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LOT 2135
Tudor Period Bronze Ring with Ring-and-Dot Cross
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.15 grams, 23.69 mm overall, 20.56 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
With a D-section hoop supporting an oval bezel with stamped ring-and-dot decoration. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a County Durham collector; acquired on the UK art market.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Greek Triptych Icon with Mother of God and Christ, Saint George and Other Saints
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Executed in oil and tempera and gold leaf; the central panel with the veiled head of Mary with her head inclined towards the infant Jesus supported by her left hand, wearing a red maphorion mantle with elaborate golden borders, over an off-white robe, with gold cuffs; the infant facing to left, dressed in blue tunic and wrapped in a yellow shawl, right hand extended in blessing gesture, Greek inscriptions ΜΡ ΘΥ (Μήτηρ (τοῦ) Θεοῦ = Mother of God) flanking Mary's head, and 'ΙϹ ΧϹ' (ΙΗϹΟΥϹ ΧΡΙϹΤΟϹ = Jesus Christ) beside the infant; the side panels with icons of Saints Kosmas and Damianos (upper sections) and Saint George killing the dragon and Saint Barbara (lower sections). 425 grams, 20.5 cm
Property of a London, UK, gentleman collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Even after the fall of Constantinople, icons painted on wood remained the principal object of devotion for Orthodox Christians wherever the commonwealth of the Eastern Roman Empire left its traces. The painted icons are still used by the Orthodox for personal devotion, for display in churches on feast days, and to decorate the iconostasis (partition) of the church. This icon is a portable one, for domestic or travel prayers. -
Georgian Silver 'Love Always' Posy Ring Decorated with Hearts
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Comprising a flat-section hoop with stamped foliate hearts to the outer face, the inner face inscribed in Latin 'SEMPER AMEMVS' for 'Love Always'. 2.90 grams, 20.90 mm overall, 18.81 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Ex private collection, 1970s. Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Thutmose III Grand Tour Scaraboid
19th century AD.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Plano-convex in section with flattened face; incised cartouches and ten lines of hieroglyphic inscription to the underside with winged scarab in base; collector's legend 'Tutmose III / 18 Dynasty 1500 BC / 121' to reverse. 759 grams, 15.7 cm
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
