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Quantity of Old Master prints, mainly Dutch School.

Old Master School 18th century oil on canvas, Sampson and Delilah, unsigned, 13.5" x 18.5", unframed.

Old Master School 18th century oil on canvas, study of Christ, unsigned, 27" x 18", framed.

Italian school after the old master, biblical scene, coloured print. Good quality moulded frame with gilt slip.

Italian school after the old master, biblical scene, coloured print. Good quality moulded frame with gilt slip.

BRUTTIUM, SILVER TETRADRACHM OF RHEGIUM, ca. 400 BC, 17.342g, 2h. Herzfelder 104 (same dies). Gillet 324 (this coin). Rare. Old cabinet tone. Perfectly centered and struck in high relief. With a beautiful head of Apollo in the finest late 5th century style. Extremely fine. Former Michel Eddé collection, privately acquired from Tradart; The Numismatic Auction 1985 (3) lot 16; former Charles Gillet (1879-1972) collection This is one of the great Apollos to be found in Greek coinage, and it was produced during the same period of artistic ferment as the famous issues of Syracuse, Katane and Kamarina, struck from dies signed by artists of the highest caliber. The die cutter who made the dies for this coin has been given the name "Master of the Apollo of Rhegium", and he is clearly on the same level as Kimon, the great, perhaps even the greatest, of the Syracusan engravers. In fact, the amazingly serene, albeit severe, expression on the face of Apollo is very reminiscent of the magnificent heads of Arethusa on Kimon`s dekadrachms. Starting Price: €30000

John Kendal (d. 1501), Turcopolier (Colonel General of Infantry) of the Order of St John (1477), the Siege of Rhodes by the Turks, cast bronze portrait Medal, 1480, of Italian manufacture, bust right with long hair, IO KENDAL RHODI TVRCVOPELLERIVS, rev., shield of arms, TEMPORE. OBSIDIONIS. TVRCHORVM. MCCCCLXXX, 55mm (MI 17/3; Hill 934; Furse p. 379). A somewhat worn but original cast with old but later gilding applied, reverse fine, obverse better. John Kendal was commissary and deputy to Pope Sixtus IV "throughout the globe" and Turcopolier at the time of the siege of Rhodes by the Turks. The latter post was annexed to that of Grand Bailiff of England and he was also Prior of the Order of St John in London and Grand Master. As such the task of recruiting for troops, especially in Ireland, to fight the Turks fell to him. The medal is sold with an old collector`s ticket priced at "2000 frs". Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 4 May, 2006 (lot 2311).

John Kendal (d. 1501), Turcopolier (Colonel General of Infantry) of the Order of St John (1477), the Siege of Rhodes by the Turks, cast bronze portrait Medal, 1480, of Italian manufacture, bust right with long hair, IO KENDAL RHODI TVRCVOPELLERIVS, rev., shield of arms, TEMPORE. OBSIDIONIS. TVRCHORVM. MCCCCLXXX, 55mm (MI 17/3; Hill 934; Furse p. 379). A somewhat worn but original cast with old but later gilding applied, reverse fine, obverse better. John Kendal was commissary and deputy to Pope Sixtus IV "throughout the globe" and Turcopolier at the time of the siege of Rhodes by the Turks. The latter post was annexed to that of Grand Bailiff of England and he was also Prior of the Order of St John in London and Grand Master. As such the task of recruiting for troops, especially in Ireland, to fight the Turks fell to him. The medal is sold with an old collector`s ticket priced at "2000 frs". Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 4 May, 2006 (lot 2311).

