Set of nineteen buckles or plates, including : - disc-shaped belt plates, mainly decorated with griffin, lion's head and Christ. - Lance-shaped plates decorated with snake-tailed lion, fighting lion and passing lion. - Rectangular slotted plate decorated with charioteer, winged horse, peacock, lion rider, lion passant and lion attacker. Bronze and gilded bronze. Anatolia, 6th - 7th century. Provenance: From a copy of collectors' notes, some acquired in Istanbul, others at Hôtel Drouot, notably Mes Rheims et Laurin sale, Succession de M. Jean Pozzi, November 17, 1970, lots 351 and 352. Publication: LEPAGE, Claude, "Cinq plaques-boucles byzantines à décor figuré", Objets, Genéve, 1969, n°2 (for some). Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.
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Lot no. 54

Set of nineteen buckles or plates, including : - disc-shaped belt plates, mainly decorated with griffin, lion's head and Christ. - Lance-shaped plates decorated with snake-tailed lion, fighting lion and passing lion. - Rectangular slotted plate decorated with charioteer, winged horse, peacock, lion rider, lion passant and lion attacker. Bronze and gilded bronze. Anatolia, 6th - 7th century. Provenance: From a copy of collectors' notes, some acquired in Istanbul, others at Hôtel Drouot, notably Mes Rheims et Laurin sale, Succession de M. Jean Pozzi, November 17, 1970, lots 351 and 352. Publication: LEPAGE, Claude, "Cinq plaques-boucles byzantines à décor figuré", Objets, Genéve, 1969, n°2 (for some). Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.

Estimate
€600 - €800
Result
€780
Buyer's premium
30%
Set of nineteen buckles or plates, including : - disc-shaped belt plates, mainly decorated with griffin, lion's head and Christ. - Lance-shaped plates decorated with snake-tailed lion, fighting lion and passing lion. - Rectangular slotted plate decorated with charioteer, winged horse, peacock, lion rider, lion passant and lion attacker. Bronze and gilded bronze. Anatolia, 6th - 7th century. Provenance: From a copy of collectors' notes, some acquired in Istanbul, others at Hôtel Drouot, notably Mes Rheims et Laurin sale, Succession de M. Jean Pozzi, November 17, 1970, lots 351 and 352. Publication: LEPAGE, Claude, "Cinq plaques-boucles byzantines à décor figuré", Objets, Genéve, 1969, n°2 (for some). Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.
Sale
ARCHAEOLOGY - Collection of N. and J.-M. Thierry & Collection of Monsieur X.
Friday 25 October 2024・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot 9, rue Drouot 75009 Paris