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LOT 2505
Post Medieval Bronze Plaque Collection
19TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 - 5 in. (402 grams total, 8.1-12.6 cm).
Comprising: elliptical type with mythic scene of nude Venus offering a bowl to Hercules, with Cupid below and Mercury to the rear; discoid type with a camel beneath a tree and three satyrs helping Silnus to ride it, all in a landscape; white plaster cast with bust of a Roman Catholic churchman wearing a biretta. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2505
Post Medieval Bronze Plaque Collection
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Renaissance Carved Marble Relief Medallion of Prudence
Probably South German, possibly Nuremberg, circa 1540–1600 A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
A circular relief medallion carved with two opposed, conjoined profiles: an elderly bearded man facing left and a young woman facing right, representing Prudence, or Prudentia, in janiform form, combining memory and experience with foresight. 22.85 grams, 56 mm
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.
The subject belongs to the Renaissance tradition of allegorical medallions and plaquettes. A closely related representation of Prudence is in Peter Flötner’s Nuremberg series of the Virtues, made circa 1540–1546. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Prudence. -
Tudor Period Silver-Gilt Decorated 'Love God' Posy Ring
16th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Barrel-shaped in section with plain borders and barley twist decoration to the median band; inner face with 'LOVE GOD' legend in seriffed capitals. 1.58 grams, 17.43 mm overall, 15.42 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Egyptian Style Artefact Group
20th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: two large shabti figurines, the blue one with a British Museum stamp on the reverse, the upper part of a shabti figure with a partial cartouche, a small shabti figure with the cartouche of Tutankhamun on the upper body. 526 grams total, 8-20.3 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. The small shabti figure purchased in Gouna, March 1977.
