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LOT 2072
Stone Artefact Group
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
1 1/2 - 6 1/2 in. (4.6 kg total, 4-16.5 cm).
Comprising mainly handstones and hammerstones, some mounted on a ceramic stand. [13, 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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Post Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant Collection
17th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Cruciform and other pendants with low-relief text to one or both faces. 550 grams total, 21-54 mm
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s. From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M. -
South East Asian Tibetan Style Bronze Zoomorphic Ewer
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
With flared foot and barrel-shaped body, stepped neck and domed lid with knop handle; repoussé tendril and floral motifs to lid and body, the handle and spout formed as animals. 2.46 kg, 25.6 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Italian gentleman living in Essex. -
Silver Bowl Fragment in Neo Classical Style with Indo-Greek Portraits
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Portion of the rim and body from a silver bowl; with scalloped rim, high-relief detailing of bunches of grapes, leaves and tendrils; inner band of profile portrait busts in beaded circular frames. 133 grams, 17.5 cm
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.