May 2022 Auction - TimeLine Auctions by Daniel Riddick

The Return of Young Bacchus

When I started working full time for TimeLine back in 2020, I decided that one of my main goals was to support my team to continue to improve the process of identifying possibly stolen or looted items in the art market. Our hard work was rewarded at the beginning of this year, when we played an instrumental part in the return of the statue of a young Bacchus, stolen from Musée du Pays Châtillonnais in December 1973. Witnessing the joy of Catherine Monnet, director of the museum, when she received the 1st century Gallo-Roman masterpiece back, was everything that I had hoped to achieve. The Bacchus statue was stolen along with five thousand Roman coins by art thieves and was believed to have been lost forever. The statue is uncommon and once ornamented a beautiful villa at Vertillum (modern Vertault in the Côte-d'Or). Vertillum was a centre of production for working copper-based alloys, but it is most probable that the statue was produced in Anatolia or Roman Egypt. Excavations of the site began in 1846 and uncovered an array of material, including the magnificent statuette of Bacchus, which was discovered in 1894. Bacchus is depicted nude except for the panther skin wrapped around his torso. His left hand is elegantly raised to hold a staff and the right hand would have originally held a bunch of fruit (as shown in the text of Reinach, p.125, who published it in a drawing in his monumental work Repertoire de la statuaire Grecque et Romaine, vol. II, 1908).The statue was among the fifty artworks selected to represent the best of French artist heritage for a Paris exhibition in 1937. The statue is rare, since not many of this typology have been found worldwide, and is undoubtedly one of the most important Roman statues found in France. The recovery was made possible by the hard work of the brilliant detective Arthur Brand, who specialises in thefts of artworks. He was initially contacted by a private collector, who had been offered the piece, to get advice on the artefact. Mr Brand was able to trace back the provenance and discovered photos from 1927 of the statue in an archaeological depot in France. All the parties involved were willing to collaborate with the restitution of the statue and TimeLine Auctions was contacted to help to fund the considerable amount required by French law to pay the individual returning the object. We were delighted to be able to assist and the statue finally arrived back home to the Musée du Pays Châtillonnais on the 1st February 2022.

Dr. Raffaele D'Amato

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24 May 2022 25-29 May 2022 (Harwich)

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The May Fair Hotel, London Antiquities - Tuesday 24 May 2022 (Day 1) 10:00 - Egyptian Antiquities (Lots 1 - 42 - Greek Antiquities (Lots 43 - 88) - Roman Antiquities (Lots 89 - 146) - Byzantine Antiquities (Lots 147 - 161) - Western Asiatic Antiquities (Lots 162 - 265) - Chinese & Far Eastern Antiquities (Lots 266 - 306) - India & Region Antiquities (Lots 307 - 318) - Arms & Armour (Lots 319 - 357) - Bronze Age & Iron Age Antiquities (Lots 358 - 381) - Saxon, Viking & Germanic Antiquities (Lots 382 - 420) - Medieval Antiquities (Lots 421 - 464) - Post Medieval Antiquities (Lots 465 - 506) - American Antiquities & Natural History (Lots 507 - 520)

The Court House, Harwich Antiquities - Wednesday 25 May 2022 (Day 2) 10.00 - Egyptian Antiquities (Lots 521 - 611) - Greek Antiquities (Lots 612 - 661) - Roman Antiquities (Lots 662 - 821) 13:30 - 14:00 Lunch - Roman Antiquities (Lots 822 - 880) - Byzantine Antiquities (Lots 881 - 911) - Western Asiatic Antiquities (Lots 912 - 1120) Antiquities - Thursday 26 May 2022 (Day 3) 10.00 - Western Asiatic Antiquities (Lots 1121 - 1171) - Chinese & Far Eastern Antiquities (Lots 1172 - 1241) - India & Region Antiquities (Lots 1242 - 1317) - Arms & Armour (Lots 1318 - 1418) 13:30 - 14:00 Lunch - Stone Age, Bronze Age & Iron Age Antiquities (Lots 1419 - 1514) - Saxon, Viking & Germanic Antiquities (Lots 1515 - 1599) - Medieval Antiquities (Lots 1600 - 1734) Antiquities & Natural History - Friday 27 May 2022 (Day 4) 10.00 - Post Medieval, Ethnographic Antiquities & Books (Lots 1735 - 1925) - Natural History (Lots 6000 - 6135) 13:30 - 14:00 Lunch - Natural History (Lots 6136 - 6458) Natural History & Coins - Saturday 28 May 2022 (Day 5) 10.00 - Natural History (Lots 6459 - 6577) - Coins, Tokens, Medals & Books (Lots 8000 - 8209) 13:30 - 14:00 Lunch - Coins, Tokens, Medals, Accessories & Books (Lots 8210 - 8530) Coins - Sunday 29 May 2022 (Day 6) 10.00 - Coins, Tokens, Medals & Books (Lots 8531 - 8850) 13:30 - 14:00 Lunch - Coins, Tokens, Medals, Accessories & Books (Lots 8851 - 9175)

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24 May 2022

Ancient Art & Antiquities

Egyptian Lots 1 - 42 Also see lots 521 - 611

LARGE EGYPTIAN SHABTI FOR PA-DI-OSIRIS LATE PERIOD, 26TH-30TH DYNASTY, 664-343 B.C.

A large blue-green composition mummiform shabti inscribed for a priest named Pa-di-Osiris, whose mother’s name is Sed-irt-binut; the shabti wearing a striated tripartite wig and long plaited divine beard; holding a pick in the left hand, the right hand holding a hoe and the cord of a seed bag hanging over his left shoulder; the face expertly modelled with carefully rendered cosmetic lines around the eyes, narrow eyebrows, and slightly smiling lips giving it a serene expression characteristic of the finest ushabtis of the period; standing on an integral plinth from which a plain back pillar terminating at the base of the wig extends; twelve horizontal rows of hieroglyphic inscriptions begin just below the line of the elbows and end on the top of the feet, the text containing Schneider’s version VIIA of The Book of the Dead Chapter 6; accompanied by a custom-made display base. 7⅝ in. (8⅞ in.) (245 grams, 19.5 cm high (413 grams, 22.6 cm high including stand)). Very fine condition. £10,000 - 14,000

For charges payable in addition to the ﬁnal hammer price of each Lot see paragraphs 19 & 26 of buyer's T&C's

PROVENANCE:

FOOTNOTES:

Acquired on the Geneva art market, 1980. Swiss collection, early 1980s until 2000. UK private collection, 2000. Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11181-188124.

The epithet 'true of voice' following the mother’s name, but not that of the owner, is a rather infrequent arrangement in shabti/ushabti inscriptions but can be found on other fine examples from this period. Pa-di-Osiris’s title is unusual, but may belong to the cult of the god Shu whose name is sometimes followed by the epithet, 'he who supports heaven'.

LITERATURE:

Cf. National Museums Liverpool, accession number M13871, for a similar shabti with different dedication; cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 16.9.1, for a shabti of comparable form.

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LARGE EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHIC SHABTI FOR IPET-HES

EGYPTIAN ALABASTER SHABTI

LATE DYNASTIC PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.

NEW KINGDOM-LATE PERIOD, 1550-332 B.C.

A large blue-green composition ushabti figure, wearing the lappet tripartite wig, holding a narrow-bladed hoe and a pick, net slung over the left shoulder, hieroglyphs to lower body including a cartouche reading: ‘Illuminating the Osiris, Ipet-hes, born of Hat-hor-emneath, true of voice’; plain reverse. 5⅞ in. (111 grams, 14.9 cm). Fine condition. £1,500 - 2,000

An alabaster mummiform shabti modelled with crossed arms, stylised facial features, wearing a wig. 3⅜ in. (48.3 grams, 86 mm). Fine condition. £500 - 700

PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the European art market, 1930s. Private Cambridge, UK, collection, 1985. Private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, collector, 2020.

PROVENANCE:

Egyptian collection, 1960s. Private Dorset collection. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.

EGYPTIAN ALABASTER SHABTI NEW KINGDOM-LATE PERIOD, 1550-332 B.C.

EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA SHABTI NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1070 B.C. A terracotta mummiform shabti modelled with crossed arms and wig, stylised facial features. 8½ in. (260 grams, 21.5 cm high). Fine condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

An alabaster mummiform shabti modelled with crossed arms, stylised facial features, wearing a wig. 3¼ in. (48.2 grams, 84 mm). Fine condition. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Egyptian collection, 1960s. Private Dorset collection. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.

Earlier 20th century collection. Alex Szolin Ancient Art, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019.

For charges payable in addition to the ﬁnal hammer price of each Lot see paragraphs 19 & 26 of buyer's T&C's

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EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE DUMMY CANOPIC JAR

EGYPTIAN RED GRANITE HIPPOPOTAMUS

LATE DYNASTIC PERIOD, 404-323 B.C.

MIDDLE KINGDOM-NEW KINGDOM, 2133-1070 B.C.

A limestone dummy canopic jar with tapering cylindrical body, upper body carved as a male head wearing a lappet wig. 5¾ in. (774 grams, 14.5 cm high). Fine condition. £500 - 700

A carved red granite figure modelled in the round as a standing hippopotamus, with stub legs and naturalistic facial detailing. 3¼ in. (117 grams, 81 mm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £2,000 - 3,000

PROVENANCE:

Early 20th century collection. Alex Szolin Ancient Art, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019.

Acquired before 1875. 19th century Frossart collection, France.

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EGYPTIAN MAGIC STELE SECTION NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1070 B.C. The upper half of a curved carved limestone stele fragment with two dressed faces; the front surmounted by a winged sun disc flanked by sacred uraei serpents, two partial rows of incised hieroglyphs below; the rear face with the head of the god Bes in high-relief, to the right a partial inscribed scorpion in raised relief; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 4½ in. (450 grams total, 11.4 cm high including stand). Fine condition. £500 - 700

ROMANO-EGYPTIAN LAPIS LAZULI VASE ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 A.D. A conical lapis lazuli vessel with rounded rim and flared base. 5⅛ in. (445 grams, 13.2 cm high). Fine condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960-1980. Dr Harold Berry, North London, UK.

PROVENANCE:

Acquired before 1875. 19th century Frossart collection, France.

For charges payable in addition to the ﬁnal hammer price of each Lot see paragraphs 19 & 26 of buyer's T&C's

EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF OF A CHILD GOD WEARING THE DOUBLE CROWN ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-395 A.D. A painted limestone relief fragment carved in high-relief with the figure of a naked child god striding to right, wearing the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, the Sidelock of Youth and an apotropaic beaded necklace, holding a sistrum in his right hand and a menat necklace in his left; the upper vertical inscription partial, the remaining signs can be interpreted as ' t- r, the name of goddess Hathor and the word ' wn' for child; the lower inscription should read 'Shaking the sistrum for his mother, the Powerful. Her heart is satisfied by the prayer(?)', the inscription generally related to temple reliefs involving the child gods Ihy and Harsomtus; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 36¼ in. (38¼ in.) (40.8 kg total, 92 cm high (97 cm including stand)). Fine condition, repaired with small areas of restoration. £30,000 - 40,000 PROVENANCE:

Previously with Mr Wladimir Rosenbaum (1894-1984) of Galleria Casa Serodine, Ascona, Switzerland, definitely prior to 1973 (and by repute since the 1960s). In the private collection of Heidi Ganter (b.15.07.26), Zurich, Switzerland, acquired from the above prior to 12th November 1973. Sold at Schuler Auktion, Zurich, Switzerland, Auction A-40, Lot 1200. London art market, acquired from the above sale. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Rosenbaum to Ganter relating to this relief dated 12th November 1973. Accompanied by a scholarly reports by Egyptologists Dr Alberto Maria Pollastrini and Peter Clayton. Accompanied by scholarly note TL05417 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate number S00154348, dated 28 November 2019. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11171-187275. LITERATURE:

See Chassinat, É. and Daumas, F., Le Temple de Dendara, Tome VII, IFAO, Cairo, 1972; Corteggiani, J.-P., L'Égypte ancienne et ses dieux, Fayard, Paris, 2007; Leitz, C., Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen. Band I: -y, OLA 110, Peeters, Leuven, 2002; Leitz, C., Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen. Band V: - , OLA 114, Peeters, Leuven, 2002; Reynders, M., Sšš.t and s m: Names and Types of the Egyptian Sistrum, in Clarysse, W., Schoors, A., Willelms, H. (eds.), Egyptian Religion. The Last Thousand Years. Part II, OLA 85, Peeters, Leuven, 1998, pp.1013-1026; Wilson, P., A Ptolemaic Lexicon, OLA 78, Peeters, Leuven, 1997. FOOTNOTES:

The latter formula is generally related to temple reliefs involving the child gods Ihy ('The Musician', Wilson, 1997, p.103; Leitz, 2002a; Corteggiani, 2007, p.229230) and r-sm -t wy / Harsomtus ('Horus who ties together the Two Lands', Leitz, 2002b, p.287-289; Corteggiani, 2007, p.178-179). According to the theological structures, developed starting from the Third Intermediate Period, both the deities were born from Hathor and were often represented as children performing musical rituals in the presence of their mother (see e.g. Chassinat, D., 1972, pl. DCXVII). Furthermore, the child god depicted on the relief holds a specific type of musical instrument, the so-called naos-sistrum, which was closely connected to the cult of Hathor. The upper part of this sistrum consists of the head of Hathor en-face with the ears of a cow. The head is surmounted by a representation of the b n, the entrance gate between the two pylons of Egyptian temples. (Reynders, 1998, p.1024). The relief under consideration is part of a larger scene that probably decorated a religious building dating to the Graeco-Roman Period.

For charges payable in addition to the ﬁnal hammer price of each Lot see paragraphs 19 & 26 of buyer's T&C's

EGYPTIAN JASPER HEAD OF SEKHMET LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C. A carved red jasper lioness-headed Sekhmet; mounted on a later oval gold-coloured collar. ½ in. (2.49 grams, 13 mm). Fine condition, one ear absent £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN HEART AMULET NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1050 B.C. A carnelian heart amulet with integral lugs, collar and ribbed suspension loop. ¾ in. (1.65 grams, 19 mm). Very fine condition. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1930s. Ex Foxwell collection.

EGYPTIAN AMETHYST SCARAB NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1070 B.C. A carved amethyst scarab with incised detailing to the carapace, plain underside; pierced longitudinally. ¾ in. (4.36 grams, 19 mm). Very fine condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970s-2000s. Private London collection of a lady, deceased.

EGYPTIAN JASPER MANDRAKE FRUIT AMULET NECKLACE NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1070 B.C. 14

A restrung necklace composed of amuletic red jasper mandrake fruit beads, interspersed with tubular agate beads and later gold ribbed beads; modern hook-and-eye clasp. 18¾ in. (19.05 grams, 47.5 cm long). Fine condition. £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Ex Gorny & Mosch, Munich, c.2005. Property of a London gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.42, for mandrake fruit.

For charges payable in addition to the ﬁnal hammer price of each Lot see paragraphs 19 & 26 of buyer's T&C's

EGYPTIAN BASALT HEAD OF A WOMAN ROMAN PERIOD, 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. A fragment of a finely-carved basalt head of a young woman in threequarter view, with boldly rendered wavy hair covering her ears, large and heavily-lidded lunette-shaped eyes, sharply defined eyebrow line, slender nose and slightly parted full lips, rounded chin and full cheeks, her neck with at least one Venus line; the top of the head appears to have been deliberately flattened, perhaps to accommodate a separately carved element; the flattened back of the head suggests that it was an element from a frieze, possibly from a figurative scene on a sarcophagus or altar, a short metal pin to the back; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 2⅞ in. (3½ in.) (104 grams, 74 mm high (178 grams total, 90 mm high including stand)). Fine condition. £20,000 - 30,000

For charges payable in addition to the ﬁnal hammer price of each Lot see paragraphs 19 & 26 of buyer's T&C's

PROVENANCE:

Lord McAlpine collection(?), based on the familiar but mostly illegible [ ...85] accession label to verso. Acquired 1990s. Private collection J.K. (a specialist in modern art), London, UK. Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11174-188106. LITERATURE:

See Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, inv.no. 792, for similar treatment of eyes, brows, lips and chin. FOOTNOTES:

The flattened top of the head was possibly meant to accommodate a separately carved element. In this respect, one is reminded of statues of the goddess Tyche-Fortuna, whose wavy hair (usually shown covering the ears) is surmounted by a turreted crown symbolising security. It is conceivable that the basalt head represents this goddess and once accommodated a separately carved crown.

PHOENICIAN GOLD MASK 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. OR LATER A life-size pressed, beaten and embossed gold foil male mask with open eyes; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 6¾ in. (8¼ in.) (24.86 grams, 17 cm (296 grams total, 21 cm high including stand)). Fine condition. £3,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE:

With Merrin Gallery, New York, USA, from at least 1991. Private collection of Mr Lewis Cullman, acquired from the above 10th September 1991. With Colnaghi Gallery, London, UK. Acquired from the above 6th November 2020.

Accompanied by a copy of the invoice from Merrin Gallery ($97,425.00(3)). Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate number S00205518, dated 4 February 2021. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11164-187282. LITERATURE:

Cf. Moscati, S., I Fenici, Milan, 1988, p.354 and p.124; and Christie's, 24 April 1978, lot 63A, for a similar mask of the same size dated 2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D; Christie's, 12 April 2022, lot 68 ($107,100) and 69 ($65,250), for similar masks of the same size and dated 6th century B.C. FOOTNOTES:

It is a life mask rather than a death mask, indicated by the open eyes.

For charges payable in addition to the ﬁnal hammer price of each Lot see paragraphs 19 & 26 of buyer's T&C's

EGYPTIAN GOLD PENDANT COLLECTION NEW KINGDOM-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 1550-30 B.C. A group of framed and mounted gold artefacts: a sheet-gold Wedjat eye; a gold sheet penannular ring, possibly a wig ornament; a sheetgold bead formed as a granulated female bust; gold aegis of Sekhmet wearing a Broad Collar and sun disc; a black snake's head mounted in gold with red carnelian eyes, possibly later replacements. 6 x 4 in. (235 grams total, 15 x 10 cm). Fine condition. £5,000 - 7,000

For charges payable in addition to the ﬁnal hammer price of each Lot see paragraphs 19 & 26 of buyer's T&C's

PROVENANCE:

With Christie’s, London, 10 December 1986, lot 64 (Part). Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11186-188051.

PHOENICIAN GOLD RING WITH WINGED SPHINX GEMSTONE 18

6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. A gold finger ring comprising: a jasper scaraboid with profile intaglio of a crouching sphinx with tail raised; a penannular rectangularsection hoop with gold wire wound about the shoulders retaining the scaraboid. 1 in. (7.39 grams, 26.56 mm overall, 19.55 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8½, Europe 18¾, Japan 18)). Fine condition. £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Mayfair collection, 1970. Property of a London gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 32, for type.

EGYPTIAN FROG AMULET WITH GOLD LOOP NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1070 B.C. 19 A carved carnelian frog amulet with grooved back and incised toe detailing to the underside; pierced longitudinally and fitted with a gold loop for suspension. ¾ in. (1.34 grams, 16.52 mm). Very fine condition. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970s-2000s. Private London collection of a lady, deceased.

EGYPTIAN GOLD BASTET AMULET LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.

A gold-over-composition Bastet cat amulet, modelled seated on an arch-shaped base, detailing to the ears, face and collar; occluded suspension loop to the animal's back. ½ in. (1.62 grams, 13 mm). Fair condition. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

EGYPTIAN GOLD BIRD AMULET 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. A bifacial gold amulet formed as a vulture, with detailing to the head, closed wings, tail and feet; pierced for suspension. ⅜ in. (0.86 grams, 11 mm). Fine condition. £300 - 400 21

PROVENANCE:

Early 20th century French collection.

PHOENICIAN GOLD 'LADY IN THE WINDOW' APPLIQUÉ 10TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. A sheet-gold appliqué, triangular in plan with rounded edges bearing repoussé figure of a 'lady in a window' (Jezebel?), with braided hair, almond-shaped eyes, fleshy cheeks and chin. 1⅜ in. (0.62 grams, 34 mm). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. Important collection of a late Israeli gentleman.

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EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA STORAGE VESSEL NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1070 B.C. A piriform ceramic storage jar with everted lip and rounded base. 8¼ in. (1.06 kg, 21 cm). Fine condition, cracked. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Early 20th century collection. Alex Szolin Ancient Art, UK. Dr D G collection, 1990s-2019.

ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA HEAD COLLECTION ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 A.D. A mixed group of terracotta heads, each hollow to the reverse, comprising: female with tripartite wig, segmented collar, large lentoid eyes; Harpokrates with forefinger to his lips; two each with band to the brow and headcloth; one a putto(?) with broad forehead; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. 2¼ - 3 in. (146 grams total, 57-76 mm high including stand). Fine condition. [5, No Reserve] £200 - 300

PROVENANCE:

Private Swiss collection. Acquired at Hotel Des Ventes, Geneva, Switzerland, c. 2010. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of the Hotel Des Ventes invoice.

EGYPTIAN CAPTIVE FIGURE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. A ceramic figure modelled in the round as a naked captive kneeling, hands bound and crossed, naturalistic detailing to the anatomy and face; on a rectangular base. 6⅛ in. (380 grams, 15.5 cm high). Fair condition. Repaired. £250 - 350 PROVENANCE:

Acquired in the 1970s. Property of a London gentleman.

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EGYPTIAN WOODEN MUMMY MASK ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 A.D. A carved wood mummy mask with remains of black painted seminaturalistic facial detailing, low-relief almond-shaped eyes, arched brows, slender nose and full lips, with some shaping to the cheek structure, wearing a wig or headdress; two circular attachment holes; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 6⅞ in. (100 grams total, 17.4 cm high including stand). Fair condition. [No Reserve] £200 - 300

PROVENANCE:

From a 1940s collection. Brigantia Antiques, York, UK, 2010. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

EGYPTIAN HEAD OF A WOODEN FIGURE NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1070 B.C. A fragment of a carved hard-wood face with semi-naturalistic detailing to the face and hair, seemingly braided; comprising part of both eyes, previously inlaid, the nose and most of the mouth; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 4⅜ in. (52 grams total, 11 cm including stand). Fair condition. [No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

From a 1940s collection. Brigantia Antiques, York, UK, 2010. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. LITERATURE:

Cf. The British Museum, museum number EA45202, for comparable.

EGYPTIAN MUMMIFIED SCARAB BEETLE PENDANT 7TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. A mummified animal or insect (most probably a beetle) contained within a large woven fabric acorn-shaped pendant, loop to the cap. 2⅝ in. (32 grams, 6.7 cm high). Fair condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600

PROVENANCE:

From a 1940s collection. Brigantia Antiques, York, UK, 2010. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. LITERATURE:

Cf. for embalmed insect mummies Huchet, J.B., ‘Archaeoentomological study of the insects remains found within the mummy of Namenkhet Amon, San Lazzaro Armenian Monastery, Venice/Italy)’ in Advances in Egyptology 1, (2010), 59-80. FOOTNOTES:

The Egyptians embalmed practically every type of living thing, from bulls to beetles, from birds to snakes, from dogs and cats to fish, crocodiles and even monkeys. Mummified scarabs, many cats, cobras and a pair of crocodiles placed together with funerary objects, were recently found inside seven rock tombs located in the area of the necropolis of Saqqara, on the edge of the funerary complex of King Userkaf, founder of the 5th Dynasty circa 2510 B.C.

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SEALED EGYPTIAN PAPYRUS SCROLL

PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, 4TH CENTURY B.C.-4TH CENTURY A.D.

A sealed rolled papyrus scroll with inked Demotic(?) script to the exterior. 4¾ in. (9.19 grams, 12 cm wide). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £500 - 700

A sealed rolled papyrus document with Demotic(?) text written in ink. 7½ in. (16.4 grams, 19 cm wide). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £500 - 700

PROVENANCE:

North London gentleman, in storage since the 1970s. Property of a West London gentleman.

LARGE SEALED EGYPTIAN PAPYRUS SCROLL PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, 4TH CENTURY B.C.-4TH CENTURY A.D. A large rolled and sealed papyrus scroll, remains of Demotic(?) inked script to the external face. 8 in. (34 grams, 20 cm wide). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

North London gentleman, in storage since the 1970s. Property of a West London gentleman.

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EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF MONTU LATE PERIOD, 26TH-30TH DYNASTY, 664-343 B.C. A striding bronze figure of the war god Montu with falcon head, wearing a shendyt kilt and a tripartite striated wig, surmounted by two ostrich plumes and fronted by a sun disk and double uraei, wearing a collar and holding a staff with a falcon-headed terminal emerging from a papyrus umbrel; standing on an integral rectangular plinth with a single line of inscription that probably ran around all sides, of which a few hieroglyphs remain, the front reading: '..? Lord (of)' and the left side reading 'Thebes, (that) he may give life..', the last hieroglyph on the front side and the first three on the left give the familiar epithet of Montu, 'Lord of Thebes' which is followed by the request from the statue’s dedicator for Montu to bestow life (and perhaps other benefits) upon him/her; accompanied by a custom-made tiered display base. 9 in. (10 in.) (553 grams, 22.7 cm high (639 grams total, 25.5 cm high including stand)). Fine condition, professionally cleaned. £15,000 - 20,000

PROVENANCE:

Japanese collection, prior to 1980. AAL Geneva, Switzerland, 1980. British collection since 1999. With Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 2 February 2017, lot 78. Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Pierre Bergé & Associés catalogue pages (20,000-22,00 euros). This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11175-188107. LITERATURE:

Cf. The British Museum, museum number EA60339, for a similar figure believed to possibly date to the Late Period; Musée du Louvre, inv.no. AF 588. FOOTNOTES:

The statuette was most likely an offering made at one of Montu’s cult centres in the Theban region to ensure for the dedicator the good favour of the god. Commensurate with his warlike nature, Montu can sometimes be depicted holding a khepesh sickle-bladed sword, yet here he holds a rarer attribute: a carefully detailed staff with a falcon-headed terminal emerging from a papyrus umbel. This almost certainly symbolises Montu’s association with Re – the Heliopolitan sun-god also depicted with a falcon head - as his Upper Egyptian counterpart.

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EGYPTIAN GREEN GLASS WINGED GODDESS PECTORAL PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 300-30 B.C. A fragmentary rectangular-section glass figure of a kneeling goddess with outstretched wings; accurate detailing to the goddess, wearing a tripartite wig with a seshed headband tied at the back, a menat Broad Collar and a tightly wrapped sheath held up by two straps leaving the breasts exposed, the dress decorated with a lozenge pattern possibly representing beadwork. 2⅛ in. (15.34 grams, 54 mm). Fine condition, chipped. £6,000 - 8,000

(Accession number 1974.192); faience winged goddess, dating to the Late New Kingdom or the Third Intermediate Period, preserved in the Met of New York (Accession number 26.7.982a–c); faience winged Isis made in three pieces, dating to the Third Intermediate Period, preserved in the RISD Museum of Providence (Accession number 1996.73.1); gold winged goddess Isis from Nuri (Nubia), dating to the Nabataean Period, preserved in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (Accession number 20.276). It is hard to say which goddess is represented. Unfortunately, this winged female figure lacks any attribute on her head which can help us in detecting her identity. Perhaps the glass effigy depicts the sky goddess Nut who was often connected to the protection of the deceased (Corteggiani, 2007, pp.377-379). Nevertheless, it cannot be excluded that it may represent the goddess Isis (Corteggiani, 2007, pp.244-249).

PROVENANCE:

Swiss private collection, 1970s. Galerie Nefer, Zurich, early 1990s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Alberto Maria Pollastrini. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11187-188125. LITERATURE:

See Corteggiani, J.-P., L'Égypte ancienne et ses dieux, Fayard, Paris, 2007. FOOTNOTES:

Although it is not possible to spot holes in the upper and lower edges, this figure was probably a pectoral or chest ornament with an apotropaic function that would have been attached to the wrapping of the mummy. Specimens of this kind of amulet are preserved in several museums around the world; e.g.: faience winged goddess made in three pieces from Deir el-Medineh, dating to the Ramesside Period, preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York

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EGYPTIAN GLASS INLAY FRAGMENT OF ANUBIS LATE-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, C.5TH-1ST CENTURY B.C. A large black mottled glass inlay fragment of Anubis, showing the body, part of the neck and front leg. 3¾ in. (110 grams, 96 mm). Fine condition. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the French art market 1980. Bonhams, 13 April 2011. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11157-188126.

EGYPTIAN AND OTHER MOSAIC GLASS FRAGMENT COLLECTION CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.-4TH CENTURY A.D. A mixed group of over sixty fragments of Egyptian, Greek and Roman glass, including mosaic, millefiori, core-formed, bead and glass fragments. ⅛ - 2⅛ in. (160 grams total, 8-55 mm). Fair condition. [66] £1,200 - 1,700 PROVENANCE:

Gallery Mikazuki prior to 1984. With Aaron Gallery, London, UK, since 11 June 1984. Bonhams Antiquities, sale 24251, 28 November 2017, lot 137 (part). Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and the original lot tag.

EGYPTIAN AND OTHER MOSAIC GLASS FRAGMENT COLLECTION CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.-4TH CENTURY A.D. A mixed group of over sixty fragments of Egyptian, Greek and Roman glass, including mosaic, millefiori, core-formed, bead and other glass fragments. ⅛ - 2⅝ in. (165 grams total, 6-66 mm). Fair condition. [66] £1,200 - 1,700 PROVENANCE:

EGYPTIAN BEADED MUMMY FACE MASK WITH SONS OF HORUS PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C. A restrung netted beadwork panel of annular and tubular glazed composition beads in blues, greens, black, cream and red-brown colours, depicting a mummy face mask with false beard, a scarab with extended wings below, two pairs of facing ‘sons of Horus’ figures beneath the scarab, joined together with areas of open netting of tubular beads. 9¼ in. (71 grams, 23.5 cm high). Fine condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Ex Mariaud des Serres, Paris, France, 1990s.

EGYPTIAN BEADED MUMMY FACE MASK WITH SONS OF HORUS PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C. A restrung netted beadwork panel of annular and tubular glazed composition beads in blues, greens, black, cream and red-brown colours, depicting a mummy face mask with false beard, a scarab with extended wings below, two pairs of facing ‘sons of Horus’ figures beneath the scarab, joined together with areas of open netting of tubular beads. 9¼ in. (84 grams, 23.5 cm high). Fine condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Ex private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.

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EGYPTIAN GLAZED FIGURAL AMULET THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 1069-702 B.C. A blue-glazed male figure standing right, wearing a bag wig and holding a ribbed sash suspended from an ankh, pierced through the foot, possibly associated with Imsety, one of the Four Sons of Horus. 2⅜ in. (7.06 grams, 60 mm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Acquired Oxford, UK, 1970s. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. LITERATURE:

Cf. The British Museum, museum number EA24755, for comparable.

EGYPTIAN NECKLACE COLLECTION MAINLY LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C. A group of restrung necklaces and other items comprising: facetted carnelian beads with interstitial knots; metallic seed beads with green glass disc pendant with silver fittings; green glazed composition annular beads with baluster-shaped gold-coloured metal dangles pierced at both ends; green glazed composition annular beads with tubular dangles; glazed composition tubular and seed beads; glazed composition tubular beads with pierced discs and a scaraboid; tubular glazed composition beads with floral dangles and oblate centrepiece; glazed composition annular beads with melon beads; two cistrum pendants with glazed composition beads and dangles, fitted with modern earring hooks; accompanied by an old case. 17⅞ x 11⅞ in. (1.13 kg total, 45.5 x 30 cm including case). Fine condition. [10] £1,000 - 1,400

PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960-1980. Dr Harold Berry, North London, UK.

PHOENICIAN GLASS FACE BULLA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. A spherical polychrome glass bead with integral suspension lug, decorated with millefiori face murrini slices and geometric motifs. ⅝ in. (2.29 grams, 16 mm). Fine condition. £400 - 600

PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.

PHOENICIAN GLASS FACE PENDANT 6TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. A polychrome glass pendant formed as a stylised human face, applied eye, dressed hair and suspension loop above. ¾ in. (2.1 grams, 20 mm). Fine condition. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.

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Greek Also see lots 612 - 661

Lots 43 - 88

SOUTH ITALIC APULIAN BELL KRATER LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C. A red-figure bell krater with an inverted bell-shaped body, decorated on both sides with a female face in profile, wearing a pearled stephane, long pendant earrings, a necklace of black pearls and looking into a mirror; foliage and vegetal pattern in shape of palmette under the small looped handles; meander decoration below the rim. 9½ in. (1.27 kg, 24.2 cm high). Fine condition, base chipped. £1,000 - 1,400

PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960-1980. Dr Harold Berry, North London, UK. LITERATURE:

Cf. Lojacono, A., 'Vasi Apuli a Milano, Nuove Acquisizioni' in LANX, 24, 2016, fig.7, no.4, pp.94-95. FOOTNOTES:

The images of the palmettes under the handles in this typology, is usually specular. Each figure was silhouetted against a black background, allowing painters to portray details with more accuracy and variety.

GREEK ATTIC BLACK FIGURE KYLIX 5TH CENTURY B.C. A substantial ceramic black ware kylix with carinated profile and flared rim, short stem above a broad base with two strap handles; band of figural ornament to the body with two palmettes flanking two cloaked figures facing inwards towards a male and female united in sexual intercourse. 4¾ in. (655 grams, 12.2 cm high). Fine condition, some restoration. £1,200 - 1,700 PROVENANCE:

Cambridgeshire collection, 1990s-2000s. Property of a Sussex gentleman. Accompanied by a positive thermoluminescence report no.N122b53 issued by Oxford Authentication.

LITERATURE:

See Smith, C.H., British Museum, London, Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (Band 3): Vases of the finest period, London, 1896; Folsom, R.S., Handbook of Greek Pottery, New York, 1969, p.189, fig. A-123, for the typology of kylix. FOOTNOTES:

The cup belongs to the category of stemmed kylixes (Attic type I), the lip cups of type C according to Folsom, widespread during 490-460 B.C. It is characterised by a lower stem, a very definite foot, the separation of foot from the stem through a fillet, with stem and bowl merging in a curve.

GREEK BLACK WARE KANTHAROS 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. A black ware kantharos with two integral high handles, collared stem and discoid foot. 10⅝ in. (562 grams, 27 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1990s. O'Donavan private collection.

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GREEK BLACK-GLAZED LIDDED PYXIS 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. A black-glazed lidded pyxis with squat body, broad shoulder stamped with stylised floral vines, two round-section handles and discoid foot; lid with conical finial and stamped shell motifs. 4½ in. (153 grams, 11.4 cm high). Fine condition, conical finial on lid restored. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

By repute purchased at auction or at an art gallery during the 1970s-1980s. English private collection.

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ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO OLPE CIRCA 625-550 B.C. A voluminous pear-shaped clay bucchero covered with a glossy black slip, trumpet-shaped neck and rim, high handle and discoid foot, circumferential grooves to the shoulder. 5⅛ in. (170 grams, 13 cm high). Fine condition. £300 - 400

PROVENANCE:

Private collection of Dr Bruckner, Augsburg, Germany, 1950s. Schaefer family collection since 1959. Thence by descent to P. Schaefer. Alte Roemer, Hamburg, Germany. Private Australian collection. Accompanied by an illustrated two page collector's cataloguing document. Accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity, export licence, and invoice from Alte Roemer, Hamburg, Germany. LITERATURE:

See Edmund, The Iron Age and Etruscan Vases in the Olcott Collection at Columbia University, New York, pp.28-29, which notes that jugs of this type are seen in most museums that have collections of Etruscan bucchero vases. Edmund notes that similar jugs come from Cerveteri (Museo Cerite, Monte Abatone, tomb 123, and Banditaccia, tomb 365), Tolfa (Museo Archeologico, Casterllina di San Pietro, tomb 2), and Veii. For parallel from the Olcott Collection at height 12.5cm, dated to ca.600BC, refer Pl.13, no.36; inv.no.PE 39 which came from 'Fiano' (presumably Fiano Romano, a town 40km north of Rome).

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ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO KYATHOS CIRCA 540-460 B.C. A terracotta kyathos or single-handled cup composed of a carinated body with deep shoulder, high handle, slender stem and broad foot. 7 in. (340 grams, 17.7 cm high). Fine condition, handle restored. [No Reserve] £300 - 400

PROVENANCE:

Private Orange County collection, USA. Ancient Resource, auction 28, 1 March 2014, lot 220. Private Australian collection. Accompanied by an illustrated two page collector's cataloguing document. Accompanied by a copy of the Ancient Resources listing. LITERATURE:

See Rasmussen, Bucchero Pottery from Southern Etruria, p.116; pl.36, no.203, is closest in form to this example (this is Rasmussen’s kyathos type 4b). FOOTNOTES:

The kyathos was used to ladle wine mixed with water from a krater into a drinking cup. Rasmussen, ibid., notes that this is the commonest of the kyathoi in the first half of the sixth century, and most examples can be dated to this period. The type begins in the last quarter of the seventh century and may last up to the third quarter of the sixth. Rasmussen notes that the handle is given a plain crest or is simply thickened and is usually surmounted by a flat button as in this instance. Such pieces may be undecorated or, alternatively, have incised lines or vertical striations on the bowl, as well as groups of incised lines. Turfa, Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery, p.199, suggests that this simple form with the flattened crest or button on top of the handle, the most canonical of its category, seems to have been made in Caeretan workshops, and probably elsewhere; Tarquinian examples were more ornate. There are many parallels and variants on this type. Examples include CVA Parma – Museo di Antichità II, pl.6.5 (Inv. C.308), height 17.0cm, dated to the second half of the sixth century; example from first half of sixth century from Orvieto in the Etruscan Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MS 3214); published as no.202, in Turfa, ibid., p.199. Hayes, Etruscan and Italic Pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum, p.79, no.C27, is an example at 17.5cm high with two groups of four shallow grooves (in continuous spirals) around lower part of body.

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ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO ARYBALLOS 6TH CENTURY B.C. A bucchero aryballos composed of a drum-shaped body, broad shoulder, tapering neck and broad everted rim, integral handle formed as a stylised human neck, head and face, decorative notches to the shoulder and pricked sprays around the body; base with six piercings to facilitate sprinkling(?). 3⅛ in. (115 grams, 79 mm high). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired European art market, 1970s. Private English collection.

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VILLANOVAN IMPASTO BOWL CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C. A deep, dark brown impasto bowl with out-turned lip and wide incised decoration adorning the shoulder, consisting of three circumferential grooves around the shoulder, twelve double v-shaped incisions. 6⅞ in. (555 grams, 18cm wide). Fine condition, small crack to rim. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1971-1998. German private collection. Gorny & Mosch, Munich, auction 218, lot 422 (part). Hixenbaugh Ancient Art Ltd, New York, USA, item 5791. Private Australian collection. Accompanied by an illustrated collector's cataloguing document. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and invoice from Hixenbaugh Ancient Art.

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CORINTHIAN PANTHER

POLYCHROME

ARYBALLOS

WITH

WINGED

CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C. A piriform aryballos with winged panther, ovoid in shape with flattened bottom containing a central circular depression, the neck narrow with wide flat rim and small pierced handle; the body with lively decoration featuring a central winged panther, shown with head facing, its body turned to the right and wings spread outward, two large rosettes bordered by smaller rosettes and floral motifs behind, all painted in a dark brown and purplish brown slip with incised highlights; the bottom of the vessel and shoulder adorned with vertical tongues bordered by horizontal lines. 6⅛ in. (208 grams, 15.5 cm high). Fair condition, some restoration. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Collection of Mr Ulfert Wilke, founding Director of the University of Iowa Museum of Art. Private collection of Dr. Howard Sirak, Columbus, Ohio; acquired 29 May 1968. Ancient Resources, California, USA, auction 46, lot 154. Private Australian collection. Accompanied by an illustrated two page collector's cataloguing document. Accompanied by a copy of handwritten and typed notes, and a drawing of the object by Richard De Puma (one of the world's pre-eminent Etruscologists), made on 18 September 1979.

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ITALO-CORINTHIAN POLYCHROME ALABASTRON 6TH CENTURY B.C. A piriform polychrome terracotta alabastron with slender neck, broad lip with loop handle below, characteristic rounded bottom, adorned with hues of maroon, grey, and black on a cream-colored ground, the body bearing a geometric theme comprising two horizontal bands flanking a dotted frieze and a series of teardrops forming a starburst pattern around the neck. 5 in. (113 grams, 12.7 cm high). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Malter Galleries, Encino, California, USA, before 2000. Private collection of Dr John Matrisciano, Thousand Oaks, California, USA. Artemis Gallery, Louisville, CO, USA. Private Australian collection since 2013. Accompanied by an illustrated two page collector's cataloguing document. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Artemis Gallery.

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ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN ALABASTRON DECORATED WITH DOTS AND BANDS 6TH CENTURY B.C. A piriform terracotta alabastron, with rounded base, broad lip and pierced lug handle, the neck decorated with tears and the body decorated with dots and bands in red and purple, rosette to base. 5 in. (87 grams, 12.5cm high). Fine condition. £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Nicholas Mellors, Newark, UK, 11 December 2014, lot 171. Private Australian collection. Accompanied by an illustrated two page collector's cataloguing document. Accompanied by a copy of the Nicholas Mellors listing.

LITERATURE:

Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1867,0508.877, for very similar. FOOTNOTES:

Before firing, minor decorative details were often added with a thinned black paint giving a yellow-brown colour, a white pipe-clay, and a dark red of ochre and manganese.

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ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN POLYCHROME ARYBALLOS PAIR 6TH CENTURY B.C. A pair of miniature aryballoi: one with a squat bulbous body, slender neck, broad lip, strap handle and basal ring, painted with polychrome bands and dashes; one similar, with piriform body and rounded base. 2½ - 2¾ in. (123 grams total, 62-69 mm). Fine condition, chip to one rim. [2] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

German family collection since 1970s. Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Munich, Germany, auction 335-337, lot 143. Private Australian collection. Accompanied by an illustrated two page collector's cataloguing document. Accompanied by a copy of a German export licence and invoice from Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger. Accompanied with copies of the relevant Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger catalogue pages.

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GREEK TERRACOTTA POMEGRANATE 6TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. A hollow terracotta pomegranate with one segmented side; pierced at either end for suspension; small patches of pink-red paint remain; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 3 in. (4½ in.) (102 grams, 74 mm (217 grams total, 11.5 cm high including stand)). Fine condition. £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

German art market, 1990. Ex Gilbert collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. FOOTNOTES:

Such objects were deposited as grave goods in ancient Greece. The pomegranate in this context is symbolic of Persephone, daughter of the goddess Demeter, who was abducted and tricked by Hades into eating pomegranate seeds, condemning her to spend part of the year in the Underworld as his wife and the rest among the living with her mother.

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GRAECO-SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUE COLLECTION 4TH CENTURY B.C. PROVENANCE:

A group of twelve framed and mounted sheet-gold mounts, plaques and dress ornaments comprising: a mask of Dionysus; three human masks; rectangular plaque displaying a running hare; two rosettes; a griffin; pelletted triangles; all with piercings for attachment. 8½ x 6½ in. (251 grams total, 21.4 x 16.4 cm). Fine condition. £6,000 - 8,000

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With Sotheby’s, London, 8 December 1986, lot 90. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Sotheby's catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11182-188050.

LARGE EASTERN HELLENISTIC GOLD EARRINGS WITH GARNETS 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C. A matched pair of substantial gold earrings, each composed of a gold crescentic hoop with looped terminals, filigree ornament and cells set with polished garnet cabochons to the body, pelletted triangular plaques capping a large banded agate bead below, conical finial composed of hollow gold spheres and inverted tear-shaped cells set with garnet, all encrusted with gold granules, each hoop with a length of trichinopoly chain suspending garnet, gold and amethyst beads on a slender coiled wire stem; a marriage. 2¼ in. (34.4 grams total, 5558 mm). Fine condition. [2] £6,000 - 8,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1990s. Ex property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by an archaeological expertise by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. Accompanied by scholarly note TL05418 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11185-186691. LITERATURE:

Cf. MET accession no. 95.15.203.204, for the type of composition and manufacture style, 2nd century B.C.; Ogden, J. and Williams, D., Greek Gold Jewelry of The Classical World, New York, 1994; Contestabile, H., ‘Hellenistic Jewelry & the Commoditization of Elite Greek Women’ in Berkeley Undergraduate Journal of Classics, 2(2), Berkeley, 2013, pp. 1-13, for discussion on the style; Quast, D., ‘Parthian and early Sassanian Earrings with garnet inlay’ in Le Archeologie di Marilli, miscellanea di studi in ricordo di Maria Maddalena Negro Ponzi Mancini, Alessandria, 2018, pp.123-128, figs.3,5, for other samples with garnet insert. FOOTNOTES:

The boat-shaped central body is typical of old style Greek earrings and is well attested in the early Hellenistic jewellery from Taranto (Williams & Ogden, 1994, p.213), but the abundant use of filigree fits with examples from Eastern Mediterranean area (Williams & Ogden, 1994, p.243). However, during the Parthian period, a new style of decoration became popular in Central and Western Asia: the earrings with garnet and / or glass inlays, developed in the eastern Hellenistic kingdoms and the Arsacid Empire.

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GREEK GOLD EARRINGS WITH EROS 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C. A matched pair of gold earrings with the standing figure of god of love, Eros (Roman Cupid), naked and with small wings, quiver belt across the body, hands on hips, applied rosette above the head, wire hoop to the back. ⅞ in. (4.60 grams total, 23 mm each). Fine condition. [2] £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Private collection Dorset, UK, 1990s. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. LITERATURE:

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 74.51.3506, for similar dated 3rd-2nd century B.C.

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GREEK GOLD HERAKLES KNOT EARRINGS 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. A matched pair of gold earrings, each composed of a tapering penannular hoop, one half of the body formed as a ribbed tube, the other with twisted wire, an openwork Hercules Knot formed where the two meet. ¾ in. (1.9 grams total, 21-22 mm). Fine condition. [2] £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.

GREEK GOLD GARNET DROP EARRINGS 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

A matched pair of gold earrings, each composed of a tapering roundsection hoop and inverted conical dangle set with a polished garnet cabochon. 1¾ in. (5.16 grams total, 43-44 mm). Fine condition. [2] £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.

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LARGE GREEK GOLD ANTELOPE-HEADED EARRING 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. A gold earring composed of a tapering twisted wire hoop and stylised antelope head with curved horns, filigree ornament at their necks, loop beneath the chin of one; with one later to form a matched pair. 1¼ - 1⅜ in. (16.98 grams total, 33-35 mm). Fine condition. [2] £2,500 - 3,500 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11268-189401.

LITERATURE:

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 74.51.3459, for similar.

GREEK GOLD EARRING WITH GEMSTONES 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. A substantial gold earring composed of a D-shaped body with granulated collars and beads, piriform gold frame below with two bisecting bars adorned with granulated collars and coiled wire sleeves, interspersed with amethyst, lapis lazuli and glass beads of various colours; a marriage. 1¾ in. (7.48 grams, 45 mm). Fine condition. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

GREEK GOLD RING WITH ARTEMIS OF EPHESUS 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. A gold child's ring with Artemis of Ephesus in high-relief within filigree border to bezel. ⅞ in. (6.76 grams, 22.30 mm overall, 19.07 mm internal diameter). Fine condition. £3,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE:

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 74, for type; for the iconography see Seiterle, G., 'Artemis, Die Grosse Göttin Von Ephesos. Eine Neue Deutung Der Vielbrüstigkeit Eröffnet Einen Zugang Zum Bisher Unbekannten Kult Der Göttin' in Antike Welt, 1979. FOOTNOTES:

The ring image seems to belong to an older iconography of the goddess, well before the typical iconography with the teats or bull testicles of the famous Hadrianic statue.

GREEK GOLD DOLPHIN AMPHORA PENDANT 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. An amphora-shaped pendant composed of a jasper body, sheet-gold neck, two handles formed as leaping dolphins, ribbed loop between and free-running coiled loop above, pearl bead and foot to base. 1 in. (1.85 grams, 23 mm). Fine condition. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Despini, A., Greek Art. Ancient Gold Jewellery, Greece, 1996, p.122, for a comparable jewellery element.

