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  • Egyptian Fishtail Flint Knife
    Egyptian Fishtail Flint Knife

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150

    Knapped bifacial tan knife with fishtail butt to receive a hilt; the rounded tip tapering and flaring along the edges; with a custom-made display stand.





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  • Egyptian Stone Scarab Inscribed for Tutankhamun
    Egyptian Stone Scarab Inscribed for Tutankhamun

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500

    Naturalistically modelled and coloured blue, hieroglyphs on base; pierced for suspension.





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  • Greek Marble Funerary Anthemion Stele
    Greek Marble Funerary Anthemion Stele

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £17,550

    Comprising a tall, plain body with two rosettes; crowned by an elaborate palmette and volute design with shallow acanthus stalks and small rosettes; mounted on a custom-made display stand.





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  • Corinthian Black-Figure Aryballos with a Lion
    Corinthian Black-Figure Aryballos with a Lion

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900

    The squat oil flask with slender neck and broad everted rim, painted with rosette petals around the mouth and base, spots encircling the rim, horizontal stipes to the strap handle, vegetal motifs and the forequarters of a roaring lion to one face of the body.





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  • Greek Tarentine Terracotta Head of a Youth
    Greek Tarentine Terracotta Head of a Youth

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,720

    Possibly depicting Ganymede or Paris, wearing a soft Phrygian cap with everted brim, the hair swept back from the face; almond-shaped eyes with pronounced eyelids, straight nose and fleshy lips; mounted on a custom-made display stand.





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  • Campanian Red-Figure Neck-Amphora with Cavalryman
    Campanian Red-Figure Neck-Amphora with Cavalryman

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,400

    The piriform body with broad, stepped rim and two round-section handles; red-figure frieze depicting two standing women facing, wearing a himation and stephane; the other side with a nude standing warrior wearing an Apulo-Corinthian helmet, holding the reins of his horse, acanthus leaves, ovolo and wave motifs to the neck and lower body; probably from a Cuma workshop.





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  • Hellenistic Gold Earrings with Lapis and Mother of Pearl
    Hellenistic Gold Earrings with Lapis and Mother of Pearl

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £19,500

    Comprising a shallow disc with central flower motif inlaid with carnelian and lapis lazuli, surrounded by a beaded border, the outer pearled border inlaid with mostly replicant lapis lazuli, and mother of pearl inserts; three pendants to the lower edge, two with chain and carnelian bead, the central pendant formed as a miniature amphora with filigree, repaired; housed in a custom-made display box.





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  • Hellenistic Terracotta Head of a Youth
    Hellenistic Terracotta Head of a Youth

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £18,200

    Tousled curly hair, strong aquiline nose and full mouth; the deep eyes marked by raised eyelids and prominent semi-circular eyebrows; the hair arranged in overlapping rows of locks; repaired; mounted on a later porphyry plinth.





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  • Roman Terracotta Foot Lamp
    Roman Terracotta Foot Lamp

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380

    Mould-made and shaped as a sandaled left foot, filling-hole surrounded by a ridge in the ankle area, the sandal with two leather straps tied together near the ankle, wick-hole in the big toe; inscription 'ƩΑΛΣΙϹ' to the base, heel chipped.





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  • Roman Polychrome Wall Painting Fragment with Winged Siren
    Roman Polychrome Wall Painting Fragment with Winged Siren

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800

    Decorated with a frieze of partially preserved acanthus volutes from which emerges a figure of a winged female, possibly a siren, the body and the head of a woman with brown hair, the outstretched wings in pink and yellow; ochre background, cream-coloured line border with a green raised edge (part of the wall) below; mounted on a custom-made display stand.





