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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
Auction Highlights:
.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")
.jpg "Miniature Book with Quranic Prayers")
Leather-bound with handwritten texts in black and red ink, first four pages decorated. 14 grams, 25 mm
Acquired in the 1970s.
Property of a London lady, part of her family's collection.
Acquired in the 1970s.
Property of a London lady, part of her family's collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Modelled in the round, group of votives human and animal forms. 92 grams total, 20-51 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.
Rectangular with scooped detailing to the upper edge, point pierced for suspension; five lines of calligraphic nastaliq script with floral ornament. 36.2 grams, 63 mm
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
.jpg "Old Assyrian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
With incised frieze of a seated figure with hand extended to a figure in floor-length pleated garment, second figure behind him in a fringed robe, blank panel to the rear. 5.92 grams, 20 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.05.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 97, for type.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.05.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 97, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £131
A broad carinated bowl with radiating repoussé lotus-leaf panels, central domed roundel. 230 grams, 15 cm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Gergova, D., Orphic Thrace and Achaemenid Persia in Nieling, J., and Rehm, E., Achaemenid Impact in the Black Sea, communications of powers, Aarhus, 2010, pp.67-86, figs.4c, 6, 7, 8, 10.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Gergova, D., Orphic Thrace and Achaemenid Persia in Nieling, J., and Rehm, E., Achaemenid Impact in the Black Sea, communications of powers, Aarhus, 2010, pp.67-86, figs.4c, 6, 7, 8, 10.
Modelled in the round with the head turned to the right; incised hatching to flanks and neck representing fur; legs with voids between and hooves joined; mounted on a custom-made stand. 41.9 grams, 44 mm including stand
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.
Restrung necklace of graduated marine shell discs. 125 grams, 58 cm
Ex H.Norry collection, 1980s-1990s.
Ex H.Norry collection, 1980s-1990s.
Bell-shaped jar with narrow foot and carinated profile. 217 grams, 12 cm diameter
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
Property of a London gentleman.
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
Property of a London gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Hexagonal in plan with tapering profile, pierced for suspension; calligraphic nastaliq script with foliage embellishments. 21 grams, 35 mm
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
.jpg "Western Asiatic Gold Pendant with Turquoise")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With turquoise cabochon, suspension loop. 0.15 grams, 8 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Restrung with three central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. 18.66 grams, 46 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Baghdad-Chicago, 2016, pl.164, for similar bead necklaces made of a mixture of stones, included faience.
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.164, for similar bead necklaces made of a mixture of stones, included faience.
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.
Including a scooped blade, twisted wire band and other items. 115 grams total, 30-86 mm
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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