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HELLENISTIC BEAD NECKLACE 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C. AND LATER A restrung necklace of fusiform carnelian beads with oblate carnelian beads between and two double-waisted spool-shaped gold beads, the centrepiece a later facetted fusiform carnelian bead; modern clasp. 21¾ in. (47.6 grams, 55 cm). Very fine condition. £700 - 900 65

PROVENANCE:

Acquired in the 1990s. With a London gallery. Property of a London collector; from her family's private collection. LITERATURE:

See The British Museum, object number 1917,0601.1974, for Hellenistic gold spool-shaped beads.

HELLENISTIC BEAD NECKLACE 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C. A restrung necklace of cylindrical carnelian beads with turquoisecoloured oblate glass spacers, centrepiece of two gold dangles formed of sheet-gold plates and a large biconical carnelian bead; modern clasp. 23¼ in. (26.1 grams, 59 cm). Very fine condition. £700 - 900 PROVENANCE:

With a London gallery. Acquired in the 1990s. Property of a London collector; from her family's private collection. LITERATURE:

See Despini, A., Greek Art. Ancient Gold Jewellery, Greece, 1996, pp.97-101, for comparable conical pendants.

GREEK JEWELLED GOLD PENDANT NECKLACE CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. A restrung necklace composed of carinated carnelian beads interspersed with sheet-gold beads of plain and granulated types, two tapering round-section beads with collars and domed finials, a central gold polygonal pendant with eight concave sides, polished oval garnet cabochon at the centre, granulated collar around base, raised tearshaped cell to each corner also with granulated border, alternately set with enamel and garnet cabochons, a single applied bead between each; modern hook-and-eye clasp. 20½ in. (39.18 grams, 52 cm). Fine condition, repair to central cell. £3,000 - 4,000

PROVENANCE:

From a private family collection formed in London from the mid 1980s to early 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.10901-179775. LITERATURE:

Cf. Despini, A., Greek Art. Ancient Gold Jewellery, Greece, 1996, p.136, item 121, for similar granulated gold beads; p.140, item 126, for similar collared gold beads.

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HELLENISTIC GILT SILVER MASTOS 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C. A conical silver mastos drinking cup of substantial size, breast-like in shape, interior ornamented with two plain gilded bands. 5⅜ in. (172 grams, 13.8 cm wide). Fine condition. £1,200 - 1,700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired between 1980-1990. Property of a London gentleman.

LITERATURE:

Cf. Kiely, T., Perna, M., ‘Four Unpublished Inscriptions in Cypriot Syllabic Script in the British Museum’ in Kadmos, 2010, pp.93-116, fig.1, for a comparable silver mastos cup from Kourion. FOOTNOTES:

Mastoi were mainly for drinking wine. Silver tableware, it is thought, became more widespread during the Hellenistic period. The mastos was the most common and widespread shape associated with this new and more varied repertoire to which medallion bowls, a shape also attested in ceramic and a variant of the cup with interior decoration, also belonged. With regards to dating, such silver vessels are already attested in the Early Hellenistic period, although most of the preserved examples date primarily to the Late Hellenistic age.

GREEK SILVER PHIALE CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C. A shallow libation bowl or phiale raised from a silver sheet, carinated shoulder and broad flared rim, shallow omphalos, lower body with a decorative band of slender ribs. 6½ in. (172 grams, 16.5 cm wide). Fair condition. £400 - 500

PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the London art market, 1990. Property of a North London gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1980.11.13, for very similar.

HELLENISTIC FLARED SILVER CUP LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST CENTURY B.C. A flared silver cup raised from a single sheet of silver, conical in shape with rounded bottom. 5½ in. (265 grams, 14 cm wide). Fine condition, small crack to base. £1,000 - 1,400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired between 1980-1990. Property of a London gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Pfrommer, M., Metalwork from the Hellenized East, catalogue of the collections, Malibu, 1993, p.150, no.23.

FOOTNOTES:

These kinds of conical cups were a widespread type from the second and first centuries B.C. They were used in the entire Hellenised world from Pakistan to Spain. The first appearance of these conical vessels without a foot and with a flaring side cannot be determined with certainty but they may have been of Ptolemaic Egyptian origin.

SCYTHIAN GILT SILVER CAT HEAD WITH INLAID EYES 6TH CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D. A sheet-silver animal head modelled in the half-round as a roaring feline with large pricked ears, stylised facial detailing, green glass cabochons set into the eyes, baring teeth and tongue; remains of gilding; fill and loop to reverse. 1 in. (16.4 grams, 27 mm). Fine condition. £700 - 900 PROVENANCE:

Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.

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ETRUSCAN FUNERARY FIGURE HANDS 7TH CENTURY B.C. A pair of hands from a funerary figure, each formed from a hammered bronze sheet with elongated slender fingers, long thumbs curving outwards, with folded tubular sheet for the forearms. 8⅞ - 9¼ in. (155 grams total, 22.5-23.5 cm). Fine condition. [2] £3,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE:

Japanese gentleman, c.1980. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by an archaeological report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11166-188053. LITERATURE:

Cf. Torelli, M., Gli Etruschi, Monza, 2000, p.125 and pp.568-569, fig.81, nos.2425, a pair of hands from the tomb of the Bronze Chariot of Vulci, Necropolis of the Osteria, today at the Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome, inv. nos.84865-84868;

cf. also Falconi Amorelli, M.T., ‘Corredi di tre tombe rinvenute a Vulci nella necropoli di Mandrione di Cavalupo’ in Studi Etruschi, XXXVII, 1969, pp.181211; Cristofani, M., I bronzi degli Etruschi (Etruscan bronzes, in Italian), Novara, 1985; Emiliozzi, A., Carri da Guerra e principi etruschi (War chariots and Etruscan princes, in Italian), Roma, 1999, pp.139ff., fig.2. FOOTNOTES:

On the floor of the sepulchral room, where the Bronze Chariot of Vulci was found, a number of other objects were recovered, including two pairs of bronze hands. Bracelets with a similar diameter to the smaller hands were also recovered, together with other personal items. When composed together, these items formed schematic human figures: a parabátes (or lord owner of the tomb) and his charioteer. It is highly probable that the two figures were recreated in the tomb, and the hands with smaller dimensions were placed in correlation with a bronze head, creating a figure with a wooden body that was placed near the back wall of the tomb. The hands with bigger dimensions were paired with similar but richer ornaments, probably re-creating the main figure of the owner of the tomb. These kind of fittings are not common (other examples in Cristofani, 1985, p.288) and some of them were also made in ivory (Falconi Amorelli, 1969, pp.205-211, six ivory fingers, pl.XXXIX, b, fig.11,5). It is highly probable that our pair of hands came from a similar grave, and the lack of decoration, as well as the small dimensions, could support the theory that they belonged to a junior character in the grave.

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GREEK DECORATED MIRROR 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. A bronze mirror composed of a discoid head and handle with rectangular-section upper body, collar and round-section lower body; one face with ring-and-dot motifs, central entwined knot and meander border, interlace design to the stem. 9⅛ in. (263 grams, 23.2 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Congdon, O.K., 'Greek Mirrors' in Notes in the History of Art, Vol. 4, No. 2/3 (Winter/Spring 1985), pp.19-25, fig.4, for a similar mirror (without handle) having similar decorative patterns. FOOTNOTES:

The bronze mirrors conferred elite status on their owners, a status couched in terms of feminine beauty.

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ETRUSCAN VOTIVE FIGURE OF A PRIESTESS 4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C. A bronze statuette of a priestess modelled in the half-round, wearing a loosely draped sleeveless tunic, fastened at the shoulders to form a V-shaped neckline, girdled high under the breasts; her head adorned by a tall three-point diadem, with a large patera in left hand and pyxis in right hand; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 2½ in. (4½ in.) (46 grams, 67 mm (121 grams total, 11.3 cm including stand)). Fine condition. £400 - 600

PROVENANCE:

Estate of American sculptor, Eleanor Mary Mellon (1894–1979), New York, USA. Myers Fine Art & Antiques, Florida, European & Asian Antiques & Fine Art Auction, on 10 February 2013. Ancient Resource, California, USA, July 2014, item 2147. Private Australian collection. Accompanied by an illustrated two page collector's cataloguing document. Accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity from Gabriel Vandervort of Ancient Resources and a copy of the Myers listing. LITERATURE:

See Brendel, Etruscan Art, p.422, for parallels in the mid second century terracotta sarcophagus of Seianti Thanunia Tlesnasa from Chiusi, now in the British Museum; the diadem in her hair shares similar three-point attributes to the exaggerated diadem on our statuette; the dress is Greek with the tunic (chiton) characteristic of Etruscan and Latin votive bronzes at the same time; see parallel from the Museo archeologico di Verona, Inv. A4,376, published as no.37 in Franzoni, Bronzetti etruschi e italici del museo archeologico di Verona, p.56; this complete example at 7.5cm is of interest as it has a distinct fold across the dress that corresponds to the break on this example; Franzoni notes a bronze from Chiusi of similar type (referenced in St. Etr. XXV, 1957, p.503, fig. 25). FOOTNOTES:

The patera is a sacrificial saucer-shaped vessel for pouring a libation to the gods or for receiving a libation; the pyxis a cylindrical box for incense with separate lid and somewhat concave walls. For a larger (25.4 cm), highly detailed statuette of this type, including the attributes in her hands, see the second century B.C. statuette in the British Museum that was acquired in 1913 said to be from the Sanctuary of Diana at Nemi (BM No. 1913,0529.1). This type takes many forms; for example, see complete example with a radiant stephane (10.16 cm high) in the British Museum donated by Canon Luc Angelo Bracci in 1856 and said to be from Orvieto (museum number 1856,0815.3; Walters, Catalogue of the Bronzes in the British Museum. Greek, Roman & Etruscan, no.693). Variants include the himation draped towards the other direction: refer Turfa, J. M. and Muskett, G., Catalogue of Etruscan Objects in World Museum, Liverpool (No. B 104, Inv.M8833, p.103).

GREEK FIGURE OF A RAM 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. A bronze figure modelled in the round as a standing ram with thick fleece, short tail, tightly curled horns and semi-naturalistic facial detailing; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 2⅛ in. (100 grams total, 55 mm high including stand). Fine condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

German art market before 2000. With a European gentleman living in the UK. Property of a Surrey gentleman.

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SCYTHIAN QUIVER ATTACHMENT WITH ANIMALS AND BIRDS 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C. A cross-shaped bronze quiver cover with schematic bird heads at the ends; three figures of contorted beasts worked in relief and another one within a circle at the centre, a band of triangles at the base. 4½ in. (114 grams, 11.3 cm high). Very fine condition. £2,500 - 3,500 PROVENANCE:

German art market, 1990s. Mr A.H., a North American collector living in the UK. Accompanied by an archaeological report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11231-189037. LITERATURE:

Cf. Artamanov, M.I., Treasures from the Scythian Tombs, London, 1969, fig.34, from Olbia; Polidovych, Yu. B., ‘Scythian cross-shaped pendants’ in Russian, in , 1, 2000, pp.35-48; Hellmuth, A., ‘Zur Datierung der kreuzförmigen Goryt und Bogen-taschenbeschläge’, in Prähistorische Zeitschrift, 82, 2007, pp.66-84; Patay, R., Scholtz, R., Scard, A., ‘Scythian Age quiver mount from the outskirts of Gyömr (Hungary)’ in Studia Historica Nitriensia, Supplementum, Nitra, 2017, pp.469-480, pl.II. FOOTNOTES:

The Scythians typically employed representations of eagles or lions as decorative motifs on their military items. In the Eurasian Steppes, stories of bird wives have been recorded, and many shamans identified themselves strongly with birds. Their relations with bird spirits were often conceived as a love affair of sorts. These cruciform plaques, used most probably for quiver attachments, could be regarded as typical objects of the Olbian manufacture. However, this kind of quiver attachments has been found in various Scythian barrows in Hungary, Romania, and other Caucasian and East-European regions. In particular, the most comparable specimen with our plaque is a plate from Arma oaia (Romania).

HELLENISTIC MARBLE HEAD OF TEMIS 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C. A marble head modelled in the round as that of the goddess Temis or Ceres, with semi-naturalistic detailing to the dressed hair and face, with almond-shaped eyes, full lips and fleshy chin. 2¾ in. (275 grams, 70 mm). Fine condition. £2,500 - 3,500

PROVENANCE:

On the German art market c.1997. Private collection of a Kensington collector. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by a geological scholarly report no.TL05407 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11014-181109. LITERATURE:

Cf. Aurenhammer, M., Sculpture in Roman Asia Minor, Proceedings of the International Conference at Selçuk,1st–3rd October 2013, Wien, 2018, p.440, fig.3. FOOTNOTES:

Probably a votive statuette, of which only the head remains; it may also have been part of a high relief made in the style of Asia Minor sculptures. The hair is arranged into an elaborate hairstyle with a band (taenia) on the forehead and a series of hair ribbons, which help to date it to the late Hellenistic Age, possibly produced at a workshop in Greece. The right side of the face shows marble inclusions and encrustations.

GRAECO-ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF SILENUS 2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. A carved limestone head depicting Silenus as a bearded man, the beard beautifully arranged in vertically disposed locks around the mouth; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 8¾ in. (2.93 kg total, 22.2 cm high including stand). Fair condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. LITERATURE:

Cf. The MET, accession no.74.51.1496, for a similar head of Silenus in terracotta. FOOTNOTES:

The head, notwithstanding the water erosion, presents a somewhat idealised version of the 'Silenus' type of Socrates, with a noteworthy arrangement of the beard and moustache. The Romans appreciated portrayals of satyrs and Silens and used them, as was probably the case for our sculpture, to decorate garden fountains and water spouts.

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GREEK INSCRIBED GEMSTONE WITH SEATED HARPOKRATES 1ST CENTURY B.C. 79 A green chalcedony gemstone engraved with young naked Harpokrates seated upon a massive plant surrounded by foliage, wearing a pileus cap, holding a flail in his left hand, the right hand raised up and holding a finger to his mouth; Greek inscription 'MALICOMEC' (reading MALISOMES) to the field. ⅝ in. (1.43 grams, 17 mm). Fine condition. £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. LITERATURE:

See similar gemstones in Entwistle, C., Adams, N., Gems of Heaven, recent research on engraved Gemstones in Late Antiquity, c. AD 200-600, London, 2011, p.81, pl.1, 85, pl.8. FOOTNOTES:

This representation of Harpokrates is usual in the zodiac magical gems, where he is represented as a combination of the sun god, Greek Helios and Egyptian Harpokrates, and seen as the ruler of the cosmos, often surrounded by the signs of the Zodiac.

EARLY HELLENISTIC INTAGLIO WITH GRYPHON 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. A green glass intaglio with winged gryphon advancing left; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. ⅞ in. (3.04 grams, 22 mm). Fine condition. £1,800 - 2,400 PROVENANCE:

UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. FOOTNOTES:

Dr Bonewitz notes: 'An unusual glass. This was probably more prized than stone.'

GREEK TERRACOTTA STANDING FIGURE EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C. A terracotta figure modelled in the round, standing, wearing full length robes held by one hand at the chest, one shoe emerging from beneath the hem, hair tied back and held in a chignon at the nape, naturalistic facial detailing; hole to reverse; hollow-formed. 7½ in. (212 grams, 19 cm high). Fine condition. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Belgian collection, circa 1980. Property of a London businessman. Accompanied by a positive thermoluminescence report no.N122b49 issued by Oxford Authentication. LITERATURE:

Cf. Capano, A., 'Il culto di Demetra nella Lucania antica,' in Basilicata Regione. Notizie, 2017, pp.128-151, fig.22, votive statuette from Grumentum hoard. FOOTNOTES:

In South-Italian typology of terracotta statuettes, more typological variety occurs in the standing female figurines, all dressed in elaborately draped robes and cloaks. No lesser is the variety of attitudes and hairstyles, relating to a range of small Magno-Greek and Sicilian coroplasts of the Hellenistic age.

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GREEK TERRACOTTA APHRODITE STATUE 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. A terracotta figure of Aphrodite standing, weight on her left leg, wearing a peplos and a himation draped over her left shoulder and waist, closed by a girdle, the right arm bent to grasp a part of the himation revealing her naked right breast; the hair arranged under a low fluted polos with strands falling in ringlets to each side of the head; orange clay with white coating, traces of blue on the peplos and brown on her feet. 8½ in. (252 grams, 21.7 cm high). Fine condition, repaired. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

LITERATURE:

See Burn, L., Higgings, R., Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum, London, 1903-2001, similar style in no.2091. FOOTNOTES:

This figure belongs to the extensive typology of female figures commonly used for generic portrayals of Aphrodite, maenads, or partially draped reclining female figures. These figures often represent holy prostitutes, selling their graces (note the gesture to show the breast and the exposed shoulder) in front of the temple of the divinity to which they dedicated their body. In South Italy, in particular, two types of female statuettes were widespread, the first type dressed in a high-belted chiton with crowned head, the second consisting of partially draped or nude female figures identified with Aphrodite. These would continue to be produced until the end of the 1st century BC.

GREEK SEATED TERRACOTTA FEMALE FIGURE OF A MUSE 3RD CENTURY B.C. A terracotta female figure modelled seated, wearing a full-length robe, one shoe emerging from beneath the hem, hair tied back into a chignon at the nape, semi-naturalistic facial detailing, earring worn in one ear, arms wrapped around the body; hole to reverse; hollowformed. 6¼ in. (280 grams, 16 cm high). Fine condition. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Belgian collection, circa 1980. Property of a London businessman. Accompanied by a positive thermoluminescence report no.N122b50 issued by Oxford Authentication.

LITERATURE:

Cf. Ferruzza, M.L., Ancient Terracottas from South Italy and Sicily in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2016. cat.71.AD.345 and 346, pp.219-220, for the type. FOOTNOTES:

The seated woman probably represents Persephone, wrapped in a peplum and chiton, covering herself with a cloak (himation). Statuettes like this one were generally made in South Italy with single or bivalve moulds that were in turn made from a clay model, also known as an archetype, patrix or prototype.

GREEK TERRACOTTA KNEELING NUDE FEMALE 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. OR LATER A nude terracotta female figure modelled in the round kneeling, supporting her body on her toes and one hand, hair tied back and held in a chignon at the nape, naturalistic facial detailing, wearing earrings; accompanied by a terracotta base. 4 in. (185 grams total, 10.5 cm wide). Fine condition. [2] £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Belgian collection, c. 1980. Property of a London businessman.

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ARCHAIC GREEK TERRACOTTA HORSE AND WARRIOR RIDER FIGURINE 7TH-5TH CENTURY B.C. A terracotta horse mounted by a bearded rider figure modelled in the round with stylised features including a shield and kausia cap upon his head. 7⅝ in. (402 grams total, 19.5 cm high including stand). Fair condition, some restoration. [No Reserve] £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired before 1990. From an old German collection. With a UK gallery. Property of an English gentleman. Accompanied by a positive thermoluminescence report no.N122b48 issued by Oxford Authentication.

LITERATURE:

Cf. Marantidou, P., Terracotta statues and figurines of Cypriote type found in the Aegean. Provenance studies, Limassol, 2009, pls.XIII no.SAH69, XXXII, no.CYP50, for the type. FOOTNOTES:

Terracotta figurines of horse and rider were common grave offerings in Boeotia, northwest of Attica, particularly during the 6th century B.C. Representations of warriors on horseback were already diffused in the Geometric Period, and widely employed in Cyprus, in this same period. The image of our rider, although influenced by Cypriot designs, does not show typical Cypriot characteristics, and indeed his Kausia cap suggests a northern Greek origin.

PARTHIAN BLUE GLAZED JUG 3RD CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D. A glazed vessel with piriform body, broad everted rim and m-section handle. 8½ in. (1.4 kg, 21.8 cm high). Very fine condition. £500 - 700

PROVENANCE:

Ex private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.

PARTHIAN GLAZED HORSE RHYTON 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D. A glazed ceramic rhyton formed as a stylised standing horse with stout forequarters and an exaggerated, bulbous rear, stub legs, knoblike tail, the head facing forwards and characterised by a beak-like face with applied circular eyes, raised and notched reins and head collar, large pricked ears, large triangular forelock covering the face; oval-shaped vessel neck at the top of the head, truncated conical opening in the chest. 11¾ in. (1.45 kg, 30 cm). Fine condition; cracks. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

London art market, since 1992.

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HELLENISTIC AMBER GLASS BOWL

3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C. An amber-coloured hemispherical glass bowl with circumferential rotary grinding marks on the interior, shallow kick-up to base; small patches of lustre to body. 4¾ in. (102 grams, 12 cm). Very fine condition. £2,500 - 3,500 PROVENANCE:

Fernand Adda, 1920s. Mrs Petra Schamelman, Breitenbach, Germany. Private collection of a Kensington collector. Property of a London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.10859-178322. LITERATURE:

See The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 79.1.40, for comparable; see The Metropolitan Museum, accession numbers 81.10.37, 81.10.129 and 81.10.130, for comparable. FOOTNOTES:

Hemispherical bowls were popular in the late Hellenistic period. Glass was not the only media in which they were produced, as evidenced by the survival of specimens crafted in metal and ceramic.

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Roman & Byzantine

Also see lots 662 - 911

Lots 89 - 161

'THE EVERLEIGH' ROMANO-BRITISH SEATED FIGURINE OF THE PHILOSOPHER EPICURUS 2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D. An important free-standing bronze figure of a philosopher, modelled in the round seated and robed on a roughly rectangular base, the body delineated by its folds, feet protruding from beneath the hem, head tilted backwards slightly, face bearded and moustachioed, full head of textured hair, possibly plaited from a central point above the nape of the neck, with stylised detailing to the eyes, slender arched brows and nose, possibly wearing a torc or other form of neck ornament or collar; lower down on the reverse it is apparent that the figure has been formed seated on a stool or small chair, indicated by a transverse rib with knopped terminals and legs; the head is disproportionately large in comparison to the rest of the body, and the folds of the clothing are not continued on the reverse of the figure. 2½ in. (98.5 grams, 62.5 mm high, 24 mm wide). Very fine condition. Rare and of national significance. £3,000 - 4,000

PROVENANCE:

Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Everleigh, Wiltshire, UK, on 10th August 2021, by Christopher Phillips. Accompanied by a copy of the Portable Antiquities Scheme report no.WILT81FA47. Accompanied by a copy of the three page Treasure Hunting Magazine article where this item has been published. Accompanied by a two page typed letter from the finder explaining the circumstances of finding and several copies of photographs taken when the object was discovered. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11206-186806. LITERATURE:

Cf. Richter, G.M.A., Portraits of the Greeks, Volume 2, London, 1965, pp.194200, figs.1149-2225; cf. Kaufmann-Heinimann, A., Die Roemischen bronzen der Schweiz 1 Augst, Mainz, 1977, p.80 and Taf 88. no.82; cf. Faider-Feytmans, G., Les Bronzes Romains de Belgique, Mainz, 1979, pp.89-90, no.82, pl.56; cf. Wightmann, E.M. Roman Trier and the Treviri, London, 1970, pl.14a, p.150; cf. Boucher, S., Recherches sur les bronzes figures de gaule pre-romaine et romaine, 1976, p.169 and pl.64, no.306.

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PUBLISHED:

Treasure Hunting Magazine, A Hobby of True Discovery, May 2022, p.41-43. FOOTNOTES:

The object is complete. However, it may once have formed part of a more complex object, or served as a finial. The Portable Antiquities report states: 'No direct parallel has been found. The seated pose is reminiscent of the Greek philosopher statues, eg. Epicurus. The head is reminiscent of representations of Celtic figures, with the almond shaped eyes supporting this idea. The hair, moustache and beard are very particular, generally reminiscent of Celtic figures and may represent Sucellus, a Celtic deity who is sometimes represented with extravagant curls on his head, together with beard and with an animal skin tied around his neck, or with a torc. However, associated with agriculture and wine, Sucellus is usually depicted with an olla (jar or small cooking pot) which are not represented in this instance, so it seems unlikely to be him.' The PAS report goes on to state: '...Rev Professor Martin Henig...suggests an Epicurean or

indeed possibly Epicurus himself as the model here. 'If a philosopher, with all that hair/beard and looking at Richter, Portraits of the Greeks, it could just be Epicurus, though of course, a very local version...Whether regarded as Epicurus or a generic philosopher by the owner it again like so much else speaks to a rather sophisticated culture rather than the back of beyond....More to the point may be a bronze found in Augst, Switzerland, Insula 31 in 1963...It depicts a bearded seated philosopher, more scraggy than ours, upper part of body nude, probably here a stoic.' Professor Henig also suggests the figure could represent a school teacher: 'The figure I was thinking of, like the schoolmaster on the Neumagen relief is a bronze from Nismes (Namur) in Belgium...It depicts a man clad in what looks like a Gallic cloak seated on a basket chair. One hand is pointing in an expressive way as though teaching...only a light beard.' Sucellus was also considered a candidate by Martin Henig: 'There is a bronze of the god Sucellus wearing a paenula...but he is standing. But I think a school teacher/ philosopher so more interest in learning.'

ROMAN AEQUIPONDIUM BUST TRADE COUNTERWEIGHT WITH INSCRIPTION 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. An elegant bronze counterweight for a balance shaped as a bust of Minerva, dressed in a garment (possibly a peplum) with a flamed gorgoneion resting on the upper part of the chest; dressed hair divided by a diadem, remains of suspension ring to the top of the head, lead core; an inscription to the base: 'L.H.ERRIVS.EROS.RF ' with the first character unclear and three last characters are of uncertain interpretation. 2⅜ in. (235 grams, 61 mm high). Very fine condition, some separation. £3,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE:

LITERATURE:

See Bolla, M., Le misure dei Romani (Weights of the Romans, in Italian), Verona, 2017, pp.8-9, fig.12; Corti, C., ‘Pesi e contrappesi (Weights and counterweights, in Italian)’ in Corti, C. & Giordani, N., Pondera. Pesi e Misure nell'Antichità, Modena, 2001, figs.121, 128. FOOTNOTES:

The small bronze, which is influenced by strong Hellenistic elements, bears an inscription in Latin and Greek letters on the bottom, which demonstrates how the counterweight was endowed by an imperial officer with official duties of weight checking. This implied that the bronze was part of a handcrafted steelyard (stadera) made by specialised craftsmen, as evidenced by the refinement of the face and by the high level of workmanship. The inscription probably bears the name of the verifier who was usually a praetor aedilis. The first character is not easily readable, while the name L.H.ERRIVS.EROS.RF is evident. The last three letters are of uncertain interpretation, although the last could consist of the transliteration of the Greek letter Lamda (?) intended as a litra. The letters of the Greek alphabet could in fact be used to indicate the weight values: one for the unit of measurement of reference, and one for the numeral.

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ROMAN BRONZE STATUE ARM 2ND CENTURY A.D. A bronze fragment of left arm from a life-size statue of a youthful figure, comprising the left hand with two slightly folded surviving fingers and straight thumb, and majority of the forearm and wrist; detailing to the nails. 14 in. (840 grams, 35.5 cm). Fine condition, fragmentary but with no signs of restoration. [No Reserve] £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. LITERATURE:

Cf. Russell, M., ‘Farewell two arms: a Roman bronze body part from Halnaker, West Sussex’ in Sussex Archaeological collections, 157, 2019, pp.125-132, for similar fragment.

ROMAN MERCURY STATUETTE 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. A bronze statuette modelled as the god Mercury standing nude with the exception of a mantle wrapped around his shoulders, exposing his muscular torso, short hair and semi-naturalistic facial detailing, holding a coin purse; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 3¼ in. (193 grams total, 84 mm high including stand). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

German art market before 2000. With a European gentleman living in the UK. Property of a Surrey gentleman.

ROMAN GOOSE STATUETTE 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. A bronze statuette of a bawling goose with spread wings, long neck and open beak, standing on a rectangular pedestal. 2 in. (48.3 grams, 52 mm wide). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400

PROVENANCE:

German art market, 1990s. Mr A.H., a North American collector living in the UK. LITERATURE:

Cf. for small statuettes of birds Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, items 268ff., for comparable examples.

ROMAN BUST OF EROS 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. A bronze mount formed as the bust of Eros, with broad neck, shoulders and chest, elaborately dressed hair and stern expression to the face; pierced both sides of the nape for attachment; mounted on a tiered custom-made stand. 3¾ in. (443 grams total, 95 mm including stand). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Ex Abelita family collection, 1970s-2000s.

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LARGE ROMAN OIL LAMP WITH THEATRICAL MASK 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D. A bronze lamp with elongated body, a long splayed and fluked nozzle with rounded tip and circular wick hole; flat rim around the body and the nozzle; D-section handle curving forward from the rear and terminating in a tragic theatrical mask with a palmette below the mask, the hair dressed in stylised ringlets, two raised cones on the brow and a wig with tripartite horns pointing backwards; raised basal ring. 7½ in. (622 grams, 19 cm long). Fine condition. £1,200 - 1,700 PROVENANCE:

German art market before 2000. With a European gentleman living in the UK. Property of a Surrey gentleman. LITERATURE:

See Boucher, S., Inventaire des Collections Publiques Françaises - 17 Vienne: Bronzes Antiques, Paris, 1971, fig.401; Bailey, D.M., A catalogue of the lamps in the British Museum, IV, Lamps of metal and stone, and lampstands, London, 1996, no.Q3669, for similar. FOOTNOTES:

The lamp belongs to the typology of the elongated lamps with splayed and fluked nozzles. Single-stemmed lamps of this category often terminate with a tragic mask motif. Various examples come from all corners of the Roman Empire, although the quality of the work points towards a South-Italic or even Roman workshop.

ROMAN KNIFE WITH MINERVA HANDLE 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. A knife composed of an iron blade with one curved cutting edge, a round-section collared handle terminating with the head of the goddess Minerva, modelled in the round with semi-naturalistic detailing to the face, wearing a diadem and crested helmet. 10½ in. (130 grams, 27 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

European private collection, 1970-1980s. London, UK, late 1990s. LITERATURE:

Cf. similar to a knife with helmetted finial in Alexandrova, S. & Dermendzhiev, E., 'Three iron knives from the Early Byzantine Fortress on the Hill Devingrad in Veliko Turnovo' (in Bulgarian) in Yotov, V. (ed.), Acta Musei Varnensis I, Weapons and Military Equipment during the Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, 4th-15th centuries, Varna 14-16 September 2000, Varna, 2002, pp.59-62, fig.1. FOOTNOTES:

This well known typology of Roman military knives (culter) comprises a bronze shaft usually with a head of a warrior or military divinity wearing a helmet. This type was used over a long period: three knives discovered in Bulgaria have been dated back to 5th-7th centuries A.D. on the basis of excavation works in the fortress of Devingrad.

LATE ROMAN MILITARY BELT MOUNT SET 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D. A suite of bronze military belt mounts comprising: twelve 'propeller' mounts with incised concentric rings; two rectangular mounts with one thick ribbed edge, incised triangles and ring-and-dot motifs; a strap end with volute scrolled openwork panel, D-shaped finial with concentric rings, rectangular plate with fixing holes; buckle comprising a square plate with incised concentric rings, loop with confronted horse-head ornament. 2⅛ - 2⅞ in. (255 grams total, 55-74 mm). Fine condition. [16] £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired from Munich, Germany, late 1990s. Property of an East London gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Bishop, M.C. & Coulston, J.C.N., Roman Military Equipment From the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome, London, 1993, figs.141, 142.

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ROMAN HADRIANIC PERIOD LEGIONARY DIPLOMA FRAGMENT 2ND CENTURY A.D. A bronze triangular diploma fragment, possibly of Hadrianic period with six lines of partial text on the extrinsecus, and six lines of partial text on the intus; the extrinsecus, reading: 'EOR[VM] CIVITA[TEM DEDIT ET CONNVBIVM CVM VXORIBUS QUAS TVNC] HABVISSENT [CVM EST CIVITAS IIS DATA AUT SIQVI CAELIBES] ESSENT CUM [IIS QVAS POSTEA DVXISSENT DVM TAXAT SINGVLI] SINGV[LAS] and the intus reading 'T / II H / NIDAC / R III IN/LINO FILII/NT INR Q'. 1½ in. (6.83 grams, 38 mm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

German art market before 2000. With a European gentleman living in the UK. Property of a Surrey gentleman. LITERATURE:

See Balbo, M., ‘Diploma militare di Adriano’ in Pantò, G., Carlo Alberto archeologo in Sardegna, Torino, 2016, pp.153-156; Opreanu, C.H., ‘A new military diploma recently found at Parolissum (Dacia Porolissensis)’ in Ephemeris Napocensis, February 2021, pp.295-308. FOOTNOTES:

The style of writing and the comparison with diplomas of the time of the Emperor Hadrian allows a partial reconstruction of the external part. The diploma gives 'HONESTA MISSIO' (honourable discharge) and Roman citizenship to the veterans of an unknown unit (auxiliary Ala or Cohors) also granting them permission to marry. The text of the internal side should report the dating, and the names of the soldiers and witnesses.

ROMAN PHALLIC PENDANT 1ST CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D. A bronze phallic pendant with detailing and suspension loop. 1⅜ in. (18.2 grams, 36 mm). Very fine condition. £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

German art market, 1990s. Mr A.H., a North American collector living in the UK.

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ROMANO-BRITISH HIPPOCAMPUS

ENAMELLED

SEAL

BOX

LID

WITH

2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A lozengiform seal box lid with knop to three corners, hippocamp facing left with red enamel and blue enamel field; remains of hinge to reverse. 1⅝ in. (7.76 grams, 42 mm). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Found Yorkshire, UK.

101

LARGE ROMAN 'THAMES' MASON'S PLUMB BOB WEIGHT 1ST-5TH CENTURY A.D. A heavy conical mason's plumb bob with deep shoulder, short neck and squat, bulbous terminal with hole for suspension, circumferential grooves to body and shoulder; hollow, squared-off base. 3½ in. (302 grams, 88 mm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400

101

PROVENANCE:

Found Thames foreshore, Tower of London, UK, c.2012. LITERATURE:

Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1975,0804.28, for similar.

102

ROMAN 'THAMES' BONE AND OTHER DICE COLLECTION CIRCA 5TH-16TH CENTURY A.D. A group of five dice comprising: a Potter variant 1 bone die with ringand-dot markings composed 1:6; 2:5; 3:4; four lead dice of various sizes, each marked with small dots. ⅜ in. (25.7 grams total, 8-10 mm). Fine condition. [5, No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

102

Found Thames foreshore, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report number LON-E59932 for the bone die.

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ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS EXCAVATED NEAR THE TOMB OF CECILIA METELLA IN ROME EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D. A rectangular marble sarcophagus with the front panel decorated with two opposing series of double strigilatures (spiral fluting) with matching sharp concave edges, converging in the centre where the tabula inscriptionis is located; the latter, of quadrangular shape, enclosed within a moulded frame not occupying the entire height of the box, but showing a pulvinus (cushion) in the lower part, bound above and below by a smooth strip and on the sides by two slightly protruding semi-circular elements; the internal compartment of the box with rounded comers, the sides and back smooth; the table bearing a later inscription on five lines: 'D(is) M(anibus)/ C.Tutilio.Rufino. / Venatori. / T.Claudius. Secundus. / Amico. B(ene).M(erenti). P(osuit)'. 19¾ x 81¾ x 21¾ in. (50 x 208 x 55.5 cm). Fine condition. This lot is only available for viewing at our Harwich premises. £10,000 - 14,000 PROVENANCE:

Excavated near the tomb of Cecilia Metella in Rome by the Duke of Buckingham in 1828, and removed to Stowe House, Buckinghamshire. Acquired Christie's at the Stowe sale in 1848, lot 115, by the Earl of Lonsdale and removed to Lowther Castle, Penrith, Cumbria. Purchased at the sale of the contents of Lowther Castle in June 1957. Later with Heathcote Ball & Co, The Ashby Folville Manor Sale, Leicestershire, 15th March 1984, lot 116.

Property of a North American collector. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Laura Maria Vigna. Accompanied by scholarly note TL05424 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11172-187994. LITERATURE:

Cf. Koch, G., Sichtermann, H., Romische Sarkophage, Munchen, 1982, pp.7376 and 241-245; Ramieri, A.M., in Museo Nazionale Romano, Le Sculture, I, 3, Roma 1982, n. II, 31, pp.62-64; Sapelli, M. in Museo Nazionale Romano, Le Sculture, l, 7, Parte II, Roma 1984, n. Xtr, 8, pp.374-375, no. XII 10, pp.376-377, XV,20, p.459; for the strigillated sarcophagi and on the various compositional schemes used in them, and on the origin of the strigillated decoration see in detail Koch-Sichtermann 1982, with bibl. prev. FOOTNOTES:

The strigilature are decorative elements with wavy grooves that recall the shape of the strigil, the curved implement that Roman athletes and bathers used to scrape oil from their bodies. They are very frequent in the Roman Imperial age starting from the 2nd century A.D., with a particular diffusion in the 3rd century A.D. and in the production of the Early Christian art of the following century. They are carved in parallel series, especially in the ornamentation of sarcophagi, urns and vases. The strigilature are frequently framed by architectural elements or interspersed with figurative decorations, inscriptions and protomes. The sarcophagus can be placed for typological comparisons to the 3rd century A.D., probably made in the first half of the century, considering the accuracy of the workmanship and the chiaroscuro performance of the strigilature (for sarcophagi of this type see Ramieri, A.M. and Sapelli, M. in bibl.). It is possible that the inscription was redone in its present form at a later time in the 19th century.

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LARGE ROMAN GLASS FOOTED CHALICE C.1ST CENTURY A.D. A large glass chalice with piriform body, stepped neck with deep lip and splayed foot; iridescent surfaces. 6 in. (286 grams, 15.1 cm wide). Very fine condition, small chip to foot. £1,200 - 1,700 PROVENANCE:

Fernand Adda (d.1965) collection, formed in the 1920s. Collection of Mrs Petra Schamelman, Breitenbach, Germany. Private collection of a Kensington collector. Property of a London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10985-181177. LITERATURE:

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number X.21.194, for similar elements.

105

ROMAN AUBERGINE GLASS JAR 1ST CENTURY A.D. An aubergine glass jar with squat, piriform body bearing wheel cut lines, shallow neck; kick-up to base. 4½ in. (165 grams, 11.4 cm wide). Very fine condition. £1,500 - 2,000

106

PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

106

LARGE ROMAN GREEN GLASS BOTTLE 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. A green glass bottle with globular body, balustered neck and ground rim; some iridescence remaining to surface. 8¼ in. (353 grams, 21 cm high). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960-1980. Dr Harold Berry, North London, UK. LITERATURE:

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.3, New York, 2003, item 1139.

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ROMAN OPAQUE BLUE GLASS FLASK 1ST CENTURY A.D. An opaque milky blue glass flask with bulbous body, cylindrical neck and everted rim. 2½ in. (24.9 grams, 65 mm high). Fine condition. £1,000 - 1,400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

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108

ROMAN GREEN GLASS VESSEL WITH TRAIL 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. A blue-green glass jar with bulbous body, rolled rim, applied zigzag trail at the neck with a slender trail around the body, shelf to interior, shallow kick-up. 3¼ in. (84 grams, 83 mm wide). Fine condition. £800 - 1,000

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PROVENANCE:

Sheppard & Cooper Ltd, London, 1992.

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ROMAN AMBER GLASS JAR WITH TRAIL 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. An amber-coloured glass vessel with bulbous body, rolled rim and applied zigzag trail to neck, shelf to inner mouth, small kick-up to base. 2⅞ in. (46 grams, 73 mm wide). Fine condition. £700 - 900 PROVENANCE:

Sheppard & Cooper Ltd, London, 1992. LITERATURE:

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 74.51.197, for similar.

110

ROMAN CAST OPAQUE WHITE GLASS PATELLA CUP

109

EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D. An opaque white glass patella cup with foot. 2¾ in. (45.6 grams, 70 mm wide). Fine condition. £1,000 - 1,400 PROVENANCE:

Swiss corporate collection, early 1980s. LITERATURE:

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 13.198.1, for similar.

111

ROMAN IRIDESCENT HANDLED GLASS VESSEL 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. A clear glass vessel with carinated body, everted neck, three applied trails around the shoulder and rim, short medial ribs around the body, iridescent surfaces; held in a custom-made display case. 2¾ in. (84 grams (2.2 kg including box), 70 mm high). Very fine condition. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

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Collection of Fernand Adda, formed in the 1920s-1930s. Collection of Mrs Petra Schamelman, Breitenbach, Germany. Private collection of a Kensington collector. Property of a London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.10910-181104. LITERATURE:

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1975.1.1597 and 74.51.197, for similar. FOOTNOTES:

The Adda family, originally from Alexandria, formed the majority of their collection in the 1920s-1930s. Abraham Adda (b. circa 1855) had three sons, Victor (b. circa 1885-1965) a collector of coins, Iznik and ancient Egyptian objects; Fernand, a collector of Iznik ceramics, and Joseph. The collection has been situated in Europe since before the Second World War.

111

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112

ROMAN GLAZED SKYPHOS WITH BIRDS AND DANCERS 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. A terracotta skyphos or drinking cup with two ribbed loop handles, rolled foot and appliqué figures around the body depicting a dancer in dynamic pose flanked by a large bird and a bounding quadruped to both faces; remains of a blue-green glaze. 5 in. (157 grams, 12.7 cm wide). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £800 - 1,000

112

PROVENANCE:

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 15.163.1, for a comparable example.

113

LARGE ROMAN GREEN GLASS DOUBLE BALSAMARIUM 4TH CENTURY A.D. A glass balsamarium composed of two conjoined tubes, decorated with applied trails and ornate handle. 8¼ in. (132 grams, 21 cm high). Fine condition. £800 - 1,000

113

PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

114

ROMAN WHITE IRIDESCENT TALL GLASS PERFUME BOTTLE 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D. A glass perfume bottle or unguentarium composed of a slender piriform body, flared neck, rolled rim, applied handles and foot, decorated with applied trails in zigzag and spiral arrangements. 5⅛ in. (71.9 grams, 13 cm high). Fine condition. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

London art collection prior to 1971. UK art market 1971-1974.

115

ROMAN GLASS VESSEL COLLECTION CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-4TH CENTURY A.D.

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A group of four Hellenistic and Roman glass perfume, toilet and other vessels comprising: one with a squashed, piriform blue glass body with white feathered detailing, lug handles to the shoulder; one ovalshaped with trumpet-style neck and mouth, purple lustre; a mould-blown vessel with deep lobes around the body, discoid foot, flared neck and round-section handle with lustre over the body; vessel with bulbous body and long cylindrical neck, everted neck with rolled lip, two applied lug handles. 4 - 4⅝ in. (297 grams total, 10.1-11.7 cm). Fair to fine condition. [4] £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960-1980. Dr Harold Berry, North London, UK.

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LATE ROMAN TERRACOTTA AMPHORA 4TH-6TH CENTURY AD A tall terracotta transport amphora with slender, wheel-ribbed conical body and two lateral double ridged handles attached to the shoulder, with thick applied rim; some surface encrustation; accompanied by a custom-made stand. 27⅛ in. (28⅜ in.) (5.7 kg, 69 cm (6.75 kg total, 72 cm including stand)). Fair condition. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960-1980. Dr Harold Berry, North London, UK.

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LATE ROMAN TERRACOTTA AMPHORA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D. A substantial Mediterranean terracotta amphora jar with strap handles to the shoulder. 18⅞ in. (5.55 kg, 47.9 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Mellors & Kirk, East Midlands, UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

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ROMAN AMPHORA STORAGE VESSEL 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. A terracotta amphora-shaped storage vessel composed of a piriform body, trumpet-style neck and mouth and two integral handles to the equator. 10¾ in. (1.6 kg, 27.3 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1990s. Ex Constable collection.

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ROMAN TERRACOTTA JAR FRAGMENT WITH EROTIC SCENES 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D. A handled jar fragment decorated in raised relief with two erotic scenes, the first showing a masturbation scene, the second a copulating couple. 2¾ in. (33.7 grams, 71 mm). Fair condition. Rare. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

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ROMAN LEGIONARY BRICK WITH 'LEGIO IIII FLAVIA FELIX' STAMP 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. A massive square terracotta brick with an impressed stamp reading 'LEG III [.I.] F (?). 7⅝ x 7⅝ in. (4 kg, 19.5 x 19.5 cm). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

German art market before 2000. With a European gentleman living in the UK. Property of a Surrey gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Spasi Duri , D., Град Виминацијум-The city of Viminacium, (in Serbian), Pozarevac, 2015, fig.25 p.23, fig. 5, p.149. FOOTNOTES:

In its permanent base of Singidunum the construction activity of the Legio IIII Flavia Felix (Lucky Flavian Fourth Legion) is attested, still in the 3rd-4th centuries A.D., by the numerous bricks with stamps bearing the name of Legio IIII FF. A detachment of the legion operated in that period, in the same way, in the nearby Viminacium, also in Moesia Superior, main camp of the Legio VII Claudia Pia Fidelis.

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ROMAN TERRACOTTA HEAD COLLECTION 1ST CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D. A group of votive terracotta figure heads comprising: a head of a priest wearing a conical cap (pileus); a head of an African boy; a head of a young boy with curly hair; a head of a woman with a Greek tubular cap worn under a pallium cloak; a head of a young male; three female heads with circular earrings and Graeco-Egyptian coiffures, one with horned headgear; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1¼ - 2 in. (2¼ - 3 in.) (200 grams total, 31-48 mm high (58-74 mm including stand)). Fine condition. [8, No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

North London gentleman, in storage since the 1970s. Property of a West London gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Savvopoulos, K., 'Popular divine imagery in Hellenistic and Roman Alexandria. The terracotta figurines collection of the Patriarchal Sacristy in Alexandria' in The Annual of the British School at Athens, 2019, figs.35, 52, 53. FOOTNOTES:

These heads are all votive pieces linked to the cult of Egyptian deities within the Roman Empire, and are probably a product of a workshop in Alexandria.

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ROMAN TERRACOTTA HEAD COLLECTION

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1ST CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D. A group of votive terracotta figure heads comprising: three heads of Harpokrates, the divine child, one with shaved head exhibiting the Egyptian royal braid to one temple, with the forefinger held to his lips, the second with an imposing Pschent crown set between lotus buds, the third with a finely rendered child's face, and two buds on the head; a possible figure of a goddess with the right arm raised up, a necklace around the neck, a circular diadem on the head; two figures of priests or worshippers, one with a garment leaving the left shoulder uncovered, the other dressed in a pallium fastened on the left side of the body; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. 2 - 2½ in. (2½ - 3¼ in.) (125 grams total, 48-66 mm high (178 grams total, 6183 mm including stands)). Fine condition. [6, No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

North London gentleman, in storage since the 1970s. Property of a West London gentleman. LITERATURE:

See Savvopoulos, K., 'Popular divine imagery in Hellenistic and Roman Alexandria. The terracotta figurines collection of the Patriarchal Sacristy in Alexandria' in The Annual of the British School at Athens, 2019, pp.1-52, figs.15,16,17, 30. FOOTNOTES:

These heads are all votive pieces linked to the cult of Egyptian deities within the Roman Empire, and are probably a product of a workshop in Alexandria. Harpocrates, son of Serapis and Isis, the deity-symbol of rebirth and fertility, was perhaps the most popular deity to be represented in terracotta figures.

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ROMAN TERRACOTTA HEAD COLLECTION 1ST CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D. A group of votive terracotta figure heads comprising: two heads of the divine child Harpocrates, crowned with a thick wreath surmounted by the Pschent crown (the Pharaonic double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt) and five female heads with circular earrings and GraecoEgyptian coiffures, one with horned headgear and another with a plumed propoloma; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1¾ - 2½ in. (2½ - 3 in.) (230 grams total, 44-68 mm high (290 grams total, 63-80 mm including stands)). Fine condition. [7, No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

North London gentleman, in storage since the 1970s. Property of a West London gentleman. LITERATURE:

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These heads are all votive pieces linked to the cult of Egyptian deities within the Roman Empire, and are probably a product of a workshop in Alexandria.

