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LOT 1603
Medieval Gilt Silver Saint Simeon
GERMANY, UPPER RHINE, CIRCA 1500 A.D.
1 5/8 in. (14 grams, 4 cm).
Holding the Infant Christ, modelled in the round with semi-naturalistic features, standing bare-footed on a plinth and wearing floor length robes. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAustrian private collection since circa 1995.
with ImKinsky Auctions 24 June 2020, lot 538 (part).
Ex central London gallery.
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The disc inscribed in Latin letters: 'dOM ɸ N ɸ * VVRbVM' (i.e. Domini Vurbum for Domini Verbum, 'God's Word'); with later added articulate pin. 11.08 grams, 56 mm wide
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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