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LOT 2214
Medieval Lead Pilgrim's Pendant with Calvary and Dragon-Slaying
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (5.63 grams, 28 mm).
Discoid in plan with bifacial low-relief imagery: Obverse - Calvary scene with Corpus Christi and flanking mourners; Reverse - hatched field with supine dragon, triumphant robed and crowned figure holding aloft a cross piercing the dragon's mouth. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.
LiteratureCf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, item 179, for an openwork version of the Calvary scene.
FootnotesThe imagery may represent St George slaying the dragon, although he is usually pictured nimbate and on horseback. Alternatively, it may show Christ overcoming Satan in the form of a dragon in the Harrowing of Hell episode.
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LOT 2214
Medieval Lead Pilgrim's Pendant with Calvary and Dragon-Slaying
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £200
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From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Medieval Knight's Enamelled Gilt Bronze 'De Bohun Family, Earl of Hereford' Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant
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Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £135
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From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Medieval Stone Fragment of a Lady Wearing a Barbette
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Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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Ex Altounian-Rousset.
