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): £2,340
A right-side 'fossil' tusk of the extinct Mammuthus Primigenius; ivory yellow-brown in colour and finely preserved with the typically marked curvature of this species; with custom-made display stand. 2.29 kg total, 54 cm wide including stand
From the Siberian Tundra.
From the private collection of Mr J S, Northamptonshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.
See Lister & Bahn, Mammoths, for general information.
Mammoths were animals of the Ice Age; they co-existed with and were hunted by early man; Siberia is famed for discoveries of frozen mammoth carcasses (see 'Dima' and 'Lyuba' for examples) and for the hut circles where mammoth bones and tusks were used as building materials; tusks have been traded for at least 2,000 years and in modern times, Siberian natives still hunt for them and use the fossil ivory as raw material.
From the Siberian Tundra.
From the private collection of Mr J S, Northamptonshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.
See Lister & Bahn, Mammoths, for general information.
Mammoths were animals of the Ice Age; they co-existed with and were hunted by early man; Siberia is famed for discoveries of frozen mammoth carcasses (see 'Dima' and 'Lyuba' for examples) and for the hut circles where mammoth bones and tusks were used as building materials; tusks have been traded for at least 2,000 years and in modern times, Siberian natives still hunt for them and use the fossil ivory as raw material.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
The Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 1.48 kg, 29 cm
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family. They went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic- Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs.
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family. They went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic- Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Complete Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 3.95 kg, 34 cm
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family, and went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs.
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family, and went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Phylloceras heterophyllum displayed in a freestanding matrix, displaying sutures. 5.5 kg, 20 cm
From the Holderness Coast, Yorkshire, UK.
From the Holderness Coast, Yorkshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
From Carcharocles megalodon, an extinct genus of world's largest shark, displaying some good enamel and sharp serrated edges. 423 grams, 13.5 cm
Found by scuba divers, May River, South Carolina, USA.
Carcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on structuring of the marine communities. Fossil remains indicate that this giant shark reached a length of more than 16 metres (52 ft) and also affirm that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that in life it looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
Found by scuba divers, May River, South Carolina, USA.
Carcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on structuring of the marine communities. Fossil remains indicate that this giant shark reached a length of more than 16 metres (52 ft) and also affirm that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that in life it looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Presenting a cluster of natural, unpolished Asteroceras sp. fossil ammonites in a matrix; from the Frodingham Ironstone Member. 4.6 kg, 29 cm
From the exhausted Coningsby Quarry, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK.
From the exhausted Coningsby Quarry, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Showing a polished Asterocerus ps. fossil ammonite and a Cardinia sp. bivalve in a free-standing matrix; from the Frodingham formation. 2.6 kg, 27 cm
From the exhausted Coningsby Quarry, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK.
From the exhausted Coningsby Quarry, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Spheroid wooden flask and stopper; the outer face with incised alternating bands of radiating triangles and hatching, the equator with frieze of perching birds and a hatched sunburst to the underside; turned hollow wooden stopper with carinated profile and flanges. 11 grams, 74 mm
Ex family collection since the 1950s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
Cf. Nolte, B., Die Glasgefäße in alten Ägypten, Berlin, 1968, item 26, for type.
The vessel is a version in lathe-turned wood of a type known to have been produced in glass.
Ex family collection since the 1950s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
Cf. Nolte, B., Die Glasgefäße in alten Ägypten, Berlin, 1968, item 26, for type.
The vessel is a version in lathe-turned wood of a type known to have been produced in glass.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Comprising: three poppy seed amulets; three similar modelled in the half-round; and others. 6.84 grams total, 10-19 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
See Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, for discussion.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
See Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, for discussion.
.jpg "Egyptian Glass Inlay Collection")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising sixteen drawn inlays of various colour combinations. 12 grams total, 12-39 mmFine condition.
Ex N.A. collection, 1970s.
Kept in the U.K. since 2007.
Ex N.A. collection, 1970s.
Kept in the U.K. since 2007.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Restrung designer bracelet with a modern clasp; composed of polychrome beads of mainly disc and annular types and a larger banded feature glass bead. 4.48 grams, 19 cm long
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.
Of equal-arm type, with reserved concentric panels to the obverse and central socket; pierced for suspension. 20.4 grams, 51 mm
Old UK collection, circa 2000.
Ex DRG Coins and Antiquities, Essex, UK.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
Accompanied by a DRG certificate of authenticity and provenance statement.
Cf. similar item in the collection of the British Museum under accession no. OA.913.
Old UK collection, circa 2000.
Ex DRG Coins and Antiquities, Essex, UK.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
Accompanied by a DRG certificate of authenticity and provenance statement.
Cf. similar item in the collection of the British Museum under accession no. OA.913.
Page 21 of 205
241 - 252 of 2453 LOTS
241 - 252 of 2453 LOTS