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  • Neo-Assyrian Bronze Horse Trapping with Eagle-Headed God Nisroch and Winged Supernatural Figures
    Neo-Assyrian Bronze Horse Trapping with Eagle-Headed God Nisroch and Winged Supernatural Figures

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,600

    The left side of a trapping for a horse pulling a chariot, comprising two hammered elements with a hinge; rectangular upper section with a loop to one end, decorated with an eagle-headed genius-demon, wearing a tunic and a fringed kilt, a shawl wrapped around the body, hanging down on the back, carrying a bucket of purifying water in his right hand and a conical pot of incense in his left hand, bracelets to arms, two rows of lotus buds above; the discoid lower section divided in two registers, each with a winged genii in combat with winged bulls; the dividing raised band with fish motifs similar to the border formed of fish; the edges of both elements with punched edges for the attachment of leather lining; Neo-Assyrian or Urartian; mounted on a custom-made display stand.





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  • Migration Period Iron Sword with Garnet Cross Guard and Scabbard Fittings
    Migration Period Iron Sword with Garnet Cross Guard and Scabbard Fittings

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150

    With a double-edged parallel-sided blade with broad pointed tip; the lower guard inlaid with garnet cloisonné divided into four segments; accompanied by a rectangular scabbard slide inlaid with two rows of garnets and other stone; and a part of a sheet-silver chape.





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  • Viking Iron Sword with Cross Guard Surmounted by Interlaced Dragons
    Viking Iron Sword with Cross Guard Surmounted by Interlaced Dragons

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,450

    Comprising a double-edged cutting blade with tapering fullers and hefty tang; the bronze cross guard in Jellinge style with dragon head finials and a central human face to the lower edge; the pommel with seven lobes; accompanied by a bronze openwork chape with central bird motif decorated with stamped ring-and-dot design.





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  • Bronze Age Gold Torc-Shaped Bracelet
    Bronze Age Gold Torc-Shaped Bracelet

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,050

    Of solid heavy penannular form, round in section with clubbed terminals.





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  • Iberian Celtic Axel Guttman Bronze Warrior Finial
    Iberian Celtic 'Axel Guttman' Bronze Warrior Finial

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,000

    With slightly tapering socket and openwork bulb above, discoid platform supporting a mounted warrior modelled in the round; horse with long vertical tail and horizontal reins, bowed legs and scrolls at the hooves; warrior astride the horse with legs bent and feet to the rear, helmet with lateral horns and large swept crest with notched edge; arms bent to show the warrior in the act of drawing his falcata sword from the scabbard worn across his midriff; mounted on a custom-made stand.





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  • Very Large Celtic Enamelled Bronze Dragonesque Brooch
    Very Large Celtic Enamelled Bronze Dragonesque Brooch

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,420

    S-shaped with scrolled flourishes to the dragon-head terminals, remains of inlaid blue and red enamelling to the stylised beast heads, wave and lozenge ornament to the body; free-running tongue with head coiled around the neck of one of the creatures; Romano-British.





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  • Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Chip-Carved Beast Manuscript Mount
    Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Chip-Carved Beast Manuscript Mount

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380

    With high-relief aviform head and wings and looped ornamental swags, knotwork panels in the field; two holes for mounting; possibly a book-mount, Hiberno-Saxon workmanship.





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  • The High-Status Ryedale Anglo-Saxon Bronze Hanging Bowl Complete with all Four Chip-Carved Mounts
    The High-Status 'Ryedale' Anglo-Saxon Bronze Hanging Bowl Complete with all Four Chip-Carved Mounts

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £36,400

    An excessively rare and almost complete copper-alloy hanging bowl and associated fittings comprising: (i) the bowl with three attached matching hooked escutcheons and suspension rings (ii) the basal disc (iii) a body fragment (or possible repair patch) (iv) a curved bronze fragment (ii) the basal disc with separate frame (iii) fragment of copper-alloy sheet, possibly forming part of a repair to the base of the bow (iv) a curved copper-alloy strip (iv) four skeletal fragments from a sheep or similar.





