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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")
Comprising a sturdy hoop with opposed loop closure, frame of granulated gold collars and rods supporting tubular, cuboid and other beads in amethyst, pearl and other materials. 7.48 grams, 46 mm
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
Including female bodies and body parts, some mounted. 581 grams total, 7.7-12.3 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.
Comprising: a ring brooch with addorsed horse-heads; crescent mount fragment with eagles' claws. 82 grams total, 74-84 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.
Fibula with two spring coils, scooped catch and curved pin. 10.3 grams, 94 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Cf. Hattatt, R., Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, item 1349.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Cf. Hattatt, R., Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, item 1349.
A stylised horse in profile with ring to the voided eye, exaggerated musculature and hatched detailing; mounted in a custom-made frame. 254 grams total, 18 cm including frame
with Claude Boisgirard Archaelogie, Paris, 9 November 1999, no.56.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Lebedinsky, I., Les Saces, Paris, 2006, p.212, for similar.
This applique was probably part of a horse harness and corresponds to various similar plaques produced by the Saka (Scythian) culture of the Pamir. Steppe art favoured animalistic representations, with a predilection for deer, horses, birds of prey and felines. The animals could be represented in series, or alone, or in combat with each other.
with Claude Boisgirard Archaelogie, Paris, 9 November 1999, no.56.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Lebedinsky, I., Les Saces, Paris, 2006, p.212, for similar.
This applique was probably part of a horse harness and corresponds to various similar plaques produced by the Saka (Scythian) culture of the Pamir. Steppe art favoured animalistic representations, with a predilection for deer, horses, birds of prey and felines. The animals could be represented in series, or alone, or in combat with each other.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Comprising: biconvex juglet with loop handle and U-shaped lip; two with trumpet-shaped mouth and carinated body, strap handle (one absent). 322 grams total, 11.6-13.2 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.
Comprising a broad crescentic plate with incised border and radiating strokes respecting the concave curve of the blade; knop below the inner edge, short handle with stem and ring formed as addorsed birds; Grotta Gramicella Type A. 33.6 grams, 10.8 cm
Acquired on the European art market, 1990s.
English private collection.
Cf. similar item in National Museums Liverpool, World Museum under accession no.M4574.
Acquired on the European art market, 1990s.
English private collection.
Cf. similar item in National Museums Liverpool, World Museum under accession no.M4574.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Mainly hemispherical types with round rim, one with stub handle; mostly repaired. 876 grams total, 8.5-12.7 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): £130
Including fragments of storage vessel, jar, bowl and other items, some with handle and spout elements. 4.55 kg total, 2.6-26 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): £650
With shallow circular bowl and broad rim, stem with slightly domed front face, terminal formed as a duck's head. 179 grams, 24.7 cm
Acquired in 1998.
Ex Swiss private collection.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 21.88.130, for similar.
Acquired in 1998.
Ex Swiss private collection.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 21.88.130, for similar.
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With high tin content, the body formed with a D-section wall and rounded base, damaged. 145 grams, 16 cm wide
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Maierovskii III Burial-mound no. 4/2002, Burial no. 3B, Moscow, State Historical Museum, inv. no. 112873, list Б 2078/77, in Treister, M., 'Parthian and Early Sasanian 'Imports' in the Burials of the Nomads of Eastern Europe (2nd Century BCE-3rd Century CE)' in Choref, M.M., Materials in Archaeology and History of Ancient and Medieval Crimea, Moscow, 2018, pp.118-210, fig.4, 1-3, for a nearly identical bowl but with ornaments.
Similar segment-shaped silver bowls, sometimes with partial gilding and decorated on the inside have been found in many nomad mounds of the Caucasus and in the territories once dominated by the Arsacid Empire. They are attributed to Parthian workshops by Pfrommer and M. Treister.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Maierovskii III Burial-mound no. 4/2002, Burial no. 3B, Moscow, State Historical Museum, inv. no. 112873, list Б 2078/77, in Treister, M., 'Parthian and Early Sasanian 'Imports' in the Burials of the Nomads of Eastern Europe (2nd Century BCE-3rd Century CE)' in Choref, M.M., Materials in Archaeology and History of Ancient and Medieval Crimea, Moscow, 2018, pp.118-210, fig.4, 1-3, for a nearly identical bowl but with ornaments.
Similar segment-shaped silver bowls, sometimes with partial gilding and decorated on the inside have been found in many nomad mounds of the Caucasus and in the territories once dominated by the Arsacid Empire. They are attributed to Parthian workshops by Pfrommer and M. Treister.
Hollow-formed finial in the form of a ram's head with punched annulet texture detailing. 82 grams, 40 mm1 1/2 in.
with Herbert A. Cahn, Zurich, Switzerland, 1997.
From a private European collection.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 51.178, for a comparable head.
with Herbert A. Cahn, Zurich, Switzerland, 1997.
From a private European collection.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 51.178, for a comparable head.
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