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LOT 1949
Tudor Bronze Corpus Christi
CIRCA 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (103 grams total, 13 cm including stand).
Modelled with oversized pierced hands, head tilted, textured loincloth; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Framed Watercolour Painting
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Fine condition.
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Post Medieval Bone China Portrait of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
20th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
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.
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Tudor Bronze Hook Fastener Group
16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Group of hooked garment fasteners, mostly with openwork looped body. 31.4 grams total, 27-39 mm
Found near York, UK.
