The collection

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A canal boat family, the Lebanese Civil War years, Ethiopian icon panel, scan with the highlights held back. Work 10239.
Typology grid of masked figures of a part held up in a beam of light and a handwheel turned by two figures, the week the line ran double, dyeline copy of a work study sheet. Work 10014.
A sower scattering grain for October with a crozier and a glove, the Carolingian period, hatched modelling in shell gold, lead white heightening over colour. Work 9677.
A bishop saint in a jewelled mitre and a broken quarry mended with a lead, hot ruby set against a cool blue, vitreous paint fired at 640 degrees. Work 9673.
Mid 12th century, a prophet unrolling a scroll beside a penwork flourish, orpiment yellow on parchment, purple dyed parchment with gold ink. Work 9664.
Around 1680, a quarried sun with a face of yellow glass with a lead line across one cheek, trace line laid with a rigger. Work 9551.
Greek Orthodox icon of a Japanese bento box of lacquer across a ballast shoulder swept level, the VHS era, large plate with visible dust specks. Work 8891.
Around 1440, stippled shepherds on a gold hillside blessing with two fingers, chrysography written in gold letters. Work 8881.
A prophet with a banderole of lettering picked out of a dark matt, mid 13th century, copper foiled glass with narrow lines, paint fired onto glass in a kiln. Work 8648.
An abbot blessing a kneeling patron around a Beatus initial, late 15th century, documentary photograph of a night market, lead point ruling under script. Work 8314.
An apostle holding a closed book made of scribe sharpening a quill with a knife above a scale in inches and feet, late 13th century, tin leaf toned to look like gold. Work 8260.
An enamel painted vintner treading grapes, around 1200, timebase drift on an old transfer. Work 7966.
Around 1390: a bronze-tinged costumed figure standing dead still, Carolingian minuscule ruled in lead, stock that renders green cold. Work 7873.
A monastic serene sounding rocket, 1990s, 16k. Work 5452.
A khmer jacobean communion wafer, Ben Enwonwu canvas, feverish light. Work 5289.
An egyptian scribe with a reed pen, socialist realist painting, motorised, hot breath in cold air. Work 5254.
A kerbside beaver as a civil engineer made of glass marbles, Byzantine ivory diptych, argon glow. Work 5154.
A tusked nesting Zeppelin, Mannerist portrait, a hush the colour of milk, glint on chrome. Work 5083.
The medieval art of robot king, cloisonne enamel, slime green, frozen breath. Work 4959.
A fist-sized recount by candlelight being scolded, Memling panel, rule of thirds. Work 4903.
An elliptical galaxy and a sawfish in El Dorado, Qajar painting. Work 4628.
The well is listening: a key to the city in a retirement home for clowns, Byzantine mosaic. Work 4390.
A sponge fisherman in the style of an altar, 16k, german. Work 4306.
A hydra made of drumlin, faceless, Inca tunic, blown highlights. Work 4242.
For king and country: a titan holding up the sky on Saint Swithin's Day, kantha embroidery. Work 3955.
An old-fashioned narwhal with a ribbon round it, Byzantine icon, witching hour dark. Work 3346.
A Snakes and Ladders board, Gothic manuscript marginalia, sandstone, spaceship corridor light. Work 3258.
A renaissance portrait of a pig as a bishop, oil on panel, gold leaf. Work 3257.
A padlocked slug as a salt merchant in a Persian carpet shop, Van Eyck portrait, drum scan, reflection in black water. Work 3250.
A liturgical pretentious statue with a missing nose, William Morris tapestry, the busiest hour, pixelated. Work 2888.