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LOT 1954
Italia. Siena (Republic) AR Grosso Set into a Later Silver Brooch.
BEFORE 1250.
2 3/8 in. (6.83 grams, 61 mm.).
[✠ SENAVETVS, large S flanked by four pellets] / ✠ ALFA ET CIƆ, cross pattée. CNI 26; Biaggi 2536.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
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LOT 1954
Italia. Siena (Republic) AR Grosso Set into a Later Silver Brooch.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Roman Style Bronze Statuette of an Acrobat
20th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Modelled in the round in delicately balanced pose resting on the hands; loincloth with waistband. 71.1 grams, 92 mm
Previously belonging to J Stewart, Mayfair, London, UK; acquired in the early 1980s. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
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Silver Pendant in the form of Saint Anthony of Padua and Christ Child
Spain, 17th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Modelled in the round, Saint Anthony standing on a square base and holding the infant Jesus, who is holding a lily in his left hand; the saint dressed in long robes tied at the waist with a rope, loop at the rear and a separately made base. 64 grams, 58 mm
Acquired on the European art market. -
Renaissance Agate Cameo of Two Owls in Gold Ring
Italy, 17th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Comprising a D-section hoop expanding towards the open-backed setting set with a large brown agate intaglio modelled as two conjoined standing owls, the one at the front facing, and the other looking to the right, intricate feather and facial details, the cameo with a loss on the right-hand side, with the ring incorporating a fine gold repair. 12.74 grams, 24.90 mm overall, 17.00 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)
Acquired on the European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13318-257961.
Even in the Italian Renaissance, the owl, an ancient symbol of the goddess Athena, symbolised wisdom. The owl was also a symbol of the night and death, as is so eloquently illustrated in the 17th-century painting Vanité à la chouette in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, which depicts an owl sitting on a human skull next to an extinguished candle.