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  • The Scampton Published Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Florid Cruciform Brooch
    'The Scampton' Published Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Florid Cruciform Brooch

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,050

    Of Martin's Group 4 with rectangular headplate and florid face-masks to the three edges and conical eyes, deep bow with with square central panel, footplate with square lateral lappets, triangular face-mask finial with conical eyes; pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse; gilded surface abraded.





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  • Superb Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Great Square-Headed Brooch
    Superb Anglo-Saxon Gilt Bronze Great Square-Headed Brooch

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700

    Of Hines's Group X with two discs on the headplate in a rectangular frame surrounded by a frieze of facing human masks, and another mask placed centrally above the junction with the bow; shallow bow with three ribs; curved horse-head lappets flanking a vertical shank with facing mask detailing, discoid lobes and an inverted mask below; pin-lugs to the reverse and solder-scar where the catchplate was attached.





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  • Medieval Virgin and Child by a Follower of Dirk Bouts
    Medieval Virgin and Child by a Follower of Dirk Bouts

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700

    Oil on board devotional panel in a gilt wooden frame; the Virgin in a bottle-green gown with gilt collar and cream undershift, crimson mantle; the naked Christ supported on his mother's left hip, his left foot clasped in the interleaved fingers of her right hand; textured gilt field; attributed to a follower of Dirk Bouts.





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  • Medieval Limoges Bronze and Champleve Enamel Roundel with Fantastical Creature
    Medieval Limoges Bronze and Champleve Enamel Roundel with Fantastical Creature

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,400

    Openwork winged beast to the centre, its tails curling beneath the body creating the foliate tendrils on which it perches, broad outer roundel decorated with geometric plants alternating with lozenges, extensive remains of blue champlevé enamelling; engraved and chiselled; four attachment holes.





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  • Medieval Gilt Bronze Processional Cross
    Medieval Gilt Bronze Processional Cross

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £16,900

    With wooden core to which the embossed sheets have been attached; the obverse with a central nimbate Corpus Christi, an applied rosette above and to the left arm; an angel to the finial of the upper and lower arm with Mary and St John the Evangelist to the side arms; the reverse with a central figure of Jesus holding the Gospel and making the sign of blessing; each finial of the arm with the symbols of the Evangelists (eagle, angel, lion and ox); the cross resting on a floral sphere with a socket below.





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  • Baroque Gold, Ruby and Enamel Ring
    Baroque Gold, Ruby and Enamel Ring

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700

    Composed of a slender hoop, expanding shoulders decorated with white enamelled foliage and black enamelled pea-pod ornament, repeated around the bezel, bezel with box setting holding a table-cut ruby, white and black enamelled floral design to the underside; minor loss of enamel; likely from France; accompanied by a 'Les Enluminures' hinged presentation box.





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  • Victorian Set of Balance Scales and Weights
    Victorian Set of Balance Scales and Weights
    19th-early 20th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

    In a velvet-lined wooden case with brass snap-hinges; balance arm with handle and gnomon, two dished pans on chains; stand with screw-thread to base; socket with brass cap and threaded central hole; steel tweezers; seven brass cup weights marked as 1GM, 2 x 2GM, 5GM, 2 x 10GM, 20 GM; plastic case with milligram weights: 500, 2 x 200, 100, 50, 2 x 20, 10, 5, 2 x 2. 477 grams total, 23 x 14 cm including box



    Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

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  • Georgian Carnelian Gem with Bust of Galba
    Georgian Carnelian Gem with Bust of Galba
    18th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

    The polished oval stone with chamfered side edge, bearing an intaglio bust of Roman Emperor Galba in profile left, wearing a laureate crown; chipped. 1.34 grams, 19 mm



    Early 20th century collection based on the ring. Acquired on the London art market. Property of a North London antiquary.

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  • Post Medieval Bronze Jews Harp Lamellophone Instrument Collection
    Post Medieval Bronze 'Jews Harp' Lamellophone Instrument Collection
    17th-18th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

    Most with lozenge-section bodies, the head of varying sizes. 178 grams total, 50-66 mm



    Found Berkshire, UK.

