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LOT 2027
Post Medieval Painted Bone Plaque Pair
19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (35.24 grams total, 69 mm each).
Each ellipsoid in plan and plano-convex in section with painted image to the obverse: Mary with infant Jesus; Corpus Christi. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Property of a North West London, UK, lady. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The fabric of the ornament is made from a piece of an incoming rocket which landed in Israel; certificate of authenticity D-288 issued by 'Rockets into Roses'.