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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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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): £169
Pontil base of a pale blue-aqua glass vessel; painted frieze of opposed perching birds, interposed floral motifs. 51.1 grams, 87 mm
From the collection of Mr N.A., Brussels, 1970s.
From the collection of Mr N.A., Brussels, 1970s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Restrung group of mainly annular beads with a teardrop dangle centrepiece. 8.52 grams, 39.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With barrel-shaped upper and tapering body, modelled with coil detailing around the upper body, tiered rings above and finial of an ibex's head with horns returned to form a collar; mounted on a custom-made stand. 347 grams total, 25.5 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, less elaborate item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.22.1.977.
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, less elaborate item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.22.1.977.
Comprising: six specimens with a tapering round-section shank, balustered finial topped with a conical head, fastening holes; four specimens with tapering round section, poppy-shaped head and flared collar beneath. 714 grams total, 14.1-41.7 cm
From a collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Cf. Muscarella, O. W., Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, items 35-39, 208, 290-291, for the types.
According to the study of Moorey, the knobbed pins from Iran are documented from the earliest periods of metallurgy, increasing in quantity during the late 2nd millennium, to reach the peak of the production from the early 1st millennium. Pins were used as hair and clothing fasteners, but it is not excluded that they could have been used by women as personal means of defence in dangerous situations.
From a collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Cf. Muscarella, O. W., Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, items 35-39, 208, 290-291, for the types.
According to the study of Moorey, the knobbed pins from Iran are documented from the earliest periods of metallurgy, increasing in quantity during the late 2nd millennium, to reach the peak of the production from the early 1st millennium. Pins were used as hair and clothing fasteners, but it is not excluded that they could have been used by women as personal means of defence in dangerous situations.
.jpg "Mitanni Glazed Composition Cylinder Seal with Quadrupeds")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With frieze of antelopes and a tree. 1.78 grams, 22 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.021.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 617, for type.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.021.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 617, for type.
.jpg "Sassanian Stone Stamp Seal with Ram")
The polished plano-convex body drilled for suspension, the ram depicted couchant facing left to base. 3.19 grams, 17 mm
Collected since the 1970s.
Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017.
Collected since the 1970s.
Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Including Indus Valley type figure, various heads and other body parts. 623 grams total, 21-94 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.
Loose paper leaf with handwritten text in Naskh script, thirteen lines of text to each side, red and blue inked rings as punctuation, decorative inset panel with red-ink text, marginal arabesque painted motif; one long edge reinforced, edges chipped. 6 grams, 34 cm
From the private collection of M.Cummings, Lincolnshire, UK, 1990s.
From the private collection of M.Cummings, Lincolnshire, UK, 1990s.
.jpg "Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet")
Pillow-shaped with cuneiform text to both broad faces and one long edge. 87 grams, 71 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.
.jpg "Mesopotamian Gold Butterfly Bead")
Flat bead formed from two sheets of gold, discoid with a trapezoidal spur to each end. 3.01 grams, 35 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
With ovate body and tapering neck and socketed mouth, strap handle to rear, spout with mouflon detailing; mounted on a stand. 215 grams total, 12.5 cm 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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Biconvex in profile with rounded underside and broad mouth; repoussé rosettes to the shoulder, and larger rosette to the base; slightly everted rim. 183 grams, 11.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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