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LOT 2561
Western Asiatic Style Rock Crystal Gaming Piece Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 1 5/8 in. (290 grams total, 33-43 mm).
Comprising four large domed gaming pieces with carved linear decoration, three with a flower motif at the top of the dome and one with two opposing pelta motifs. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, London, UK.
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LOT 2561
Western Asiatic Style Rock Crystal Gaming Piece Group
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Neo-Classical Bronze Artefact Group
Circa late 18th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including square-section tubular beads, disc with a scrolled monogram to obverse, bust to reverse and other items. 16.22 grams total, 10-23 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Post Medieval Gold Mourning Ring with Skull
England, dated 1725 A.D.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
With a chased hoop engraved externally: 'L: ROGERS.OB:19.AUG:1725.AET:22', fluted octagonal bezel set with an onyx intaglio engraved with an intertwined LR monogram and a skull and crossbones, triangular shoulders with small silver settings. 2.30 grams, 21.23 mm overall, 18.06 x 15.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13499-263472.
The memento mori jewellery of the 16th-18th centuries served as wearable ‘reminders of mortality’. Typical motifs within this genre included skulls, skeletons, crossbones, hourglasses, coffins, the gravedigger’s pick and shovel, and various other emblems of death and decay. -
Egyptian Style Hieroglyphic Shabti
19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Typical mummiform figure with a finely striated lappet wig, a ba-bird with outspread wings across the chest, a frontal panel of hieroglyphic inscription bordered by a decorative fringed edge, and a rear dorsal pillar with hieroglyphic inscription. 72.5 grams, 11 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
