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EGYPTIAN APPLIQUÉ WITH APHRODITE ‡ PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
3 in. (85 grams, 86 mm)
Fragment from a representation of the nude Aphrodite in high-relief, crouching with her left knee raised and her right knee touching the ground, holding her long hair with her hands and wearing a diadem on her head; an appliqué from a vessel with minor filling at the right thigh.
£700 - 900
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Somerset, England. with M.B., Los Angeles County, acquired 2014-2015 at a sale in the UK. with Ancient Resource, USA, Auction 70, 06 October 2018, no.7.
2
EGYPTIAN FAIENCE FIGURE OF NEFERTUM ‡ PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
5 in. (71 grams total, 13 cm including stand)
Turquoise faience standing figure of Nefertum in a striding pose with arms at the sides, sporting a black coloured tripartite wig surmounted by the god’s distinctive headdress consisting of a lotus flower with two plumes on top; a suspension loop at the back; repaired.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
Property from an American deceased estate, acquired between 1970 and 1989. with Bonham’s, London, 28 October 2009, no.81 [Part].
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EGYPTIAN THOTH AS IBIS AND MAAT FAIENCE AMULET ‡ PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
1 in. (22 grams total, 43 mm wide including stand)
On a wedge-shaped base and decorated in turquoise glaze; the ibis’s beak resting on a diminutive figure of the goddess Maat; suspension loop on the neck of the bird; collector’s inventory number E509’ on the underside; accompanied by a custom-made display base.
£1,200 - 1,700
PROVENANCE:
Ex Reine Margot, 1973.
Ex R. Liechti (1934-2010) Geneva, Switzerland, collection between 1950-1990s.
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EGYPTIAN STRIDING SILVER AMUN-RE FIGURE
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2½ in. (14.6 grams, 63 mm)
Advancing on a rectangular base, wearing a kilt and shuti, a twofeather adornment, for the crown.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE:
Mr F.D. collection, acquired on the European art market, 1975 to present.
EGYPTIAN GLASS RING WITH HATHOR CAMEO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
1½ in. (17.65 grams, 39.43 mm overall, 20.51 mm internal diameter)
Pale green transparent glass hoop with ellipsoid bezel, bevelled edge inlaid with a darker glass low-relief facing mask of the goddess Hathor with cow’s ears and banded hairstyle.
£4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired between 1965-2020. Private collection, London.
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EGYPTIAN ROCK CRYSTAL HEART SCARAB
LATE PERIOD, 664-342 B.C.
1 in. (8.72 grams, 25 mm)
Carved in the round with ribbed loop to the underside, carapace and leg detailing.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: From a London and Home Counties collection, 1920-1940.
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EGYPTO-PHOENICIAN LAPIS LAZULI SCARAB WITH CARTOUCHE FOR THUTMOSE III ‡ LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (7.4 grams, 25 mm)
With carapace detailing to obverse, plaque with intaglio cartouche for the throne name of Thutmose III men-kheper-Re, winged scarab at one end and a central floral motif flanked by cornucopia at the other end.
£2,500 - 3,500
PROVENANCE:
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
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EGYPTIAN STEATITE FRAGMENTARY PECTORAL WITH CENTRAL SCARAB ELEMENT
NEW KINGDOM, 20TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1186-1069 B.C.
2¾ in. (4½ in.) (53 grams, 69 mm)
Obverse with scarab carved in high-relief and wing-case recessed to accept inlays (now absent), flanked by a small female goddess wearing a tall headdress, almost certainly Nephthys, with her arms raised in supplication; column with text to her rear, covered in gold foil.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: Eric Pascoe (d. 2019), Calenick House, Truro, Cornwall. Lodge & Thomas, Truro, Antiques & Fine Art Two Day Auction-Including the Ron Clifford Collection of Dinky & Britain’s Toys, 26-27 September 2019, no.684. with Bonhams, London, 8 December 2022, no.265.
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EGYPTIAN GRANITE SEATED FIGURE REPRESENTING OSIRIS ‡ MIDDLE KINGDOM, CIRCA 1800 B.C.
7 in. (4.1 kg, 18.7 cm)
Fragment of a statue of an official, comprising the torso and legs clad in an ankle-length robe and seated on a rectangular-section seat with stepped base and short, curved backrest and rear dorsal pillar; the left hand carved with the hand palm-downwards placed flat along the thigh; the right hand similarly placed but with the hand gripping a folded piece of cloth of which the ends are draped over the lower thigh above the knee; traces of an old label to reverse.
£4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Europe. with Bonham’s & Brooks, 8th November 2001, no.265.
Private collection, Europe.
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EGYPTIAN STONE STELA WITH PHARAOH, ISIS, HORUS AND THOTH ‡ PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
21 in. (19.45 kg total, 55 cm including stand)
Round-topped stela with decoration on two registers; the lunette, featuring a winged sun disc with pendant uraei; the main panel with a frieze in sunk relief depicting the pharaoh wearing the double crown, facing left offering the hieroglyphic symbol for ‘fields’; a goddess stands behind him, possibly Isis, wearing a tight-fitting robe and sporting a tall two-plumed headdress, with one hand raised in praise; facing the pharaoh is the falcon-headed god, possibly Horus or Herwer, wearing a double-crown, and behind him stands the ibis-headed Thoth wearing the Atef crown, both gods hold a was-sceptre; repaired, mounted on a custom-made stand.
