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Greek Gold Ring with Artemis of Ephesus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
A gold child's ring with Artemis of Ephesus in high-relief within filigree border to bezel. -
Etruscan Funerary Figure Hands
Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,240
A pair of hands from a funerary figure, each formed from a hammered bronze sheet with elongated slender fingers, long thumbs curving outwards, with folded tubular sheet for the forearms. -
'The Everleigh' Romano-British Seated Figurine of the Philosopher Epicurus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,750
An important free-standing bronze figure of a philosopher, modelled in the round seated and robed on a roughly rectangular base, the body delineated by its folds, feet protruding from beneath the hem, head tilted backwards slightly, face bearded and moustachioed, full head of textured hair, possibly plaited from a central point above the nape of the neck, with stylised detailing to the eyes, slender arched brows and nose, possibly wearing a torc or other form of neck ornament or collar; lower down on the reverse it is apparent that the figure has been formed seated on a stool or small chair, indicated by a transverse rib with knopped terminals and legs; the head is disproportionately large in comparison to the rest of the body, and the folds of the clothing are not continued on the reverse of the figure. -
Roman Marble Sarcophagus Excavated near the Tomb of Cecilia Metella in Rome
Sold for (Inc. bp): £16,250
A rectangular marble sarcophagus with the front panel decorated with two opposing series of double strigilatures (spiral fluting) with matching sharp concave edges, converging in the centre where the tabula inscriptionis is located; the latter, of quadrangular shape, enclosed within a moulded frame not occupying the entire height of the box, but showing a pulvinus (cushion) in the lower part, bound above and below by a smooth strip and on the sides by two slightly protruding semi-circular elements; the internal compartment of the box with rounded comers, the sides and back smooth; the table bearing a later inscription on five lines: 'D(is) M(anibus)/ C.Tutilio.Rufino. / Venatori. / T.Claudius. Secundus. / Amico. B(ene).M(erenti). P(osuit)'. -
Old Babylonian Intact Cuneiform Tablet with Envelope for Sumu-el, King of Larsa in Babylonia
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
A clay cuneiform envelope still containing its original cuneiform tablet; the two principal faces of the envelope bearing cuneiform text, cylinder seal impression to one edge; envelope open to reveal the square-shaped tablet inside, also with cuneiform text to multiple faces; the item is a legal text, accompanied by a translation: '5 gur, 120 sila of barley: Hassum / 5 gur, 120 sila of barley: Etellum, son of / Arru-bel-ili and Shuhakum - - / interest ? at 60 sila per gur, barley of the Mother / Goddess - / have received from Usi-nurum / In the presence of Salilum / In the presence of Munawwirum / In the presence of Nanna-gugal / Month: releasing of the plow / year after: Sumu-el inaugurated the high / priestess of Nanna'; dated 'the 8th month (our October/November) of the 24th year of Sumu-el, king of Larsa in Babylonia, c.1871 B.C.' -
Achaemenid Attachment in the Form of an Animal
Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,400
A copper-alloy attachment or protome in the form of a Water Buffalo or Gazelle's head with outstretched neck, semi-naturalistic facial detailing to the face and horns, round-section neck with piercing for attachment; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. -
Chinese Tang Musicians on Horseback
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
A group of two ceramic figures, each modelled as a female musician on horseback, each horse standing on a quadrilateral base with one leg raised, head held low and mouth open, with semi-naturalistic anatomical and facial features, dressed tail and moulded saddle, painted head collars and harnesses; both female figures wearing long dresses, leaning to one side of their mount and playing a wind instrument; extensive remains of painted polychrome pigment. -
Urartian Helmet with Worshipping Scenes and Crowned Kings
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46,800
A Urartian or Assyrian helmet raised from a single bronze sheet, decorated with three circumferential raised ribs above the brim alternating with incised volutes forming a decorative chain around the helmet; a raised vertical rib with a lion's head terminal to the front of the helmet, flanked by six arched ribs each with an animal-head terminal formed as a snake, a ram and a bull; beneath the raised brows an incised worshipping scene with two crowned kings (or a king and a prince) with their hands raised in attitude of worship; the left hand figure with two eunuchs behind him, each armed with a bow, arrows and a long sword; the right hand figure preceded by a tall winged god, possibly Shivini-Shamash, and followed by a dignitary armed with a long sword, a winged genii to each side; the central scene is the meeting point of a long procession incised around the rim of the helmet, consisting of royal attendants dressed in long Assyrian costume and carrying gifts such as cattle, gold, clothing and wine; the rim with pierced holes for fastening of leather lining and cheek-pieces; mounted on a custom-made display stand. -
Urartian Helmet with Snakes
Sold for (Inc. bp): £12,350
A broad conical bronze helmet, hammered from a single metal sheet, the front with a raised abstract linear motif, four circumferential ribs above the brim, the arched ribs on the front with round terminals, flanking a central rib running down from the apex of the helmet with a stylised animal head(?); pierced holes to the sides for fastening a leather lining and cheek-pieces; mounted on a custom-made display stand. -
Migration Period Sword with Gold and Garnet Fittings
Sold for (Inc. bp): £12,350
A group of sword fittings and a blade comprising: a double-edged spatha with a lentoid parallel-sided iron blade and well preserved pointed tip; evidence of battle nicks on both cutting edges; a gold-sheet for the hilt, divided into thirteen sections by beaded banding, to the top part an inset garnet cabochon; a domed chalcedony pommel; a domed gilt pommel cap with ropework decoration to the rim, central inset garnet cabochon flanked by teardrop-shaped cells, two with inset glass and six with inset bone inserts; a pair of gold scabbard fittings, one plain with beaded edge and one similar with garnets; six domed discoid fittings for the scabbard guttering; a silver buckle with applied sheet-gold plate with inset garnets; two gilt triangular strap ends with loops. -
