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LOT 1424
Post Medieval Lock and Key Collection
17TH-19TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1 - 2 in. (55.7 grams total, 26-50 mm).
A mixed group of locks and keys comprising: four locking keys with oval bows and plain rectangular bits; a barrel tap key with oval bow and triangular-section bit; a winding key with swivel arm and quatrefoil bow; winding key with heart-shaped plate on a swivel loop; winding key with openwork bow; a miniature padlock. [9, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK, before 2001.
Private collection of Mr M.H., Norfolk, UK
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Bronze Statue of an Etruscan Warrior
20th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
A hollow-formed bronze copy of the Mars of Todi, a figure of an Etruscan warrior wearing segmented armour to the chest and shoulders, crested helmet, short tunic; the hands in animated pose with left hand open to accept a weapon; holes beneath feet for mounting. 7.6 kg, 61.5 cm high
French collection, 1960s-early 2000s. From an important Paris gallery, France. with Galerie Athena, Brussels, 9 May 2019, lot 393. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11691-199344.
The "Mars of Todi" figure is a large, almost life-sized bronze statue of a warrior in armour. It dates from the late 5th - early 4th century B.C., and is believed to have been produced by an Etruscan workman for an Umbrian patron. The figure was probably a votive offering for a religious sanctuary, perhaps sacred to Laran, the Etruscan god of war. It had been buried ritually and left undisturbed until its modern discovery in 1835. It lacks a helmet, and the hands are empty; possibly a patera plate was originally in the open right hand, and a spear gripped in the clenched left hand. The sculptor of the figure followed the Greek contrapposto posture accentuating the carefully modelled lamellar plate armour. The statue bears a short inscription in Umbrian "Ahal Trutitis dunum dede" (Ahal Trutitis gave this gift). -
Post Medieval Gold Ring with Mercury Gemstone
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
A gold finger ring with openwork hoop and split shoulders, ellipsoid bezel with carnelian intaglio of Mercury wearing a petasos. 3.36 grams, 21.24 mm overall, 18.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)
English private collection. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
A necklace string composed of cylindrical lapis lazuli beads with gold-coloured spacer beads and graduated convex tabular beads. 43 grams, 55 cm long
Acquired 1980s-1990s. H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, UK.