£15,000 - 20,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the mid-1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF FISHING SCENE ‡
SAITE PERIOD, 664-525 B.C.
9 in. (675 grams, 23 cm wide including stand)
Irregular fragment of a low-relief frieze showing the hips and legs of two standing figures: left, torso with short kilt gathered at the waist and portions of legs below, body of a fish behind with long dorsal and ventral fins, small tail; right, torso of a figure similarly clad with right forearm and hand gripping a fishing line and upper portion of a fish attached; applied red-maroon pigment to skin areas; mounted in an old stand.
£12,000 - 17,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Europe. with Sotheby’s, London, July 1991, no.162. Acquired by the current owner from the above.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Sotheby’s catalogue pages.
FOOTNOTES:
The crisp and detailed carving and colour palette are reminiscent of reliefs from the grand Theban tomb of Montuemhat, Mayor and Fourth Priest of Amun (circa 700-650 B.C.).
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EGYPTIAN FLINT TOOL COLLECTION
PRE-DYNASTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
2 - 5¼ in. (165 grams total, 6.2-13.5 mm)
Including piriform scraper tool, single-edged knife with old label ‘Gull’s wing blade, Egypt’, curved blade with old label ‘Comma-shaped knife, Egypt’, sickle blade and other items with accompanying collector’s record card on reverse of a printed invitation to a garden party at Carisbrooke 4th July 1940. [6]
£700 - 900
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of Sydney Horne, 1920s-1940s.
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EGYPTIAN DECORATED WOODEN MASK FROM A MUMMY ‡ LATE PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
14 in. (677 grams, 36 cm)
Displaying semi-naturalistic detailing in relief, beneath a band of headdress ornament composed of rows of architectural dot-and-dash and zig-zag patterns over a segmental panel, possible hieroglyphs to the top tier; attachment pegs to the sides of the face and through the head; extensive remains of painted black pigmentation and composition fill to the eyes.
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE:
From a French estate, acquired between 1960 and 1980. with SAS Cornette de Saint Cyr Auction, Paris, Vente 882, Mobilier et Objets d’art, 2 December 2014, lot 69.
Accompanied by a copy of a French cultural passport no.167062. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Alberto Maria Pollastrini.
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EGYPTIAN WOODEN COW GIVING BIRTH DIORAMA WITH TWO FIGURES
MIDDLE KINGDOM, 11TH-12TH DYNASTY, 2023-1862 B.C.
3¾ - 6¼ in. (113 grams total, 9.5-16 cm)
Comprising three figures to represent a calving scene: a standing cow or other quadruped giving birth to its young, its head, neck and forelegs emerging from the mother’s rear, both with a black and white speckled coat; a standing male figure with articulated arms and pierced hands, wearing a kilt and cropped wig and with stylised facial detailing; a kneeling figure also with articulated arms, open-palm hands, wearing a kilt and cropped wig, stylised facial features; extensive remains of polychrome pigment. [3]
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE:
From an early 20th century Home Counties collection.
FOOTNOTES:
Such models would have been deposited in tombs; the purpose of such a scene was probably to evoke the season of spring, when calves were born, and the floodplain where farmers lived and raised their livestock.
VERY LARGE EGYPTIAN WOODEN HEAD OF OSIRIS
30TH DYNASTY-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 380-30 B.C.
20¾ in. (3.62 kg total, 52.5 cm high including stand)
Carved in the round head with plaster prepared surface; with integral Atef crown ornamented with lateral bronze ostrich plumes and uraeus to the brow; carved facial detailing with broad nose and small mouth; applied bronze braided beard with scrolled tip; ears pierced to accept earrings; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired by the family from an antiquities dealer in Egypt, October 1982.
Ex Dunkirk Manor, Theescombe, Stroud. Mr F.D. collection, acquired from the above.
Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.
FOOTNOTES:
This head likely originates from a large-scale standing figure of the underworld god Osiris. In contrast to the ubiquitous small bronze Osiris figurines found at cult sites throughout Egypt – which were left by pilgrims as votive offerings –large-scale wooden statues are much rarer. Their scarcity is partly due to the fragile nature of wood, which made such statues more susceptible to decay over time, but also because these larger figures were used in more specialised and exclusive ritual contexts. This is evidenced by the significant discovery of a large wooden Osiris statue in a cache of votive objects at Saqqara, associated with a temple shrine. The find suggests that the sizeable image of Osiris played an important role in religious ceremonies in the temple, where it presumably served as the focus of veneration. The Saqqara cache dates no later than the reign of Nectanebo II (360-343 B.C.), whose temple pavement covered it. However, the exact dating of the wooden statue is less certain, with estimates ranging from the New Kingdom to the 26th Dynasty.
