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LOT 1647
Medieval Iron Horseshoe Group
CIRCA 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 5 1/4 in. (1.2 kg total, 2.5-13.5 cm).
Mainly formed with broad plate and countersunk rectangular nail-holes. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of B. Posey, Germany 1990s.
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Medieval Stained Glass Panel of The Lamentation from the workshop of Jan van Diependaele
Circa 1520 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Roundel with painted image of the Corpus Christi having been taken down from the cross and prepared for burial; weeping mourners in the foreground, grave-diggers and cave of Golgotha behind, city walls in the distance. 365 grams, 23.5 cm
Private collection, South-West England. Ex central London gallery. -
Medieval Bronze Knight's Holy Sepulchre Badge
13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Formed as a cross-crosslet, the symbol of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, with punched-point border, short pin to verso. 1.75 grams, 27 mm
Found Cambridgeshire in 1996. Property of an Essex gentleman.
The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD. -
Medieval Romanesque Marble Head of a Saint
Late 12th-13th century A.D.Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,750
Carved naturalistically in the round as a mature male figure with short wavy hair, full beard and moustache, his brow furrowed and mouth held slightly ajar; repaired. 3.8 kg, 18 cm
Acquired in Europe before 1996. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11809-206816.
The head was carved as an image of a saint, Apostle or a prophet. The accomplished and sophisticated style of carving on this head can be compared to some of the most celebrated Romanesque buildings of Southern France. The carving of the head resembles the representations of heads and faces of 12th century French Romanesque art, for example those of Saint Trophime in Arles. This imposing head once served as an important architectural part of a lavishly decorated church, possibly in western France. Its form and the size suggest that the head was not only decorative but that it would have been structurally important – perhaps part of a row of statues of apostles and prophets like those depicted on the Saint Trophime façade.
