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LOT 1714
Medieval Gold Ring with Garnet
12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (0.60 grams, 17.91 mm overall, 15.37 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)).
Slender hoop with disc bezel, inset garnet cloison.
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Oman, C.C., British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974, pl.15(B), for type.
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Medieval Stained Glass with Head of a Blond Youth
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Roundel with irregular panel depicting a blond youth with his right hand raised to his ear; set within green foliage fragments to form a circular design. 170 grams, 13 cm
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Medieval Chrismatory with Limoges Panels
France, Limoges, circa 1220 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £22,100
Inner wooden casket with chamfered rim and separate lid, encased within rectangular gilt-bronze panels with enamel decoration, four gilt-bronze stud feet to the underside; the lid with three nimbate figures, a female saint with palm frond and two flanking figures holding books, all reserved on a blue field with interstitial polychrome rosettes; Side A: nimbate bearded bust of Christ in Majesty with right hand in gesture of benison, left hand supporting a book, flanked by two winged nimbate angels; Side B: nimbate bust of a winged angel in a roundel; Side C: geometric repeating pattern of lozenges with floral fill; Side D: mirror image of Side B. 760 grams, 14.5 cm
John Pierpont Morgan, New York, and London, until 1917. Private collection, Suffolk. Accompanied by a copy of a previous four page illustrated cataloguing document with references. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12039-212154.
The two end-panels are believed to have been added at a later date than the longer panels and may have been trimmed slightly along the lower edges. The panels are attached with domed pins of various types.
