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LOT 2284
Medieval and Later Buckle Collection
CIRCA 15TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 3 1/4 in. (688 grams total, 17-84 mm).
Including D-shaped, twin-loop, square and other types. [89, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK. (UK buyers only, not for export)
LiteratureCf. for some similar buckles Leahy, K., Lewis, M., Finds Identified II, Dress fittings & ornaments, Witham, 2020, p.146.
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LOT 2284
Medieval and Later Buckle Collection
Estimate £10 - 20€12 - 23 (for guidance only)$14 - 27 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Medieval Bronze Candlestick on Ornate Tripod Base
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Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £100
Tapering tubular socket with vents at the base and short balustered shank, triangular base with three splayed feet, pounced field between. 137 grams, 70 mm
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. -
Medieval Silver-Gilt Iconographic Ring with Saint
15th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Lentoid-section hoop with flat panels to the shoulders, ellipsoid bezel with incised nimbate bust in three-quarter view; repaired. 3.99 grams, 21.55 mm overall, 19.07 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
Acquired in the 1970s-1980s. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. -
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Medieval Stone Panel with The Entombment of Christ
England, Nottingham Alabaster, Midlands, circa 1440-1460 A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Bid: £2,000
High-relief carving depicting a figural scene: nimbate Mary Magdalene crouching at bottom left, extending her hand with one braid of her hair towards the extended right hand of a supine Christ resting on a rectangular tomb; robed figure of Joseph of Arimathea to the right with a lantern at his feet, supporting the folded knees of the supine figure; on a wooden base with framed and felt-covered board to the rear. 5.75 kg, 36 cm high
Joanna Booth, London, UK, 2011. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13524-262844.
The entombment of Christ is a widely interpreted topic in the religious art of the Middle Ages: the scene always includes the presence of Mary Magdalene holding the hand of Christ and Joseph of Arimathea, who, according to the Gospel of John (XIX, 38-42), placed Jesus in his own unused tomb.
