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LOT 0356
Renaissance Gold Enamelled Ring with Rock Crystal
16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.91 grams, 26.70 mm overall, 18.36 x 17.64 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
Featuring a slender hoop with black-enamelled shoulders, a hexagonal collet setting with point-cut quartz with foil backing, and black-enamelled decoration beneath the setting.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
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LOT 0356
Renaissance Gold Enamelled Ring with Rock Crystal
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Post Medieval Bronze Coins and Trade Weight Group
17th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising ten round and rectangular weights, including one with a crown over fleur-de-lys, one with fleur-de-lys, a square weight with profile bust, a square lead weight, and others. 59.6 grams total, 14-19 mm
Found Suffolk, UK. -
Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Travel Icon with Scenes of the Life of the Prophet Elijah
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
With blue champlevé enamel, depicting scenes of the life of Prophet Elijah: on the bottom right Elijah rolling up his mantle and dividing the waters of the Jordan, in front of his disciple Elisha; on the bottom left Elijah watched over by the Angel; on the top right Elijah ascending to heaven on a Chariot of Fire, assisted by the hand of God; on the left Elijah, covered by his mantle, fed by ravens; frame with blue enamel over gilded pseudo-vegetal decorations. 585 grams, 14.3 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 icon represents the Ascension of the prophet Elijah and other scenes from his life. Elijah is ascending to heaven in a fiery chariot drawn by horses, leaving his mantle to his disciple Elisha, symbolising the transmission of his prophetic mission. Among the great figures of the Bible, the prophet Elijah was one of the most venerated figures in Orthodoxy. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Composed of tubular, oblate and biconical beads with a teardrop-shaped pendant, restrung. 9.28 grams, 34 cm
Acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. Ex London, UK, collection.
