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LOT 1917
Portrait Cameo Gemstone in Gold Ring
CIRCA 19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.48 grams, 26.02 mm overall, 18.54 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
The onyx cloison displaying a carved male bust in profile right, set into a later gold ring with scooped shoulders.
ProvenanceEx property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1970.
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Opening Bid: £75
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Seljuk Style Gold Ring with Glass Cabochon
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Ellipsoid bezel with claw setting for a polychrome glass bead, lion motif to the underside, stud beneath the hoop; glass cabochon possibly an ancient glass bead made by folding melting glass. 6.63 grams, 30.60 mm overall, 18.57 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)
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Russian Painted Wooden Icon of Virgin and Child
Circa 1800 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
In polychrome within a shallow rectangular recess, framed by a red border; both figures shown nimbate, baby Jesus wearing a red chiton and embracing his mother; loop for suspension to reverse. 1.26 kg, 33.5 cm
The background is exposed so that the chalk ground is visible
Ex French gallery, Paris. Accompanied by an old typed and signed letter from the Icon Museum at Autenried Castle near Günzburg.
The icon shows the Mother of God of Fedorovskaya type, one of the variants of the Hodegetria icons. It is a central Russian work from the first half of 19th century A.D. The Fedorovskaya icon of the Mother of God or Virgin of Kostroma is honoured by the Orthodox church as a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary. It is kept in the city of Kostroma, in the Cathedral of Epiphany-Anastasia. Legend attributes its creation to Saint Luke the Evangelist. Its iconography is similar to that of Our Lady of Vladimir. She is also revered as one of the icons of the Romanov house linked to the election in 1613 of the founder of the dynasty Michael Romanov who lived his youth in Kostroma.
