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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Rectangular, cloth-covered boards, silk cord to inner spine, front cover with gazed panel, royal insignia and date. 330 grams, 31.5 x 14.6 cm
Property of a London gentleman.
Property of a London gentleman.
Composed of alternating tabular quatrefoil and collared cylindrical beads, interspersed with small glass beads; restrung. 27 grams, 41.5 cm
Ex London art market.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Ex London art market.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Comprising a piriform bottle with fluting and applied trail to the shoulder; group of four miniature flasks with dimple base and flared rim. 212 grams total, 4-18.3 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
.jpg "Large Sassanian Style Silver-Gilt Decorated Kashkool Vessel")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,460
Lentoin in plan with facetted surface, alternating plain and gilt sections; underside with frieze of reserved birds, segmented foot. 1.38 kg, 34 cm
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12444-226862.
See Welch, A. Shah ʹAbbas & the Arts of Isfahan, New York, 1973, p.134.
The kashkool is a beggar's bowl used by itinerant dervishes in Iran and elsewhere.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12444-226862.
See Welch, A. Shah ʹAbbas & the Arts of Isfahan, New York, 1973, p.134.
The kashkool is a beggar's bowl used by itinerant dervishes in Iran and elsewhere.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £12,350
Comprising a D-section hoop with coffin-shaped shoulder plaques, each plaque with a full skeleton on black-enamelled background; flower-shaped bezel with a central white-enamelled skull in three-quarter view with black detailing, inscription '+ DIE x TO x LIVE' surrounding. 7.57 grams, 22.30 mm overall, 19.16 x 17.53 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
Ex private collection, UK.
with Notaras Coins and Antiquities, before 2014.
European private collection, acquired from the above.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12144-218185.
See Dalton, O. M., Franks Bequest: Catalogue of the Finger Rings, British Museum, London, 1912, no.1450; see also Oman, C.C., British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974, item 85(B), for type.
Ex private collection, UK.
with Notaras Coins and Antiquities, before 2014.
European private collection, acquired from the above.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12144-218185.
See Dalton, O. M., Franks Bequest: Catalogue of the Finger Rings, British Museum, London, 1912, no.1450; see also Oman, C.C., British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974, item 85(B), for type.
Composed mainly of tabular, annular and cylindrical beads with metal spacers, the central feature a scaraboid pendant. 33 grams, 38 cm
Ex London art market.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Ex London art market.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Comprising a central lozenge of four pierced squares and radiating ribbons looped around into a loose knot with pierced lugs for attachment. 9.29 grams, 32 mm
Ex property of a North Yorkshire, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
Ex property of a North Yorkshire, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
Each with a fleur-de-lys to each angle, one with figure raising a woodcutter's axe, the other with a peddlar. 685 grams total, 12.7 cm
European art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London.
European art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London.
Hexagonal-section piked shank with plano-convex flange, scooped sides ad columnar finial; with polychrome painted and gilt detailing. 4.35 grams, 25.7 cm
Private collection, London, UK.
Private collection, London, UK.
Cruciform pendant with inset wooden panels, scroll above, applied Corpus Christi. 23.4 grams, 87 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Discoid with raised stud to reverse, pierced with a loop; reverse legend 'DDR / 012728 / NVA'; used as a security seal. 4.29 grams, 25 mm
Ex German collection.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Ex German collection.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Modelled in the round in crouching pose with hands resting on the handstone of a saddle quern; repaired. 2.52 kg, 22.5 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.
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