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LOT 0408
Medieval Stained Glass Panel with Saint John on Patmos
SOUTHERN GERMANY OR RHINE VALLEY, CIRCA 1500-1510 A.D.
9 7/8 in. (335 grams, 25 cm high).
Roundel in a modern lead frame with suspension loop; black and silver-stained scene of St. John in exile on the island of Patmos, sitting with quill and scroll in a rocky landscape and visited by a vision of Mary in a yellow vesica-shaped nimbus; two cracks repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Sussex, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an illustrated catalogue document.
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LOT 0408
Medieval Stained Glass Panel with Saint John on Patmos
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
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Medieval Bronze Corpus Christi
12th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,650
With flat-topped crown, hair hanging in hanks to the shoulders, long D-shaped face with domed eyes, slender figure with ribs emphasised, knee-length loincloth falling in rippling folds; mounted on a custom-made stand. 500 grams total, 23 cm high including stand
Former collection of the late (d.1955) Bishop of Tournus. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12040-211844. -
Medieval Stained Glass Armorial with Flowers
Circa 1600 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Panel in frame of lead cames with painted heraldic design in elaborate style, the shield divided per pale with gules a fleur-de-lys or and argent a rosette gules; scroll below with partial text '[H]enrich Volse[...]'. 126 grams, 15.5 cm
with De Baecque Encheres, 5 March 2022, no.49. -
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Medieval Decorated 'He who loves from the heart, gives with a good heart' Posy Boxwood Comb
Circa 1490-1510 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
Central panel decorated with a heart pierced by two arrows and inscription: 'qui de bon [COER] eyme', and verso openwork carving of blind interlaces and inscription: 'de bon [COER] donne', translating to 'He who loves from the heart, gives with a good heart'; probably given as a love token. 58 grams, 15 cm
Private collection, USA. Private collection, Suffolk. Accompanied by a copy of an illustrated catalogue document.
Medieval specialist Dr Malcolm Jones writes: 'The same formula and use of the rebus heart-device can be found engraved on contemporary jewellery, e.g. on a 14th/15thC English gold ring recently on the French antique jewellery market which is inscribed in Black Letter script, ie. uous eme bien [I love you very much - de bon ♥ - from a good heart]. The familiar heart-symbol ♥ -- which nowadays we ‘read’ as love [I ♥ New York] -- makes its first appearance as a rebus in this late medieval era, engraved on rings, where it is to be read as the noun, coer/cuer, etc. One of its earliest appearances is on a bronze ring of 13th or 14thC date in the British Museum inscribed in Lombardic capitals: A VILA MON ♥ [Here is my heart GARDI LI MO[Y] keep it for me].
