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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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.jpg "Roman Bronze Eros Cradling Goose Applique")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "Assyrian Bronze Relief Fragment")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
.jpg "The Tenby Hiberno-Norse Viking Penannular Brooch")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
![English Milled Coins - George VI - 1937 - Cased RM Proof Coronation Gold Set [4]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/203351-s(2).jpg "English Milled Coins - George VI - 1937 - Cased RM Proof Coronation Gold Set [4]")
.jpg "Chinese Warring States Blackware Jar")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
The carinated body with decorative impressed fluting to the lower half. 1 kg, 17 cm high
Ex Cotswold, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
Ex Cotswold, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
Sitting cross-legged on a lotus-flower dais wearing a mantle uttariya with scrolled ornament, his right hand holding the stem of an utpala flower. 1.08 grams, 20 cm highFine condition.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Of shallow conical form with a decorative glaze and ring foot. 121 grams, 11.7 cm wide
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With a carinated lower body, everted rim and foot, painted frieze of geometric decoration to the upper body; cracked and repaired. 2.9 kg, 26 cm wide
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Framed and glazed with polychrome embellishment; from a Diwan by Hafez, comprising two vertical columns of handwritten script, panels of floral ornament and concentric borders; explanatory label to reverse. 293 grams, 22.3 x 17.4 cm
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
Hafez was the most famous of the Islamic Sufi poets. This manuscript was evidently owned by a distinguished and affluent individual.
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
Hafez was the most famous of the Islamic Sufi poets. This manuscript was evidently owned by a distinguished and affluent individual.
Squat in profile with rounded underside, carinated shoulder, flared rim, black painted rim and radiating strokes. 585 grams, 13 cm wide
Ex David Gold collection, UK, 1990s.
Ex David Gold collection, UK, 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
The figure advancing left on a dappled stallion, framed by a broad midnight blue and floral border. 47 grams, 38.5 x 26.5 cm
UK art market since circa 1970.
Property of a private Scottish collector.
UK art market since circa 1970.
Property of a private Scottish collector.
Framed and glazed watercolour depicting a prince seated against a cushion, a female attendant and musician before him; within blue and yellow borders. 1 kg, 43.5 cm
Property of a London gallery.
Property of a London gallery.
Framed and glazed, depicting a flowering bush within border, on paper; of superb quality. 389 grams, 27.5 x 18.5 cm
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
Head and upper body of a Bodhisattva with hands pressed together at the chest, prominent hoop earrings and necklace with disc pendant, segmented band to the brow; uttariya mantle to the left shoulder and upper arm; mounted on a custom-made stand. 522 grams total,17.5 cm high including stand
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
Cf. Jongeward, D., Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018, item 99.
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
Cf. Jongeward, D., Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018, item 99.
Mainly comprising bowls, jars and vases, including examples painted with geometric motifs. 1.8 kg total, 10-14 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990-2000s.
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990-2000s.
.jpg "Indian Bronze Five-Tiered Oil Lamp")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Composed of a tubular stem with four ribbed collars at regular intervals, three modelled as stylised birds with S-shaped neck and head, small wings and a trapezoidal tail, the bottom with an elephant head, a shallow bowl at the top of the column with elongated spout, festooned with figures of birds and peacocks; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 831 grams, 28.5 cm (938 grams, 29 cm including stand)Fine condition.
From a Sussex (deceased) estate.
Acquired at Bellman’s Auctions.
Property of a London gentleman.
From a Sussex (deceased) estate.
Acquired at Bellman’s Auctions.
Property of a London gentleman.
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