DUNHILL OLD MASTER Blended Scotch Whisky. cellar master No Q 4326175cl, 43% volume in carton

NICOLAS GLOUTCHENKO (1902-1977) Figures in a boat on the river Dniepar, signed, oils on board, 34 x 45cm The Rowley Gallery Ltd label verso The work is sold together with letter fragments previously attached verso and inscribed `To Dear Flavia and Bob from Miza and Vora Djakovic at Old Rectory 25 Dec. 1975. The picture `River Dniepar` made by our great uncle Master of Art of the Ukraine NP Glushcenko in c.1957

A COLLECTION OF POSTCARDS, MAINLY CHROMO AND SIMILAR OLD MASTER PICTURES, EARLY 20TH C

GLENHAVEN 17 YEAR OLD INDIVIDUAL CASK BOTTLING Single Speyside Malt Whisky from Glenfarclas Glenlivet Distillery. Distilled October 1977, bottled October 1994.750ml, 53.2% volume. 25 YEAR OLD SCOTCH WHISKY Blended Scotch Whisky, distilled prior to 1962. Specially Blended By Richard Patterson, Master Blender, Whyte & Mackay Distillers Ltd. for Tesco. 75cl, 40% volume. 2 bottles Weathering to Glenhaven label.

AFTER JOHN LEECH (BRITISH 1817 - 1864) ten prints comprising of: `A Frolic Home After A Blank Day`; `Ruggles and Master George`; `Come Hup, I say, You Ugly Brute!`; `Party Whose Move Is Not What It Used To Be`; `The Old Fox Hunter`; `Where There Is A Will There Is A Way`; `Gone way`; `Our Friend, Mr Roddy`; `A Capital Finish` & `The Noble Science`, each 73cm high x 93cm wide

Campbell (Lorne). The Fifteenth Century Netherlandish Schools, reprinted ed., pub. National Gallery Publications, London, 1999, numerous col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Wedmore (Frederick), Turner & Ruskin. An Exposition of the Work of Turner from the Writings of Ruskin, 2 vols., pub. George Allen, London, 1900, ninety-one plts., orig. cloth gilt, folio, plus Shaw (Thurstan), Igbo-Ukwu. An Account of Archaeological Discoveries in Eastern Nigeria, 2 vols., pub. Northwestern University Press, Evanston, 1970, numerous col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j.s, 4to, plus other Old Master art reference, mostly hardback publications in orig. cloth and d.j., 4to/folio, G/VG -54

Van Gogh (Vincent). The Complete Letters, 3 vols., reprinted 1988, numerous b&w illusts., all orig. dark blue cloth in slipcase, 8vo, together with Ruskin (John), Lectures on Art, delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary Term, 1870, 2nd ed., 1875, orig. gilt dec. purple cloth, 8vo, and Poesch (Jessie), The Art of the Old South, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture & The Products of Craftsmen 1560-1860, reprinted., 1989, 392 colour and b&w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., spine slightly rubbed and faded, large 4to, plus other Old Master and pre-20th century art reference and related, many in d.j.s, 4to/folio, G/VG (6 shelves & a carton)

19th Century Italian School, after an old Master. the Madonna and Child painted on rectangular porcelain plaque, printed 'Firenze' stamp verso, mounted in Florentine carved giltwood frame, plaque 9 x 14cm.

OLD MASTER OIL ON COPPER, H 14", W 10", MADONNA: Inscription on banner at lower edge.

OLD MASTER OIL ON CANVAS 17" X 11" CRUCIFIXION: Not signed. Losses to paint. Not framed. Probably Italian and circa 1800, brought to U.S. from Malta.

OLD MASTER OIL ON CANVAS 13" X 13" ST JEROME IN ECSTASY, AS IS: Not framed. Very poor condition.

A 17th Century Italian Old Master, follower of Annibale Carracci (poss. Carlo Maratti?) ''Rest on the flight into Egypt'', gilt framed oil on canvas laid on to panel, 41.5cm x 33.5cm CONDITION REPORT: This came privately through a house clearance, there are some bubbles and vertical lines where the canvas is not quite “affixed” to the wooden panel back, other than this, appears in fairly good overall order.

A collection of five hunt maps, comprising "The Old Berkshire"," Worcester", "Jackson's Map of The Lord Middleton's Hunt", an other Jackson's "York & Ainsty", "Devon and Somerset Staghounds", together with a leather bound pamphlet inscribed "Master of Foxhounds Association 1922" and CICELY FOX SMITH "Lacashire Hunting Songs & Other Moorland Lays" published Cornish 1909

*THOMAS MACLEAN (Publisher). ‘Patience in a punt’, coloured aquatint, unframed, Pl. 6 x 8 in; and a folder containing a miscellaneous selection of unframed antiquarian and old master prints; (qty)

Old Master School 17/18th century charcoal/chalk drawing, a religious group, 15" x 9.5", framed.

