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LOT 1998
Victorian Lava Cameo with Hermes
19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (7.4 grams, 29 mm).
An oval cameo with profile bust of youthful Hermes wearing a petasos. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
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LOT 1998
Victorian Lava Cameo with Hermes
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Post Medieval Chalcedony Gemstone with Bust of Minerva
18th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Translucent cameo with the profile bust of Goddess Minerva wearing a crested helmet. 1.5 grams, 20 mm
Acquired on the European art market. -
Chalcedony Gemstone with Helmeted Bust
18th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Translucent intaglio showing a bust facing right with a corner of a round shield covering the shoulder, wearing a crested helmet with a snake-head finial. 1.04 grams, 19 mm
UK private collection, acquired on the English art market in the 2000s. -
Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Travel Icon with the Birth of the Virgin
19th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £70
Presenting an architectural setting with figures in two chambers framed with cornices, columns and furnitures; the upper chamber showing Saint Anna in birthing bed with two attendants; the lower room with two attendants bathing an infant; on the right Saint Joachim seated upon a cathedra; Old Slavonic inscription reciting ‘The birth of the most holy mother of God’. 230 grams, 98 mm
Acquired from Chris Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas, 5 Piccadilly Arcade, London SW1. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
According to the Protoevangelium of James, Mary's parents were called Anna and Joachim and conceived Mary at a late age.
