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LOT 0323
Medieval Gilt Basse-Taille Plaques from a Processional Cross Depicting Evangelists
SPAIN, CATALONIA, CIRCA 1400-1420 A.D.
1 7/8 - 2 in. (27.49 grams total, 48-50 mm).
Group of four quatrefoil plaques, each with a hole at the end of each arm for attachment; champ-levé enamelled images of the symbols of the evangelists: angel, ox, and lion, one with an image of a pelican piercing her side with her own beak, symbolising Christ's Passion; each with a looped and draped band, the angel holding a banner with a legend 'marcus' in bastarda script. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceGalerie Ratton Ladriere, 2021.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13470-262833.
See the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, accession no. M.307-1956, for a late 14th-century Catalonian processional cross.
FootnotesProcessional crosses in late medieval Catalonia were richly decorated with gilt silver and basse-taillle plaques. In terms of the typology of Catalan crosses in the later Middle Ages, the present work was part of a 'cruz flordelisada' (cross adorned with a fleur-de-lis), which was a Catalan fashion in the 14th and 15th centuries, and which was used in Christian processions.
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LOT 0323
Medieval Gilt Basse-Taille Plaques from a Processional Cross Depicting Evangelists
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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Medieval Manuscript Page
15th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £15
Vellum page with band of detailed floral ornament to the left edge and corner; seventeen-line block of bastarda-script text with Latin text beginning 'Domine Jesu Christe, qui septem verba die ultimo vitae tuae in ultimis in cruce pendens dixisti..' a reference to the last words of Christ while hanging on the cross; coloured versals with liquid gold field; mounted in a glazed wooden frame with old pasted label to reverse for J.J.Patrickosn and printed sheet with details of this craftsman. 610 grams total, 30.5 x 24 cm including frame
Ex early-20th century, private collection. Acquired on the UK art market, 2025. -
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Medieval Stone Sculpture of St Mary Magdalene
France, early 15th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 7 | Current Bid: £270
Modelled in high relief with dorsal pillar; maiden in advancing pose with fillet to the brow and curly tresses falling to the shoulders, girdle with loop and chain to the waist, copious folds of the robe lifted by the left hand, right hand at waist-height; mounted on a custom-made stand. 21.5 kg total, 70 cm high including stand
French-Swiss private collection. The items were acquired in the 2010s to be displayed on the property in Ain, France. Following the move, they disposed of some of the items. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13514-262848.
By the early 13th century, bodies in Gothic sculpture acquired more three-dimensional mass, more flexibility, more natural poses and drapery, and individual faces. Later 13th-century sculpture gave up this monumental power for more specific anatomy, actions, and emotions. Late 14th -century and 15th-century work continued in the direction of greater mass and more detailed faces. -
Medieval Silver-Gilt Ring with Meander Design
Circa 15th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Annular hoop with a slightly convex upper face featuring a median band of meander design flanked by a faux-rope border. 5.05 grams, 21.67 mm overall, 18.32 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