ROYAL LOCHNAGAR SELECTED RESERVE Single Highland malt whisky. Sole U.S. distributor Schieffelin & Somerset Co. N.Y. 750ml, 43% volume. JOHNNIE WALKER BLACK LABEL 12 YEAR OLD Blended Scotch whisky. 70cl, 40% volume. In carton, bottle signed by Tom Smith Master Blender. 2 bottles Good condition

DEANSTON VINTAGE 1967 35 YEAR OLD Single Highland Malt Whisky from casks 1051 & 1052. Filling day Friday 31st March 1967. Label signed by Billy Walker, Master Blender. 70cl, 50.7% volume, in wood box. Good condition

Three early 20th century over painted prints, After Old Master studies, within ornately carved gilt wood and gesso frames.

An oil on board miniature portrait of Henry VII, another miniature oval portrait in the manner of an old master in verre eglomise frame etc.

Old Master style watercolour on paper, Classical portrait, unsigned, 10" x 8.5", framed.

An eight day walnut marquetry longcase clock, the 11 inch brass dial signed Peter Wise, London on the silvered chapter ring, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds and date aperture, ringed winding holes, winged mask and scrolled spandrels, the five ringed pillar movement with latched centre pillar, inside locking plate striking, in a case with panelled sides, the hood with caddy top and ball finials, the whole inlaid with scrolled marquetry, the trunk door with two panels of hunting scenes, the lower panel beneath the glass lenticle decorated with shepherds, now with later ebonised plinth, 94in (239cm) high. Peter Wise, Cheapside, London: Free of the Clockmakers Company 1693, Master 1725-41. Provenance: The Old Rectory, Little Langford, Wiltshire. Sold by order of Trustees of the Estate of the late Miss S.F. Rooke.

AFTER PETER PAUL RUBENS "The Descent from the Cross", oil on canvas, unsigned (from the original in the Cathedral of Our Lady Antwerp, commissioned in 1611 by the Confraternity of the Arquebusiers, executed circa 1612-14) CONDITION REPORTS Modern 20th century copy of the Old Master, canvas is loose, paint appears to be fairly fresh, has drip marks where the varnish has run, suggest viewing in person.

HANCOCK`S PRESIDENT`S RESERVE Single Barrel Sour Mash Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey. 750ml, 44.45% volume (88.9 Proof) in presentation cylinder. VIRGINIA GENTLEMAN 90 Small Batch Straight Bourbon Whiskey by A. Smith Bowman Distillery, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. 70cl, 45% volume. GEORGE DICKEL SPECIAL BARREL RESERVE Tennessee Whisky, aged 10 Years. 750ml, 43% volume (86 Proof). BEAM `THE MAGPIES ` DECANTER Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 100 months old. Regal China decanter. 750ml (25.4 fl oz), 80 Proof. JACK DANIEL`S MASTER DISTILLER COLLECTION - NUMBER ONE Tennessee Whiskey. 70cl, 40% volume, with silverplate base and measure. 5 bottles Very good.

DUNHILL OLD MASTER CELEBRATION EDITION Blended Scotch Whisky, in opaque blue ceramic bottle. 700ml, 43% volume. DUNHILL GENTLEMAN`S SPEYSIDE BLEND Blended Scotch Whisky. 700ml 43% volume. DUNHILL OLD MASTER Blended Scotch Whisky. For Thai Duty Free Shop. 750ml, 43% volume. DUNHILL OLD MASTER Blended Scotch Whisky. 750ml, 43% volume. 4 bottles Good condition

36 ASSORTED WHISKY MINIATURES Mixed lot of blended and single malt miniatures, including: Inchgower 12 y/o (70°proof); Dunhill Old Master (43% vol); Something Special 12 y/o (43°G.L.); Ballantine`s (Specially Imported for Iraq by Iraq Stores Co.); House of Lords 12 y/o (40% vol); Johnnie Walker Red Label (40% vol); Dewar`s White Label (40% vol); The Antiquary (70°proof). Viewing recommended. Some of the bottles have low fills

