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LOT 2375
Stone Head of a Goddess
LIKELY 19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
18 in. (21.4 kg total, 45.8 cm high including stand).
Life-sized female head with abundant wavy hair, covered by the folds of a palla; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, France.
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Peruvian Framed Painted Retablo
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
A painted wooden board showing crowned Mary in Heaven, standing on a cloud with radiating light behind her, holding the crowned infant Jesus on her lap, both dressed in rich robes; below a praying man holding a crook and gazing up towards Mary and Jesus, behind him a deceased person resting on a raised platform and covered with a simple shroud; mounted in a glazed frame. 1.74 kg, 42 x 33 cm
Private collection, London. -
Chinese Tang Style Terracotta Prancing Horse and Rider
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
The horse in advancing pose with its head turned to the right and left foreleg raised, on a rectangular base; the female rider erect with her left arm held extended and her right placed on the horse's shoulder; remains of painted detailing to the robe; repaired. 2.7 kg, 40.7 cm high
Acquired on the UK art market. -
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Stuart Period Gold Memento Mori Ring with Skull and Crossed Bones for Ian Shepherd
Dated 1724 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Comprising a D-shaped hoop with foliate and floral decoration, rectangular bezel set with a facetted rock crystal(?) gemstone with a skull and crossed bones beneath the gem; engraved to the inner face 'In˚ Shepherd Obt 20 Jan 1724 æt 62' and a worn maker's mark. 4.60 grams, 22.48 mm overall, 18.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)
Acquired from a London, UK, auction house. From a private Bristol, UK, collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13213-249807.
The memento mori jewellery of the 16th-18th centuries served as wearable ‘reminders of mortality’. Typical motifs within this genre included skulls, skeletons, crossbones, hourglasses, coffins, the gravedigger’s pick and shovel, and various other emblems of death and decay.
