Rock Crystal Animal Bead Necklace String

Formed as a low-relief image of Taweret and pierced at the neck. 0.76 grams, 22.6 mm



with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016.

The profile of the plaque strongly recalls the classic wedjat motif.

Comprising: ceramic roundel with low-relief Minerva; similar with centaur and serpent; cruciform stamp-seal with Christogram to underside; brooch in the shape of a gondola. 176 grams total, 46-80 mm



From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.

Depicting Saint Zosima and Saint Sabbas in front of the Solovetsky Monastery; both nimbate and dressed inAbbot’s garments, holding the model of the monastery offered to God, represented in the sky as a dove upon a cloud; arabesque frame; inscriptions in Old Slavonic with the names of the saints. 108 grams, 88 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.

Saints Zosima and Sabbas or Sabbatius were highly venerated Orthodox saints, founders of the Solovetsky Monastery, a fortified monastery located in the White Sea in Northern Russia. This double portrait shows Zosima and Sabbas holding up a model of their religious institution, which resembles a small medieval city. Solovetsky Monastery obtained big investments from the city of Novgorod and established itself as one of the richest monasteries in Russia.