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LOT 2111
Original Copper Plate Engravings by Daniel Meisner and Others of Inca Rulers and Oliver Cromwell
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
7 x 5 1/2 - 11 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (114 grams total, 18 x 14 - 29.1 x 22 cm).
Comprising: buff paper page from Meisner's 'Thesaurus Philo-Politicus' (1625-1630) with engraved image of a city and cockerel in foreground, title 'Prospice Domui E100' and 'Beaumont', Latin and German rhymed couplets below; buff paper page with engraved image of a walled fortress and lion in foreground with Cupid, title 'Omnia Domat Amor G41' and 'Carlemont', Latin and German rhymed couplets below; two examples of buff paper page with engraved image of a city and river with fishermen holding a net in foreground, title 'Fraus et Ubique Dolus' and 'Rüssel', Latin and German rhymed couplets below, one numbered 'Ez' and the other '35'; portrait in three-quarter view of Oliver Cromwell with signature (Walker?) below, and legend above 'London, published 25 July 1881 by P.& D.Colnaghi & Co. 13 & 14 Pall Mall East'; print in card reveal with five busts of rulers, each with an axe and stepped headress, with legend 'Manco-Capac 1st Emperor of Peru', 'Sinchi-Roca. II Emp.', 'Loque-Yupanqui, III Emp.', Mayta-Capac, IV Emp.', 'Capac-Yupanqui. V Emp.', printed titled 'Gent.Mag. Nov.1751'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.
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LOT 2111
Original Copper Plate Engravings by Daniel Meisner and Others of Inca Rulers and Oliver Cromwell
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Miniature Blue Glass Scent Bottle with Silver Filigree Mounts
England, 17th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Of facetted deep blue glass, enclosed within an elegant silver filigree cage mount retaining traces of its original gilding; the domed screw-cap similarly decorated with scrolling filigree ornament and fitted with a suspension loop, indicating that it was intended to be worn on a chain or ribbon, with an original clear glass stopper. 4.62 grams, 28 mm
Acquired on the European art market.
Delicate in scale yet refined in execution, the bottle is a characteristic example of late 17th-century English personal luxury wares. -
Banded Agate Eye Gemstone Group
20th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Russian Bronze Travel Icon with the Three Hierachs of Orthodoxy
19th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Depicting Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory the Theologian and Saint John Chrysostomus, all nimbate and holding their holy writings, under the vision of the Holy Mandylion; Saint Basil wearing a bishop's sakkos, the other two wearing the usual orthodox priest's garb, phelonia; all three wearing a brocade band, omophorion, with four crosses; inscriptions in Old Slavonic with the names of the Saints, on the Nimbus of Jesus, the letters 'O Ѡ N' (‘I AM’); names of the Saints in the background in Old Slavonic; framed by double moulding, the first decorated with crenellated elements, the second with arabesques. 270 grams, 11.5 cm
Acquired from Chris Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas, 5 Piccadilly Arcade, London SW1. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
The icon is the so-called icon of the three hierarchs, Saint Gregory the Theologian (Gregory of Nazianzus), Saint Basil the Great (Basil of Caesarea) and Saint John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople. All three were important fathers of the church who strove to clarify and crystallise Dogma, for the unity of the faith, of the Liturgy and the needs of philosophy and letters.
