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Etruscan Black-Glazed Bucchero with Warrior Frieze
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,750
A large ceramic black-glazed bucchero oinochoe with wide mouth pinched to the front and sieve at the lip; tubular neck with thin collars at junction; shoulder decorated with repeating pattern of scrolling lotus flowers, one with scrolling figure-of-eight pattern; central part of bulbous body delineated by ribs and decorated with a frieze of warriors in helmets and carrying swords and large shields, advancing horses and lotus flowers; applied strap handle decorated with column of lotus flowers within a frame; tall incised triangles to the lower body; wide foot with gusset to the rim. -
Roman Marble Head of a Goddess
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,875
A carved marble bust of a youthful female, possibly a goddess, with hair parted in the centre and tied at the rear of the head in a chignon, the eyes with soft fleshy lids, the nose and mouth small, the lips pert and the chin rounded; mounted on a custom-made stand. -
Roman Marble Head of Hercules
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,500
A marble head of Hercules (Greek Herakles), gently bowed and turned slightly to the left; curled unruly hair and long wavy beard; deep inset eyes and prominent bow, mouth slightly open; mounted on a custom-made stand. -
Roman Military Flying Phallic Pendant
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,250
A finely detailed winged or possibly horned bronze phallic double looped pendant or mount, three dimensional with engraved detail of hair; the reverse with two pierced lugs; accompanied by a copy of the Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Finds Report dated November 1998 comments: 'Phallic ornaments are a fairly common good luck / virility symbol, the association with bulls is common - adding extra male strength to the symbolism - and they are often but not exclusively associated with the Roman army'. -
Roman Statuette of the Goddess Venus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £55,000
The goddess of love depicted with youthful idealising features on a slender neck, hair dressed in a chignon to the rear, two tresses pulled up over the crown of her head and fastened in a top-knot, with two tresses falling past her shoulders; her oval face with almond-shaped eyes beneath gently-arching brows, slightly-parted lips, and a rounded chin; standing on a columnar base, the goddess depicted nude, with a slender physique, standing with her weight on her left leg, similar to that of the Capitoline Venus; holding and looking into a circular mirror held in her right hand and a pomegranate in her left, both professionally re-attached. -
Roman Lifesize Statue Fragment
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,000
A bronze statue head fragment comprising the nose, septum, upper and lower lips, chin with trimmed beard and moustache; with additional beard fragment. -
Western Asiatic South Arabian Stele
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,500
A large rectangular limestone stele with carved male face of a dignitary and three-character inscription below; the face stylised with beard extending to the exterior from the temples under the chin, small rectangular ears with scroll detailing, small mouth and sharp nose with brow-ridge; inset marble scaphoid eyes with sockets for separate pupils; the inscription carefully engraved '11°' (possibly a patronymic); mounted on a custom-made stand. -
Western Asiatic Canaanite Votive Seated Deity
Sold for (Inc. bp): £16,875
A bronze figure of a deity, seated frontal with joined legs and upright torso, right arm raised in a benediction gesture, left arm bent to hold an object in a fisted hand; wearing a short crown with rounded top with the remains of silver cladding, and a long dress with fringed border and decorated collar; narrow face with light features; peg extending from the rear and below the feet for insertion onto a throne; mounted on a custom-made stand. -
Western Asiatic Mesopotamian Staff of Justice
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,750
A staff comprising a hollow alabaster shaft with ceramic terminals; lower end conical in shape with concave base, upper end with rounded shoulder, narrow neck and wide flat rim open to reveal hollow shaft. -
Western Asiatic Sassanian Bowl with Simurgh
Sold for (Inc. bp): £31,250
A sheet silver boat-shaped bowl, elliptical in plan with rounded underside, thickened rim; repoussé ornament including a band of heart-shaped motifs to the rim, two birds each with crescent above the head and tapering tail holding a bead necklace in the beak, a profile advancing lion with pointillé fur detailing, rows of S-shaped bars and rosettes, central wreath enclosing a simurgh motif. -
Gandharan Crouching Atlas Statue
Sold for (Inc. bp): £42,500
Atlas at rest carved in schist, crouching on one knee with a muscular torso, stern facial expression with penetrating stare and abundant beard, hair swept back from the brow, robe elegantly draped across the shoulders and chest, the sturdy right arm supporting weight on the knee and the left hand gripping the shin and calf; mounted on a custom-made stand. -
Gandharan Standing Bodhisattva Statue
Sold for (Inc. bp): £60,000
