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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 Lead Weight Group
12th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mainly discoid types and rectangular, many with central piercing, low-relief geometric detailing. 861 grams total, 24-82 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, 1990s. -
Medieval Lead Papal Bulla Seal of Pope Alexander IV
1254-1261 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
The obverse depicting the busts of St Peter and St Paul each within an inverted pear shaped compartment defined by pellets; cross pattee supported on a staff between the busts and at the top of the bulla in the centre the letters 'SPASPE', abbreviations for St Paul and St Peter; reverse inscribed over three lines 'ALE/XANDER/PP.IIII', with an omega above the letters 'PP'; both obverse and reverse faces with a pelleted perimeter. 31.1 grams, 30 mm
Private collection, UK.
The 'PP' abbreviation stands for 'pastor pastorum', translated as 'shepherd of the shepherds'. The bulla was so named because it was attached to Papal documents or 'Bullae'. They were sent from the offices of the Pope in Rome and the seal signified that the document was issued with the Pope's authority. Alexander's pontificate was signalled by efforts to reunite the Eastern Orthodox churches with the Catholic Church, by the establishment of the Inquisition in France, by favours shown to the mendicant orders, and by an attempt to organize a crusade against the Mongols after the second Mongol raid against Poland in 1259. -
Large Medieval Silver Gilt Ring with Inlay
15th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Comprising a plain hoop with frond to each shoulder, square cell to the bezel with claw setting; inset probably older blue glass cloison. 7.10 grams, 25.77 mm overall, 19.64 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
