Home > Auctions > 5 - 9 September 2023
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): £455
Squat-bodied with splayed foot, neck base formed as an ornate human mask, strap handle to reverse, tapering cylindrical neck. 1.09 kg, 30 cm high
Ex Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a Norfolk, UK, private collection.
Cf. The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, 'Chimu Blackware Spouted-Vessel; Unknown, Pre-Columbianca. 700 CE - 1200 CE', for a similar vessel; see Pimentel, V., Peru, Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, 5 Continents, Milan, 2012, p.96, for a very similar example, see pp.98-99, for an exceptional example of a gold funerary mask.
This interesting vessel likely depicts a high ranking individual with markers of status including long earrings and elaborate necklace. The detailed mask on the face of the vessel is representative of the well known and exceptional metal masks reserved for the elite. Metals used for these masks include gold and rank amongst the most striking of ancient Peruvian art.
Ex Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a Norfolk, UK, private collection.
Cf. The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, 'Chimu Blackware Spouted-Vessel; Unknown, Pre-Columbianca. 700 CE - 1200 CE', for a similar vessel; see Pimentel, V., Peru, Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, 5 Continents, Milan, 2012, p.96, for a very similar example, see pp.98-99, for an exceptional example of a gold funerary mask.
This interesting vessel likely depicts a high ranking individual with markers of status including long earrings and elaborate necklace. The detailed mask on the face of the vessel is representative of the well known and exceptional metal masks reserved for the elite. Metals used for these masks include gold and rank amongst the most striking of ancient Peruvian art.
Modelled seated and wearing an elaborate headdress and hoop ear ornament, holding a coiled snake or other creature. 234 grams, 12.6 cm high
Ex Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a Norfolk, UK, private collection.
See Meggers, B., Ecuador, Thames and Hudson, 1966, pl.27, for a similar figure with large earrings.
See lot 2223 of this sale for a partner figure for this lot. The coastal people of the Jama Coaque, Ecuador, produced highly elaborate sculptures which show us heavily adorned figures who may represent shamans or dignitaries. This example with oversized earrings, complex headdress and ritual implements may represent a shaman conducting an important ceremony.
Ex Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a Norfolk, UK, private collection.
See Meggers, B., Ecuador, Thames and Hudson, 1966, pl.27, for a similar figure with large earrings.
See lot 2223 of this sale for a partner figure for this lot. The coastal people of the Jama Coaque, Ecuador, produced highly elaborate sculptures which show us heavily adorned figures who may represent shamans or dignitaries. This example with oversized earrings, complex headdress and ritual implements may represent a shaman conducting an important ceremony.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Of highly stylised form, the body of carinated form and tapering to a pointed base, trumpet-shaped neck and mouth and two lug handles to the lower body; polychrome painted geometric scheme to one face; accompanied by a display base. 1.37 kg total, 26 cm high including stand
Ex Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a Norfolk, UK, private collection.
See Pimentel, V., Peru, Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, 5 Continents, Milan, 2012, p.138, for a vessel in similar style.
Ex Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a Norfolk, UK, private collection.
See Pimentel, V., Peru, Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, 5 Continents, Milan, 2012, p.138, for a vessel in similar style.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Possibly formed as a bird standing with wings folded, large head with pierced eye, hole to centre of the back and to the tail; vessel foot to base. 190 grams, 14 cm
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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising two finely knapped bifacial, hollow base type arrowheads. 5.12 grams total, 34 mm each
Private UK family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P R of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
Private UK family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P R of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Comprising bifacial knapped arrowheads with two long and short leaf-shaped types in chert and a leaf-shaped type with deeply serrated edge in orange quartzite. 30 grams total, 49-82 mm
Private UK family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P R of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
Private UK family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P R of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
Featuring a round-section doughnut-shaped body, stirrup type neck and mouth and incised stylised serpent motifs. 748 grams, 20.5 cm high
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P.R. of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P.R. of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Modelled with semi-naturalistic facial features and wearing a ribbed headdress or elaborate hairstyle. 142 grams, 65 mm
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A trio of figures comprising: a moustachioed male mask; a stylised duck with applied eyes and piercings to the body; the head and neck of a human figure wearing a substantial headdress, pierced at the top to the reverse. 154 grams total, 65-73 mm
Acquired in England in the 2000s.
Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017.
Acquired in England in the 2000s.
Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Various authors, Een Eigenzinnig Verzamelaar: De Collectie Karel Azijnman (1876-1936), Nordbrabants Museum, 1989; pictorial paperback; fully illustrated. 385 grams, 27 x 20 cmNear new condition.
Ex libris a Suffolk gentleman.
Ex libris a Suffolk gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
MacIver Percival, Chats on Old Jewellery and Trinkets, published by T. Fisher Unwin, London; 384 pp, hardback, impressed cloth cover, monochrome photographic frontispiece and 39 similar inserts, 56 line drawings; index; with 1922 illustrated bookplate for George Kenneth Strugnell. 587 grams, 21 x 14.5 cm
Ex Libris George Kenneth Strugnell, with bookplate.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Ex Libris George Kenneth Strugnell, with bookplate.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
![Archaeological Books - Egyptian Archaeology Titles [3]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/207386-s.jpg "Archaeological Books - Egyptian Archaeology Titles [3]")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Wilkinson, Richard H., Reading Egyptian Art, London, 1992; hard back WITH Lucas, A. and Harris, J. R., Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries, New York, 1999 (reprint of 1962 edition); paperback WITH Otto, Eberhard, Ancient Egyptian Art, New York, ND; hardback; all illustrated. 2.81 kg total, 23.5 x 15.5 - 27 x 23 cmGood to very good condition.
Ex libris a Hertfordshire gentleman.
Ex libris a Hertfordshire gentleman.
Page 147 of 205
1753 - 1764 of 2453 LOTS
1753 - 1764 of 2453 LOTS
