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LOT 1931
Post Medieval Bronze Fighting-Cock Spur
CIRCA 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (11.3 grams, 65 mm).
With balustered tubular body and long spike below, fixing lugs to reverse. [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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Lead Musket Ball Collection
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Group of seventy lead musket and pistol balls. 1.58 kg total, 9-17 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Ethiopian Leather 'Book of Psalms' Codex
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,420
Wooden end-boards covered with tooled leather, later reinforced with a new plain leather spine and replaced twine stringers; psaltery with decorated title page in Ge'ez script, red and black ink; parchment pages with dry-point guidelines, black text with red detailing; some pages with decorative polychrome busts, architectural features, etc. 3.5 kg, 32.5 x 24.5 cm
Ex Claudia Belcher, London, until 2005. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12045-212183. -
Framed Watercolour Painting
Persia, 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Showing figures beneath a canopy erected in a hilly landscape; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame, Indian workmanship. 2 kg, 54 x 45 cm
Very fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
