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LOT 1822
Medieval Bronze Ring with Standing Knight
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.69 grams, 20.68 mm overall, 17.23 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
Octagonal bezel with incuse standing figure in surcoat and helm. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 596, for type.
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Most glazed and from various vessel types, including examples with decoration. 19.5 kg total, 1.5-17.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge of St. Ubaldus
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Formed as a pentagonal plate showing a bishop in relief to the centre, wearing a mitre and floor length cope and surplice, holding attributes of his office, surrounding Latin legend: '[S]ANTVS VBALDVS EPISCOPVS DEV GV[BIO]' (St. Ubaldus, bishop, of Gubbio); one remaining attachment loop. 7.7 grams, 43 mm
European collection, 1990s. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Commemorating a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Ubaldus (1085-1160) in Gubbio. -
Medieval Oil Painting of Sorrowful Virgin
Aragon, Spain, circa 16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
The weeping Virgin with her head bowed to the left and hands raised to her chest on a dotted gilt background, an expression of pain on her delicately formed face; wearing a white veil and a black long-sleeved robe, the veil arranged as a headdress and covering her hair; on wood and mounted in a later carved wooden architectural frame. 5.1 kg, 71 cm
Good state of conservation, despite the small damage to the painting visible on the right shoulder of the Virgin.
with Duran Arte y Subastas, 17 September 2015, lot 72. Ex central London gallery. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11750-202070.
The painting represents the Virgin Mary Dolorosa or Our Lady of Seven Sorrows: a classic representation of the suffering experienced by the Virgin during the passion of Jesus Christ.
