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LOT 1882
Mixed Artefact Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 1/2 in. (5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.) (47 grams total, 24-40 mm (159 grams total, 14 x 11.5 cm including case)).
Comprising: a reproduction terracotta pillow-shaped tablet with cuneiform inscription; arrowhead; tri-facial seal; bronze ring. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK.
From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent.
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Bronze Statuette Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising: a kilted male figure holding a torch aloft, mounted on a square-section stand with medallion ornament; two figures in similar poses on socle bases; Roman style after the antique. 2.38 kg total, 16.5-23.5 cm
Property of a European gentleman. -
Marble Statue of a Lady
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Romantic vision of a Roman lady with a palla draped over her head and shoulders, wearing a stola and sandals; mounted on a custom-made stand. 790 grams total, 23.5 cm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Ethiopian Manuscript Page with Mary Rescuing the Two Scribes from Devils
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Leaf from a vellum manuscript with hand-coloured image: Mary, right, nimbate in red floor-length robe and blue mantle holding aloft a soul in yellow kilt, its neck seized by two crouching winged dark-skinned demons; a third demon, left, with protruding tongue seizing the upper body of another soul; foreground: two male figures seated on low stools, each with vellum page in one hand and quill in the other; panels of red Coptic text above the scribes, beside their souls; the right edge damaged, left edge folded and pierced for binding. 40 grams, 29.5 x 26 cm
Collection of David Buxton (1913-2003), author of 'Travels in Ethiopia', 1949.
The image is related to the tale of Virgin Mary and the two brothers who were scribes. In this tale, Mary rescues the souls of the scribes who had committed sins whilst they were engaged in writing a copy of the Book of the Miracles of the Virgin Mary.
