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LOT 1537
Mixed Gemstone Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D. AND EARLIER
1/8 - 5/8 in. (7.86 grams total, 4-16 mm).
The group comprising: two facetted olivine gems with a handwritten label 'Olivine, Egypt'; cushion-cut peridot with a handwritten label 'Peridot, Egypt'; a round-cut spessartite garnet with a handwritten label 'Spessartite garnet, Burma, £1-10/-'; an oval lapis lazuli intaglio; an oval light green turquoise intaglio; a rectangle-cut smoky quartz; a round-cut red glass gem; two black onyx(?) intaglios, one round and one rectangular. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection formed 1970s-1990s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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Large Roman Style Mosaic Panel
20th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Rectangular panel with Greek-key meander border, russet field with two cockerels flanking an urn on a pedestal; embedded in matrix with ferrous frame. 17.6 kg, 108.5 cm wide
Ex Paris collection. French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s. -
Greek Style Silver Ram-Headed Rhyton
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
Substantial rhyton comprising a turned rim with lotus-flower ornament, two repoussé figures modelled in the half-round of Mithras grappling with the bull, one with billowing cloak and the other with a leaping lion behind the cloak; bull-head finial with lateral cells to accept horns and keyed eye-sockets to accept inserts; pouring hole at the chin; mounted on a custom-made stand. 561 grams, 16.5 cm wide (882 grams, 20 cm high including stand)
From a UK private collection, before 1980. -
Coptic Wooden Bread Stamp
Circa 18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Discoid piano-convex stamp with chip-carved cruciform design to the main face including 'ICXC' Christograms; similar to the handle. 84 grams, 12 cm wide
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection.
