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LOT 0350
Renaissance Fontainebleau Marble Plaque with Psyche Revived by Eros's Kiss
FRANCE, 16TH CENTURY A.D.
25 in. (33.5 kg total including stand, 63 cm wide).
Ellipsoid plaque with carved high-relief scene depicting Psyche crouching with left leg extended, her right arm raised to support a veil, head turned towards Eros, left arm passing between the legs of Eros, standing nude with wings spread to kiss Psyche, his bow and quiver cast aside in the field.
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13396-259009.
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LOT 0350
Renaissance Fontainebleau Marble Plaque with Psyche Revived by Eros's Kiss
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,500 (EUR 1,740; USD 2,025) +BP*
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Post Medieval Agate Cameo of a Classical Muse in Gold Mount
Italy, 18th century A.D.Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Gold cell with suspension loop, inset banded agate panel with reserved female profile bust with hair in a chignon. 7.8 grams, 38 mm
Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the English art market. -
Post Medieval Gilt Bronze Chalice with Biblical Proverb in Latin
Continental Europe, circa 19th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Squat in profile with stepped and carinated foot, deep shoulder to the bowl; engraved to the outer face in batada script between double horizontal rulings the legend 'Luxuriosa res vinum et tumultuosa ebrietas', a quotation from the biblical book of Proverbs, 20:1, translating to 'Wine is [a] luxurious [thing], and drunkenness is riotous'. 575 grams, 11.2 cm wide
Acquired in Paris, France, circa 2000. Personal collection of a Suffolk lady, UK.
The biblical sentence was retaken by Saint Paul, who, wanting to warn the believers against the power of wine, similarly instructed by saying: ‘Beware of drunken wine, where there is luxury’. This kind of gluttony was considered by the Fathers of the Church dangerous, in that, after it has deprived the drinker of all rational sense, it opens and reveals and releases from his chest every secret, every hidden thing: it was considered a prodigal throwaway of its own goods and those of others, deaf to rebukes, and a destroyer of every praiseworthy custom. -
Bactrian Style Pink Stone Chalice
20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Formed as a chalice with a flared foot and a sturdy shank, bowl with a carinated profile and an everted rim. 3.3 kg, 24 cm high
From Maa Oriental Gallery, Bath, UK; and a West Country collection, 1990-2000.