    Jews harps or Jews trumps have been around for many centuries, with a wide geographical distribution, forming an important element of traditional music (Leahy and Lewis 2018: 198).

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  • Terracotta Replica Group
    Terracotta Replica Group
    20th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £13

    Replicating ancient artefacts from various time periods and cultures, including: Indus Valley fertility figure; Greek figures and animal votives; together with other items. 1.05 kg total, 4.6-17.5 cm



    Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.

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  • Tudor Period and Later Iron Padlock Collection
    Tudor Period and Later Iron Padlock Collection
    Circa 16th-17th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

    Comprising a variety of types of padlocks, most retaining their arm and ceased in the locked position. 443 grams total, 4-11.5 cm



    Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.

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  • Silver Ring with Green Jasper Calligraphic Gemstone
    Silver Ring with Green Jasper Calligraphic Gemstone
    17th-18th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

    Composed of a slender round-section hoop expanding to chamfered shoulders and an oval bezel, set with a polished green jasper stone bearing a calligraphic Arabic inscription. 3.77 grams, 20.44 mm overall, 15.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)



    From a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980.

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  • Post Medieval Weapon and Head Group
    Post Medieval Weapon and Head Group
    Circa 17th-18th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120

    Comprising daggers, dagger belts and statue heads mounted on custom-made display stands, including one apparent puppet head. 2.5 kg total, 29-97 cm



    Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.

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  • Large Glazed Blue and White Dish
    Large Glazed Blue and White Dish
    20th century A.D. or earlier

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £104

    The shallow bowl or dish with pedestal foot, decorated to the interior with a blue floral and geometric scheme, guilloche to the inner rim, brass sheath to the outer rim. 1.13 kg, 33.5 cm wide



    Ex late Walter Steinberg collection. Property of a lady, by inheritance.

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  • Post Medieval Biblical Ceramic Tile Group
    Post Medieval Biblical Ceramic Tile Group
    16th-17th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

    Showing biblical scenes in relief; remains of coloured glaze. 1.67 kg total, 12 x 8.5 - 13 x 9 cm



    Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.

    The scenes could be interpreted as a representation of the slaughter of the innocents, the sacrifice of a bull, the Baptism of Christ, and a naval battle. The latter, if concerning the history of the Jewish people, could depict the battle of the Sea of Galilee of 68 A.D. The tiles were probably part of a bigger complex related to the history of the Jewish and Christian people.

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  • Warrior of Riace Bronze Statue
    Warrior of Riace Bronze Statue
    20th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600

    Copying the 'Warrior of Riace', found in Calabria, Italy, standing nude wearing a cap made from the face of the Nemean lion; bracer to the left forearm for attachment of a shield or lion skin cape. 40 kg, 1.42 m high



    French collection, 1960s-early 2000s. From an important Paris gallery, France. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11692-199339.

    The 'Riace Bronzes' are two full-size Greek bronzes of bearded warriors, dating from about 450 B.C. that were found in the sea near Riace, Calabria, southern Italy in 1972. They are now in the Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia in the city of Reggio Calabria.

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  • Balkan Enamelled Belt Fastener
    Balkan Enamelled Belt Fastener
    19th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

    Tongue-shaped with three loops to reverse; displaying an enamelled rosette against a geometric field and within a border of pellets. 32 grams, 57 mm



    Acquired on the UK art market, circa 2010.

    Pafti (belt buckles) were a typical Balkan adornment, usually round or oval, mainly with floral ornamentation, but sometimes with mother-of-pearl appliqués of Jerusalem, or plates engraved with iconographic scenes.

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  • Post Medieval Dutch Glazed Ceramic Boat Tile Set
    Post Medieval Dutch Glazed Ceramic Boat Tile Set
    Circa 17th-18th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

    Composed of four mauve-glazed tiles displaying a sailing vessel flying the Dutch flag. 857 grams total, 13 x 13 cm each



    Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.

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