Migration Period Pattern-Welded Spatha Sword
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,450
A double-edged spatha of Osterburken-Kemathen type with damask pattern (rosette damask technique B.II.I.2), evidence of use along the blade, fullers running almost to the end of the well-preserved tip; tapering tang with an iron fastening rivet still in situ. -
'The Feltwell' Saxon Enamelled Bowl Mount
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,050
A bronze bowl mount comprising a discoid body, scrolled tail and arched neck; the 'head' split at the forward end to accept the rim of the vessel, of which a fragment is held in place by the stub of an integral pin; the head and neck with a panel of reserved guilloche ornament on a red enamel field; the body a gently curved discoid panel with reserved Ultimate La Tène comma-leaf decoration, symmetrically disposed on a field of red enamel, with pins to the shoulders; the integral tail a D-shaped panel with reserved scrolls on a red enamel field. -
'The Bridlington' Anglo-Saxon Florid Brooch
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,420
A large cruciform brooch of the later 'florid' form with highly decorative openwork border to the headplate formed as a rectangular median plate with lateral wings, enhanced with punched-pellet detail to the sides and top edge of each; raised central square panel; to the middle of each edge a Style I human mask in plan, formed as a T-shaped brow-and-nasal with two pellet eyes, with pairs of Style I profile bird-heads with curved beaks; the bow deep with facetting at each end; the footplate rectangular with Style I lappets and punched-pellet border; the transverse collar with two rows of punched-pellet detail; the finial a Style I human mask with two columns of punched-pellet detail extending to the peltoid terminal; the overall decorative effect forming a triangular band of Style I openwork ornament broken only at the bow and terminal; pin-lugs and base of catchplate to reverse. -
Large French Medieval Mary Magdalene Stone Carving
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
A large carved stone sculpture depicting Mary Magdalene kneeling as a young penitent lady and holding a perfume bottle in a cylindrical box in her left hand; her hair falling gracefully along the right arm, arranged as a long braid; delicately sculpted round face with her gaze cast downwards; wearing a long sleeved tunic and a thick mantle covering half of the figure; small traces of polychrome to the surfaces, hollow back. -
Medieval 'The Lamentation' from the Workshop of Tilman Riemenschneider
Sold for (Inc. bp): £36,400
A substantial carved wooden panel with figures in high-relief against a field of vegetation; recumbent Christ with his head supported in the lap of Mary assisted by a standing John the Evangelist while long-haired Saint Mary Magdalen advances with a vessel of balm for anointing the Corpus Christi; from the workshop of Tilman Riemenschneider (1460-1531 A.D.); the panel has been provided with a moulded wood plinth of modern date at the base. -
Medieval Swabia Gothic Bust of Christ
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
A wooden Gothic bust of Christ modelled with his head drooping to one side, drawn and naturalistically rendered expression, wreath of thorns crowning his head, lock of hair falling down the front of one shoulder, crescentic blade wound beneath proper right breast where he was pierced by the Holy Spear; remains of polychrome pigmentation; mounted on a later display base. -
Medieval Isle-de-France Virgin and Child Statuette
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,940
A carved wood figure of Mary and Child; Mary in floor-length tiered robe with bell sleeves, and mantle draped to the shoulders, standing contrapposto supporting Jesus on her left side above her hip; her face and hair carefully carved with fine facial detailing; Jesus shown wearing a robe held from the waist, supporting a book in his cupped left hand; Mary wearing a separate silver-gilt crown with strawberry-leaf upstands supported on a beaded wire frame; silver base with textured rim and openwork trefoils to the upper edge. -
Large Ethiopian Icon of the Virgin and Child Surmounted by Saints
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
A rectangular wooden panel with recess to one face, painted scene of Virgin and Child with various saints in the field. -
Tudor Enamelled Gold Ring with Diamond Crystal
Sold for (Inc. bp): £19,500
A Tudor or early Stuart period gold ring with D-section hoop, waisted, T-shaped shoulders with arched scroll forming loop, pellet to base, square pyramid bezel with geometric 'strapwork' to reverse, egg-and-dart band to the shoulder and scallops above, set with a polished diamond crystal, remains of white enamelling and niello to the shoulders and bezel, with a spot of duck egg blue enamelling above each shoulder. -
Large Roman Statuette of Goddess Venus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,600
A substantial bronze statuette of Venus Pudica of the Medici type, standing nude with her head slightly lowered and surmounted by a diadem, the hair centrally parted and gathered in a chignon at the nape of the neck; finely-worked face and eyes; right arm raised covering her breasts, left hand open in an attempt to cover her pubic area; the weight of the body on her left leg with the right leg slightly bent and the heel raised; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
6th century B.C.
Lot No. 0053
Sold for (Inc. premium): £338
6th century B.C.
Lot No. 0054
Sold for (Inc. premium): £286
4th-1st century B.C.
Lot No. 0058
Sold for (Inc. premium): £572
5th-3rd century B.C.
Lot No. 0059
Sold for (Inc. premium): £585
5th-3rd century B.C.
Lot No. 0060
Sold for (Inc. premium): £1,820
4th-3rd century B.C.
Lot No. 0063
Sold for (Inc. premium): £3,900
2nd-1st century B.C. and later
Lot No. 0065
Sold for (Inc. premium): £910
2nd-1st century B.C.
Lot No. 0068
Sold for (Inc. premium): £1,560
Circa 6th century B.C.
Lot No. 0069
Sold for (Inc. premium): £520
6th century B.C.-3rd century A.D.
Lot No. 0071
Sold for (Inc. premium): £910
7th century B.C.
Lot No. 0072
Sold for (Inc. premium): £6,240
5th-4th century B.C.
Lot No. 0073
Sold for (Inc. premium): £416