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LOT 2222
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix with Madonna and Child
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (10.1 grams, 29 mm).
With pierced trefoil finial, ellipsoid seal with foliage and an arch over seated female with infant on her lap, kneeling supplicant and tree with clusters of pellets; supplied with an impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2222
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix with Madonna and Child
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Medieval Bronze Signet Ring with 'IN DEO VIVAS' Inscription
Circa 14th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
With segmented hoop and integral square bezel, legend in two lines of Roman capitals 'IN DE / VIVAS' (may you live in God). 4.23 grams, 21.91 mm overall, 17.68 x 17.87 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
Acquired from Derek Content, 17 October 1989. Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by a handwritten letter from Derek Content, dated 17 October 1989. -
Medieval Stained Glass Panel of The Virgin Mary in Prayer
Possibly Nuremberg, circa 1480 A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Nimbate bust of the Virgin Mary in three-quarter view, wearing a veil and wimple, her hands pressed together in prayer; dark blue background simulating a cloth, decorated with a pattern evoking luxury velvets and damascened silks of the higher echelons of late-medieval society. 610 grams, 28 cm
The Monastery Stained Glass, Towcester, 2010.
The employment of shading technique characterised by thick black hatching marks over a stippled ground tone is a defining feature of Bavarian glass painting from the late 15th century to the first decades of the 16th century. -
Late Medieval Bronze Ring Group with Glass Cabochons
Circa 15th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising flat-section hoop with ribbed outer face and sun-shaped bezel holding an iridescent cabochon; flat-section hoop with ribbed outer face, applied pellets to each arm, circular bezel enclosing a red glass cabochon. 12.36 grams total, 25-26 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
