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LOT 2341
Tudor Period and Other Collection of Ring Brooches
CIRCA 11TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
19 3/4 x 16 in. (4.06 kg total, 50.3 X 40.5 cm including frame).
Collection of mainly annular brooches including some penannular types and an enamelled disc brooch; turreted type with enamel fill, heart-shaped, trefoil and other types; mounted on a fabric backing in a substantial glazed wooden display case with hinged lid; collector's title card.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s-1980s.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
See Egan, G. & Pritchard, F., Dress Accessories 1150-1450, London, 2002, for discussion.
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LOT 2341
Tudor Period and Other Collection of Ring Brooches
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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Medieval Bronze Vesica-Shaped Seal Matrix of William
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
With central motif of a lion courant, border with legend '* S' VVILL[...]VS[.]ACI'; supplied with an impression. 7.28 grams, 29 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Large Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix with Lion
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid type with lion passant and legend to the border 'S' [..]MI +FILII+ PITI [...]', supplied with an impression. 10.8 grams, 36 mm
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. -
Medieval Painting of Saint Francis of Assisi
Italy, circa 1360-1380 A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £120
Rectangular body with triangular arch to the upper edge; gilt finish to gesso-covered board and stepped frame; facing bust with pounced nimbus framing the grey-haired tonsured head, with short beard; dark brown monastic habit with hood over a grey undertunic visible at the cuff; both hands supporting a red-covered book; Sienna School, label to reverse: 'Firenze Sept,1935 Ecole Siennoise. No.934. A.K.K.K'. 3.6 kg, 69.5 cm high
Private collection, Geneva, formed in the 1980s; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13513-262847.
One of the earliest known portraits of the saint was painted by Cimabue while he was working on the frescoes at the Basilica of Assisi. Executed on a wooden panel, tradition holds that this board originally served as the lid for the humble wooden coffin in which Saint Francis was laid to rest immediately after his death. Over the centuries, the depiction of the saint was refined by masters like Giotto and other prominent Medieval and Renaissance artists, including the Master of Paciano, Taddeo di Bartolo, Benozzo Gozzoli, and Niccolò di Liberatore. Together, their works offer a focused yet deeply evocative journey, tracing how the saint’s image evolved alongside his rapidly growing cult. This artistic legacy is closely intertwined with the influential Sienese school of painting.