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MONUMENTAL LEVANTINE-EGYPTIAN STONE HEAD OF A PHARAOH ‡
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C. OR LATER
17 in. (45.15 kg, 43 cm)
An over-life-size head of a pharaoh, likely from a monumental sphinx, wearing the royal nemes headdress with a prominent headband and the remains of a rearing uraeus on the brow with a single coil of the body on either side of the cobra’s hood, its tail extending towards the back of the headdress; the large, almond-shaped eyes prominently outlined, and unlike on some portraits, the cosmetic lines do not extend beyond the outer corner; the fragmentary nose almost spanning the width of the small mouth modelled with straight and somewhat pursed lips; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
£40,000 - 60,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Germany, 1975. European collection, 1980s-late 1990s. By descent from the above to the present owner.
Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.
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EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF WITH THE FIGURE OF THE GOD HAPI
LATE-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
15 in. (10.85 kg total, 38.5 cm high including stand)
A relief depicting the upper half of the Nile divinity facing right, sporting a slender beard with curved end, wearing a tripartite wig surmounted by a floral crown in the form of a clump of papyrus with bent buds, and an elaborate multi-strand beaded broad collar; the pendulous breast characteristic of this type of figure; with both upper arms angled right towards traces of a libation vase and possible stem of a lotus flower; traces of a vertical register line behind the figure’s head; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE: From the estate of the late designer Anthony Powell (1935-2021).
LARGE EGYPTIAN BRONZE STATUE OF KHONSU
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, 664-525 B.C.
10¾ in. (896 grams total, 27 cm including stand)
Standing in advancing pose on a rectangular base; the god modelled with a disc representing the full-moon surmounting a crescent new moon atop his head and fronted by a uraeus, the falcon-head sports a finely striated tripartite wig and with beaded silver wire frames to the (once inlaid) eyes; wearing a broad wesekh collar; the left arm bent and fist drilled to grip a staff, right arm straight to the side with similar drilled fist; pleated shendyt kilt and belt to the hips; mounted on a tiered socle base.
£30,000 - 40,000
PROVENANCE:
Smith family collection, Cambridge, UK since 1949. Private UK collection since 1978.
Accompanied by a scholarly note by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.
FOOTNOTES:
The moon god Khonsu (whose name means ‘wanderer’, referring to the passage of the moon across the sky) is known as a blood-thirsty sky-deity in the Pyramid Texts. In New Kingdom Thebes, however, he was regarded as a far more benevolent deity, being the child of Amun and Mut, and provided with his own temple at Karnak. There, he was considered to control destiny. Khonsu can appear in human form with a side-lock of youth, wearing an enveloping garment, and holding royal regalia, and also as a falcon-headed man with the full moon and crescent new moon headdress, as with this fine example. In his falcon-headed form he frequently holds an ankh symbol and a was-sceptre, for which the hands of this piece were drilled to accept the god’s well-known attributes.
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EGYPTIAN BRONZE STATUE OF NEITH
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5 in. (162 grams total, 12.7 cm including stand)
Modelled in the round in a striding pose wearing a tight-fitting robe and sporting the Red (deshret) Crown of Lower Egypt; eyes inlaid with silver, an elaborate ornamental collar to the chest; the right arm hanging at the side, the left arm bent at the elbow with hand clenched to accept a staff, possibly a papyrus sceptre; mounted on a custommade stand.
£2,500 - 3,500
PROVENANCE:
From a 1940s collection based on the base and remains of label verso.
From the Keane private collection, Kent, UK.
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EGYPTIAN BRONZE AMUN-MIN-KAMUTEF STATUETTE
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
8¼ in. (538 grams total, 21 cm high including stand)
Modelled in the round as a votive ithyphallic figure wearing a doubleplumed crown with a sun disc, holding a flail in his outstretched right
hand and his erect phallus in the left; mounted on a custom-made display base.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the London art market.
Ex ‘K’ collection, 1990-2020s.
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EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR NES-KHONSU
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 21ST-22ND DYNASTY, C. 1085-713 B.C.
4¾ in. (166 grams, 12.2 cm)
A pale blue-green faience mummiform shabti, with arms crossed and holding a hoe in each hand, wearing a tripartite wig with a headband with ties hanging down at the back; a seed bag suspended below the wig; the outline of the eyes, eyebrows, hoes, and seed bag painted black; a central column of hieroglyphs on the front reading: wsır šm yt n ımn ns- ns.w ‘The Osiris, chantress of Amun, Nes-Khonsu.’
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
Ex German private collection.
Acquired from Galerie BB-Antiken & Asiatika with stock reference no.366/08. From the private collection of a Belgian collector. Ex TimesAncient, Bristol, UK.
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EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA OF A CONCUBINE MIDDLE KINGDOM, 12TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1976-1793 B.C.
5¾ in. (69 grams, 14.6 cm)
D-shaped in section with tongue-shaped base, slender, long-limbed female figure modelled in the half-round with tightly curled, shoulder length hair, the chest and abdomen with linear and dotted decoration.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
From an old English deceased estate. Property of a London, UK, collector.
