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LOT 1896
Lifesize Marble Statue of Venus
19TH CENTURY A.D.
33 in. (133 kg, 84 cm high).
The upper body of a young female figure, likely the goddess Venus, shrouded in a palla mantle worn over the robe and draped over the head as a hood; the left arm bent to form folds and gatherings in the cloth, the right arm shown beneath the cloth held bent to the right breast; after the antique.
ProvenanceFrench collection, 1960s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12090-213905.
In Roman mythology, Venus was the goddess of love, sex, beauty and fertility. Married to the god Vulcan, Venus' principal divine lover was Mars, with whom she was famously trapped in bed with a net by Vulcan. The goddess also had numerous mortal lovers - Adonis for example. The earliest known appearance of a temple dedicated to Venus was founded on the Aventine Hill in 295 B.C. She is most closely associated with the month of April, the beginning of the season of spring.
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LOT 1896
Lifesize Marble Statue of Venus
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
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Stone Mount Group with Rubies
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Group of three domed plaques each with inset rubies and other detailing. 124 grams total, 49-56 mm
Property of a South West London gentleman. -
Tudor Period Tinned Bronze Ring with Crowned Shield
Circa 16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With chamfered edges and pointillé band to the rim of the ebzel, octagonal plaque with low-relief heater shield on a wreath with crown above. 7.58 grams, 22.78 mm overall, 19.25 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Russian Wooden Icon with Virgin Donskaya with Silver Basma
Circa 1700 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
With slots and mounting panels to the reverse; sheet silver basma composed of decorative impressed strips trimmed to the outline of the painted image; icon of 'Virgin Donskaya' (Our Lady of the River Don), Mary wearing a dark purple veil and mantle with jewelled trim and tasselled fringe to the crook of the arm, infant Jesus supported by her right arm; rectangular panels with monograms flanking Mary's head; 'ΜΡ' and 'ΘΥ' (Μήτηρ (τοῦ) Θεοῦ = Mother of God), over the child inscription in Greek letters 'ΙϹ ΧϹ' (ΙΗϹΟΥϹ ΧΡΙϹΤΟϹ = Jesus Christ), three letters (only two visible) inside the nimbus of Christ representing the continuous divine self-existence of Christ as God ('O ѾN' = The Only One who always exists). 1.05 kg, 31.5 cm high
Fine condition.
Ex property of a London lady, part of her family's collection.
The original of this icon (Our Lady of the Don) is a 14th century icon, with the characteristics of the Eleusa (Virgin of the tenderness), by the great painter Theophan the Greek, circa 1382-1395, held in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
