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.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")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Modelled in the round male figure wearing a knee-length kilt with hem and waistband; in advancing pose with left leg extended; the neck long, face with pinched detailing and deep sockets to the eyes (to accept inlays); conical cap with flattened apex; the shoulders modelled with shallow sockets to accept separate arms; mounting lug beneath left foot; mounted on a custom-made stand. 108 grams total, 12.7 cm 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.
Cf. similar figure in the British Museum under accession no.1980,1214.12012.
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. similar figure in the British Museum under accession no.1980,1214.12012.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Modelled with hatched edges to the pricked ears, large almond-shaped eyes, pointillé nostrils; mounted on a custom-made stand. 154 grams total, 10 cm 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.
.jpg "Jemdet Nasr Haematite Cylinder Seal")
With drilled and incised geometric design. 5.7 grams, 32 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.12.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Collon, D., Near Eastern Seals, London, 1990, item 25, for type.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.12.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Collon, D., Near Eastern Seals, London, 1990, item 25, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Comprising a barrel-shaped collar with raised corrugated rim to each end; flat-section curved neck with beast-head finial, incised circular eyes, long curved horns. 115 grams total, 84 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.
Cf. similar item forming the finial to a whetstone in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.32.161.13.
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. similar item forming the finial to a whetstone in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.32.161.13.
Hemispherical in profile with flat rim. 96 grams total, 10.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
.jpg "Trans-Jordan Polished Terracotta Bowl")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Hemispherical in profile with small foot, dimple to the underside; rim chipped. 145 grams, 65 mm high
From a family collection pre 1988.
From a family collection pre 1988.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
With wide piriform body and low foot, decorative band with four low lugs below the rim. 1.42 kg, 25 cm wide
From a London, UK, collection.
Ex 'Hand of the Potter' Exhibition, Piccadilly 1990s.
From a London, UK, collection.
Ex 'Hand of the Potter' Exhibition, Piccadilly 1990s.
Comprising vessels and bowls of various shapes; some with painted detailing. 1.9 kg total, 5.5-16.5 cm
From a London, UK, collection, 1980-1990.
From a London, UK, collection, 1980-1990.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Comprising a quantity of mixed beads in lapis lazuli, shell, carnelian, agate, glass, ceramic and others. 87 grams total, 3-19 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Cf. Francis, P., Jr., ‘Glass Beads in Asia. Part I. Introduction’ in Asian Perspectives Vol. 28, no. 1, 1990, University of Hawaii Press, pp.1-21, pl.I, for similar.
There are mainly two types of beads, drawn beads (when the tubes are cut in a short segments, which are usually agitated over heat to smooth off the sharp edges) or wound beads (made by wrapping molten glass around a rock, stick or wire). Once the bead is formed, it can be further pressed or paddled into shape, placed in a mould, or decorated with other colours of glass.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Cf. Francis, P., Jr., ‘Glass Beads in Asia. Part I. Introduction’ in Asian Perspectives Vol. 28, no. 1, 1990, University of Hawaii Press, pp.1-21, pl.I, for similar.
There are mainly two types of beads, drawn beads (when the tubes are cut in a short segments, which are usually agitated over heat to smooth off the sharp edges) or wound beads (made by wrapping molten glass around a rock, stick or wire). Once the bead is formed, it can be further pressed or paddled into shape, placed in a mould, or decorated with other colours of glass.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Plano-convex seal with conjoined animal heads; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note dated April 1999, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Goethite 16x19x15.4 mm. This is a decorated ellipsoid with nearly round flat face, the back with large suspension hole and decorated with three pairs of two raised circles. The design consists of the protomes of four creatures joining the middle: bull, ram (or ibex), stag and eagle. Around them are three fillers: two stars and a crescent. This is a Sassanian seal. c.200-500 A.D. It is in very good condition and has a very rare design. No doubt there is some symbolism in these four creatures, but the present writer does not know what it is.' 8.46 grams, 19 mm
UK private collection, 1980-1983.
Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note dated April 1999, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
UK private collection, 1980-1983.
Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note dated April 1999, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
Columnar in form with hatched shank, scooped ribs to the shoulder and foot, pierced knop above, trumpet-shaped base with array of pellets to the underside. 22 grams, 75 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.
.jpg "Late Achaemenid Bronze Phiale Mesomphalos")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £273
A broad carinated bowl with radiating repoussé panels, central slightly domed roundel, carination below the rim. 233 grams, 17.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Curtiss, J. & Tallis, N., Forgotten Empire. The World of Ancient Persia, London, 2005, item 277.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Curtiss, J. & Tallis, N., Forgotten Empire. The World of Ancient Persia, London, 2005, item 277.
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