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EGYPTIAN CERAMIC STATUETTE OF THE GOD BES WEARING A FEATHER CROWN ‡ ROMAN PERIOD, 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
9½ in. (362 grams, 24 cm)
Standing on a pillar and wearing a feather crown and a panther skin cloak, his hands resting on his knees, large protruding ears and grimacing expression.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
The Erotica Collection Christian von Faber-Castell, Küsnacgt ZH, Switzerland, since the late 1970s.
25 ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF BAUBO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
6¼ in. (375 grams, 15.8 cm)
The squatting figure depicted nude, a garland upon her propoloma and thick braids falling on her shoulders, her legs bent and spread wide, her right hand touching her genitals and the left hand raised holding a lotus flower.
£700 - 900
PROVENANCE: with Superior Galleries, Los Angeles, USA. Ex Dr W. Benson Harer, Los Angeles, USA, March 1985.
EXHIBITED:
Robert & Frances Fullerton Museum or Art (RAFFMA), California State University from 1998-2023 (Reference No. EL01.098.1998)
MINOAN BROWN STONE STAMP SEAL
MID 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. in. (6.36 grams, 22 mm)
Discoid with keeled upper face, underside with a crouching twoheaded beast, open mouths with lolling tongues, the second head reaching towards a smaller hunting dog above.
£3,500 - 4,500
PROVENANCE:
From the late R. Priday collection, formerly of Brookmans Hall, Hertfordshire, UK, formed in the 20th century.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
MINOAN RED JASPER SEAL DEPICTING A LION ATTACKING A BULL ‡ LATE HELLADIC, CIRCA 1400-1300 B.C. OR LATER 1 in. (7.45 grams, 26 mm)
Of lentoid form with domed reverse, showing a lion attacking a bull from above with its jaws and claws sunken into the bull’s hindquarters, the bull shown standing with its head turned towards the lion in the act of trying to pry it off with its long horns; pierced horizontally.
£7,000 - 9,000
PROVENANCE: With Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Basel, prior 1980.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
PUBLISHED: John H. Betts, Corpus der Minoischen und Mykenischen Siegel, Band X, Die Schweizer Sammlungen, (Berlin 1980) 194, cat. nr. 219, doubted by the author.
LARGE GREEK GEOMETRIC TERRACOTTA OINOCHOE WITH SWASTIKAS ‡
8TH CENTURY B.C.
14 in. (2.04 kg, 35.5 cm)
With flared mouth, wide neck, bulbous body and ring foot, painted in brown and red matte glaze; geometric pattern spread over several registers separated by bundles of encircling stripes, triangles with hatching inside them, neck with metopes containing swastikas, rosettes and rhombuses with a band of rhombuses beneath; the shoulder with five line friezes arranged one above the other; the body decorated with meander and a band of rhombuses and triangles with hatching below, a broad black stripe (in places reddish as a result of misfiring) to the lower part; transition to the ring foot and ring foot painted black; wide strap handle attached to the shoulder and painted
on the outside with a wavy line framed by dots, edge stripes and three small stars, the connecting bar patterned with stripes; museum-quality restoration.
£5,000 - 7,000
PROVENANCE: Ex Madame P., Paris.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
FOOTNOTES:
Vessels of the Geometric period (900-700 BCE) are easily recognisable by their abstract decorative designs, which had their origin in woven textiles and baskets. While early period pottery typically has sparse geometric motifs on a black background, the amount of the decoration increased progressively to the point that objects from the late Geometric period are often entirely covered - in this example, even the strap handle.
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MYCENAEAN ‘WAVY LINE’ PAINTED ALABASTRON ‡
LATE HELLADIC IIIA PERIOD, 14TH-13TH CENTURY B.C.
2¾ in. (70 grams, 69 mm)
Formed with a squat globular body, everted rim and three lug handles to the shoulder; painted reddish-brown over a cream slip with concentric bands and rings to the mouth, neck, shoulder and base, larger solid undulating forms covering the lower body.
£1,200 - 1,700
PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Royal Athena Gallery, 2003.
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DAUNIAN TERRACOTTA OLLA ‡ SUBGEOMETRIC, 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
10 in. (2.33 kg, 25.5 cm wide)
With a deep body on round base, flaring mouth, short loop handles to the shoulders; pendant circle segments on interior of mouth; Metope-like frieze on shoulder with triglyphs and suspended triangles, U-shaped motif at the root of the handle, horizontal bands; monochrome ware.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: The estate of Hans-Ulrich Rutschmann, Switzerland, circa 1950s-1970s.
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GREEK MACEDONIAN BRONZE PYXIS ‡
8th century B.C.
3 in. (69 grams total, 75 mm)
‘Sickle-type’ pyxis composed of a lentoid-section body with integral bird protomes, incised detailing and scalloped openwork finial; lid elliptical in plan with a central stem crowned by a pierced discoid flange, also adorned with stylised bird protomes; corresponding perforations in lid and body used to fasten the component parts together. [2]
£700 - 900
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Germany in 2001.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
FOOTNOTES:
Two pyxides of similar form were found at Samos, but the type is believed to have originated in Macedonia.
