Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018

Lot 193

An Ethiopian Coptic cross iron

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £650

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Description

An Ethiopian Coptic cross

iron, with a pierced blade and a square and diamond shape terminal, 19th century,

26cm high, on a stand,

a brass Coptic cross, two Coptic cross pendants, an Ethiopian Coptic vellem prayer book with ten painted images of Saints and the Virgin and Child, and an Ethiopian painted cloth, figures at a font. (7)

Provenance

Dr J S Gordon collection.