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LOT 1640
Medieval Lead Trade Weight Group
13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 2 in. (338 grams total, 23-52 mm).
Comprising: a large square type with bevelled edges, low-relief compass motif; smaller square with knotwork motif. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Simmons gallery, 1990s.
From a North London, UK, collection.
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Medieval Bone Gaming Dice Set
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Graduated set of three dice, each cuboid with ring-and-dot markings disposed 1:6, 2:5, 3:4. 2.2 grams total, 5-8 mm
From the important private collection of dice and gaming pieces of Colin Narbeth, London, UK, collection no.129. -
Medieval Prophet Cutting from an Illustrated Manuscript
Florence, Italy, circa 1470 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Discoid glazed mount with tiered profile, painted miniature of an Old Testament prophet with epigraphic scroll and incomplete Latin inscription reciting 'Hic e Deus tuus..et non estimavi ali...ac illus' [He is your God...and I did not estimate other...and He...' 57 grams, 11.4 cm
Private collection, Tuscany, inherited, 1969. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12059-217465.
The illumination is from a cutting of dismembered codex, likely representing a book of the Old Testament. In 15th century North Italy there were proficient artists realising images on vellum, like the Master of Murano Gradual (active between 1430-1460). The miniature represents an Eastern Prophet, dressed with turban and long coat, maybe Ezekiel, or Abacuc, or even Moses, a prophet linked with the prophecies related to the Messiah. -
Medieval Gold and Garnet Pendant
14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Formed as biconvex scaphoid gems set in a gold frame of two lozenges. 0.49 grams, 12 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.
