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LOT 2016
Tang Style Gilt Bronze Figure
20TH CENTURY A.D.
13 3/4 in. (1 kg, 35 cm high).
Hollow-formed gilt lotus-shaped dais with repoussé panels depicting musicians, bodhisattvas and other figures; topped by a squatting figure modelled in the round with offering-plate formed as a leaf. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cotswold, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
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Post Medieval Bone China Portrait of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
20th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Painted onto bone china in polychrome and gilt, showing the ruler facing, dressed in royal attire. 27 grams total, 64 mm high (82 x 82 mm including box)
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar was the fourth Shah of Qajar, and the third longest reigning ruler in Iranian history. He was assassinated in Tehran on 1st May 1896. He is known for being the first modern Persian monarch to have formally visited Europe and to have written about his travels in his memoirs. -
Venetian Glass Lampwork Bead Necklace String
Early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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Fine condition.
Acquired before 2000. Property of a Suffolk gentleman. -
Ethiopian Magic Scroll with Archangel Michael
Early 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising a folded length of thin leather or vellum, with lines of Ge'ez text in black and red ink, coloured figural illuminations at the top depicting the winged Archangel Michael brandishing a sword, wearing a richly decorated lembd as a covering cloak. 32 grams, 35 cm
Stephen Keynes collection (1927-2017). Ex central London gallery.
Ethiopian phylacteries or parchment scrolls combined apotropaic prayers and images. These ‘magic scrolls’ utilise only a few designs that derive from Christian imagery, namely the holy rider, the sword-bearing angel Michael, and the cross. Here the text asks intervention and protection from Saint Michael, commander of the heavenly Host. Interestingly, the accoutrement of the Angel reflects that of the military Ethiopian elite in 19th century A.D.