RUTHERFORD`S SPIRIT OF SCOTLAND MINIATURES (8) Book shaped miniature decanters; Vol I- IV and 4 more book decanters. All 5 cl and 40% vol. WHISKIES OF THE WORLD (5) 5 miniatures, included are: Clan Campbell 12 y/o (43% vol); Wild Turkey 1855 Reserve (no strength stated); Jameson (43% vol); Wild Turkey (101 proof U.S); Aberlour 12 y/o (43% vol). In carton. 30 ASSORTED MINIATURES Mixed group of whisky, spirit and liqueur miniatures, including ; Bunnahabhain 12 y/o (40% vol); 2 x Domple 15 y/o (40% vol); Whyte & Mackay 21 y/o (no strength stated); Kingsland Nikka Whisky (43% vol); Dunhill Old Master (43% vol). Viewing recommended. 43 miniatures Whiskies of the World- Bushmills is missing

12 INDEPENDENT BOTTLED MACALLAN MINIATURES Single Highland malt whisky miniatures in presentation box. Macallan Speymalt (40% vol); Macallan 20 y/o Millennium Bottling for The Mini Bottle Club (46% vol); Macallan 1980 James MacArthur`s Old Master`s (57.8% vol); Mcallan-Glenlivet 1974 Murray McDavid (46% vol); Cairngorm Whisky Centre 18 y/o (46% vol); Cairngorm Whisky Centre 17 y/o (46% vol); Cairngorm Whisky Centre 19 y/o (46% vol); Macallan 12 y/o The Ultimate Whisky Selection (43% vol); Macallan 1949 Signatory Vintage Bottle 22 of 30 bottles (37.9% vol, hsf); Macallan-Glenlivet `As We Get It` (59.7% vol, 103°proof, msf); Macallan-Glenlivet 18 y/o Cadenhead`s (80°proof); Macallan 41 y/o Milroy`s (40.4% vol, lsf). Viewing recommended. lsf= Low shoulder fill msf= mid-shoulder fill hsf= high shoulder fill bs=below shoulder

Dunhill Old Master Cellarmasters number d 77472 750ml 43% Vol 1 bt Presentation box

A mid 19th century Russian silver beaker, by Nicols and Plinke, St. Petersburg 1849, assay master D. Tverskoy, also marked A.L, tapering circular form, gilded bowl, initialled, height 7cm, approx. weight 2.5oz. Provenance: The Old Rectory, Little Langford, Wiltshire. Sold by order of Trustees of the Estate of the late Miss S.F. Rooke.

A large quantity of silver reference books, including:, Delieb, E., and Roberts, M. Matthew Boulton Master Silversmith, Bradbury, F, History of Old Sheffield Plate, Christie`s Pictorial History of English and American Silver, The Price Guide to Antique Silver, English Engraved Silver and twenty nine other volumes. (34)

A print after the Old Master, of a servants kitchen, 38 x 63cm in a ribbon tied gilt glazed frame.

18 Family genre British Quad film posters including Old Yeller, Lady & The Tramp, 101 Dalmations, Hook, Master of the Universe, Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure, Oliver & Co, My Little Pony & others, folded, various conditions (18)

19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL "Spray of roses and other flowers", a still life study, oil on canvas, unsigned, together with an Old Master print, framed and glazed

Pair of Old Master style ink/wash drawings, Roman battle scenes, unsigned, 3" x 11", framed.

