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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")
A composition rectangular plaque bearing figural scene modelled in the half-round of two figures beside a table, a seated figure behind them; pierced twice along one edge. 45 grams, 82 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): £46
Graduated string of biconical, oblate and other beads, centrepiece a large spherical bead with annular retainer. 37 grams, 38 cm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Featuring a rounded base; heavily cleaned. 292 grams, 16.5 cm
Acquired prior to 2000.
British private collection of Mr D.M., London, UK.
Acquired prior to 2000.
British private collection of Mr D.M., London, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Comprising a variety of beads mainly in carnelian and glass, including oblate, cylindrical, discoid and other types. 102 grams total, 5-15 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Cf. Then-Obłuska, J., ‘Trade and faith in Nubian Early Makuria (AD 450–550): macroscopic examination of personal adornments from El-Zuma in Nubia’ in Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, January, 2016, pp.741-760, fig.4.
Carnelian beads were diffused in West from the Iranian and other Western Asiatic countries. During Antiquity, the beads were transported from their places of manufacture in India and Persian Empires, and archaeological and literary sources provide evidence of the high prosperity of the Red Sea ports as well as of their trade contact with the Indo-Pacific regions.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Cf. Then-Obłuska, J., ‘Trade and faith in Nubian Early Makuria (AD 450–550): macroscopic examination of personal adornments from El-Zuma in Nubia’ in Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, January, 2016, pp.741-760, fig.4.
Carnelian beads were diffused in West from the Iranian and other Western Asiatic countries. During Antiquity, the beads were transported from their places of manufacture in India and Persian Empires, and archaeological and literary sources provide evidence of the high prosperity of the Red Sea ports as well as of their trade contact with the Indo-Pacific regions.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
With slender biconvex body, broad neck, rolled rim and flat base. 5.2 kg, 38.3 cm high
From a family collection pre 1988.
From a family collection pre 1988.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Octagonal form bearing Kufic script over three lines to one face; possibly red jade or jasper. 4.29 grams, 25 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
Ellipsoid loop developing to a short shank, biconvex bulb with eight vents and four stub arms, short shank below and lentoid loop with stub arms; possibly a liturgical thurible censer. 31 grams, 75 mm
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.
Hemispherical in profile with inturned rim. 215 grams, 13 cm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Mainly tubular, square-section and fusiform types. 30 grams, 41 cm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
With globular body and broad flared mouth; cracked. 415 grams, 15 cm high
Ex London, UK, collection, 1988.
Ex London, UK, collection, 1988.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Graduated string of irregular beads and dangles, banded agate centrepiece. 22.5 grams, 34 cm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Group of sheet-bronze fragments each with impressed Aramaic calligraphic text; mounted in a display frame. 207 grams total, 15-51 mm (13 x 13.5 cm including case)
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.
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