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MYCENAEAN STRAIGHT-SIDED PAINTED ALABASTRON ‡ LATE HELLADIC IIIB PERIOD, 1300-1200 B.C.
3 in. (190 grams, 93 mm wide)
Drum-shaped with a sloping shoulder, short neck, trumpet-style neck and mouth and a gently rounded base; three loop handles at regular intervals around the shoulder; reddish-brown painted geometric bands and cross-hatching against a cream slip.
£1,200 - 1,700
PROVENANCE:
Ex private collection, Holland. Acquired from Royal Athena Gallery, 2003, stock no.LAE07/2500.
Accompanied by an original Royal Athena label.
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GREEK TERRACOTTA FEMALE PROTOME ‡ EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
7¾ in. (606 grams, 19.5 cm)
Mould-made female protome with oval face, graceful nose and typical archaic smile; forehead framed by snail-shell curls descending to shoulder-height; with a low polos with a central perforation and large disc earrings.
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE:
Ex Herbert A. Cahn, Kunst der Antike, Basel, 1997. with Paul and Vreny Vosseler-Studer, Riehen.
PUBLISHED:
Cat.9, Griechische und Etruskische Kunstwerke archaischer Zeit, (Basel 1998) no.19.
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GREEK TERRACOTTA FEMALE ANTEFIX ‡ ARCHAIC, 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
10½ in. (411 grams, 26 cm)
Mould-made figure of a female upper body with tall curved and conical headdress, hair dressed in braids falling to her shoulders and flanking her breasts, arms spread and right hand curled to grip a handle or sword-hilt; beneath, a tapering mounting peg for attachment to a roof.
£2,500 - 3,500
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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GREEK TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX OF A GODDESS ‡ ARCHAIC, 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
5¾ in. (78 grams, 13.1 cm)
Mould-made figure of a female upper body with tall headdress and arms spread, hands palm-upwards; beneath, a C-section channel for attachment to a roof.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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ARCHAIC GREEK TERRACOTTA SEATED GODDESS 5TH CENTURY B.C.
7 in. (412 grams, 18.2 cm)
Depicting the goddess seated on a high-backed throne and wearing a long dress, her hands resting on the lap.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: Acquired in Europe before 1996.
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MASSIVE ARCHAIC GREEK TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF A SEATED GODDESS DEMETER ‡ LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
22¾ in. (2.02 kg, 57.7 cm)
Seated on a high-backed throne, wearing a polos headdress with two long braids falling from underneath the headdress, wearing a long chiton fastened by a belt, the left arm raised, possibly once holding a dove; well marked facial features, slightly almond-shaped large symmetrical eyes with slightly raised eyelids, straight nose, strongly pronounced mouth with fleshy lips and shallow ears; traces of brown slip, repaired.
£4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE: with H.A.C., Basel, prior 1999.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report from Oxford Authentication.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
38
LARGE GREEK TERRACOTTA DRAPED STATUE IN PRAYING ATTITUDE ‡ 4TH CENTURY B.C.
14½ in. (1.53 kg, 37 cm)
Hollow-formed standing male in floor-length robe with copious sleeves, the left hand held across the chest and the right hand raised palm-outward; short hair combed forward in a severe style; tiered base.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
39
VERY LARGE CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA BICHROME WARE PLATE ‡
CIRCA 750-600 B.C.
21¼ in. (6.7 kg, 54 cm)
Broad disc with basal ring; tondo with outer band of wave-pattern in black and red on cream field, concentric inner bands with geometric and hatched patterns; two holes close to rim; repaired and partly restored with fresh painted extension of the existing design, iron retaining rim with attachment lugs.
£1,200 - 1,700
PROVENANCE: with Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009, no.339.
40
CYPRIOT HEAD OF A YOUTH WITH A FLORAL CROWN ‡
LATE ARCHAIC, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
9 in. (958 grams total, 24.6 cm including stand)
Modelled in three-quarter view, limestone face of a youth with almondshaped eyes with broad upper lids under a flat brow; eyeballs contoured by a fine outer groove and lips with the 'archaic' smile; rosette wreath over spiral-shaped, voluminous curls framing the forehead; the surface abraded and some curls lost; reverse trimmed and smoothed at an angle; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: Jean-Louis Debauve (1926-2016). with Jean Renaud Geoffroy & Yves Becquet Auction, Paris, 16 November 2018, no.225.
41
CYPRIOT CERAMIC HORSE AND RIDER
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
5¾ in. (140 grams, 14.7 cm high)
Representing a warrior wearing a conical helmet, riding a horse with long neck and legs, short mane and tail; repaired.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: Mr F.D. collection, acquired on the European art market, 1975 to present.
42
LARGE ETRUSCAN CORNICE SECTION
6TH CENTURY B.C.
19½ in. (4.66 kg, 50 cm)
For a temple pediment (sima), comprising a curved upper band with polychrome tongue-shaped grooves, a relief depicting a procession of bulls below, the bulls depicted in a dynamic pose with curving necks and raised tails, the horns painted in black; two attachment holes.
