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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
Auction Highlights:
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.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): £98
Comprising mostly small round red beads, with a few larger examples and other shapes; all pierced for stringing. 55 grams total, 6-28 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Formed as a bust of within foliate crescent, wearing a floral diadem and pleated tunic; rectangular mounting lug to reverse. 42.8 grams, 45 mm high
Found near Colchester, Essex, 2005.
Found near Colchester, Essex, 2005.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
The seal box with remains of articulate hinge, raised phallus to top face with red enamelled detail; exaggerated stylised penis pendant with fragment of suspension loop remaining. 10.6 grams total, 29-41 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Comprising: lozengiform plate brooch; Colchester-type bow brooch; trumpet-headed bow brooch; and other types. 37.5 grams total, 32-52 mm
Acquired on the UK market, 1990s.
Property of a retired academic.
See Bayley, J. & Butcher, S., Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection, London, 2004.
Acquired on the UK market, 1990s.
Property of a retired academic.
See Bayley, J. & Butcher, S., Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection, London, 2004.
Green with applied slightly raised foot, u-shaped cross section with stepped double rim 54 grams, 75 mm wide
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising beads in various shades of blue and turquoise, including biconical, cylindrical, tubular, facetted and other types, together with decoratively twisted examples. 56 grams total, 6-28 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Displaying the bald pate and bearded face of a Roman intellectual in profile right. 3.33 grams, 25 mm
Found Essex, UK, before 2010.
Cf. Read, B., Metal Artefacts of Antiquity vol.1, Langport, 2001, fig.3 (13), for a similar mount.
Found Essex, UK, before 2010.
Cf. Read, B., Metal Artefacts of Antiquity vol.1, Langport, 2001, fig.3 (13), for a similar mount.
Modelled in the round with naturalistic detailing, held held straight, standing on a rectangular base. 10.1 grams, 27 mm high
‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
The gold circular setting inlaid with a polished garnet cabochon, suspension loop above and decorative knop below. 0.18 grams, 8 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Modelled in the round with semi-naturalistic anatomical and coat detailing, remains of an iron fixing to the underside; held in a plastic museum services box. 62 grams, 49 mm
Found Berkshire, UK.
Found Berkshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Modelled with naturalistic detailing standing as if nibbling at food held between the forepaws, on a circular base. 52 grams, 36 mm
‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
Composed of a hoop with convex outer edge, short stem and tooth-like rectangular bit. 7.9 grams, 25 mm
Acquired on the UK market, 1990s.
Property of a retired academic.
Acquired on the UK market, 1990s.
Property of a retired academic.
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