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ROMAN TERRACOTTA HEAD COLLECTION MAINLY 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. A mixed group of moulded terracotta female heads comprising: one with large wig of curls and pierced lug to the left ear; one with small halo of curls; one with chignon and diadem, modelled in the round; one similar with piercing to each ear, white pigment remaining; one with piled trilobe hairstyle; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. 2⅜ - 3⅝ in. (205 grams total, 60-92 mm high including stand). Fine condition. [5, No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Private Swiss collection. Acquired at Hotel Des Ventes, Geneva, Switzerland, c 2010. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of the Hotel Des Ventes invoice.

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ROMAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE GROUP 2ND CENTURY A.D. 124

A group of votive terracotta figures comprising: a naked dancer with tambourine (tympanum) and a high propoloma on the head; a naked boy holding an amphora on the left shoulder and a small jar under the right arm, the head covered by Egyptian headgear; a bust of the god Harpokrates holding his fingertip just below his mouth, shaved head with the Egyptian royal braid and headgear; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. 2½ - 3¼ in. (3 - 4½ in.) (330 grams total, 63-85 mm high (8-11.5 cm including stand)). Fine condition. [3, No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

North London gentleman, in storage since the 1970s. Property of a West London gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. The MET, accession no.89.2.2005, for the terracotta statuette of a similar playing woman dressed in Romano-Egyptian style; Savvopoulos, K., 'Popular divine imagery in Hellenistic and Roman Alexandria; The Annual of the British School at Athens, 2019, pp.1-52, figs.22, 23, 24, 37, for the terracotta figurine collection of the Patriarchal Sacristy in Alexandria. FOOTNOTES:

These heads are all votive pieces linked to the cult of Egyptian deities within the Roman Empire, and are probably a product of a workshop in Alexandria. The deity’s headpiece comprises two feathers of the Egyptian goddess Maat, the personification of the concepts of truth, harmony and justice, and between them the sun disk, which connects the deity with the sun god Ra, along with Sokar, Ptah and Osiris. The amphora of the young boy looks Hellenistic. The wine amphora carried by the young boy (maybe another representation of Harpokrates himself) is associated with the ‘festival of drunkenness’ and the conception of Harpokrates.

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ROMAN GOLD RING WITH BANQUETING SCENE 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. A gold ring composed of a hollow D-section body with expanding shoulders and oval bezel, set with a carnelian intaglio gemstone bearing a banqueting scene composed of three figures (bacchantes) seated on a table. 1 in. (3.73 grams, 25.56 mm overall, 18.79 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P½, USA 7¾, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)). Fine condition. £3,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE:

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Acquired 1970s-2000s. Private London collection of a lady, deceased. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11258-189418. LITERATURE:

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 197, for type.

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ROMAN GOLD RING WITH CAMEO OF A LADY 1ST CENTURY B.C., CAMEO CIRCA 200 A.D. A gold ring with D-section hoop and oval bezel set with an onyx cameo of a woman facing right, hair held in a chignon at the nape. 1⅛ in. (11.15 grams, 28.16 mm overall, 18.51 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P½, USA 7¾, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £1,800 - 2,400 PROVENANCE:

German art market, 1990s. Mr A.H., a North American collector living in the UK.

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LITERATURE:

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 397, for type.

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ROMAN GOLD RING WITH PORTRAIT GEMSTONE 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. A gold ring composed of a facetted hoop, volute scrolls at the shoulders, raised oval bezel set with an onyx intaglio with profile bust. ⅞ in. (4.99 grams, 22.78 mm overall, 18.04 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K½, USA 5½, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)). Fine condition. £1,000 - 1,400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

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ROMAN GOLD RING WITH AMPHORA GEMSTONE

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3RD CENTURY A.D. A gold ring of irregular ellipsoid shape, with trapezium-shaped section, widening toward the conical shoulders, hexagonal bezel; set with a red jasper gemstone bearing the intaglio image of a kantharos. ¾ in. (4.35 grams, 21.19 mm overall, 18.31 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O½, USA 7¼, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)). Fine condition. £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

European private collection, 1970-1980s. London, UK, late 1990s. LITERATURE:

Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 183, for the type; cf. also Chadour, A.B., The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 344-347, with gemstones inserts. FOOTNOTES:

The ring belongs to the type VII, variant 1, of the Ruseva-Slokoska typology. The ring type with conical shoulders is typical of the 3rd century A.D. The kantharos was a symbol of rebirth or resurrection, the immortality offered by wine, according to G.V. Elderkin ‘removing in moments of ecstasy the burden of self-consciousness and elevating man to the rank of deity’.

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ROMAN GOLD DOUBLE BEZEL GEMSTONES 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. A gold ring composed of two slender hoops, openwork shoulders with single granule to each, expanded bezels set with oval carnelian gemstones bearing clasped hands motifs. ¾ in. (6.02 grams, 21.53 mm overall, 17.92 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6½, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)). Fine condition. £1,000 - 1,400 PROVENANCE:

German art market, 1990s. Mr A.H., a North American collector living in the UK.

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LITERATURE:

Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 180, for type.

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LATE ROMAN ARCHITECTURAL GOLD RING WITH GEMSTONE 4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D. A gold ring with rectangular-section hoop, rectangular bezel with openwork sides, u-section at the shorter ends, zigzags to the longer edges with engraved pellet in each and swag between, a bevelled rectangular plate with raised ellipsoidal cell set with a nicolo gemstone. 1 in. (9.54 grams, 29.44 mm overall, 18.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)). Very fine condition. £5,000 - 7,000 PROVENANCE:

In a 1970s collection. Acquired on the UK art market in 2012. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by a positive scientific statement from Striptwist Limited, a London-based company run by historical precious metal specialist Dr Jack Ogden, reference number 210714. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11011-180889.

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LITERATURE:

Cf. Content, D.J., Ruby, Sapphire & Spinel: An Archaeological, Textual and Cultural Study, Part II, Belgium, 2016, pp.82-85, for a broadly comparable architectural form.

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ROMAN GOLD RING WITH RUBY GEMSTONE 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. A gold ring composed of a plaited hoop with pellet to each shoulder and oval bezel, set with a polished ruby cabochon. 1⅛ in. (7.22 grams, 28.34 mm overall, 20.76 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S½, USA 9¼, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)). Very fine condition. A large wearable size. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

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Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 208, for type.

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ROMAN GOLD RING WITH GARNET 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. An openwork bezel, central cell with inset keeled garnet cabochon, later gold hoop. ⅞ in. (2.41 grams, 23.40 mm overall, 18.60 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7½, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)). Fine condition. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

German art market, 1990s. Mr A.H., a North American collector living in the UK.

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ROMAN GOLD AND AMETHYST NECKLACE 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D. PROVENANCE:

A restrung necklace composed of biconical amethyst beads of graduated size interspersed with smaller biconvex gold beads decorated with granulated rings; three lunular pendants at the centre and to each side, each with a carinated body, tear-shaped cell above set with a polished garnet cabochon, circular cells to the terminals, one set with pearl, the other with garnet; modern clasp. 19⅞ in. (51.1 grams, 50.5 cm long). Very fine condition. £5,000 - 7,000

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Collection of former Italian Ambassador Carlo Perrone-Capano. The majority of this collection was acquired during his period in office in Damascus during the 1960s. His later life was spent near Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK. Accompanied by scholarly note TL05428 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11192-188129.

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ROMAN GOLD FILIGREE EARRING PAIR 1ST CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D. A matched pair of Hellenistic or Roman gold hoop earrings, each composed of a hoop with faux-twisted and beaded lower body and plain round-section upper body, domed circular plaque with loop for closure, decorated with granules and beading, clusters of granulated hollow gold spheres below. 1⅜ in. (6.04 grams total, 36 mm each). Fine condition. [2] £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Ex private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.

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ROMAN GOLD PENDANT WITH GEMSTONE 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D. An oval-shaped gold pendant set with agate, twisted wire frame, three dangles with pearl-coloured beads below, suspension loop above. 1¾ in. (5.82 grams, 43 mm high). Very fine condition. £1,500 - 2,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970s-2000s. Private London collection of a lady, deceased.

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ROMAN SILVER PLAQUE WITH GODDESS 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. A silver-gilt rectangular votive relief depicting a standing goddess, possibly Cybele-Demeter or Artemis Posphoros, in the act of making an offering with a phiale in her right hand, the veil of her cloak (pallium) worn over the head (capite velato), dressed in a long Ionic chiton, traces of gilding to the neck and eyes; mounted on a custommade display stand. 4½ in. (126 grams total, 11.5 cm high including stand). Fine condition. £1,000 - 1,400

PROVENANCE:

Private collection formed since 1970. Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Germany, 27 June 2019, lot 179 (1,600 euros). Property of a gentleman from Vienna. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Gorny & Mosch catalogue pages. LITERATURE:

See similar images of Cybele with patera in Nankov, 'toward the Thracian Religion in the Early Hellenistic Period: a terracotta figurine of Kybele from Seuthopolis reconsidered' in Archaeologia Bulgarica, 3, 2007, Sofia, pp.47-67, figs.11,13,18. FOOTNOTES:

This Roman provincial work could evoke the image of Cybele-Demeter or Artemis Posphoros. The two divinities are often identified by the similarity of holding the phiale in the right hand, as it is possible to see on some of the autonomous coins of Cybele.

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ROMAN SIMPULUM LADLE WITH SWAN 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D. A bronze ladle comprising a hemispherical bowl with a flat-section handle, ribbed bulb above and round-section hook with collar detailing, finial formed as a swan head with punched eyes. 10⅝ in. (145 grams, 27 cm). Fine condition. £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Tassinari, S., La Vaisselle de Bronze, Romaine et Provinciale, au Musée des Antiquités Nationales, XXIXe supplément de Gallia, Paris, 1975, items 403, for ladles with similar animal-head finials; cf. also Boucher, S., Inventaire des Collections Publiques Françaises - 17 Vienne: Bronzes Antiques, Paris, 1971; pp.168-169, for similar specimens. FOOTNOTES:

This type of ladle was used for libations of wine to the gods during sacrifices. The shape of the simpulum was that of a small cup, with a single elongated handle. The material of which it was made varied according to the wealth of the altar; there were specimens in silver; some were of brass and others made of wood or terracotta. This simpulum or simpuvium is often found depicted on Roman medals. Thus a coin of the gens Seslia bears on the reverse a tripod having on its left a sacena oracieris, or pontifical axe (securis pontificalis) and on its right a simpulum. Another coin, belonging to the gens Sulpicia, displays a simpulum between a knife and a sacena oracieris on the reverse.

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ROMAN SILVER 'TRAVEL' SPOON 4TH CENTURY A.D. A short silver spoon with shallow piriform bowl, raised neck with movable pinned hinge attached to the square-section handle and shortened knob finial, allowing the handle to be folded into the bowl. 4¼ in. (28.4 grams, 10.8 cm). Fine condition. £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Shelton, K.J., The Esquiline Treasure, London, 1981, item 27, for type. FOOTNOTES:

As today, the spoon was used as a measure for dosage in ancient times. Both the cochlear and the ligula could have been used to measure different quantities, particularly in the practice of medicine and in the kitchen. Isidore (Origines, XVI, 26.3) tells us that the cochlear was the smallest unit size and was worth half a drachma.

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ROMAN SILVER PIN WITH HAND HOLDING POMEGRANATE 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. A silver pin composed of a tapering round-section stem and finial formed as the hand of Venus holding a pomegranate between thumb and forefinger and wearing a coiled snake bracelet. 4 in. (11.6 grams, 10.3 cm long). Very fine condition. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Private collection of T.K., c.1990. Property of a London gentleman.

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ROMAN SILVER RING WITH EMPEROR VALENTINIAN GEMSTONE CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D. A silver ring composed of a round-section hoop and oval bezel set with a green chalcedony intaglio gemstone bearing a profile male bust right of Valentinian I or II, wearing a crossbow brooch, Latin inscription to the bezel reading 'FL(?) VALENTINIANVS P(er)P(etue) AV(gustus)' for Flavius Valentinianus. 1⅛ in. (5.23 grams, 28.06 mm overall, 18.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)). Very fine condition. £1,500 - 2,000

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PROVENANCE:

Deceased gentleman's estate, 1988. Ex UK collection.

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ROMAN SILVER RING WITH CASTOR AND POLLUX GEMSTONE 2ND CENTURY A.D. A silver ring with D-shaped hoop, set with an oval glass gemstone incised with confronting busts of the divine twins Castor and Pollux, their hair arranged under a fastening band (taenia), a star above both heads. ¾ in. (6.88 grams, 21.26 mm overall, 16.82 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5¾, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)). Fine condition. £400 - 600

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PROVENANCE:

German art market before 2000. With a European gentleman living in the UK. Property of a Surrey gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 243, for this style of ring; for the Roman gemstone with facing busts, see Chadour, A.B., The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 348, for type. FOOTNOTES:

The ring belongs to the type II, variant I of the Ruseva-Slokoska classification of the Roman silver rings. The stars above the heads of the famous twins, brothers of Helen of Troy, remain to this day as the symbols of the constellation Gemini.

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ROMAN NAKED MAN GEMSTONE IN BRONZE RING CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. A gemstone engraved with a naked man wearing two branches of foliage upon his shoulders; set into a possibly later bronze ring with D-section hoop expanding towards the oblique shoulders decorated with deep fluting and ending in volutes; high ellipsoid bezel. 1⅛ in. (15.30 grams, 28.73 mm overall, 20.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British W, USA 11, Europe 25, Japan 24)). Fine condition. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. LITERATURE:

Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, p.73, for type; cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 127, for the iconography or Eros in a similar position.

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The man or young boy represented naked could be Eros, wearing the fruits of the sea upon his shoulders, suggesting that the owner of this ring was a seafarer to whom Eros gave his protection.

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ROMAN HARE RIDING DOLPHIN GEMSTONE IN IRON RING 3RD CENTURY A.D. A finely preserved jasper intaglio representing a dolphin transporting a hare upon a flattened vessel; set into an iron ring with thin ellipsoid hoop rounded on the inside, expanding shoulders. 1 in. (7.96 grams, 25.40 mm overall, 14.17 x 19.15 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5¼, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)). Fine condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. LITERATURE:

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Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, items 272-275, for the type. FOOTNOTES:

The hare was regarded as an animal sacred to Aphrodite and Eros because of its high libido, and live hares were often presented as a gift of love. The dolphin was among the animals sacred to Aphrodite, and the dolphin is carrying a hare as a gift upon a vessel, meaning that this ring was clearly a present for a beloved person.

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ROMAN GEMSTONE WITH ALEXANDER THE GREAT HUNTING 2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.

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An oval-shaped carnelian intaglio with hunting scene composed of an armoured and mounted horseman, Alexander the Great or an emperor, galloping left, spearing a wild boar on the ground, a hunting hound running alongside the horse, with fine detailing to the rider, horse and trappings. ¾ in. (1.37 grams, 19 mm). Fine condition, chipped. [No Reserve] £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Acquired York, 1980s. Private collection of a London antiquarian.

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ROMAN CAMEO OF A NOBLE LADY LATE 2ND-EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D. An empress or a noble lady depicted in profile on a layered agate cameo, her hair falling to just above the nape where it is plaited. ¾ in. (1.9 grams, 20 mm). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Private collection formed since 1970. Property of a gentleman from Vienna. LITERATURE:

See Popovi , I., 'Roman cameos with female busts from Middle and Lower Danube' in Pallas, 83, 2010, pp.203-224, figs.15-16.

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FOOTNOTES:

Most cameos of this typology originate from the period of rule of the Severan Dynasty, and were made in the first half of the 3rd century A.D. A similar cameo in a gold medallion from an unknown site in Hungary, probably from south Pannonia (Popovi , 2010, Nº 15), portrays a woman with a hairstyle of helmet form (Helmfrisur), characteristic of Julia Domna, the wife of Septimius Severus (160-217 A.D.).

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BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURAL RELIQUARY 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D. A copper-alloy chest in the form of a shrine, the walls presented schematically with openwork colonnades; the arched entrance flanked by smaller colonnades, above the entrance a Byzantine-type cross decorated with short incised lines; hemispherical dome supported by four pendentives, each crowned with a small sphere, the dome engraved with lines mimicking the covering of a full-size dome with metal plates; the structure attached to a quadrangular bronze plate; accompanied by an old marble pedestal stand. 4⅜ x 4⅜ in. (475 grams, 11.2 x 11.2 cm). Very fine condition. £8,000 - 10,000 PROVENANCE:

UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by an academic report by Prof. Neritan Ceka. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no. 11154-188069.

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LITERATURE:

See Abou-El-Haj, B., The Medieval Cult of Saints: Formations and Transformations, Cambridge, 1994; Bagnoli, M., et al., (eds.), Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe, Cleveland, 2010; Speakman, N.C., Treasures of Heaven, The British Museum, London, 2011. FOOTNOTES:

In terms of form, our shrine reliquary belongs to the early types, known in Byzantine Late Antiquity from the specimen presented on the relief of 'Three Martyrs at the Tomb' of the 5th century A.D. from British Museum. A similar reliquary of St. Anastasius the Persian of the 10th century and the reliquary ciborium of St. Demetrius of Salonica, dating to the 11th century, proves that the type had a long life of use in the medieval Byzantine toreutics. The typical form of Byzantine churches with an inscribed cross, covered with domes that rest on pendentives, brings us to the 10-11th centuries, when this type is widely used in the Byzantine Empire. The reliquary shrine becomes a typical form in Gothic art as well, in a relatively small number and made of precious metals, but repeating Gothic style churches, such as Saint Boniface's reliquary at Dokkum Cathedral, Netherlands, or the reliquary of the Virgin from the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Tournai, Belgium.

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BYZANTINE OPENWORK CENSER WITH CROSSES AND SAINTS 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D. An openwork censer with vertical walls and broad everted rim, frieze of alternating panels displaying nimbate saints and crosses within arcades. 3¾ in. (237 grams, 97 mm wide). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

148

UK private collection, 1998. UK trade, 2013. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11279-189570.

149

BYZANTINE CROSS PENDANT NECKLACE 7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D. A bronze cruciform bifacial pendant comprising: low-relief central robed and nimbate figure in orans pose with four busts in annular frames; reverse with impressed text naming the bust (St. George, St. Theodore, etc.); wire suspension loop and length of silver trichinopoly suspension chain with balustered finials. 21⅝ in. (48.15 grams, 55 cm long). Fine condition; chain broken. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired Munich, Germany, late 1990s. Property of an East London gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Ross, M.C., Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Volume 2: Jewelry, Enamels and Art of the Migration Period, Washington, 2005, item 15, for type.

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BYZANTINE CROSS MOUNT WITH SAINT 11TH CENTURY A.D. A reliquary cross plate with equal arms, four fastening holes, decorated with nimbate figure of Christ or Saint in orans pose, dressed in long kolobion and chiton, with inscription above maybe reading ' (C) (C) (?)', possibly added later. 4⅜ in. (51.3 grams, 11.25 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600

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PROVENANCE:

European private collection, 1970-1980s. London, UK, late 1990s. LITERATURE:

Cf. similar style of crosses in various, Byzantium, the light in the Age of Darkness, New York, 1989, figs.70, 73, 74. FOOTNOTES:

The cross is furnished with four holes and it was possibly destined to be attached to the corresponding lower plate. It could have been a part of a reliquary casket, or of a double cross keeping a holy relic. The rough work of the image suggests that it is of provincial workmanship, far from the city capital of Constantinople.

150

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151

BYZANTINE LITURGICAL BOWL WITH FIGURES 11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D. A large bronze paten with sloping walls and a thin everted rim, the interior of the vessel engraved with a scene comprising four nimbate Evangelists around a central figure of beardless Christ, each holding a gospel in their right hand, the left hand raised to make the sign of blessing; the four Evangelists depicted beneath an arch and a Corinthian column in between each figure, the body of the column decorated with fish scale motifs. 11½ in. (418 grams, 29.2 cm). Fine condition. £10,000 - 14,000

PROVENANCE:

Private German collection since the 1980s. Acquired on the German art market in 2001. Property of a gentleman. Accompanied by an archaeological report by Dr. Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.10940-181731. LITERATURE:

Cf. Papanikola-Bakirtzi, D. (ed.), Everyday life in Byzantium. Byzantine Hours. Works and days in Byzantium, Exhibition catalogue, Thessaloniki, White Tower October 2001-January 2002, Athens, 2002, no.372, for the type; Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 149, for a paten with similar engravings; see a paten with incisions in similar style in the Royal Ontario Museum, accession number 994.220.196. FOOTNOTES:

This vessel belongs to a well-known type of rich liturgical objects, likely produced in the workshops of the Imperial capital Constantinople, although the style used to present Christ and the Evangelists in this artwork points to an important provincial craftsman, certainly influenced by Islamic and Persian iconography. Patens and chalices were the essential containers for the bread and wine of the Divine Liturgy (Eucharist) in Byzantium.

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BYZANTINE PLAQUE FRAGMENT WITH SAINT THEODORE 11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D. A bronze plaque fragment with the image of Saint Theodore Stratilates, in military accoutrement, wearing a military cloak (chlamys), muscled armour (thorax heroikon) worn over a zoupa (undershirt) with pteryges, military tunic (spekion) and holding the shield near his leg with the left hand; the sword (spathion) is worn through a baldric passing over the right shoulder across the breast; the zona militaris is knotted upon his breast; small fastening hole still preserved on the upper right side; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 2⅝ in. (20 grams total, 66 mm high including stand). Fine condition, very detailed artwork. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

German art market before 2000. With a European gentleman living in the UK. Property of a Surrey gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Kalavrezou-Maxeiner, Byzantine Icons in Steatite, Wien, 1985, pl.2, fig.7, pls.6,7, pl.13, no.21, pl.15, no.24a, pl.16, no.28, pl.68, no.144, for the iconography of Saint Theodore Stratilates in military uniform; see also Buckton, D., Byzantium, treasures of Byzantine Art and culture, London, 1994, no.160. FOOTNOTES:

The image of Saint Theodore Stratilates, military saint and protector of the Roman army, is very clear, with his rich curled hair and long pointed beard. The military costume which consists of cuirass, military tunic, officer's sash and the knee-length mantle fastened on the right shoulder, and especially the sword's hilt, are consistent with representations from the 11th-12th centuries. The function of the plaque is unclear, but it was probably inserted into some form of stand or frame, serving as a votive or protective amulet, perhaps for a soldier.

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BYZANTINE DISH WITH FLORIATE DECORATION 11TH-13TH CENTURY A.D. A low bronze vessel with drum-shaped body, the sides with panels of Arabesque knot patterns and geometric figures; the inside base with a six-petalled flower ornamented with dotted arabesques and foliage; the flat base decorated with concentric circles. 4⅛ in. (155 grams, 10.5 cm wide). Very fine condition. £500 - 700

PROVENANCE:

Ex Mayfair gallery, 1990s. LITERATURE:

Cf. Darkevich, V.P., Byzantine Secular Art in the 12th and 13th centuries, (in Russian) Moscow, 1975, pp.220ff. FOOTNOTES:

The decorative floral pattern of the vessel finds correspondence with various ornaments on the Byzantine vessels of 11th-13h centuries A.D. Similar ornaments were widespread also among the Seljuks of Rum in the same period as result of commercial interchange between the two enemy empires.

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BYZANTINE BUCKLE WITH PLATE 8TH CENTURY A.D. A magnificent Khazaro-Byzantine bronze buckle set, the plate ornamented with fine decoration composed of interlaced humans and animals in the midst of openwork foliage scrollwork; the detached buckle with a collared tongue, attached to an articulated bar with knop finials. 4⅜ in. (84 grams, 11.1 cm). Fine condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. From an important collection of a deceased Mayfair gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Daim, F., Die Awaren am Rand der Byzantinischen Welt (The Avars on the Border of the Byzantine World), Bad Vöslau, 2000, figs.61-72; Danich, A.V. & Krylasova, N.B., 'New Belt of the Byzantine Circle from the Medieval Bayanovsky Burial Ground in the Perm territory' in Archaeology Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 42/3, (2014), pp.87–94, figs.1-2. FOOTNOTES:

In general, the belt shows broad parallels with belts of the so called “Byzantine circle,” common for the late Avar and early Saltov assemblages occurring over a wide area, which, as noted by various scholars, were a part of the Khazar Khanate or were in its sphere of influence. Tips with ornamental decoration of palmettes and vine tendrils have been found in related graves, as far as to the Urals regions (Kama territory), where a particular belt from the medieval burial ground of Bayanovsky, in the Perm territory, shows a unique decoration including representations of human figures together with foliage decoration.

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BYZANTINE ALABASTER DISH WITH HEADS CIRCA 15TH CENTURY A.D. An alabaster dish composed of a squat, D-section bowl, a male and female head in high relief at opposite sides, with semi-naturalistic facial features, the female wearing a wimple and gazing forwards with large almond-shaped eyes, short nose, full lips and large chin, the man with a textured beard and moustache, large nose and pursed lips; ribbed and pierced lobes between. 4 in. (227 grams, 10.3 cm wide). Fine condition. £1,000 - 1,400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

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BYZANTINE GOLD RING WITH CABOCHONS 6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER A gold ring composed of an early trumpet-shaped bezel surrounded by garnets; with later central blue glass cabochon and hoop with flatsection body, medial plaited wire band, filigree work above and below; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 1⅝ in. (2¾ in.) (20.08 grams, 41.73 mm overall, 21.27 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10½, Europe 23.77, Japan 22)(32.6 grams total, 69 mm including stand)). Fine condition. £5,000 - 7,000 PROVENANCE:

Private collection of Mr J. P., Belgium. Acquired 2013. UK private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11246-189529.

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BYZANTINE GOLD RING WITH SAINT 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D. A gold ring composed of a slender round-section hoop and discoid bezel with nimbate saint holding a sceptre in each hand. ⅞ in. (5.14 grams, 22.95 mm overall, 19.23 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q½, USA 8¼, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)). Fine condition. A large wearable size. £1,000 - 1,400 PROVENANCE:

German art market, 1990s. Mr A.H., a North American collector living in the UK. LITERATURE:

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 487, for type.

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BYZANTINE GOLD EARRING PAIR WITH PEACOCKS 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D. A pair of openwork gold earrings with decorative motif composed of two peacocks facing a foliate cross, circular suspension loops and pearled lower edge. 1⅛ in. (8.57 grams total, 29 mm each). Very fine condition. [2] £1,000 - 1,400 PROVENANCE:

German art market before 2000. With a European gentleman living in the UK. Property of a Surrey gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Baldini Lippolis, I., L'Oreficeria nell'Impero di Costantinopoli tra IV e VII secolo (the Jewellery in the Empire of Constantinople between IV and VII century, in Italian), Bari, 1999, pp.104ff, for the type, especially no.8 from Athens, Museum Kanellopoulos. FOOTNOTES:

Half-moon shaped earrings are a type of hoop earring particularly associated with the Eastern Roman empire. This specific pair of earrings belongs to the type of openwork earrings with embossed foil. The presence of a beaded outer edge seems to have a typological origin be characteristic of specimens from Cyprus or Syria.

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BYZANTINE GOLD BRACTEATE PLAQUE CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D. A sheet-gold plaque displaying the bust of Christ surrounded by a cross within a roundel at the centre, triangular pediment above with central Christian cross, flanked by Greek letters ' ', roundels above to the sides, columns delineated with X-motifs below, horizontal lines of enigmatic Greek and Latin text repeating various letters; mounted in a glazed frame. 4 x 4 in. (78 grams total, 10.1 x 10.1 cm including frame). Fine condition. £700 - 900 PROVENANCE:

With Christie’s, London, 20 May 1981, lot 115. Property of a London gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Sannazzaro, M., Giostra C., Petala Aurea, Gold-Sheet-work of Byzantine and Lombard Origin from the Rovati Collection, Truccazzano, 2014, nos.18, 19, 21. FOOTNOTES:

According the Roman Bishop Isidore of Seville, the bractea were 'Very thin sheets of gold...called bractea from the Greek term bremetos, which is onomatopoeic for clanging or the action of bratun (shaking or beating) the sheet of gold'. Roman and medieval manuals describe in great detail the work of the bractearii or gold beaters, capable of producing fine sheets of metal only one millimetre thick. They were used in goldsmithing or covering less noble materials, or thinned to produce foil for gold mosaic tiles, threads for precious embroidery or gold leaves for various techniques of gilding.

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BYZANTINE GILT SILVER BELT MOUNT WITH BIRDS 7TH-9TH CENTURY A.D. A silver-gilt belt mount formed as a square plaque decorated with repoussé facing ducks inscribed in a tondo, pearled edge and triangular finial ornamented with volutes. 1¾ in. (2.07 grams, 47 mm high). Fair condition. [No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Collection formed in the 2000s. Property of an English gentleman. LITERATURE:

See similar style in art decoration and belt elements from Bulgaria in Inkova, M., 'Duck Image on a Gilt Silver Strap End: on 'Diffused' Motifs of the Early Medieval Bulgarian Culture' in Archaeologia Bulgarica, Sofia, 2003, pp.83-96, figs. in pl.V. FOOTNOTES:

The theme of the duck, inherited by the Byzantines from Sassanian art (wallpainting in Eastern Turkestan, reliefs at Taq-i-Bustan, see Inkova, 2003, p.91) was widely used in the belt mounts of the Eastern Roman Empire, especially from the 7th to the 9th century A.D. Its use in the Imperial Court of Constantinople strongly influenced that of the Empire’s neighbours, like the Bulgarian Court at Preslav.

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BYZANTINE ROCK CRYSTAL ENKOLPION WITH CHRIST'S ASCENSION CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D. An enkolpion comprising a discoid lead mount with ropework and pellet borders, two suspension loops above, set with a rock crystal disc; etched and gilded in reverse with scene of the Ascension with Christ shown draped and nimbate within a mandorla supported by two winged and nimbate angels, Christ's arms raised, a staff held in his right hand; beneath Christ's feet two opposed nimbate deer, their heads reversed, branches of leaves and fruit between; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 2¼ in. (15.6 grams excluding stand, 51.8 mm). Fine condition, diagonal crack in crystal. £1,200 - 1,700 PROVENANCE:

Private UK collection formed 1970s-1990s. Property of a West London collector. LITERATURE:

Cf. The British Museum, acc. no. 1983,0704.1, which shows Christ seated within a mandorla carried by four angels, acc. no.1986,0708.1, for an enkolpion similar in date and style depicting the Adoration of the Magi. FOOTNOTES:

This disc-shaped enkolpion would have been worn as a pendant at the breast. Its shape, style and iconography are closely paralleled by a number of early 7th century embossed gold discs, worn either as enkolpia, belts, or brooches, as well as a gold and rock crystal medallion, all of which are decorated with central events from the life of Christ.

161

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Western Asiatic Also see lots 912 - 1171

Lots 162 - 265

162

LARGE UR III MESSENGER CUNEIFORM TABLET 2112-2004 B.C. A large tablet with plano-convex cross-section, bearing dense cuneiform text to both faces; used as a voucher for rations of food and drink to be collected at a way station during an official journey, featuring many names of the messengers, viziers, scribes and envoys. 3⅞ in. (210 grams, 98 mm). Fine condition. £1,500 - 2,000 PROVENANCE:

Earlier 20th century collection of Professor Geoffrey Wilson, Warwickshire, UK. London Mayfair gallery, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019.

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OLD BABYLONIAN ADMINISTRATIVE CUNEIFORM TABLET FOR HAMMURABI, KING OF BABYLON CIRCA 18TH CENTURY B.C. A ceramic pillow-shaped cuneiform tablet; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Old Babylonian Administrative Document...about land. This has a total of 28 lines of cuneiform on obverse and reverse and is in fair condition, some gashes and a few chips have removed a few signs, but most remain. The tablet is dated to the 42nd year of the Hammurabi, king of Babylon, c.1751 B.C. It is a list of areas of agricultural land with their borders defined and the officers named under whose administration they fell. The purpose was to ensure that this land, which belonged to the state and was used for various state purposes, was clearly regulated. It could be given to servants of the crown as remuneration, on which they would live though the freehold belonged to the crown. The hand is a Late Old Babylonian cursive, which is abbreviated and difficult to read, for which reason the following translation is only provisional: Translation / 504 iku, land under cultivation, 20 iku, not cultivated, / from the field of Ishbi...to the assigned work / field of Iddin-yatum: sustenance field with oxen, / under the supervision of Shelimatim. / 180 iku, the assigned work field of Enlil-nasir, under / the supervision of Iddin-yatum, from the Oxen Field / up to the .... of Shamash. / 168...iku, the assigned work field of ... under / the supervsion of Shelimatim. / District of ...zinnutu / 45 iku, the assigned work field of Nabi'um-malik / 45 iku, the assigned work field of Ilum... / together.... which they took from the / district of the Exorcist. / 72 iku: sustenance field with oxen: foreman: Ili-amtahar, / under the supervision of Shelimatim. / District of the Banker's... / 2240 iku: fields assigned to work for tax / 2196 iku: land under cultivation, 20 iku not cultivated, / sustenance land with oxen / Total: 5517 iku of cultivated land, 20 iku not cultivated / ..... the other side on the west. / Tablet of Lu-Ninshuburka, Sin-iddin-Sin and the mayor, their colleagues. / Month: Nenegar / Year: the city wall of Kar-Shamash'. 4¼ in. (253 grams, 10.5 cm). Fine condition. £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Earlier 20th century collection. Alex Szolin Ancient Art, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note and translation by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. FOOTNOTES:

An iku was approximately 3500 square metres.

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UR III CUNEIFORM TABLET FOR KING SHU-SUEN 22ND-21ST CENTURY B.C. A pillow-shaped ceramic cuneiform tablet bearing eighteen lines of Sumerian text; the document is an account of barley, flour and goats used in rituals for 'the big crescent moon', issued for various other purposes in month VI, of year six of king Shu-Suen of Ur; accompanied by a translation. 1¾ in. (30.4 grams, 43 mm). Fine condition. £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Earlier 20th century collection of Professor Geoffrey Wilson, Warwickshire, UK. London Mayfair gallery, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. Accompanied by an old typed catalogue slip and a translation page.

165

MESOPOTAMIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. A ceramic cuneiform tablet with a slightly curved profile, cuneiform text to both faces. 2½ in. (81 grams, 64 mm). Fine condition, repaired. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.

166

OLD AKKADIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET WITH LEGAL TEXT 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. A pillow-shaped clay tablet bearing seven columns of cuneiform text to one face, one row of text to the reverse. 2 in. (42 grams, 49 mm). Fine condition. £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

An Old Akkadian legal document concerning disbursement of materials, possibly barley or bitumen.

167

MESOPOTAMIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. A square-shaped clay tablet with lentoid-section body, one face bearing several incomplete columns of cuneiform text. 1¾ in. (33.2 grams, 46 mm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Private collection, UK, 1980s. Previously with Ancient & Oriental, 2014. French private collection. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.

168

OLD BABYLONIAN INTACT CUNEIFORM TABLET WITH ENVELOPE FOR SUMU-EL, KING OF LARSA IN BABYLONIA CIRCA 19TH CENTURY B.C. A clay cuneiform envelope still containing its original cuneiform tablet; the two principal faces of the envelope bearing cuneiform text, cylinder seal impression to one edge; envelope open to reveal the square-shaped tablet inside, also with cuneiform text to multiple faces; the item is a legal text, accompanied by a translation: '5 gur, 120 sila of barley: Hassum / 5 gur, 120 sila of barley: Etellum, son of / Arrubel-ili and Shuhakum - - / interest ? at 60 sila per gur, barley of the Mother / Goddess - / have received from Usi-nurum / In the presence of Salilum / In the presence of Munawwirum / In the presence of Nanna-gugal / Month: releasing of the plow / year after: Sumu-el inaugurated the high / priestess of Nanna'; dated 'the 8th month (our October/November) of the 24th year of Sumu-el, king of Larsa in Babylonia, c.1871 B.C.' 2 in. (73.6 grams, 49 mm). Fine condition. £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Earlier 20th century collection of Professor Geoffrey Wilson, Warwickshire, UK. London Mayfair gallery, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. Accompanied by a translation. FOOTNOTES:

A sila is roughly equivalent to 0.85 litres; a gur consisted of 300 sila.

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LARGE MESOPOTAMIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET

JEMDET NASR TYPE VULTURE SEAL

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

A large section of a ceramic cuneiform tablet bearing cuneiform script to both faces, one side clearer than the other. 2½ in. (132 grams, 63 mm). Fair condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600

A carved marble seal formed as a stylised vulture with large eye, pierced for suspension; drilled design comprising a pair of stylised quadrupeds and other motifs to the flat face. 1½ in. (14.5 grams, 39 mm). Fine condition. £600 - 800

PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the French art market before 1988. Private deceased estate, passed to heirs, 2010. Private French collection of C. M., 2015.

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

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UR III DYNASTY CUNEIFORM TABLET 22ND-21ST CENTURY B.C. A roughly pillow-shaped ceramic cuneiform tablet, bearing clear cuneiform script to both faces. 2¼ in. (79 grams, 56 mm). Fair condition, chipped. [No Reserve] £300 - 400

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JEMDET NASR TYPE ROUND SEAL 31ST-29TH CENTURY B.C. A plano-convex agate seal with drilled figurative zoomorphic design to the base; drilled for suspension. 1½ in. (31.1 grams, 38 mm wide). Fine condition. £300 - 400

PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the French art market before 1988. Private deceased estate, passed to heirs, 2010. Private French collection of C. M., 2015.

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

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SUMERIAN CUNEIFORM CONE 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. A clay cone with domed top, the body bearing a frieze of impressed cuneiform text. 4½ in. (225 grams, 11.7 cm). Fine condition. £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired from a shop in Chichester, 1980s. Ex Henry Adams.

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OLD BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH PRESENTATION SCENE 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

WESTERN ASIATIC STAMP SEAL AND SCARAB COLLECTION 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D. A group of ten stone seals, including five accompanied by a typed and signed note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, see online for full listing. ½ - 1 in. (35 grams total, 13-22 mm). Fine condition. [10] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1980s-early 1990s. Property of a West London businessman. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. Accompanied by scholarly notes issued by the late Professor W.G. Lambert with collection numbers T-649, T-549, T-563, P-74, 1055.

A slender haematite cylinder seal bearing scene composed of standing male and female figures, crescent moons and other motifs in the field above; drilled for suspension; accompanied by a museumquality impression. ¾ in. (5.25 grams, 21 mm). Very fine condition. £400 - 600

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SASSANIAN SEAL WITH INSCRIPTION

From an earlier 20th century collection. Professor Geoffrey Wilson, Warwickshire, UK. Mayfair art gallery, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019.

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LARGE NEO-BABYLONIAN ROUND BEAD 18TH-15TH CENTURY B.C. A banded agate 'eye' bead with plano-convex profile, central piercing and very slender drilled hole across the diameter retaining an amount of bronze wire. 2 in. (24.6 grams, 50 mm). Fine condition, chipped. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

FOOTNOTES:

Dr. Bonewitz notes: 'The seals are made from serpentine (1), glass (1), limestone (4), composition (2), agate (2).'

3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D. A plano-convex agate stamp seal with inscription to centre and perimeter of base; pierced for suspension, with one piercing occluded; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 1 in. (16.9 grams, 24 mm). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

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SASSANIAN SEAL WITH ADVANCING QUADRUPED 3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D. A plano-convex agate seal with domed upper face pierced for suspension, the underside with an image of an advancing quadruped, possibly a camel, surrounded by an inscription; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. ½ in. (3.52 grams, 15 mm diameter). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

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MESOPOTAMIAN DUCK HEAD PENDANT PAIR 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. A pair of differently sized white stone pendants formed as duck's heads, each with recessed circular eyes, one set with a dark stone; pierced at the neck for suspension. 1 - 1¼ in. (8.92 grams total, 2934 mm). Fine condition. [2, No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s. From the private collection of a central London lady.

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WESTERN ASIATIC VOTIVE HEDGEHOG CIRCA 12TH CENTURY B.C. A marble figure modelled in the round as a hedgehog with stump legs, square hatched spines, circular eyes and snub snout; two circular holes to side of head. 3¾ in. (293 grams, 96 mm). Fine condition. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960-1980. Dr Harold Berry, North London, UK.

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LARGE JEMDET NASR PERIOD BOAR AMULET 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. A large serpentine amulet in the shape of a stylised boar, incised eye and nose detail, lentoid-section body with lug emerging from back; central hole for suspension. 2½ in. (59.5 grams, 63 mm). Fine condition, repaired. [No Reserve] £500 - 700

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PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1962-1996. Property of Edward Donohoe (1929 - 2017), London, UK; thence by descent.

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WESTERN ASIATIC BEAR AMULET CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. A serpentine figure modelled as a couchant bear with stylised anatomical features on an integral rectangular plinth. 2¼ in. (38.2 grams, 56 mm). Fine condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family.

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WESTERN ASIATIC DOUBLE PHALLIC BEAD PENDANT 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. A carved agate tubular bead with each terminal formed as a stylised phallus, a single pair of testicles in raised relief between. 1⅞ in. (8.15 grams, 48 mm). Fine condition. £1,200 - 1,700 PROVENANCE:

UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.

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GHAZNAVID INLAID STONE HORSE 12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D. A bifacial figurative horse carved from serpentine, punched ring-anddot detailing to neck and body, roundels containing stone inlays with notched edges, triangular inlay between; pierced through the front and hind legs. 4⅛ in. (195 grams, 10.4 cm wide). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

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WESTERN ASIATIC DIORITE STANDING FIGURE LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST CENTURY B.C. A Syrian black basalt figure with stylised oval-section torso, head with semi-naturalistic detailing, short hair cut around the ears, recessed almond-shaped eye sockets, full lips; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 8¼ in. (1.24 kg total, 21 cm high including stand). Fine condition. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired from Christie's, London, 10 July 1987, lot 35. Property of a North London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11145-187148. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages.

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SUMERIAN RITUAL VASE WITH LIONS ATTACKING BULLS JEMDET NASR PERIOD, 3100-2900 B.C. A carved limestone ritual vessel with broad mouth and base, decorated in relief by emphasised lions attacking bulls from behind, sinking their claws to the rump of the bull; flat foot with notched ground line. 5 in. (1.3 kg, 12.6 cm high). Fair condition, some restoration, the rim reground. £10,000 - 14,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired between 1943 and the early 1960s. Collection of Professor Hans (1900-1967) and Mrs Marie-Louise Erlenmeyer, Basel. Sotheby’s, Western Asiatic Cylinder Seals and Antiquities from the Erlenmeyer Collection (Part 1), London, 9 July 1992, lot 273. Accompanied by an archaeological report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate number 12778.12.WK, dated 13 September 2019.

Accompanied by scholarly note TL05419 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11178-187281. LITERATURE:

Cf. Woolley, L., Medio Oriente (Mesopotamien und Vorderasien), Milano, 1961, p.48 (vase from Warka); Strommenger, E., The art of Mesopotamia, London, 1964, no.26, for examples of the theme of lions attacking bulls; Kramer, S.N., L’Histoire commence á Sumer, Paris, 1975. FOOTNOTES:

A terracotta vessel from Warka shows oxen executed in relief, attacked and grasped by two lions, with two further figures of lions near the head. The art of that period shows an acute observation of the life of animals, and certainly the image of the lion attacking bulls or rams was taken from the events of everyday life.

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BACTRIAN STONE VESSEL WITH ROWS OF SNAKES 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. A limestone bowl with vertical walls carved with two registers of stylised entwined snakes with scale detailing, all four heads facing left, raised ribs between, above and below the serpents. 7½ in. (1.9 kg, 19 cm wide). Fine condition. £5,000 - 7,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired from a gallery in France. Kept in the UK since 1982, thence by descent.

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Accompanied by scholarly note TL05427 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11193-188136. LITERATURE:

Cf. Aruz, J., Art Of The First Cities, The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, New York, 2003, pp.326-327 and p.331, for similar snakes and bowl.

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WESTERN ASIATIC TWIN-HEADED DISC IDOL 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM BC PROVENANCE:

A carved limestone disc with trumpet-shaped hub to the centre and perforation above, to the rim two ram's heads modelled in the round; supplied with a stand. 5¾ in. (6⅛ in.) (305 grams, 14.7 cm wide (346 grams total, 15.5 cm high including stand)). Fine condition. £4,000 - 6,000

London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11227-188981. LITERATURE:

Cf. Aruz, J. (ed.), Art of the First Civilizations, New York, 2003, catalogue number 180, for type.

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LARGE BACTRIAN RITUAL OBJECT OXUS CULTURE, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. A round-section shale sceptre or staff with rounded tip and polished surface. 42½ in. (5.7 kg, 1.08 m long). Fine condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

191

WESTERN ASIATIC CARNELIAN AND AGATE BEAD NECKLACE MAINLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. A restrung necklace composed of graduated carnelian and banded agate beads of mainly spherical, facetted and biconical types, with ribs and raised medial rib; interspersed with later spherical sheet-gold beads. 20½ in. (61.7 grams, 52 cm). Fine condition. £1,200 - 1,700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.

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WESTERN ASIATIC CARNELIAN BEAD NECKLACE 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. A restrung designer necklace composed of carnelian and agate beads of various types and a banded agate central 'elbow' bead; with later gold-coloured spacer beads. 20½ in. (41.3 grams, 52 cm). Fine condition. £1,200 - 1,700

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PROVENANCE:

Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.

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ACHAEMENID ATTACHMENT IN THE FORM OF A GAZELLE 8TH-5TH CENTURY B.C. A copper-alloy attachment or protome in the form of a gazelle's head and outstretched neck, semi-naturalistic facial detailing to the face and horns, round-section neck with piercing for attachment; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 4⅞ in. (105 grams, 12.3 cm wide (328 grams total, 12.5 cm wide including stand)). Very fine condition. £8,000 - 10,000

Masaf collection, formed 1963. Acquired in Switzerland 1976 and resold in 1988. With Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 30 November 2012, lot 481 (20,000-25,000 euros). With Cahn, Riehen, Switzerland, Auction 10, 13 November 2015, lot 40 (CHF 18,000). This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11183-188111. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Pierre Bergé & Associés and Cahn catalogue pages.

PROVENANCE:

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LURISTAN IBEX BASIN LEG 13TH-6TH CENTURY B.C. A bronze basin leg modelled as the forequarters of a standing ibex or goat, hooves resting on a tiered rectangular foot, stylised detailing in the form of notched horns, large ears, mouth, eyes and ribbed collar, with some indication of leg musculature, rounded reverse with square-section column above. 7⅝ in. (1.4 kg, 19.5 cm high). Fine condition. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired between 1980-1990. Property of a London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11208-187160. LITERATURE:

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 32.161.30, for a similar animal figure dated 8th-7th century B.C.

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ACHAEMENID GILT RAM TERMINAL CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C. A bronze terminal formed as a ram's head, modelled in the round with short horns curled to the rear of the head, circular eyes, and detailing to the muzzle and remaining ear; tapering sub-circular body with stepped collars, incised horizontal and vertical bands, a circular piercing and remains of a rivet to the base, rectangular-section bar at right angles to the terminal, with an iron element towards the end; remains of gilding. 4 in. (117 grams, 10.1 cm). Fair condition, wear and some damage. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

From a private family collection formed in London from the mid 1980s to early 1990s. LITERATURE:

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 32.161.32, for similarly modelled rams.

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LARGE LURISTAN MASTER OF ANIMALS SCEPTRE HEAD CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C. A bifacial bronze sceptre head formed as a Master of Animals atop a slightly later collared tubular stem with flared foot, the finial composed of two addorsed bovines bound at the feet, stylised birds standing on their backs looking up towards two birds' heads facing down and joined to slender crescentic arms representing slender beasts with ridged backs and roaring mouths, each in the grip of the animal master, a third bird face in relief facing forwards between, the master with tubular body, animal-like ears, prominent nose above a small mouth, wearing collars, neck rings and tiered headdress with bovine head peering over the top; same design to both faces; mounted on a custom-made display base. 16¾ in. (940 grams, 42.5 cm high). Fine condition, chipped. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired Iran 1967. Property of a central London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.11156-188108. LITERATURE:

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1996.82.1; 30.97.4; 30.97.5, for similar.

196

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197

URARTIAN CAULDRON HANDLE WITH WINGED BULLS 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C. PROVENANCE:

A substantial openwork vessel handle with curved profile, rectangular in form with facing winged bulls standing back-to-back, round-section loop with tiered collars to base on either side; pierced for attachment. 7⅛ in. (707 grams, 18 cm). Fair condition. £3,000 - 4,000

With Sotheby’s, London, 14 July 1986, lot 296. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Sotheby's catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11197-187166.

