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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,940
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
A group of four copper-alloy finger rings displaying geometric designs. 36.1 grams total, 22-26 mm
Early 1990s London collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.
Early 1990s London collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.
A stone seal amulet in the form of a stylised lion's head, drilled vertically for suspension; drilled motif to reverse likely depicting a leaping feline. 2.5 grams, 18 mm
Acquired 1969-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 58.30.2, for similar.
Acquired 1969-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 58.30.2, for similar.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
A terracotta jar with everted rim, painted with a frieze of ibexes between plain bands and arcading. 134 grams, 59 mm high
Acquired before 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Acquired before 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
A fragment of a leather document, likely a letter, written in Avestan cursive script; folded. 1.72 grams, 11 cmFair condition.
Collection of Bruce Ferrini, USA.
Central London gallery, acquired c.1994.
Property of a UK collector.
For UK buyers only.
Damage to the centre; seemingly preserves the outer edges of a document written up to the edges of the sheet, was folded over and sealed. The letter comprised nine lines of text, of which significant proportions of the upper and lower three remain, while the middle three are less-well preserved. Beyond the damaged area would once have been a flap.
Collection of Bruce Ferrini, USA.
Central London gallery, acquired c.1994.
Property of a UK collector.
For UK buyers only.
Damage to the centre; seemingly preserves the outer edges of a document written up to the edges of the sheet, was folded over and sealed. The letter comprised nine lines of text, of which significant proportions of the upper and lower three remain, while the middle three are less-well preserved. Beyond the damaged area would once have been a flap.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
A restrung designer necklace composed mainly of glass, faience and stone beads of different sizes, dates and types, including facetted, spherical, oblate, triangular and other types; in various shades of blue. 14.9 grams, 68 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
A hand-coloured miniature of a social gathering in a finely decorated room with host and guests sitting and kneeling, standing attendants at the margins, servant with platter and serving dishes, musician with frame-harp; blocks of nastaliq script text at heading and below; mounted in a card reveal; from a North India region school. 95 grams, 25.7 x 18 cm
Acquired from the U.K. art market.
Private Scottish collection.
Acquired from the U.K. art market.
Private Scottish collection.
A finely modelled red terracotta amphora featuring a globular body rising from a flat base, a short neck, and a wide, flaring rim; two applied handles extending from the shoulder to the rim with bird-head detailing. 1 kg, 22 cm highFine condition.
Acquired 1970s-1990s.
Ex Pars Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK.
From a specialist collection of pottery.
Acquired 1970s-1990s.
Ex Pars Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK.
From a specialist collection of pottery.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
A copper-alloy hair pin with tapering round-section stem, bifacial lion's paw terminal. 22.1 grams, 12.6 cm
Acquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.
Cf. similar pin in bone in BM, inventory no.2007,6002.417 from Erk-Kala, near Merv.
In the Parthian and Sassanian Empires and the Graeco-Roman world, elaborate coiffures were a form of conspicuous consumption and continued to be one of the most common forms of reifying social status and economic wealth. Often using expensive ornaments, such as gold and silver hairpins and wigs, these coiffures must have made it clear who had the leisure time to expend several hours creating an elaborate hairstyle.
Acquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.
Cf. similar pin in bone in BM, inventory no.2007,6002.417 from Erk-Kala, near Merv.
In the Parthian and Sassanian Empires and the Graeco-Roman world, elaborate coiffures were a form of conspicuous consumption and continued to be one of the most common forms of reifying social status and economic wealth. Often using expensive ornaments, such as gold and silver hairpins and wigs, these coiffures must have made it clear who had the leisure time to expend several hours creating an elaborate hairstyle.
A polished haematite duck weight, the animal modelled with its head resting along its back. 33 grams, 42 mm wide
Acquired 1980s-1990s.
H.N.collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK.
Acquired 1980s-1990s.
H.N.collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK.
A carinated ceramic jar with everted rim and convex base, painted frieze to the shoulder displaying alternating pyramids and dot-in-ring motifs, possibly representing a landscape. 1.07 kg, 18 cm wide
Acquired 1990s.
English private collection.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Acquired 1990s.
English private collection.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
A gold pendant with honey-coloured piriform polished gemstone body set into a gold cell with polished garnet-set terminals, spherical bead to belly of the gemstone with trefoil finial composed of three coiled wire discs; suspension loop composed of coiled gold wire, spherical bead and hoop wrapped in a coiled wire sleeve; a marriage. 2.82 grams, 38 mm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
A fragment of a stone stamp seal, engraved with a standing Master of Animals figure holding a lion aloft by its tail. 2.7 grams, 18 mm
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
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