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LOT 1976
Post Medieval Portrait Cameo Collection
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 1 3/8 in. (40 grams total, 29-36 mm).
Comprising: malachite cameo with a profile bust of a clean-shaven man wearing an ivy leaf wreath; a domed amethyst-coloured glass intaglio with a deeply engraved bust of a young maiden, inscribed 'C. BROWN F.T.' below; a domed glass intaglio with nimbate Jesus making a blessing gesture. [3]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
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LOT 1976
Post Medieval Portrait Cameo Collection
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Roman Style Bronze Statuette of an Acrobat
20th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Modelled in the round in delicately balanced pose resting on the hands; loincloth with waistband. 71.1 grams, 92 mm
Previously belonging to J Stewart, Mayfair, London, UK; acquired in the early 1980s. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Painting of a Saint by a Follower of Giovanni Bellini
Italy, 1430-1516 A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £200
Depicting a bust of a bearded mature man, probably a saint, wearing a yellow cloak and a lighter undergarment, looking to the side with a pensive expression, with a small tuft of grey hair on top of his head; oil on copper panel and set in a moulded frame, an old label on the reverse 'Italian School: 'Study of a Man with a Grey Beard' oil on copper, 7 x 5ins.' 1.26 kg total, 32 x 27.5 cm
Private collection, London, UK. -
Post Medieval Iron Key Collection
19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of keys with looped handles. 225 grams total, 6.5-12.9 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.