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.jpg "Greek Marble Head of Dionysus")
.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")
Comprising three reproduction items, a carved 'stargazer' idol and fragments; the head with old labels to the reverse: 'No 2265' and 'Ex Goulandris Collection'. 366 grams total, 7.6-14.5 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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Featuring a shallow ovoid bowl, round-section stem and acorn finial; bowl stamped with rosette makers mark. 34.8 grams, 16.3 cm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
Cf. Homer, R.F., Five Centuries of Base Metal Spoons, UK, 1975, p.38.
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
Cf. Homer, R.F., Five Centuries of Base Metal Spoons, UK, 1975, p.38.
Standing in floor-length pleated robe gathered at the waist and hemmed at the outside of each leg, with left hand on her hip and right extended holding a pearl(?); her hair secured by a diadem with punched rosette detailing; two large wings attached at the shoulders. 945 grams, 18 cm
From an old family collection, Aix-les-Bains city, France.
Property of a French collector.
From an old family collection, Aix-les-Bains city, France.
Property of a French collector.
P. Trémaux - 2nd edition, Paris, 1862, hardback library binding, 428 pp. 708 grams, 22.5 x 14.9 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
William Hogarth - with an Introduction by James Hannay - Series of 150 Steel Engravings in 2 volumes - London, 1860, hardback in quart-calf binding; boards detached. 3.37 kg, 31.5 x 24.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
C.A. Piétrement - Paris, 1883, full leather binding with gold blocking to spine, 776 pp plus catalogue of Librairie Germer Ballière et Cie. 1.28 kg, 24 x 15.2 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Engravings of the National Gallery collection 'Presented by Individuals or Purchased by Grant of Parliament ' - Bound in two volumes, each quarter calf binding on marbled boards, gilt titling to spine. 3.03 kg total, 28 x 22.2 cm each
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Bound volume of Mercure Gallant court gazette with title page 'dédié à Monseigneur Le Dauphin'; 328 pp, full calf binding with blocked titling to spine; some outer pages reinforced with tissue. 150 grams, 13.7 x 9 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Leather-bound with moulded ornament and gilt, protective folding flap to leading edge; handwritten astrological tables in red and black ink. 100 grams, 17 x 11.5 cm
Private collection, USA, formed in the 1980s.
Private collection, USA, formed in the 1980s.
Bifacial and pierced for attachment; advancing tiger to obverse, four columns of text to reverse. 47 grams, 61 mm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Matched hollow-formed pair, each a standing fenghuang with curved beak, feather detailing to the wings, long swept tail feathers ending in curls. 1.69 kg total, 22.7 -23 cm
Acquired UK, in the 1980s.
Property of a retired South West London doctor.
Acquired UK, in the 1980s.
Property of a retired South West London doctor.
With trumpet-shaped body and carinated rim, hollow base, reserved spiral designs on a coral-coloured field. 1.15 kg, 21.5 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.
See, Labbe, A., Prehistoric Thai Ceramics: Ban Chiang Regional Cultural Perspectives, Bangkok, 2002, for discussion.
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.
See, Labbe, A., Prehistoric Thai Ceramics: Ban Chiang Regional Cultural Perspectives, Bangkok, 2002, for discussion.
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