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LOT 0397
Indo-Portuguese Painted Wooden Box
GUJARAT, LATE 17TH-EARLY 18TH CENTURY A.D.
15 3/4 in. (2.2 kg, 40 cm).
Featuring iron strap hinges, nails and clasp, polychrome painted motifs to each face displaying scrolling tendrils, geometric ornament and pairs of animals in formal garden settings; to the front face, two figures armed with swords facing each other, small animals bounding around their heels. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith Setdart Subastas, 28 September 2022, lot 35276208.
Ex central London gallery.
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Post Medieval Bronze 'Fauno Rosso' Satyr
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
Standing on a hexagonal base wearing a goatskin mantle tied by the forelegs around his shoulders, with poppy seed-heads and bunches of grapes by the left arm; in his raised right hand, a bunch of grapes and in his left hand a cudgel; stump of a tree by his right leg and barrel beside his left, with a lamb to the rear placing its foreleg on top; modelled after the so-called Fauno Rosso from Hadrian's Villa, now in the Capitoline Museum. 18.5 kg, 67 cm high
From an important Paris gallery, France.
Half-man, half-beast, satyrs were believed to be the children of goats and mountain nymphs. Followers of the god Dionysus, they had a reputation for drunkenness and spent their days participating in orgiastic rituals. They represented the crude and boisterous facets of the stereotypical male persona, particularly of rural man. -
Post Medieval Clay Pipe Bowl Group Including Armorials
Circa 18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Together with decorative designs, comprising bowls of various shapes and dates; together with a number of stems. 1.2 kg total, 3.3-13.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Georgian Gold Memento Mori Ring
Dated 12 October 1847 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
With everted upper and lower rim engraved with foliate motifs to the front faces, recessed central band engraved with a floral panel and inscription 'IN MEMORY OF', with continued inscription to the interior in cursive script 'O. Coates Obt. 12. Oct 1847, aet 54', followed by the hallmarks comprising: HI or IH maker's mark, anchor for Birmingham, 18 carat mark, duty mark and date letter 'Gothic A' for 1824; field to exterior keyed to receive enamel; seemingly an older ring with later inscription. 1.50 grams, 19.63 mm overall, 17.78 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman.
