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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")
.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")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Including a squat dipper cup with applied boss to the shoulder, a jar with rounded underside, and other types. 780 grams total, 8-16 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.
Tubular in form with tapering profile and collar above the socket. 455 grams, 82 mm
Ex London, UK, gentleman's collection, 1990s.
Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, see pl.XXXI, no.30, from Armenia, for similar.
Ex London, UK, gentleman's collection, 1990s.
Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, see pl.XXXI, no.30, from Armenia, for similar.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Composed mainly of cream-coloured restrung stone and shell beads of amorphous, annular, spherical, barrel-shaped and other types. 19.3 grams, 48 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Baghdad-Chicago, 2016, pl.163, for similar necklaces of stone.
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.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Baghdad-Chicago, 2016, pl.163, for similar necklaces of stone.
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.
Piriform with vertical socket expanding towards the narrower end. 439 grams, 80 mm
Ex London, UK, gentleman's collection, 1990s.
Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, see pl.XXX, no.89, from Megiddo, for similar.
Ex London, UK, gentleman's collection, 1990s.
Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, see pl.XXX, no.89, from Megiddo, for similar.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising two carved architectural fragments: a plaque with reserved foliage, and a corbel with leaves and tendrils. 4.79 kg total, 18 cm each
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 bulbous body and flared base, stepped shoulder and tapering neck with pinched rim; turquoise-coloured dip-glaze. 191 grams, 10 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Substantial penannular form, barrel-shaped in section with raised panel at the apex and 'twist' detailing. 68.6 grams, 68 mm
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
With lateral curled horns and wedge-shaped muzzle, ribbed loop to the rear. 11.8 grams, 28 mm
From an old English collection, 1990s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
From an old English collection, 1990s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Donut-shaped and drilled vertically to accommodate a wooden shaft. 328 grams, 69 mm
Ex London, UK, gentleman's collection, 1990s.
Ex London, UK, gentleman's collection, 1990s.
Substantial D-section hoop with hatching at the ends and incised ring-and-dot eyes. 282 grams, 78 mm
From a collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
From a collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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With incised linear ornament and drilled pellets. 6.3 grams, 32 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.22.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 23, for type.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.22.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 23, for type.
Comprising beads in various materials and shapes, including some larger beads. 58 grams total, 2-39 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
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