Home > Auctions > 5 - 9 December 2023
Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
Auction Highlights:
.jpg "Egyptian Relief with List of Offerings")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "Eastern Roman Bust of the Daughter of Aqima")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
.jpg "Italic Bronze Triple-Disc Cuirass")
.jpg "Massive Stone Age British Bifacial Lanceolate Flint Handaxe")
.jpg "Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Three-Dimensional Urnes Stirrup Apex Mount")
Discoid plaque with impressed Tudor rose motif; short brass pin to reverse. 7.1 grams, 33 mm
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
From a North London, UK, collection.
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
From a North London, UK, collection.
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
A substantial decorative designer figurine of Horus in falcon-form perched on a rectangular base, wearing the deshret crown; after the antique, repaired. 18.1 kg, 51 cm
From a French collection, Paris.
Ex Parisian gallery, France; latterly with a London, UK, gallery.
From a French collection, Paris.
Ex Parisian gallery, France; latterly with a London, UK, gallery.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Octagonal plaque with rim, Greek initials 'HΠ' between fronds and crown above. 9.47 grams, 25.25 mm overall, 21.41 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Y, USA 12, Europe 27.51, Japan 26)
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
.jpg "Post Medieval Dutch Glazed Ceramic Tile Group")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Mainly comprising blue and white glazed tiles with designs including flowers and plants, animals, figural vignettes and landscapes featuring buildings. 7 kg total, 13 x 13 - 13.5 x 14 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Modelled in the round, a zebu with characteristic hump to the shoulders, pouring spout on the head flanked by horns. 474 grams, 21.5 cm wide
From the celebrated personal collection of art formed by the famous anthropologist, artist, and television presenter Desmond Morris.
Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape, Manwatching, The Naked Eye, and countless other books concerning human and animal behaviour, a professional zoologist, surrealist artist, lecture and television celebrity.
From the celebrated personal collection of art formed by the famous anthropologist, artist, and television presenter Desmond Morris.
Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape, Manwatching, The Naked Eye, and countless other books concerning human and animal behaviour, a professional zoologist, surrealist artist, lecture and television celebrity.
Polished to a flat egg-shape, a suspension loop to the the top with a length of silver-coloured chain. 33.6 grams, 74 mm high
UK private collection formed 1970s-1990s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
UK private collection formed 1970s-1990s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
A wooden box with hinged lid and gummed label, enclosing a weighing scale and two pans; weights in various denominations from two drachms down to two grams. 227 grams total, 20 x 9 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1960s.
The box bears the gummed label of W. & T. Avery Limited of Digbeth Birmingham. According to the company's records, it was incorporated as a 'limited company' in 1894, and moved from its original premises at Digbeth to its long-term base at the 'Soho Foundry' in 1897.
Ex London, UK, collection, 1960s.
The box bears the gummed label of W. & T. Avery Limited of Digbeth Birmingham. According to the company's records, it was incorporated as a 'limited company' in 1894, and moved from its original premises at Digbeth to its long-term base at the 'Soho Foundry' in 1897.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Sub-rectangular in form, intaglio image of a youthful soldier wearing a high-crested helmet. 2.64 grams, 19 mm
From the property of the late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.
From the property of the late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.
Composed of coin-shaped beads with a hook-and-eye clasp. 104 grams, 44 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £728
Each bifacial and composed of addorsed horse heads with filigree and granule ornament, six lengths of trichinopoly chain below, each suspending a sheet-gold disc; one with ear hook remaining. 18.05 grams total, 54-62 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Each differently sized and displaying and decorative design in relief, including foliage, facing busts within wreaths and lozenges, crowned lozenge with flourishes and other worn motifs. 6.68 kg total, 13-15 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
With hand-painted scenes to the inner faces, the central panel with nimbate Mary holding Jesus, the child making a blessing sign with his right hand and holding a book in his left; Mary's blue himation enveloping a pair of archangels behind her, each holding a sword and having their wing extended to form a protective arch over the mother and child, text to the field; both doors with a painted archangel holding a sword and cross-topped staff. 389 grams, 27 x 18.2 cm
Acquired in South Africa in 2001.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
Acquired in South Africa in 2001.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
Page 101 of 201
1201 - 1212 of 2409 LOTS
1201 - 1212 of 2409 LOTS
