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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
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Two wooden figure heads mounted on custom-made display stands, one a puppet-head with movable mouth, the other wearing a gilded spiked headdress; painted eye and brow detailing. 609 grams total, 28.3-29 cm high including stand
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
Ex East Anglian private collection.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
Ex East Anglian private collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With columnar body and broad mouth, rim with egg-and-dart moulding, lotiform foot and pedestal base, two round-section strap handles. 2.9 kg, 27 cm high
Swiss private collection.
Ex Herman Feldermann, Frankfurt, Germany, prior to 1985.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11987-209619.
Swiss private collection.
Ex Herman Feldermann, Frankfurt, Germany, prior to 1985.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11987-209619.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Mostly damaged, with designs mainly comprising animals, figures in landscapes, polychrome floral designs, sailing vessels at sea and others; includes complete and fragmentary examples. 11.45 kg total, 13 cm each
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
Substantial rhyton comprising a turned rim with lotus-flower ornament, two repoussé figures modelled in the half-round of Mithras grappling with the bull, one with billowing cloak and the other with a leaping lion behind the cloak; bull-head finial with lateral cells to accept horns and keyed eye-sockets to accept inserts; pouring hole at the chin; mounted on a custom-made stand. 561 grams, 16.5 cm wide (882 grams, 20 cm high including stand)
From a UK private collection, before 1980.
Cf. similar item in ceramic in the collection of Rhode Island Museum under accession no.26.166.
From a UK private collection, before 1980.
Cf. similar item in ceramic in the collection of Rhode Island Museum under accession no.26.166.
Barrel-shaped body with narrow shoulder and wide mouth, rounded rim and flat base. 740 grams, 10 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Restrung; composed of translucent blue glass beads interspersed with clear glass spacer beads. 8.9 grams, 72 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
With flared mouth and bulbous body, low-relief frieze of workers and labourers undertaking appropriate agricultural tasks, horizontal bands with the corresponding names of the months. 4.2 kg, 54 cm high
Acquired London, UK.
Property of a Harwich gentleman.
Acquired London, UK.
Property of a Harwich gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Group of five disc weights with stamped markings, raised rim to obverse. 373 grams total, 25-60 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
Rectangular boss with offset hatched design imitating the clasped hands of a classic mane in fede ring. 3.02 grams, 21.42 mm overall, 18.39 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
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): £338
Carved in the round figure of a priest seated on a throne, wearing a short kilt and with shaven head; rectangular base, panels of hieroglyphs to each side of the throne; after the antique. 7.2 kg, 36.5 cm high
Ex Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
Ex Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
Standing nude with the right hand raised to dress the hair and left hand extended to hold a mirror (absent); the head tilted to the left and downward, right leg flexed in contrapposto pose; socle base with flared lower edge, hollow to the underside. 1.3 kg, 27.5 cm high
From a private London, UK, collection.
Ex London auction, 2000s.
From a private London, UK, collection.
Ex London auction, 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Composed of carved cylindrical and small cylindrical spacer beads interspersed with teardrop-shaped pendant beads with a central spherical feature bead. 30.8 grams, 48 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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