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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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Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
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Restrung designer necklace with polyhedral, tabular, irregular and other beads and metal spacers. 40.5 grams, 45 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery. -
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Post Medieval Bronze Deer Statuette
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Modelled standing with head slightly turned, with long ears and small antlers; tail curled against the rump; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 610 grams total, 15.5 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.
Many deposits of Gallo-Roman statuettes contain votive statuettes not particularly linked to the classical artistic style. The temple deposits in which these animalistic statuettes (series of stags or boars) were discovered were certainly Roman, but the animals could have belonged to cults of Celtic origin. -
Ethiopian Wooden Icon with Paintings of Saints
Mid 17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Carved portable icon with integral loop, frontal and rear recesses each with a door hinged with thread; painted scenes within of the Crucifixion and the meeting of Saint Abune Tekle Haimanot and Gabra Manfas Keddus (?), St. George attacking a dragon, Mary and Infant Jesus with angels Gabriel and Michael. 91 grams, 10 cm high
Reece Gallery, c. 2010. Ex central London gallery.
A series of icons representing the Virgin of Santa Maria Maggiore were produced in Ethiopia in the 16th and 17th centuries; the icon offered here is one such example. Sitting on the left arm of his mother, Christ gives a blessing with his right hand and holds a book in his left hand, both details showing a close relationship with the Santa Maria Maggiore version.
