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LOT 2516
Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20TH CENTURY A.D.
18 3/4 in. (30.8 grams, 47.5 cm).
Composed of tubular and coin-shaped beads interspersed with granulated metal collars, restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx West London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 2516
Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Post Medieval Enamelled Gold Recusant 'Death’s-Head' Memento Mori Ring
England, late 16th–early 17th century A.D.Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,750
With an octagonal bezel centred by a white enamel skull against a black enamel ground, the interior of the hoop engraved in italic script: 'OREMUS PRO FIDELIBUS DEFUNCTIS' for 'Let us pray for the faithful departed'. 3.43 grams, 19.44 mm overall, 16.81 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13509-263388.
The prayer for the faithful departed gives the ring its Catholic devotional character. -
Antique Maps of Brecknockshire and China
18th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: Owen, John and Bowen, Emanuel, Brecknockshire, from Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd, plate 163, from an 18th-century issue (first published 1720), an engraved county map with the road strip and a descriptive text panel, Rococo cartouche with putti, urns and a shell, hand-coloured, on the back is plate 164, the road from Chester to Llanfyllin, with a description of Chester and the Arms of Chester, inscribed in pencil 'Emanuel Bowen 1720-the 1735 issue' and 'From the Castle Grant Library' (Castle Grant, Morayshire, the seat of the Grants of Grant, Earls of Seafield); Souter, J., China, inscribed to the lower edge: 'London, Published Octr. 20th 1801 by J. Souter, 1 St. Pauls Ch. Yard', copperplate engraving with hand-coloured outlines, showing the provinces, the Great Wall, the Yellow and Yangtze rivers, Formosa and Hainan, centre fold. 16 grams total, 19.6 x 14 - 25.5 x 23.5 cm
Condition: Aged toning; small loss to the upper-right corner of the Brecknockshire sheet; the China map has a centre fold and some handling creases.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector. -
Greek Style Terracotta Plaque Frangment Group
Circa 19th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: rectangular fragment with upper body of a Greek lady holding up a jar and reed-pipe, head of another before her balancing a tray with folded cloth; upper body of a woman in profile with arms extended placing a casket on a table; architrave with decorative border and door, head of a lady adjusting her diadem and chald behind her. 600 grams total, 11-20.6 cm
Acquired at auction in Geneva or Basel circa 1989. From the private collection of a Swiss gentleman collector, thence by decent 2018.
