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LOT 2126
WWI Bronze Button with Cannon and Shot
20TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.8 grams, 23 mm).
Military uniform button, domed in profile with loop to reverse; low-relief cannon, ramrod and shot reserved against a hatched field; Austro-Hungarian field artillery regimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
Accompanied by the original collector's data sheet(s) with reference no.A95.
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LOT 2126
WWI Bronze Button with Cannon and Shot
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Metal-Thread Embroidered Silk Panel with the Tughra of Sultan Mahmud II
Ottoman Empire, circa 1808-1839 A.D.Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £7,500
Rectangular in plan, the lime green silk field with two large roundels of red silk tied by a tassel in the rococo style, signature of Sultan Mahmud II contained within a mosque lamp, ten smaller roundels of alternating cream, orange and cream silk; large central rectangular panel and two bands above incorporating inscriptions in Thuluth, tughra of the Sultan framed by swags in lower part of field, ground richly decorated with floral swags and vegetal motifs, backed. 17.8 kg, 294 x 179 cm
Acquired before 2000. Private collection, UK. with Bonhams, London, 6 October 2008, no.216 (est. £80,000 - £120,000). This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12741-235157.
The inscriptions comprise: in two horizontal cartouches: Qur'an, surah al-Ahzab (XXXIII, verses 45-46) inscription contained in mosque lamp; the signature of Sultan Mahmud Il in the two large roundels: the Shahadah in the six roundels above central rectangular panel; the names of the four Orthodox Caliphs, and the Imams Hasan and Husain in the central panel; Quran, surah al-Baqarah (Il), verse 255, ayat al-Kursi in the six side panels; the names of the companions of the Prophet in the lower part; the tughra of Sultan Mahmud. -
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Antique Gold Ring with Agate Cameo of an African
Late 17th century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
D-section hoop and an oval bezel set with a grey banded agate cameo featuring a mature man in three-quarter view facing left, furrowed brow and short-cropped curly hair. 4.69 grams, 27.33 mm overall, 18.81 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)
Acquired on the European art market. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of coin-shaped and tubular beads interspersed with metal spacers, restrung. 31.7 grams, 47.5 cm
Acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. Ex London, UK, collection.
