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LOT 2084
Medieval Period and Other Bronze and Other Artefact Group
16TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 10 in. (994 grams total, 1-25.5 cm).
Mixed group of items, including an intaglio, a commemorative coin celebrating the royal wedding of Diana and Charles, a half crown, a furniture mount, and others. [24, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2084
Medieval Period and Other Bronze and Other Artefact Group
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Travel Icon with Extended Deesis
19th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Depicting Deesis with Jesus at the centre, Saint Mary on the left and Saint John the Baptist on the right; Jesus seated upon a throne, depicted with the open Gospel in his left hand and raising his right hand in blessing; Mary, with veiled head and mantle, wearing a maphorion mantle over an embroidered robe and holding a scroll; the Deesis surrounded by a theory of saints, with Saint Zosima and Saint Sabbas making the Proskynesis in front of the Christ; Old Slavic inscription above the figures: 'ΙC ΧΡ' (Jesus Christ). 67 grams, 64 mm
Acquired from Chris Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas, 5 Piccadilly Arcade, London SW1. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
The Deisis or Deesis (Деисус, Gk. for “supplication”) was the depiction of the Virgin, John the Baptist and possibly other saints interceding with Christ on behalf of mankind. -
Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Travel Icon with Saint Antipas of Pergamum
19th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
Representing Saint Antipas with a Gospel in his left hand and making the gesture of blessing with his right, dressed as a bishop, with sticharion, covered by omophorion, and surmounted by an epitrachelion; the Mandylion at the centre above the saint, Saint Mary on the left panel and Jesus on the right; Old Slavic inscription around the figures: 'ΙC ΧΡ' (Jesus Christ); 'ΜΡ ϴΥ'(Mother of God); Saint Antipas of Pergamum (Св Анти́па Перга́мский). 238 grams, 11.3 cm
Acquired from Chris Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas, 5 Piccadilly Arcade, London SW1. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
The icon features meticulous craftsmanship typical of Orthodox iconography. Saint Antipas was popularly held to be a healer of tooth problems. He was martyred by being burned in a brazen bull-shaped altar under the Emperor Nero or Domitian. -
Tudor Period Glazed Ceramic Tripod Cooking Vessel
16th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £55
Comprising a bulbous body with an everted rim and a loop handle to the rear, three flaring feet on the underside. 1.05 kg, 20.6 cm wide
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
