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LOT 1969
Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Travel Icon with Saints Boris and Gleb
19TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (260 grams, 10.7 cm).
Saint Boris and Saint Gleb depicted on horseback wearing Russian medieval armour, holding a cross standard and a sword, each wearing a conical helmet; on the right upper corner, the hand of God.
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
Cf. Iljina, T.W., Arcydzieła Malarstwa Rosyjskiego w Muzeach ZSRR (Masterpieces of Russian Painting in the Museums of the USSR, in Polish), Leningrad, 1989, fig.10, for the prototype of this icon.
FootnotesBoris and Gleb were the sons of Vladimir of Kyiv, the first Christian Prince of Rus; they were killed in 1015 and 1019 in the civil struggles for the succession to the throne, and sanctified for their faith. Standards with their image were worn by the medieval Russian army.
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LOT 1969
Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Travel Icon with Saints Boris and Gleb
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£110 (EUR 128; USD 149) +BP*
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Italia. Siena (Republic) AR Grosso Set into a Later Silver Brooch.
Before 1250.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £25
[✠ SENAVETVS, large S flanked by four pellets] / ✠ ALFA ET CIƆ, cross pattée. CNI 26; Biaggi 2536. 6.83 grams, 61 mm.
Condition as seen. Set in a later bar brooch with bulbous finials and a hinged pin.
Acquired on the European art market. -
Roman Intaglio of Three Wrestling Erotes in Silver Ring
1st-2nd century A.D. and laterEstimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
D-section hoop with widening lozenge-shaped shoulders supporting two discoid bezels; one with orange stone intaglio of three winged erotes, two engaged in a wrestling competition; a mirror image in gold below. 16.07 grams, 29.75 mm overall, 17.58 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)
Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the English art market. -
Original NASA Press Photograph Group
1962-1968 A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: original photo print of an astronaut with press and others around him, endorsed 'NASA For Release: February 22, 1962. NASA Photo No. 62-MA6-119. Cape Canaveral, FLA. Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr after world orbital flight, surrounded by fellow Astronauts Donald K Slayton and M. Scott Carpenter'; rocket lifting off from launch pad, endorsed 'John F. Kennedy Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899. Photo Credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration..... Photo No 126P-KSC-67P-122 For Release March 22, 1967 Kennedy Space Center, FLA -- A Delta launch vehicle carrying an Intelsat 11communications satellite lifted off at 20:30 EST from Cape Kennedy's Launch Complex 17. NASA launched the satellite for the 56-nation International Telecommunication Satellite Consortium. The new commercial communications satellite will be placed into a stationary orbit above the Atlantic Ocean and will relay telephone, television, teletype and facsimile transmissions between North America and Europe. It also will provide communications support for NASA's Apollo lunar landing program. Two previous Intelsat satellites linked the United States mainland with the Pacific, the new one joins Early Bird, the world's first commercial communications satellite over the Atlantic; Saturn V rocket ready for lift-off, endorsed 'John F. Kennedy Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899. Photo Credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration.....107-KSC-68P-120 UNCL.4-4-68. NASA/SATURN. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's second unmanned Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle was launched today at 7:00 AM EST from Kennedy Space Center's Complex 39. Saturn 502'; original print of an astronaut on the surface of the moon with Lunar Roving Vehicle in foreground, notation 'NASA AS15-85-11437' to top left, no endorsement. 71 grams total, 25 x 20.4 - 25.4 x 20.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.
