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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
.jpg "Chinese Amethyst Bead Necklace with Jadeite Pendant")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Composed of graduated amethyst beads of various types, interspersed with spacer beads and featuring a lentoid pendant bead with notched edges and engraved with geometric 'clouds' on both faces; hook-and-eye clasp. 189 grams, 53 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): £33
The ornate body with elaborate foliate motifs, three with central cells set with polished stones; red leather strap. 447 grams, 26.5 cm
Acquired in Germany.
Property of RWM Collection.
See Cacciandra and Cesati, Fire Steels, Milan, 1996, nos.244-248, for similar examples.
Acquired in Germany.
Property of RWM Collection.
See Cacciandra and Cesati, Fire Steels, Milan, 1996, nos.244-248, for similar examples.
Piriform with splayed foot, dragon figure to the lid and around the shoulder, depicted flying amidst scrolling clouds, chip to rim. 935 grams, 30.5 cm high
Ex UK auction house.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
Ex UK auction house.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
.jpg "South East Asian Bronze Kohl Pot")
The body of squat, lentoid form, four legs alternating with four bulbous cages, cylindrical neck with everted rim, cruciform design incised to lip. 225 grams total, 95 mm high
Acquired 1980s-1990s.
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK.
Acquired 1980s-1990s.
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK.
With expanding ribbed shoulders, domed bezel with beaded wire collar, inset irregular pale blue topaz cabochon. 5.22 grams, 23.59 mm overall, 15.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £22
The cylindrical soapstone body engraved with Chinese characters amidst a landscape setting; finial carved in the round as a fat Budai; base with a quartered 'maze' design. 337 grams, 12 cm high
Acquired from a UK auction house.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Acquired from a UK auction house.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Restrung; composed of green-coloured beads of mainly spherical types. 20.4 grams, 71 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Composed of restrung graduated and polished beads, each etched with a white geometric design on both faces. 14.6 grams, 48 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Mounted, glazed and framed; a full page painted scene before a fortress; a full page painted hunting scene; two examples presenting two columns of handwritten text above and below polychrome painted figural scenes. 1.12 kg total, 18 x 24.2 cm each
Ex late Walter Steinberg collection.
Property of a lady, by inheritance.
Ex late Walter Steinberg collection.
Property of a lady, by inheritance.
A restrung bone bead necklace composed of oblate beads, interspersed with small brass beads, two large tubular and small annular beads above; large leaf-shaped pendant with hatched line and ring-and-dot decoration. 54 grams, 64.5 cm
Private German collection, 1990s.
Ex private Belgian collection.
Private German collection, 1990s.
Ex private Belgian collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Carved steatite with mural border, central anguiped with collar, armrings, bracelets and hair decorations; rimm stepped to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. 112 grams total, 80 mm (205 grams total, 12 cm high including stand)
Ex London gallery stock.
Cf. similar in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.1987.142.41 (Samuel Eilenberg Collection).
Ex London gallery stock.
Cf. similar in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.1987.142.41 (Samuel Eilenberg Collection).
The trio formed as bell-shaped female figures with stylised facial features in relief, the hands of two clasped together in front of the stomach; hollow-formed; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. 3.07 kg total, 27 - 32.5 cm high including stand
Private collection, 1989.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, 1989.
Acquired on the UK art market.
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