gold Signet Ring with Carnelian Intaglio
GERMANY, 18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.64 grams, 24.89 mm overall, 21.56 x 17.76 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).
Comprising a fluted band with openwork shoulders set with facetted rock crystals, rub-over setting engraved with floral motifs on the reverse and set with a red carnelian intaglio carved with the coat of arms of the owner; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
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LOT 0355
Holy Roman Empire Gold Signet Ring with Carnelian Intaglio
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Large Post Medieval Silver Cross
Circa 17th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Rectangular-section arms with a round disc to the centre and an integral loop. 18.7 grams, 67 mm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Travel Icon with Saint Antipas of Pergamum
19th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
Representing Saint Antipas with a Gospel in his left hand and making the gesture of blessing with his right, dressed as a bishop, with sticharion, covered by omophorion, and surmounted by an epitrachelion; the Mandylion at the centre above the saint, Saint Mary on the left panel and Jesus on the right; Old Slavic inscription around the figures: 'ΙC ΧΡ' (Jesus Christ); 'ΜΡ ϴΥ'(Mother of God); Saint Antipas of Pergamum (Св Анти́па Перга́мский). 238 grams, 11.3 cm
Acquired from Chris Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas, 5 Piccadilly Arcade, London SW1. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
The icon features meticulous craftsmanship typical of Orthodox iconography. Saint Antipas was popularly held to be a healer of tooth problems. He was martyred by being burned in a brazen bull-shaped altar under the Emperor Nero or Domitian. -
Russian Bronze Travel Icon with the Three Hierachs of Orthodoxy
19th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Depicting Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory the Theologian and Saint John Chrysostomus, all nimbate and holding their holy writings, under the vision of the Holy Mandylion; Saint Basil wearing a bishop's sakkos, the other two wearing the usual orthodox priest's garb, phelonia; all three wearing a brocade band, omophorion, with four crosses; inscriptions in Old Slavonic with the names of the Saints, on the Nimbus of Jesus, the letters 'O Ѡ N' (‘I AM’); names of the Saints in the background in Old Slavonic; framed by double moulding, the first decorated with crenellated elements, the second with arabesques. 270 grams, 11.5 cm
Acquired from Chris Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas, 5 Piccadilly Arcade, London SW1. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
The icon is the so-called icon of the three hierarchs, Saint Gregory the Theologian (Gregory of Nazianzus), Saint Basil the Great (Basil of Caesarea) and Saint John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople. All three were important fathers of the church who strove to clarify and crystallise Dogma, for the unity of the faith, of the Liturgy and the needs of philosophy and letters.
