Outstanding Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art

Outstanding Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art

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  Attributed to the Lewis Chessmen Workshop
  Probably Norwegian, Trondheim, 13th century
  A Warder
  Estimate £600,000–1,000,000

  This exceptional newly discovered Warder is the first of the Lewis chessmen type to emerge since the appearance of the eponymous hoard in 1831. The Lewis chessmen are regarded as the most famous chess pieces to have survived from the medieval world.

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  Spanish, possibly Silos, or French, Limoges, third quarter 12th century
  Pair of Plaques with Mythical Birds
  Estimate £20,000–30,000

  This rare pair of enamelled plaques with elegant exotic birds relates to the important Altar Frontal from the Abbey of St. Dominic at Silos in Spain, which was under royal patronage.

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  Byzantine, 11th/ 12th century and later
  Pendant Reliquary Cross
  Estimate £30,000–50,000

  This fascinating Pendant Reliquary Cross is an exemplary work of art from the Byzantine period and represents a rare survival of its kind in private hands.

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  Master of the Aeneid (active ca. 1530-40), French, Limoges, circa 1530-35
  Panel with a Scene from Book III of the Aeneid (Aeneas founds Pergamum but is chased away by the Pestilence)
  Estimate £50,000–70,000

  The present plaque is the extraordinary work of the Master of the Aeneid, active in Limoges during the first half of the 16th century. This previously unknown plaque is supremely rare and forms an important addition to the oeuvre of this intriguing Master enameller.

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  Attributed to Heinrich Iselin (circa 1450-1513), German, Konstanz, circa 1480
  Christ as the Man of Sorrows
  Estimate £60,000–80,000

  This impressive, life-size Christ as the Man of Sorrows can be counted among Heinrich Iselin’s most significant surviving works. It is an exemplar of German Late Gothic wood carving which probably once surmounted a monumental altarpiece.

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  Netherlandish, probably Amsterdam, mid-17th century and later
  Nautilus Cup
  Estimate £80,000–120,000

  Carved and mounted nautilus shells were among the most sought-after Kunstkammer curiosities in European collections. With its Oriental mounts, this intriguing Nautilus Cup exemplifies the sense of exoticism with which these enigmatic objects were perceived.

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  Probably Southern German, circa 1600
  Ecce Homo
  Estimate £60,000–80,000

  This large and beautifully finished gilt bronze appears to be a unique cast, combining the iconographies of the Ecce Homo and Christ on the cold stone. What particularly distinguishes the bronze is its depiction of Christ on a sgabello - a type of Renaissance stool.

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  After Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), Italian, Rome, 17th/ early 18th century
  Santa Bibiana
  Estimate £150,000–250,000

  This compelling bronze captures the virtuoso essence of Bernini’s original model. The Santa Bibiana is one of the few religious sculptures by Bernini to have been cast in bronze and is therefore an extremely rare find.

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  Johann Heinrich von Dannecker (1758-1841), German, Stuttgart, dated 1836
  Mädchen mit dem Toten Vogel (Lesbia and her Sparrow)
  Estimate £120,000–180,000

  A masterpiece by one of the most important sculptors of the Neoclassical period, Johann von Dannecker, the present marble is a remarkable rediscovery. It was purchased from the sculptor’s studio by the celebrated Dutch art collector, Adriaan van der Hoop, in 1842.

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  Filippo Rega (1761-1833), Italian, Rome, early 19th century
  Intaglio with Medusa
  Estimate £5,000–7,000

  This sublime intaglio depicting Medusa is the work of Filippo Rega, one of the major master engravers of the 18th century. This is a unique opportunity to acquire one of Rega’s rare mythological subject oeuvres.

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