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LOT 1971
Detailed Stone Phallus
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
6 3/4 in. (1 kg total, 17 cm wide including stand).
Lentoid in section with incised scrolled tendril ornament; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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Inscribed Gemstone
Mid 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Discoid in plan with notched border, inscription in five panels around a square motif with radiating arms. 4.5 grams, 25 mm
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
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Large Sassanian Style Silver-Gilt Decorated Kashkool Vessel
19th century A.D.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.
The kashkool is a beggar's bowl used by itinerant dervishes in Iran and elsewhere. -
Post Medieval Framed Monarchs Cigarette Cards and 129 Others in Three Folders
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Complete set of Players cigarettes cards issued in 1935 'Kings and Queens of England', William I to George V and Mary, in a glazed wooden frame; set of Cavanders 'Camera Studies' hand-tinted photographic cards with poetic citation to the reverse in a clear vinyl display; set of Players 'Miniatures' issued in 1923, studies of famous female portraits, notes to the reverse in a clear vinyl display; set of 'Treasure Trove' Churchman cigarette cards issued in 1937 with notes to the reverse in a clear vinyl display. 2.38 kg total, 25 x 18 - 59.5 x 49 cm
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
