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LOT 1910
Medieval and Later Iron Billhook Collection
14TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
6 3/4 - 8 5/8 in. (260 grams total, 17-22 cm).
Each with a hooked mounting spike, broad curved blade sharpened on the inner edge. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Large Cretan Wooden Icon Fragment of Deesis with Christ Pantocrator and Saint John the Prodromos
Circa 1670 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Depicting Christ Pantocrator and Saint John on his side, hand of Mary visible on the left; the Lord of the Universe represented seated upon a cushioned throne, the right hand in blessing gesture, the left hand holding a Gospel decorated with precious stones; wearing a blue chlamys and red sticharion; Saint John in proskynesis in front of Christ, dressed in a brown vestis talaris; the head of both surrounded by a red halo; later wire for hanging to the reverse with an information sheet in German. 1.8 kg, 57 cm
Ex Hargesheimen Auction House, Dusseldorf, Germany. Property of a London, UK, gentleman collector.
The icon represents a middle section from a Deesis of a church iconostasis. Although preserved as a fragment, it is designed in the high style of the late 16th century. -
Post Medieval Glass Item Group
India, 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a large spherical mosaic glass bead and a handbag-shaped mosaic glass pendant. 75.6 grams total, 33-55 mm
Private collection, UK. -
Byzantine Style Gold and Garnet Cross Pendant
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Cruciform pendant with integral loop and granule below; six cells with a cabochon garnet. 6.96 grams, 56 mm
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
