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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
Auction Highlights:
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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")
Formed with undulating profile, flange base with dentilled edge and fixing spike, mouth terminating in a triangular support pad. 36.5 grams, 86 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Christie's London, A Peaceable Kingdom: The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals, 26th-27th October, 2004, pp.219-220, for similar.
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Christie's London, A Peaceable Kingdom: The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals, 26th-27th October, 2004, pp.219-220, for similar.
With a slender flat-section hoop expanding to a rounded bezel with a stylised advancing lion, pellet above. 1.29 grams, 17.97 mm overall, 16.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H, USA 3 3/4, Europe 6.18, Japan 6)
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Comprising a crescentic tapering shank with ribbed baluster to the centre; attachment points formed as wings with punched detailing. 65 grams, 92 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.
Cf. Appels, A. & Laycock, S., Roman Buckles and Military Fittings, Witham, 2007, item AA.4.8, for type.
Many such handles are formed as a pair of opposed dolphins, whence the conventional name 'dolphin mounts'. They were attached to infantry helmets so that they could be carried when not in use, or slung from a strap.
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.
Cf. Appels, A. & Laycock, S., Roman Buckles and Military Fittings, Witham, 2007, item AA.4.8, for type.
Many such handles are formed as a pair of opposed dolphins, whence the conventional name 'dolphin mounts'. They were attached to infantry helmets so that they could be carried when not in use, or slung from a strap.
Including two putti on a baseline, eagle perching, standing figure, female bust, in carnelian and other gemstones; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.41 grams total, 8-13 mm
Private collection, England.
Private collection, England.
With globular body and long tubular neck, dimple base, everted rim with gusset to the outer edge; wheel-cut horizontal lines to the body. 82 grams, 12.5 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 433, for the type.
This bottle belongs to a group of globular bottles with cylindrical necks (some longer than others) and plain or collar-like rims, which are decorated with parallel and/or intersecting circles or combinations of circles and other motifs.
Ex London, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 433, for the type.
This bottle belongs to a group of globular bottles with cylindrical necks (some longer than others) and plain or collar-like rims, which are decorated with parallel and/or intersecting circles or combinations of circles and other motifs.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising a necklace restrung from beads of drilled ancient glass bangle fragments. 11 grams, 72 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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Comprising a lunar pendant with incised linear ornament and suspension loop; votive foot; coin of Claudius; coin of Maximian, London mint; tweezers with simple linear ornament; remains of an equal-arm brooch; lid from a seal box; discoid stud; remains of an implement; bezel and shoulders from a finger ring; stamped lead bar, possibly reading 'IOVIA' 'MARIN'(?). 60 grams total, 18-50 mm
Acquired on the UK market, 1990s.
Property of a retired academic.
Acquired on the UK market, 1990s.
Property of a retired academic.
With an iron shank; the handle with a large finial formed as a growling bear with stylised detailing. 87.7 grams, 93 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Broad flat base with low sidewall and everted rim; repaired. 580 grams, 20 cm wide
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): £1,430
From fused canes of opaque white, yellow, pale blue and dark blue, then inflated; the pear-shaped body with a flat base and cylindrical neck, the rim folded out. 20 grams, 76 mm
American private collection, 1990s.
with Christie's, New York, 16 June 2006, no.4.
From the private collection of Sheik Al Thani.
Accompanied by a copy of the Christie's lot listing.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type.
American private collection, 1990s.
with Christie's, New York, 16 June 2006, no.4.
From the private collection of Sheik Al Thani.
Accompanied by a copy of the Christie's lot listing.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type.
Bulbous body with dimple base, tall tubular neck with rolled, stepped and folded rim. 66 grams, 15 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 772.
Ex London, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 772.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
A bulbous light blue bottle with dimpled base, wide neck and flared rim. 130 grams, 87 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
See Kelley, M., A study of Late Hellenistic and early Roman glass in Jerusalem from excavated sites: understanding local production and the economic status of the population from the time of the Hasmoneans to Hadrian, Jerusalem, 2012, pl.5, no.16, for similar.
A similar vessel was found in the cave 19-4 of Zikhron Yosef at Jerusalem. The shape suggests its use as candlestick or short jar. Small globular bottles, piriform bottles, or small bottles with long, narrow necks (today called candlestick bottles) held perfumes or other precious oils and replicated the shapes found in pottery, alabaster, and stone.
Ex London, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
See Kelley, M., A study of Late Hellenistic and early Roman glass in Jerusalem from excavated sites: understanding local production and the economic status of the population from the time of the Hasmoneans to Hadrian, Jerusalem, 2012, pl.5, no.16, for similar.
A similar vessel was found in the cave 19-4 of Zikhron Yosef at Jerusalem. The shape suggests its use as candlestick or short jar. Small globular bottles, piriform bottles, or small bottles with long, narrow necks (today called candlestick bottles) held perfumes or other precious oils and replicated the shapes found in pottery, alabaster, and stone.
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