Home > Auctions > 5 - 9 March 2024: Ancient Art, Antiquities,
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £41,600
.jpg "Attic Red-Figure Bell Krater with Drunken Male Revellers Attributed to the Kadmos Painter")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £32,500
.jpg "Roman Published Terracotta Oil Lamp with Fighting Gladiators")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,600
.jpg "Roman Marble Head of Hercules Wearing the Nemean Lion Skin")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "The Anglesey Romano-British Marble Head of a Celtic Warrior")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
.jpg "Medieval Decorated He who loves from the heart, gives with a good heart Posy Boxwood Comb")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
.jpg "Medieval Limoges Gilt Christ Crowned on the Cross")
.jpg "Medieval Gold Heraldic Signet Ring with Goat")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Disc-shaped with incised Sol Invictus motif; integral loop with end wound about the shank. 0.97 grams, 29 mm
Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
.jpg "Viking Age Silver Earring with Bead")
The carinated silver hoop with one flattened and pierced terminal and one coiled; free-running gold-in-glass bead. 0.97 grams, 17 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Buckle with knuckles to outer edge of the loop and strap with incised tendril design; ampulla with lateral loops bent over. 63 grams total, 46-62 mm
Found Westminster, London, UK.
Property of a Gloucestershire, UK, collector.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
Found Westminster, London, UK.
Property of a Gloucestershire, UK, collector.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
Mixed group of mainly bronze buckles, buckle plates and buckle loops, some with mounting tags. 161 grams total, 13-42 mm
Found near York, UK.
Found near York, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Including glazed heraldic floor tile, ribbed jug with horizontal banding, bellarmine jug pieces with portion of a bearded face, and other types. 926 grams total, 3-15 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
With thick segmented hoop and square bezel; each shoulder with a tapering panel depicting a winged nimbate figure, facing; below this, a rectangular panel with a voided cross; underside with a nimbate eagle; above the shoulders, two splayed fronds; lateral faces of the bezel with flowers, each larger face with nimbate figure on a hatched field; underside with inscription oremus (let us pray). 15.77 grams, 27.25 mm overall, 20.16 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23, Japan 22)
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
Cf. Boardman, J. & Scarisbrick, D., The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings, London, 1977, item 173, for type.
The nimbate figures and inscription suggest that the ring was a devotional object belonging to a cleric or ecclesiastical leader.
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
Cf. Boardman, J. & Scarisbrick, D., The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings, London, 1977, item 173, for type.
The nimbate figures and inscription suggest that the ring was a devotional object belonging to a cleric or ecclesiastical leader.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Mixed group including casket keys and a large door key with warded bit and balustered shank. 82 grams total, 3-11.6 cm
Found near York, UK.
Found near York, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Square glazed floor tile with yellow motif of lions passant on a heater shield. 938 grams, 13.5 x 13.5 cm
Benjamin Proust, 2015.
with Bonhams, London, 17 May 2017, no.87 (part).
Ex central London gallery.
A Bonhams lot sticker to verso.
Cf. Eames, E., Medieval Craftsmen: English Tilers, London, 1992, item 80, for type.
Benjamin Proust, 2015.
with Bonhams, London, 17 May 2017, no.87 (part).
Ex central London gallery.
A Bonhams lot sticker to verso.
Cf. Eames, E., Medieval Craftsmen: English Tilers, London, 1992, item 80, for type.
On four short feet with a domed lid consisting of ribbed lappets, suspension loop finial. 1.1 kg, 18 cmFair condition, hole in lid.
Acquired on the UK art market, 2000s.
Property of a Suffolk gentleman.
Acquired on the UK art market, 2000s.
Property of a Suffolk gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Rectangular wooden panel with gessoed surface, painted miniature of enthroned Jehovah with crown, orb and sceptre in a blaze of radiant light, surrounded by worshipper. 8.1 grams, 69 mm
Ex central London gallery.
Ex central London gallery.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Hollow-formed tabular bead with pellets to both faces. 0.53 grams, 13 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Including a Death's Head tie-pin, Queen Mary groat, an Edward I penny, and a James II Gunmoney shilling from September 1689. 20.18 grams total, 15-53 mm
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of Mr G.B., Hampshire, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of Mr G.B., Hampshire, UK.
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