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LOT 1921
Mixed Pendant Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 - 2 in. (53 grams total, 38-51 mm).
Mixed group of silver-coloured metal pendants with raised motifs including a horse, a dancing figure, a Buddhist 'aum' symbol and other designs. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a South West London gentleman.
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Post Medieval Bronze and Other Artefact Group
Mainly 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Including a ceramic Venus statuette, silver-gilt cigarette case, miniature book of Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar', toy cannon and other items. 939 grams total, 0.8 - 17.5 cm
Property of a Gloucestershire, UK, collector. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Ethiopian Manuscript Page for Miracle of the Virgin Mary
Circa 1680 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Vellum leaf with pricked guidelines for placement of two columns of red-ink and black-ink text in Ge'ez script with red detailing; recto with two columns of text above a polychrome painted miniature showing a nimbate Mary beside a recumbent bearded figure among buildings with a winged angel above; verso with twenty-two lines of text in two columns. 89 grams, 35.5 x 30 cm
Previously in the David Buxton collection (1910-2003), until the late 1990s.
The scene should represent the miracle of the Virgin Mary to Damianus the scribe: Damianus wrote the name of the Virgin Mary with gold and silver instead of with common black ink. The Virgin Mary appeared to Damianus on his death bed and promises to write his name upon a pillar of gold in the Kingdom of Heaven. -
Gold Roman Style Medusa Pendant Necklace
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £468
Composed of flat-section figure-of-eight links and discoid pendant with an image of Medusa in relief. 5.46 grams, 46 cm long
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
