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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")
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800
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.jpg "Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Collection of crotal bells labelled and mounted in a felt-lined glazed wooden display case with explanatory text and illustration; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 4.6 kg total, 51 x 35.5 x 8.5 cm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Bailey, G., Detector Finds, Witham, 1999, p.43.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Bailey, G., Detector Finds, Witham, 1999, p.43.
Painted onto bone china in polychrome and gilt, showing the ruler facing, dressed in royal attire. 27 grams total, 64 mm high (82 x 82 mm including box)
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar was the fourth Shah of Qajar, and the third longest reigning ruler in Iranian history. He was assassinated in Tehran on 1st May 1896. He is known for being the first modern Persian monarch to have formally visited Europe and to have written about his travels in his memoirs.
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar was the fourth Shah of Qajar, and the third longest reigning ruler in Iranian history. He was assassinated in Tehran on 1st May 1896. He is known for being the first modern Persian monarch to have formally visited Europe and to have written about his travels in his memoirs.
With high-relief scene of a horse running in a landscape beneath the moon. 49 grams, 57 x 41 mm
Ex Paris gallery, 1980-1990.
From a Parisian collection.
Ex Paris gallery, 1980-1990.
From a Parisian collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Composed of biconical beads, some sodalite; restrung. 6.32 grams, 44 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Including a demon gripping his phallus and other types. 4.3 kg total, 21-31 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.
Squat in profile with rosette to the crown and cage above; low-relief foliage and '1817' to the outer face; clapper in situ, loop absent. 1 kg, 14 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.
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Comprising eighteen oval brown agate beads, each with three etched pale rings, together with two further agate beads of different pattern; each pierced longitudinally for stringing. 184 grams total, 40-43 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Comprising: profile male and female busts in carnelian and other stones; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.66 grams total, 14-18 mm
Private collection, England.
Private collection, England.
Modelled nude with hair dressed in a chignon, right hand extended to the heel of the left foot raised to knee-height; apple in the left hand; based on the image of Aphrodite loosening her sandal; mounted on a tiered stand. 366 grams, 16 cm
Private collection, England.
Cf. original in the Walters Art Museum under accession no.54.921.
Private collection, England.
Cf. original in the Walters Art Museum under accession no.54.921.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Bifacial intaglio with jugate busts to both faces; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.43 grams, 26 mm
Private collection, England.
Private collection, England.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With balustered stem, pierced loop finial with ornamental knops, an oval die with double-headed eagle flanked by 'TM' seriffed capital initials. 4.3 grams, 23 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Restrung group of beads, mainly tubular and annular types. 13 grams, 42.5 cm
London, UK, art market, 1980-2000s
London, UK, art market, 1980-2000s
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