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AMLASH VESSEL WITH GOAT ON SPOUT

WESTERN ASIATIC RHYTON PAIR

15TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

A bronze zoomorphic vessel representing a bird, composed of a squat carinated body, flared rim, D-section handle, elongated tapering Usection spout with upper face open, short bridge joining the spout to the rim, mounted by a horned goat; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 11 in. (11⅜ in.) (862 grams, 28 cm wide (1.28 kg total, 29 cm wide including stand)). Fine condition. £3,000 - 4,000

A pair of bronze model rhyton vessels or whetstone handles of different sizes, each formed with a tapering round-section body and horned bull head, decorative geometric bands around the body. 5½ 7 in. (322 grams total, 13.8-17.7 cm). Fair condition. [2] £1,800 - 2,400

PROVENANCE:

Acquired from a Mayfair gallery, c.1991. Property of a North London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11162-187169.

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PROVENANCE:

Acquired between 1980-1990. Property of a London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11153-188054.

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KUSHAN LEAPING GRYPHON CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D. A possible Kushan copper-alloy leaping lion gryphon figure with small wings and curved horns. 4⅝ in. (160 grams, 11.8 cm). Fair condition, one wing chipped. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family.

201

LATE BRONZE AGE BOWL AND RITUALLY BROKEN DAGGER 1550-1200 B.C. A group of two possibly related artefacts comprising: a dagger which has been ritually broken and bent; bowl with D-section wall and stepped shoulder, which may also have been 'ritually killed'. 5½ - 6⅞ in. (265 grams total, 14.1-17.5 cm). Fair condition. [2, No Reserve] £400 - 600 202

PROVENANCE:

Believed to have been found on the Ophel site in Jerusalem. Ibrahim Kara, Jerusalem, 1985. Family collection of a deceased UK collector, by descent. Accompanied by copies of two old typed catalogue slips with provenance.

202

LURISTAN BOWL WITH ENGRAVED DESIGN 13TH-6TH CENTURY B.C. A roughly hemispherical bronze bowl decorated with three circumferential engraved bands to the outer face, the upper and lower featuring hatched triangles, a slender band of hatched lozenges between. 8¼ in. (408 grams, 21 cm wide). Fine condition, base cracked. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.

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VERY LARGE WESTERN ASIATIC BREWING STILL 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER A bronze brewing still or pouring vessel with carinated body, short neck, vertical rim, tapering spout with flanged rim above a decoratively notched collar. 13¾ in. (3.3 kg, 35 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £1,800 - 2,400 PROVENANCE:

203

UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.

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204

ACHAEMENID HORSE FIGURE 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.

204

A bronze horse figure modelled couchant in the round with stylised detailing to the head, face, ears, legs and tail, mane cropped and dressed; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 1⅛ in. (2⅜ in.) (35 grams, 29 mm (153 grams total, 59 mm high including stand)). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired before the early 1970s. Ex London, UK, gallery. Property of a London gentleman.

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CENTRAL ASIAN STAMP SEAL WITH RAM 23RD-20TH CENTURY B.C. A bronze compartmented seal in the form of a horned quadruped, with bulge to the chest, large eye and short tail, strip handle to the reverse. 2 in. (34 grams, 56 mm). Very fine condition. £300 - 400

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PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1980s-early 1990s. The Signo collection, the property of a West London businessman. Collection number Z-264. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s.

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WESTERN ASIATIC STAMP SEAL COLLECTION 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.-17TH CENTURY A.D. A mixed group of six bronze stamp seals including four accompanied by typed and signed notes by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993; see online for full listing. ½-1¼ in. (49 grams total, 15-34 mm). Fine condition. [6] £300 - 400

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PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1980s-early 1990s. The Signo collection, the property of a West London businessman. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. Accompanied by scholarly notes issued by the late Professor W.G. Lambert with collection numbers Q-39, L-90, T-410, D-4.

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LARGE CENTRAL ASIAN BRONZE SEAL COLLECTION LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. A group of ten bronze stamp seals including six accompanied by typed and signed notes by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993; see online for full listing. 1¼ - 2¼ in. (364 grams total, 30-57 mm). Fine condition. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1980s-early 1990s. Property of a West London businessman. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. Accompanied by six scholarly notes issued by the late Professor W.G. Lambert; collection numbers: Q-6, R-509, R-512, R-894, T-885, W-157.

207

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LARGE CENTRAL ASIAN BRONZE SEAL COLLECTION 23RD-20TH CENTURY B.C. A group of ten bronze stamp seals including six accompanied by typed and signed notes by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993; see online for full listing. 1½ - 2½ in. (271 grams total, 38 - 58 mm). Fine condition. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

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WESTERN ASIATIC DECORATED RING COLLECTION 210

2ND CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D. A group of ten rings including seven accompanied by typed and signed notes by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993; see online for full listing. 1 - 1¼ in. (128 grams total, 22 - 30 mm). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1980s-early 1990s. Property of a West London businessman. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. Accompanied by seven scholarly notes issued by the late Professor W.G. Lambert; collection numbers: V-218, V-408, V-409, V-417, V-432, V-434, V-442.

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WESTERN ASIATIC STAMP SEAL GROUP 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. A collection of five bronze stamp seals comprising mainly openwork designs: one with a scalloped circumference framing stylised heart motifs; two discoid seals featuring cruciform motifs; a square seal also bearing a cross motif, concentric circular cells to each quarter; a discoid seal with geometric design; framed by Ernest Wheatley Limited, in the 1990s. 17 in. (2 in.) (646 grams, 43 cm including frame (mounts: 46-50 mm)). Fine condition. £300 - 400

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PROVENANCE:

Acquired before the early 1970s. Ex London, UK, gallery. Property of a London gentleman.

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WESTERN ASIATIC GOLD TREE ORNAMENT 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. A sheet-gold tree ornament or finial comprising a central stem with three graduated tiers of sheet-gold flowers each with radiating petals, the uppermost with a bird finial, the middle tier adorned with applied filigree wire branches supporting dangles with pearl(?) beads; mounted on a custom-made display stand with bevelled edges. 3⅝ in. (149 grams total, 93 mm wide including stand). Fair condition. £1,200 - 1,700

212

PROVENANCE:

Private UK collection 1970s.

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212

WESTERN ASIATIC GOLD TREE ORNAMENT 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. A sheet-gold tree ornament or finial comprising a central stem with two graduated tiers of sheet-gold flowers, each with radiating petals, the middle tier adorned with applied filigree wire branches supporting lotus flower or bee dangles which shake delicately when brushed by passing air; mounted on a custom-made display stand with bevelled edges. 2⅝ in. (107 grams total, 65 mm including stand). Fair condition. £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Private UK collection 1970s.

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ACHAEMENID GOLD LION PENDANT 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C. 213 A gold appliqué or pendant in the form of a lion’s head facing right, the mouth open in a roar, eye shown in profile with outlined lid, snout indicated by three raised horizontal lines between eye and mouth; the lion’s tongue visible behind the series of sharp teeth; the face separated from the mane by a thick, raised line, lowered ear above; the combed mane consisting of eleven thick lines radiating from the back of the lion’s head, arranged in curls; the upper part fitted with a hole for the fastening to fabric. 1¼ in. (5.28 grams, 33 mm wide). Fine condition, some cracking. £4,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired before 1972. Formerly with Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK. Property of a London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11196-186763. LITERATURE:

Cf. similar appliqué in MET, accession no.56.154.1., in Rubinson, K., ‘The Textiles from Pazyryk, a study in the Transfer and transformation of Artistic Motifs' in Expedition, vol. 32 no.1, pp. 49-61, fig.20. FOOTNOTES:

Ornaments of this type have been found in Persepolis. They were small gold objects with perforations or loops indicating that they were sewn to garments or other fabrics. The ones found in Persepolis included two miniature lions of gold. Some of the Achaemenian reliefs depicting the Persian king show these decorations attached to his robe, representing raw power in the royal Achaemenid iconography.

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ELAMITE GOLD CUP PENDANT

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2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. A sheet-gold cup pendant of conical form with inverted rim, set with a blue-glazed composition insert with central hole, enclosing a gold basal loop. 1½ in. (17.7 grams total, 38 mm wide). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.

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WESTERN ASIATIC GOLD PENDANT WITH GARNET EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D. A gold discoid pendant ornamented with alternating bands of applied pellets and ropework, raised central cell set with a polished garnet cabochon; with later reinforced backplate and suspension loop above; possibly Sassanian workmanship. 1¼ in. (10 grams, 31 mm). Very fine condition. £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.

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WESTERN ASIATIC GOLD LOTUS FLOWER PENDANT WITH TURQUOISE CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D. 216

A gold pendant formed as a lotus flower, four raised cells to the body set with turquoise stones, beaded border around, suspension loop above. ¾ in. (1.14 grams, 18 mm). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Hiebert, F. and Cambon, P. (eds.), Afghanistan Crossroads of the Ancient World, British Museum Press, 2011, p.246, for similar.

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ACHAEMENID GOLD HAIR RING CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C. A hollow-formed gold spiral hair ornament of carinated profile with tapering ends. 1¼ in. (14.59 grams, 31 mm). Fine condition. £500 - 700

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PROVENANCE:

UK private art collection, 1981.

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ACHAEMENID GOLD HAIR RING CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C. A hollow-formed sheet gold penannular hair ornament with crimped circumferential band above each end. 1⅜ in. (11.27 grams, 36 mm). Fine condition. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

UK private art collection, 1981.

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ACHAEMENID GOLD HAIR RING

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CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C. A hollow-formed penannular hair ornament with repoussé lattice to the hoop, one end pierced to accept a fixing pin. 1⅜ in. (4.11 grams, 35 mm). Fine condition. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

UK private art collection, 1981.

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SOUTH ARABIAN GOLD RING WITH PORTRAIT AND INSCRIPTION 2ND CENTURY A.D. A gold child's ring composed of a D-section hoop and oval bezel with profile head right, inscribed text to either side in South Arabian characters including nun, sat, and alef. 1 in. (8.74 grams, 25.66 mm overall, 21.00 mm internal diameter (approximate size British D, USA 1¾, Europe 1.15, Japan 1)). Fine condition. £2,000 - 3,000

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PROVENANCE:

For similar ring of Roman provenance see Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 238.

220

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221

WESTERN ASIATIC GOLD RING WITH BIRDS AND GARNET EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM A.D. A gold ring composed of a carinated hoop, sitting birds modelled in the round to the shoulders, heads facing the cushion-shaped bezel set with a cut and polished garnet cabochon. ¾ in. (2.79 grams, 20.87 mm overall, 15.35 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G½, USA 3½, Europe 5.55, Japan 5)). Very fine condition. £500 - 700

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PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Content, D.J. (ed.), Islamic Rings & Gems. The Zucker Collection, London, 1967, item 4, for type.

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WESTERN ASIATIC GOLD RING WITH CABOCHON AND CROSS PYXIS 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D. A gold ring composed of a tapering D-section hoop and rectangular bezel, cruciform pyxis above, bezel set with a replacement garnet, granulated pyramids and flowers to the shoulders and bezel; a marriage; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 1¼ in. (2⅛ in.) (7.55 grams, 32.85 mm overall, 18.25 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7½, Europe 16.23, Japan 15) (19.7 grams total, 55 mm high including stand)). Fine condition. A large wearable size. £3,000 - 4,000

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PROVENANCE:

Ex private American collection, 1990s. UK private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11263-189526.

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WESTERN ASIATIC GOLD AND PEARL EARRINGS EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D. A matched pair of gold earrings, each a round-section penannular scroll with looped terminals and two pearl beads, pelletted collars above; with recent adaptors for modern wear. 1⅝ in. (13.1 grams total, 38-41 mm). Fine condition. [2] £700 - 900 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

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ELAMITE CARNELIAN BEAD NECKLACE WITH GILT SILVER PENDANTS 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. A restrung designer necklace composed of elongated carnelian and short steatite or shell cylindrical beads with eight silver-gilt pendants, each decorated with four stylised birds arranged in quadrilateral formation. 16 in. (20 grams, 41 cm). Fine condition. £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.

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ELAMITE NECKLACE WITH GOLD CUP PENDANTS

ELAMITE SILVER CHILD'S BRACELET WITH FROG PENDANTS

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

A restrung necklace composed of carnelian, lapis lazuli and sheetgold beads of spool, tubular and carinated type, five sheet-gold pendants, four set with haematite producing mirrored surfaces and one with carnelian; modern clasp. 20½ in. (41 grams, 52 cm). Fine condition. £2,000 - 3,000

A silver child's bracelet composed of a slender round-section hoop with hook-and-eye closure, four free-running pendants formed as leaping frogs with arms and legs spread. 2¼ in. (4.2 grams, 57 mm). Fine condition. £300 - 400

PROVENANCE:

Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11141-186709. LITERATURE:

Cf. Aruz, J., Art Of The First Cities The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, New York, 2003, p. 112, for comparable beads.

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ELAMITE SILVER AND CARNELIAN BEAD NECKLACE WITH SILVER BIRD PENDANTS 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

PROVENANCE:

Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.

228

ELAMITE SILVER FEMALE IDOL PENDANT 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. A silver idol composed of bifurcated body with each arm tapering to a coiled terminal, splayed head with suspension loop, decorative diagonal grooves around the perimeter and to the centre. 5 in. (48 grams, 12.7 cm). Fine condition. £1,200 - 1,700 PROVENANCE:

A restrung necklace composed of silver tubular beads, some with pellets, carnelian beads and five bifacial pendants shaped as volute scrolls, the larger central pendant with remains of decorative hatching to one face. 17 in. (39 grams, 43 cm). Fine condition. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family. LITERATURE:

Cf. Bilgi, O., Anthropomorphic Representations in Anatolia Before The Classical Age. Volume 1, Istanbul, 2014, figs. 398, 778, 781 and 782, for similar; cf. Maxwell-Hyslop, K.R., Western Asiatic Jewellery c.3000-612 BC, London, 1971, fig.36, for a similar type.

Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11140-186707.

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229

SASSANIAN SILVER BOWL WITH FELINES 3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D. A silver bowl with squat, D-section wall, two felines- possibly a lion and lioness- within a circle of annulets to the interior base. 4 in. (68 grams, 10.3 cm). Fine condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

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SASSANIAN SILVER BOWL WITH ENGRAVED GILDED BIRD 6TH CENTURY A.D. A silver elliptical-shaped bowl with thickened chamfered rim, the centre engraved with a later gilt standing guinea fowl showing tufts of feathers crested on its head, enclosed within a stylised laurel leaf wreath. 6 in. (120 grams, 15.2 cm wide). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. for similar bowl with gilded guinea fowl Akbarzadeh, D., Daryaee, T., Lerner, A.J., ‘Two recently discovered Sassanian silver bowls’ in Bulletin of the Asia Institute, New Series, Vol. 15, (2001), pp.71-75, fig.2. FOOTNOTES:

The wealth of the Sassanid court has been confirmed by archaeological excavations that have unearthed shallow vessels, among which bowls forged from precious metals like silver, likely used to drink wine in the palaces and at the court of the Š hanš h (King of Kings). The production of silver vessel and dinner objects for the court was highly centralised within the empire. In the 5th and 6th century A.D., this production expanded, creating new shapes, such as pitchers, elliptical bowls and high footed bowls, also used by the middle class. The presence of a guinea fowl on this bowl is interesting and could tell us about another function for the vessel. Animal fat was important in Persian daily life and had a variety of usages: for example, pih-e buz (goat fat) was placed in bowls and used as a cosmetic lotion, or for treating cracked skin.

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SASSANIAN BOAT-SHAPED BOWL 3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D. A silver boat-shaped bowl with U-section body and rounded base. 9⅜ in. (400 grams, 23.7 cm wide). Fine condition. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. LITERATURE:

Cf. The British Museum, museum number 135700, for an example of comparable form; cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 67.201, for another example of comparable form and style.

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ACHAEMENID SILVER BRACELET WITH RAM HEADS 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. A silver child's bracelet of penannular form with stylised ram-head finials, each ram with large curving horns. 1⅝ in. (6.6 grams, 43 mm wide). Fine condition. £250 - 350 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

232

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233

SASSANIAN FACETTED OPAQUE WHITE GLASS CUP 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D. A conical opaque glass cup with decorative wheel-cut facets. 4⅝ in. (149 grams, 11.6 cm wide). Fine condition. £1,200 - 1,700 PROVENANCE:

Deceased gentleman's estate, 1988. Ex UK collection. LITERATURE:

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 59.34, for similar.

234

WESTERN ASIATIC MARVERED GLASS VESSEL CIRCA 13TH CENTURY A.D. 233

A glass vessel composed of a rounded body with medial ribs and rounded base, manganese body marvered and trailed in white. 3¼ in. (97.2 grams, 83 mm wide). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Fernand Adda (d.1965) collection, formed in the 1920s. Collection of Mrs Petra Schamelman, Breitenbach, Germany. Private collection of a Kensington collector. Property of a London gentleman.

235

WESTERN ASIATIC HONEYCOMB VESSEL 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D. A glass bottle with globular body, broad shoulder, tapering cylindrical neck and pontil to base, applied trail to base of neck, honeycomb motif to the body. 9½ in. (159 grams, 24 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Fernand Adda (d.1965) collection, formed in the 1920s. Collection of Mrs Petra Schamelman, Breitenbach, Germany. Private collection of a Kensington collector. Property of a London gentleman.

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LITERATURE:

Cf. Al-Hassan, A. Y., Science and Technology in Islam: Technology and Applied Sciences, UNESCO, 2001. FOOTNOTES:

Glass makers created wares for mosques, houses, and palaces, as well as for the early Islamic scholars who were pioneering the fields of optics and chemistry. Aleppo and Damascus were particular centres of production, with Egypt, Iraq, and Spain also producing incredible glass. These were then traded throughout the known world, including the Viking North Atlantic and China. This glass bottle was probably produced in Iran or Egypt.

236

WESTERN ASIATIC HONEYCOMB VESSEL 9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D. A green glass bottle with squat piriform body and tapering cylindrical neck, applied trail to the neck base, honeycomb decoration over the body, pontil to base. 6⅛ in. (100 grams, 15.7 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Cf. Al-Hassan, A. Y., Science and Technology in Islam: Technology and Applied Sciences, UNESCO, 2001. FOOTNOTES:

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236

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237

SUMERIAN FAIENCE PLAQUE 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. A composition rectangular plaque bearing figural scene composed of two figures beside a table, a seated figure behind them; pierced twice along one edge. 3¼ in. (43.5 grams, 82 mm wide). Fine condition. £1,500 - 2,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

238

MESOPOTAMIAN IDOL IN CARRIAGE 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. A ceramic idol standing in a carriage or wagon, raised stylised animals in relief to the outer face of the parapet, standing figure modelled facing forwards, texture detailing to hair, and holding hands to chest, large circular recessed eyes and pinched nose; copper-alloy draught pole through front of vehicle; carriage with lentoid-section wheels threaded onto copper-alloy bars; applied stylised figure with exaggerated arms to the rear of the carriage, narrow footboard below, a marriage. 6¼ in. (811 grams, 16 cm wide). Fine condition. £1,800 - 2,400

238

PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the London art market, 1980. Property of a North London gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Serhal, C.D., The Klat Collection Near Eastern Terracotta Models and Figurines, Lebanon, 2009, pp.56-57 and pp.98-99, for similar wagon and figure.

239

MESOPOTAMIAN HORSE-DRAWN CHARIOT 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. A stylised standing horse figure attached to a D-shaped shaft, carriage of shallow box form with splayed perimeter and tall parapet, wheels on a copper-alloy bar. 8⅝ in. (363 grams, 22 cm). Fine condition, restored. £1,000 - 1,400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the London art market, 1980. Property of a North London gentleman.

239

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240

241

242

243

240

243

ELAMITE GODDESS OR FERTILITY IDOL

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

A ceramic fertility goddess idol modelled in the half round as a female figure with exaggerated hour-glass shape, hands clasping breasts, wearing headdress and neck ornamentation, stylised facial features, broad band of dense pellet detailing to the lower abdomen; with old label to verso '1032'. 6⅞ in. (110 grams, 17.5 cm high). Fair condition. £800 - 1,000

A ceramic fertility idol produced in the half-round with hands cupping breasts, bearded male head wearing a head covering. 6½ in. (95 grams, 16.5 cm). Fair condition, repaired. £600 - 800

PROVENANCE:

Acquired before the early 1970s. Ex London, UK, gallery. Property of a London gentleman.

PROVENANCE:

Acquired before the early 1970s. Ex London, UK, gallery. Property of a London gentleman.

244

ELAMITE GODDESS OR FERTILITY IDOL 241

ELAMITE GODDESS OR FERTILITY IDOL 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. A ceramic fertility idol modelled in the half-round as a naked female figure cupping her breasts, short hair emerging beneath head covering, stylised facial detailing; old label to verso '1032'. 6¾ in. (133 grams, 17.2 cm high). Fair condition. £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired before the early 1970s. Ex London, UK, gallery. Property of a London gentleman.

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. A ceramic fertility goddess idol produced in the half-round as a nude female figure clasping her breasts, wearing a headdress or a voluminous hairstyle, neck ornamentation, stylised facial features; flat reverse. 5¾ in. (90 grams, 14.6 cm high). Fair condition, repaired. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Acquired before the early 1970s. Ex London, UK, gallery. Property of a London gentleman.

245

ELAMITE GODDESS OR FERTILITY IDOL 242

ELAMITE GODDESS OR FERTILITY IDOL 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. A ceramic fertility goddess idol modelled in the half-round with hands clasped together between her breasts, wearing a head covering, neck ornamentation, wrist bangles and a sash across the body; old label to verso '1032'. 5½ in. (68 grams, 14 cm high). Fair condition, repaired. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Acquired before the early 1970s. Ex London, UK, gallery. Property of a London gentleman.

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. A ceramic fertility goddess figure modelled in the half-round with hands clasping breasts, wearing a headdress and neck ornamentation, stylised facial features; old label to verso 'No A / 235'. 6¼ in. (108 grams, 16 cm high). Fair condition, repaired. £700 - 900 PROVENANCE:

Acquired before the early 1970s. Ex London, UK, gallery. Property of a London gentleman.

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245

246

HITTITE TERRACOTTA FIGURE CIRCA 12TH-8TH CENTURY B.C. A ceramic fertility idol with stylised anatomical features, hands clasping full breasts, wearing neck ornamentation and voluminous wig, detailing to pubic region. 6¼ in. (133 grams, 16 cm high). Fine condition. £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

247

MESOPOTAMIAN TERRACOTTA EYE IDOL

247

CIRCA 3500-3000 B.C. A terracotta 'eye' idol with conical body and twin loops forming 'eyes'. 4¾ in. (168 grams, 12 cm high). Fine condition. £700 - 900 PROVENANCE:

Earlier 20th century collection. Alex Szolin Ancient Art, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. Accompanied by a copy of an old typed and illustrated catalogue slip. Accompanied by a copy of an old Ancient & Oriental certificate of authenticity. FOOTNOTES:

The image of the eye was a powerful one in ancient Mesopotamia. At the socalled Eye temple at Tell Brak, north eastern Syria, archaeologists have unearthed thousands of 'eye idols', giving rise to the suggestion that the it was the site of a temple dedicated to an eye god.

248

LARGE AMLASH CHALICE WITH CAGE FOOT 13TH-12TH CENTURY B.C. A terracotta chalice composed of an openwork tripartite stem, bowl with inverted rim and splayed foot. 14 in. (2.4 kg, 35.5 cm high). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Ex private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.

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248

249

LARGE AMLASH CHALICE WITH CAGE FOOT 13TH-12TH CENTURY B.C. A terracotta chalice composed of an openwork tripartite stem, bowl with inverted rim and splayed foot. 13¾ in. (2.1 kg, 35 cm high). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Ex private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.

249

250

VERY LARGE HOLY LAND DECORATED TERRACOTTA BOWL 3000-2700 B.C. A large Bronze Age terracotta bowl with four small ledge handles. 13¼ in. (3.5 kg, 34 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

UK gallery, acquired in the 2000s. Property of an English gentleman.

251

CYPRO-GEOMETRIC NET-PAINTED TRIPOD VESSEL WITH WARRIOR FIGURES 11TH-10TH CENTURY B.C. A ceramic tripod with the main body decorated with four images of warrior-hunters dressed in long chitons and armed with spears, axes and swords; divided from each other by four sections of double pilasters ornamented with lozenge pattern; the legs, terminating with a stylised lion paw, also decorated with lozenge motifs, the upper part divided in six sections with stylised plants and suns; everted rim fitted with two small handles, each with painted net decoration. 5¾ in. (500 grams, 14.5 cm high). Fine condition. £600 - 800

250

PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the London art market, 1993. Property of a North London gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Myres, J., Handbook of the Cesnola collection of Antiquities from Cyprus, New York, 1914, no.513, p.67.

252

AMLASH PAINTED STORAGE VESSEL 13TH-12TH CENTURY B.C. A ceramic carinated vessel with everted rim and shallow foot, ochrecoloured painted geometric motifs. 5¾ in. (670 grams, 14.6 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400

251

PROVENANCE:

Acquired in the 1990s. Property of a London gentleman.

253

AMLASH VESSEL WITH HORSE 13TH-12TH CENTURY B.C. A vessel with squat carinated vessel with two stubby conical legs pierced through to the body, funicular neck and integral handle, stylised horse head at neck base. 8½ in. (1.02 kg, 21 cm wide). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired before the early 1970s. Ex London, UK, gallery. Property of a London gentleman.

252

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253

254

LARGE NABATAEAN AMPHORA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C. A large amphora with squat carinated body and broad shoulder, broad neck, stepped rim, integral handle and domed foot, decorated with a dense web of stylised floral and foliate motifs. 8½ in. (600 grams, 21.5 cm high). Fine condition. Extremely rare. £2,500 - 3,500 PROVENANCE:

Acquired prior to 1988. From an important deceased gentleman's collection, by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11221-188298.

255

CENTRAL ASIAN RHYTON IN THE SHAPE OF A RAM 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. A ceramic rhyton formed as a stylised kneeling ram with figure of eight-shaped body, its slender legs tucked beneath its over-sized body, detailing to the head, horns and tail; short vessel neck with integral handle; circular opening in the chest for pouring. 10 in. (1.6 kg. 25.5 cm). Fine condition, restored £1,500 - 2,000

255

PROVENANCE:

Gallery Sakae, Japan, 1997. London art market, acquired 15 November 2001. With Pierre Bergé & Associés, 1 December 2011, lot 247 (4,000-5,000 euros). Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate number S00094333, dated 31 October 2014. Accompanied by a copy of a positive thermoluminescence report no.C1414441, dated 12 July 2013. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Pierre Bergé & Associés catalogue pages. LITERATURE:

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1988.102.30, for a rhyton of similar form, although modelled on a rabbit.

256

SASSANIAN TILE WITH WARRIOR 3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER A square-shaped stone tile with scene composed of a mounted huntsman galloping left on a horse, turning in the saddle with his bow drawn and taking aim at the horned goats behind him, detailing to the equine accoutrements and the rider's garments; framed by a pelletted roundel. 11 x 11⅝ in. (6.3 kg, 28 x 29.5 cm). Fair condition. £700 - 900 PROVENANCE:

Acquired between 1980-1990. Property of a London gentleman.

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257

TIMURID TRIANGULAR TILE 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D. A triangular glazed ceramic tile with central floral motif; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 16½ x 14⅜ in. (4 kg, 42 x 36.5 cm). Fine condition, chipped. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

257

Acquired before the early 1970s. Ex London, UK, gallery. Property of a London gentleman.

258

PALESTINIAN INSCRIPTION

LEAD AMULET

WITH

MAGICAL ARAMAIC

2ND-MID 8TH CENTURY A.D. An amulet fragment with tapering, flat-section body, bearing c.29 lines of magical Aramaic inscription to both faces. 5⅛ in. (14.8 grams, 13 cm wide). Fair condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

259

BACTRIAN FISH AMULET PAIR 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. 258

A pair of amuletic lead vessels formed as stylised fish with detailing to scales and heads, exaggerated mouths forming vessel openings. 2⅜ in. (75 grams total, 59-61 mm). Fine condition. [2] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired before the early 1970s. Ex London, UK, gallery. Property of a London gentleman.

260

WESTERN ASIATIC BALTIC AMBER BUST PENDANT 9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D. A pendant carved in amber depicting a female bust modelled in the round with high-relief stylised facial features, neatly radiating ribbed hair or cap, pleated garment overlapped and closed over the chest; pierced above the ears to accept a suspension loop or thong. 2¼ in. (21.6 grams, 58 mm). Fine condition, cracked. Extremely rare. £1,000 - 1,400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

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LITERATURE:

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate LXXXII, for examples of figural art from the Baltic / Finno-Ugrian area.

261

ISLAMIC GILT QUR'AN COVER 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D. A rectangular cover for a Qur'an comprising: two bronze plates and a slightly curved spine hinged along both long edges; backplate with ropework edges and small bun feet to the corners; spine with dense gilt ornament; front cover with raised ropework border and dense gilt detailing. 12¼ x 9⅞ in. (1.73 kg, 31 x 25 cm). Fine condition. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

From a private Tokyo collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11222-188147.

260

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261

262

263

262

263

VERY LARGE MAMLUK TINNED COPPER TRAY

LARGE GHAZNAVID HIGH-TIN BOWL

16TH CENTURY A.D.

CIRCA 13TH CENTURY A.D.

A very large tinned copper circular tray with bands and panels of dense foliage, birds and animals in profile. 23 in. (3.6 kg, 58.5 cm wide). Fine condition. £600 - 800

A hemispherical bowl with a stylised floral motif to interior base, exterior with circumferential hatched band, concentric circles below, pellets between, large geometric floral motif to base with pointed arms. 10⅝ in. (1.42 kg, 27 cm wide). Fine condition. £1,000 - 1,400

PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK art market, 2000s. Property of a Suffolk gentleman.

PROVENANCE:

Acquired before the early 1970s. Ex London, UK, gallery. Property of a London gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 2000.57, for a comparable bowl.

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264

OTTOMAN PANORAMIC VIEW OF MECCA 19TH CENTURY A.D. A framed gouache on cardboard painting portraying an important panoramic view of Mecca, with a detailed representation of the Kaaba, showing the mosque from inside the surrounding wall and arcades with small domes in perspective; the mosque houses three kiosks and on the horizon are the city buildings and one of the seven mountains surrounding the city. 30 x 24½ in. (4 kg, 76.5 x 62 cm including frame). Fine condition. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

Private European collection. Millon Sale, 2018, lot 318. Property of a London gallery. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11143-186787. LITERATURE:

See Burton, R., Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al -Madinah Meccah, London, 1893, p.341, cited in Vernoit, S., Occidentalism, Collection of Islamic Art Nasser D. Khalili, London, 1997, p.33. FOOTNOTES:

The first precise views of Mecca are normally limited to Ottoman representations in oil and engraved views. There are very few who try to illustrate anything other than the Kaaba itself. There are other representations - Iznik tiles and Ottoman manuscripts are an abundant source, especially the many religious manuscripts produced in the 16th century, including Dala'il al-Khayrat and Futuh alHaramayn. These illustrations are however schematic and therefore unreliable. Our view is distinguished by the point of view chosen. While most of the views are drawn in a flattened perspective, or with a plunging perspective, the artist here is located inside the enclosure, employing a direct perspective. The author of this view is probably Indian. When he went to Mecca in 1853, Richard Burton wrote that a number of Indian artists were there 'drawing in pencil and in pen sacred shrines'.

265

FRAMED PERSIAN WATERCOLOUR COURT SCENE MANUSCRIPT LEAF 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D. A large rectangular watercolour painting depicting a court scene with assembled crowd of courtiers and attendants, one in European dress, before a potentate seated beneath a canopy; panel of Nastaliq text above; mounted in a glazed wooden frame. 26 x 19½ in. (2.7 kg, 66 x 49.5 cm). Very fine condition. £1,500 - 2,000 PROVENANCE:

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Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.

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Chinese & Far Eastern Also see lots 1172 - 1241

Lots 266 - 306

266

CHINESE MUSICIANS ON HORSEBACK TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D. A group of two ceramic figures, each modelled as a female musician on horseback, each horse standing on a quadrilateral base with one leg raised, head held low and mouth open, with semi-naturalistic anatomical and facial features, dressed tail and moulded saddle, painted head collars and harnesses; both female figures wearing long dresses, leaning to one side of their mount and playing a wind instrument; extensive remains of painted polychrome pigment. 16 16⅛ in. (8.4 kg total, 40.5-41 cm high). Finely modelled. [2] £5,000 - 7,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1990s-2000. Ex D.N. collection. Accompanied by a positive thermoluminescence test certificate no.CJ42522022 issued by Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11245-189433. LITERATURE:

Cf. Shaanxi History Museum, Xi'an, for comparable figures.

267

CHINESE PRANCING HORSE TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D. A ceramic horse modelled in the round prancing on a rectangular base, right foreleg raised, with integral moulded saddle and saddlecloth, cropped and dressed mane and tail, painted bridle, naturalistic detailing to the head; remains of painted pigmentation. 18½ in. (5.9 kg, 47 cm wide). Fine condition. £3,500 - 4,500 PROVENANCE:

267

100

Acquired 1990s. Ex West Country collection, UK. Accompanied by a positive thermoluminescence test certificate no.CJ132522022 issued by Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11256-189443.

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268

CHINESE CAPARISONED HORSE NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, 386-534 A.D. A ceramic horse modelled in the round standing on an integral base, neck stretched upwards and head turned, mouth open; seminaturalistic detailing to the head, chest, legs and hooves, cropped mane, short tail dressed with a ribbon, moulded saddle with saddle cloth beneath, face and body harnesses decorated with ornate piriform pendants; extensive remains of painted pigmentation. 17¾ in. (6.5 kg, 45 cm high). Finely modelled. £3,500 - 4,500 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1990s-2000. Ex D.N. collection. Accompanied by a positive thermoluminescence test certificate no.CJ52522022 issued by Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11255-189442.

269

LARGE CHINESE PRANCING HORSE TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D. A ceramic horse modelled in the round prancing on a rectangular base, right foreleg bent and raised, integral moulded saddle and saddlecloth, crupper with bells and dangles, cropped and dressed mane and tail, naturalistic detailing to the head; remains of painted pigmentation. 21¼ in. (13 kg, 54 cm wide). Finely modelled. £4,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1990s. Ex West Country collection, UK. Accompanied by a positive thermoluminescence test certificate no.TBA issued by Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11250-189441.

269

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271

270

CHINESE STONE HORSE MING DYNASTY, 1368-1644 A.D. A carved stone figure of a horse standing on a rectangular base with detailed bridle, saddle and saddle blanket, braided decorative strip to the mane; mounted on a wooden stand. 14⅛ in. (8.5 kg total, 36 cm wide including stand). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1990s. Ex West Country collection, UK.

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CHINESE CAMEL WITH RIDER TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D. A ceramic figure modelled as a standing Bactrian camel on a flat irregular base, integral rider on a moulded saddle with packs, bottles and bags suspended from a frame; the rider wearing a cap, robe and trousers, in an animated pose; remains of painted pigmentation. 18⅞ in. (5.8 kg, 48 cm high). Fine condition; repaired. £4,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1990s-2000. Ex D.N. collection. Accompanied by a positive thermoluminescence test certificate no.CJ122522022 issued by Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11247-189438.

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CHINESE TERRACOTTA COURT LADY TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D. A ceramic figure of a lady in floor-length courtly dress with right hand holding a disc (embroidery frame?) and left hand in pinched posture, cloud slippers protruding; black, pink and blue pigment, on an integral octagonal base. 16⅛ in. (2.77 kg, 41 cm high). Finely modelled. £2,500 - 3,500 PROVENANCE:

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Acquired 1990s. Ex West Country collection, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11269-189428.

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CHINESE COURT LADY WITH FLOWING GOWN TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D. A ceramic figure of a standing lady in floor-length courtly dress with hands enfolded within the sleeves; pink and green pigment, on an integral base formed as a train to the robe. 23⅜ in. (7 kg, 59.5 cm high). Finely modelled. £4,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1990s-2000. Ex D.N. collection. Accompanied by a positive thermoluminescence test certificate no.CJ102522022 issued by Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11249-189440.

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CHINESE GUANYIN ON LOTUS BASE WEI DYNASTY, 534-550 A.D. A ceramic figure of a standing Guanyin female modelled in the round on a waisted lotus-flower base; the figure with elegantly draped tiered robes, hands held in the karana mudr signifying the overcoming of fear. 18½ in. (5.16 kg, 47 cm high). Finely modelled. £4,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1990s-2000. Ex D.N. collection. Accompanied by a positive thermoluminescence test certificate no.CJ62522022 issued by Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11248-189439.

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CHINESE FEMALE ATTENDANT HAN DYNASTY, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. A ceramic figure of a slender female wearing a flared floor-length robe, hair tied to the rear, hands covered by the capacious sleeves; black, cream and other pigments remaining; hollow to the underside. 15⅛ in. (1.3 kg, 38.5 cm high). Finely modelled. £250 - 350 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1990s. Ex collection of Dr D.G.

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CHINESE TILE WITH HAND PRINT SIGNATURE SONG DYNASTY, 960-1127 A.D. A terracotta tile with a facing high-relief figure of a female in floorlength robe with sash to the shoulders, holding a fan in both hands, within a florid border; the reverse of the tile with palm imprint of the potter. 11¾ x 11¾ in. (6.3 kg, 30 x 30 cm). Fine condition. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970s-1990s. Hong Kong collection. Ex West Country collection, UK.

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CHINESE NEOLITHIC PAINTED JAR 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

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A carinated ceramic jar with short everted neck and two loop handles low down on the body, the upper body painted with a frieze of circles decorated with geometric patterns, bands of zigzags to the upper shoulder and neck. 15 in. (4.5 kg, 38 cm wide). Fair condition, rim chipped. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

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CHINESE NEOLITHIC PAINTED JAR 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. A ceramic jar with piriform body, bulbous neck, everted rim and two integral loop handles below the shoulder, decorated with a medial band of painted hatched roundels, chevrons and scallops below. 12⅝ in. (2.56 kg, 32 cm high). Fair condition, one handle damaged. £250 - 350 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

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CHINESE NEOLITHIC PAINTED JAR 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. A ceramic jar with piriform body, bulbous neck, everted rim and two integral loop handles below the shoulder, decorated with a medial band of painted chevrons, scallops and hatched roundels. 13 in. (2.8 kg, 33 cm high). Fine condition. £250 - 350 PROVENANCE:

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Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

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CHINESE STANDING FIGURE STATUE WEI DYNASTY, 534-550 A.D. PROVENANCE:

A carved schist statue of a standing figure with loosely draped shawl (uttariya) flowing over the flexed arms and erect torso; incised contour detailing and carefully modelled folds to the sleeves. 34⅝ in. (85.7 kg total, 88 cm high including stand). Fair condition. £3,000 - 4,000

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Late Sir Roger Moss (OBE) collection. Property of a London gallery. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11201-178973.

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CHINESE STANDING UDDIYANA RELIQUARY BUDDHA NORTHERN QI, 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D. An Uddiyana style Buddha modelled in the round standing, wearing an ankle-length robe with u-shaped folds running down the centre, hair covering ushnisha, elongated earlobes and delicate facial features; relic chamber to reverse; mounted on a wooden display base. 13 in. (1.4 kg total, 33 cm high including stand). Fine condition, repair to neck. [No Reserve] £6,000 - 8,000

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Acquired 1960s to early 1970s. ‘Buckingham Collection’, the late Nik Douglas (1944-2012), renowned author, curator and Asian art expert. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant ‘Out of Uddiyana’ exhibition catalogue pages including an image of this lot featured in one of the display cases (p.176 & p.177): Exhibition catalogue cat.no.UD-34, p.31 & TB023, p.167. Accompanied by a copy of Nik Douglas's collection cataloguing document, three pages of collectors illustrations and notes with price (US$70,000). This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11211-188545.

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CHINESE STANDING CROWNED BODHISATTVA CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D. A Bodhisattva figure modelled in the round crowned and standing, right hand raised with palm facing outwards, left hand extended by side, holding one end of sash, stylised anatomical and facial detailing with urna between eyes, detailing to crown, sash and dhoti, held in place by a jewel, wearing matching floral pendant and bangles; pierced lug to reverse; mounted on a wooden display base. 8¾ in. (664 grams total, 22.2 cm including stand). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £4,000 - 6,000

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Ex Sherrier or Lindahl by repute. Acquired 1968. Spinks, London, UK. ‘Buckingham Collection’, the late Nik Douglas (1944-2012), renowned author, curator and Asian art expert. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant ‘Out of Uddiyana’ exhibition catalogue pages including an image of this lot featured in one of the display cases (p.176): Exhibition catalogue cat.no.GMB057, p.142. Accompanied by a copy of Nik Douglas's collection cataloguing document, four pages of collectors illustrations and notes with price (US$32,000). This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11215-188546.

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SOUTH EAST ASIAN VISHNU FIGURINE 15TH CENTURY A.D.

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A bronze figurine of the god Vishnu standing erect wearing pleated paridhana and columnar headdress; the six hands each holding a sacred symbol (shanka conch, gada mace and others) attached to a crescentic frame; mounted on a custom-made stand. 12¾ in. (2.08 kg total, 32.5 cm high). Fair condition; some loss to one lower leg and arms. £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1955-1985. Private collection of Eric Saunders, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Private collection of an East Sussex gentleman.

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UDDIYANA BUDDHA SEATED ON LOTUS PODIUM WITH HANDS TEACHING CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D. A bronze Uddiyana Buddha modelled in the round seated on a lotus flower, hands held in a teaching mudra, with detailing to the hair, face, garments and floral base. 5¼ in. (520 grams, 13.5 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £3,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE:

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Acquired 1996. Dr. Paul Singer, New Jersey, USA. ‘Buckingham Collection’, the late Nik Douglas (1944-2012), renowned author, curator and Asian art expert. Accompanied by a copy of Nik Douglas's collection cataloguing document, two pages of collectors illustrations and notes with price (US$43,000). This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11220-188547.

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SOUTH ASIAN BUDDHA SEATED IN PADMASANA 5TH-10TH CENTURY A.D. A statuette modelled in the round as Buddha seated in padmasana, hair covering ushnisha, stylised facial features, silver inlaid eyes, elongated earlobes, garment with folds and voluminous sleeves; hollow-formed. 4 in. (310 grams, 10 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s to early 1970s. ‘Buckingham Collection’, the late Nik Douglas (1944-2012), renowned author, curator and Asian art expert. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11223-188550.

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CHINESE STELE WITH UDDIYANA STANDING BUDDHA CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D. A bronze stele with trefoil body, mounted on a four-legged base, Uddiyana-style Buddha standing at the centre, Bodhisattvas to each side; after the Gandharan style. 9⅜ in. (1.04 kg, 23.8 cm high). Fair condition. [No Reserve] £3,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s to early 1970s. ‘Buckingham Collection’, the late Nik Douglas (1944-2012), renowned author, curator and Asian art expert. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant ‘Out of Uddiyana’ exhibition catalogue pages including an image of this lot featured in one of the display cases (p.176): Exhibition catalogue cat.no.UD-28, p.30 & TB012, p.162. Accompanied by a copy of Nik Douglas's collection cataloguing document, three pages of collectors illustrations and notes with price (US$30,000). This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11219-188544.

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CHINESE CEREMONIAL COOKING VESSEL MING DYNASTY, 1368-1644 A.D. A hollow-formed bronze li vessel in archaic Chou style, with three stub legs, globular body with high-relief masks, shoulder with panhui field and raised dragon motifs, two loop handles above the rim, separate lid with addorsed animal masks with raised horns, strap handle with addorsed bovine heads. 9 in. (3.44 kg, 22.8 cm high). Fine condition. £800 - 1,000

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PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1955-1985. Private collection of Eric Saunders, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Private collection of an East Sussex gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Song, L., Chinese Bronze Ware, Cambridge, 2011, p.38.

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CHINESE DYNASTY PILGRIM'S FLASK HAN DYNASTY, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. A copper-alloy pilgrim's flask with 'heart-shaped' moulding to both faces, splayed base, narrow cylindrical neck, domed lid with floral motif and suspension ring, animal masks and rings to shoulders. 9 in. (1.6 kg, 23 cm high). Fine condition. £800 - 1,000

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PROVENANCE:

Bonham's, Fine Asian Art, sale 14758, 14 May 2007, lot 111. Property of a London gentleman.

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CHINESE DYNASTY INLAID VESSEL HAN DYNASTY, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. A piriform copper-alloy vessel with raised medial band of figurative geometric animals, circumferential band of inlaid characters above and below, additional characters at points on the upper body, two raised plaques to shoulder, loop handles. 7¼ in. (1.5 kg total, 18.5 cm wide). Fair condition, small split. £700 - 900 PROVENANCE:

Acquired c.1990s. Property of a London gentleman.

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SOUTH EAST ASIA VAJIMUKHA STATUE HEAD 18TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

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A hollow-formed bronze head from a statue of a Vajimukha wearing a tiered crown with notched brim and dentilled detailing, scrolled locks behind the ears. 6⅝ in. (2.09 kg, 17 cm high). Fine condition. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1955-1985. Private collection of Eric Saunders, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Private collection of an East Sussex gentleman. FOOTNOTES:

The head may be from a figure of Kalkin, an avatar of Vishnu, or yaksa or kimnara.

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CHINESE WOLF STATUETTE 1ST CENTURY B.C.-4TH CENTURY A.D. A provincial bronze wolf statuette modelled standing, slender body and stylised features, geometric forms to both faces of the torso, pricked ears; hollow-form. 4½ in. (108 grams, 11.5 cm). Fine condition. £600 - 800 291 PROVENANCE:

London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family.

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CHINESE CHARIOT FITTING WITH DRAGON HEADS HAN OR EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 334 B.C.-220 A.D. A flat-section bronze annular chariot fitting comprising two profile serpent masks with open mouths connected to openwork bands with interstitial domes. 7⅞ in. (822 grams, 20 cm wide). Fair condition. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Acquired in the late 1990s. Property of a London gentleman.

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CHINESE TINNED BRONZE MIRROR 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. 292

A discoid mirror with concentric geometric borders and scene composed of horse-drawn carriages and robed figures, possibly representing the Queen Mother of the West and the Lord of the East; domed centre with piercing. 6¾ in. (810 grams, 17 cm wide). Fine condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent. LITERATURE:

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 17.52, for similar. FOOTNOTES:

By the Han Dynasty period, mirrors had gained status as important grave goods; their reflective surface was believed to bring life and light into the darkness of the tomb.

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CHINESE ORDOS BELT MOUNT COLLECTION 6TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.

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A mixed group of nine openwork belt mounts of predominantly zoomorphic form, comprising: two regardant birds with lug to each reverse; a plaque featuring two gripping horned quadrupeds, geometric forms between, slender arm with curved end formed as a highly stylised duck's head, lug to reverse; a stag or other quadruped with long horns and eye, advancing right, lug to reverse; three graduated bifacial mounts or fittings, each formed as a stylised stag standing left, shallow engraved detailing to the head and body on both faces, balustered lug below; a mythic creature with the body and horns of a quadruped and face and feet of a bird, tubular socket to front face, discoid attachment linked to the body via four arms to reverse; discoid fitting with inner cross composed of circles, inverted tear-shaped plaques below decorated with geometric cells. 1 - 3⅛ in. (160 grams total, 28-79 mm). Fine condition. [9] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired before the early 1970s. Ex London, UK, gallery. Property of a London gentleman.