£4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the European art market between 1960s-1980s. Property of a gentleman. with Bertolami Fine Arts Ltd, Auction 66, no.1.
43
LARGE VILLANOVAN TERRACOTTA IMPASTO KYATHOS
EARLY 7TH CENTURY B.C.
9½ in. (1.1 kg, 24 cm)
With burnished deep brown surfaces, the body tapering to a flat foot, the shoulders decorated with vertical ribbing, short neck with flared mouth; wide openwork handle perforated with small triangles and rectangles, hatched bands along the edges of the handle and the perforations.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Mr Eugene Berman circa 1960.
From the private collection of Mr Ulfert Wilke.
In the collection of Dr Howard Sirak, Columbus, Ohio, USA; acquired from the above in 1969.
44
ETRUSCAN BLACKWARE TERRACOTTA KYATHOS WITH NUDE KOUROS
6TH CENTURY B.C.
10¾ in. (1.15 kg, 27 cm)
Squat bowl with pedestal foot and carinated profile, broad flared rim; tall loop handle with flat frontal panel with advancing nude kouros, the head turned and one arm bent, voided below respecting the inner outline of the legs; to the reverse, an incised gorgoneion with broad gaping mouth.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: English private collection.
45
ETRUSCO-ITALIC BRONZE FIGURE OF YOUNG HERCULES ‡ ARCHAIC STYLE, CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (307 grams, 12cm)
Modelled in the round figure standing in advancing pose with the right hand raised and fist clenched; left shoulder and arm covered with the skin of the Nemean lion and left hand modelled hollow; hair cut short and textured.
£6,000 - 8,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
46
ETRUSCAN BRONZE STATUETTE OF A DRAPED HERO ‡
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
7 in. (506 grams total, 18.7 cm including stand)
Modelled in the round standing erect with right hand on his hip and left arm extending from the elbow resting on the left hip and with fingers curled to hold a staff or handle, wearing a loosely draped cloth over the left shoulder and drawn around the body to hang over the arms; ribbed cuffs to the boots; youthful face with tousled hair and slightly exaggerated lentoid eyes; C-shaped staple beneath the feet for attachment; supplied with a custom-made display stand.
£18,000 - 24,000
PROVENANCE: with Sotheby’s, Antiquities, London, 6 July 1995, no.130. Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.
47
ETRUSCO-ITALIC WARRIOR OR LARAN, GOD OF WAR ‡
6TH CENTURY B.C.
6 in. (326 grams total, 16.2 cm high including stand)
The warrior (Roman Mars) modelled in the round, representing a young muscular hero with long torso and rounded shoulders, wearing a high-crested Illyrian helmet with grooved perimeter, a hole above each ear for attaching an ornament; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
£5,000 - 7,000
PROVENANCE:
Ex N. Koutoulakis, Geneva.
Ex Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 17 June 1999, no.2051. with Sotheby's, New York, 12 June 2001, no.16. with Chrisitie's, New York, 7 December 2007, no.82. with Christie's, London, 2 April 2014, no.125.
48
ETRUSCAN BRONZE CERES STATUETTE ‡ 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
2¾ in. (86 grams, 71 mm)
Female with hair drawn up in a chignon, palla wrapped tightly around the upper body hiding the right arm bent with the hand at the shoulder, lower hem of robe flared; fixing lug to underside.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
49
GREEK TERRACOTTA ATTIC RED-FIGURE ALABASTRON ‡
CIRCA 500 B.C.
5 in. (125 grams, 13.6 cm)
Ovoid shape with short neck and expanded flat rim, lugs on the sides; painted with daily life scenes: one side with an older man holding a crozier, dressed in chiton and himation, the other side with a younger bearded man holding a short staff, dressed in a similar way; meander pattern above and a dotted band below; some restoration.
£5,000 - 7,000
PROVENANCE: with Hirsch Auction, 23 September 2006, no.666.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
FOOTNOTES:
The men depicted on this vessel are each holding an elegant walking stick appropriate to Athenian citizens. They both seem to be in a drunken rage, and seemingly have just left a drinking party: the consequences of immoderate drinking were a favourite subject for vessel decorations.
50
GREEK ATTIC LEKYTHOS WITH COMBAT SCENE ‡
CIRCA 520 B.C.
10 in. (481 grams, 26.5 cm)
The ovoid body decorated with a combat scene, band of tendrils and leaves to the shoulder and vertical bands to the slender neck, trumpet-shaped mouth, strap handle and discoid foot; the scene comprising three Hoplites, the first in tall-crested Corinthian helmet, cuirass and greaves, xiphos hanging on his right side, thrusting with his long spear over his ellipsoid shield towards the middle figure, running forwards but with his helmetted head turned towards his attacker, using his Boeotian shield to ward off the blow while manoeuvring his own spear which is blocked by the third figure advancing against him, with spear held underarm, with birds in flight above.
