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LOT 2292
Medieval Enamelled Gilt Bronze Mount with Peacocks
CIRCA 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (6.01 grams, 42 mm).
Discoid type with repoussé motif of two peacocks addorsed with their long tails joined at the base framing a vertical stalk with bud at the top; pellets to the rim; pierced close to the centre for attachment. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2292
Medieval Enamelled Gilt Bronze Mount with Peacocks
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Medieval Bronze 'Break, Read, Conceal' Seal Matrix with Walking Bird
Circa 1300-1400 A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Shield-shaped seal matrix with a central design of a walking bird in the foreground, and a star, moon and possibly another bird in the back, surrounded by an inscription reading 'FRANGE LEGE TEGE*' for 'break, read, conceal'; suspension loop on the reverse; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 5.73 grams, 23 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Hothfield, Kent, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-3A9381. -
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Medieval Knight's Enamelled Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant with Rampant Lion
Circa 14th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £110
Heater-shaped with lion rampant on red enamelled background. 10.54 grams, 32.7 mm
Ex Graham Slater collection, Cambridge, 1980s-1990s. -
Medieval Painting of Saint Francis of Assisi
Italy, circa 1360-1380 A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £120
Rectangular body with triangular arch to the upper edge; gilt finish to gesso-covered board and stepped frame; facing bust with pounced nimbus framing the grey-haired tonsured head, with short beard; dark brown monastic habit with hood over a grey undertunic visible at the cuff; both hands supporting a red-covered book; Sienna School, label to reverse: 'Firenze Sept,1935 Ecole Siennoise. No.934. A.K.K.K'. 3.6 kg, 69.5 cm high
Private collection, Geneva, formed in the 1980s; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13513-262847.
One of the earliest known portraits of the saint was painted by Cimabue while he was working on the frescoes at the Basilica of Assisi. Executed on a wooden panel, tradition holds that this board originally served as the lid for the humble wooden coffin in which Saint Francis was laid to rest immediately after his death. Over the centuries, the depiction of the saint was refined by masters like Giotto and other prominent Medieval and Renaissance artists, including the Master of Paciano, Taddeo di Bartolo, Benozzo Gozzoli, and Niccolò di Liberatore. Together, their works offer a focused yet deeply evocative journey, tracing how the saint’s image evolved alongside his rapidly growing cult. This artistic legacy is closely intertwined with the influential Sienese school of painting.
