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Biconical jar with narrow foot and a wide neck with an everted rim, two strap handles on the sides, the body with painted linear decoration and a band of lozenges on the equator. 180 grams, 11 cm wide



Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.

Composed of large melon beads with a bead-and-loop closure, restrung. 188 grams, 70 cm



Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Comprising: scene with stylised basket and small profile figure within; profile lady with diadem and long hair, vivid white, pink and blue pigment; profile female holding a tray of fruit beside a table with lotiform bowls and other items. 495 grams total, 15.7-17.4 cm



Acquired at auction in Geneva or Basel circa 1989. From the private collection of a Swiss gentleman collector, thence by decent 2018.

The hoop with raised pellet decoration, an openwork bezel set with a vibrant red glass cabochon. 12.47 grams, 33.30 mm overall, 18.34 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)



Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Composed of tubular beads and a lozenge-shaped pendant, restrung. 7.63 grams, 32 cm



Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.

U-shaped body with a triangular rotating stopper handle branded 'Concorde', in its original box. 93.6 grams, 59 mm



Private collection, London, UK.

Penannular bracelet with trumpet-shaped flaring terminals. 71 grams, 59 mm



From the shipwrecked English Schooner 'Duoro', sunk off the Isles of Scilly in 1843. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. Accompanied by the original box and certificate from The Isles of Scilly Underwater Centre.

The ship wrecked in 1843 on a voyage from Liverpool to Oporto. Manillas were used as currency in the transatlantic trade in enslaved African people, where enslaved people were traded for between 10 and 60 manillas. Manillas are also known as okpogho, ejemma, igbiki and kpugi. They were sometimes worn in African communities as body decoration, such as along the coast between modern-day Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire. Europeans later produced manillas to trade for enslaved African people, and they became a form of currency. This currency was used in parts of West Africa until it was demonetised in 1948.

Typical mummiform figure with a finely striated lappet wig, a ba-bird with outspread wings across the chest, a frontal panel of hieroglyphic inscription bordered by a decorative fringed edge, and a rear dorsal pillar with hieroglyphic inscription. 72.5 grams, 11 cm



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Composed of small tubular, polygonal and large coin-shaped beads with an axe-shaped pendant, restrung. 61.6 grams, 38 cm



Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.

The hoop decorated with pellets, a tall hemi-spherical bezel set with a lapis lazuli intaglio bearing a scorpion motif. 10.19 grams, 31.37 mm overall, 17.73 x 15.43 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)



Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Comprising three narrow bands and a ring with a large oval bezel with remnants of gilding. 18.3 grams total, 18-28 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Cup-shaped type with flat rim and discoid foot; four radiating vertical arms to the outer face, one with pouring lip to the top. 2.75 kg, 19 cm wide



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.