£20,000 - 30,000
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Southern Germany, acquired in 1960s. with Paul-Francis Jacquier, Numismatique Antique, Münzen und Kunst der Antique, 13 September 2013.
GREEK FRAGMENTARY TERRACOTTA RED-FIGURE HYDRIA ‡
PAESTAN OR APULIAN, 4TH CENTURY B.C.
12¼ in. (18¾ in.) (1.95 kg, 31 cm (2.6 kg total, 47.5 cm high including stand)).
Comprising the upper two thirds of the vessel; on the shoulder a facing woman’s head with diadem and half-veiled face; rosettes to left and right, with suspended ribbons and dots; vine motif around the body with floral ornaments; to the reverse, palmettes and vines; band
of laurel with rosettes around the neck and wavy band at the mouth; reassembled from various fragments with three large areas of restoration, only the beginnings of the handles preserved; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£6,000 - 8,000
PROVENANCE:
Ex Herbert A. Cahn, Basel, 1990s.
52
LUCANIAN RED-FIGURE SKYPHOS WITH NAKED WARRIOR RIDER ‡ 4TH CENTURY B.C.
8 in. (550 grams, 22.7 cm wide)
With stepped foot and two loop handles to the rim; Side A: nude male with short curly hair bestriding a galloping stallion and gripping the bridle; Side B: male standing with mantle tightly draped around the body; palmette and volute scroll beneath each handle.
£5,000 - 7,000
PROVENANCE: Private collection, 1970s. with Hotel des Ventes, Genève, 8-11 December 2008, no.623.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
54
HELLENISTIC PAINTED TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF APHRODITE ‡ MID 4TH-MID 3RD CENTURY B.C.
8 in. (493 grams, 22.5 cm high)
Bearing the weight of her body on her left leg, wearing a himation draped over her arms, the right arm bent to grasp a part of the himation that falls behind her, leaving her shoulders uncovered and revealing her naked body; the head turned slightly to the left; the hair arranged in the typical flattering melon coiffure, parted into six large sections and gathered into a low bun; oval face with a small, fleshy mouth and a fine nose; wearing large circular earrings; her right hand resting on top of a small pillar, covered by the cloak; the lower part of the himation embroidered with volutes; the back flat with a square hole for attachment; red-brown pigment on the hair, white coating, traces of pink on the himation and red on the edges of the feet.
£2,500 - 3,500
PROVENANCE: Collected in the 1950s-1990s.
Ex R. Liechti collection (1934-2010), acquired in Geneva.
55
GREEK RED-FIGURE LEKYTHOS ‡
5TH CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (106 grams, 11 cm)
Of ovoid form with trumpet-shaped spout and strap handle, reserved image of a lady wearing a large himation, on a baseline with scrolled foliage.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: Ex German collection, 1970. with Galerie Chenel, Paris, 22 July 2008.
56
APULIAN RED-FIGURE ASKOS WITH PANTHERS ‡
4TH CENTURY B.C.
4¾ in. (149 grams, 12 cm)
With an arching strap handle and a wide spout; either side of the body painted with a crouching panther, one playing with a ball and the other depicted facing; repaired.
£2,500 - 3,500
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Gallery Gryphos, Munich, 1992. European private collection.
57
GREEK APULIAN BLACK-GLAZED PROCHOUS
CIRCA 320 B.C.
7¼ in. (176 grams, 18.3 cm)
With pedestal base, piriform body, tapering neck with beak-like spout and tall strap handle to the rear; the body painted in a series of bands of strokes, ovolo motifs, waves, pellets and pendant vineleaves in white, cream and ochre; label to underside ‘Apulian Gnathian Prochous CA. 320 B.C.’
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: Ex Fred Bentley Sr. GA (1926-2019). with Ahlers & Ogletree Inc., USA, 10 November 2023, no.343. Private collection, UK.
58
ARCHAIC GREEK BRONZE PATERA WITH KOUROS HANDLE ‡
WESTERN GREEK, CIRCA 480 B.C.
17 in. (1.35 kg total, 45.5 cm high including stand)
Comprising a concave basin with inverted rim, a pair of parallel lines to the outer rim; the handle formed as a nude youth supporting a panel of double volutes and half-palmettes, long braided hair falling at the back of the neck and on his forehead; the legs joined and ankles extended, the feet enclosed in pointed shoes, palmette below; the handle and part of the rim detached and mounted separately on the custom-made display stand.
£8,000 - 10,000
PROVENANCE: with Herbert A. Cahn, Basel, 1990s.
59
GREEK GILT BRONZE WINE STRAINER WITH SWAN-HEAD HANDLES ‡
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
7¾ in. (402 grams total, 19.7 cm including stand)
Comprising a shallow bowl and broad flange rim, two integral
scalloped handles with lateral scrolled flourishes, each tapering to a S-curved handle with swan-head terminals with incised eye and beak detailing; perforated whirl within roundel to interior base; accompanied by a custom-made display stand with mirror.
£8,000 - 10,000
PROVENANCE: with Hôtel des ventes de Belfort Sarl, October 2011, no.16. Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.
