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LOT 1408
Bead and Stamp Seal Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D. AND EARLIER
1/8 - 1 3/8 in. (43.4 grams total, 5-34 mm).
A mixed group of mainly stone beads and a seal, including lapis lazuli zoomorphic beads; a stamp seal with couchant lion carved in the round and incuse animal design to base in ancient style; a banded agate bead; biconical bead and others. [11, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEssex gallery, early 2000s.
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Marble Statue of Kneeling Venus
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £14,950
A marble copy of the kneeling Venus (original in the Vatican Museums), crouching on an octagonal base; the arms raised in expressive pose, head tilted, hair drawn up in a chignon; lettering to base 'KNEELING VENUS' and 'ROME'. 135 kg, 88.5 cm high
French collection, 1960s-early 2000s. From an important Paris gallery, France. with Auktionshaus Kaupp GmbH, Salzburg, Germany, 25 September 2016. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11688-199351.
The statue is modelled on an ancient original, commonly thought to represent Aphrodite. The original statue of the Crouching Venus was excavated in Salona (modern Solin near Split, Croatia). It was purchased for the Vatican Museums from where it was confiscated by the French under Napoleon, and subsequently returned to the Vatican in 1816. -
Bronze Bird Catcher Figure
18th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
A bronze bird catcher figure clad in garments evoking the Middle Ages, modelled in the round stalking his prey with a cage in one hand and a cudgel or baton held in the other, ready to strike, a number of birds suspended from his belt, together with other pouches; mounted on a veined granite base. 6.15 kg total, 27 cm high including stand
English private collection. -
Post Medieval Ring with Bow and Arrow
1226 h. (1811 A.D.)Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A copper-alloy ring composed of a broad hoop with slightly convex outer face, large oval-shaped bezel engraved with an archer's bow with nocked arrow, separating the numbers '12 / 26' and aimed towards the letters 'KΛTΛ'. 8.88 grams, 24.70 mm overall, 21.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman.
