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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
Auction Highlights:
.jpg "Hellenistic Gold Earrings with Lapis and Mother of Pearl")
.jpg "Hellenistic Terracotta Head of a Youth")
.jpg "Neo-Assyrian Bronze Horse Trapping with Eagle-Headed God Nisroch and Winged Supernatural Figures")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,450
.jpg "Bronze Age Gold Torc-Shaped Bracelet")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,050
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,400
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Rectangular in plan displaying a female flautist in relief within an elaborate ogival niche; repaired. 3 kg, 31 x 25 cm
Ex North London collection from 1980s-1990s.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
Ex North London collection from 1980s-1990s.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Made from moulded glass and displaying a painted continuous figural scene to the interior with text, characters in relief to the base; lid formed from two hands with pierced collar. 130 grams, 10.4 cm high
Property of a lady, from her grandfather's collection, 1960s-1970s; thence by descent.
Property of a lady, from her grandfather's collection, 1960s-1970s; thence by descent.
Designer necklace composed of large irregular round agate beads and fusiform banded agate beads. 127 grams, 54 cm long
Acquired 1970s onwards.
Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.
Acquired 1970s onwards.
Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.
.jpg "Chinese Tang Ceramic Standing Camel")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Modelled in the round standing on a rectangular base and styled with semi-naturalistic anatomical detailing, its humps falling in different positions, tail held to one side of the rump, detailing to the coat, mane, eyes and muzzle. 3.55 kg, 44 cm high
From the R.M. Hicks OBE private collection, UK.
See Watson, W., The Genius of China, London, 1973, fig.293, for the type.
Camels symbolised the prosperity of the Silk Route, the trade routes between China, Europe, and the Middle East. This Bactrian camel, like most of the terracotta figures produced during the Imperial Tang period, was part of the funerary kit.
From the R.M. Hicks OBE private collection, UK.
See Watson, W., The Genius of China, London, 1973, fig.293, for the type.
Camels symbolised the prosperity of the Silk Route, the trade routes between China, Europe, and the Middle East. This Bactrian camel, like most of the terracotta figures produced during the Imperial Tang period, was part of the funerary kit.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Rectangular with coloured tassels to each end, depicting an individual- possibly an emperor- seated in a chair with attendants behind and before him, a sage seated before a reeded body of water, turning his attention towards two kneeling devotees; flying cranes, butterflies, budding plants and trees around; framed by a series of concentric borders of alternating colour. 142 grams, 90 x 44 cm
Acquired Germany.
Property of RWM Collection.
Cf. The National Museum of Asian Art, 'Section of a chair cover with cranes, bats, and clouds', Qing Dynasty, for similar.
Acquired Germany.
Property of RWM Collection.
Cf. The National Museum of Asian Art, 'Section of a chair cover with cranes, bats, and clouds', Qing Dynasty, for similar.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With decorative darker coloured vertical dashes, plinth foot. 490 grams, 12.5 cm high
Acquired Masan, Bristol sale, 2016.
Property of a London gentleman.
Acquired Masan, Bristol sale, 2016.
Property of a London gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
The surface of the piriform body with a moulded textile like appearance. 1.6 kg, 21.5 cm wide
Acquired New York, USA, prior to 2000.
From the private collection of a County Durham, UK, gentleman.
Acquired New York, USA, prior to 2000.
From the private collection of a County Durham, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Two rectangular plaques with single piercing to top edge; each with a zodiac design to one face and a scene with auspicious characters to the other. 270 grams total, 10 x 5 cm each
Acquired from a UK auction house.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Acquired from a UK auction house.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
.jpg "Tibetan Banded Agate and Glass Bead Necklace")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Composed of graduated agate and glass beads, including five fusiform agate beads with added Zi patterns; screw clasp. 63 grams, 70 cm long
London collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
London collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Modelled in the round standing on a rectangular base, decorated in a polychrome glaze, highlighting the horns, rump and hooves. 345 grams, 14 cm high
Acquired on the European art market before 2000.
Ex property of a North London gentleman.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
Accompanied by a previous dealer's certificate of authenticity.
Acquired on the European art market before 2000.
Ex property of a North London gentleman.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
Accompanied by a previous dealer's certificate of authenticity.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Displaying two central grappling beasts and a Buddha figure within an arched niche, birds in the field. 503 grams, 17.5 cmFair condition.
Acquired on the European art market circa 2000.
Private British collection, London, UK, early 2000's.
Acquired on the European art market circa 2000.
Private British collection, London, UK, early 2000's.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Composed of graduated banded agate beads interspersed with spacer beads of different types, including agate spheres, sheet-metal bulbs embossed with floral motifs and glass eye beads; large central agate pendant bead inlayed with multiple eye motifs; hook-and-eye clasp. 318 grams, 90 cm long
London collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
London collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
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