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LOT 0366
Medieval Bronze Cross on Base
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/4 in. (669 grams, 23 cm).
Comprising an expanding-arm cross supporting a short neck with disc finial above; below, a short shank with trumpet-shaped baluster and triangular base, scooped in profile with segmented radiating legs and domed feet; a knop placed between each pair of legs.
ProvenanceWith Juliette Noujaim, Arqueologie, Islamic Art, Le Louvre des Antiquaires, Paris.
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2005.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12290-222317.
Cf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 543, for type.
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LOT 0366
Medieval Bronze Cross on Base
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
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Medieval and Later Bronze Buckle Collection
Circa 14th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Mixed group of buckles and buckle-plates including D-shaped, double-loop, trapezoidal and other types. 414 grams total, 12-57 mm
Found Hertfordshire, UK. -
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Medieval Iron Horse Shoe Group
14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising shoes of various sizes, types and dates and including examples retaining nails. 8.35 kg total, 11-14 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
Late medieval and Renaissance horseshoes had an angular inner profile. These horse shoes were broadly C-shaped and rectangular in section. -
Norman Bronze Buckle with Beast Heads
11th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
With rectangular plate, D-section tongue curved over the forward edge of the loop formed as two opposed beast-heads; remains of surface gilding; Romanesque style. 42 grams, 46 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
