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LOT 1822
Mixed Ring Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 3/8 in. (76 grams total, 25-36 mm).
Mixed group of silver-coloured metal finger rings with inset cabochon intaglios, and one with a lion-mask. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a South West London gentleman.
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Post Medieval Wooden Carving of a Walking Gentleman
Circa 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Dressed in a peaked cap, smock, ankle-length trousers and clogs, standing holding a churchwarden smoking pipe to his mouth with his left hand and with his right hand leaning on a stout walking stick; coopered pannier to his back with contents partly protruding at the top, small basket beside his right foot, octagonal base with recess to the underside; probable Dutch workmanship. 1.76 kg, 47 cm high
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. -
Post Medieval Silver-Gilt Altar Cross Roundel Pair
Circa 17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Domed and with mounting holes to the rim of each and central repoussé image; Mary and Infant Jesus, both nimbate, with ornate legends 'MPΘΩ' and 'ICXC'; nimbate bearded figure supporting a book in his left hand, legend 'OAΓΙΙ / ΧΑΡΛΑ' (St Charalambos). 78 grams total, 10 cm each
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. -
Watercolour Painting Group
India, 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Three bifacial manuscript pages, each with recto with multiple lines of text, verso with watercolour scene with panel of text above and below, including children being instructed in martial arts in a courtyard, riders playing Chovgan, and a warrior wearing a lion skin attacking a demon in a cave, whilst his horse looks on from above. 5 grams, 14.8 x 10.3 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
