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LOT 2304
Short Sword with Bronze and Bone Hilt
20TH CENTURY A.D.
23 1/2 in. (400 grams, 59.5 cm).
Slender single-edged blade with S-curved quillon and guard formed as a bird in flight; bone scale-tang grip with horse-hoof finial. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market before 1990.
Acquired on the UK art market.
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Post Byzantine Adoration of the Magi Shell Plaque
17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Octagonal in plan with carved scene of the Adoration of the Magi with star above; stepped border, pierced for attachment. 30.2 grams, 68 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
The flat relief and the stylistic refinement of the images place the execution of the plaque towards the end of the 17th century, with some artistic parallels with the Romanian silversmiths of Chiprovatzi.
