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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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.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
With a slender triangular blade, raised midrib, penannular guard and scooped shoulders, columnar grip with two gusseted hoops, crescent pommel. 265 grams, 46 cm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 41-43.
This short sword or dagger belongs to the category of blades with pennanular guard, with hilt and guard cast in one piece with the grip. Negahban excavated similar weapons from the Marlik cemeteries. Often this type combines grip and penannular guard with flanged hilts open to accept inlays.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 41-43.
This short sword or dagger belongs to the category of blades with pennanular guard, with hilt and guard cast in one piece with the grip. Negahban excavated similar weapons from the Marlik cemeteries. Often this type combines grip and penannular guard with flanged hilts open to accept inlays.
With rounded shoulders and square-sectioned mid-rib running to the blade tip; short tang with fastening hole. 345 grams, 46.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, item 40, p.36.
The Luri people produced a quantity of fine metalwork, which according to Dr. Khorasani, could be due to a settled period which arose as a result of the defeat of the Elamites by the Babylonians, leaving the Luristani people in relative peace for a period of time after 1200 BC. According to Khorasani 'A culture of innovation and experimentation flourished, and the repertoire of the Luristan smiths expanded in the period between 1150–1050 BC.'
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, item 40, p.36.
The Luri people produced a quantity of fine metalwork, which according to Dr. Khorasani, could be due to a settled period which arose as a result of the defeat of the Elamites by the Babylonians, leaving the Luristani people in relative peace for a period of time after 1200 BC. According to Khorasani 'A culture of innovation and experimentation flourished, and the repertoire of the Luristan smiths expanded in the period between 1150–1050 BC.'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Formed on a large flake with one edge trimmed; with inked collection number: '1342 / I.TWYDALL'. 154 grams, 93 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK.
Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915.
Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections.
Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis.
Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
Found Twydall, Kent, UK.
Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915.
Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections.
Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis.
Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Inscribed in black ink to the reverse: 'WANEL'. 846 grams, 18 cm
Found Wanel, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Found Wanel, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Knapped and broadly plano-convex in section. 393 grams, 13.1 cm
Found field walking in Sailsbury, Wiltshire, UK.
From an English private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Found field walking in Sailsbury, Wiltshire, UK.
From an English private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
An early hand axe formed on a thick, keeled flake, trimmed to edges; with inked collection number: 'SN.1170.A / 2.TWYDALL'. 276 grams, 10 cm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK.
Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915.
Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections.
Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis.
Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
Found Twydall, Kent, UK.
Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915.
Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections.
Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis.
Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising a number of mostly flint or chert knapped arrowheads with uniface and bifacial types present, with a mix of forms; most showing some damage or breaks. 268 grams total, 9-73 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Formed on s small, thin flake with some trimming to edges; with inked collection number: '6B.1118.A / 4.TWYDALL'. 41 grams, 66 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK.
Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915.
Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections.
Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis.
Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
Found Twydall, Kent, UK.
Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915.
Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections.
Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis.
Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising mostly lentoid flint and chert arrowheads, a few tanged, together with a few blades; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 183 grams total, 26-81 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
See Greenwell, David, Fling Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
See Greenwell, David, Fling Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising a group of mixed stone implements, mostly in flint or chert and knapped, including blades, scrapers and points; some broken and probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 634 grams total, 24-94 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Near circular flake from a rounded flint cobble with some trimming around the perimeter; with inked 'SANDY LANE TIDDINGTON OXFORDSHIRE' find spot note; with custom-made display stand. 782 grams total, 15.5 cm including stand
Found Sandy Lane, Tiddington, Oxfordshire, UK.
British private collection.
Subsequently with Finch and Co.
Found Sandy Lane, Tiddington, Oxfordshire, UK.
British private collection.
Subsequently with Finch and Co.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising mostly mixed types of flint and chert arrowheads, including leaf, tanged, barbed and tanged and hollow base types; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 73 grams total, 25-48 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
See Greenwell, David, Fling Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
See Greenwell, David, Fling Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
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