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.jpg "Roman Veined Marble Torso of an Athlete")
.jpg "Large Middle Elamite Cylinder Seal of Kidnu, Chief Overseer of King Tan-Ruhurater II")
.jpg "Mesopotamian Torch Bearer Stand with Lion Tamer")
Of various sizes, one with an inner plate within the arc of the shoe. 1.8 kg total, 11.5 - 16 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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Substantial hoop with segmented profile, high-relief with clasped hands motif to the underside, ellipsoid bezel with facing skull motif in the half-round, 'cross and M' monogram to the back of the bezel. 12.14 grams, 26.33 mm overall, 17.88 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
Comprising one slender, tapering with vent to both faces; one squat with domed upper, knop finial 41 grams total, 58-60 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
Formed as a cockle-shell and pierced beside the upper edge, with reserved Chinese character impressed in the underside. 19 grams, 27 mm
Ex Simmons gallery, 1990s.
From a North London, UK, collection.
Ex Simmons gallery, 1990s.
From a North London, UK, collection.
Including discoid and tabular types with mainly zoomorphic motifs; after the antique. 29.6 grams total, 17-43 mm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
From a gentleman's private collection.
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
From a gentleman's private collection.
Comprising: a bronze axehead; a bronze short sword; a terracotta female figure; a waisted stamp-seal and another, plano-convex. 690 grams total, 3.3-40 cm
From various auction houses since circa 2005.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
From various auction houses since circa 2005.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
With carinated hoop developing to a flat plaque with scroll detailing to the outer edges; central inset ellipsoid green cloison. 10.53 grams, 24.00 mm overall, 17.60 x 13.65 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)
Believed to be from a private USA collection.
Acquired prior to the 1990s.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 410, for type.
Believed to be from a private USA collection.
Acquired prior to the 1990s.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 410, for type.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Matched pair of openwork iron hinges and plates, each with scrolled hinge barrel, plaque of openwork scrolls with opposed bird-head detailing, coiled tendrils, punched fan-motifs and other decoration. 1.45 kg total, 38 cm each
Acquired Bishop & Miller, UK, 16 April 2016, lot 252.
Property of a Kent collector.
Acquired Bishop & Miller, UK, 16 April 2016, lot 252.
Property of a Kent collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
D-shaped panel with painted detailing of the eye, brow and centre-parted hair. 27 grams, 95 mm
From Lincoln’s Inn Chapel during ordnance damage in WWII.
Ex Michael Archer OBE FSA (1936-2022), Keeper, ceramics and glass department, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Great House, Dedham, Essex.
Private collection, Suffolk.
From Lincoln’s Inn Chapel during ordnance damage in WWII.
Ex Michael Archer OBE FSA (1936-2022), Keeper, ceramics and glass department, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Great House, Dedham, Essex.
Private collection, Suffolk.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Mixed group including tubular and spherical beads, claw-shaped pendants and a mask with applied detailing. 80.5 grams, 22 cm long
From an old English deceased estate.
Acquired on the London art market in the early 1990s.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
From an old English deceased estate.
Acquired on the London art market in the early 1990s.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
Including a ceramic portrait disc, shabti and other items; after the antique. 340 grams total, 4.9-14.5 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
From a gentleman's private collection.
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
From a gentleman's private collection.
Comprising a turquoise shabti with hieroglyphs to the lower body, a shabti with applied black pigment, a carved scarab beetle with plain underside, Bastet pendant; after the antique. 482 grams total, 2.3-17.8 cm
From various auction houses since circa 2005.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
From various auction houses since circa 2005.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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