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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
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.jpg "Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Tapering tubular pot with trumpet-shaped mouth, raised collars to neck and base, undulating snake motifs; applicator with handle formed as three radiating lobes. 46 grams, 11.1 cm
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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Pillow-shaped with cuneiform text to both broad faces and one long edge; part of one face absent. 58 grams, 58 mm
From specialised collection of cuneiform texts, formed in the 1950s-1990s.
The property of a London gentleman and housed in London, thence by descent to family members.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s.
The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
Cf. cuneiform text from Babylon now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.86.11.282.
From specialised collection of cuneiform texts, formed in the 1950s-1990s.
The property of a London gentleman and housed in London, thence by descent to family members.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s.
The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
Cf. cuneiform text from Babylon now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.86.11.282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Restrung group of tubular beads with irregular dangle centrepiece. 11.2 grams, 43 cm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Comprising one discoid with inscription, the other rectangular with 'VH' (or HΛ) to one side and the other with 'ΦΦ'. 3.5 grams total, 12 mm each
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Wire dangle with beaded collars and biconvex and other glass beads. 0.96 grams, 21 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
Loose paper pages with handwritten text in Naskh script, thirteen lines of text to each side, red and blue inked rings as punctuation, decorative side-panel with perpendicular text; torn at the central fold, edges chipped. 11 grams, 34.5 x 43 cm
From the private collection of M.
Cummings, Lincolnshire, UK, 1990s.
From the private collection of M.
Cummings, Lincolnshire, UK, 1990s.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Comprising small vessels including a miniature plate. 104 grams total, 30-40 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Including ribbed, annular, fusiform and other types, some with granulation. 7.63 grams total, 3-11 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s-2000s.
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s-2000s.
Formed as two bronze rods twisted about their own axis and looped at the ends, knotted forming the centrepiece. 334 grams, 10 cm
Private UK collection.
Acquired in the 1980s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.
Private UK collection.
Acquired in the 1980s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.
D-section hoop with finials formed as opposed serpent-heads. 54 grams, 74 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.
Trefoil head of a dress pin with large dished roundel at the top and two smaller ones to the sides. 27 grams, 13.3 cm
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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Modelled in the round figure with flared foot, stylised anthropomorphic or theriomorphic figure with amphora and mounting peg to reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. 163 grams total, 92 mm high 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.
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