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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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.jpg "Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy as Worshipper of Isis")
.jpg "Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Sandaled Foot")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800
.jpg "Byzantine Porphyry Relief with Cross Surrounded by Two Birds")
.jpg "Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising glazes of various colours and displaying wildlife, landscape scenes, geometric designs, figural scenes, plants and vegetal motifs. 4.4 kg total, 13 x 13 cm each
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Of slightly curved profile, heater-shaped with waisting and scrolled upper edge; low-relief boar's head motif; holes to upper corners and three fixing studs to the reverse. 22 grams, 70 mm high
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Bailey, G., Detector Finds 5, Witham, 2002, p.5.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Bailey, G., Detector Finds 5, Witham, 2002, p.5.
With high-relief scene, pixiu and coiled foliage. 46 grams, 56 x 43 mm
Ex Paris gallery, 1980-1990.
From a Parisian collection.
Ex Paris gallery, 1980-1990.
From a Parisian collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
The oval with pounced surface, slightly domed panel with profile male and female busts; set in a gold frame with suspension loop. 36.8 grams, 61 mm
Private collection, England.
Private collection, England.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Plaque with floral design comprising inset glass cabochons, synthetic rubies and gold-coloured wire detailing. 70 grams, pendant height: 76 mm
Property of a South West London gentleman.
Property of a South West London gentleman.
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Composed of graduated polished carnelian beads of mainly biconical and annular form; hook-and-eye clasp. 36.2 grams, 53 cm long
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P.R. of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P.R. of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
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A textual panel with a figural scene in watercolour at the centre, polychrome floral border; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 1.14 kg, 42.2 x 30.2 cmFine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
Comprising: broad discus and volute scrolls to the nozzle, high-relief profile image of Orpheus with a lyre; similar with two putti embracing; sturdy drum-shaped body and loop handle to the rear, stub nozzle and bull's head motif; slipper-shaped with thick lug handle, ropework shoulders; similar with vine leaves and grapes to the shoulder, loop handle, anchor motif and 'ANNO SANTO' legend; after the antique. 638 grams total, 10.2-13.7 cm
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Group of four green-glazed tiles, each square in plan with raised edges and zoomorphic motif in high relief. 548 grams total, 10.2 x 9.8 - 10.2 x 9.9 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
Ex East Anglian private collection.
Cf. similar specimen in the British Museum, inventory no.OA.9377.
Tile production increased in the second half of the 16th century and during the following centuries. The fragments discovered from various localities (pot-tiles, rectangular, triangular and trapezoidal panels, open-work crest tiles) were all produced in regional workshops, from the end of the 15th century or at the beginning of the 16th century. They all had diverse decorative motifs, mainly animals and geometrical or vegetal combinations, almost all of them singular finds for this study area.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
Ex East Anglian private collection.
Cf. similar specimen in the British Museum, inventory no.OA.9377.
Tile production increased in the second half of the 16th century and during the following centuries. The fragments discovered from various localities (pot-tiles, rectangular, triangular and trapezoidal panels, open-work crest tiles) were all produced in regional workshops, from the end of the 15th century or at the beginning of the 16th century. They all had diverse decorative motifs, mainly animals and geometrical or vegetal combinations, almost all of them singular finds for this study area.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Hollow-formed janiform bust with wreath to the brows. 634 grams, 16 cm high
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.
Collection of mainly white-clay moulded smoking pipes; many with a caricature head forming the bowl, such as a bearded man or a lady wearing a bonnet; also a child's toy pipe and cigarette holders; mounted in a felt-lined glazed wooden display case; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 4.85 kg total, 65 x 36.5 cm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Cf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds 3, Witham, 1997, p.48-51.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Cf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds 3, Witham, 1997, p.48-51.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
With broad discoid bezel in 6th-7th century A.D. style surrounded by an applied beaded wire rim; granule and filigree ornament to the shank, triangular garnet cloison in a cell to each shoulder, three radiating triangular garnet cloisons to the bezel with applied wire collars, central garnet cloison, scrolled wire appliqués. 8.88 grams, 23.48 mm overall, 19.53 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)
From a private collection, The Netherlands.
Acquired in 2010.
Property of a North American gallery.
From a private collection, The Netherlands.
Acquired in 2010.
Property of a North American gallery.
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