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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")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
With carved frieze showing fighting scenes with a hero and animals; shell or polished stone. 13.9 grams, 27 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.06.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Collon, D., Near Eastern Seals, London, 1990, item 45, for type.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.06.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Collon, D., Near Eastern Seals, London, 1990, item 45, for type.
With high tin content, the body formed with a D-section wall and rounded base, cracked. 145 grams, 16 cm wide
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Comprising a quantity of envelope fragments, including examples bearing cuneiform text or cylinder seal impressions. 27.4 grams total, 10-30 mm
Property of a UK gentleman, acquired in the 1970s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
Property of a UK gentleman, acquired in the 1970s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
.jpg "Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Glass Necklace Bead Collection")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising a quantity of small beads, mostly drawn coloured glass beads intended for embroidery. 84 grams total, 1-16 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With piriform profile, rounded underside, bell-shaped neck, two strap handles, lines of pricked detailing to the rim. shoulder and handles. 1.47 kg, 24.1 cm high
Ex London, UK, collection, 1988.
Ex London, UK, collection, 1988.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
In the form of a stylised horse, the body and tail with gilded line detailing; hollow, the mechanism not present. 20.2 grams, 46 mm
UK art market, acquired prior to 1985.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number OA+.1343 and 1872,0816.91, for similar.
Likely Ilkhanid or Timurid dynasty.
UK art market, acquired prior to 1985.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number OA+.1343 and 1872,0816.91, for similar.
Likely Ilkhanid or Timurid dynasty.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With broad everted rim, painted with brown and ochre bands of varying width with bosses to centre. 651 grams, 16.8 cm wide
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Comprising a substantial round-sectioned pin with bulbous poppy-shaped head with three turrets below. 73 grams, 17.7 cm
UK private collection formed before 2000.
Ex North London, UK, gallery.
UK private collection formed before 2000.
Ex North London, UK, gallery.
Piriform with integral round-section handle. 1.7 kg, 27 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
With socle base, body of oblate profile, narrow neck and trumpet-shaped mouth; painted bands to the equator and neck, intersecting arcs to the shoulder. 259 grams, 14.4 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Pillow-shaped with median horizontal band to the obverse, text continuing onto one edge and part of the reverse. 94 grams, 66 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992.
Thence by descent to family members.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992.
Thence by descent to family members.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With incised frieze of a seated figure extending both arms to a figure in floor-length pleated garment, second figure behind him in a fringed robe, crescent and three asterisks to the rear. 2.91 grams, 17 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 93, for type.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 93, for type.
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