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LOT 0339
Medieval Limestone Corbel Head
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
11 in. (3.8 kg, 28 cm including stand).
The figure carved wearing a hooded cowl, face face with furrowed brow, hooded eyes, sunken cheeks and down-turned mouth; remains of moulded springer to the top and rear of the head; chipped; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceEx Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK.
Ex London collection, 1980s-1990s.
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Medieval Bronze Steelyard Weight with Heraldic Shields
Circa 1260-1300 A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Hemispherical with suspension loop at apex; three heraldic shields within roundels to the shoulder, scalloped lower edge. 70 grams, 32 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s. From a North London collection. -
Medieval Gilt Bronze Processional Cross
15th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £16,900
With wooden core to which the embossed sheets have been attached; the obverse with a central nimbate Corpus Christi, an applied rosette above and to the left arm; an angel to the finial of the upper and lower arm with Mary and St John the Evangelist to the side arms; the reverse with a central figure of Jesus holding the Gospel and making the sign of blessing; each finial of the arm with the symbols of the Evangelists (eagle, angel, lion and ox); the cross resting on a floral sphere with a socket below. 920 grams, 52.5 cm
Some damage and repair.
with Adolphe Goumaz, Pully, Switzerland. Ex private collection. 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.11804-206500.
The metal sheets of the cross seem to be 15th century A.D. North Italian work. The four Evangelists are depicted with a human face at the front of the cross, and in animal forms at the reverse.
