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LOT 2011
Mixed Artefact Group
NEOLITHIC AND LATER, 6,000 B.P.-20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 4 3/8 in. (272 grams total, 1.1-11 cm).
Comprising: a stone arrowhead; a stone blade section; five glass beads with 'eye' motifs; a pendant formed as a spoked wheel; a bone cross mount; two cut halves of a fossil ammonite. [9, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector.
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LOT 2011
Mixed Artefact Group
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Amlash Style Terracotta Bull Rhyton
20th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Formed as a standing bull with exaggerated neckhump, four stub legs and long curving horns, U-shaped muzzle forming the spout. 1.37 kg, 36.5 cm wide
Private collection of Dr Alvin M. Soffe (c.1922–1995) and Elizabeth Ann Soffe, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, acquired circa 1960s–1970s; thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00256670. -
Elizabethan Period Enamelled Gold Ship Pendant
16th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Crescentic bifacial pendant with winged putti on each side with traces of original polychrome enamel on the wings, five loops on the underside and a decorated suspension loop above. 2.78 grams, 27 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection, 1990s. -
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Roman Glass Mars Gradivus Gemstone in Gold Ring
2nd century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Vibrant red intaglio featuring the god of war striding left, carrying a spear with one hand and the other holding a trophy resting upon his shoulder; the reverse of the intaglio engraved with the word ‘ADYNAIE’, probably the name of the original owner; set in a modern gold ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.75 grams, 22.89 mm overall, 18.13 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)
Acquired on the European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13336-257953.
The moniker 'Mars Gradivus' is often translated as 'Marching Mars' from the Latin 'gradus' meaning step or march.
