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LOT 1939
Western Asiatic Style Blue Glazed Gaming Piece Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 3 3/8 in. (318 grams total, 36-87 mm).
Comprising: a knight modelled after the Lewis Chessmen; a hollow-form counter shaped as a horse head; two conical and one domed with a raised 'tongue' above. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Map of La ville d'Eger (Eger in Hungary) by Sebastian Munster
1575 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Woodcut panoramic view of the city with river in the foreground, woodland to the rear and heraldic shield with eagle and fret device; title above 'La ville d'Eger, iadiz subiette a l'empire Romain, & auiordhuy au royaume de Boheme'; title page to reverse. 7.3 grams, 37.5 x 26.7 cm
Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
From a French edition of Munster's Cormographia. -
Intaglio Gemstone Collection
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising: an oval agate intaglio with advancing beast; a red carnelian intaglio with an ibex facing back; an agate intaglio with spread eagle; a domed intaglio with horse advancing right; two dark agate intaglios with profile busts; a white agate intaglio with a bearded head in profile; a translucent intaglio with profile bust. 11.4 grams total, 10-25 mm
From a West London, UK, collection, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Post Medieval Bronze Artefact Group
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: three decorative buttons; fob seal matrix with plain intaglio; a spherical white metal button; a red glass intaglio with profile bust set in a fragmentary swivel mount; a clear glass pendant with three oak leaves; a glass intaglio of a seated Lady Justice set in a bronze frame. 38.3 grams total, 16-26 mm
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector. From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000. Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
