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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): £65
A mix of Asian, African, faience, terracotta, stone and shell beads. 70 grams total, 2-18 mm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Fusiform in plan with intaglio beast motif to the underside. 22.1 grams, 44 mm
Collected from 1969-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
Collected from 1969-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
Carved alabaster with Y-shaped groove to the obverse, collector's label to the underside. 148 grams, 58 mm
Acquired 1970-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
Acquired 1970-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Bearing a worship scene composed of a procession of robed human figures advancing left, towards a seated figure; pierced vertically for suspension. 34.6 grams, 36 mmFine condition.
Private family collection formed in London, mid 1980s to early 1990s.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1999.325.12, for a comparable scene dated early 2nd millennium B.C.
Private family collection formed in London, mid 1980s to early 1990s.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1999.325.12, for a comparable scene dated early 2nd millennium B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Graduated group of restrung butterfly-shaped beads with labrys-shaped spacers. 29.8 grams, 37 cm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
A restrung necklace composed of carnelian and lozengiform lapis lazuli beads interspersed with later gold filigree beads; later hook-and-eye closure. 24.9 grams, 44.5 cm longVery fine condition.
Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Ovoid in profile with thick rim and rounded underside. 513 grams, 11.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Group of three square ceramic tiles with reserved foliage motifs and Hebrew text. 641 grams total, 10.6 x 10.6 cm each
with a London, UK gallery 1971.
with a London, UK gallery 1971.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With intaglio scene of a profile human figure with wings(?) beside a crescent. 21.9 grams, 28 mm
Acquired between 1980-1983.
From the 'Empire' collection, an important UK private collection of seals.
Acquired between 1980-1983.
From the 'Empire' collection, an important UK private collection of seals.
With discoid body, remains of tinning to the front face, the reverse with sub-circular wreath composed of curved zigzags, waisted stem incised with chevrons to both faces, domed base with hatched lines to upper face and base. 138 grams, 11.6 cm
UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Restrung; composed primarily of shell and ceramic beads of various types, including decoratively ribbed examples. 23 grams, 50 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Baghdad-Chicago, 2016, pl.164, lett.b, for a similar bead necklaces made of a mixture of stones, glass and shell.
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.164, lett.b, for a similar bead necklaces made of a mixture of stones, glass and shell.
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.
With broad hemispherical bowl, short U-section spout, integral round-section handle and three stub feet. 210 grams, 13.5 cm wide
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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