ROWE, Harry (1726-99). Macbeth: A Tragedy. Written by William Shakespeare. With Notes and Emendations by Harry Rowe ... The Second Edition. York: Printed by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, 1799. 8vo in 4s (225 x 145mm). Engraved portrait of Harry Rowe (some very light staining). [?]Original wrappers (rather worn). Provenance: partly illegible old inscription on verso of wrapper. The title page describes the editor as "Trumpet-Major to the High Sheriffs of Yorkshire; and Master of a Puppet-Show." In his Preface, the editor describes how, six months previously, he had been "as poor as the poorest felon that ever was hanged at Tyburn." He goes on: "In plain English, I am Master of a Puppet-show; and as from the nature of my employment, I am obliged to have a few stock-plays ready for presentation, whenever I am accidentally visited by a select party of Ladies and Gentlemen, I have added the Tragedy of Macbeth to my Green-room collection. The alterations that I have made in this play are warranted from a careful perusal of a very old manuscript in the possession of my prompter, one of whose ancestor`s by the mother`s side, was rush-spreader, and candle-snuffer, at the Globe play-house."

A Carved and Gilded Louis XIV Style Arched Convex Frame, 19th century, with ogee sight, sanded flat, the front edge with foliate and flower head scrollwork and pronounced leaf corners, 52.5x39cm: A Gilt Composition Louis XIV Style Frame with Decape Finish, early 20th century, with cavetto sight, leaf course, sanded flat, the cross-hatched ogee with foliate cartouche centres and corners, bears label for Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd., Old Master & Modern Paintings 31 Bruton Street London W1 attached to the reverse, 32.5x40cm: A Gilt Composition Louis XVI Style Frame, early 19th century, with cavetto sight, lamb's tongue, the cross-hatched ogee with foliate and cartouche centres and corners, bears label for Cole Carver Gilder and Print Seller High Street No 273 Street Exeter attached to the reverse, 27.5x34.8cm: A Gilt Composition Louis XIV Style Frame, early 20th century, with leaf sight, sanded flat, the cross-hatched ogee with foliate strapwork and cartouche centres and corners, 26x38.5cm: A Gilt Composition Louis XIII Style, early 20th century, with leaf sight, sanded flat, the cross-hatched hollow with foliate cartouche corners, 38x28cm., (5)

15th century Flemish old master painting depicting the Annunciation, on wood panel, 22" h x 15 1/2" w (view), 24 1/2" h x 18" w (frame). Provenance: From a Revere, MA estate.

17th century Old Master painting of a saint, oil on canvas, unframed, 25" h x 20 1/4" w. Provenance: From a Belmont, MA estate.

AFTER THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH (1727-1788), BRITISH LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE Oil on canvas; given the title “Landscape with Cattle” on the nameplate. 40"" x 50"" — 101.6 x 127 cm. Provenance: Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, Toronto, (1843-1915), inventory number VH.29, believed to be a copy, that was formerly on the London market (no date) and presumably the one Van Horne bought (no date); Thence by descent through the family, Toronto Exhibited: Art Museum of Montreal, Montreal in “A Selection from the Collection of Paintings of the Late Sir William Van Horne, K.C.M.G. 1843-1915”, 1933, Cat. No. 109, entitled “Landscape and Cattle”, as “Ascribed to Thomas Gainsborough”, without illustration. Without being photographed for the exhibition catalogue of 1933, Lumsden comments “without dimensions, provenance or other documentation, it is nearly impossible to trace” Literature: Gainsborough’s original canvas “Rocky Wooded Landscape with Rustic Lovers, Drover and Cattle” of circa 1771-1772, referenced in John T. Hayes “The Landscape Paintings of Thomas Gainsborough: a critical text and catalogue raisonne”; Ithaca NY/London: Cornell University Press, 1982, 447, No. 103 strongly suggests that Van Horne bought a copy of Gainsborough’s original “Rocky Wooded Landscape with Rustic Lovers, Drover and Cattle” Hayes entry mentions, “A copy, of the same size as the original, was formerly on the London market” and presumably, it refers to the painting Van Horne purchased. See Ian G. Lumsden’s, “Gainsborough in Canada”, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, published to coincide with the exhibition, 18 October, 1991 to 31 December, 1991 introduction: “To Gather Objects: The Collecting of British paintings in Canada in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries”, pgs . 1-4 Note: According to a 1914 insurance appraisal of Van Horne’s art collection, it comprised some two hundred and thirty Old Master and 19th Century works.