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CHINESE GILT MUSICIAN GROUP TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D. A group of four gilt musician figures depicting court ladies comprising: two seated figures dressed in voluminous robes, wearing the traditional court attire and playing the pipes; a similarly seated figure playing a drum, with detailing to her necklace, arm rings and hair; a figure seated wearing a floor-length robe, voluminous sleeves, head tilted whimsically to one side, playing a guzheng; the facial features delicately modelled in a serene expression and the hair adorned with a headdress, each musician wearing a different facial expression; each accompanied by a custom-made display base. 2⅜ - 3 in. (3⅜ 3¾ in.) (350 grams total, 60-75 mm high (730 grams total, 85-95 mm including stand)). Fine condition. [4] £5,000 - 7,000

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PROVENANCE:

Late Sir Roger Moss OBE collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, lady. Accompanied by an academic expertise by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11188-185450. LITERATURE:

Cf. Prodan, M., The Art of The T'ang Potter, Thames and Hudson, 1960, for comparable examples (pl.VII p.16) and discussion; Wong, G., The Silk Road: Treasures of the Tang China, Singapore, 1991, pp.78-80, for comparable musician figures in a different medium; Congyun, L., Yang, Y., Gushan, Z., Imperial Tombs of China, Orlando, 1995, p.117, for representation of musicians on a Tang cup from Hejia; Michaelson, C., Gilded Dragons, Buried treasures from China’s Golden Ages, London, 1999, fig.39, p.71, 88, p.124, 90, p.126, 113, p.156; cf. images of Tang censer with representations of female musicians in Rastelli, S., Scarpari, M., Il Celeste Impero, dall'esercito di Terracotta alla Via della Seta, Milano, 2008, fig.83, p.182.

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SINO-TIBETAN SEATED GILT BUDDHA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D. A gilt Buddha figure modelled in the round wearing a robe, seated on a lotus flower dais, legs crossed and hands held in a mudra, seminaturalistic detailing to the face, hair arranged in piles with bobble detailing, elongated earlobes; stylised floral stamp to base. 4 in. (415 grams, 10 cm). Fine condition. £2,500 - 3,500 PROVENANCE:

Late Sir Roger Moss OBE collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, lady. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11168-185447.

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LITERATURE:

Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1893,0320.14, for a comparable figure with similar details.

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THAI GILT SEATED BUDDHA FIGURINE 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D. A hollow-formed gilt-bronze figure of Buddha sitting cross-legged on a D-shaped base, the right hand in the Bhumisparsha mudra (gesture of touching the earth) and the left placed palm-upwards in the lap; open to the underside. 14½ in. (5.7 kg, 37 cm high). Fine condition. £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1955-1985. Private collection of Eric Saunders, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Private collection of an East Sussex gentleman.

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SINO-TIBETAN GILT GANESH FROM A MAHAKALA STATUE 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D. A gilt statuette of Ganesh from a Mahakala statue, modelled dancing, wearing jewellery and a skirt, nude torso; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1¾ in. (29.55 grams total, 46 mm high including stand). Fine condition. £1,500 - 2,000 297

PROVENANCE:

Late Sir Roger Moss OBE collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, lady.

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CHINESE GILT HEAD OF A BUDDHA WITH RUBY CROWN 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D. A gilt copper-alloy head modelled in the round as a crowned Buddha head, semi-naturalistic detailing to the face, with lentoid eyes, slender brows and fleshy chin, studded elongated earlobes, hair visible beneath the splayed crown, designed with two smaller triangular finials flanking a larger central one, studded with a polished ruby cabochon surrounded by pellets, hair cropped at rear; remains of gilding to the front and rear; cylindrical lug through head; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 4 in. (730 grams total, 10.5 cm high including stand). Fine condition. £1,500 - 2,000 PROVENANCE:

Late Sir Roger Moss OBE collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, lady. LITERATURE:

Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1993,1111.1, for comparable.

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CHINESE FOO LION DOG PAIR QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D. A pair of bronze foo lion dogs modelled in the round standing, each with a front paw resting on a spherical openwork brocade ball, head turned, stylised detailing to the coat and face with wide grin bearing two rows of teeth gripping a ball, large bulbous eyes, flame-like bushy tail, tight curls framing the head and following the backs of the legs; accompanied by a smaller pup, designed to sit on the larger dog's back, one detached with a hind leg absent. 11½ in. (10.6 kg total, 29 cm high each). Fine condition. [3] £2,500 - 3,500 PROVENANCE:

Cambridgeshire family collection, 1970s. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, lady. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11169-185451.

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JAPANESE LION DOG PAIR MEIJI PERIOD, 1868-1912 A.D. A pair of bronze Karashishi lion dogs, each modelled in the round in an upright position looking over its shoulders, stylised detailing to the coat and face with wide grin bearing two rows of teeth, flared nostrils and large bulbous eyes, flame-like bushy tail, tight curls framing the head and following the backs of the legs. 9½ in. (7.7 kg total, 24 cm high). Fine condition. [2] £1,800 - 2,400 PROVENANCE:

Cambridgeshire family collection, 1970s. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, lady.

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TIBETAN GILT JEWELLED SKIRT WITH PRAYER SCROLLS 18TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER The lower half of a gilt copper-alloy figure, formed as a pleated skirt ornamented with chains and jewels in repoussé, stone and enamel; hollow interior serving as a receptacle for six prayer scrolls. 11½ in. (838 grams, 29 cm). Fine condition. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

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CHINESE GOLD PRAYER SCROLL HOLDER WITH BIRDS QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY A.D. A tubular gold prayer scroll holder with pierced body composed of birds in flight amongst scrolling foliage; slender tubular suspension loop attached to a chain link with hook-and-eye closure. 3⅝ in. (23.62 grams, 91 mm). Fine condition. £3,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11218-188496.

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JAVAN GOLD RING WITH AGATE GEMSTONE 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D. A gold ring composed of a tapering round-section hoop, expanding at the shoulders to a trumpet-style bezel with four openwork foliate faces, large pellet to each shoulder and to each corner of the upper face, trefoil claws gripping a replaced agate stone; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 1½ in. (2 in.) (17.89 grams, 39.17 mm overall, 21.05 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T½, USA 9¾, Europe 21.89, Japan 21) (37.5 grams total, 50 mm high including stand)). Fine condition. A large wearable size. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

Collection of Mr. G.W., Germany, 1980s. UK private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11276-189528.

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TIBETAN SILVER DOCUMENT HOLDER 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D. A silver document holder with lentoid-section body, collared loop to body and lid, rectangular panels of dense foliate motifs to both faces, with engraved comb-tooth effect borders. 14¼ in. (180 grams, 36.2 cm). Fine condition. £700 - 900 PROVENANCE:

Cambridgeshire family collection, 1970s. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, lady.

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TIBETAN IRON DOCUMENT HOLDER 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.

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A cylindrical iron document holder with conical finials and dense foliage detailing to the body; one suspension loop to the top of the body, a second to the base of the removable lid. 15¼ in. (440 grams, 39 cm). Fine condition. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Cambridgeshire family collection, 1970s. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, lady.

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India & Region Also see lots 1242 - 1317

Lots 307 - 318

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GANDHARAN BRONZE ARM 3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER A bronze arm formed as a wrist and clenched fist, veined top of hand, wearing a bangle; possibly a furniture fitting. 7¼ in. (890 grams, 18.3 cm). Fine condition. £2,500 - 3,500 PROVENANCE:

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Acquired between 1980-1990. Property of a London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11207-187152.

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CHANDRAKETUGARH GODDESSES

GLOBULAR

VASE

WITH

FLYING

2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C. A large bulbous ceramic vessel with elaborate frieze of flying winged goddesses on a field of mythical flowers, stars and rosettes; each goddess depicted nude with a translucent skirt, dressed in layers of rich jewellery and a flowing cloth draped across the shoulders; a canopy of lotus flower petals above and a circumferential band of rosettes below; a band of applied rosettes on an incised net-pattern above the shoulder, the everted rim with a band of raised rosettes. 8¾ in. (982 grams, 22.2 cm high). Fine condition, chip to body. £3,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE:

Ex private French collection since before 2000. Acquired from Alexis Renard, Paris, in 2011. UK private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11262-189525. Accompanied by an original positive thermoluminescence report no.09111208 issued by Laboratory Kotalia. LITERATURE:

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2002.266, for similar, and accession number 2004.553.2, for ivory plaque with similar iconography.

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CHANDRAKETUGARH GODDESSES

GLOBULAR

VASE

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2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C. A globular vase with broad everted rim decorated with petals, an elaborate display of stars, flowers and foliate scrolls to the neck and shoulder, medial frieze of goddesses riding mythical creatures with forequarters of a horse and rear body of a peacock repeated around the body, stars in the field, rosettes between elephants with fish tails below; opening for spout. 8 in. (657 grams, 20.5 cm high). Fine condition, chipped. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

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LARGE CRYSTAL AND GOLD STUPA WITH FOUR SEATED BUDDHAS 19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER A carved rock crystal tiered model stupa with sheet gold fittings; the crystal segments with circumferential recesses to accept gold wire inserts, the applied floral motifs with filigree and granulation detailing, repoussé geometric ornament; base with rectangular plaques depicting a repoussé facing Buddha. 8½ in. (3.1 kg total, 21.5 cm high). Fine condition; finial absent. [No Reserve] £5,000 - 7,000

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PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1979. Private Asian collection, Japan. ‘Buckingham Collection’, the late Nik Douglas (1944-2012), renowned author, curator and Asian art expert. Accompanied by a copy of Nik Douglas's collection cataloguing document, thee pages of collectors illustrations and notes with price (US$160,000). Accompanied by Scholarly Note TL 05430 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11210-188548.

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FLYING RADHA KRISHNA BY RAMESH PACHPANDE 20TH CENTURY A.D. A rectangular image on fabric of a couple embracing while the male plays the flute, signed Pachpande 2021 bottom right. 52½ x 41 in. (854 grams, 133.5 x 104 cm). Very fine condition. £3,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired from the artist by Mr Mehta, London, UK. D'Silva family collection, London, UK. Property of a London lady. Accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity signed by Ramesh Pachpande. FOOTNOTES:

Ramesh Pachpande was born in a village in Jalgaon district in Maharashtra, India, and displayed artistic talent at an early age, which led him to enter art school where he topped his class every single year. Always focusing on the human form, Pachpande had first worked with oil and canvas paintings in a realistic style, concentrating on charcoal Rajasthani themes. Experimenting with different styles, he found complete fulfilment and satisfaction when he moved to the charcoal medium in which he displayed a rare excellence. Today, Ramesh Pachpande has developed a unique style of his own, charcoal on paper which highlights facial expressions and brings to the fore the sublime beauty of the human form. His paintings, a reflection of his rural roots, portray the serene innocence, the charm and purity of the rural folk. The choice of charcoal as a medium has been deliberately chosen by him as it best captures the stark simplicity and the emotional relationships between the figures portrayed.

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ROMANTIC COUPLE II BY RAMESH PACHPANDE 20TH CENTURY A.D. A rectangular image on fabric of a couple embracing in intense shades of red and black, Pachpande 2021 bottom right. 49 x 41 in. (734 grams, 124.5 x 104 cm). Very fine condition. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired from the artist by Mr Mehta, London, UK. D'Silva family collection, London, UK. Property of a London lady. Accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity signed by Ramesh Pachpande.

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GANESH PYNE FRAMED SEATED LADY 20TH CENTURY A.D. A rectangular ink and watercolour image of a young female seated beside a potted plant on a table; attributed to Ganesh Pyne bottom left; set in a broad reveal within a glazed wooden frame. 14½ x 14½ in. (1.01 kg, 37 x 37 cm). Very fine condition. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

Art festival, India. Private Massachusetts, USA, collection. Acquired by the uncle of the present owner. D'Silva family collection, London, UK.

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GANESH PYNE WATERCOLOUR PAINTING 1982 A.D. A framed watercolour and ink on paper, attributed to the Indian artist Ganesh Pyne, signature to bottom right. 13¼ x 14¾ in. (901 grams, 33.5 x 37.5 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £3,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE:

Property of a collector known by the artist since before 2004. Property of a North West England gentleman. Accompanied by an encapsulated illustrated certificate of authenticity as authenticated and signed by the artist in 2004. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11163-18177. Ganesh Pyne (1937-2013) was an Indian painter and draughtsman and one of the most notable contemporary artists of the Bengal School of Art. He was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, and was proclaimed the best painter in India by M.F. Husain in the late 1970s.

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GANESH PYNE FRAMED IMAGE OF A MALE 20TH CENTURY A.D. A rectangular study in pastel and ink of a youthful male face; attributed to Ganesh Pyne bottom right; set in a reveal within a glazed wooden frame. 13½ x 14¾ in. (1.03 kg, 34.5 x 37.5 cm). Very fine condition. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

Art festival, India. Private Massachusetts, USA, collection. Acquired by the uncle of the present owner. D'Silva family collection, London, UK.

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ROMANTIC COUPLE BY RAMESH PACHPANDE 20TH CENTURY A.D. A rectangular image in charcoal of a couple embracing with restricted use of applied liquid gold, signed Pachpande 20/4/18 bottom right. 29½ x 21⅝ in. (74 grams, 75 x 55 cm). Very fine condition. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Acquired from the artist by Mr Mehta, London, UK. D'Silva family collection, London, UK. Property of a London lady. Accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity signed by Ramesh Pachpande.

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LOVING COUPLE WITH TATTOO BY RAMESH PACHPANDE 20TH CENTURY A.D. A rectangular image in charcoal and dry pastel of a couple embracing with restricted use of colour and applied liquid gold, signed Pachpande 2021 bottom right. 29½ x 21½ in. (73 grams, 75 x 54.5 cm). Very fine condition. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Acquired from the artist by Mr Mehta, London, UK. D'Silva family collection, London, UK. Property of a London lady. Accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity signed by Ramesh Pachpande.

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EROTIC III BY RAMESH PACHPANDE 20TH CENTURY A.D. A rectangular image in charcoal and dry pastel of a couple embracing with restricted use of colour, signed Pachpande 2021 bottom right. 29½ x 21⅝ in. (73 grams, 75 x 55 cm). Very fine condition. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Acquired from the artist by Mr Mehta, London, UK. D'Silva family collection, London, UK. Property of a London lady. Accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity signed by Ramesh Pachpande.

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Arms & Armour Lots 319 - 357 Also see lots 1318 - 1418

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URARTIAN HELMET CROWNED KINGS

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8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C. A Urartian or Assyrian helmet raised from a single bronze sheet, decorated with three circumferential raised ribs above the brim alternating with incised volutes forming a decorative chain around the helmet; a raised vertical rib with a lion's head terminal to the front of the helmet, flanked by six arched ribs each with an animal-head terminal formed as a snake, a ram and a bull; beneath the raised brows an incised worshipping scene with two crowned kings (or a king and a prince) with their hands raised in attitude of worship; the

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left hand figure with two eunuchs behind him, each armed with a bow, arrows and a long sword; the right hand figure preceded by a tall winged god, possibly Shivini-Shamash, and followed by a dignitary armed with a long sword, a winged genii to each side; the central scene is the meeting point of a long procession incised around the rim of the helmet, consisting of royal attendants dressed in long Assyrian costume and carrying gifts such as cattle, gold, clothing and wine; the rim with pierced holes for fastening of leather lining and cheek-pieces; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 11¼ in. (17¾ in.) (1.04 kg, 28.6 cm high (2.35 kg total, 45 cm including stand)). Fine condition. A large heavily decorated museum-quality example. £40,000 - 60,000

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Lot 319 - Line drawings

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Previously in a private family collection, kept in the UK since the 1960s. London art market, acquired from the above. Private UK collection, acquired from the above 20th June 2017. Accompanied by an archaeological report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate number S00126093, dated 18 July 2017. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11170-187280.

94, 107ff., pp.174-175, pls.I, IX, X-XI (AG 168, 385); Dezs , T., Oriental Influence in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, Helmet traditions in the 9th-7th Centuries B.C.: the Patterns of Orientalisation (British Archaeological Reports, S691), Oxford, 1998; Christie’s,The art of the warfare, the Axel Guttmann collection, Part II, Wednesday 28 April 2004, London, 2004, pp.38-39 no.39; Gorelik, M.,Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg (2003) in Russian, pl.LXI nn.88-89-90; Castelluccia, M., ‘Urartian Metalwork in Caucasian Graves’ in Makalatia, S., Studies in Caucasian Archaeology, Tblisi, 2014, fig.3.

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Cf. Barnett, R.D., Watson, W., ‘Russian Excavations in Armenia’ in Iraq, vol.14, no.2, fig.15, and pls.XXXII,2, XXXIII,2; Borchardt, J.,Homerische Helme: Helmenformen der Ág is in ihren Beziehungen zu orientalischen und europäischen Helmen in der Bronze-und frühen Eisenzeit, Mainz, 1972, pp.103ff., fig.9, p.107, 10-12, p.108; pl.34,4; Born, H., Seidl, U., Schutzwaffen aus Assyrien und Urartu, Sammlung Axel Guttmann IV, Mainz, 1995, pp.90,

The motif of the three animals' heads is visible in helmets from royal graves (bronze helmet from the ‘Royal Burial’ of Lori-Berd, Armenia). Also the helmet with the Sarduri inscription shows a broad frieze of chariots and ritual scenes protected by lion heads. Dezs proposed various possibilities for the significance of the curved crooks or snakes on front of these helmets, the main ones being of apotropaic significance or simply being used to frame the scene below.

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URARTIAN HELMET WITH SNAKES 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C. A broad conical bronze helmet, hammered from a single metal sheet, the front with a raised abstract linear motif, four circumferential ribs above the brim, the arched ribs on the front with round terminals, flanking a central rib running down from the apex of the helmet with a stylised animal head(?); pierced holes to the sides for fastening a leather lining and cheek-pieces; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 21¼ in. (735 grams, 33.7 cm high (2.6 kg, 54 cm including stand)). Fine condition. £7,000 - 9,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired before 1972. Formerly with a central London gallery. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by an archaeological report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11189-186652.

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Cf. Barnett, R.D., Watson, W., ‘Russian Excavations in Armenia’ in Iraq, vol.14, no.2, Autumn, 1952, pp.132-147, pl.32, no.2; Borchardt, J.,Homerische Helme: Helmenformen der Ág is in ihren Beziehungen zu orientalischen und europäischen Helmen in der Bronze-und frühen Eisenzeit, Mainz, 1972, pp.103ff.; Born H., Seidl, U., Schutzwaffen aus Assyrien und Urartu, Sammlung Axel Guttmann IV, Mainz, 1995, pp.90, 94, 107ff., pp.174-175, pls.I and IX, XXI (AG 168, 385); Christie’s, The art of the warfare, the Axel Guttmann collection, Part I, Wednesday 6 November 2002, London, 2002, no.11 p.18; Christie’s, The art of the warfare, the Axel Guttmann collection, Part II, Wednesday 28 April 2004, London, 2004, pp.32-33; Dezs , T., Near Eastern Helmets of the Iron Age, (British Archaeological Reports,S992), Oxford, 2001; Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg (2003) in Russian, pl.LXI, nn.88-89-90. FOOTNOTES:

Our helmet presents strong similarity with a specimen from Kurdistan, North of Kirmanshah and South of Saqqiz (Borchard, 1972, fig.9, p.107), and could be collocated in the type III of the Urartian helmets according the classification of Borchard. This category is oriented towards the shape of the various Assyrian spiked helmets, and in fact Barrett and Watson classified these helmets as of Assyrian type (Barnett & Watson, 1952, p.143). In the 8th and especially in the 7th century B.C., spheroconical helmets of Assyrian type spread to Urartu and are archaeologically represented by a large quantity of specimens (Gorelik, 2003, Pl. LXI, 77, 85-92). Sometimes they differ from the Assyrian ones having an exaggeratedly long top.

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ELAMITE CHARIOT WHEEL FITTINGS LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. A complete Elamite or Assyrian chariot wheel rim, comprising six large bronze C-section wheel clamps, each clamp with three pairs of lateral lugs and attachment rivets for insertion over the wooden wheel and three pairs of inward facing rivetted double tabs; mounted on a wooden replica spoked wheel. 31½ in. (6.6 kg total, 80 cm wide). Fine condition. £3,000 - 4,000

M., ‘Pommeaux de chars, du Levant à la Mésopotamie et à l’Élam’, in Études Mésopotamiennes: Recueil de Textes Offert à Jean-Louis Huot, Paris, 2001, pp.69-78; Gökce, B., 'On Urartian Chariots' in Veldmeijer, A.J. & Ikram, S., Chasing Chariot/Proceedings of the First nternational Chariot Conference (Cairo, 2012), Cairo, 2013, pp.107-122; a similar wheel in the National Museum of Iran in Tehran, and was excavated from Choqa Zanbil, an ancient Elamite site in Khuzestan province of Iran. FOOTNOTES:

PROVENANCE:

UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by an archaeological expertise by Dr. Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11259-189515. LITERATURE:

See Stillmann N. & Tallis N., Armies of the Ancient Near East, 3000 BC to 539 BC, Worthing, 1984; Emiliozzi, A., Carri da Guerra e principi etruschi (War chariots and Etruscan princes, in Italian), Roma, 1999, pp.5ff.; Caubet, A. & Yon,

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In Mesopotamia and other regions of the Near East, the chariot was preceded by vehicles with disc wheels, with two or four wheels, pulled by a pair of donkeys or by mules. The light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn chariot with spoked wheels was introduced into the Levant early in the 2nd millennium B.C. (Caubet and Yon, 2001, p.71), and from there the Canaanites (“Hyksos”) brought it to Egypt. Five innovations gave the chariot its superiority: the spoked wheels, exclusive use of traction by horses, the creation of the horse bit, the use of the bow as a primary weapon associated with the chariot and the proportions suitable for a couple of passengers standing side by side on the chariot’s platform. In 7th century B.C., the Elamite chariots were drawn by two or four mules or small horses. The crew consisted of a driver and up to three archers, who sat or knelt on the platform.

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URARTIAN ARMOUR BELT WITH LIONS 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C. A broad hammered bronze cuirass or belt decorated in chased low relief; ornamented with clusters of raised bosses in four horizontal bands; the terminals formed from large rectangular plaques cut from another armour, decorated with foliage ornaments and three lions standing in profile, each panel fitted with a fastening ring; the edges of the belt with regularly disposed holes for fastening to the leather lining; mounted on a custom-made frame. 3⅛ in. (554 grams, 78mm wide). Fair condition, repaired. £1,000 - 1,400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the London art market, 1994. Property of a North London gentleman. Accompanied by an archaeological report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. LITERATURE:

See Esayan, S.A., ‘Погребения VI-V вв. до н. э. в горах Шамшадина (Burials of the 6th-5th centuries B.C. in the mountains of Shamshadin’ in СА (Sovietskaya Archeologjia - Archaeology of the Soviet Union), 1965; Esayan, S.A., 'Gürtelbleche der Älteren Eisenzeit in Armenien' in Beiträge zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Archäologie, vol.6, pp.97-198, pls.8 & 25, nos.25 and 26 (belts from Golovino); Born H., Seidl, U., Schutzwaffen aus Assyrien und Urartu, Sammlung Axel Guttmann IV, Mainz, 1995, AG 230, 231; Gorelik, M.,Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg (2003) in Russian, pl.LXI, nn.88-89-90. FOOTNOTES:

The belt-cuirass preserves a decoration substantially identical to various complete and fragmentary belts from the collection of Caucasian and Urartian items preserved in the Rezan Has Muzesi of Istanbul. According to Gorelik, by

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comparison with some armour-belts, especially the ones with the same pattern from Tigranakert (2003, pl.LIX, no.8) the employment of such belts lasted at least until the 7th century BC. Protective belts in the Caucasus were very popular, especially among Urartians. The early examples of such armoured belts appeared in Middle East, at the beginning of the first millennium BC, introducing an original fixing system on the waist, instead of the simple ties: a hook was first sewn separately to one end of the belt, and later became part of a massive bronze buckle furnished with a rectangular ring.

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LURISTAN SHIELD BOSS 9TH-6TH CENTURY B.C. A bronze discoid shield boss with raised and domed centre, repoussè border with later added eagles; central perforation for attachment to a shield. 5⅞ in. (164 grams, 15 cm wide). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. LITERATURE:

See Godard, A., Les Bronzes du Luristan, Paris, 1931, pl.XXV, no.75, for a decorated umbo of the same typology; Haerink, E., Overlaet, B., JaffarMohammadi, Z., 'Finds from Khatunban B., Badavar Valley (Luristan), in the Iran Bastan Museum, Teheran' in Iranica Antiqua, vol.XXXIX, 2004, pp.105-168; pl.2. FOOTNOTES:

Quivers and shields in Luristan, were made from hammered metal. Recent excavations of Luristan burials in Khatunban have evidenced bronze embossed umbos with similar diameters.

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LURISTAN SHORT SWORD

MARLIK DIRK WITH HANDLE

13TH-9TH CENTURY B.C.

14TH-9TH CENTURY B.C.

A bronze short sword with double-edged blade, pronounced central rib and square shoulders, the square section hilt ending in an openwork ribbed crescent. 19¼ in. (520 grams, 49 cm). Fine condition. £600 - 900

A bronze dagger with double-edged blade and pronounced central rib, the hilt ending in a wide crescent-shaped pommel with four grooves on the handle, oval-shaped guard embracing the blade and the central rib. 16 in. (496 grams, 40.5 cm). Fine condition. £500 - 700

PROVENANCE:

Earlier 20th century Cologne collection, Germany. London Mayfair gallery, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. Accompanied by an old typed catalogue slip with provenance. LITERATURE:

Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.17.32. FOOTNOTES:

The art of Luristan can be described as the art of nomadic herdsmen and horsemen with an emphasis on the crafting of small, easily portable objects, among these a number of bronze daggers, swords and other weapons. According to Moorey and Khorasani, daggers were edged weapons not greater than 36cm in length, dirks (short swords) were between 36cm and 50cm in length, and swords were edged weapons greater than 50cm in length. Our weapon is between these last two categories.

PROVENANCE:

Earlier 20th century Cologne collection, Germany. London Mayfair gallery, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. Accompanied by an old typed catalogue slip with provenance. LITERATURE:

Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 39-43. FOOTNOTES:

Similar swords were excavated in the royal cemetery of Marlik, and are preserved in the National Museum of Iran, Tehran. They are usually characterised by the separate sets of encircling ribs on the grip. Moorey stated that these dirks were produced in Marlik and exported to Mesopotamia; he dated them back to the second millennium B.C.

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LURISTAN DIRK WITH HANDLE 10TH-8TH CENTURY B.C. A bronze dirk with broad triangular blade, flanged hilt for the insert of a wood or bone inlay, hilt with expanded guard and crescent-shaped pommel. 11⅞ in. (270 grams, 30.2 cm). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

LURISTAN DAGGER WITH HANDLE 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. A bronze dagger with leaf-shaped blade, marked narrow central midrib with a separate cast-hilt, gently curved guard and ovoid pommel decorated in relief with bosses and ridged lines. 10½ in. (195 grams, 26.7 cm). Fine condition. £250 - 350 PROVENANCE:

Earlier 20th century collection. London Mayfair gallery, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. Accompanied by an old typed catalogue slip.

Earlier 20th century collection. London Mayfair gallery, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019.

LITERATURE:

Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 2.

LITERATURE:

Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.17.30; see also Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 7. FOOTNOTES:

This type of dirk belongs to the type I of Medvedskaya classification (Khorasani, 2002, p.378) and is very common among daggers and dirks attributed to Luristan. According to Moorey, this type was widely used in Western Iran from the 13th century B.C. and remained in use at least until the 9th century B.C.

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According to Moorey, the technical analysis of one of these daggers revealed arsenic copper-alloy, indication of an earlier date. This is why many scholars date them to 3rd millennium B.C., attributing them to the Elamite or Luristan culture. The cast was made separately from the blade, the two parts were then rivetted together.

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LURISTAN STANDARD FINIAL WITH IBEX AND SERPENT 12TH CENTURY B.C. A staff or a standard finial composed of a tapering tubular body, collared at both ends, incorporating an ibex modelled in the round with large horns, a serpent's head emerging between, its body wound around the shaft. 7¾ in. (1.03 kg, 19.7 cm). Fine condition. £3,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11205-186705. LITERATURE:

Cf. Moorey, P.R.S., Ancient Bronzes From Luristan, London, 1974, pl.IV(C), for a comparable ibex figure; for a standard composed of two facing ibexes cf. Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, p.203; Malekzadeh, M., Hasanpur, A., Hashemi, Z., 'Fouilles (2005-2006) a Sangtarashan, Luristan, Iran' in Iranica Antiqua, vol.LII, 2017, pp.85ff., pl.19, no.160.

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Finials were made to be seen from all sides and were designed to be placed on the top of poles or vertical supports, acting as standards or ceremonial staves. Standards, pseudo-standards or tubular idols were categorised by Godard, Amiet and Vanden-Berghe to the complex objects comprising an upper part forming a bottle-shaped support and a central fastening element often adorned by an animal motif. Large horned ibexes and felines were the most commonly used motifs.

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LURISTAN SCEPTRE HEAD WITH WINGED FIGURE AND IBEXHEADED SERPENT LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. A bronze mace head or sceptre finial comprising a tubular socket and two curved, horn-like projections with geometric ornamentation, one face decorated with a stylised ibex-headed serpent in high-relief with detailing to the horns and face; one face displaying a stylised standing nude male figure, also in high-relief, one arm held to his chest, the other to his side, detailing to his hair, face and body. 3⅞ in. (297 grams, 97 mm). Fine condition. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11139-186706.

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LITERATURE:

Cf. Calmeyer, P., Datierbare Bronzen aus Luristan und Kirmanshah, Berlin, 1969, pp.20ff; Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, p.288, no.395, for a similar mace head. FOOTNOTES:

By typology, this finial is related to Calmeyer's group 7, which has a long closed shaft hole adorned with spikes and/or various figures modelled in the round.

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LARGE LURISTAN COMB-BACKED AXEHEAD LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. A substantial bronze halberd-shaped axehead with long, narrow, subtriangular blade projecting from a flange, cutaway section at the base and a knob formed as a griffin head at the top of the flange, the shaft with five projecting ribs; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 12⅜ in. (15 in.) (540 grams, 31.5 cm long (872 grams total, 38 cm high including stand)). Fine condition. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired in Iran 1967. Property of a central London gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, p.98, fig.161. FOOTNOTES:

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This axe type is known from an example excavated in Marlik by Dr. Negahban in grave 26, and another from Kurvin. Various examples, held in in private collections, also have an animal head added to the outside of the blade. The cutaway and knob were intended to hold organic thongs that helped secure the blade to the shaft.

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ELAMITE MACE HEAD

LURISTAN ADZE-AXEHEAD

EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

16TH CENTURY B.C.

A bronze mace head comprising a long cylindrical shaft with narrow flanged base, the upper section with three vertical relief panels decorated by herringbone pattern, divided and bordered by three parallel ridges, similar band with ridged horizontal grooves around the base. 9½ in. (452 grams, 24 cm). Fine condition. £300 - 400

A large axe-adze, with triangular blade showing convex cutting edges perpendicular to each other, circular shaft with three pronounced ribs on the base. 7⅞ in. (1.04 kg, 20 cm). Fine condition. £300 - 400

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Earlier 20th century collection. London Mayfair gallery, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. LITERATURE:

See Godard, A., Les Bronzes du Luristan, Paris, 1931, pl.XIX, no.58, for a similar mace; see also Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 1, London, 2002, p.24, nos.18-19; Khorasani, M. M., 'Bronze and iron weapons from Luristan' in Antiguo Oriente: Cuadernos del Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente, 7, 2009, fig.8.

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Earlier 20th century Cologne collection, Germany. London Mayfair gallery, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. Accompanied by an old typed catalogue slip with provenance. LITERATURE:

Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.17.15; cf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, items 21,34. FOOTNOTES:

This gorz mace belongs to the category of truncheon-shaped mace-heads, a type of mace developed on the Iranian plateau during the Bronze Age, used by Elamite and Luristan warriors since the 3rd millennium B.C.

The earliest axes-adzes from the 3rd millennium B.C. were weapons and tools furnished with socket holes. Usually the socket is a more secure way of attaching the object to a wooden haft than having a tang. These weapons developed into a plethora of different forms in the 2nd millennium B.C., and the numerous new forms and were used until 800 B.C. at least.

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LURISTAN SAR-E TABAR SOCKETTED AXEHEAD

LURISTAN BUTTED AXEHEAD

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

12TH-11TH CENTURY B.C.

A bronze axe with plain cylindrical socket and staff, off-set at the base, of simple undecorated shape with a long lentoid-section D-shaped blade with scooped profile. 7 in. (465 grams, 18 cm). Fine condition, regular patina on the surface. £300 - 400

A spike-butted bronze axe with a short cylindrical shaft-hole with four furrowed ribs leading to four conically-tipped short spikes at the back, blade rising above the shaft hole at the top and springing from the third rib down, broadening into a convex edge. 8¾ in. (310 grams, 22.2 cm). Fine condition. £500 - 700

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Earlier 20th century collection. London Mayfair gallery, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. Accompanied by an old typed catalogue slip.

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Earlier 20th century collection. London Mayfair gallery, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. Accompanied by an old typed catalogue slip.

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Cf. Moorey, P.R.S., Catalogue of the ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1971, pl.1, items 4 and 5. FOOTNOTES:

Many examples of bronze axeheads are attributed to Luristan people and various shapes have been discussed by different scholars. Moorey (1971, pp.39-41) shows similar axeheads, stating that the texts executed on some specimens have shown them made of arsenical bronze, and attributes them to the late 3rd millennium B.C. or 2nd millennium B.C., period in which this alloy was abundantly used.

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LITERATURE:

Cf. Moorey, P.R.S., Catalogue of the ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1971, Pl.2, nos.14-16, items 51-52; cf. also Musee' Cernuschi., Bronzes de Luristan, enigmes de l'Iran Ancien, IIIe-Ier millenaire av. J.C., Paris, 2008, p.44, fig.1,3; p.97, no.45, for similar types. FOOTNOTES:

Among the Luristan bronzes and in particular among the weapons there are canonical types, such as the combed axes, or with digitations. It is difficult to know whether this type of axe, given its high decoration in some specimens, was used as a real weapon or was just a symbol of rank and prestige, employed for ceremonial or cult purposes. Considering, however, the concept of parade weapons did not exist in the surrounding areas, these axes were most probably used for both military and ceremonial purposes.

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CIMMERIAN DECORATED DAGGER WITH ORNAMENTED HANDLE 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C. An iron dagger with a tapering double-edged blade with a raised three-row median ridge, the wide and flat hilt with bronze cap and lower guard, the handle with nine pierced concentric circles in two rows on bronze; accompanied by a bronze chape with paddle-shaped foot. 2¾ - 13½ in. (207 grams total, 7-34.5 cm long). Fine condition. [2] £3,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE:

Private collection of Mr M.B., Mainz, Germany, 1990s. Property of a London businessman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11202-186233. LITERATURE:

Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003 (in Russian), see pl.VIII, nos.7 and 10, for similar daggers from the burial ground in Kislovodsk. FOOTNOTES:

The Cimmerian dagger, of type Kabardino-Pjatigorsk, belongs geographically to the Northern Black Sea area. These weapons are considered by scholars like Gorelik, as daggers of North-Caucasus 'Cimmerian' type of the North Caucasus, usually with iron blades and bronze hilts and chape, and the characteristic of having one of the ends of the cross-guard with holes for hanging. These blades with triangular cross-guards, widely spread in the second half of the 8th - the first half of the 7th century B.C., developed according to Gorelik and other scholars, in the cross-guards of the ScythianIranian bladed weapons.

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A bronze dagger with a triangular decoration on the handle, the oval openwork pommel showing two facing mountain goats each with a single stylised horn; the short guard decorated differently on either side. 9¼ in. (81 grams, 23.5cm long). Fine condition. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Private collection of Mr M.B., Mainz, Germany, 1990s. Property of a London businessman. LITERATURE:

See for Altai daggers of this typology Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003 (in Russian), see pl.VIII, nos.45,46,55, from Khakassia, the Basin of Minusinsk and Biysk (Altai). FOOTNOTES:

During the 7th-4th centuries B.C., the steppe people living beyond the borders of China created glorious nomadic cultures, including that of the Scythians along the Pontic area, the Sauro-Sarmatian culture in the Volga-South Ural region, the Saka culture in Kazakhstan, the Tagar culture in the Minusinsk Basin, the nomadic people in Altai and Tuva and the Slab Grave culture in Mongolia. Mountain goats with unnaturally elongated and dramatically curved horns are typical of the art of the Altai Nomads, or Eastern Scythians.

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ROMAN PUGIO SHEATH MOUNT LATE 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D. A copper-alloy sheath mount belonging to a dagger (pugio) of type II, composed of a plaque divided into six decorated sections, the upper and the third representing a goddess’s head enclosed in a tondo, surrounded by foliage, the second and the fourth representing a flower enclosed inside a trapezoidal pattern with plants in all four corners, the last two sections ornamented by tripartite foliage with sinusoid pattern at the base; the edge decorated with dots, the first and the third section fitted with extension at the sides, having four holes for fastening to the wooden core; traces of niello on the leaves; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 9⅞ in. (290 grams total, 25 cm high including stand). Fine condition, repaired. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

UK private collections, 1990s. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. LITERATURE:

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Cf. Feugère, M., Weapons of the Romans, London, 2007, pp.126-128; Casprini, F., Saliola, M., Pugio gladius brevis est, storia e tecnologia del pugnale da guerra romano, Roma, 2012, fig.F40, for the type (from Vindonissa).

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ROMAN POMPEII TYPE CLASSIC VARIANT GLADIUS 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D. A double-edged gladius sword blade of Pompeii type of piled construction with long, parallel cutting edges tapering sharply towards the triangular point, battle nicks on the sides; blade lentoid in section with long, flat-section tang. 24⅝ in. (646 grams, 62.5 cm). Fine condition. £1,000 - 1,400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. LITERATURE:

See Curle, J., A Roman Frontier Post and its People, the Fort of Newstead in the Parish of Melrose, Glasgow, 1911; Bishop, M. C. & Coulston, J.C.N., Roman military equipment, from the Punic wars to the fall of Rome, London, 1993; Miks, C., Studien zur Romischen Schwertbewaffnung in der Kaiserzeit, I-II Banden, Rahden, 2007, no.A453, pl.31. FOOTNOTES:

This type is the main one represented on the Column of Trajan as well as on the Adamklisi monument. Although its employment decreased after the first half of the 2nd century AD, variants of this sword were still used during the 3rd century. This kind of sword was much more suitable than the older Mainz typology for the fight against the Germanic tribes, allowing the legionary to deliver equally successful blows by stabbing and chopping.

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MASSIVE ROMAN SOCKETTED PILUM 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D. A massive head of a pilum javelin with square-section body tapering towards the sharp point; round tapering socket with fastening hole near the opening. 28⅜ in. (618 grams, 72 cm long). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Ex California, USA, collection formed since the late 1960s. European art market before the late 1990s. LITERATURE:

Cf. Deschler-Erb, E., Ad Arma! Römische Militär des 1st Jahrhundert n.Chr. in Augusta Raurica, August, 1999, no.48. FOOTNOTES:

The last types of pilum were employed in the 3rd century A.D., with the weapon maintaining its main characteristics, able to pierce horses, shields and armoured cavalrymen ( Vegetius, De re militari, II, 12-15). In particular, socketted specimens, like this one, showed an archaeological evolution from the types of the Early Imperial Age, usually tanged, although a specimen from Augusta Raurica confirms that socketted types were already in use in the 1st century A.D.

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MIGRATION PERIOD SWORD WITH GOLD AND GARNET FITTINGS 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D. A group of sword fittings and a blade comprising: a double-edged spatha with a lentoid parallel-sided iron blade and well preserved pointed tip; evidence of battle nicks on both cutting edges; a goldsheet for the hilt, divided into thirteen sections by beaded banding, to the top part an inset garnet cabochon; a domed chalcedony pommel; a domed gilt pommel cap with ropework decoration to the rim, central inset garnet cabochon flanked by teardrop-shaped cells, two with inset glass and six with inset bone inserts; a pair of gold scabbard fittings, one plain with beaded edge and one similar with garnets; six domed discoid fittings for the scabbard guttering; a silver buckle with applied sheet-gold plate with inset garnets; two gilt triangular strap ends with loops. 33¼ in. (827 grams total, 84.5 cm long). Fine condition. £10,000 - 14,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1971-1972. From the collection of the vendor's father. Property of a London, UK, collector. Accompanied by an archaeological report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. Accompanied by scholarly note TL05426 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11179-187530. LITERATURE:

Cf. various, I Goti (the Goths), Milano, 1994, item p.118, cat.II.11, no.II.I.R; Lebedinski, I., Armes et guerriers Barbares au temps des grandes invasions IVème au Vième siècle après J.C., Paris, 2001, p.116; Wieczorek, A., Périn, P. (ed.), Das Gold der Barbarenfürsten. Schätze aus Prunkgräbern des 5. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. zwischen Kaukasus und Gallien, Stuttgart, 2001, figs.1.6.2.2, p.100, 3.1.2, p.124, 4.11.2.11, p.165. FOOTNOTES:

This sword belongs to a group of spathae of late Roman typology, spread among the Germanic and Nomad foederati, and garrison troops. These weapons, diffused from the 4th century A.D., descend from the Nomad swords with plated guards (classified as Nomadic-Asiatic by Menghin and PonticoCaucasian by Lebedinsky) having a long and thin blade, usually of a lenticular or diamond section and a lozenge plaque strung in iron on the tang. The remains of the guttering of such swords have been rarely found, and very few scabbard fragments are preserved, all presenting a noteworthy variety of typology from region to region.

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MIGRATION PERIOD PATTERN-WELDED SPATHA SWORD 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D. A double-edged spatha of Osterburken-Kemathen type with damask pattern (rosette damask technique B.II.I.2), evidence of use along the blade, fullers running almost to the end of the well-preserved tip; tapering tang with an iron fastening rivet still in situ. 36 in. (700 grams, 91.5 cm long). Fine condition. £4,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1971-1972. From the collection of the vendor's father. Property of a London, UK, collector. Accompanied by an archaeological expertise by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11200-187529. LITERATURE:

Cf. Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Woodbridge, 2002; Miks, C., Studien zur Romischen Schwertbewaffnung in der Kaiserzeit, I-II Banden, Rahden, 2007; for a very similar specimen see Peirce, p.26, sword in the collection of D’Acre Edwards: Miks, 2007, no.A766, p.755, pl.141, from Vrasselt. FOOTNOTES:

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The swords of the Osterburken-Kemathen type, a typology used by Germanic and Roman warriors in the Migration Period, was not so different in its basic shape from the Illerup-Whyl late Roman specimens, of which they were maybe a further development. The Osterburken type seems to be a bigger and heavier sword of Illerup-Whyl type. What makes this sword a formidable specimen is its pattern-welding. It appears that the central body of the blade was assembled from twisted bars of three layered material stacks, with steels in alternating order, and the result was achieved by the degree of grinding to which the blade was subjected.

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VIKING AGE HORSE HARNESS SET WITH CHAMFRON CREST HOLDER CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D. A gilt-bronze Alanian or Saltovo culture horse harness assemblage with Scandinavian decoration comprising: twelve piriform plaques each with a central cell; eleven smaller rectangular plaques; a chamfron or bridle cap with running interlace decoration to the rim, reserved images of human and animal figures, central plume-holder; a quantity of smaller fittings. ½ - 4½ in. (468 grams total, 11-113 mm). Fine condition. Rare. [74] £4,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE:

Private European collection, 1980s. Central London collection, Westminster, UK. Accompanied by a detailed report by Anglo-Saxon and Viking specialist Stephen Pollington and military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.10920-181154. LITERATURE:

Cf. Petru-Mircea, I., ‘Spar av vikingatid i Rumanien’, in Pilz, E., Bysans och Norden. Akta for Nordiska forskarkursen i bysantinsk konstvetenskap, 1986, Stockholm, 1989, pp.191-202; Gorelik, M., ‘Arms and Armour in South-Eastern Europe in the Second Half of the First Millennium AD’ in Nicolle, D., Companion to Medieval Arms and Armour, Woodbridge, 2002, pp.127-148. FOOTNOTES:

The decoration of the cap indicates that the items were possibly commissioned by a chieftain with Scandinavian taste, although the workmanship is mainly eastern European. There is strong evidence of burning, indicating that the items were deposited after cremation.

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'THE KETTLEWELL WITH STARBOTTON 1' ANGLO-SAXON TSHAPED AXEHEAD 8TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. An iron axehead with a T-shaped profile comprising a rectangularsection shaft, blade with sub-rectangular plan and slightly convex cutting edge, an oval-shaped socket flanked by circular plates and a rectangular butt; mounted on a custom-made stand. 7¾ in. (1.55 kg total, axe: 19.5 cm long). Very fine condition, professionally cleaned, conserved and restored. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Kettlewell with Starbotton, North Yorkshire, UK. Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Report (PAS) no.SWYOR-9334E2; accompanied by a copy of the PAS report. Acquired TimeLine Auctions, 30 November to 3 December 2021, lot 1287. Property of a London businessman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, id. PUBLIC-A06518, LANCUM085845; SWYOR-93AC56, for similar; cf. Evans and Loveluck., Life and Economy at Early Medieval Flixborough AD 600-1000 Vol.2, Oxbow, 2009, nos.2456, pp.257 and 264. PUBLISHED:

See Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), reference SWYOR-9334E2 (this axe). FOOTNOTES:

Iron axes of the Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period are scarce finds in the United Kingdom, especially well-preserved examples. With the arrival of the Vikings, mostly from Denmark, in York (named by them as Jorvik; previously Eboracum in the Roman period and Eoforwic to the Anglo-Saxons) from the 9th century A.D., the local Anglo-Saxon inhabitants of southern Northumbria were pushed back or absorbed into the Viking culture, as the Viking influence spread across what is now northern England. Jorvik became a centre for Viking attempts to occupy Mercia, then ruled by Alfred the Great. At this time, England was divided into several Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, including Wessex, Mercia, Northumbria, East Anglia and Kent (by then, as part of Wessex). The Saxon kingdoms were eventually united under Aethelstan with his conquest of York in 927 A.D.; ironically, with the accession in 1016 of Cnut, the Kingdom of England was then ruled by a Dane. Cnut could be said to have succeeded where the earlier Viking incursions at York and East Anglia had failed.

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VIKING AGE BEARDED AXEHEAD 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

8TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. An iron T-shaped axehead with roughly rectangular-section shaft, shallow 'crescentic' blade with convex cutting edge and subrectangular socket; mounted on a custom-made stand. 6 in. (785 grams total, axe: 15.5 cm wide). Very fine condition, professionally cleaned, conserved and restored. [No Reserve] £400 - 600

A hand-forged iron skeggöx (bearded axe) with asymmetrical triangular section narrow blade widening to a broad bevelled edge with square chin, curved edge, flared wings to the scooped socket and dorsal bar, circular hole to the blade. 8¾ in. (901 grams, 22 cm). Very fine condition, professionally cleaned, conserved and restored. [No Reserve] £300 - 400

PROVENANCE:

Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Kettlewell with Starbotton, North Yorkshire, UK. Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Report (PAS) no.SWYOR-93AC56; accompanied by a copy of the PAS report. Acquired TimeLine Auctions, 30 November to 3 December 2021, lot 1289. Property of a London businessman.

Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972.

LITERATURE:

Cf. The Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, id.PUBLIC-A06518; LANCUM085845; SWYOR-9334E2, for similar; cf. Evans and Loveluck, Life and Economy at Early Medieval Flixborough AD 600-1000 Vol.2, Oxbow, 2009, nos. 2453, 2454, 2455 and 2456, p.257 and pp.263-4.

LITERATURE:

Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14, item 3; Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, table V, items 16, 17, 20. FOOTNOTES:

Iron axeheads of this typology show a sub-trapezoidal asymmetrical blade, often perforated through the centre. They are characterised by two projections spurs from the top and the bottom of the back of the shaft-hole.

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See Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference SWYOR-93AC56 (this axe).

