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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")
With domed central body and raised ridges; single piercing; remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse. 17.4 grams, 56 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Comprising two openwork zoomorphic pendants featuring large circular eyes. 28 grams total, 42-46 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
With a flat-section penannular body with expanding terminals; the upper face with incised X-motifs and herringbone pattern to the flaring terminals. 15.5 grams, 61 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): £117
Each with an openwork entwined beast; two rivets to one, a pierced mounting arm to the other. 25.5 grams total, 43-61 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Of triangular form with integral suspension loop, the face delineated using granules to form almond-shaped eyes beneath eyebrows, concentric chevrons to the nasal line; applied granules and straps to the loop. 1.79 grams, 26 mm
Acquired on the German art market before 2000.
From a London W1, UK, collection.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000.
From a London W1, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising over thirty natural shell pendants. 46 grams total, 15-24 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Hand-forged with triangular-section narrow blade widening to a broad bevelled edge with square chin, socket with rounded extensions to the rear. 782 grams, 17 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXIV, item 3.
The more commonly used weapons of the Finno-Ugrian people were axes, commonly found in all Finnic areas, as well as spears. Iron axeheads of this typology show a sub-trapezoidal asymmetrical blade, often perforated through the centre.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXIV, item 3.
The more commonly used weapons of the Finno-Ugrian people were axes, commonly found in all Finnic areas, as well as spears. Iron axeheads of this typology show a sub-trapezoidal asymmetrical blade, often perforated through the centre.
.jpg "Anglo-Saxon Bronze Regardant Beast Disc Brooch")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising a flat-section disc with reserved regardant beast within a pelletted border, catchplate to the reverse. 6.96 grams, 28.8 mm
Found Norfolk, Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Accompanied by an old Norfolk Castle Museum record slip.
Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, fig.15, item 6.
Found Norfolk, Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Accompanied by an old Norfolk Castle Museum record slip.
Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, fig.15, item 6.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Formed from an Abbasid caliphate dinar coin with ribbed suspension loop above. 4.36 grams, 25 mm
Acquired 1970s.
From a London, UK, collection.
Acquired 1970s.
From a London, UK, collection.
With segmented teeth to the edges of the lentoid plaque; ring-and-dot detailing, suspension loop. 23.2 grams, 53 mm
Acquired early 2000s.
Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman.
See Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CVI (4).
Acquired early 2000s.
Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman.
See Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CVI (4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Islamic dirham coin pendant with ribbed suspension loop attached. 2.9 grams, 36 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Of Mordvinian type comprising a round-section hoop and two trapezoidal plate finials each with a geometric design of granulation; remains of round-section pin coiled to the hoop. 10.6 grams, 55 mm
Acquired before 1980.
Ex property of a London collector.
Acquired on the UK art market in 2013.
Property of a Kent lady collector.
See Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XLIV, item 11.
Acquired before 1980.
Ex property of a London collector.
Acquired on the UK art market in 2013.
Property of a Kent lady collector.
See Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XLIV, item 11.
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