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LOT 2281
Ottoman Style Silver-Coloured Metal Ring with Blue Cabochon
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (8.44 grams, 29.83 mm overall, 19.82 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Comprising a rectangular-section hoop with the shoulders formed as opposing bird-heads, the edge of the bezel decorated with similar motifs and set with a blue cabochon, likely sodalite. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrior English collection of Mr A.H.D.
Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman.
Accompanied by an Ancient Art certificate of authenticity.
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LOT 2281
Ottoman Style Silver-Coloured Metal Ring with Blue Cabochon
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Post Medieval Carved Agate Plaque with Lion and Sun
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
In the form of a prayer arch with densely engraved foliate design, at the centre a facing lion holding a curved sword in its raised paw, rising sun behind and inscription below. 72.48 grams, 86 mm
Private collection, UK. -
Tudor Period Gilt Bronze Merchant's Signet Ring
Circa 16th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With D-section shank, ribbed shoulders, raised square bezel with legend 'N · Π / A'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 4.86 grams, 23.50 mm overall, 19.96 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)
From an old English collection, Bournemouth, UK. Ex Parthenon Gallery, London, UK, 2001. Property of a North London, UK, private collector. -
Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Triptych Icon with Christ, Virgin Mary and Saint John
Circa 1820 A.D.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £140
Depicting the Deesis divided in three panels, with Jesus Christ at the centre, Saint Mary on the left panel and Saint John the Baptist on the right; God holding the Gospel in his left hand and raising his right hand in blessing; Mary with veiled head and mantle, wearing a maphorion mantle over an embroidered robe and holding a scroll; Saint John, portrayed as an elderly man, wearing a camel-skin robe, winged and holding a bowl containing an infant with flexed legs and raised right hand, the saint’s right hand pointing toward the infant Jesus, his left hand holding a scroll with the prophecy of Isaiah, while the right hand is raised in blessing gesture; Old Slavic inscription around the figures: 'ΙC ΧΡ' (Jesus Christ); 'ΜΡ ϴΥ'(Mother of God), ‘Saint John the Precursor’ (Иоа́нн Предте́ча); the images framed by a pseudo-vegetal and abstract decorations; the instruments of the Passion and the city of Jerusalem on the cover. 553 grams, 10 cm
Ex David Miller, Hemel Hempstead, London, UK. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
The Deisis or Deesis (Деисус, Gk. for “supplication”) was the depiction of the Virgin, John the Baptist and possibly many more saints interceding with Christ on behalf of mankind.