VIKING AGE BROAD AXEHEAD

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10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

The associated PAS report judges this to be 'a find of note' and has been designated: 'County / local importance'. Iron axes of the Early Medieval (AngloSaxon) period are scarce finds in the United Kingdom, especially well-preserved examples. With the arrival of the Vikings, mostly from Denmark, in York (named by them as Jorvik; previously Eboracum in the Roman period and Eoforwic to the Anglo-Saxons) from the 9th century A.D., the local Anglo-Saxon inhabitants of southern Northumbria were pushed back or absorbed into the Viking culture, as the Viking influence spread across what is now northern England. Jorvik became a centre for Viking attempts to occupy Mercia, then ruled by Alfred the Great. At this time, England was divided into several Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, including Wessex, Mercia, Northumbria, East Anglia and Kent (by then, as part of Wessex). The Saxon kingdoms were eventually united under Aethelstan with his conquest of York in 927 A.D.; ironically, with the accession in 1016 of Cnut, the Kingdom of England was then ruled by a Dane. Cnut could be said to have succeeded where the earlier Viking incursions at York and East Anglia had failed.

An iron bearded axehead with broad flaring triangular-section blade and chin to the lower edge, round socket with lateral flanges and rounded hammer extension to the rear. 7½ in. (725 grams, 19 cm). Very fine condition, professionally cleaned, conserved and restored. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. LITERATURE:

Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14(1); Sedov, B.B., FinnoUgri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXIV, item 4. FOOTNOTES:

This type of bearded axe seems to correspond to the E2 category of the Viking axe classification, but also has affinity with the Slavic type of axes Y. Usually these bearded axeheads (skeggöks) had a longer edge, designed to split tree trunks into planks and beams. Some of the bearded axes were known as halfÞynna öx; the neck on such a 'half thin axe' was thinly forged, to make it lighter.

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VIKING AGE BROAD AXEHEAD 9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D. A hand-forged iron axehead with triangular-section blade widening to a broad bevelled edge with curved chin, socket with flanges to the rear. 5¾ in. (485 grams, 14.5 cm). Very fine condition, professionally cleaned, conserved and restored. [No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. LITERATURE:

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXIV, item 7, pl.XC, item 27.

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The more commonly used weapons of the Finno-Ugrian people were axes, commonly found in all Finnic areas, as well as spears. Among Baltic-Finnic people, especially in Finland and Karelia, knives called 'puukko' were common, used in combination with axes, spears, flat bows and long bows.

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VIKING AGE SHORT-BLADED AXEHEAD 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. A triangular iron axehead with domed face to the circular socket and lateral wings, the blade with curved lower edge and side grooves, flared socket with flanges above and below; Baltic workmanship. 7¼ in. (482 grams, 18.5 cm). Very fine condition, professionally cleaned, conserved and restored. [No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972.

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LITERATURE:

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, table XLIII, item 5. FOOTNOTES:

The axe belongs to typical Ugrian-Finnish workmanship. Iron axeheads of this typology show a sub-trapezoidal asymmetrical blade, often perforated through the centre. They are characterised by two projecting spurs from the top and the bottom of the back of the shaft-hole.

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VIKING AGE CURVED T-SHAPED AXEHEAD 9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D. A T-shaped iron axehead with broad curved edge, slender neck, round flared socket with lateral wings to each face and round extension on the rear. 6¾ in. (482 grams, 17 cm). Very fine condition, professionally cleaned, conserved and restored. [No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972.

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LITERATURE:

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CX, item 43.

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TEUTONIC ORDER BEARDED AXEHEAD WITH MAKER'S MARK 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D. A Mazovian or Teutonic Order war axe, hand-forged with rectangularsection socket and expanding bearded blade; a maker's mark to one side of the blade and an openwork three-lobed flower tapering towards the blade; four notches on the upper part of the socket. 7 in. (805 grams, 17.8 cm). Very fine condition, professionally cleaned, conserved and restored. [No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972.

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See Glosek, M., Pó no redniowieczna bro obuchowa w zbiorach polskich, Warszawa- ód , 1996, pls.VII-VIII, especially VIII lett.C.

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VIKING AGE SOCKETTED SPEARHEAD 11TH-13TH CENTURY A.D. A Finno-Ugrian socketted iron spearhead with scooped shoulders, tapering octagonal-section socket developing to a thick midrib, the socket pierced for fixing. 13 in. (423 grams, 33 cm). Very fine condition, professionally cleaned, conserved and restored. [No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. LITERATURE:

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.V, item 3.

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MEDIEVAL LONG SWORD 12TH-LATE 13TH CENTURY A.D. A long double-edged iron sword of Oakeshott Type Xa or XI and Petersen Type X, with broad tapering blade showing evidence of use on the battlefield, tapering fullers; cross-guard of Oakeshott style 1, straight lower guard with squared ends and a short grip, plain walnut style pommel with slightly curved lower edge. 37 in. (1.3 kg, 97 cm long). Fair condition. £1,200 - 1,700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. Accompanied by an archaeological report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. LITERATURE:

Cf. Oakeshott, E., Sword in hand, London, 2001, fig.65, p.72; Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Suffolk, 2002; the sword finds good parallels with a sword published by Peirce, from a private collection (Peirce, 2002, pp.124-125). FOOTNOTES:

The point of the sword survives intact making it a rare example, displaying the impressive skills of the blacksmith as the pommel is wider than the blade.

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MEDIEVAL HAND-AND-A-HALF LONG SWORD 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D. An iron long sword of Oakeshott's miscellaneous type, cross style 5, pommel style H1, with a long tapering two-edged blade, broad at the hilt, sharp reinforced point and a shallow but once well marked fuller on the upper two-thirds; the blade bearing remains of an inlaid latten design to each face, a trapezoidal banded shield to one face and a Passau Wolf to the other (marks of the armourers); various signs of battle nicks along the edges on both sides have slightly reduced the width of the blade; narrow lower guard with flared ends in style 5, the quillons tapering to squared ends; broad flat tang and long grip, hexagonal pommel chamfered to the lateral edges; possibly of German origin. 45 in. (1.95 kg, 1.14 m long). Fine condition. £1,200 - 1,700

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Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. Accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato. LITERATURE:

Cf. Oakeshott, E., The sword in the Age of the Chivalry, Woodbridge, 1964 (1994); Oakeshott, E., Records of the Medieval Sword, Woodbridge, 1991; Scalini, M., A bon droyt, Spade di uomini liberi, cavalieri e Santi/Epées d'hommes libres, chevaliers et saints, Milano, 2007; very similar sword in Oakeshott, 1991, p.223, no.6; another sword of the same typology in Cerreto Guidi, Museo Storico della Caccia e del Territorio (Historical Museum of hunt and territory), Firenze (Scalini, 2007, pp.142-143).

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It seems reasonable to suppose that these big ‘war swords’, especially if they could also be used with two hands, may have been carried in two different ways. In 1372 A.D., a certain D'Orronville describes …David Olegreve qui…portait deux espées, une ceinte et l'autre a l'arcon de la selle (David Olegrave who...wore two swords, one at the belt and the other at the arch of the saddle). The presence of the 16th century A.D. Passau wolf on the blade, if not added later, could support the thesis that the sword was a product of German sword maker.

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MEDIEVAL BATTERING RAM TIP

INDO-PERSIAN STEEL SHIELD

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A large and heavy reinforced wooden spike, believed to have been used as a battering ram; formed from a mature tree trunk, trimmed to a point and fitted with a blacksmith-made wrought iron pyramidal tip secured to the ram with four long projections, each held in place with two large iron spikes. 17¾ in. (5.95 kg, 45 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £2,000 - 3,000

A sheet-steel heater-shaped shield with scoops to the upper edge, raised rim with notch decoration, symmetrical arrangement of domed bosses each with a central domed stud, raised bands and notched studs, central boss with square-section spike; reverse with leather facing, lozengiform groves to the rear of the studs, strap handle with thick thread binding. 22⅞ in. (2.25 kg, 58 cm). Fine condition, one handle to reverse absent. £400 - 600

PROVENANCE:

From an old Italian collection. With Babuino Casa d'Aste, Rome. Property of a Dutch collector. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11147-187179. A most unusual survival of a brutal piece of siege equipment.

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INDIAN STEEL CHAMFRON AND NECK ARMOUR 19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER A suite of steel armour pieces from a horse's barding, comprising: a chamfron with plume-holder to the brow, curved and scooped panels to the muzzle and ears, chased guilloche motifs and bands of reserved Kufic script on a field of tendrils, buckles to the long edges and a square loop to the rear of the frontal panel; articulated criniere with raised bosses surrounded by guilloches, bands of reserved Kufic script on a field of tendrils, buckles to the long and upper edges. 23⅞ - 26¾ in. (2.7 kg total, 60.5-68 cm). Fine condition. [2] £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family.

PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK art market, 2000s. Property of a Suffolk gentleman. LITERATURE:

See Singh, Runjeet, Arms & Armour from the East, Coventry, 2016, pp.90ff., for embossed round Indian Dhal.

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ASHANTI CEREMONIAL SWORD 19TH CENTURY A.D. An akrafena ceremonial sword comprising: a wooden hilt with sheetgold surface, two drum-shaped lobes with projecting lugs flanking a facetted grip; iron blade with hooked tip, thickened back with undulating edge above, corrugated lower section, cutting edge to the inner face; three pairs of circular piercings. 23⅝ in. (424 grams, 60 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £3,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE:

Nicolas Landau (1887-1979). Kugel Gallery, Paris, 2006. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11264-189567. LITERATURE:

For a discussion of the symbolic role of the sword in Ashanti society, see Ampene, K. and Kwadwo Nyantakyi, N. Engaging Modernity: Asante in the Twenty-First Century, Michigan, 2016, Maize Books.

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Stone Age Bronze Age Iron Age Also see lots 1419 - 1514

Lots 358 - 381

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DANISH STONE AGE BATTLE AXE LATE 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C. A black diorite axe head with central circular socket for attachment to an organic shaft, old inked collection number '1621' to one side. 3¼ in. (419 grams, 83 mm). Fine condition. £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Lord McAlpine collection, 1994-2000. John Cummings Antiquities, Grantham Lincolnshire, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 2000-2019. Accompanied by a copy of an old catalogue ticket with provenance.

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BRITISH STONE AGE AXE NEOLITHIC, 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. A diorite axehead with lentoid section body. 3¾ in. (148 grams, 94 mm). Fine condition. £150 - 200 PROVENANCE:

H.C. Hosier Braeside, South Orange, New Jersey, USA. John Woodman Higgins Armoury, Worcester, Massachussets, USA, deaccessioned c.2013. Dr D.G. collection, 2013-2019.

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STONE AGE POLISHED HAND AXE NEOLITHIC, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. A polished greenstone hand axe head with lentoid-section body and D-shaped cutting edge, labelled 'Harvey Fell Co. Durham' to one end. 4⅜ in. (204 grams, 11.2 cm). Fine condition. £150 - 200 PROVENANCE:

Found Harvey Fell, Co. Durham, UK. Earlier 20th century collection. Alex Szolin Ancient Art, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. Accompanied by an old typed and illustrated catalogue slip with provenance.

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BRITISH STONE AGE POLISHED AXEHEAD

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NEOLITHIC, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. An unusual polished diabase axehead with wedge-shaped cheeks, convex cutting edge and facetted butt. 4⅞ in. (170 grams, 12.5 cm). Fine condition. £150 - 200 PROVENANCE:

Found Potterton, Yorkshire, UK. Earlier 20th century collection. Alex Szolin Ancient Art, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. Accompanied by an old typed and illustrated catalogue slip.

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STONE AGE KNAPPED FLINT AXEHEAD MESOLITHIC, 30,000-10,000 B.P.

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A knapped flint axehead with tapering oblong body and lozengiform cross-section, D-shaped cutting edge and butt. 5¼ in. (180 grams, 13.4 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £100 - 140 PROVENANCE:

Found Norfolk, UK, before 2001. Private collection of Mr M.H., Norfolk, UK.

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STONE AGE KNAPPED FLINT ADZE MESOLITHIC, C.8TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P. A complete knapped flint adze, broadly rectangular in plan comprising parallel sides, rounded cutting edge and cortical butt; worked bifacially. 4½ in. (149 grams, 11.5 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £100 - 140 PROVENANCE:

Found near Lavenham, Suffolk, UK, on 10 January 2018. Property of a Suffolk, UK, collector. Accompanied by a copy of the Portable Antiquities Scheme report no.SF609812.

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STONE AGE POLISHED FLINT AXEHEAD GROUP NEOLITHIC, EARLY 5TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. A group of two polished flint axeheads comprising: an example with a deep lentoid-section body and D-shaped cutting edge, a historic label applied to one face bearing handwritten note dated 1902; an axehead with slender lentoid-section body and handwritten label applied to one face dated '19th - 1904'? 2⅜ - 3⅛ in. (234 grams total, 62-81 mm). Fine condition. [2] £120 - 170 PROVENANCE:

Found Netherlands, 1952. Private collection, Rotterdam, by descent. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. Accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity from Dick Meijer Antiquteiten.

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MUSEUM DISPLAYED BRITISH BRONZE AGE CHALCOLITHIC COPPER DAGGER, SPEAR AND ARTEFACT GROUP 24TH-21ST CENTURY B.C. AND LATER

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A mixed group of Bronze Age artefacts previously on loan to the Museum of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK, displayed to the public until 2021; most accompanied by PAS reports, comprising: a Chalcolithic flat-section tanged copper dagger with roughly triangularshaped head, bevelled edges and rectangular tang with rounded end; a Chalcolithic oval-shaped riveting tool with plano-convex crosssection, c.2450-2150 B.C.; a possible fish hook composed of a curled, round-section body, one end tapering to a point, the other with a flared and flattened terminal, c.2400-450 B.C.; a Chalcolithic oval-shaped riveting tool with plano-convex cross-section, c.2450-2150 B.C.; a Chalcolithic or early Bronze Age copper 'cake' with an irregular circumference and roughly lentoid cross-section with reddish-brown inclusions; c.2450-2150 B.C.; a wrought copper 'cake' with an irregular circumference and roughly plano-convex cross-section; reddish-brown inclusions, c.2450-2150 B.C.; a group comprising: a bracelet or torc fragment with square-section body; a toggle or clothing fastener with bar and two domed terminals; a possible terret ring; three rings of various sizes and cross-sections; a lozengiform belt fitting composed of four conjoined roundels with central domes, two openwork triangles, attachment lug to reverse, all dated c.1150-300 B.C.; an 'early' Middle Bronze Age looped and socketted spearhead of Group 1 type, composed of a leaf-shaped head with raised mid rib to both faces extending from the round-section socket, with slender loop to either side; clear re-sharpening marks to the edges of the wings, c.1600-1400 B.C. 1½-4⅜ in. (4.2-275 grams, 40 mm-11.1 cm). Fine condition. Extremely rare and important (dagger). [No Reserve] £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

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Found by John Harrison whilst searching with a metal detector on 15 February 2009 in Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, UK. Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) and accompanied by PAS report numbers: LANCUM-3BEC10; LANCUM-FD2034; LANCUM8D57C1; LANCUM-1F3187; LANCUM-0BADC6; LANCUM-93AB32; LANCUM-1E7BE6; LANCUM-8CCE11; LANCUM-8D1241. Accompanied by copies of email correspondence with various experts assessing the attribution of the item. Accompanied by a copy of the museum loan agreement and signed return of loan document (insured for £2,000). Accompanied by a press cutting in which the dagger is reported and photographed, in The Westmorland Gazette, Historian unearths rare 4,500year-old dagger, 24 September 2009, p.5.

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NORTHERN EUROPEAN ATTACHMENT HOLES

BRONZE

AGE

DAGGER

WITH

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. A bronze dagger with a slender leaf-shaped blade pierced with eight attachment holes for the organic bone or wooden handle. 11½ in. (178 grams, 29 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired late 19th century. Private collection, Liverpool, UK. Ex Helios Gallery Antiquities, Wiltshire, UK. Accompanied by a Helios Gallery certificate of authenticity. LITERATURE:

Cf. Sandars, N.K., Bronze Age Cultures in France, the later phases from the thirteenth to the seventh century B.C., Cambridge, 1957, fig.20, p.87. FOOTNOTES:

The dagger is typical Northern European type from the 2nd millennium to the 1st millennium B.C. The typology seems possibly related to the French Variant type 3 of the Rixheim bronze age swords, considering the absence of tang and the presence of more than the usual two holes for the fastening of the organic hilt.

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BRONZE AGE 'THE MANSTON HOARD' PALSTAVE AXEHEAD 14TH-MID 12TH CENTURY B.C. A substantial bronze palstave axehead from the Manston hoard pit deposit, triangular flanges rise from the butt to the stop bar; a hollow to both faces below the septum; narrow body expanding to a wide triangular blade with slight flare at the tips. 6¾ in. (447 grams, 17 cm). Fine condition. £300 - 400 367

PROVENANCE:

Found near Manston, Kent, UK, 2016. Accompanied by copies of the British Museum PAS report number KENT495597. Accompanied by Treasure Act documentation under Treasure Reference 2016 T618. LITERATURE:

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See Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, pp.76-84 and figs.56-68, for similar types. PUBLISHED:

See Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference PAS KENT-495597, for this find.

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LARGE BRITISH BRONZE AGE PALSTAVE AXEHEAD CIRCA 14TH-12TH CENTURY B.C. A large bronze palstave with pronounced stop ridges, flaring cheeks and convex cutting edge, raised flanges to the edges of the head, central ridge to each side of the blade. 6¾ in. (511 grams, 17 cm). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Lord McAlpine collection, 1994-2000. John Cummings Antiquities, Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 2000-2019. Accompanied by an old typed catalogue slip with provenance.

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BRITISH BRONZE AGE LOOPED AND SOCKETTED AXEHEAD EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. A bronze socketted axehead with collared rim, two lateral D-shaped ribs, small lateral hoop, tapering body with flared blade and straight edge. 4 in. (247 grams, 10 cm). Fine condition. £250 - 350 PROVENANCE:

Alexander Cotton collection, New Forest, Hampshire, UK, 1970-1980. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. Accompanied by an old typed and illustrated catalogue slip with provenance. LITERATURE:

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Cf. Schmidt, P.K., Burgess C.B., The axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prahistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol.7, Munich, 1981, item 1270, for type.

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BRITISH BRONZE AGE LOOPED AND SOCKETTED AXEHEAD

BRONZE AGE LUSATIAN PALSTAVE AXEHEAD

12TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.

14TH-12TH CENTURY B.C.

A bronze socketted axe with round-section barrel and two parallel ribs, flared cutting edge, small loop below. 5½ in. (300 grams, 14 cm). Very fine condition. £300 - 400

A bronze axehead with raised sides on both faces to receive a handle, D-shaped cutting edge and rectangular butt. 6½ in. (487 grams, 16.7 cm). Very fine condition. £300 - 400

PROVENANCE:

John Lawton collection, Surrey, UK. London Mayfair gallery, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. Accompanied by an old typed catalogue slip with provenance.

Private collection, 1950s. Ex Gorny and Mosch, Munich, Germany, 18 December 2009, lot 463 (Part).

LITERATURE:

Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.11.19. FOOTNOTES:

This very fine British specimen of Bronze Age axe shows still intact the loop used for securing the mounted axehead to the wooden handle. The type presents some similarities with some specimen from the Little Coombe Hoard (BM no.1894, 0803.4) and can be dated to the Late Bronze Age.

LITERATURE:

Cf. similar specimens in Kostrzewski, J., The Prehistory of Polish Pomerania, Torun, 1936, fig. 13, p.37; Novotna, M., Die Äxte und Beile in der Slowakei, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Abteilung IX, Bd.3, Munich, 1970, pl.47. FOOTNOTES:

The Lusatian Culture (1300–500 BC) is a Late Bronze Age culture, located in the geographic areas of Eastern Germany (Saxony and Brandenburg), Slovakia and Poland and the Baltic countries, and characterised by cremation burials. The dead were buried with their personal equipment. Men were provided with weapons (comprising sword, dagger, axe and spearhead) and ornaments (usually a pin or bracelet).

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BRONZE AGE LUSATIAN PALSTAVE AXEHEAD 14TH-12TH CENTURY B.C. A bronze axehead with raised sides on both faces to receive a handle, D-shaped cutting edge and rectangular butt. 6¾ in. (491 grams, 17 cm). Very fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Private collection, 1950s. Ex Gorny and Mosch, Munich, Germany, 18 December 2009, lot 463 (Part). LITERATURE:

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BRONZE AGE LUSATIAN PALSTAVE AXEHEAD 14TH-12TH CENTURY B.C. A bronze axehead with raised sides on both faces to receive a handle, D-shaped cutting edge and rectangular butt with rectangular indentation. 6⅝ in. (517 grams, 16.8 cm). Very fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Private collection, 1950s. Ex Gorny and Mosch, Munich, Germany, 18 December 2009, lot 463 (Part). LITERATURE:

Cf. similar specimens in Kostrzewski, J., The Prehistory of Polish Pomerania, Torun, 1936, fig.13, p.37; Novotna, M., Die Äxte und Beile in der Slowakei, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Abteilung IX, Bd.3, Munich, 1970, pl.47. FOOTNOTES:

The Lusatian Culture (1300–500 B.C.) is a Late Bronze Age culture, located in the geographic areas of Eastern Germany (Saxony and Brandenburg), Slovakia and Poland and the Baltic countries, and characterised by cremation burials. The dead were buried with their personal equipment. Men were provided with weapons (comprising sword, dagger, axe and spearhead) and ornaments (usually a pin or bracelet).

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BRONZE AGE LUSATIAN SPEARHEAD 14TH-12TH CENTURY B.C. A bronze socketted foliate spearhead with a broad, pointed-oval blade and a raised central groove with converging ribs. 5½ in. (102 grams, 14 cm). Very fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Private collection, 1950s. Ex Gorny and Mosch, Munich, Germany, 18 December 2009, lot 463 (part). LITERATURE:

See Mikołajczyk, A., Collections of the Archaeological and Ethnographical Museum of odz, (in Polish), Łodz, 1981, fig.38, p.43; Klochko, V., 'Weapons of the tribes of the Northern Pontic zone in the 16th – 10th centuries B.C.' in BalticPontic Studies, Pozna , 1993, vol.1, figs.9, 10, 26. FOOTNOTES:

The Lusatian Culture (1300-500 BC) is a Late Bronze Age culture, located in the geographic areas of Eastern Germany (Saxony and Brandenburg), Slovakia, Poland and the Baltic countries, and characterised by cremation burials. The dead were buried with their personal equipment: men were provided with weapons (comprising sword, dagger, axe, and spearhead) and ornaments (usually a pin or bracelet). At the start of the Middle Bronze Age, several innovations spread quickly and with lasting effect across central Europe, including Germany: swords (based on influences from the Danube region) and spears (socketted spearheads) appear as new weapons, while two-edged razors, tweezers, knives, and sickles are the new tools.

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BRONZE AGE LUSATIAN SPEARHEAD 14TH-12TH CENTURY B.C. A bronze socketted foliate spearhead with a broad, pointed-oval blade and a raised central groove with converging ribs. 6 in. (147 grams, 15.3 cm). Very fine condition. £300 - 400

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PROVENANCE:

Private collection, 1950s. Ex Gorny and Mosch, Munich, Germany, 18 December 2009, lot 463 (part). LITERATURE:

Cf. similar spearheads in Mikołajczyk, A., Collections of the Archaeological and Ethnographical Museum of odz, (in Polish) Łodz, 1981, fig.38 p.43; Klochko, V., 'Weapons of the tribes of the Northern Pontic zone in the 16th – 10th centuries B.C.' in Baltic-Pontic Studies, Pozna , 1993, vol.1, figs.9, 10, 26. FOOTNOTES:

The Lusatian Culture (1300-500 BC) is a Late Bronze Age culture, located in the geographic areas of Eastern Germany (Saxony and Brandenburg), Slovakia, Poland, Baltic countries, Black Sea area and is characterised by cremation burials. The dead were buried with their personal equipment: men were provided with weapons (comprising sword, dagger, axe, and spearhead) and ornaments (usually a pin or bracelet). At the start of the Middle Bronze Age, several innovations spread quickly and with lasting effect across central Europe, including Germany: swords (based on influences from the Danube region) and spears (socketted spearheads) appear as new weapons, while two-edged razors, tweezers, knives, and sickles are the new tools.

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BRONZE AGE SHEET GOLD PECTORAL WING CIRCA 23RD-18TH CENTURY B.C. A sheet-gold pectoral wing with repoussé ribs between rows of pointillé ornament; pierced for attachment. 2½ in. (2.83 grams, 67 mm). Fair condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Found whilst searching with a metal detector in 2017 near Stowing, Kent, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the Portable Antiquities Scheme report number KENT-897021. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the British Museum explaining that the find has been considered under the Treasure Act with number 2017 T405. PUBLISHED:

The Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, record id.KENT-897021, for this item. FOOTNOTES:

An unusual object. Possibly crescentic in form when it was whole.

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CELTO-IBERIAN GOLD NECKLACE PENDANT SET LATER 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. A gold necklace set composed of sheet-gold beads and pendants of various forms: sixteen pendant dangles each with a sheet-gold discoid body and coiled wire loop; sixteen with a repoussé quartered circle (bilinear cross) motif to the body; one larger trapezoidal pendant with curved upper edge, coiled wire suspension loop, motif of arches and pellets within a border, three free-moving dangles with pelletted triangular bodies suspended on gold wire rings with coiled sleeves, accompanied by two smaller but very similar pendants with two dangles; three lunular pendants with crescentic bodies tapering to

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pelletted terminals, integral rolled suspension loop, scalloped and pelletted geometric forms to the bodies within concentric borders and central lozengiform dangle; two beads, each composed of two horizontal ribbed sheet-gold tubes, wire ring with triangular dangle below. ⅝ - 2⅛ in. (57 grams total, 17-55 mm). Fine condition. [40] £5,000 - 7,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11191-188009.

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CELTO-IBERIAN GOLD NECK TORC 4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C. A heavy penannular gold neck torc with carinated body and tapering coiled terminals. 5¾ in. (165 grams, 14.8 cm). Very fine condition. £12,000 - 17,000

PROVENANCE:

Nefer Gallery, Zurich, 1980s. With Christie's New York, 7 December 2006, lot 224 (US$20,000-$30,000). French private collection. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11177-188113. LITERATURE: Cf. Arce, J., Ensoli, S. & La Rocca, E., Hispania Romana. Da Terra Di Conquista a Provincia dell'Impero, Venezia, 1997, p.343, fig.63.

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CELTIC ENAMELLED CROSS MOUNT CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. A cruciform mount with openwork centre, red and blue enamelled swirls to each arm; flattened loop to reverse. 1⅞ in. (32.2 grams, 48 mm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Found Tyne and Wear, UK.

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CELTIC STATUETTE 2ND CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A bronze statuette modelled as a stylised naked male figure, standing with one arm outstretched before him, one raised, detailing to face and genitals; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 2½ - 3 in. (23.2 grams, 63 mm (35.11 grams total, 77 mm including stand)). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1990s-2000s. Ex A. Garcia collection, France.

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CELTIC VOTIVE BULL'S HEAD 2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. A stylised bronze bull's head mounted with a sheet-gold collar; the head D-shaped in plan with lateral horns and a short round-section muzzle, incised mouth; incised saltire to the rear of the head, three shallow teardrop sockets with glass(?) fill; mounted on a display stand. 1⅜ in. (22.08 grams including stand, 33 mm). Fine condition. £250 - 350 PROVENANCE:

Found Oxfordshire, 1970s. Ex Wainwright collection. Acquired 1970s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

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Anglo- Saxon Viking & Germanic Lots 382 - 420

Also see lots 1515 - 1599

382

'THE FELTWELL' SAXON ENAMELLED BOWL MOUNT 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D. A bronze bowl mount comprising a discoid body, scrolled tail and arched neck; the 'head' split at the forward end to accept the rim of the vessel, of which a fragment is held in place by the stub of an integral pin; the head and neck with a panel of reserved guilloche ornament on a red enamel field; the body a gently curved discoid panel with reserved Ultimate La Tène comma-leaf decoration, symmetrically disposed on a field of red enamel, with pins to the shoulders; the integral tail a D-shaped panel with reserved scrolls on a red enamel field. 1¾ in. (6.19 grams, 44 mm). Very fine 'as found' condition. Extremely rare type of museum quality. £5,000 - 7,000 PROVENANCE:

Found while searching with a metal detector near Feltwell, Norfolk, UK, 1998. Property of a Norfolk gentleman.

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Accompanied by a detailed report by Anglo-Saxon specialist Stephen Pollington. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11190-187995. LITERATURE:

Cf. Bruce-Mitford, R., The Corpus of Late Celtic Hanging Bowls, Oxford, 2005, corpus no.96 (Seagry, Wiltshire), for similar profile and decoration. FOOTNOTES:

Bowl mounts of this type with reserved La Tène ornament are found on hanging bowls mainly in 6th-7th century Anglo-Saxon princely or royal burials. They probably formed part of the so-called 'economy of prestige' in which decorative high-status tableware and feasting equipment circulated among the leading families of the various British and Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. A number of these items have been found in 7th century burial mounds such as Sutton Hoo (Suffolk), Prittlewell (Essex) and Benty Grange (Derbyshire). The decoration and manufacturing techniques suggest an origin among the late RomanoBritish groups of western and northern Britain.

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ANGLO-SCANDINAVIAN VIKING ZOOMORPHIC STRAP FITTING CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D. A bronze strap fitting with swivel and pierced tag; the body barrelshaped, hollow to the underside with an internal socket, rounded lip to the rim; tapering body with high-relief decoration, including hares and a pair of birds with long necks each looped over a curved tendril; gussetted transverse band and rectangular lobe with transverse slot and two piercings for attachment to a (leather) strap. 1⅝ in. (3 x 2 in.) (34.2 grams, 41 mm high (55 grams total, 75 x 53 mm including box)). Fine condition. £400 - 600

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PROVENANCE:

Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Ryedale, North Yorkshire, UK, on 26 May 2021. Accompanied by a copy of Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report number DUR-603351. LITERATURE:

See Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.3 - Late Saxon, Late Viking & Norman, Witham, 2013 items 1.13-n, o, p, s, for the type of object. PUBLISHED:

Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme under reference DUR-603351. FOOTNOTES:

The fitting clearly forms one element in a swivelling junction possibly from a horse-harness. The hollow body, which originally contained ferrous remains, was designed to accept the iron pin of a corresponding tag. The upper lobe was designed to accept the end of a leather or textile strap, rivetted through the paired holes.

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'THE LYMINGE' ANGLO-SAXON GILT SILVER BOW BROOCH 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D. A gilt silver bow brooch formed with a pentagonal headplate with circular knop, plano-convex bow and triangular footplate, decorated with stamped triangles, some nielloed, a pair of Salin I style animal masks on each side of the headplate, likely two birds facing skywards, raised S-scrolls to the footplate; remains of pin-hinge and catchplate to the reverse. 1½ in. (2.65 grams, 39 mm). Fine condition, chipped. [No Reserve] £400 - 600

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PROVENANCE:

Found whilst searching with a metal detector in 2017 near Lyminge, Kent, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the Portable Antiquities Scheme report number KENT-028FFE. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the British Museum explaining that the find has been considered under the Treasure Act with number 2017 T188. PUBLISHED:

The Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, record id.KENT-028FFE, for this item.

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ANGLO-SAXON WINCHESTER STYLE CHIP-CARVED BROOCH 11TH CENTURY A.D. A gilt-bronze disc brooch, the face with high-relief Winchester Style acanthus-leaf ornament and scrolls; catch and remains of pin-lug to the reverse. 1¼ in. (6.35 grams, 31 mm). Fine condition, chipped. £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Found Cambridgeshire, UK. LITERATURE:

Cf. similar brooch with openwork motifs in the British Museum, London; accession ref. 2020,8004.1-6 (part).

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VIKING AGE CHILD'S GOLD TWISTED BRACELET PAIR 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. A pair of small gold bracelets composed of twisted round-section hoops, tapering to plain terminals with coiled wire bezels; each accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 1⅝ - 1¾ in. (2½ in.) (18.97 grams total, 42-45 mm (47.9 grams total, 62 mm high each including stand)). Fine condition, polished. [2] £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

Ex private European collection, 1970s. UK private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11261-189522. EXHIBITED:

TREASURY, IFAE, Palm Beach, February 5, 2005; Moscow World Fine Art Fair, September 19, 2005; Salon des Grands Antiquaries, Brussels, November 10, 2006.

387

VIKING AGE GOLD TWISTED BRACELET 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. A twisted gold bracelet composed of a tapering round-section body, one terminal formed as a loop, the other as a hook; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 2⅜ in. (3¼ in.) (27.99 grams, 62 mm (54.3 grams total, 82 mm high including stand)). Fine condition, polished. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

387

148

TREASURY, IFAE, Palm Beach, February 5, 2005; Moscow World Fine Art Fair, September 19, 2005; Salon des Grands Antiquaries, Brussels, November 10, 2006.

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388

389

390

391

388

390

PRE-VIKING GOLD QUINARIUS COIN PENDANT

MEROVINGIAN GOLD MOUNT WITH GARNETS

5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

6TH CENTURY A.D.

A gold coin pendant formed from a Pseudo-Imperial, uncertain Germanic tribes gold quinarius of the late 3rd-early 4th century A.D. with: Obv: EANOV PI INO AVG legend with E sideways (for ANTONEINOC AVG?) with laureate bust right. Rev: OXPWMEN legend above lion walking left; EVTVXI in exergue; legends blundered, with ribbed suspension loop affixed. ¾ in. (2.90 grams, 17 mm). Fine condition. £1,200 - 1,700

A substantial gold mount or fitting for a shield, belt or bridle comprising a median domed panel with central green glass cabochon, four peltashaped radiating-arm cells with inset garnets, three now absent; to each end a fish-tail with inset garnet cloisons; six fixing pins to the mounting plate with beaded border. 1⅞ in. (12.47 grams, 47 mm wide). Fine condition. £2,500 - 3,500

PROVENANCE:

Ex UK private collection. LITERATURE:

See Sergeev 225 corrigenda (same dies, but described as a panther); see Triton XIX (2016) sale lot 599 (same dies, but misdated and the reverse legend misinterpreted); see the Aurum Barbarorum Collection, sold Leu (Zürich), October 2021 (same dies, with similar suspension).

PROVENANCE:

Acquired by Mr L. Grenacs of Belgium in 1975. Acquired London, UK, 1999. Property of a central London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11136-188112. LITERATURE:

389

See Arrhenius, B., Merovingian Garnet Jewellery, Stockholm, 1985, for discussion; and for a similar corpus, see Wieczorek, A. and Perin, P., Das Gold der Barbarenfursten, Damstadt, 2001.

VIKING AGE GOLD HORSESHOE-SHAPED BELT MOUNT

391

8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D. A gold Avar belt hole-guard, of semi-circular form with projecting lobe, the surface embellished with symmetrically disposed chip-carving foliage motifs, three attachment pins on the back. ¾ in. (5.30 grams, 20 mm wide). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Collection formed in the 2000s. Property of an English gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Brown, K.R., Kidd, D., Little, C.T., From Attila to Charlemagne, Arts of the Early Medieval Period in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale, 2000, p.175, figs.15.13, 15.14, for comparable mounts from the Vrap treasure. FOOTNOTES:

The mount was probably part of a composite belt, decorated with scrollwork in Byzantine style. Many authors discuss if these belts were produced in the Eastern Roman capital or if they were realised by workshops of the Avar Khaganate, maybe with Roman matrices for producing sheet ornaments. These horseshoe-shaped mounts (called hole-guards) were used to reinforce the adjustment holes in the belt. For charges payable in addition to the ﬁnal hammer price of each Lot see paragraphs 19 & 26 of buyer's T&C's

ANGLO-SAXON GILT-BRONZE PIN HEAD WITH GARNETS 8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D. A large, gilt-bronze spherical pin head, richly ornamented with filigree scroll work panels and raised lozengiform cells inset with red and green glass, four to the equator and one to the top, a cross-shaped cell with rounded arms also set with glass enclosing the socket to the base; hollow-form; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. ¾ in. (8.85 grams, excluding stand, 25 mm diameter). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Collection of Alan Harrison, UK. Dix Noonan Webb 22 June 2011, lot 1382. Property of a West London collector. LITERATURE:

Cf. West, S., A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, item 11.3, from Brandon.

149

392

VIKING AGE GILT SILVER JAR WITH INTERLACED DESIGN AND PSEUDO ARABIC INSCRIPTION CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D. A sheet-silver vessel with later gilded outer face, globular body on a low splayed foot-ring, rolled rim; repoussé ornament comprising a circumferential ring below the neck, two parallel rings to the equator above a band of looped and interlaced tendrils with leaves and ring below, hatching to the foot-ring; median band with legend in PseudoArabic script. 4¼ in. (301 grams, 10.6 cm high). Fair condition. £8,000 - 10,000

150

PROVENANCE:

In a private German collection since the 1980s. Property of a gentleman; acquired on the UK art market in 1998. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11007-181733. LITERATURE:

See Fehérvári, G., Islamic Metalwork of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection, London, 1976, for discussion of proto-types.

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393

'THE BRIDLINGTON' ANGLO-SAXON FLORID BROOCH 6TH CENTURY A.D. PROVENANCE:

A large cruciform brooch of the later 'florid' form with highly decorative openwork border to the headplate formed as a rectangular median plate with lateral wings, enhanced with punched-pellet detail to the sides and top edge of each; raised central square panel; to the middle of each edge a Style I human mask in plan, formed as a T-shaped brow-and-nasal with two pellet eyes, with pairs of Style I profile birdheads with curved beaks; the bow deep with facetting at each end; the footplate rectangular with Style I lappets and punched-pellet border; the transverse collar with two rows of punched-pellet detail; the finial a Style I human mask with two columns of punched-pellet detail extending to the peltoid terminal; the overall decorative effect forming a triangular band of Style I openwork ornament broken only at the bow and terminal; pin-lugs and base of catchplate to reverse. 4¾ in. (75 grams, 12.1 cm). Fine condition. £3,000 - 4,000

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Found whilst searching with a metal detector in February 2022 near Bridlington, East Yorkshire, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11167-188071. LITERATURE:

Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1883,0401.160, for similar; cf. Hammond, B., British Artefacts vol.1 - Early Anglo-Saxon, Witham, 2009, fig.1.1.4.1-l, for similar. FOOTNOTES:

The staring male face on the footplate, with fierce eyes and prominent moustache, probably represents a divinity such as the thunder-god, Thunor (later Thor).

151

394

LARGE ANGLO-SAXON CRUCIFORM BOW BROOCH 6TH CENTURY A.D. A bronze bow brooch with rectangular headplate and three D-section ribbed knops, chamfered bow with pierced lappets below and ribbed foot terminating in two large pierced roundels, likely a horsehead design; remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse. 4¾ in. (63.1 grams, 12 cm). Fine condition, repaired. [No Reserve] £200 - 300 394

PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection (part 3), Essex, UK. LITERATURE:

Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 12.18, for similar.

395

ANGLO-SAXON CRUCIFORM BOW BROOCH PAIR 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D. A pair of cruciform bow brooches, each composed of a square headplate decorated with stamped annulets, three semi-circular arms, bow and expanding footplate with decorative horizontal ridges; remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse. 3½ in. (55 grams total, 90 mm each). Fine condition. [2, No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Found Yorkshire, UK. LITERATURE:

Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 15.55.

396

SCANDINAVIAN PRE-VIKING BOX BROOCH 7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D. 395

A bronze box brooch, discoid in plan with slightly tapering sidewall; the upper face with reserved cross on a pounced field, four slightly raised lugs to the rim and central boss; the sidewall with pounced panels; hollow to the reverse with catchplate and pin-lugs. 1⅞ in. (47.9 grams, 47 mm wide). Fair condition; hole to upper face and small break to sidewall. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Collection formed in the 2000s. Property of an English gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. box brooches in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, in MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 1.2; Arwidsson, G. Valsgärde 7, Uppsala, 1977.

397 396

SCANDINAVIAN VIKING BOAR BROOCH 9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D. A bronze hollow-formed boar-head brooch with domed upper face, two small lug ears, underside with central void, pin-lugs, pin and catch; remains of raised linear detailing. 1⅞ in. (45.9 grams, 47 mm wide). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Collection formed in the 2000s. Property of an English gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. animal-head brooches in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, in MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 3.10.

397

152

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398

ANGLO-SCANDINAVIAN VIKING SKELETAL STIRRUP MOUNT 11TH CENTURY A.D. A bronze Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup mount of Williams's Class A Type 6 with D-shaped body, suspension loop formed as a beast-head in plan, plaque with sinuous tendrils and ribs-and-pelvis motif, remains of ledge to the reverse. 2 in. (32.2 grams, 50 mm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 398

PROVENANCE:

Found Norfolk, UK, before 2001. Private collection of Mr M.H., Norfolk, UK. LITERATURE:

Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 112.

399

ANGLO-SCANDINAVIAN ADDORSED BEASTS

VIKING

STIRRUP

MOUNT

WITH

11TH CENTURY A.D. A bronze stirrup mount of Williams's Type 2B comprising a heatershaped plaque with trilobe finial pierced for attachment, low-relief design of addorsed animals extending to the frame, shallow ledge to the reverse, two holes for attachment rivets. 1⅞ in. (21.1 grams, 49 mm high). Fine condition. £150 - 200 PROVENANCE:

Found Essex, 1996. Property of a Sussex gentleman.

399

LITERATURE:

Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 67, for type.

400

ANGLO-SCANDINAVIAN VIKING HOWLING BEAST STIRRUP MOUNT CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D. A stirrup mount with design of a beast with head raised and mouth open; flange to reverse at base, fixing loop above and two fixing holes to base. 2 in. (22.9 grams, 51 mm). Very fine condition. £150 - 200 PROVENANCE:

Found whilst searching with a metal detector, near Melbourne, East Yorkshire, UK, in March 2010. Property of a Yorkshire gentleman. Accompanied by two illustrated cataloguing cards.

400

401

ANGLO-SCANDINAVIAN VIKING RAVEN-HEADED DRINKING HORN FINIAL 11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D. A bronze zoomorphic chape for a drinking horn comprising a quatrefoil domed plaque with remains of niello inlay above a baluster D-section outer arm developing to a raven-head finial with niello-filled lentoid eyes and a hooked beak; square-section arm to the reverse extending to a lentoid-section narrow hoop joining the lateral arms of the quatrefoil. 1⅝ in. (9.83 grams, 40 mm). Fine condition. Rare. £300 - 400

401

PROVENANCE:

Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman.

402

LATE ANGLO-SCANDINAVIAN VIKING OPENWORK KEY 9TH-14TH CENTURY A.D. A copper-alloy key with five-sided openwork bow, hexagonal shank and rectangular openwork bit. 2⅞ in. (17.9 grams, 73 mm). Fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Found East Anglia, UK. LITERATURE:

402

Cf. The Portable Antiquities Scheme, record id. WILT-CFE431, for similar.

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153

403

VIKING SILVER BORRE-STYLE RING-PIN WITH ENTWINED DRAGONS 9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D. PROVENANCE:

A silver Borre style ring-pin comprising: a penannular headplate with openwork interlace panel and confronted beast heads to the base, collars to the body decorated with ribs and pellets and reserved channels between; a free-running pin with rectangular-section body and an elliptical-section centre, tapering above and below and engraved with interlace motif and zigzags, the latter repeated on the reverse; the pin loop with a beast-head plaque, elaborate openwork interlace finial above and two additional beast heads; two loops and a small projecting plate to reverse. 5¾ in. (45.1 grams, 14.5 cm). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £4,000 - 6,000

154

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. Accompanied by a positive metal analysis report by Ivor Goro, dated 31 March 2022. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11196-186763. LITERATURE:

Cf. Wilson, D.M. edn., From Viking to Crusader, The Scandinavians and Europe 800-1200, Sweden, 1992, item 201, for similar; cf. Magnus, B. et al., Bird, Beast and Man in Nordic Iron Age Art, Vol.2, Koln, 2005, item 119.

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404

405

406

404

406

GOTHIC BOW BROOCH PAIR WITH GARNETS

VIKING SILVER 'GREAT BEAST' FIGURE

6TH CENTURY A.D.

CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D.

A matched pair of silver-gilt bow brooches, each composed of a gilt trapezoidal footplate with raised linear and spiral patterns and rim with triangles of niello, round cabochon garnets to the angles, small pierced lappets above the foot and facing animal-mask finial; arched ribbed bow inlaid with triangles of niello; gilt semi-circular head plate decorated with raised scrolls, niello inlay and five radiating balustershaped knops; pin lug and catchplate to reverses; each accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 3 in. (14.7-16.5 grams, excluding stands, 78-79 mm). Fine condition, some usage wear. £1,200 - 1,700

A silver zoomorphic statuette of a 'Great Beast' modelled in the round, standing with a beak-like face, horns, hooves and a fat tail, applied ropework spirals around the eyes and to the body, bands of stamped triangles containing pellets around the hooves and engraved geometric bosses and bands on the back and tail. 2¾ in. (59 grams, 72 mm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £4,000 - 6,000

PROVENANCE:

Acquired c.1975. Private German collection. Property of an English gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Demirjian, T. et al., Treasure of the Dark Ages in Europe, New York, 1991, p.151, no.252.

405

PROVENANCE:

European collection formed 1979-1989. Central London, UK, collection. Accompanied by a positive metal analysis report by Ivor Goro, dated 31 March 2022. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.10931-179411. LITERATURE:

Cf. William, G. et al., Vikings Life and Legend, The British Museum, London, 2014, p.110, item 56, for similar, dated 11th century A.D.; cf. Hardh, B. and Larson, L., Uppakara-Lund Fore Lund, Lund, 2007, p.82, for similar workmanship.

MEROVINGIAN GILT RADIATE-HEADED BROOCH WITH HUMAN MASK 8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D. A gilt bronze radiate-head brooch comprising: D-shaped headplate with seven radiating ribbed lobes, panel of coiled tendrils, ribbed bow flanked by ribbed bosses, two similar flanking the footplate, lobed finial with facing mask; pin-lug to the reverse and transverse catch; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 3 in. (35.1 grams excluding stand, 76 mm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

UK collection, acquired 1980s. Property of a West London collector.

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155

407

VIKING SILVER THOR'S HAMMER NECKLACE 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. A substantial silver necklace comprising: an openwork trichinopoly chain with D-section beast-head terminals each with granule and filigree detailing, pierced at the lower end to accept a round-section hoop; free-running Thor's hammer pendant with filigree ornament to the upper face. 24¼ in. (141 grams, 62 cm long). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £4,000 - 6,000

156

PROVENANCE:

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. Accompanied by a positive metal analysis report by Ivor Goro, dated 29 March 2022. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11069-183094. LITERATURE:

Cf. Magnus, B. et al., Bird, Beast and Man in Nordic Iron Age Art, Vol.2, Koln, 2005, items 77, 106, 239 (chain), Kongl. Vitterhets Historie och Antiqvitets Akademiens Månadsblad, 1895 (pendant).

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408

VIKING AGE SILVER FILIGREE PENDANT WITH CONJOINED RAVENS 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. A silver discoid pendant, the upper face decorated with a two-headed filigree raven, pellet border, suspension loop with pyramids composed of granules. 1¾ in. (8.01 grams, 45 mm high). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £2,000 - 3,000

408

PROVENANCE:

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. Accompanied by a positive metal analysis report by Ivor Goro, dated 24 March 2022. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11150-187515. LITERATURE:

Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, for discussion and comparable examples; cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, for discussion and comparable examples; cf. Korshun, V.E.. Yazcheskye Priveski Drevnei Rusi X-XIV Vekov, volume III, Moscow, 2013, item L.1.01.

409

VIKING AGE SILVER FILIGREE ZOOMORPHIC PENDANT 9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D. A silver zoomorphic pendant in the form of a bird with wing and feather detailing highlighted in filigree, the suspension tube forming the bird's head, curved beak below, beaded filigree collars and coiled wire to each arm of the suspension loop. 1⅝ in. (6.3 grams, 42 mm). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £1,800 - 2,400

409

PROVENANCE:

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. LITERATURE:

Cf. Magnus, B., Men, Gods and Masks in Nordic Iron Age Art, Volume 1, Köln, 2003, item 227, for similar type.

410

VIKING AGE SILVER FILIGREE PENDANT 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. A silver lozengiform pendant decorated with a knotwork motif in filigree, suspension loop with filigree ornament, faux ropework border around the whole. 1½ in. (3.19 grams, 35 mm high). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.

