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LOT 1963
Post Medieval Silver Ring with Eros, the God of Love Seated
CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (1.62 grams, 21.05 mm overall, 19.35 x 19.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
Flat-section hoop expanding towards the shoulders, a separately made rectangular bezel with seated winged Eros before a woven basket; the shoulder's stamped with '84' and 'A?'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1963
Post Medieval Silver Ring with Eros, the God of Love Seated
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Chinese Han Style Bronze Sword
20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £16
With a gently tapering blade, columnar hilt with two flanges to the grip and larger concave flange pommel above; the guard lentoid in section with stepped median section; the blade lozenge-section with central carination to each face. 618 grams, 55.1 cm
By repute ex Christie's, Ne York, 1996 and an old European collection. Private collection, London, UK. -
Chinese Bronze Warring States Style Dagger
20th century A.D. or earlierEstimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Flat-section blade with a rounded tip and a wide, pierced tang. 110 grams, 22.2 cm
Ex Ma Gallery, Bath, UK. From a private Wiltshire, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Wilhelm Von Gloeden, Albumen print - Two 'Taormina' Photographers' Stamps Verso
1856-1931 A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £5
Original albumen print of a toga-clad figure among architectural ruins; 'Giovane con toga nel cortile della Casa degli Archi' (IX 7,20) Pompei by Wilhelm von Gloeden; stamped to reverse W.von Gloeden Taormina, Sicilia (deposé)' and 'W.von Gloeden Tarmina (Sicilia) / Proprieta Artistica'. 5.2 grams, 15.6 x 11.7 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.
Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden was known for photographic images of Italian youths posed as classical figures, often nude in a classical landscape or setting. At the outbreak of World War I he left Italy; Mussolini's fascists destroyed many of his images and glass negatives as obscene.
