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LOT 2209
Large Medieval Bronze Strap End with Double-Headed Dragon
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (19.9 grams, 76.5 mm).
Tongue-shaped with onion-knop finial, engraved dragon in profile to one face.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 2209
Large Medieval Bronze Strap End with Double-Headed Dragon
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£60 (EUR 70; USD 81) +BP*
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Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix for Robert De Rae
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Hexagonal in plan with faceted bulb and pierced knop finial; incuse image of a ship with rigged mast, legend to border 'S' Roberti de Rae' with an ornamental x at the end (seal of Robert of Rae); with an old collector's slip. 11.7 grams, 23 mm
Found in Lincolnshire, UK. Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Gothic Gilt Copper Cross with Corpus Christi
Circa 1430 A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Hollow-formed cross with reserved Corpus Christi on a field of scrolled tendrils; reverse with similar tendril ornament and square panel to the end of each arm bearing the symbol of an evangelist. 452 grams, 27.4 cm
Collection of Richard Steiskal-Paur, Vienna. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13530-262853.
The image on the crucifix was realised according to the style of the period. Christ is at the centre of the cross, facing the viewer; his loincloth blowing to the left. At the foot of the cross, now missing, were probably Adam’s skull and bones. -
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix with Bird
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Chessman type with central bird beneath a feather, border with legend 'PRIVE SVM[.]', supplied with an impression. 8.23 grams, 27 mm
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
