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LOT 2012
Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Icon with St. Nicholas
19TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (163 grams, 10.2 cm).
Travel icon with hinged doors, featuring Saint Nicholas with a book in his left hand and making the gesture of blessing with his right, dressed as a bishop with a sticharion, covered by an omophorion, and surmounted by an epitrachelion embroidered with crosses; the saint flanked by Jesus and Virgin Mary, Christ holding the gospel, Mary holding the bishop’s epitrachelion. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx P. Chapman collection, 1980s-1990s.
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LOT 2012
Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Icon with St. Nicholas
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Triptych Icon with Christ, Virgin Mary and Saint John
Circa 1820 A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
Depicting the Deesis divided in three panels, with Jesus Christ at the centre, Saint Mary on the left panel and Saint John the Baptist on the right; God holding the Gospel in his left hand and raising his right hand in blessing; Mary with veiled head and mantle, wearing a maphorion mantle over an embroidered robe and holding a scroll; Saint John, portrayed as an elderly man, wearing a camel-skin robe, winged and holding a bowl containing an infant with flexed legs and raised right hand, the saint’s right hand pointing toward the infant Jesus, his left hand holding a scroll with the prophecy of Isaiah, while the right hand is raised in blessing gesture; Old Slavic inscription around the figures: 'ΙC ΧΡ' (Jesus Christ); 'ΜΡ ϴΥ'(Mother of God), ‘Saint John the Precursor’ (Иоа́нн Предте́ча); the images framed by a pseudo-vegetal and abstract decorations; the instruments of the Passion and the city of Jerusalem on the cover. 553 grams, 10 cm
Ex David Miller, Hemel Hempstead, London, UK. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
The Deisis or Deesis (Деисус, Gk. for “supplication”) was the depiction of the Virgin, John the Baptist and possibly many more saints interceding with Christ on behalf of mankind. -
Renaissance Shell Cameo Collection
17th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Comprising: a cameo with the bust of a mature man with a bald patch; a cameo of a bearded man wearing a peaked cap; a cameo with a profile bust of a maiden. 6.3 grams total, 19-26 mm
Acquired on the European art market. -
German Silver Mounted Agate Altar Cross
20th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Cut from banded agate and set with silver fittings, the crucified Christ on the cross wearing a draped loincloth. 157 grams, 17.9 cm
Acquired on the European art market.
