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LOT 1857
Mixed Copper-Alloy Artefact Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D. AND EARLIER
1/4 - 6 1/8 in. (2.7 kg total, 0.8-15.7 cm).
Comprising complete and fragmentary items including: furniture fittings; keys; axe head; coins; buckles; musket balls; jewellery and other miscellaneous items. [100+, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
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Post Medieval Bone China Portrait of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
20th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Painted onto bone china in polychrome and gilt, showing the ruler facing, dressed in royal attire. 27 grams total, 64 mm high (82 x 82 mm including box)
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar was the fourth Shah of Qajar, and the third longest reigning ruler in Iranian history. He was assassinated in Tehran on 1st May 1896. He is known for being the first modern Persian monarch to have formally visited Europe and to have written about his travels in his memoirs. -
Gilt Wooden Icon of Archangel Gabriel
20th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £65
Advancing right against a gilt background, holding a staff, an ornate nimbus composed of arcades and trefoils behind his head; label to reverse for the Serbian Republic, dated 1970. 705 grams, 34.5 cm
Ex French gallery, Paris.
The painting represents a section of the Annunciation. The composition of the subject is well known from the Palaiologan paintings and from Balkan and Russian art since the 14th century A.D. The angel is advancing towards the frightened Virgin, with three fingers of the right hand raised and recalling the Trinity of God. The other hand is holding a staff, symbol of His investiture as Officer of the Heavenly Court and Archangel (Chief of the Angels). -
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Post Medieval Iron Bread Stamp Scissors
Circa 16th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Retaining an articulate press, the interior of one plate with four stamp designs, two larger and two smaller, each depicting the Crucifixion. 4.15 kg, 69 cm
Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