SIR JOHN LAVERY (1856-1941), IRISH LADY IN GREEN (MRS. CARA H.) Oil on canvas; signed lower right, titled and dated 1903 at Cromwell Place, London to artist label verso 35"" x 24"" — 88.9 x 61 cm. Provenance: The property of E.F.B. Johnston, Esq., K.C. Toronto; Harry Diamond, Toronto purchased circa 1958; His Estate, Toronto Exhibited: The Art Museum of Toronto (now the Art Gallery of Ontario), the “Second Exhibition Catalogue of a Loan Collection of paintings of the English, Old Master, Modern Dutch, French and other European Schools Contributed by Private Collectors” from 24th November - 16th December 1909, Cabtalogue No. 38 label verso Literature: The Art Museum of Toronto, The Second exhibition catalogue

68 ASSORTED MINIATURES Consisting of mainly blended whisky miniatures. Including: Chivas Brothers Revolve 17 y/o (40% vol); 2 x Chivas Brothers Revolve (50% vol); White Horse (70°proof); Famous Grouse Vintage 1987( 40% vol); Dimple Scots (70°proof); Dunhill Old Master (43% vol); Grand Old Parr (70°proof); VAT 69 (no strength stated). Viewing recommended. Some bottles have low shoulder fills

A collection of eight Coalport bone china pastille burners, comprising `The Master`s House`, `Village Church`, `The Coaching Inn`, `Red House`, `The Gate House`, `The Parasol House`, `The Old Curiosity Shop` (cracked) and `Keepers Cottage` (cracked).

EGISTO CIARDI (Italian 19th Century), after Dutch Old Master Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750), Still Life with Fruit, Lizard, Bird`s Nest and Butterfly, oil on canvas, unsigned, inscribed verso, 18 1/2"" x 23 1/2"", carved gilt wood Florentine frame

17th century Italian school, an old master full length study of a male nude in the mannerist style, sanguine red chalk on paper, H. 50 cm, W. 32 cm.

OLD MASTER OIL ON CANVAS MOUNTED ON WOOD PANEL, C. 1800, H 26", W 52",: Depicting figures on horseback fleeing, with others being taken captive; unsigned. Framed.

Collection of lantern slides, medical, botanical, old master paintings and general interest, (3 plastic cartons).

Dunhill Old Master Finest Scotch Whisky 750ml, 43% volume, boxed, The Real MacKenzie 20 year old Scotch Whisky blended and bottled by P. MacKenzie & Co. Distillers Limited, Perth, Scotland, 26.4 fl. ozs, 75cl, 40% volume, boxed, Chivas Regal 12 year old Blended Scotch Whisky, 33 1/3 fl. ozs, 40% volume, boxed, Crown Royal Fine Deluxe Blended Canadian Whisky, 75cl, 40gl, 750ml, 80 proof with outer pouch and box, The Famous Grouse Finest Scotch Whisky, 40% volume, 70cl, boxed (5)

Kraus (Rene) OLD MASTER - THE LIFE OF JAN CHRISTIAN SMUTS (Includes a chapter on the death of General De La Rey) 219mm x 154mm x 36mm 471pp. Cloth hardcover. Frontis b/w photo of Field Marshal Jan Smuts and President Roosevelt in Cairo at the time of the Teheran Conference. Faded and foxed spine. Light bumping to corners. Toning to EPS. Gift inscription to front free EP. Light foxing to title page. Otherwise clean and tight. Written in three parts; Part One - Storm and Stress: 1)Problem child. 2)Transvaal interlude. 3)Springtime in Stellenbosch. 4)England - Yes and no. 5)Taxation without representation. 6)Mister State Attorney. 7)Until the rains fall. 8)Pretoria-Pride and fall. 9)Commando. Part Two - Power: 10)`Vereeniging` stands for Union. 11)The valley of the shadow of death. 12)Reconciliation. 13)Early triumph. 14)Gandhi. 15)Union. 16)The rise and fall of General Hertzog. 17)Prelude to civil war. 18)The death of General De La Rey. 19)The five shillings revolution. 20)Two-front war. 21)On the roof of the world. 22)General Smuts` dilemma. Part Three - Phoenix: 23)Ups and downs. 24)Downfall. 25)The lean years. 26)The shadow of the Swastika. 27)Prelude to war.28)`Ell-Gamelayo-Waah`. 29)Two-front war again. 30)Blitz over England-Thunder in South Africa. 31)`Ossewa Brandwag`. 32)As the tide flows. 33)The fall of Tobruk. 34)South Africa fights. 35)At the helm. 36)Vision of the future. Bibliography. Index. Good New York E.P.Dutton & Co.,Inc. 1944

