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LOT 1682
Medieval and Other Artefact Collection
4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 4 3/4 in. (1.84 kg total, 1.4-12 cm).
Mixed group including medieval ceramics, flint scrapers, lead bag seal and other items. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a London collector; acquired variously since the 1970s.
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Medieval Silver Ring with Bird
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Ellipsoid plaque with incised image of a dove bearing a cross in its beak, on a pounced field with arched clouds. 5.15 grams, 22.11 mm overall, 19.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
Medieval Bronze Corpus Christi
12th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,650
With flat-topped crown, hair hanging in hanks to the shoulders, long D-shaped face with domed eyes, slender figure with ribs emphasised, knee-length loincloth falling in rippling folds; mounted on a custom-made stand. 500 grams total, 23 cm high including stand
Former collection of the late (d.1955) Bishop of Tournus. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12040-211844. -
Medieval Lead Weight Collection
Circa 13th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Heater-shaped with reserved fleur-de-lys and cross decoration; one trapezoidal, plain. 958 grams total, 40-65 mm
Ex Simmons gallery, London, UK. Ex North London collection, 1990s.
