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LOT 1534
Tudor Period 'Thames' Mixed Artefact Group
CIRCA 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 3 3/8 in. (62 grams total, 17-88 mm).
Including a square-section greywacke hone, antler tine capped with silver, bone core from which disc have been cut and other items. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa mid 1980s.
Property of an Essex collector.
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Roman Style Silver Mouse Figure Nibbling a Nut
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £104
Modelled in the round. squatting with a nut in its forepaws, detailed fur texture, tail raised and coiled. 23.6 grams, 31 mm
Ex property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, private collector. -
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. -
Large Egyptian Style Stone Figure
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
A substantial decorative figurine of a seated male wearing a nemes headcloth and shendyt knee-length kilt; the figure sitting cross-legged with hand resting on a rectangular panel, possibly a papyrus sheet; low rectangular base; after the antique. 62.5 kg, 63 cm
From a French collection, Paris. Ex Parisian gallery, France; latterly with a London, UK, gallery.
