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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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.jpg "Egyptian Granite Head of a Dignitary")
.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")
Composed of graduated coin-shaped beads, with hook-and-eye clasp. 72 grams, 43 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Corpus Christi carved in the round with exaggerated head, spigots for posable arms, holes to the feet. 18 grams, 93 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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Ellipsoid plaque with baroque-inspired putto ornament, the head modelled in the round and painted in pink and auburn tones, face tilted downwards; robe, upper body and wings modelled in high relief with left arm held straight at the side and right arm bent, hand on the chest; feather detailing to wings; pierced either side of the shoulders for suspension; knop to reverse of head and hole to void. 833 grams, 29.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising two designs in relief including three horses in an enclosure and two animals, likely cats, fighting; coloured glazes. 1.26 kg total, 10 x 9 - 9.5 x 10.2 in.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Cf. similar specimen in the British Museum, inventory no.OA.9377.
The tile production increased in the second half of the sixteenth 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.
East Anglian private collection.
Cf. similar specimen in the British Museum, inventory no.OA.9377.
The tile production increased in the second half of the sixteenth 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.
Including barrel-lock and parts, and other items; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 256 grams total, 33-75 mm
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.42-3.
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.42-3.
Obverse with two figures in a landscape beneath a tree, reverse with four columns of text. 42 grams, 61 x 40 mm
Ex Paris gallery, 1980-1990.
From a Parisian collection.
Ex Paris gallery, 1980-1990.
From a Parisian collection.
Comprising four expanding round-section arms and a broad bale. 13.2 grams, 32 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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Mainly annular and biconical seed beads. 5.7 grams, 42 cm
London, UK, art market, 1980-2000s
London, UK, art market, 1980-2000s
.jpg "Tudor Period Tinned Bronze Betrothal Ring with Arrow")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
With octagonal plaque and chamfered edges, incuse design including an arrow and enigmatic pseudo-text. 12.11 grams, 23.32 mm overall, 19.10 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 613, for type.
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 613, for type.
.jpg "Framed Watercolour Painting")
Depicting a series of lavish tents erected in a green landscape, populated by a prince and men in attendance of a punishment, dark blue arboreal border, Indian workmanship; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 915 grams, 37.5 x 30 cmVery fine 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.
.jpg "Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace")
Comprising annular and coin-type beads with gold spacers. 35 grams, 47 cm
Ex North London, UK, gentleman.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Ex North London, UK, gentleman.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
In the form of a standing dog with broad neck and partially covered mouth, strap handle to rear of the neck, squat body with curved plate to the rear; low-relief meander patterns. 3.85 kg, 36.5 cm high
Ex West Country collection, UK, 1970-1990s.
Ex West Country collection, UK, 1970-1990s.
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1849 - 1860 of 3369 LOTS
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