European Sculpture & Works of Art
Catalog Information: 184 lots with images
Date: 2005
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: POSSIBLY ENGLISH, CIRCA 1300 A RARE WALRUS IVORY CHESS PIECE
representing the bishop, two figures standing before a predella carved with arches, the right hand figure a monk, with book in his left hand, looking up at the bishop at his side, head of bishop missing, the back carved in the roundCATALOGUE NOTEThis [...more]
Lot 2: BYZANTINE, 13TH/ 14TH CENTURY A SLATE OR GREY STEATITE(?) RELIEF OF ST. THEODORE STRATELATES AND
BYZANTINE, 13TH/ 14TH CENTURY A SLATE OR GREY STEATITE(?) RELIEF OF ST. THEODORE STRATELATES AND ST. THEODORE TELONwithin an arch standing with hands clasped in prayer looking up to Christ in Majesty above, inscribed in Greek letters, fractured (2)CA [...more]
Lot 3: FRANCE, 14TH CENTURY THREE IVORY PANELS OF SAINTS
the double panel with St Catherine and a monk saint facing each other, the dividing strip with three holes, left panel St Margaret emerging from the dragon, holding a cross with a hole to either side, right panel St John the Baptist holding a lamb wi [...more]
Lot 4: UPPER RHINE, CIRCA 1400 A SILVER AND SILVER GILT CORPUS
with long gilt perizonium, the dying Christ with His head sunk into His shoulders
Lot 5: NORTHERN FRENCH, 14TH CENTURY AN OAK GROUP OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD
standing with exaggerated S pose, her mantle draped over her waisted robe and falling in soft V folds, the Christ Child in her left arm, traces of original polychromy
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