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LOT 0368
Icon with Saint Alexandra Basil the Great, Feodor and Eudokia
LATER 19TH CENTURY A.D.
12 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (1.27 kg, 31 x 25 cm).
Tempera on wood panel with silver-gilt basma reveal; gilt field with four nimbate figures standing in three-quarter view; the two outer figures each in floor-length female robe with wimple and open-fronted mantle; inner figures bearded with sumptuous vestments, each holding a codex; above, clouds parted to reveal facing figure with metal nimbus applied to the basma; above this, three nimbate figures in the basma with voids to reveal the painted faces below, repoussé floral motifs to border; Cyrillic legends Vasili (Basil), Aleksandra, Fyodor (Theodore), Ebdokia; mounting bars in recesses to reverse.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0368
Icon with Saint Alexandra Basil the Great, Feodor and Eudokia
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
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Composed of alternating tabular flower-shaped, barrel-shaped and grooved cylindrical beads interspersed with small glass oblate beads; restrung. 29 grams, 43.2 cm
From the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Laser-Engraved Architectural Paperweights
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A pair of rectangular-section weights on stands, each with a laser-engraved Chinese architectural building. 80 grams total, 37 mm each
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Gilt Framed Set of Historical Prints
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A set of four framed and glazed historical prints: Sir Isaac Newton, engraved by W.T. Fry, published London, 1831, by Harding & Lepard; Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, engraved by E. Scriven, published London, 1830, by Harding & Lepard; Queen Anne, engraved by J. Cochran, published London, 1835, by Harding & Lepard; Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, published London, 1829, by Harding & Lepard. 2.4 kg total, 32.5 x 24.5 cm each
Fair to fine condition.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
