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LOT 1936
Chinese Archaic Style Bronze Vessel
20TH CENTURY A.D.
13 1/4 in. (3.2 kg, 34 cm high).
Square in section and piriform in profile with taotie masks supporting drop handles, domed lid with four dragon appliqués.
ProvenanceEx West Country, UK, collection, 1990s, and Desmond Morris.
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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LOT 1936
Chinese Archaic Style Bronze Vessel
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Stone and Other Figure Collection
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Comprising: a standing Buddha; a Roman style bust; Chinese style figure of a standing bearded man; a Western Asiatic style torso of a man with a snake wrapped around his body; a ceramic figure of an ascetic wearing a seashell-shaped headdress; a Western Asiatic style pendant male figure with his armed raised in adoration. 289 grams total, 37-87 mm
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. -
Queen Mary Ship Memorabilia Group
30 November 1967 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Including: commemorative certificates for rounding Cape Horn as a crew member of R.M.S. Queen Mary and crossing the Equator, with Gala Dinner menu, contemporary photographs and folder; Trooping the Colour memento, 1978. 135 grams total, 16.5 x 12 - 29.6 x 21 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Brass Decorative Safe Plate
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A rectangular plaque with the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom above, reading 'Tann's Defiance, Lock & Safe Works, London Fields, London'. 235 grams, 11.2 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Berkshire, UK, gentleman collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
