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LOT 0420
Large Post Medieval Wooden Virgin at Prayer Statue
17TH CENTURY A.D.
38 1/2 in. (27.7 kg, 98 cm high).
Modelled in a dynamic standing posture wearing floor-length robes, hands clasped in front of her breast; remains of polychrome pigmentation.
ProvenanceAcquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
The timber shows some old insect flight holes and we are advised that this piece has been recently treated with Permethrin, as a precaution.
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LOT 0420
Large Post Medieval Wooden Virgin at Prayer Statue
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Post Medieval Bone China Portrait of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
20th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Painted onto bone china in polychrome and gilt, showing the ruler facing, dressed in royal attire. 27 grams total, 64 mm high (82 x 82 mm including box)
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar was the fourth Shah of Qajar, and the third longest reigning ruler in Iranian history. He was assassinated in Tehran on 1st May 1896. He is known for being the first modern Persian monarch to have formally visited Europe and to have written about his travels in his memoirs. -
Mounted Marble Torso
20th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Carved in the round as a standing nude female; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 165 grams total, 14.5 cm high including stand
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Post Medieval Iron Dagger
Circa 17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Of curved form and with remaining rivets for attachment of the tang-scales; single-edged blade with sunburst and ring-and-dot motifs to the lower edge on one face, joined by plain bands. 165 grams, 35 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
