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LOT 1773
Western Asiatic Style Gemstone Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 7/8 in. (17.04 grams total, 17-22 mm).
Including ovoid, discoid, tabular and other types with mainly zoomorphic motifs; after the antique. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
From a gentleman's private collection.
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Post Medieval Roman Style Bronze Dedicatory Plaque
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Opening Bid: £5
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Hand-tinted figure of a 16th century soldier advancing on a green base with raised shield and drawn sword, basket-hilted sword at his left hip, slashed doublet and knee-length hose, cabaset with plume; all within a red rectangular frame with (blank) title panel below; mounted in a dark green reveal. 146 grams total, 35.5 x 28 cm including frame
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Post Medieval Bronze Deer Statuette
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Modelled standing with head slightly turned, with long ears and small antlers; tail curled against the rump; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 610 grams total, 15.5 cm including stand
From 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.
Many deposits of Gallo-Roman statuettes contain votive statuettes not particularly linked to the classical artistic style. The temple deposits in which these animalistic statuettes (series of stags or boars) were discovered were certainly Roman, but the animals could have belonged to cults of Celtic origin.