A substantial youthful and benign grey schist statue of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara on a plinth, standing erect wearing a dhoti and sandals with swags of beads and braided ornaments to the neck, sanghati mantle draped elegantly over the left shoulder; the face with pointed moustache, urna to the brow, copious hair bound with a beaded headband; the right hand raised palm-outwards in the mudhra gesture of reassurance, the left hand holding a censer; the plinth with segmented panels; mounted on a custom-made stand. -
Gandharan Meditating Buddha Statue, 2nd-4th century AD
Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,000
A schist statue of Buddha sitting cross-legged in relaxed and meditative pose on a tapering base with nimbus to the rear of the head, wavy hair dressed in a top-knot over the ushnisha, serene expression to the youthful face with heavy lidded eyes and small pursed mouth, urna to the brow, loosely draped robe and sanghati mantle, the hands folded palm-upwards in the lap; mounted on a custom-made stand. -
Gandharan Over Life-Size Bodhisattva Head, 2nd-4th century AD
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,125
A superbly sculpted larger-than-life sized carved schist bodhisattva head, clean-shaven apart from a neat pointed moustache, with serene and contemplative expression; the hair carved in wavy bands drawn back from the forehead and held by a braided browband, with two lateral hanks separated and tied above; the facial features sharp and carefully portrayed with small pursed mouth and heavy-lidded almond eyes, urna to the brow; the ears with long lobes pierced to accept earrings; mounted on a custom-made stand. -
Anglo-Saxon Gilt Silver Sword Pommel
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,750
A parcel-gilt silver sword pommel cap of Bifrons-Gilton type, rectangular in plan with two pierced lugs and securing pins to each short edge, raised T-shaped panel to each scooped face and corresponding notches to the long edges; border of punched triangles to the flat faces and the raised panels, hollow to the underside with ferrous remains; to one face four ring-and-dot motifs on the lower edge flanking an incised arrowhead, incised voided arrowhead to the other face with two ring-and-dot motifs and fylfot to the lower edge. -
Iron Age Celtiberian Inlaid Dagger and Scabbard
Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,000
An iron dagger and associated scabbard; the dagger with carp's tongue blade, flared lower guard, rounded grip, hollow T-shaped pommel with four large rivets, silver inlay to the hollow lower guard; the scabbard with median projections to connect with the lower guard and two T-shaped cotton-reel attachment points for the belt or baldric, four discoid lateral buttons to the finial; the lower guard with panels of inlaid silver wire in lattice patterns with guilloche border, similar ropework and guilloche patterns to the waist, and lower body, cross-in-circle designs to the lateral buttons; the blade lentoid in section with midrib; Iberian workmanship. -
Iron Age Celtic Sceptre Finial
Sold for (Inc. bp): £12,500
A bronze sceptre finial formed as a bronze tube with iron core and ox-head detailing; band of four curved hooks to the rear flanked by beading, plain crescent panels flanking transverse ribbed panel, beaded collar, narrow waisted muzzle, flange ears with pellets, socket eyes, opposed crescent horns. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Offa - East Anglia / Ecghun - Star of David Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,000
Type 168. Obv: long cross fleury with lozenge and pellet centre and short cross-bars to limbs with XO / FF / A+ / RE in angles. Rev: star of David with pellet-in-rosettes at centre and at points dividing E / g / C / H / V / N legend (with Runic 'g') for the moneyer Ecghun at an East Anglian mint. -
Norman Coins - Empress Matilda - Pembroke / Gillapaidrig - Unique Cross Moline Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,500
Copying cross moline Watford (BMC type i) issue of Stephen. Obv: profile bust right with sceptre before and MA.TIL.DI:IMP: legend. Rev: cross moline with fleurs on cusps and [+G]ILLIPATRI:ON[:P] legend for the moneyer Gillipatric/Gillapaidrig at Pembroke mint. -
English Medieval Coins - Henry IV - Light Coinage Type II Eight-Arc Groat
Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,250
Light coinage, Potter type II, obverse die 1 (Stewartby PII). Obv: facing bust with slipped trefoil on breast, small annulet to left of crown and pellet to right, within tressure of eight arcs with +HENRICxDEI‡GRA‡REX‡ANGLxZxFRANC legend with Lombardic n's (where x = single saltire and ‡ = double saltire stops). Rev: long cross and pellets with +POSVIx / DEVM‡A / D‡IVTORE / M‡MEVM outer legend with slipped trefoil (or quatrefoil?) at end with Lombardic m's and CIVI / TAS / LON / DON inner legend with reverse-barred Roman N's for London mint.
Late Period, 664-332 BC
Lot No. 0003
Sold for (Inc. premium): £450
Late Period, 664-332 BC
Lot No. 0004
Sold for (Inc. premium): £500
Late Period, 664-332 BC
Lot No. 0005
Sold for (Inc. premium): £550
Late Period, 664-332 BC
Lot No. 0006
Sold for (Inc. premium): £425
Late Period, 664-332 BC
Lot No. 0007
Sold for (Inc. premium): £475
Late Period, 664-332 BC
Lot No. 0008
Sold for (Inc. premium): £375
Late Period, 664-332 BC
Lot No. 0009
Sold for (Inc. premium): £225
Late Period, 664-332 BC
Lot No. 0010
Sold for (Inc. premium): £525
Late Period, 664-332 BC
Lot No. 0011
Sold for (Inc. premium): £163
Late Period, 664-332 BC
Lot No. 0012
Sold for (Inc. premium): £121
Late Period, 664-332 BC
Lot No. 0014
Sold for (Inc. premium): £2,500
New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BC
Lot No. 0016
Sold for (Inc. premium): £1,688