410

LITERATURE:

411

VIKING AGE SILVER FILIGREE PENDANT 9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D. A silver discoid pendant with integral suspension loop, central dome, filigree scrolled knotwork and pellets. 1¼ in. (5.1 grams, 34 mm high). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. LITERATURE:

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411

157

412

VIKING AGE SILVER PENDANT WITH DRAGONS 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. An openwork pendant composed of entwined and nielloed stylised dragons; suspension loop above. 1¾ in. (9.35 grams, 43 mm wide). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.

412

413

VIKING AGE GILT SILVER CAROLINGIAN STRAP END 8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D. A gilt silver harness fitting, ovoid in plan with acanthus or vine scroll ornament at the top, vertical dividing line below with opposing zigzags creating triangular cells to either side, each encompassing a single trefoil of three annulets and a central pellet, creating an overall floral design; two silver rivets, possibly later. 1 in. (5.08 grams, 29 mm). Fair condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Found whilst searching with a metal detector in 2017 near Lyminge, Kent, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the Portable Antiquities Scheme report number KENT-02AD2D. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the British Museum explaining that the find has been considered under the Treasure Act with number 2017 T189. PUBLISHED:

The Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, record id.KENT-02AD2D, for this item. FOOTNOTES:

413

The accompanying PAS report states: 'The decorative style of this object very much fits with the style of art dominant under the Carolingian hegemony on continental north-west Europe from the mid 8th century until the end of the 9th. A number of various fittings with similar motifs are discussed by Gabor Thomas (2013) and their presence in Britain, although not hugely common is well attested. This object does not however fit with any of the 'common' object types discussed by Thomas (2013) and appears instead related to rein/harness connectors from equestrian harnesses, a number of similar forms and their utilisation, from the 5th-8th century can be seen illustrated.'

414

VIKING SILVER PENDANT WITH ODIN 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D. A domed silver pendant, ovoid in plan with applied granulation and filigree in the form of a stylised human mask with cells for the eyes; domed extension to the upper edge with slots to accept a suspension thong. 2¼ in. (14.2 grams, 59 mm). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £1,000 - 1,400 PROVENANCE:

414

European art market in the 2000s. UK private collection. Property of a Surrey gentleman. Accompanied by a positive metal analysis report by Ivor Goro, dated 30 March 2022. LITERATURE:

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plates LXXVIII, LXXXII, LXXXIX, for similar mask pendants.

415

VIKING AGE SILVER RING WITH ORNATE DESIGN 11TH-13TH CENTURY A.D. A silver ring composed of a slender, round-section hoop with twisted wire centre, expanding at the shoulders to a curved, flat-section ellipsoidal bezel with raised medial band, stamped geometric shapes above and below. 1 in. (6.30 grams, 24.05 mm overall, 20.26 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.

415

158

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416

VIKING AGE SILVER TWISTED NECK TORC 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. A silver torc composed of two twisted wires, each finial ornamented with three dots within circles. 6¼ in. (85 grams, 16 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Hamburg private collection, 1990s. Acquired in Germany 2001. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. LITERATURE:

Cf. Romisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum Mainz (RGZM), Das Reich der Salier, 1024-1125, Sigmaringen, 1992, pp.168ff. fig.7, Vitrine 6.

417

VIKING AGE SILVER BRACELET WITH ORNATE DESIGN

417

9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D. A silver penannular bracelet with C-section body, raised horizontal medial band stamped with pellets and chevrons above and below. 3 in. (45.7 grams, 76mm wide). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.

418

VIKING BRACELET WITH DECORATED TERMINALS 9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D. A penannular bracelet with raised and notched medial rib, repeated above and below, series of X-motifs and clusters of horizontal lines between, D-shaped terminals with collars and beaded border, figurative human or animal representations to the centres. 2½ in. (21 grams, 63 mm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400

418

PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970s. Private North American collection.

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159

419

LARGE VIKING SILVER DISC BROOCH WITH FACES CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D. A domed silver disc brooch decorated with a filigree cross with geometric ornament, figurative human figure in each quarter, strip twist and ropework borders; remains of three suspension loops to reverse. 2¾ in. (35 grams, 72 mm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £4,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE:

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. Accompanied by a positive metal analysis report by Ivor Goro, dated 23 March 2022. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11199-187514.

420

VIKING SILVER ENTWINED URNES BEAST BROOCH 11TH CENTURY A.D. A silver Urnes style openwork entwined beast brooch with remains of enamelling; pin lug and catchplate to reverse. 1¾ in. (12.4 grams, 43 mm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £1,200 - 1,700 PROVENANCE:

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. LITERATURE:

Cf. Madsen, P.K., DanefÆ Skatte fra den danske muld, Gyldendal og Nationalmuseet, 2010, p.207, for type.

420

160

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Medieval Lots 421 - 464

Also see lots 1600 - 1734

421

ANGLO-NORMAN YORKSHIRE SANDSTONE RELIEF OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD CIRCA 1150 A.D. A fragment of a carved sandstone relief or colonnade; image of Virgin Mary modelled in the half-round with Jesus seated on her left knee; Mary wearing a wimple and loose robe, her left hand holding the child's waist; columns with decorative curtain detailing, the arms of the chair with barleytwist modelling; series of shallow sockets to Mary's right-hand side, right lower leg and elsewhere; mounted on a tiered wooden base. 11 in, (8.09 kg total, 28 cm high including stand). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £8,000 - 10,000

162

PROVENANCE:

West Riding, Yorkshire, UK. Private collection of a UK gentleman. Christie´s, London, 29 April 1980, lot 35. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11240-189585. LITERATURE:

See Zarnecki et al., English Romanesque Art, London, 1984; Turnock, J.A., Landscapes of Patronage, Power and Salvation: A Contextual Study of Architectural Stone Sculpture in Northern England, c. 1070-c. 1155, Durham theses, Durham University, 2018, fig.C.5, Virgin and Child relief from York Minster.

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422

MEDIEVAL CHURCH OF SAINT CONSTANT CAPITAL WITH LIONS EATING A SNAKE CIRCA 1100-1125 A.D. PROVENANCE:

A carved sandstone capital from an architectural column with square upper face developing to a round base; the spandrel decorated with a frieze carved in the half-round, two winged lions each with its tail looped around its body from an interlaced vegetation motif with trefoil finials towards a looped serpent with its head in the jaws of one lion and tail looped around the head of the other; made in South West France, possibly from the church of Saint Constant, Cantal, France. 8⅝ in. (11.4 kg, 22 cm). Fair condition. [No Reserve] £4,000 - 6,000

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Swiss private collection. UK trade, 2018. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11252-189569. LITERATURE:

See Toman, R., Romanesque Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Cologne, 1997, p.279, for examples of the type.

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MEDIEVAL BRUSSELS LIMESTONE CORBEL WITH WOMAN AND PILGRIMS CIRCA 1460 A.D. A substantial limestone corbel with heavy pigmented surface depicting a scene of a standing woman in wimple and robe, bending to wash the feet of a seated figure in pilgrim's robes with head uncovered and hands clasped in prayer; behind the female, an archway revealing a sleeping male figure; behind the pilgrim, a pair of men in similar clothes, one with a staff; the upper face irregular hexagonal, the lower face with a moulded rosette. 13⅜ in. (25 kg, 34 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £3,000 - 4,000

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PROVENANCE:

Galerie Ratton-Ladrière, Paris, until 2013. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11265-189572. LITERATURE:

Cf. the Gothic sculpture in Walters Art Museum representing Christ washing the feet of the Apostles, accession number 71.179. FOOTNOTES:

The image probably represents the medical building and dormitory of a convent in which wayfarers were offered basic hospitality including the opportunity to rest, wash and tend to their feet. The scene may evoke in its symbolism the biblical passage (in the Gospel of Luke) in which the feet of Christ were washed by Mary of Bethany and dried with her hair.

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MEDIEVAL PORTUGUESE CAPITAL WITH SEATED FIGURES LATE 13TH CENTURY A.D. A carved limestone capital from a column with frieze of robed figures within a colonnade, each sitting on a chair facing and holding a book in the left hand; trefoils and other detailing to the canopy. 11⅝ in. (12 kg, 29.5 cm wide). Fair condition. [No Reserve] £4,000 - 6,000

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PROVENANCE:

Collection of Mr Pierre Nicolas Roller, bibliothecaire and curator of the Grand Ducal Court. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11253-189571. LITERATURE:

Cf. Fernandes, C.V., ‘The Tomb of D. Rodrigo Sanches: the rediscovery of an iconographic program’ in Medievalista, no.16, 2024, fig.6, for the sculpture of the Apostles between the Maiestas Domini on the Tomb of D. Rodrigo Sanches, once in the Monastery of S. Salvador, Portugal.

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LARGE FRENCH MEDIEVAL MARY MAGDALENE STONE CARVING ISLE-DE-FRANCE, EARLY 15TH CENTURY A.D. A large carved stone sculpture depicting Mary Magdalene kneeling as a young penitent lady and holding a perfume bottle in a cylindrical box in her left hand; her hair falling gracefully along the right arm, arranged as a long braid; delicately sculpted round face with her gaze cast downwards; wearing a long sleeved tunic and a thick mantle covering half of the figure; small traces of polychrome to the surfaces, hollow back. 40 in. (122 kg, 101.5 cm high). Fair condition. [No Reserve] £4,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE:

Private collection, Paris SVV Prunier. Ex central London gallery. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11254-189583. Accompanied by an archaeological report by Dr. Raffaele D’Amato.

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LITERATURE:

Cf. the Gothic sculpture of Saint Mary Magdalene in the National Museum of Art of Catalonia, second third of the 14th century, from the Master of Pedralbes, inventory no.009797-000. FOOTNOTES:

The present sculpture was originally part of a more complex carved group, representing the famous episode of John’s Gospel 12: 'then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.' It is possible to see the characteristic features of the so-called Gothic naturalism, to which this magnificent and delicate sculpture belongs. The Gothic sculptor expressing the feeling of pity and reverence in the delicate gesture of Mary, whose (now lost) hand, was pouring perfume over the feet of Christ.

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MEDIEVAL GOLD 'I STAND BY HIM' POSY RING 15TH CENTURY A.D. A gold flat-section annular band inscribed in black letter script '+ IE MY TIEN' for 'I Stand By Him', stylised flowers and sprigs between each word. ⅝ in. (1.62 grams, 16.84 mm overall, 15.69 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H½, USA 4, Europe 6.81, Japan 6)). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection (part 3), Essex, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten title card. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11149-187367. LITERATURE:

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Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1960,1103.1, for a similar ring; cf. Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, Oxford, 1931, p.9, for similar inscription.

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MEDIEVAL GOLD RING WITH DIAMOND 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D. A gold ring comprising a D-section hoop with heart-shaped panel to the underside, round bezel with hexafoil panel and triangular void enclosing a historic, very early cut diamond. 1 in. (9.22 grams, 26 mm overall, 18.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M½, USA 6½, Europe 13.16 Japan 12)). Very fine condition. £4,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE:

European collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s. Acquired from a London gallery in the late 1980s. Property of a North American collector. Previously in a UK collection. Accompanied by a geological report No.TL005180 by geology consultant Dr R. L. Bonewitz. Accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation by a graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert ref. no.0586/02/06/2020. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.10615-173081.

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LITERATURE:

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 675, for type; see also Boardman, J. & Scarisbrick, D., The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings, London, 1977, item 171, for type.

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MEDIEVAL GOLD RING WITH EMERALD 15TH CENTURY A.D. A gold ring with slender arms and facetted shoulders, facetted trumpet-shaped bezel ornamented with granules and set with a polished emerald cabochon. 1⅛ in. (2.83 grams, 30.29 mm overall, 19.16 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7½, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)). Fine condition. £1,000 - 1,400

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PROVENANCE:

English collection formed in the 1990s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Scarisbrick, D. & Henig, M., Finger Rings from Ancient to Modern, Oxford, 2003, item 495, for type.

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MEDIEVAL GOLD STRAP END 15TH CENTURY A.D. A gold strap end with rectangular-section hollow-form body and two rivets to one edge. ⅞ in. (2.49 grams, 22 mm). Very fine condition. £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.

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MEDIEVAL FRENCH ARCHITECTURAL CENSER FLANKED BY GARGOYLES LATE 14TH CENTURY A.D. PROVENANCE:

A bronze architectural censer formed as a waisted font with gabled and pieced cover held by pierced lugs to the angles. 9 in. (1.3 kg, 23 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £3,000 - 4,000

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Collection privée de brives la gaillarde SVV Prunier. Ex central London gallery. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11266-189582.

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MEDIEVAL LOWER SAXONY CIBORIUM CIRCA 1400 A.D. LITERATURE:

A gilt-bronze ciborium with hinged spherical body and conical finial imitating the spire of a church, trace remnant of the former cross once surmounting the ciborium to the top; tall knobbed stem with polylobed base supported by three later crouching lions. 12 in. (856 grams, 30.5 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £4,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE:

Frits Philips, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; his sale, Sotheby's Amsterdam, 4 December 2006, lot 347. Accompanied by a previous Sotheby's lot tag. Accompanied by an archaeological report by Dr. Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11216-188582.

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Cf. a similar ciborium from Lower Saxony in the Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1983.410; for the discussion on such religious artworks see Sam Fogg, Treasury Objects of Middle Ages, 24 June-30 July 2021, London, 2021. FOOTNOTES:

A ciborium is a covered container that holds the consecrated bred used in the Catholic Christian ritual of Holy Eucharist and is one of the most significant of all liturgical vessels. The simply and elegantly designed ciborium relates it to the Gothic metal workers of Lower Saxony from the early 15th century. It is unclear whether our structure was intended as a monstrance, typically used to display the Host on the altar and during processions, as a ciborium (Latin for a covered receptacle or cup), in which the Host was contained without being visible, or as a reliquary for the safeguarding of holy relics; the German term for ciboria, Speisekelch or ‘food chalice’, reveals the connection between ciboria and chalices and points more to the second possibility.

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MEDIEVAL RIBBED LIDDED VESSEL 12TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER A ribbed bronze vessel on four short feet with a domed lid consisting of ribbed lappets, suspension loop finial. 7 in. (1.1 kg, 18 cm). Fair condition, hole in lid. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK art market, 2000s. Property of a Suffolk gentleman.

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'THE SELLINDGE' MEDIEVAL HUNDRED OF TOTNORE IN SUSSEX SEAL MATRIX 14TH CENTURY A.D.

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A very large bronze chess piece seal matrix with facetted trumpetshaped body, pierced trefoil knop finial, small dimple to the upper face for alignment; outer ring of Lombardic text '* hVnDR DE tOttEnORE' for 'Hundred of Totnore' and two lines of abbreviated text to the centre 'co[m]itat’ svssex [county of Sussex]'; accompanied by a museumquality impression. 1½ in. (34.4 grams, 37 mm high). Very fine condition. Excessively rare with text at centre. £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Found by a farmer on his land 'eyes only', in Sellindge, Kent, UK, circa 1992. LITERATURE:

Cf. Linenthal, R. & Noel, W., Medieval Seal Matrices in the Schøyen Collection, Oslo, 2004, pl.XXVII (367), for type. FOOTNOTES:

The Hundred of Totnore in the Rape of Pevensey, Sussex appears with the spelling Tottenore in the Rotuli Hundredorum of 1272 and the name means Totta's Bank.

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LARGE MEDIEVAL HERALDIC SEAL MATRIX FOR R T OF THE TOWERS FAMILY 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D. A bronze chessman seal matrix with pierced trilobe finial, ribbed collar, facetted trumpet-shaped shank with incuse 'star' locator above the rim; intaglio design of a heater shield with mural crown above, initials 'R T' flanking in hatched spandrels; the arms a fess fretty between in chief three ravens and pellets, in base a chevron bendy between two 'W' and a trefoil slipped; accompanied by a museumquality impression. 1¼ in. (17.8 grams, 32 mm high). Fine condition. £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Found West Sussex, 1993. Property of a Sussex gentleman. Supplied with previous illustrated cataloguing pages. LITERATURE:

See Harvey, P.D.A. & McGuinness, A., A Guide to British Medieval Seals, London, 1996, for discussion.

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It is suggested that the arms are those of the Towers family, due to the mural crown crest and the initials 'R T'.

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MEDIEVAL PERSONAL SEAL MATRIX WITH ROSE LATE 15TH CENTURY A.D. A substantial seal matrix composed of a facetted shank with hexagonal collar, pierced trefoil handle with suspension loop above, die bearing a central rose with surrounding Latin legend 'SIGILLUM RICHARDI PREIBES'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 2⅛ in. (19.8 grams, 34 mm high). Very fine condition. £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1970s. From the estate of a deceased Suffolk, UK, collector.

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MEDIEVAL GILT HERALDIC HORSE HARNESS PENDANT GROUP 13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D. A group of two heraldic horse harness pendants: a heater-shaped shield with integral suspension loop bearing the arms of England with three lions passant guardant; a second shield-shaped pendant bearing a lion rampant, accompanied by note 'the coat of arms of the Nortons of East Tisted'; mounted on card in the 19th century and bearing handwritten collector's notes front and back. 1⅜ - 1½ in. (4⅛ x 3 in.) (26.2 grams total, 34-39 mm (10.6 x 77 cm)). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Found Winchester and Micheldever churchyard, Hampshire, UK. Mr F.T. Baigent, Winchester, UK, July 1866. Acquired 1960s-1970s. From the estate of a deceased Suffolk, UK, collector. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card with information on both sides.

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MEDIEVAL GILT HERALDIC HORSE HARNESS PENDANT WITH THE ARMS OF ST. EDMUND 13TH CENTURY A.D. A gilt trefoil-shaped horse harness pendant bearing the arms of St Edmund; three gold crowns on blue ground. 1⅛ in. (8.5 grams, 28 mm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1970s. From the estate of a deceased Suffolk, UK, collector. Accompanied by an old typed information card.

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MEDIEVAL 'TIPTOFT FAMILY' HERALDIC HORSE HARNESS PENDANT 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D. A heater-shaped horse harness pendant with red enamelled saltire engrailed, arms of the Tiptoft family; suspension loop above. 1½ in. (9.5 grams, 39 mm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £100 - 140 PROVENANCE:

Found Norfolk, UK, before 2001. Private collection of Mr M.H., Norfolk, UK. LITERATURE:

Cf. Ashley, S., Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, item 46.

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MEDIEVAL 'ROYAL ARMS OF ENGLAND' HERALDIC HORSE HARNESS PENDANT 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

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A lozengiform heraldic horse harness pendant with device quartered party per cross with a fleur-de-lis in the upper left and lower right angles on blue enamelled fields, arms of England featuring three lions passant in the upper right and lower left angles on red enamelled fields. 1½ in. (12.9 grams, 42 mm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £150 - 200 PROVENANCE:

Found Norfolk, UK, before 2001. Private collection of Mr M.H., Norfolk, UK. FOOTNOTES:

The quartering of the French and English coat of arms was adopted by Edward III in 1340 A.D. following his claim to the French throne. After 1406 the French shield reduced the number of fleur-de-lis displayed to three.

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MEDIEVAL LOZENGE-SHAPED GILT HERALDIC HORSE HARNESS PENDANT WITH BUTTERFLY

ANGLO-NORMAN ZOOMORPHIC DAGGER SCABBARD TERMINAL IN ROMANESQUE STYLE

MID 13TH-MID 15TH CENTURY A.D.

12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.

A lozengiform horse harness pendant for a noble lady, with suspension loop, green enamelled butterfly design with remains of gilding. 1¾ in. (13.2 grams, 44 mm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £150 - 200

A complete bronze chape for a dagger sheath comprising a C-section openwork bifacial Romanesque-style figure of an advancing beast in crouching pose bearing a lobed figure on its back; extending to the rear on each side, a slender balustered arm with leaf-shaped finial. 2⅜ in. (21.1 grams, 59 mm wide). Fine condition. £500 - 700

PROVENANCE:

Found Colchester, UK. FOOTNOTES:

Insects are rare in heraldry. Possibly heraldic device for the Audley family.

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MEDIEVAL GILT 'GREAT HELM' HERALDIC HORSE HARNESS PENDANT 13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D. A rare horse harness pendant comprising an oval-shaped outer frame with four radiating spikes, and an inner great helm-shaped pendant connected to the frame by an axis bar; remains of gilding and suspension loop above. 1¼ in. (6.8 grams, 34 mm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £100 - 140 PROVENANCE:

Found with the use of a metal detector near Lavenham, Suffolk, UK, on 4 May 2018. Property of a Suffolk, UK, collector. Accompanied by a copy of the Portable Antiquities Scheme report no.SFC6F3DB. PUBLISHED:

The Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, record id. SF-C6F3DB, for this item.

PROVENANCE:

Found Essex, 1997. Property of a Sussex gentleman. LITERATURE:

See Bishop, B., Martial Identity in the Early Medieval Period: Classification and Analysis of Dual-Faced Scabbard Mounts from the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries AD, University of Reading MA Thesis.

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MEDIEVAL TIN PILGRIM'S CHURCH TYPE THOMAS BECKET AMPULLA 13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D. A tin ampulla of 'church' or 'chasse' type, formed as a church building, with a rectangular body, sloping roof and two gable ends, the neck of the vessels conceivably formed as a truncated church tower, small right-angled handles at the base, figural scenes in relief adorn the exterior, two crosses stand at each gable end, hatched pattern to base and roof. 1⅞ in. (15.4 grams, 47 mm). Fair condition. [No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Found Thames foreshore, Billingsgate, London, UK. LITERATURE:

Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, pp.14-19, for type. FOOTNOTES:

It is believed that such ampullae were only produced in Canterbury.

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MEDIEVAL PILGRIM'S BADGE 14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D. An openwork pilgrim badge displaying the Adoration of the Magi scene with The Three Kings present, one kneeling and offering a covered cup to the Virgin and Child, the star of Bethlehem above; four square lugs to each side for stitching the badge to the pilgrim's garment. 1⅞ in. (4.51 grams, 47 mm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1990s. E.J. Layne collection, USA.

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MEDIEVAL THOMAS BECKET PILGRIM'S BADGE

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14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D. A lead-alloy pilgrim badge of Thomas Becket type, showing the bust of the martyred Archbishop facing and wearing a mitre, within an oval frame punctuated by flowers; incomplete; remains of catchplate to reverse. 1⅛ in. (1⅝ x 1¼ in.) (2.41 grams, 29 mm high (10.6 grams total, 41 x 34 mm including case)). Fair condition. [No Reserve] £200 - 300 PROVENANCE:

Found Thames foreshore, Billingsgate, London, UK.

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MEDIEVAL 'SIBTON HOARD' GROAT BOY BISHOP TOKEN OF BURY SAINT EDMUNDS 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

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A lead Boy Bishop token of groat size, obverse depicting the boy bishop wearing mitre and 'SANCTE NICHOLAE ORA PRONO' legend around; reverse: groat design with 'OMNIA ECCE NOVA FAIO' outer legend and 'AVE REX GERTIS' inner legend; ex-Sibton hoard. 1 in. (4.19 grams, 25 mm). Fine condition. An exceptional example of this rare type. £150 - 200 PROVENANCE:

Ex Sibton Hoard, recorded with the British Museum. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. Accompanied by copies of two old typed catalogue slips and contextual information.

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MEDIEVAL PAPAL BULLA SEAL OF POPE MARTIN III

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1281-1285 A.D. A papal bulla seal of Pope Martin IV, with 'MAR / TINVS / PP. IIII' within a beaded circle to one face, two stylised facing heads of St Peter and St Paul to the other, cross between, 'SPA SPE' above. 1⅜ in. (45.9 grams, 37 mm). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1970s. From the estate of a deceased Suffolk, UK, collector.

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MEDIEVAL PAPAL BULLA SEAL OF POPE URBANS VI 1378-1389 A.D. A papal bulla seal with 'URB / ANVS / PP VI' to one face and two stylised facing heads of St Peter and St Paul to the other, 'SPA SPE' above; on original cord. 4⅞ in. (52.4 grams, 12.5 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £150 - 200

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PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1970s. From the estate of a deceased Suffolk, UK, collector.

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MEDIEVAL 'THE LAMENTATION' FROM THE WORKSHOP OF TILMAN RIEMENSCHNEIDER 1460-1531 A.D. A substantial carved wooden panel with figures in high-relief against a field of vegetation; recumbent Christ with his head supported in the lap of Mary assisted by a standing John the Evangelist while longhaired Saint Mary Magdalen advances with a vessel of balm for anointing the Corpus Christi; from the workshop of Tilman Riemenschneider (1460-1531 A.D.). 24½ in. (6 kg, 62.3 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £8,000 - 10,000 PROVENANCE:

Private collection of Von Hertlein, Munich, Germany, before 1930. Swiss private collection, Zurich. Inherited from her grandmother who owned it for at least 40 years.

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Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Tilmann Riemenschneider Die Reifen Werke, book pages where it was published in 1930. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11239-189576. LITERATURE:

See Maidbronn, in Von Freeden, M.H., Tilman Riemenschneider: Die Beweinung in Maidbronn. Eine Einführung, Berlin, 1947 (Stuttgart 1956); Tönnies, E., Leben und Werke des Würzburger Bildschnitzers Tilman Riemenschneider, 1468-1531, Strassburg, 1900 Bier, J., Tilman Riemenschneider: His life and Work, Lexington, 1982, fig.46A. PUBLISHED:

Dr. Bier, J., Tilmann Riemenschneider Die Reifen Werke, G.M.B.H., Augsburg, 1930, p.155.

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MEDIEVAL SWABIA GOTHIC BUST OF CHRIST

MEDIEVAL ISLE-DE-FRANCE VIRGIN AND CHILD STATUETTE

LATE 15TH-EARLY 16TH CENTURY A.D.

15TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

A wooden Gothic bust of Christ modelled with his head drooping to one side, drawn and naturalistically rendered expression, wreath of thorns crowning his head, lock of hair falling down the front of one shoulder, crescentic blade wound beneath proper right breast where he was pierced by the Holy Spear; remains of polychrome pigmentation; mounted on a later display base. 17¼ in. (1.79 kg, 44 cm high including stand). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £2,000 - 3,000

A carved wood figure of Mary and Child; Mary in floor-length tiered robe with bell sleeves, and mantle draped to the shoulders, standing contrapposto supporting Jesus on her left side above her hip; her face and hair carefully carved with fine facial detailing; Jesus shown wearing a robe held from the waist, supporting a book in his cupped left hand; Mary wearing a separate silver-gilt crown with strawberryleaf upstands supported on a beaded wire frame; silver base with textured rim and openwork trefoils to the upper edge. 12⅜ in. (533 grams, 31.5 cm high including stand). Fine condition; Mary's right hand absent, portion of the child's right arm absent. [No Reserve] £2,000 - 3,000

PROVENANCE:

Private collection of Hans von der Gabelentz (ex-director of the Weimar-Goethe Museum). Kept in his castle-residence (image attached). Private North American collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11151-187528. LITERATURE:

Cf. Landesmuseum Württemberg, Lichte, C. und Meurer, H. (Bearb.) Die mittelalterlichen Skulpturen Bd. II. Stein- und Holzskulpturen 1400-1530. Ulm und südliches Schwaben, Ostfildern, Katalog no.84.

PROVENANCE:

Swiss private collection. Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 6-9 June 1945, lot 714. UK private collection, until 2017. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11281-189577.

PUBLISHED:

The sculpture is visible on an old photography of the 'Turmzimmer' (Tower’s room) of the Poschwitz castle, in Gabelentz, H. Von der, Über ein halbes Jahrtausend auf angestammter Scholle. Geschichte der Herren von der Gabelentz auf Poschwitz 1388-1938, (Over half a millennium on our land of origin. History of the Lords von der Gabelentz on Poschwitz 1388-1938) Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig 1938, p.106; s. also the catalogue of Nigel, Alte Kunst & Antiquitaten, Fine Arts and Antiquities, 16. Dezember 2021, Berlin, 2021, no.2824.

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MEDIEVAL PANEL WITH ANGEL HOLDING BOOK CIRCA 10TH-13TH CENTURY A.D. A Coptic rectangular wooden panel with gessoed surface and painted design of a standing angel with halo, loose blue robe and outer red cloak with rosette designs; right hand raised parallel with the face, left hand enclosed in the folds of the cloak, book held in the crook of the left arm. 30⅝ in. (1.3 kg, 77.7 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £1,000 - 1,400 PROVENANCE:

New Orleans, USA private collection. Ex central London gallery.

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LITERATURE:

Cf. Atalla, N.S., Coptic Art, Wall Paintings, Peintures Murales, L'Art Copte, Cairo, 1989, figs.47ff. (paintings from the Dair Al-Suryan Monastery); Zibawi, M., L'arte Copta, l'Egitto Cristiano dalle origini al XVIII secolo, fig.165.

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ENGLISH MEDIEVAL NORFOLK PEW END CIRCA 1480-1500 A.D. A carved wooden inner upstand from a church pew, rectangular with scooped shoulders and fleshy acanthus-leaf trefoil finial, slotted to accept a horizontal seat; reverse unfinished. 37¾ in. (5.4 kg 96 cm high). Fair condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1997. Peter Richey, Devon, UK.

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LARGE MEDIEVAL VALENCIA DISH DEPICTING AN ALHAMBRA VASE WITH DANCING ATTENDANTS CIRCA 1350 A.D. A tin-glazed earthenware dish depicting an Alahambra vase at centre, floral vines emerging above, flanked by dancing attendants; single piercing through basal ring for suspension. 11⅛ in. (955 grams, 28.2 cm wide). Fine condition, repaired. [No Reserve] £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

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Codosero Galerie, Madrid, until 2015. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11280-189573.

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MEDIEVAL FRENCH HERALDIC TILE WITH FOUR MOTIFS MID 15TH CENTURY A.D. A glazed ceramic floor tile bearing a quartered design with a fleur-delys, bird, castle and winged mythical creature. 4½ x 4⅝ in. (637 grams, 11.5 x 11.8 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Benjamin Proust, 2015. Ex central London gallery.

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MEDIEVAL ENGLISH HERALDIC TILE WITH CROWNED LION'S HEADS 15TH CENTURY A.D. A glazed ceramic floor tile decorated with three crowned lion heads with protruding tongues and large eyes, framed by the bottom half of a shield-shaped background. 5¼ x 5¼ in. (983 grams, 13.3 x 13.3 cm). Fair condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Benjamin Proust, 2015. Ex central London gallery.

457

MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS PANEL WITH THE CRUCIFIXION, VIRGIN AND SAINT PAUL FRANCE, PICARDY, CIRCA 1420-1430 A.D. A rectangular glass panel with lead-alloy frame; image of Christ crucified below a plaque bearing the legend 'INRI', flanked by Virgin Mary and St John; spires and architectural detailing in the background above. 23 x 12¾ in. (2.4 kg, 58.5 x 32.5 cm). Fair condition, repaired. £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired from Monastery Stained Glass, Northamptonshire, UK, in 2007. Ex central London gallery. Accompanied by a detailed previously researched cataloguing sheet. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.10909-180990. FOOTNOTES:

The piece is the product of Picardy / Pas de Calais and shows the influence of contemporary Flemish art.

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MEDIEVAL AUSTRIAN STAINED GLASS PANEL PAIR WITH THE ANNUNICATION IN TWO LANCET HEADS

MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS HEAD OF A BEARDED MAN CIRCA 1550 A.D.

CIRCA 1490 A.D. A group of two stained glass rectangular panels with scenes from the Annunciation; one with kneeling nimbate angel and scroll with legend 'Ave [Maria] Gra[tia] plena D[omi]n[u]s'; kneeling nimbate figure holding a book in centre. 15⅞ x 15½ in. (3.75 kg, 40.5 x 39.5 cm each). Fair condition, repaired. [2, No Reserve] £3,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE:

Zurich private collection since the 19th century. Ex central London gallery. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11267-189584.

A stained glass panel in lead-alloy frame, painted image of an older man looking upwards with luxuriant beard and full head of hair, heavy eyelids and half-open mouth; possibly depicting the elder brother of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32); possibly of German workmanship. 5 in. (77 grams, 12.7 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Rieunier & Associes, 25/10/2004, lot 52. Ex central London gallery. Accompanied by an old typed cataloguing slip.

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MEDIEVAL PARIS STAINED GLASS PANEL WITH KING AND HERO 459

MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS PANEL WITH THE VISION OF ST JERMONE WITH DONORS CIRCA 1490 A.D. A stained glass panel, re-leaded with suspension loops for hanging at sides, depicting St Jerome kneeling on right with lion at feet before the crucifixion scene at left with three nuns kneeling at left at foot of cross; Dutch work. 16⅛ x 13 in. (1.28 kg, 41 x 33 cm). Fair condition, repaired. [No Reserve] £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

CIRCA 1530-1540 A.D. A rectangular stained glass panel with lead cames and painted sections depicting a crowned figure approaching a young man wearing an animal-skin cape; possibly a scene from the story of Saul and David. 23½ in. (3.8 kg, 59.5 cm high). Fair condition, repaired. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Philip Kohler, 2009. Ex central London gallery.

Dutch private collection. UK trade, 2018.

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MEDIEVAL SWISS STAINED GLASS PANEL WITH VIRGIN AND CHILD CIRCA 1520 A.D. A stained glass panel re-leaded with suspension loops for hanging at the top and depicting an angel flying at top left, Mary at top right; central section showing Mary and Child to left with fish and heraldic helm at right, set between two pillars surmounted by St John; the lower panel showing foliage and fruit. 17 x 12½ in. (1.24 kg, 43 x 32 cm). Fine condition, repaired. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Rieunier & Associes, 30 January 2006, lot 65. Ex central London gallery.

MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS PANEL WITH CHRIST ATTENDED BY SAINTS

A rectangular stained glass window panel with lamentation scene painted within a circular panel depicting supine Christ attended by kneeling nimbate figures (centre: Virgin Mary, St John the Evangelist holding Christ's head, Mary Magdalene holding Christ's left hand), Joseph of Arimathea to the rear with a jar of unguent; with segmented border in a lead-alloy frame. 23½ x 15 in. (2.8 kg, 60 x 38 cm). Fine condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired from Rieunier & Associes, 25 October 2004, lot 150. Central London, UK, gallery. Accompanied by a previously researched cataloguing sheet. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.10919-180985.

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LITERATURE:

ENGLISH MEDIEVAL AND LATER STAINED GLASS ARCHITECTURAL PANEL FROM THE BASE OF A FIGURAL WINDOW

Cf. Exhibition catalogue, The Luminous Image: Painted Glass Roundels in the Lowlands, 1480-1560, May 23 – August 20, New York, 1995; Berserik, C.J. and Caen, J.M.A., Silver-Stained Roundels and Unipartite Panels before the French Revolution, Flanders, Vol.1: The Province of Antwerp, Belgium, 2007; Pieter, C., Ritsema van Eck, Painted glass roundels from the Netherlands 1480-1560, Amsterdam, 1999; Cole, W., A Catalogue of Netherlandish and North European Roundels in Britain, Oxford, 1993; Wayment, H., King’s College Chapel Cambridge The Side-Chapel Glass, Cambridge, 1988.

15TH-19TH CENTURY A.D. A rectangular stained glass window panel with lead cames; trees and columns of vegetation; mounted in a wooden frame. 19¼ x 20½ in. (3.4 kg, 49 x 52 cm). Fair condition, repaired. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

FOOTNOTES:

This piece is typical of stained glass roundels which were produced in the Low Countries in large numbers in the 15th-16th centuries.

UK trade, 2020. Ex central London gallery.

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Post Medieval Also see lots 1735 - 1925

Lots 465 - 506

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POLYCHROME WOODEN ROETTGEN PIETA CIRCA 1850 A.D. A polychrome painted wooden copy of the medieval Roettgen Pieta of early 14th century date; Mary seated on a rectangular bench supporting the corpse of Christ draped across her lap with blood issuing from the wound in his side and from both hands and feet; Christ bearded with crown of thorns to his brow; Mary in robe and palla with gold-leaf detailing to the hem, shoes, collar and other areas; hollow to the reverse. 24 in. (5.65 kg, 61 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £2,000 - 3,000

465

PROVENANCE:

Private North American collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11152-187624.

466

SOUTHERN GERMAN CHRIST AT THE COLUMN IN BOXWOOD CIRCA 1600 A.D. A carved boxwood figure of Christ's flagellation; Christ shown wearing a loincloth secured with a knotted cord, his head thrown back, hands bound by similar cord to a spike driven into the top of a waisted column; crown with radiating spikes placed on the top of the head; the face downcast with heavy-lidded eyes, trimmed beard, luxuriant wavy hair; mounting peg to underside of column. 11¼ in. (1 kg, 28.5 cm high). Fine condition; some spikes absent from crown. [No Reserve] £1,000 - 1,400 PROVENANCE:

Azur Encheres Cannes. Ex central London gallery.

467

SEPIA WATERCOLOUR 'THE LAST SUPPER' BY CARLO MARATTA 17TH CENTURY A.D. A sepia watercolour and wash depiction of 'The Last Supper' showing Jesus and the Twelve Apostles seated around a table; affixed to a 19th century mount with ink and pencil notation 'Carlo Maratta b. 1625' followed by a faint pencilled note; inked inscription 'Belongs W. Hylton Longstaffe' to reverse. 13⅞ x 9⅛ in. (31 grams, 35.2 x 23.2 cm). Fine condition, mount soiled. £600 - 800

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PROVENANCE:

Property of W. Hylton Longstaffe, historian (1826-1898). Acquired early 1970s-late 1980s. Private collection of James Anderson, Worthing, Sussex, UK. FOOTNOTES:

Carlo Maratta or Maratti (13 May 1625 - 15 December 1713) was a respected Italian painter who produced works mostly in the Classical style; the background gridlines suggest that this is a study intended to be worked up into a larger painting. W Hylton (Dyer) Longstaffe (2 February 1826 - 4 February 1898) was born at Norton, County Durham and was a noted historian, the author of several works on English and local history; he also designed the original arms for Middlesborough.

467

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468

LARGE TUDOR PERIOD LIMEWOOD FIGURE OF A LADY 16TH CENTURY A.D. A carved limewood figure of female wearing a floor-length robe gathered at the waist and with a square neckline, bonnet to the hair extending below the shoulders to the rear, cloak over the right shoulder; standing on a square base pierced on one face with fixing trennels. 25⅝ in. (3.8 kg, 65 cm high). Fair condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

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STUART PERIOD OAK FIGURAL BRACKET PAIR 17TH CENTURY A.D. A matched pair of carved oak brackets, each with the capital from an Ionic column supported by a bearded figure with lobed collar and armbands, developing to a rounded panel with putto mask and vegetation scrolls; modern suspension loop to the reverse. 16½ in. (1.87 kg total, 42 cm high each). Fine condition. [2] £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

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MASSIVE PAINTED OAK FRAMED SLATE ALTAR SCREEN 19TH CENTURY A.D.

469

A magnificent and superb quality Victorian Gothic revival painted altar or reredos panel, as exemplified by the works and designs of Augustus Pugin, on Welsh slate depicting a large golden cross with latticed arms and squared quatrefoil terminals showing the emblems and names of the four Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; the cross set over a circle enclosing a quatrefoil background with the main discus showing a white cross trefoil on a red expanding cross against a green background with the Christogram letters 'IHS' entwined for Jesus Christ; the design set against a dark blue field ornamented with forty-eight golden radiant six-pointed stars; complete with the original carved oak frame together with the carved oak projecting base plinth shelf with quatrefoil perforations and another Christogram 'IHS' within a blue oval to the central projection. 60⅞ and 62½ in. (73 kg total, 134.5 cm base and 159 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Collection formed in the 2000s. Property of an East Anglia gentleman. LITERATURE:

Cf. Stokes, M. (ed.), Didron, A.N., Christian Iconography, The history of the Christian Art in the Middle Ages, London, 1896, figs.36, 69, and p.452. FOOTNOTES:

From the 4th century A.D., the vision of Ezekiel and John's Apocalypse, assigned the lion, the angel, the eagle and the ox a stable place in the iconography of the tetramorph to represent the evangelist Mark (lion) next to the calf (Luke), the angel (Matthew) and the eagle (John). They are, in Christian iconography and theology, the four winged cherubs singing the triumphal hymn, exclaiming, proclaiming, and saying: 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord Sabaoth'. The oldest representations date back to the 5th century A.D., and are found in the mosaics of the baptistry of Naples and in the apse of S. Prudenziana in Rome. The tetramorph was a favourite subject in 12th century ecclesiastic art and its use has continued to the present day.

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471

LARGE ETHIOPIAN ICON OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD SURMOUNTED BY SAINTS 16TH CENTURY A.D. A rectangular wooden panel with recess to one face, painted scene of Virgin and Child with various saints in the field. 12⅜ in. (400 grams, 31.5 cm high). Fine condition; old split and repair. [No Reserve] £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 2000. Mondoloni collection, London, UK.

472

GREEK SAINT ONUPHRIUS ICON LATE 17TH CENTURY A.D. A Greek Orthodox icon formed as a rectangular wooden panel with slightly curved profile, one face with polychrome religious scene showing Christ identified by the Greek Letters ' CXC' (Jesus Christ), on the left corner of the icon, dressed in a blue chiton and a red cloak, blessing the central figure of the painting, representing Saint Onuphrius (identified by the inscription on his left, C C); the saint, usually represented as a desert hermit, is shown here in three quarter-length, dressed in priests' vestments, wearing a simple pinkish-red phelonion (chasuble) from which is hanging a blue omophorion wrapped around the neck, decorated with gold crosses and stars, while the body is clad in an off-white tunica talaris; holding a prophecy roll in his left hand with right hand raised in a gesture of blessing. 11 x 9⅞ in. (683 grams, 28 x 25 cm). Fine condition. £400 - 600

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PROVENANCE:

Charterhouse auctioneers, Sherborne, Dorset, UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. LITERATURE:

See a similar style of painted icon in Christie's, Icons and Artefacts from the Orthodox World, Monday 24 November 2008, London, 2008. p.83; cf. also the style of the icon of the Transfiguration from the iconostasis of c. Flora and Lavra c. Megrega, Olonetsky district; Russia, Karelia, at the Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Karelia (MIIRK). FOOTNOTES:

The icon seems be painted in egg tempera with gold leaf on wood (cypress?), prepared with gesso and linen. Red and black paint was also used for the frame of the icon in the shape of two simple narrow bands. The style of the icon, although inscribed with Greek letters, and especially the faces of the divine figures recalls the Russian school.

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GREEK ORTHODOX ICON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT TRINITY 17TH CENTURY A.D. An Orthodox wooden icon with a slightly curved profile, polychrome painted scene depicting the Holy Trinity with Jesus Christ to the left, God the Father to the right and the Holy Spirit above them depicted as a dove; both figures nimbate, dressed in gold and brocade, their hands resting on a large globus cruciger, a jewelled Gospel beneath the hand of Christ; each corner with a symbol of the Evangelists: angel, ox, eagle and lion with Greek inscriptions around them: near the nimbus of Jesus the Greek letters 'IC' (Iesus) 'XC' (Christos), inside the halo three letters representing the continuous divine selfexistence of Christ as God (O N = The Only One who always exists); above the head of the dove an abbreviated Greek inscription for ' ' (The Holy Trinity). 17¼ x 12½ in. (2.1 kg, 44 x 32 cm). Fair condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Charterhouse auctioneers, Sherborne, Dorset, UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. LITERATURE:

See Rothemund, B., Handbuch der Ikonenkunst, Munich 1966, p.204, for the well consolidated icon of the New Testament Holy Trinity; Chatzidakis, N. (ed.), Da Candia a Venezia: Icone Greche in Italia, XV-XVI secolo, Athens, 1993, p.185, cat.47; Staikos, K. (ed.), ‘The Holy Trinity’ in From the Incarnation of Logos to the Theosis of Man: Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Icons From Greece, Psychiko, 2008, p.50, cat.no.22.

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ETHIOPIAN PENDANT DIPTYCH OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD LATE 17TH CENTURY A.D. A wooden diptych with carved front and reverse faces, the hinged panel opening to reveal two polychrome painted scenes: Saint George on horseback, holding spear; the Virgin with Child on knee, flanked by archangels Michael and Gabriel, Ge'ez script to both panels; large carinated suspension loop above. 4½ in. (107 grams, 11.6 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £2,000 - 3,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 2000. Mondoloni collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11278-189565.

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ARMENIAN PRAYER ROLL FOR THE PROTECTION OF TOROS HMAYIL, 19TH CENTURY A.D. A vellum prayer roll with handwritten text in black and red ink and hand-illustrated polychrome figures including the Virgin and Child and the Crucifixion, contained within a red and yellow border. 72 in. (25 grams, 1.83 m long). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £1,000 - 1,400 PROVENANCE:

Ex Franco-Russian collection. Ex central London gallery.

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476

ELIZABETHAN GOLD RING WITH OCTAHEDRON DIAMOND EARLY 16TH CENTURY A.D. A gold finger ring with slender hoop, palmette to each shoulder, bezel with moresque style foliage ornament to the heater-shaped panels, inset pyramidal diamond. 1 in. (3.69 grams, 26.50 mm overall, 17.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O½, USA 7¼, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)). Very fine condition. £3,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired London art market, late 1980s. Property of a North London collector. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11229-189089. LITERATURE:

476

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 681, for type.

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TUDOR GOLD RING WITH DIAMOND CRYSTAL 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D. A gold ring with D-section hoop, scrolled shoulders and cushion bezel, chased work to reverse and on the shoulders, an architectural setting holding a polished diamond crystal. 1 in. (4.40 grams, 26.85mm overall, 15.72mm internal diameter (approximate size British J½, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)). Very fine condition, some restoration. £6,000 - 8,000 PROVENANCE:

From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; from her collection formed early 1960s-1990s. Accompanied by scholarly note TL05423 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11184-186445.

478

TUDOR ENAMELLED GOLD RING WITH DIAMOND CRYSTAL

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16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D. A Tudor or early Stuart period gold ring with D-section hoop, waisted, T-shaped shoulders with arched scroll forming loop, pellet to base, square pyramid bezel with geometric 'strapwork' to reverse, egg-anddart band to the shoulder and scallops above, set with a polished diamond crystal, remains of white enamelling and niello to the shoulders and bezel, with a spot of duck egg blue enamelling above each shoulder. 1 in. (5.28 grams, 24.10 mm overall, 17.60 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5¾, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)). Fine condition. £4,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE:

From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; from her collection formed early 1960s-1990s. Accompanied by scholarly note TL05424 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11194-186444.

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LITERATURE:

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Leeds, 1994, p.211, item 689, for similar; cf. The British Museum, museum number 1872,0604.425, for comparable; cf. Scarisbrick, D. (ed.), Towards an Art History of Medieval Rings: A Private Collection, London, 2007, pp.204-205, for similar.

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EARLY GEORGIAN GOLD RING WITH GEMSTONE EARLY 18TH CENTURY A.D. A gold ring composed of a slender hoop expanding at the arms, ovalshaped cushion bezel set with a cut and polished carnelian gemstone, fluting to the reverse of the bezel, saltires and crescents to the hoop. ⅞ in. (5.20 grams, 23.18 mm overall, 19.36 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P½, USA 7¾ , Europe 16.86, Japan 16)). Fine condition. £700 - 900 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

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LITERATURE:

Cf. Oman, C.C., British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974, item 31(B), for type.

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GOLD CONSTANTINOPLE RING WITH HEBREW INSCRIPTION 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D. A substantial gold ring with plaited shank, four large pellets to a deep oval bezel, set with a flat carnelian gemstone bearing Hebrew inscription ' ', a Kabbalistic acronym for the text of Genesis 49.22, associated with fertility and the protection of children, small stylised flowers in the field; after the antique, rustic construction. 1¼ in. (27.63 grams, 31.10 mm overall, 20.31 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)). Fine condition. £3,000 - 4,000 PROVENANCE:

480

Private collection of Edouard Roditi (1910-1992) surrealist, Author and Poet, Nobel Laureate for Literature; thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous cataloguing slip including provenance. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11165-187591. LITERATURE:

Cf. compare the amulet in the Magnes collection, Berkeley, acc.no 67.1.1.3.

