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LOT 1417
Medieval and Later Bronze Ring Group
CIRCA 14TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 in. (32 grams total, 17-25 mm).
Mixed group with various decoration including applied rosette, incised pentagram, hatched bands, and other types. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx North London, UK, gentleman, 1990s-2000s.
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Medieval Painted Wooden Merchant Figure
Circa 15th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
With carved detailing and remains of gesso and paint, hollow to the reverse; slender male merchant in floor-length robe gathered at the waist with a narrow girdle, turned collar and three domed buttons, draped mantle to the left shoulder; bonnet with turned brim and two securing tapes with tassels draped to the shoulders; left hand raised supporting a casket or base for a figure (absent); mounted on an octagonal wooden base. 2.7 kg, 64.5 cm high
Acquired UK art market, 1980s-1990s. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman collector. -
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Medieval Bronze Round Seal Matrix with Lion
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
With central sleeping lion motif and dense field of intersecting pointed arches with tracery and illegible letters in the spandrels around the perimeter; tapering shank and trefoil loop above. 13.1 grams, 25 mm
Found Southern England. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Large Medieval Bronze Strap End with St Christopher
14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Socket finial to one end, waisted stem, heart-shaped plaque, bar of four rivet holes and shell or leaf-shaped finial, the body displaying Saint Christopher standing on a mound with a young boy on his shoulder and holding a staff in relief, Gothic letters 'ID' to the socket. 45 grams, 90 mm
Acquired early 1990s. From an East Anglian private collection.
