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LOT 1808
Medieval and Later Lead Token Collection
15TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 in. (101 grams total, 17-26 mm).
Mainly unifacial discoid types with radiating bars, voided cross, concentric rings and other designs. [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Nigel Mills, London, UK.
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Post Medieval Bronze Livery and Other Button Collection
Circa 18th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Mixed group of bronze buttons with heraldic and other detailing. 257 grams total, 11-34 mm
Found Hertfordshire, UK. -
Framed Watercolour Painting
India, early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Depicting a nobleman standing in a landscape, holding and admiring a jewel; set in a reveal within a glazed wooden frame. 552 grams, 27.5 x 20 cm
Fine condition, some worm holes.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Ethiopian Diptych with St George and the Dragon
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Comprising two square panels bound together, painted cross motifs to the outside; left hand panels showing a polychrome scene of St George (Bet Gorgis) slaying the dragon and thus saving the princess shown on the left; the right panel showing winged St Tekle Haymanot in orans pose, right leg with a wooden prosthetic and the severed foot show on the ground, standing behind a bearded Saint (Saint Samuel of Waldebba?) in similar pose, wearing a flounced skirt with panther and lion heads, dove to the upper right hand corner. 426 grams, 21 x 21.5 cm
Ex Alistair McAlpine collection, 2004. Ex central London gallery.
According to Leroy, one of the first scholars who extensively studied Ethiopian paintings, the development in Ethiopian art from the middle of the 16th century to the middle of the 18th century followed only one style which emerged as the Gondarene style, named after the capital of the Ethiopian Kingdom, Gondar. Saint George is spearing the dragon with a cross-spear, of which 17th century originals are still visible in the Lalibela Museum. The anatomy of the horse recalls 17th century style, but the horse trappings with the second collar and the high cantle of the saddle are already visible in 15th century icons.
