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LOT 2328
Medieval Silver-Gilt Lamb of God Pilgrim's Badge
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 in. (0.84 grams, 11 mm).
Hat-badge formed as an advancing regardant Agnus Dei with textured fleece and swallow-tail banner.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s-1980s.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
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LOT 2328
Medieval Silver-Gilt Lamb of God Pilgrim's Badge
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Medieval Lead Pilgrim's Pendant with Calvary and Dragon-Slaying
14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. 5.63 grams, 28 mm
From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.
The 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. -
Heavy Medieval Gilt Bronze Reliquary Box Lid with Engraved Floral Cross
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed as a heavy rectangular plaque with engraved floral decoration at the top, a circular hole in the centre. 90.6 grams, 65 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Medieval Bronze Corpus Christi Crucifix
Swabia, 12th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Bid: £55
Modelled in the half-round and hollow to the reverse, with extended arms and elongated hands, crowned head tilted and lentoid eyes downcast in solemn expression, long hanks of hair falling on his shoulders; wearing a knee-length pleated garment, secured to the waist with a thick cord; chevron rib detailing; pierced hands and block beneath feet. 150 grams, 14.1 cm
From the collection of Prof. Dr Rudolf Schnellbach, the Director of the Baden State Museum. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13529-262856.
In accordance with the old tradition derived from Byzantium, Christ is depicted as alive, with nailed hands. It may have once been part of an altar decoration or, rather, placed above or in the chancel arch of a church.
