Medieval and Other Bronze Harness Ring Collection

Oil on board devotional panel in a gilt wooden frame; the Virgin in a bottle-green gown with gilt collar and cream undershift, crimson mantle; the naked Christ supported on his mother's left hip, his left foot clasped in the interleaved fingers of her right hand; textured gilt field; attributed to a follower of Dirk Bouts. 2.8 kg, 57 cm high



Collection of Henri and Suzanne Paradis since circa 1967. From the sale of their collection at Deburaux, 4 July 2015, lot 19. Ex central London gallery. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11902-207281.

Including various vessel elements such as lids, feet and bodies, some with decorative motifs; together with fragmentary glass vessels. 19.2 kg total including box, 69.5 x 30.5 cm



Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.

Among the interesting objects of this hoard there is a two-handled cooking pot with partial internal and external clear glaze. These late medieval potteries (circa 1490-1510) were often imported to England from the Low Countries. If in the high medieval period French potteries remained the most common Continental import, in the late Medieval Age the products of France, the Low Countries, the Rhineland and the Iberian Peninsula occurred in roughly equal proportions.

Conjoined roundels with folded strap, Side A: three crowns flanked by initials 'D(?)A' and legend to the border 'C[..]ON{..}VYTSCO[...]'; Side B: lion rampant within a beaded border with legend '[...]VYTS * COD[...]'. 33.7 grams, 47 mm



Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.