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Lot No. 1848
3
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Including a mandolin pendant with millefiori inlay; jettons, enamelled badge of two girls in Dutch costume, and other items. 23.2 grams total, 13-36 mm

Property of a Worcestershire, UK, collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Moulded in the round figure with drawn sword held at his left shoulder, brimmed helmet, copious beard, right hand holding his road belt. 2.29 kg, 32 cm

From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

A narrow openwork box with sliding mechanism, the inside lined with red velvet. 353 grams, 20.8 cm

From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Lot No. 1851
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Bamboo stems and leaves with red-necked Amazon Amazona arausiaca printed on linen with 'Sb' monogram to lower middle; mounted in a glazed wooden frame. 1.12 kg, 44 x 31.5 cm

Property of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

The red-necked amazon Amazona arausiaca is only found in the Caribbean island of Dominica.
Lot No. 1852
9
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
With doubled ropework hoop and granule to each shoulder supporting an ellipsoid plaque with ropework rim, inset carnelian intaglio with incuse scorpion and Sassanian script legend beneath. 4.07 grams, 23.10 mm overall, 18.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)

Acquired Suffolk, UK, before 2000.
Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, private collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Lot No. 1853
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Composed of green glass seed beads interspersed with nine biconical red-and-white glass beads; restrung with metal closure. 15 grams, 49 cm

From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Lot No. 1854
1
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising a wide body with a leaf to each corner, grapevine to both larger faces; narrow, facetted neck; probably glass. 1.27 kg, 17.8 cm

From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Displaying the western hemisphere from Greenland in the north-east to New Zealand in the south-west; based on an earlier French map by De L'Isle; showing extensive detail in general but only sparse information north of California as is common for maps of this era; showing some 17th century discoveries in the Pacific Ocean (including an early depiction of New Zealand), tracks of voyages by explorers etc. 61.5 grams, 53.2 x 65.5 cm

Acquired on the UK art market.
Scottish private collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Lot No. 1856
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
Comprising: a pale green stone figurine of a dragon-headed turtle supporting a column with a dragon wrapped around it; a blue stone cuboid seal with a dragon finial, characters underneath; a resin tripod vessel with a sinuous lioness to each side of the rim. 550 grams total, 8.4-11.8 cm

From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Comprising a bulbous body with flared foot, curving neck with a griffin finial, lidded opening behind the beast's ears; strap handle with a standing feline at the top. 967 grams, 26.8 cm

From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Lot No. 1858
6
Sold for (Inc. bp): £533
Carved in the round as a seated cat on a tongue-shaped base, loop above the shoulder blades. 23 grams, 51 mm

Ex London, UK, art market, 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Group of cornerless cube and other graduated beads. 68 grams, 49.5 cm

Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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