Loading, please wait...
LOT 2025
Post Medieval Silver Ring with Saltire Cross
CIRCA 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.80 grams, 24.15 mm overall, 19.95 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
Substantial hoop with decorative panels flanking the square bezel, the bezel with incuse saltire cross.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
LOT 2025
Post Medieval Silver Ring with Saltire Cross
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
-
Ethiopian Painted Parchment of The Saint Gabra Mannfass Qeddus Preaching Miracles of Mary
Circa 1650 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Rectangular vellum fragment with painted image of preaching saint to obverse with caption, three blocks of Ge'ez script surrounding; reverse with two blocks of script. 32 grams, 30 cm
Collection of David Buxton (1910-2003), author of 'Travels in Ethiopia', 1949. -
Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Travel Icon with Anastasis
19th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With blue, yellow, white and green enamel, representing the Anastasis (Resurrection of Christ); the Saviour represented on two registers, in the upper one (Resurrection) emerging from the grave, surrounded by the hesychastic light, with the Roman soldiers falling asleep, and the apostles and a cherubin beside him; in the lower register (Descent into Hades) Christ surrounded by the same divine light, leading the people from the Limbo, Adam and Eve, King David and Salomon and other souls to heaven; the frame decorated with gilt arabesques on blue enamel, inscriptions in Old Slavonic at the top. 200 grams, 11 cm
Acquired from Chris Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas, 5 Piccadilly Arcade, London SW1. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
The iconography is typical of the Anastasis or Resurrection of Christ, with the gates of Hades broken under the feet of the Christ, echoing the phrase: 'Christ is Risen From the Dead, Trampling Down Death by Death, and Upon Those in the Tombs Bestowing Life!' -
Orthodox Bronze Cross Pendant
Circa 17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bifacial, each face a voided cross with incised cross inside. 3.9 grams, 33 mm
Acquired from Chris Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas, 5 Piccadilly Arcade, London SW1. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
