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LOT 0416
Silvered Statuette Pair
19TH CENTURY A.D.
6 3/8 - 6 5/8 in. (713 grams total, 16.3-16.8 cm including stand).
Comprising: Bacchus sitting precariously atop a tree stump, wearing a loincloth and with a wreath of vine leaves on his brow, clutching a bunch of grapes to his chest; Silenus sitting atop a textured tree-stump holding a skin garment around his body; each mounted on a square-section column with flared foot, one damaged. [2]
ProvenancePrivate collection, England.
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LOT 0416
Silvered Statuette Pair
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Bronze Medallion Group
15th-16th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising: with raised rim, profile portrait of von Cheron by Gianlorenzo Bernini; with band of pellets to border, legend '. DVX . LVDOVICVS . XII . DEI . G . FRAN . REX . MEDIOLANI -- ' and reverse ' SEMPER . AVGVSTVS . VICTOR . TRIVMPHATOR .'; ellipsoid with high-relief bust and legend 'GABRIEL SCHEVRL ÆTAT 67' and 'VIVAT POST FVNERA VIRTVS'. 211 grams total, 52-74 mm
Austrian private collection for at least 90 years. Ex central London gallery. -
Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £7
Restrung; composed of translucent blue glass beads formed of re-used bangle sections, interspersed with clear glass spacer beads. 5.7 grams, 62 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Silver Bowl with Animals and Calligraphy
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £244
Decorated with circumferential bands of lozenges, floral vines, calligraphic text, animals processing right amid flowers, second band of floral vines and panel of text to base. 140 grams, 12.2 cm wide
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 2000s. Property of a Suffolk gentleman.