A FINE ICON OF THE "CLOUD" DORMITION PALEKH, CIRCA 1800 72.5 by 55 cm. This icon is a work of the highest quality by an outstanding master. It represents the most developed version of a so-called “Cloud” Dormition. The apostles are depicted rapt in wonder at the bedside of the Mother of God and also in the upper part of the composition, flying-in on clouds towards Jerusalem from various lands. The first portrayal of this kind in Rus is encountered in an early 13th century icon from the Desyatinny Monastery Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God near Novgorod (now in the State Tretyakov Gallery). Following an ancient narrative source, the artist depicted Thomas with the other apostles, though according to a later recension, Thomas only arrived in Jerusalem after the Mother of God’s funeral. The Old Believers’ held on to this distinctive feature found in the ancient version, as represented on the icon here (Thomas is shown twice: on the extreme right standing by the bed of the Mother of God and in the top right-hand corner, flying upon a cloud). Other depictions on the icon also reflect the original ancient text: the composition includes Saint James of Jerusalem, the Lord’s brother (behind the Mother of God’s bed, holding a censer), Timothy of Edessa, Dionysius the Areopagite and Hierotheos of Athens (in the archways, in the third row), and also the wives and maidens of Jerusalem (in the archways, right and left). The soul of the Mother of God is depicted in the form of a swaddled baby in the arms of Christ; above, in the centre of the composition, is the Mother of God seated on a throne in heavenly glory and being exalted by angels. The energy of the composition is enhanced by miniature painting of the finest quality which conveys the spiritual animation of each character. Thanks to its immaculate state of preservation, this historic artefact fully reflects the conception of the artist and may rightfully be considered a genuine masterpiece of late Russian icon painting.

EGYPT, A SILVER TETRADRACHM OF PTOLEMY I, signed by the Master Δ, Alexandreia, ca. 305-285 BC, 14.269g, 12h. Svoronos 255. Old cabinet tone. Perfectly centered and struck on a broad flan. Among the finest known. Superb extremely fine. Acquired privately from Tradart Ptolemy was very early in his use of his portrait as a coin type. This is not inconsistent with the Egyptian tradition of divine kingship, but coinage was a Greek institution used primarily by the Macedonian ruling caste: thus Ptolemy`s innovation remains both shrwed and daring. His portrait is one of the most distinctive on all of ancient coinage, not only for its blunt, ungainly features but for the frank and forceful charcater it reveals. The aegis is a divine attribute, and the reverse type reinforces the Jovian identification.

A SILVER DENARIUS OF M. JUNIUS BRUTUS, Rome, ca. 54 BC, 3.455g, 7h. Crawford 433/2. Old cabinet tone. Perfectly centered. A pair of powerful portraits. Extremely fine. Tradart November 1993 lot 179; The Numismatic Auction 1983 (2) lot 251; former Fred Knobloch (1907-1994) collection, Stack`s May 1978 lot 512 A decade prior to his participation in the assassination of Julius Caesar, Brutus held the office of moneyer. He produced an interesting coinage clearly illustrating his admiration for those of his ancestors who had distinguished themselves in the defense of liberty against the forces of tyranny. The head of L. Junius Brutus recalls the expulsion of the Tarquins from Rome and the establishment of the Republic in 509 BC, whilst that of Servilius Ahala commemorates the deeds of another ancestor who, as master of horse in 439 BC, saved the state by his assassination (with a concealed dagger!) of the traitor Spurius Maelius.

ITALIAN OLD MASTER OIL ON CANVAS 19TH.C. H 22" W 28 ALLEGORICAL SCENE: Not signed