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LOT 1960
Roman Style Silver Statuette of a Drunken Naked Satyr
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (81 grams, 44 mm).
Modelled in the round sitting with legs spread, ithyphallic, supporting a bowl on his left shoulder. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously belonging to J Stewart, Mayfair, London, UK; acquired in the early 1980s.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 1960
Roman Style Silver Statuette of a Drunken Naked Satyr
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Travel Icon with Scenes of the Life of the Prophet Elijah
19th century A.D.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £85
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. -
Irish Leather Powder Flask with Brass Fittings
19th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Stitched edges and a tubular neck with brass fittings. 84 grams, 19.3 cm
Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman. -
Hardstone Cameo of a Muse in Ring
Italy, 18th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £1,400
Carved in two-coloured red and brown agate, depicting a classical muse in right-facing profile with flowing hair, and drapery, the laurel wreath identifying her as an embodiment of poetic or artistic inspiration; the cameo set in a 19th-century mount with a border of single-cut diamonds set in platinum, a pierced, open-backed construction and bifurcated shoulders enriched with classical leaf motifs. 6.47 grams, 25.88 mm overall, 16.12 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)
Acquired on the European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13327-257906.
The union of an eighteenth-century Italian gem engraving with a later English mount reflects a broader nineteenth-century practice of integrating earlier engraved gems into newly conceived settings.
