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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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.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")
Modelled as a human bust with naturalistic facial features, almond-shaped eyes, furrowed brow, remains of narrow lips, fleshy nose, cheeks and chin, ornamented neck. 8.29 grams, 35 mm
From an important collection, by descent; seen and numbered by Professor Lambert in the 1980-1990s.
Cf. Aruz, J. ed., Art Of The First Cities. The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, The Metropolitan Museum, New York, 2003, p.162, for a comparable face composed of different materials.
From an important collection, by descent; seen and numbered by Professor Lambert in the 1980-1990s.
Cf. Aruz, J. ed., Art Of The First Cities. The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, The Metropolitan Museum, New York, 2003, p.162, for a comparable face composed of different materials.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Group of three fragments of pillow-shaped tablets with impressed cuneiform text. 154 grams total, 43-60 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): £98
A mixed group of complete and fragmentary ceramic artefacts, including decorated vessels, figural idols, the head of a bovine and other items. 662 grams total, 4.3-17.5 cm
Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.
Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Chlorite stamp seal, rectangular in plan with angled reverse faces, incuse frieze of two goats in procession. 17.8 grams, 36 mm
Ex Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
Cf. similar in the Schøyen Collection under accession no.2409/01.
Ex Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
Cf. similar in the Schøyen Collection under accession no.2409/01.
.jpg "Western Asiatic Carnelian and Other Bead Collection")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Comprising a group of mostly carnelian beads, with a few in other materials; each pierced for stringing. 98 grams total, 2-18 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising a quantity of disc-shaped beads, each pierced for stringing. 60 grams total, 3-9 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Model horses each with splayed legs and a stub to the rump (to accept a rider figure?). 52.4 grams total, 34-40 mm
Private collection formed in the 1990s.
Acquired from a central London gallery.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Private collection formed in the 1990s.
Acquired from a central London gallery.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Large with conical body and narrow base, applied fluted strip to the vertical shoulder, narrow rim. 1.07 kg, 26.5 cm wide
Ex London, UK, collection, 1988.
Ex London, UK, collection, 1988.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
With frieze depicting a seated figure in fringed robe facing a recumbent bull beside an altar, frond and star in the field. 11.9 grams, 27 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.062.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 356, for type.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.062.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 356, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
With traces of low-relief frieze including a winged figure. 6.5 grams, 30 mm
Ex old English collection.
London art market, pre 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Ex old English collection.
London art market, pre 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Restrung, composed of small, pale stone or shell smoothed cylinder beads. 10.5 grams, 44 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Baghdad-Chicago, 2016, pl.163, for similar necklaces of stone and glass.
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Baghdad-Chicago, 2016, pl.163, for similar necklaces of stone and glass.
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Group of three fragments from pillow-shaped tablets with impressed text to one remaining face. 241 grams total, 38 - 86 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.
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