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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
Auction Highlights:
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "Eastern Roman Bust of the Daughter of Aqima")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
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.jpg "Massive Stone Age British Bifacial Lanceolate Flint Handaxe")
.jpg "Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Three-Dimensional Urnes Stirrup Apex Mount")
Squat with bulbous profile, six circumferential bands of cuneiform text to the body; after the antique. 216 grams, 10 cm wide
From a London, UK, collection.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
From a London, UK, collection.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rectangular cigarette case with sprung lid, hallmarked for Birmingham 1937; ten-sided clam-shell powder compact with mirror. 134 grams total, 63-81 mm
Acquired London, UK.
Property of a Harwich gentleman.
Acquired London, UK.
Property of a Harwich gentleman.
With a tall, gently tapering body with circumferential ribbing and piecrust foot; tall ribbed neck and strap handle to the rear. 859 grams, 21.5 cm high
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Restrung group of tubular and oblate types. 30.7 grams, 63 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Standing nude on a socle base with egg-and-dart ornament; goatskin mantle to the left shoulder, right arm bent and hand raised with finger extended; intricately modelled strapped sandals to the lower legs and feet; after the antique. 8.35 kg, 62 cm high
German auction, 2000s.
Ex French gallery, Paris.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11986-209631.
German auction, 2000s.
Ex French gallery, Paris.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11986-209631.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
D-section hoop with lobed flanks to the shoulder and inset garnet cloisons; discoid bezel with inscribed skull on a stand with snake twined round the stem and legend 'avis la fin' (consider the end) 14.59 grams, 25.38 mm overall, 18.78 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Ex Sussex, UK, private collection.
Property of a Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
Ex Sussex, UK, private collection.
Property of a Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
Each bead polished and drilled for suspension, three carved in the form of what are possibly vajras, together with a bow-tie shaped bead. 39.1 grams total, 24-41 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Composed of a slender hoop with ornamental shoulders, scallops and pellets to the oblong box bezel, set with a cut and polished diamond; traces of black enamel remaining to the lower half and base of the bezel; the diamond believed to be: VS 1, colour H. 2.44 grams, 22.59 mm overall, 15.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)
From an early 20th century family collection.
Acquired by a London gentleman in the 1930s, thence by descent.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, lady.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11910-206607.
Cf. The V&A Museum, accession number 731-1902, for a similar ring dated 16th century.
From an early 20th century family collection.
Acquired by a London gentleman in the 1930s, thence by descent.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, lady.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11910-206607.
Cf. The V&A Museum, accession number 731-1902, for a similar ring dated 16th century.
Oil on canvas scene of a village street with vernacular buildings and a church tower behind a lych-gate; figure groups, sgraffito detailing; signed bottom left 'G Lara / 1881'. 530 grams, 43 x 33 cm
Acquired London, UK.
Property of a Harwich gentleman.
Acquired London, UK.
Property of a Harwich gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With D-section hoop, keeled shoulders supporting an ellipsoid bezel with a flower motif. 5.79 grams, 23.77 mm overall, 20.54 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22)
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): £195
Rectangular panel of embroidered fabric with gold and silver threads on a black velvet ground; in a glazed wooden frame. 1.25 kg, 52.5 x 25.5 cm
Acquired in the 1990s or before.
From a deceased London, UK, estate.
Acquired in the 1990s or before.
From a deceased London, UK, estate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Restrung group of lapis lazuli beads, tubular, polyhedral, fusiform and other types. 40.4 grams, 66 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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