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LOT 0399
Silver and Enamelled Pendant in the form of a Heart
GERMANY, 17TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (29.8 grams, 67 mm).
Hinged pendant decorated in blue, yellow and red enamel with silver floral decoration, one side with a silver profile of the Virgin, and the other side with the profile of Christ; inside decorated with light blue enamel; possibly used to carry a relic or the host as a portable pyx.
ProvenanceAcquired 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.13405-257980.
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LOT 0399
Silver and Enamelled Pendant in the form of a Heart
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,000 (EUR 1,160; USD 1,350) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Style Millefiori Glass Bead Necklace
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Opening Bid: £5
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Tudor Bronze Ring with Floral Bezel
Circa 16th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With disc bezel, high-relief hexafoil with pellet centre, beaded rim. 3.80 grams, 25.45 mm overall, 20.34 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)
Ex North London gentleman; formerly with Robin Symes Gallery, Mayfair, before 1999. Private collection, Suffolk, UK. -
Russian Bronze Travel Icon with the Three Hierachs of Orthodoxy
19th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Depicting Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory the Theologian and Saint John Chrysostomus, all nimbate and holding their holy writings, under the vision of the Holy Mandylion; Saint Basil wearing a bishop's sakkos, the other two wearing the usual orthodox priest's garb, phelonia; all three wearing a brocade band, omophorion, with four crosses; inscriptions in Old Slavonic with the names of the Saints, on the Nimbus of Jesus, the letters 'O Ѡ N' (‘I AM’); names of the Saints in the background in Old Slavonic; framed by double moulding, the first decorated with crenellated elements, the second with arabesques. 270 grams, 11.5 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 is the so-called icon of the three hierarchs, Saint Gregory the Theologian (Gregory of Nazianzus), Saint Basil the Great (Basil of Caesarea) and Saint John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople. All three were important fathers of the church who strove to clarify and crystallise Dogma, for the unity of the faith, of the Liturgy and the needs of philosophy and letters.
