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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")
Comprising a broad shallow bowl and integral handle with thumb-pad and spur beneath, pierced laterally and with incised ring-and-dot motifs to the upper face. 154 grams, 12 cm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Comprising a broad funicular mouth above a small bulb body, button base, impressed cord detailing to base and shoulder; repaired. 155 grams, 13.5 cm
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Restrung group of mainly biconvex beads with teardrop dangles in carnelian, jasper and glass. 36 grams, 31.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Including barrel-shaped, ellipsoid-bezel and other types. 44.7 grams total, 17-29 mm
From the private collection of Mr J.L., Surrey, UK.
From the private collection of Mr J.L., Surrey, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Squat in profile with flared rime to the mouth and carination to the sidewall, central repoussé dome to the underside. 169 grams, 13.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
See Godard, F., The Art of Iran, London, 1965, for discussion.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
See Godard, F., The Art of Iran, London, 1965, for discussion.
.jpg "Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace")
Composed of oblate beads. 6.33 grams, 55 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Barrel-shaped in profile with double-strap transverse handle, thick spout to the shoulder. 713 grams, 16 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.
Barrel-shaped in profile with two lateral lugs below the rim. 812 grams, 10 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): £33
Restrung designer necklace with two central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. 15.61 grams, 35 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Baghdad-Chicago, 2016, pl.164, lett.b, for a similar bead necklaces made of a mixture of stones, glass and shell.
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Baghdad-Chicago, 2016, pl.164, lett.b, for a similar bead necklaces made of a mixture of stones, glass and shell.
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands.
Modelled in the round, bovine figure with head lowered; the eyes drilled to accept an inlay (absent); suspension hole at the shoulders incomplete. 33 grams, 45 mm
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
Broad and shallow with slightly inturned rim, central repoussé dome. 173 grams, 13.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
With high tinning to the inner face giving a lustrous silvery finish, a tribute to the techniques of the Persian craftsmen; decorated with lightly incised concentric circles inside centre, thickened rim. 338 grams, 16.5 cm
From an old Oxford collection, formed in the 1980s. Ex Chris Martin, UK.
From an old Oxford collection, formed in the 1980s. Ex Chris Martin, UK.
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