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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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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
.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")
Slightly concave base, a piriform body with tapered shoulders, a lightly corseted neckline beneath a cylindrical neck, and a splayed rim with an in-folded lip. 81 grams, 11.6 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Filarska, B., Szkla Starozytne (Ancient Glass) II vol., Warszawa, 1972, II, cat.116, pl.XXVI,2, for similar vessel.
The ampulla was, in Ancient Rome, a small round vessel, usually made of glass and used for sacred purposes. The term can also refer to later flasks, often flatter and without handles, typically used as pilgrim souvenirs. Materials include glass, ceramics and metal. An unguentarium is a bottle believed to have been used to store perfume. Such vessels were often produced in Gaul.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Filarska, B., Szkla Starozytne (Ancient Glass) II vol., Warszawa, 1972, II, cat.116, pl.XXVI,2, for similar vessel.
The ampulla was, in Ancient Rome, a small round vessel, usually made of glass and used for sacred purposes. The term can also refer to later flasks, often flatter and without handles, typically used as pilgrim souvenirs. Materials include glass, ceramics and metal. An unguentarium is a bottle believed to have been used to store perfume. Such vessels were often produced in Gaul.
With a wide body and low basal ring, keeled shoulder and ribbed strap handles. 218 grams, 15.5 cm wide
From the collection of a High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman, circa 2000.
From the collection of a High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman, circa 2000.
Tabular in form with punched dimple, incised lines and other markings. 160 grams total, 9-30 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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
With shoulders tapering towards the plaque and two lateral knops, inset carnelian intaglio of a fluted vase with two birds perching on the rim, supported on the tail of dolphin; a marriage. 7.40 grams, 26.18 mm overall, 18.95 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
Acquired on the German art market before 2000.
Property of a Surrey, UK, collector.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 232, for type.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000.
Property of a Surrey, UK, collector.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 232, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lozengiform two-part container with grid to the obverse, enamel fill to the cells. 7.22 grams, 31 mm
Found Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, items 617-62.
Found Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, items 617-62.
Comprising five pieces in cream and red with sweeping and architectural motifs painted in contrasting colours. 539 grams total, 61-87 mm
Acquired in the 19th century.
Ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.
Acquired in the 19th century.
Ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.
.jpg "Roman Glass Intaglio Showing Two Gryphons Attacking a Deer")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Ellipsoid glass cloison with incuse image of two gryphons attacking a deer; set in a later silver ring. 18.57 grams, 30.95 mm overall, 22.99 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
See the mosaics of the Great Palace of Constantinople, 5th-6th century A.D. in Jobst, W., Behcet, E., Guriner, C., Istanbul, the Great Palace Mosaic, Istanbul, 1997, fig.23, for iconography.
The subject of griffins attacking a deer has a long history and remained popular during the Hellenistic and Roman period throughout the Mediterranean area and beyond. It may be a symbol of the inevitability of death.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
See the mosaics of the Great Palace of Constantinople, 5th-6th century A.D. in Jobst, W., Behcet, E., Guriner, C., Istanbul, the Great Palace Mosaic, Istanbul, 1997, fig.23, for iconography.
The subject of griffins attacking a deer has a long history and remained popular during the Hellenistic and Roman period throughout the Mediterranean area and beyond. It may be a symbol of the inevitability of death.
Group of five lead-alloy square weights, one with 'III' marking, one with 'S' and one with 'N'. 179 grams total, 14-33 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.
From a folding knife handle, having a hound in an active pose chasing a hare, the hare absent. 7.98 grams, 39 mm wide
Found Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK.
Found Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK.
Of oblate shape with an intricate chequerboard pattern; the patterns assembled from bundles of compatible coloured canes melted together, pulled out long and the slices then melted as the bead around bead surfaces. 2.66 grams, 14.7 mm
London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Sheet bronze plaque with pelletted border, three roundel within raised rims, rivet to each corner attaching to the securing plate beneath; old inked collector's find-spot legend 'GRIMSBY'. 6.97 grams, 54 mm
Found Grimsby, UK.
Found Grimsby, UK.
Comprising mixed artefacts including: bronze brooches, mounts, implements, a bell, a stylus, and others, most fragmentary; an iron razor and a group of glass fragments. 450 grams total, 1.5-12.4 cm
Acquired in the 1980s-1990s.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
Acquired in the 1980s-1990s.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
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