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LOT 1778
Limestone Statue of Saint Peter
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 3/8 in. (668 grams, 21.3 cm).
Modelled in the round standing erect in floor-length robe and holding an oversized key in his right hand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Bronze Brooch Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising: plate brooches with Roman coin designs; bow brooches with large bronze figures forming the bow. 912 grams total, 4-12.3 cm
Property of a European gentleman. -
Renaissance Stained Glass Lancet-Arch Finial Pair
France, Champagne, Troyes, circa 1500-1510 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
Comprising two large mounted and framed assemblages displaying intertwined vines and bunches of grapes, both with a folded scroll to base inscribed with Gothic script, one reading 'Dominus Noster' (for Our Lord). 14 kg total, 79 x 56 - 79.5 x 57.5 cm
with Christie's, New York, 19 April 2018, no.169 (part). Ex central London gallery. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12090-217450. -
Ethiopian Manuscript Page with Mary Rescuing the Two Scribes from Devils
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Leaf from a vellum manuscript with hand-coloured image: Mary, right, nimbate in red floor-length robe and blue mantle holding aloft a soul in yellow kilt, its neck seized by two crouching winged dark-skinned demons; a third demon, left, with protruding tongue seizing the upper body of another soul; foreground: two male figures seated on low stools, each with vellum page in one hand and quill in the other; panels of red Coptic text above the scribes, beside their souls; the right edge damaged, left edge folded and pierced for binding. 40 grams, 29.5 x 26 cm
Collection of David Buxton (1913-2003), author of 'Travels in Ethiopia', 1949.
The image is related to the tale of Virgin Mary and the two brothers who were scribes. In this tale, Mary rescues the souls of the scribes who had committed sins whilst they were engaged in writing a copy of the Book of the Miracles of the Virgin Mary.
