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LOT 1986
Post Medieval Glass Item Group
INDIA, 20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 2 1/8 in. (75.6 grams total, 33-55 mm).
Comprising a large spherical mosaic glass bead and a handbag-shaped mosaic glass pendant. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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Post Medieval Red Sandstone Corbel Head
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Carved with centre-parted wavy hair, large lentoid eyes, neat beard and moustache; irregular to rear. 8.7 kg, 27 cm
Found in a garden in North Yorkshire, UK. -
Seal Matrix Casting Group
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising: two castings from moulds taken from a medieval seal, possibly of Edward I, set in plaster in a wooden frame: the smaller with a facing mask in a boat surmounted by a cross, the larger with a seated figure holding orb and sceptre within a lancet arch with a heater shield below. 165 grams total, 34-79 mm
From the collection of a West London, UK, collector. -
Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Triptych Icon with Christ, Virgin Mary and Saint John
Circa 1820 A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
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.