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GOLD RING WITH FIGURE BEFORE JESUS 19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER A gold finger ring composed of a D-section hoop with oval bezel engraved with a figural scene of a man leaning on a staff before Christ, who stands robed and nimbate holding a staff, cross in the field; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. ¾ in. (1¾ in.) (7.21 grams, 21.52 mm overall, 18.28 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5¾, Europe 11.24, Japan 10) (17.4 grams total, 46 mm high including stand)). Fine condition. £1,500 - 2,000 481

PROVENANCE:

Private collection of F. Artuner, 1960s. UK private collection.

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GOLD RING WITH SKULLS 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D. A gold D-section band composed of a ring of stylised skulls with round eyes, oval noses and pecked teeth, half oriented clockwise, half anti-clockwise. 1 in. (10.96 grams, 26.25 mm overall, 20.48 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)). Fine condition. A large wearable size. £1,200 - 1,700 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. LITERATURE:

482

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 837, for type.

483

GOLD 'BY CHRIST ALONE [TWO HEARTS] MADE ONE' POSY RING 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D. A gold posy ring with D-section hoop, interior inscribed 'By Christ aloane two [conjoined heart symbol] made one' in script, for 'By Christ alone two hearts made one', followed by a worn maker's mark, possibly the letter G within a cartouche. ⅞ in. (6.17 grams, 23.52 mm overall, 19.91 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T½, USA 9¾, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)). Very fine condition. A large wearable size. [No Reserve] £1,000 - 1,400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection (part 3), Essex, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten title card. LITERATURE:

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Cf. The British Museum, museum number AF.1305, for similar inscription and 1961,1202.119, for a near identical maker's mark, dated to mid 17th century; cf. The Portable Antiquities Scheme, record id. SUSS-FDE662, for a similar inscription; cf. Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, Oxford, 1931, p.27, for a similar inscription.

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GOLD 'TRUE LOVE IS ENDLESS' POSY RING 18TH CENTURY A.D. A slender gold ring with D-section hoop, the interior inscribed 'True love is endess' for 'True love is endless', followed by a possible worn maker's mark. ¾ in. (1.85 grams, 18.77 mm overall, 16.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L½, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

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Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection (part 3), Essex, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten title card.

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GOLD 'I LIKE MY CHOYCE TOO WELL TO CHANGE' POSY RING 18TH CENTURY A.D. A gold posy ring with D-section hoop, interior inscribed 'I like my choyce too well to change' in script, followed by a maker's mark given as capital H within a quatrefoil cartouche. ⅞ in. (6.02 grams, 22.55 mm overall, 19.65 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)). Very fine condition. A large wearable size. [No Reserve] £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection (part 3), Essex, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten title card.

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LITERATURE:

Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1961,1202.45, for this inscription at the end of a longer phrase in similar script.

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GOLD 'FOR MY SAKE WEARE THIS' POSY RING 18TH CENTURY A.D. A gold posy ring with D-section hoop, interior inscribed 'For my sake weare this' in script, followed by the letter B in a rectangular cartouche. ¾ in. (1.88 grams, 19.48 mm overall, 18.00 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7½, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection (part 3), Essex, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten title card.

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LITERATURE:

Cf. The British Museum, museum number AF.1538, for a ring with very similar goldsmith's mark and style of lettering dated c.1739 A.D, who remains unidentified in the standard reference works.

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GOLD 'I LOVE AND LIKE MY CHOYCE' POSY RING 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D. A gold posy ring with D-section hoop, interior inscribed '* I love and like my choyce' in script. ⅞ in. (4.01 grams, 22.05 mm overall, 20.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)). Very fine condition. A large wearable size. [No Reserve] £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection (part 3), Essex, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten title card.

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GOLD 'A TRUE FRIENDS GIFT' POSY RING 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D. A gold posy ring with D-section hoop, interior inscribed 'A true friends gift' in script, followed by a goldsmith's mark 'WF' in a rectangular cartouche. ¾ in. (3.53 grams, 20.75 mm overall, 18.07 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7½, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection (part 3), Essex, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten title card.

488

LITERATURE:

Cf. The British Museum, museum number AF.1190, for this inscription in a very similar script. FOOTNOTES:

A number of 18th century goldsmith's marks comprising Gothic letters 'WF' in a rectangular cartouche and very similar to the mark on this ring, are present in the British Museum and on the Portable Antiquities Scheme Database.

489

GOLD 'RICHES TO CONTENT' POSY RING 18TH CENTURY A.D.

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A gold posy ring composed of a hollow D-section body, interior inscribed '[ ] riches to content' and stamped with maker's mark RM in rectangular cartouche. ¾ in. (1.31 grams, 19.59 mm overall, 16.65 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5¾, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)). Fair condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

London art market, 2000s. Property of an Essex gentleman.

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GOLD 'LOVE IS THEE BOND OF PEACE' POSY RING 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D. A gold posy ring with D-section hoop, interior inscribed 'Love is thee bond of peace' in script, followed by maker's mark WF in Gothic letters in a cartouche. ⅞ in. (5.13 grams, 22.65 mm overall, 19.32 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8½, Europe 18¾, Japan 18)). Very fine condition. A large wearable size. [No Reserve] £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

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Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection (part 3), Essex, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten title card. LITERATURE:

Cf. The British Museum, museum number AF.1338, for another ring with this inscription and similar script; cf. Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, Oxford, 1931, p.73, for this inscription; see the British Museum's records and the Portable Antiquities Scheme Database for very similar examples of maker's marks.

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GOLD 'GIFT TO A LOYAL FRIEND' POSY RING 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.

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A gold posy ring composed of a D-section hoop, the outer face decorated with pellets and floral forms, possibly representing a wreath; interior inscribed in Latin '+ DONVM + FIDELIS + AMICI +' for 'GIFT OF FAITHFUL FRIEND'. ¾ in. (2.21 grams, 19.28 mm overall, 17.37 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N½, USA 6¾, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)). Fine condition, usage wear. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection (part 3), Essex, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten title card.

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492

GOLD 'CLASPED HANDS' FEDE RING WITH FLOWERS ON BEZEL LATER 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D. A gold fede ring with D-section hoop, bezel formed as two clasped hands emerging from cuffs, a flower or thistle engraved to each shoulder. 1 in. (4.13 grams, 24.53 mm overall, 21.94 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X½, USA 11¾, Europe 26.92, Japan 25)). Very fine condition. A large wearable size. [No Reserve] £300 - 400

492

PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection (part 3), Essex, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten title card.

493

GOLD 'YOURS X TIL X DEATH' POSY RING 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D. A gold posy ring with D-section hoop divided into three rows of circumferential cells with remains of enamelling, interior inscribed 'YOVRS x TIL x DEATH' in upper case letters. ½ in. (1.43 grams, 15.96 mm overall, 14.00 mm internal diameter (approximate size British F, USA 2¾, Europe 3.67, Japan 3)). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection (part 3), Essex, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten title card. LITERATURE:

Cf. The Portable Antiquities Scheme, record id. KENT-D3E434, for a very similar inscription and LON-DD00A6, for a very similar ring.

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GOLD 'SEALE UP SECRETTS' POSY RING 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D. A gold posy ring with D-section hoop, the outer face decorated with dense horizontal dashes with remains of black enamelling, interior inscribed 'seale up secretts' in script. ½ in. (1.22 grams, 15.50 mm overall, 13.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E½, USA 2½, Europe 3, Japan 3)). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection (part 3), Essex, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten title card. LITERATURE:

Cf. The Portable Antiquities Scheme, record id. DEV-6AF906, for another small ring bearing a similar inscription, also with enamelling to the outer face.

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GOLD 'LOVE YOU' POSY RING 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D. A gold ring with slender D-section hoop, arms with collars and stylised lotus heads, oval bezel with reserved heart over capital letter V. ¾ in. (1.09 grams, 18.33 mm overall, 16.96 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L½, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection (part 3), Essex, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten title card. LITERATURE:

Cf. The Portable Antiquities Scheme, record id. BUC-A4655A and SWYORE0701D, for comparable rings. FOOTNOTES:

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In this period, the letter V was also used as the letter U, so one possible explanation for the design of this ring is the message 'love you': love symbolised by the heart and 'you' by the letter V.

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GOLD 'REMEMBER ME M.C.' MEMENTO MORI SKULL RING 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D. A gold memento mori ring composed of a D-section hoop, outer face engraved with a stylised skull, interior inscribed 'Remember me MC' in script. 5 /8 in. (3.03 grams, 17.59 mm overall, 14.68 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H, USA 3¾, Europe 6.18, Japan 6)). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

496

Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection (part 3), Essex, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten title card.

497

GOLD 'R J ARN[ ]BT 26 NOV 1713 OET 27' MEMENTO MORI SKULL RING EARLY 18TH CENTURY A.D. A gold memento mori ring with D-section hoop, outer face engraved with a stylised skull and dense band of flowers and foliate vines with remains of black enamel fill, the interior inscribed 'R I Arn obt 26 Nov 1713 æt 27' in script, followed by Gothic letters 'IC' in rectangular cartouche. ¾ in. (5.23 grams, 19.35 mm overall, 15.97 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4¾, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)). Very fine condition, nick to interior. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection (part 3), Essex, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten title card.

497

LITERATURE:

Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1961,1202.385, for a similar design, and AF.1542 for what is possibly the same maker's mark, which the BM describes as a possible variant of the mark of John Collier of Plymouth.

498

GOLD 'JOHN TURNER OB 12 AUG -708 OET 58' MEMENTO MORI SKULL RING EARLY 18TH CENTURY A.D. A gold memento mori ring composed of a D-section hoop, the outer face engraved with a stylised skull, the interior inscribed 'Jn Turner ob 12 Aug 708 æt 58' in script, followed by Gothic AW maker's mark in rectangular cartouche. ¾ in. (3.43 grams, 21.64 mm overall, 19.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q½, USA 8¼, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)). Very fine condition. A large wearable size. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection (part 3), Essex, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten title card.

498

LITERATURE:

Cf. The Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, record id. ESS-72C684, for a very similar maker's mark, not recorded in the standard works of reference.

499

SILVER MEMENTO MORI AND FEDE RING WITH SKULL AND CROSSED BONES 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D. A silver memento mori and fede ring combined, composed of a Dsection hoop formed as clasped hands, the arms engraved with delicate foliate sprigs and inscribed 'SEMPER' 'FIDELIS' for 'always faithful', discoid bezel with raised centre engraved with two standing winged and nimbate figures, robed and facing each other, Christian cross between and in left and right fields, stylised skull and crossed bones above. 1 in. (13.85 grams, 26.15 mm overall, 19.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8½, Europe 18¾, Japan 18)). Fine condition. £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

499

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Ex California, USA, collection formed since the late 1960s. European art market before the late 1990s.

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500

SILVER MEMENTO MORI RING WITH SKULLS CIRCA 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D. A silver memento mori ring with wavy central hoop, flared shoulder and square bezel, hoop base inscribed 'memento mori' between parallel wavy lines, shoulders with deep, dense floral and foliate motifs, bezel with two stylised skulls above crossed bones, gloved hand reaching towards thistle above, bird perched on hand, stars in field. 1 in. (11.69 grams, 25.96 mm overall, 21.35 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Y, USA 12, Europe 27.51, Japan 26)). Fine condition. A large wearable size. £400 - 600

500

PROVENANCE:

Ex California, USA, collection formed since the late 1960s. European art market before the late 1990s.

501

GEORGIAN SILVER POSY ROPE RING 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D. A silver posy ring with faux ropework hoop, each strand engraved with a floral sprig or French inscription. ⅞ in. (9.14 grams, 22.43 mm overall, 18.23 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P½, USA 7¾, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)). Fine condition. £300 - 400

501

PROVENANCE:

Ex California, USA, collection formed since the late 1960s. European art market before the late 1990s.

502

TUDOR 'THAMES' 'TWO HEARTS UNITED' POSY RING WITH GARNET CIRCA 1550-1600 A.D. A latten ring composed of a slender hoop bearing French inscription 'Deux Coeurs Unis': 'Two Hearts United', lozenge-shaped bezel set with garnet crystal. ¾ in. (1.14 grams, 20 mm overall, 16.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4¾, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £200 - 300

502

PROVENANCE:

Found Thames foreshore, Butler's Warf, London, UK, early 1980s. Acquired from the finder by the vendor's father c.1982. From the private collection of a Dorset lady. Accompanied by an old handwritten cataloguing slip.

503

FRENCH FINIAL FIGURE OF A BISHOP SAINT 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D. A gilt copper-alloy figure of a bishop saint standing robed and nimbate, holding a crosier across his body and a clasped bible in his left hand; VI incised to reverse of nimbus; U-section channel to reverse; mounted on a custom-made display stand; possibly Burgundy origin. 2⅞ in. (4⅞ in.) (58 grams, 73 mm high (97 grams total, 12.5 cm high including stand)). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Guy Onghena, Belgium. Ex central London gallery.

503

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RELIQUARY WITH WAISTCOAT FABRIC OF POPE PIUS VII 14 AUGUST 1742-20 AUGUST 1823 A.D. A reliquary composed of an oval body, behind one glass door a piece of paper with handwritten note 'waistcoat of P.Pius VII (Bishop Miliner's writing)' and 'part of the waistcoat of P.Pius VII ? Bishop of Castabala', fragment of fabric behind the other door, coat of arms of the Holy See and Vatican City above. 3⅞ in. (64.3 grams, 97 mm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Acquired 1960s-1970s. From the estate of a deceased Suffolk, UK, collector.

505

TUDOR AGE GILT GRIFFIN MOUNT 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D. A gilt griffin mount, the mythical animal seated right on a ground line, head forwards, feathered texture to wings; mounted on a custommade display stand. 1½ in. (25.6 grams total, 40 mm high including stand). Very fine condition. £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

German art market before 2000. With a European gentleman living in the UK. Property of a Surrey gentleman.

506 ‡

FRENCH SILVERED BRASS RETICULATED CASKET 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D. An openwork reticulated desktop cast brass coffret, elaborately engraved and silvered, margins framed with an elaborate foliate pattern over antique umber-coloured velvet; lockable, complete with key. 5⅝ in. (530 grams, 14.2 cm wide). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Rob Michiels, Bruges, Belgium. Private North American collection.

506

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Natural History Also see lots 6000 - 6577

Lots 507 - 520

507

METEORITE COLLECTION A mixed group of nine meteorite specimens mounted on custommade display stands, held in collector's cases or in collector's bags, each accompanied by a metal identification tag or other identifying label: 'Uruacu, Goias, Brazil, found 1992. Iron. Octahedrite, coarse (IAB) total known weight-72.5 kg'; 'Taza (NWA 859), Morocco, found 2000, Iron. Plessitic octahedrite (UNGR), total known weight-200 kg'; 'NWA 869 North West Africa, found 2000 or 2001, Chondrite L4-6, S3, 2MT, W1, 38.70 g, individual'; 'Canyon Diablo, Coconino County, Arizona, USA, found 1891, Iron. Octahedrite, coarse (IAB), total known weight > 30,000 kg'; 'Gao-Guenie, Gourounsi, Burkina Faso, Africa, Fell 1960, March 5, 1700 hours, Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H5), total known weight >300 kg'; 'NWA 6422, found 2010, Chondrite L3.5, S2, 310g, W1, 13.09g, full slice'; 'Camel Donga, Nullarbor Plain, W Australia, fell January 1984, Monomict Eucrite, >25kg, 10.67g, individual'; 'Unclassified poss CV3, Morocco, found 2009, Chondrite Pos CV3, 37.02g, individual'; 'Seymchan, Magadan Oblast, Russia, found June 1967, Pallasite PMG, 380 kg, 3.84g, part slice.' ⅝ - 2¼ in. (232 grams total, 1.5-5 cm wide (300 grams total including stands)). Fine condition. [9, No Reserve] £400 - 600

507

PROVENANCE:

Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. All accompanied by either an identification card or aluminium identification tag.

508

HADROSAUR DINOSAUR EGG PAIR CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P. A pair of Charonosaurus sp. hadrosaur eggs on a matrix retaining evidence of the original leathery surface. 10 in. (4.9 kg, 25.5 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

509

LARGE AFRICAN 'T-REX' DINOSAUR FOSSIL TOOTH CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 100 MILLION YEARS B.P. 508

A large fossil Carcharodontosaurus saharicus tooth, showing serrations; supplied in a display frame. 2½ in. (4⅜ 4⅜ in.) (65 grams total, 65 mm (11 x 11 cm including case)). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

Private Shropshire, UK, collection.

510

AFRICAN 'T-REX' FOSSIL TOOTH CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P. A large dinosaur tooth from Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (African 'T-Rex'), serration clearly visible and some good enamel. 3¼ in. (57 grams, 81 mm). Fine condition. £350 - 450 PROVENANCE:

From Tegana formation of the Sahara Desert, Morocco. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection. FOOTNOTES:

Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, often known as the African T-Rex, was one of the largest predators of all time; it was larger than its distant North American TRex cousin, and related to allosaurus and the South American giganotosaurus.

509

510

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511

LARGE NORTH AFRICAN 'T-REX' DINOSAUR FOSSIL TOOTH CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P. A large fossil Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (African 'T-rex') dinosaur tooth, with remains of enamelling and serration to both edges. 3⅛ in. (54 grams, 80 mm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Lincolnshire, UK, collection.

512

AFRICAN 'T-REX' FOSSIL TOOTH CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.

511

A large dinosaur tooth from Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (African 'T-Rex'), serration clearly visible and some good enamel. 3 in. (34 grams, 73 mm). Fine condition. £300 - 400 512

PROVENANCE:

Tegana formation, Sahara Desert, Morocco. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection. FOOTNOTES:

513

BRITISH ICHTHYOSAUR FOSSIL SKULL WITH EYE SOCKETS JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P. A good size British ichthyosaur fossil skull with orbital eye sockets in limestone matrix. 8⅝ in. (9.4 kg, 22 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

North Yorkshire Coast, UK. Stone Treasures, Midlands, UK, 2013. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

514

DEINOSUCHUS EXTINCT CROCODILE FOSSIL SKULL LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 82-73 MILLION YEARS B.P. A fossil crocodile skull from an extinct species, probably from the genus Deinosuchus. 20 in. (8.35 kg, 51 cm long). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Florida, USA. Stone Treasures, Midlands, UK, 2006. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

513

514

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515

MASSIVE FOSSIL MOSASAURUS ANCEPS JAWS CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 67-65 MILLION YEARS B.P. An exceptionally large and spectacular fossil Mosasaur dinosaur skull on matrix showing both sides of both upper and lower jaws, with dentition; the main skull compressed during fossilisation and thus fragmented but well preserved; the reverse of the matrix with applied plaster reinforcement. 55 x 39¼ in. (164 kg, 140 x 100 cm). Fine condition. £4,000 - 6,000

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PROVENANCE:

From the phosphate beds, Oved Zem, Morocco. From an East Anglian, UK, collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.10930-180710. FOOTNOTES:

The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.

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517

516

GIANT BRITISH FOSSIL AMMONITE JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200 MILLION YEARS B.P. A very large fossil ammonite Paracoroniceras sp. showing well preserved ribs; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 16¾ in. (18 kg, 42.5 cm high). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £600 - 800 PROVENANCE:

Lyme Regis, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, UK. Stone Treasures, Midlands, UK, 2006. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

517

GIANT FOSSIL AMMONITE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 120 MILLION YEARS B.P.

518

A very large Mantelliceras sp. fossil ammonite. 17 in. (10.4 kg, 43 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £400 - 600 PROVENANCE:

From the Agadir region, Morocco, North Africa. Private Shropshire, UK, collection.

518

LARGE FOSSIL AGADIR AMMONITE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-66 MILLION YEARS B.P. A very large Mellitella sp. fossil ammonite with well preserved ribs. 13⅜ in. (13.9 kg, 34 cm). Fine condition. [No Reserve] £300 - 400 PROVENANCE:

Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

519

MASSIVE MUSEUM-QUALITY AQUAMARINE BERYL

519

A huge museum-quality aquamarine beryl specimen. 10½ in. (2.46 kg, 26.7 cm). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £800 - 1,000 PROVENANCE:

From a secret Namibian mine. Stone Treasures, Midlands, UK, 2017. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. Accompanied by an old Stone Treasures information ticket.

520

LARGE MUSEUM-QUALITY HAEMATITE 'KIDNEY ORE' SPECIMEN A very large, museum-quality haematite 'kidney ore' specimen, with radiating structure and botryoidal surface. 10⅞ in. (19.8 kg, 27.5 cm wide). Extremely fine condition. [No Reserve] £500 - 700 PROVENANCE:

From a closed Peak District mine, Derbyshire, UK. UK trade, Hawkshead, Lake District, UK, 2011. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

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520

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every effort to precisely display the colours and condition of a Lot, TimeLine does not guarantee that a device displays them accurately. The Lot may vary slightly from those images. 5. Condition: items are briefly described with respect to condition using various phrases to signify the overall and general condition. It should be noted that items having significant age, sometimes being very ancient, often show minor blemishes and defects and these are considered to be normal and will not be individually described. Phrases used include: Restored - may be repaired or otherwise reinstated; possibly with some areas replaced; Fair Condition - may be fragmentary or obviously damaged; Fine Condition - usually essentially complete but may have minor damage or show restoration or repair; Very Fine Condition - usually complete and in good condition; may have some minor damage, restoration or repair; and Extremely Fine Condition - complete and better than average condition, without significant repair or restoration. Bidders are encouraged to carefully examine in person any Lot(s) for which they intend or do Bid for. It is not possible to note all marks or defects and neither TimeLine or the Auctioneer make any guarantee as to the physical quality or condition of any Lot(s). 6. Dating: dates may be given in several forms, as examples below: 527 AD - an item that bears a date upon it or that can otherwise be dated with precision; 6th century AD - an item that can be dated with considerable confidence to a specific period; Circa 6th century AD - an item that can be approximately dated by comparison with other pieces; Probably 6th century AD - an item that is likely to be of this period in the light of similar pieces; Possibly 6th century AD - an item that might be of this period by comparison with items of a broadly similar character; and Undated - no date is known or suggested for the piece. 6th Century AD or later – an item is dated to a specific period but may also be a revival of style of a later date. 7. Attributions: works of art attributions may be given in several forms, as examples below: Signed – a work bearing the signature of the named artist; Attributed to – a work of the period of the artist which may be in whole or in part the work of the artist named; Circle of – a work of the period of the artist and showing his influence; Follower of – a contemporary or nearly so work executed in the style of the artist; Manner of – a work executed in the style of the artist but of a later date; and After – a copy of any date of a work of the artist. 8. Other Descriptive Matters: some other words or phrases are used descriptively, as examples below: Style - an item made in the style of an earlier age but thought to be probably of later date. Archaistic - an item made in the style of a much earlier age; Grand Tour - an item usually of some age but in the style of an earlier age; After the Antique - an item made as a reproduction, usually of quite modern date; and Faux - used descriptively when the material used is probably imitative in character. 9. Lots including Archaeological or Cultural Property: a UK export licence from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, is required for Lots originating

from UK soil or territory leaving the UK and for such Lots of non-UK origin when leaving the EU. TimeLine will make applications for the necessary Cultural Property Export Licence as a ‘free of charge’ service to Buyers, where the Export Licence is legally required. If a Buyer requests for TimeLine to apply for an Export Licence where this is not legally required, an additional fee of £24 (VAT inclusive) will be invoiced to the Buyer. Buyers are advised to check concerning any Regulations applicable in their country of residence regarding importation and to enquire prior to bidding. The deferment of any Export Licence shall not be reason to cancel any bid nor to delay payment. 10. Lots including materials from Endangered Species: Buyers are responsible for obtaining a CITES licence when required for the export from the UK of any item(s) made of or containing materials such as ivory, tortoiseshell, rhinoceros horn, whalebone, etc. 11. Import Licences: Buyers are responsible for checking and ensuring compliance with any regulations applicable in their country of residence regarding importation. 12. Copyright: all cataloguing text, images and other material published by TimeLine whether physically or electronically is the property of TimeLine and may not be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system or otherwise transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written consent of TimeLine. 13. General Conduct of Auction: TimeLine shall have absolute discretion as to lots offered for sale, lots withdrawn and the conduct of any Auction. TimeLine shall have absolute discretion to refuse entry, decline bids and expel any person from the Auction whether present in person or by agent or proxy or attending by way of any electronic media or telecommunications. 14. Viewing: all Lots are available to view. All prospective Bidders are advised to view any Lot(s) prior to bidding and the Bidder must form their own opinion before bidding. Public viewing arrangements will be advised in advance of the Date of Sale and private viewing can be arranged at the TimeLine premises by appointment. 15. Lot Descriptions: all Lots are offered ‘as seen’ and ‘as is’ and are available for inspection. The Buyer is obligated to make all and any enquiries he wishes as to the accuracy and authenticity of any sale description (including Condition, Dating and Attributions, as set out in clauses 5-7).The principle of caveat emptor applies except where expressly excluded by operation of law. While materials (such as catalogues) are vetted by an external committee of experts, TimeLine do not make or give any guarantee, warranty or representation or undertake any duty of care in relation to the description, illustrations or photographs of any Lot, including condition, quality, provenance, authenticity, background, style, period, age, origin, value and estimated selling price. TimeLine undertakes no obligation to examine, investigate or carry out any tests either in sufficient depth or at all to establish the accuracy or otherwise of any description or opinions given by TimeLine whether in the catalogue or elsewhere. Lots comprising Groups are sold strictly subject to them not being returnable for any reason whatsoever; the provisions set out under clause 43 are specifically excluded in respect of such Lots. For coins that have been authenticated, graded and encapsulated ('slabbed') by an independent grading company, no guarantee of any kind is offered by TimeLine. Buyers should note that removal or attempted removal from any slab will immediately void any independent guarantee that might have been offered by that grading company. 16.

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available for inspection. TimeLine will provide a report on the physical condition of any Lot on request. Bidders should note that reports are provided as a free service to interested Bidders. Descriptions therein are not warranties and all Lots are offered ‘as seen’ and ‘as is’. 17. Estimates: estimates are for general guidance only and Lots may sell outside their indicated range(s). Bidders must make their own assessment as to the value of any Lot and conduct their bidding accordingly. 18. Reserves: Lots may be subject to a Reserve Price set by the Seller, at a level not exceeding the low estimate, below which bids cannot be accepted; TimeLine reserves the right to bid on behalf of a Seller, up to the amount of any Reserve Price. 19. Buyer’s Premium: the Buyer’s Premium is 30% of the Hammer Price [inclusive of VAT] for all successful Bidders. Use of the TimeLine Auctions online inhouse bidding service is free of additional charge. For those using any other internet bidding platforms, the provider’s normal charges at up to 6% (inclusive of VAT) will be payable by the Buyer in addition to the Buyer’s Premium. 20. Registration and Bidding: all prospective Bidders must register their personal details with TimeLine before bidding and a Bidder Number will be allocated for their use in relation to a specific sale; prospective Bidders will be asked to provide proof of identity and address. TimeLine reserves its right to refuse any Bidder or any Bid at its discretion. A deposit in accordance with clause 27 may be required before accepting any Bid(s). The Bidder Number must be shown by Bidders to the Auctioneer when placing a bid and by the successful Bidder when the Lot is Knocked Down. The auctioneer shall conduct the Auction at his sole discretion for all matters, accept Bids from any source and may exercise bids on behalf of absent Bidders or on behalf of Sellers up to any Reserve Price. Bidding shall be in pounds sterling only and generally in accordance with the increments set out below: a. £0 to £99 – in increments of £5 b. £100 to £199 – in increments of £10 c. £200 to £499 – in increments of £20 d. £500 to £999 – in increments of £50 e. £1000 to £1999 – in increments of £100 f. £2000 to £4,999 – in increments of £200 g. £5000 to £9,999 – in increments of £500 h. £10000 to £19,999 – in increments of £1,000 i. £20000 to £49,999 – in increments of £2,000 j. £50000 to £99,999 – in increments of £5,000 k. £100,000 to £249,999 – in increments of £10,000 l. £250,000 and up – in minimum increments of £20,000 21. Absentee Bidding/Auto Bidding: Registered Bidders may leave absentee/auto Bids in advance of a live Auction directly through the TimeLine website or in writing by mail, email, fax or other delivery means and will be automatically exercised at the Reserve Price or at one bid increment above any competing Bid up to the submitted maximum Bid amount. 22. Commission Bidding: while Bidders are advised to attend the Auction and to bid

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in person, TimeLine will accept written instructions in advance of a live Auction from a Registered Bidder to personally execute bids on behalf of the Bidder up to a stated maximum. Unlimited bids or bids to ‘buy’ will not be accepted. In the event of identical bids being received from more than one Bidder, the earliest received will have priority. TimeLine offers this as a free service for live Auctions but] no liability is accepted for any errors in bidding or in the event that a Bid is not placed. A deposit may be required In accordance with clause 27. 23. Internet Bidding: live, real-time bidding is available to Bidders through the TimeLine website for all live Auctions. Bidders intending to use any other internet bidding service must Register in advance with that service and the provider’s normal charges at up to 6% (VAT inclusive) will be payable in addition to the Buyer’s Premium. It is entirely the responsibility of the Bidder using any bidding service to ensure that Bids are made accurately; Bids cannot be retracted once made and are binding on the Bidder in all circumstances. TimeLine are not responsible for any technical or other failure which results in Bids not being received. 24. Telephone Bidding: facilities for telephone bidding are available at live Auctions at the discretion of TimeLine for Bidders on Lots with a low estimate in excess of £250 and must be booked and confirmed in advance. It is a condition for acceptance by TimeLine of any telephone bidding request that the Bidder undertakes to execute a minimum Bid at the low estimate sum. TimeLine offers telephone bidding as a free service but no liability is accepted for any errors or in the event that a connection cannot be made or is interrupted before the Lot is Knocked Down. 25. Agents: all Bidders making Bids through any means shall be deemed to be acting as principal in their bidding and shall be directly and fully liable for all Bid amounts, Buyer’s Premium and any other charges or costs. If any prospective Bidder wishes to appoint a person to bid on their behalf, then this must be agreed and authorised in writing by TimeLine in advance of the Auction. A deposit may be required in accordance with clause 27. 26. Value Added Tax: VAT is charged on an inclusive basis, under the Auctioneer’s Margin Scheme on all Buyer's Premiums and other charges. For some items, such as investment gold, modern jewellery and gemstones, where marked with a ‘dagger’ (†) symbol, VAT on the Hammer Price will be payable in addition. Where import duties are payable, these lots are marked with symbols ‡ Ω at the corresponding rates. 27. Deposits: Timeline reserves the right to request a deposit in certain circumstances. The amount of the deposit will be set by Timeline. If a Bid is not placed the deposit will be paid back within a reasonable timeframe after the close of the auction. In case of a successful bid, the deposit will be reduced from the Purchase Price payable by the Buyer. 28. Payment: the Purchase Price becomes due and payable when the Lot is Knocked Down by the Auctioneer. Requests and Statements detailing the purchase information will be sent out by email or post; Bidders may be telephoned or otherwise contacted when payment is not received promptly or where there are queries in any respect. a. The full Purchase Price must be paid in Pounds Sterling and can be made by bank transfer (for transfers from outside the UK, subject to payment of an additional £10 overseas bank transaction fee), by cash up to the value of £7,000, by cheque from a UK bank (subject to clearance) or by bank debit card or credit card (up to a maximum of £500). It is the responsibility of the Buyer to ensure that TimeLine receives the correct amount payable. b. Unless agreed by TimeLine in writing

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in advance of the Auction, the Buyer must pay the Purchase Price in full in cleared funds to TimeLine by no later than 4.30pm on the third working day following the Date of Sale. In case of delayed payment, clause 32 applies. 29. Title, Risk and Insurance: Title to any Lot is retained by the Seller until the Purchase Price and all other sums payable by the Buyer have been paid in full in cleared funds to TimeLine; at this point, Title will transfer from the Seller to the Buyer. Risk for the Lot passes to the Buyer at the time the Lot is Knocked Down to the Bidder. TimeLine does not hold property insured after the Lot has been Knocked Down. 30. Collection of Lots and Storage: Once the Buyer has paid the Purchase Price in full, TimeLine will release the Lot to the Buyer for collection. The Buyer must collect, or arrange the collection of, all purchases from the location advised by TimeLine by 4.30pm on the seventh working day following the Date of Sale.

33. Limitation of Liability: The Auctioneer has obtained insurance cover in respect of its own legal liability for individual claims. The limits and exclusions in this clause reflect the insurance cover the Auctioneer has been able to arrange and the Buyer is responsible for making his own arrangements for the insurance of any excess loss. Timeline will under no circumstances be liable to the Buyer, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising under or in connection with the contract for: a. any loss of profits, sales, business or revenue b. loss of business opportunity c. an indirect or consequential loss. Our total liability to you for all losses arising under or in connection to the contract, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, will in no circumstances exceed £500.

TimeLine may provide the Buyer with a quotation and contact details for the services of Mail Boxes Etc on TimeLine documentation (any storage/shipping contract is between the Buyer and Mail Boxes Etc). The Buyer may arrange a service of their choice for collection, packing and shipping services. Lots not collected by the seventh working day following the Date of Sale will be moved to storage at a transfer cost of £20 plus VAT per Lot and storage charges will thereafter be applied at the rate of £1.90 plus VAT per Lot per day until collected; no Lots may be removed/released to the Buyer until all storage and transfer costs have been paid in full. In the event that the accrual of storage charges reaches 50% of the Hammer Price paid or after the expiration of three months from the transfer date, whichever occurs first, Timeline reserve the right to re-sell any and all Lots stored without notice and in any manner at their sole discretion and to apply any proceeds in defrayment of such costs. The Buyer will be entitled to receive any credit balance above the amount of the costs on request but will remain liable for any deficit.

Nothing in the Contract limits any liability which cannot legally be limited, including but not limited to liability for: a. death or personal injury caused by negligence; b. fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; and c. breach of the terms implied by section 12 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1979 (title and quiet possession).

31. Delivery by TimeLine: at the absolute discretion of TimeLine, TimeLine may, on request, directly arrange delivery of certain Lots to the address registered to the Buyer, on payment by the Buyer to TimeLine of any advised handling and delivery charge.

36. Anti-Money Laundering: TimeLine’s Anti-Money Laundering Policy sets out TimeLine’s policy for ensuring compliance anti-money laundering legislation that applies to some of TimeLine’s activities. TimeLine may amend this policy from time to time.

32. Remedies for Buyer’s Failure to Make Payment and/or Remove Lots: if the Purchase Price and/or all sums payable are not paid in full when they fall due and/or the Lot is not removed in accordance with these terms, TimeLine may without further notice to the Buyer be entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights: a. To terminate the agreement immediately for breach of contract; b. To retain possession of the Lot; c. To remove and/or store the Lot at the Buyer’s expense, as detailed at clause 30at a cost to the Buyer of £20 + VAT for the transfer per Lot plus a daily cost of £1.90 plus VAT per Lot for the storage; d. To take legal proceedings against the Buyer for payment of any sums due to TimeLine by the Buyer; e. To be paid interest on any monies due to TimeLine at the annual rate of 8% per annum from time to time to be calculated on a daily basis from the date upon which such monies became payable until the date of actual payment; f. To sell the Lot without a Reserve Price at Auction or by any other means and apply any proceeds against the amount owing by the Buyer to TimeLine; g. To apply any monies received from the Buyer in payment or part payment of any sums due from the Buyer to TimeLine under these terms; h. To refuse to allow the Buyer to register for a future Auction or to reject a bid from the Buyer at a future Auction.

This clause 33 shall survive termination of the Contract. 34. Buyer’s Indemnity: the Buyer agrees to indemnify TimeLine on a full indemnity basis against all legal and other costs, all losses and expenses incurred as a result of TimeLine taking steps under clause 33. 35. Use of your personal information: TimeLine will only use the Seller’s personal information as set out in their privacy policy. TimeLine may amend this policy from time to time. Where Timeline processes any personal data, it will comply with the requirements and obligations under the Data Protection Legislation.

37. Sale of Goods Act: The terms implied by sections 13 to 15 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded. 38. Severance: If any provision or partprovision of these terms and conditions is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal and enforceable. If such modification is not possible, the relevant provision or partprovision shall be deemed deleted. Any modification to or deletion of a provision or part-provision under this clause shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of the terms and conditions. 39. Amendments: TimeLine may amend these Terms and Conditions from time to time. Please check our website for our latest terms and conditions. 40. No waiver: No failure or delay by TimeLine to exercise any right or remedy provided under the these Terms and Conditions or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. 41. Third-Party rights: These Terms & Conditions are between Timeline and a Seller. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of these terms.

42. Governing Law: these terms and conditions and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including noncontractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of England and Wales. 43. Jurisdiction: the Bidder irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these terms and conditions or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims). At the sole discretion of TimeLine, the auctioneer may instigate any proceedings within the jurisdiction of the bidder's country of residence. 44. Disputes: in the event that the Buyer has any dispute in relation to any Lot, not being a Lot described as a Group, Collection or other term indicating that the lot comprises more than one object, (such lots being sold cannot be returned in accordance with clause 15), which has been sold, that dispute must be notified to TimeLine in writing within 14 days following the Date of the Sale in order that TimeLine can hold the proceeds pending resolution of the dispute. In the event of deliberate forgery being claimed for any Lot, the Buyer shall submit two opinions in writing from recognised experts for consideration; the inability of different experts to agree shall not be sufficient grounds. No liability is accepted by TimeLine for any costs/losses of the Buyer, including but not limited to fees, shipping, loss of profit, consequential costs or any other matters beyond the Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium. In all cases, any item must be returned to TimeLine, strictly in the condition it was in at the date of the sale being held; Buyers are advised that any form of destructive examination or testing undertaken will result in claims being rejected; claims resulting from results of tests under a scientific process not generally accepted for use at the Date of the Sale or which were unreasonably expensive in relation to the estimates for the lot or impractical or likely to have caused damage to the Lot at the Date of the Sale will not be allowed. TimeLine will have no liability to the Buyer after a period of 14 days as then TimeLine will release monies and make payments to Sellers.

Seller’s Terms and Conditions 1. Interpretations and Definitions: the following terms generally apply within these Terms and Conditions; other terms are defined within specific sections following: Auctioneer – the firm TimeLine Auctions Ltd (“TimeLine” hereafter) or its authorised auctioneer, acting as Agent for the Seller. TimeLine is a company registered in England and Wales (company no: 06873501) with registered office at 40 Kilmarnock Drive, Luton, LU2 7YP, UK. The website and telephone number are https://timelineauctions.com and +44 (0) 1277 815121. Agent – a person or body acting on behalf of another. ALR – Art Loss Register - All lots with an upper Estimate value of £1,000 and above and all ancient Western Asiatic lots are searched against the Art Loss Register database. Auction – a sale event whether taking place live in real-time or of extended duration (Timed Auction). Bid – a sum offered by a Bidder to purchase the Lot. Bidder – the person offering a Bid. Buyer – the person who the Lot is Knocked Down to. Date of Sale – the date on which the Auctioneer Knocks Down the Lot. Data Protection Legislation –all applicable data protection and privacy legislation in force from time to time in the UK including

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the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (83) (GDPR); the Data Protection Act 2018; the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive 2002/58/EC (as updated by Directive 2009/136/EC) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2426) as amended, and any and all applicable national data protection laws made under or pursuant to the GDPR, as may be amended or superseded from time to time. Estimate – the estimate for any Lots as set out in the Property Receipt. Group – any Lot comprising more than one item. Hammer Price – the amount of the winning bid when Knocked Down by the Auctioneer to a Bidder. Knock(ed/ing) Down – the act of the Auctioneer in bringing the Hammer down to complete the contract for the sale of the Lot to the Bidder submitting the highest bid. Lot – the goods for sale. Net Proceeds-the Hammer Price less the Selling Commission and any charges or expenses levied at Timeline’s discretion in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. Purchase Price – the total sum due for any Lot, including the Hammer Price, the Buyer’s Premium, any internet bidding fees, any shipping charges, taxes, duties or any other costs payable to TimeLine. Reserve Price – the minimum Hammer Price at which a Lot may be Knocked Down Seller – the person offering the Lot for sale. Selling Commission – the sum due to TimeLine from the Seller in accordance with clause 10. Timed Sale –in relation to an unsold Lot, a 28 day timeframe to allow a sale post Auction in accordance with clause 15. Title – legal rights of ownership of the Lot. Unsold Fee – 6% (VAT inclusive) of the Reserve Price. Withdrawal Fee – the fee payable to TimeLine in the event the Seller withdraws a Lot in accordance with clause 14, which shall be 6% (VAT inclusive) of the low Estimate or Reserve Price, whichever is higher.

cleared funds to TimeLine; at this point, Title will transfer from the Seller to the Buyer. Risk for the Lot passes to the Buyer at the time the Lot is Knocked Down to the Bidder. TimeLine does not hold any Lot insured after the Lot has been Knocked Down.

2. Application: the singular includes the plural and vice versa and any reference to ‘he’, ‘she’ or ‘it’ applies to all of them.

This clause 8 shall survive termination of the Contract.

3. Basis of Contract: a. These terms and conditions apply to the exclusion of any other terms that the Seller seeks to impose or incorporate, or which are implied by trade, custom, practice or course of dealing. b. Each Seller is required to read the terms and conditions attached to the Property Acceptance/Receipt and acknowledges that he/she has read, accepted and acknowledged the terms of such attachment, in advance of signing the same. c. As auctioneer, TimeLine acts solely for, and in the interest of, the Seller. 4. Copyright: all cataloguing text, images and other material published by TimeLine (including in relation to any Lot) whether physically or electronically is the property of TimeLine and may not be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system or otherwise transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written consent of TimeLine. Timeline does not guarantee that a device accurately displays the colours and condition of a Lot. 5. Rights to Photographs, Illustrations and Documents: the Seller grants to Timeline full and absolute right to photograph or illustrate any Lot and to use such photographs or illustrations, and any photographs, illustrations or documents provided by the Seller, at any time and at TimeLine’s absolute discretion (whether or not in connection with any Auction). 6. Title, Risk and Insurance: Title to any Lot is retained by the Seller until the Purchase Price and all other sums payable by the Buyer have been paid in full in

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7. Seller’s Representations and Warranties: in submitting any Lot for sale, the Seller warrants and represents to TimeLine the matters set out in the Property Acceptance/Receipt and Seller’s statement of provenance. The Seller will be asked to provide proof of identity and address. 8. Limitation of Liability: The Auctioneer has obtained insurance cover in respect of its own legal liability for individual claims. The limits and exclusions in this clause reflect the insurance cover the Auctioneer has been able to arrange and the Seller is responsible for making his own arrangements for the insurance of any excess loss. Timeline will under no circumstances be liable to the Seller, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising under or in connection with the Contract for: a. any loss of profits, sales, business or revenue; b. loss of business opportunity; and c. an indirect or consequential loss. TimeLine’s total liability to the Seller for all losses arising under or in connection to the Contract, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, will in no circumstances exceed £500. Nothing in these terms and conditions limits any liability which cannot legally be limited, including but not limited to liability for: a. death or personal injury caused by negligence; b. fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; and c. breach of the terms implied by section 12 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1979 (title and quiet possession).

9. Seller’s Indemnity: the Seller shall indemnify and hold TimeLine harmless from all claims and all direct, indirect or consequential losses (including loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and similar losses), costs, proceedings, damages and expenses (including legal and other professional fees and expenses) awarded against or incurred or paid by TimeLine as a result or in connection with: a. any breach of the warranties referred to in clause 7; b. any claim made against TimeLine concerning the authenticity of any Lot; c. any alleged or actual infringement, whether or not under English law, of any third party’s Intellectual Property Rights or other rights arising out of the Auction or sale of the Lot. 10. Selling Commission: The standard rate of selling commission payable to TimeLine shall be 18% of the Hammer Price (VAT inclusive). 11. Additional Charges: TimeLine may levy additional charges regarding: a. Collection of goods from Seller’s premises, storage of goods submitted for sale by a Seller and storage of Lots unsold in accordance with clause 15; b. Further charges at the discretion of TimeLine on advance warning to the Seller for any unusual research, special or additional imaging, testing, consultation with external specialists, conservation, cleaning or other services concerned with presenting the Lot, including VAT or other taxes or duties as applicable. c. All items submitted for sale in the 'Western Asiatic' category (other than items designated as 'style') and all lots over £1000

will incur an administration charge of £6.00 (VAT inclusive) per item for additional checking, including searches against the ALR. 12. Lots: all goods submitted to TimeLine will be lotted, catalogued and offered by live auction sale, limited timed auction sale, 'buy it now' direct sale or other method at the sole discretion of TimeLine; antiquities, antiques and collectables Lots with a low Estimate of £200 or less and coin Lots with a low Estimate of £100 or less will not normally be illustrated in any printed catalogue and printed text entries may be minimised (images and full text will always be shown on the TimeLine website); Estimates are provided for information only and Hammer Prices may differ from the estimated range. 13. Reserve Price: The Seller may set a Reserve Price on any Lot where the low Estimate exceeds £120 subject to agreeing that an Unsold Fee will become payable to Timeline for any such Reserved Lot which fails to sell; in addition the Seller agrees that the auctioneer may accept a bid received at one bid increment or 10% of the Reserve Price (whichever is higher) below the Reserve Price sum if necessary to sell the Lot. 14. Withdrawal of Lots: Once entered for sale, Lots may be withdrawn by the Seller only upon the agreement of TimeLine and payment to TimeLine of the Withdrawal Fee; a Withdrawal Fee will also be payable should any post-Sale offer be received in accordance with clause 14 but not accepted by the Seller. TimeLine reserves the absolute right to withdraw any Lot from sale for any reason in which circumstance no Withdrawal Fee will be payable. The Seller is thereafter responsible for collection of any Lot which has been withdrawn and clause 15 applies. 15. Unsold Lots and Storage: in the event that a Lot is not sold no Selling Commission is payable unless the Lot was subject to a Reserve Price in which case a sum of 6% (VAT inclusive)of the Reserve Price is payable by the Seller to TimeLine. TimeLine shall retain possession of unsold Lots for a period of twenty-eight days from the date of any Auction for entry into any Timed Sale or against the possibility of receiving post-Sale offers for such Lots. The Seller is thereafter responsible for collection of any unsold goods immediately after this period and Lots will be released after any charges due have been paid in full. Lots not removed by 4.30pm on the seventh working day after the due date will be moved to storage at a transfer cost of £20 plus VAT per Lot and storage charges will thereafter be applied at the rate of £1.90 plus VAT per Lot per day until collected; no Lots may be removed until any storage or other amounts due to TimeLine have been paid in full. In the event that the accrual of storage charges reaches 50% of the Reserve Price or after the expiration of three months from the transfer date, whichever occurs first, Timeline reserve the right to re-sell any and all Lots stored without notice and in any manner at their sole discretion and to apply any proceeds in defrayment of such costs. The Seller will be entitled to receive any credit balance above the amount of the costs on request but will remain liable for any deficit. 16. Payment to Sellers: the Net Proceeds of the Auction will become due and payable to the Seller 30 days following the Date of Sale provided that TimeLine have received cleared payment of the Purchase Price in full from the Buyer. 17. Use of your personal information: TimeLine will only use the Seller’s personal information as set out in their privacy policy. TimeLine may amend this policy from time to time. Where Timeline processes any personal data, Timeline will comply with the requirements and obligations under the Data Protection Legislation. 18.

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Anti-Money Laundering Policy sets out TimeLine’s policy for ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering legislation that applies to some of TimeLine’s activities. TimeLine may amend this policy from time to time. 19. Sale of Goods Act: The terms implied by sections 13 to 15 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded. 20. Severance: If any provision or partprovision of these terms and conditions is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal and enforceable. If such modification is not possible, the relevant provision or partprovision shall be deemed deleted. Any modification to or deletion of a provision or part-provision under this clause shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of the terms and conditions. 21. Amendments: TimeLine may amend these Terms and Conditions from time to time. Please check our website for our latest terms and conditions. 22. No waiver: No failure or delay by TimeLine to exercise any right or remedy provided under the these Terms and Conditions or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. 23. Third-Party rights: These Terms & Conditions are between Timeline and a Seller. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of these terms. 24. Governing Law: these terms and conditions and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including noncontractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of England and Wales. 25. Jurisdiction: each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these terms and conditions or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).