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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")
The group comprising: two facetted olivine gems with a handwritten label 'Olivine, Egypt'; cushion-cut peridot with a handwritten label 'Peridot, Egypt'; a round-cut spessartite garnet with a handwritten label 'Spessartite garnet, Burma, £1-10/-'; an oval lapis lazuli intaglio; an oval light green turquoise intaglio; a rectangle-cut smoky quartz; a round-cut red glass gem; two black onyx(?) intaglios, one round and one rectangular. 7.86 grams total, 4-16 mm
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.
Composed of graduated facetted blue beads interspersed with opaque seed beads. 9.1 grams, 69 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
In Byzantine style, comprising two hinged plates and a hinged loop above; obverse with nimbate figure in orans pose, Greek inscription above; the reverse with an incised cross motif, central medallion with a nimbate bust in orans pose. 128 grams, 11.2 cm high
Collected from 1969-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
Collected from 1969-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
A substantial decorative carved bust wearing a tripartite wig and wesekh segmented collar; plumed headdress with central archway and five uraei on a flared lotiform plinth; after the antique. 21.9 kg, 53.5 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.
With graduated tabular beads, groups of annular beads and gold spacers with granulation to the outer edge. 57 grams, 50 cm long
Ex North London, UK, gentleman.
Ex North London, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With a flat-section hoop, the expanding shoulders with a floral motif within bands of linear and pellet decoration; octagonal bezel with a couple facing each other, holding a long staff. 5.72 grams, 23.66 mm overall, 20.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)
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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
And decorative designs, comprising bowls of various shapes and dates; together with a number of stems. 1.2 kg total, 3.9 - 12.6 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Group comprising: hand-carved stone zoomorphic oil lamp in the form of an animal (possibly a bear); a stone oil lamp decorated with flowers. 895 grams total, 11.7-13.4 cm
From an old Tonbridge private ethnographical collection.
From the collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
The vessels are hollowed out allowing it to serve as both fill hole and wick and the body is decorated with dot and circle and stylised plant incisions.
From an old Tonbridge private ethnographical collection.
From the collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
The vessels are hollowed out allowing it to serve as both fill hole and wick and the body is decorated with dot and circle and stylised plant incisions.
A substantial decorative designer frieze panel with high-relief figure of Osiris seated in profile wearing the atef crown, segmentee collar and short cape, pleated kilt; in his hands the symbolic crook and flail; seated on a rectangular throne with banded detailing; hieroglyphs in the field; after the antique. 34 kg total, 54 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.
.jpg "Post Medieval Ornate Ceramic Statue Base")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Hollow formed with rectangular body, the front modelled with volute scrolls enclosing a rounded face, possibly depicting a putto. 1.6 kg, 13 cm high
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
Private UK collection of Joseph Duncan Steel, Southampton, UK.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
Private UK collection of Joseph Duncan Steel, Southampton, UK.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Flat hoop with discoid bezel, incuse design of a human, fish and other motifs. 5.15 grams, 24.42 mm overall, 21.89 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Z, USA 12 1/2, Europe 28.77, Japan 27)
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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Modelled in the round, the god Horus in falcon form perching on a square base, low-relief feather detailing to the wings and head, mounted on a custom-made stand; after the antique. 3.81 kg total, 24 cm wide including stand
Ex Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
See Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, item 28e, for an example of falcon imagery.
Ex Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
See Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, item 28e, for an example of falcon imagery.
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