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LOT 1806
Mother Goddess Idol Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 - 2 3/4 in. (97 grams total, 45-71 mm).
Comprising reproductions of a 'Venus of Dolní Věstonice' type and two crouching figures with looped arms. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Post Medieval Bronze Crotal Bell Group
16th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Including types with split underside, collar to the equator and pierced shoulders. 346 grams total, 32-42 mm
Found Suffolk, UK. -
Naked Statue of Narcissus
Naples, late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
A metal statue of Narcissus standing nude looking down, with goatskin mantle draped on the left shoulder, cothumus sandals laced to the feet, wreath of berries in the hair, left hand with thumb and finger on hip and right hand with thumb and forefinger extended; stepped discoid base with leaf patterning. 3.66 kg total, 40 cm including stand
Acquired from Sworders, Stansted Mountfitchet, 14 July 2010, lot 1352. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia who was known for his beauty. He was proud, in that he disdained those who loved him, causing some to commit suicide in order to prove their unrelenting devotion to his striking beauty. -
Ethiopian Manuscript Page with The Miracle of the Lame Man
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Rectangular vellum leaf with hand-coloured composite scene: top left, Mary in blue mantle holding infant Jesus on her knee, addressing a standing robed figure, red Coptic text above 'How the man with a club foot prayed to Our Lady Mary that she might heal him when he saw the bishop's chastisement'; below left, six standing male figures in colourful robes looking left and a seventh turned to the right with an oversized shoe, red Coptic text above the group 'these are the congregation and this is how he hid his foot with his clothing' and the rightmost figure 'this also is the man with the club foot'; right, seated cleric wearing a mitre beneath a canopy, addressing a group of five followers and pointing to a standing man raising his robe to show his leg, red Coptic text in three panels 'Here is the bishop who asked the Frank that his foot might be healed', 'These are the congregation' and 'How he was healed and how the stone fell from his foot'; mounted in a glazed wooden frame with reveal. 1.88 kg total, 47.2 x 44 cm
Collection of David Buxton (1913-2003), author of 'Travels in Ethiopia', 1949.
The image refers to the 'Miracle of the Lame Man' in which a man, who had been born lame, prayed before the shrine of the Virgin Mary and was healed. Here, the lame man shows the Archbishop his leg, and explains how he had been healed.
