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LOT 0366
Post Medieval Gold 'For Vertues Sake I Doe Thee Take' Posy Ring
17TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (1.99 grams, 22.85 mm overall, 18.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
Comprising hollow-form D-section ring with inscribed 'For Vertues Sake I Doe Thee Take' with a maker's mark 'PR'.
ProvenanceEx Silbury Coins.
Acquired on the UK art market.
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LOT 0366
Post Medieval Gold 'For Vertues Sake I Doe Thee Take' Posy Ring
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Silver Coin with Indian Fanam Coin Tie Pin
Circa 18th-19th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £247
Bar-type tie-pin formed as a row of six replicas(?) of AR Indian Chuckrams, hinged pin and catch to reverse; offered with a pierced AR Stater of Lokris Opuntii, Lokris (circa 420-380 BC): Head of Demeter to left, wearing barley-wreath, triple-pendant earring and necklace / Ajax the Locrian, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, advancing to right on rocky ground, holding short sword in his right hand, round shield decorated on its interior with coiled serpent in his left hand; between his legs, small shield; OΠON-TIΩN around. Pin: 3.64 grams, 37mm; coin: 11.72 grams, 22 mm, 12h.
Private collection, UK. -
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Metal-Thread Embroidered Silk Panel with the Tughra of Sultan Mahmud II
Ottoman Empire, circa 1808-1839 A.D.Estimate: £18,000 - 24,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £8,000
Rectangular in plan, the lime green silk field with two large roundels of red silk tied by a tassel in the rococo style, signature of Sultan Mahmud II contained within a mosque lamp, ten smaller roundels of alternating cream, orange and cream silk; large central rectangular panel and two bands above incorporating inscriptions in Thuluth, tughra of the Sultan framed by swags in lower part of field, ground richly decorated with floral swags and vegetal motifs, backed. 17.8 kg, 294 x 179 cm
Acquired before 2000. Private collection, UK. with Bonhams, London, 6 October 2008, no.216 (est. £80,000 - £120,000). This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12741-235157.
The inscriptions comprise: in two horizontal cartouches: Qur'an, surah al-Ahzab (XXXIII, verses 45-46) inscription contained in mosque lamp; the signature of Sultan Mahmud Il in the two large roundels: the Shahadah in the six roundels above central rectangular panel; the names of the four Orthodox Caliphs, and the Imams Hasan and Husain in the central panel; Quran, surah al-Baqarah (Il), verse 255, ayat al-Kursi in the six side panels; the names of the companions of the Prophet in the lower part; the tughra of Sultan Mahmud. -
Gold and Diamond Pendant Necklace with Pseudo-Coin
21st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Necklace of braided gold wire; discoid pendant with encrusted guilloche motif, central pseudo-coin with profile bust; pendant hallmarked '750 Ru.64'. 50.53 grams, 50 cm
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12923-244255.
The profile bust here represented is a portrait of Alexander the Great, fashioned after coins of the Macedonian leader.
