Post Medieval Animal Figure Collection

With shallow bowl and flat handle with notched finial, stamped mark 'LO[?]' to bowl. 38.8 grams, 17.2 cm



Found Norfolk, UK.

Cruciform in plan with scrolled head to each arm joined to its neighbours with a pellet finial, low-relief foliage detailing, integral loop, incised voided cross to reverse. 9 grams, 54 mm



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.

Depicting Christ Pantocrator and Saint John on his side, hand of Mary visible on the left; the Lord of the Universe represented seated upon a cushioned throne, the right hand in blessing gesture, the left hand holding a Gospel decorated with precious stones; wearing a blue chlamys and red sticharion; Saint John in proskynesis in front of Christ, dressed in a brown vestis talaris; the head of both surrounded by a red halo; later wire for hanging to the reverse with an information sheet in German. 1.8 kg, 57 cm



Ex Hargesheimen Auction House, Dusseldorf, Germany. Property of a London, UK, gentleman collector.

The icon represents a middle section from a Deesis of a church iconostasis. Although preserved as a fragment, it is designed in the high style of the late 16th century.