60
HELLENISTIC BRONZE BOWL WITH HIGH RIM ‡
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
13 in. (775 grams, 32.9 cm)
Deep sidewall, handle formed by a horizontal oval loop with offset central section and semi-circular plaque adorned with stylised pendant palmette; slightly offset rim.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: Ex P.M. Suter, 1970s-1994. with Cahn Auktionen AG, 3 November 2012, no.184.
62
HELLENISTIC BRONZE PROTOME OF A MAENAD
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
5½ in. (541 grams, 14 cm)
Modelled in the half-round as a maenad or Artemis, hollow to the reverse with diadem of ivy leaves with clusters of berries at the centre, exaggerated lentoid eyes, peplos dress secured at her left shoulder by a disc brooch and at her right with a cloven hoof.
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.
61
HELLENISTIC BRONZE FIGURE OF A BOUND CAPTIVE ‡ 2ND CENTURY B.C.
6 in. (491 grams, 17 cm including stand)
Modelled in the round nude male standing with hands bound behind his back; with short cropped hair and slender figure; left foot absent; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE: Ex S.K. collection. Acquired on the German art market, July 1995.
63
GREEK BRONZE HEAD OF A GROTESQUE MAN ‡ 3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (67 grams, 48 mm)
Hollow-formed ‘moneybox’ with exaggerated nose and lips, small crescent-and-pellet ears, low-relief eyes with impressed pupils, small lock of hair to the scalp, vesica-shaped socket to the underside; pierced at the scalp and at the right ear.
£2,500 - 3,500
PROVENANCE: with Artemis Gallery, Munich, before 1998. Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2003.
65
GREEK TERRACOTTA BLACK-GLAZED STEMLESS CUP ‡
CAMPANIAN, 4TH CENTURY B.C.
10 in. (323 grams, 25.4 cm)
Comprising a low foot of rare profile, with two toruses; traces of red paint inside foot; four interconnected palmettes to the tondo; accidental imprint of the bowl stacked above it in the kiln; concentric rib on the interior, looped handles; restored.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
Estate of Philippe Stoll, Strasbourg.
67
GREEK ATTIC BLACK-GLAZED KYLIX 5TH CENTURY B.C.
8 in. (225 grams, 20 cm)
With trumpet-shaped foot, broad bowl with carinated profile, gently flared rim, two lateral D-shaped handles; with record card from Cory collection: ‘Black-Glazed Kylix. Attic. C.5th B.C. 59. (8.5.89) Christie’s. H 7.3. Dia. 13.4 to 20.0, B. 6.5 cm.’
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: with Christie’s, 8 May 1985.
The collection of the late Sir Clinton Charles Donald Cory (1937-2022), 5th Baronet of Coryton.
Private collection, UK.
64
GREEK TERRACOTTA BLACK-GLAZED STEMLESS CUP ‡
4TH CENTURY B.C.
8 in. (227 grams, 20.5 cm)
With two lateral handles on a low, profiled ring foot; incised and stamped decoration to the interior comprising a central blossom surrounded by palmettes connected by curved lines, the whole framed by a concentric circle made up of dashes; restored.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: with S.C., Basel, prior 2003.
66
GREEK DOUBLE-HANDLED BLACKWARE WINE CUP ‡
5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
5 in. (96 grams, 12.8 cm wide)
High-glazed, the body with an inverted bell shape, foot with channelled sidewall, two loop handles with carinated upper faces.
£700 - 900
PROVENANCE: Acquired in Europe before 2001. European collection.
68
GREEK APULIAN SINGLE-HANDLED FLUTED BLACKWARE WINE CUP ‡
4TH CENTURY B.C.
3½ in. (174 grams, 90 mm high)
High-glazed with raised fluting decorating the body, broad c-section neck and everted rim, segmented openwork handle.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired in the 1960s-1970s. Ex European private collection.
70
GREEK BLACK-GLAZED TREFOIL OINOCHOE ‡
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
5 in. (332 grams, 14.8 cm)
With pinched three-lobe mouth and strap handle, old collector’s label ‘N3521’ to underside.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: with Galerie Gilgamesh, prior 2003.
69
SOUTH ITALIAN BLACK-GLAZED RIBBED MUG ‡
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
3¼ in. (13.2 grams, 85 mm)
Tubular with flared foot and raised rim to underside, horizontal ribbing to the sidewall, small loop handle.
£1,800 - 2,400
PROVENANCE: Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
71
GREEK ATTIC BLACK-GLAZED GUTTUS
4TH CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (192 grams, 11.1 cm)
With basal ring, lion-head spout and ring handle; the discus moulded in relief with a series of radiating ribs; small lid with spike handle.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: Collection of the late Sir Clinton Charles Donald Cory (1937-2022), 5th Baronet of Coryton.
Private collection, UK.
72
SCYTHIAN SILVER PANTHER LOOKING BACK BELT MOUNT
5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
2 in. (43.3 grams, 53 mm)
In regardant pose standing on a baseline, substantial slider-loop to reverse.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
73
SCYTHIAN BRONZE PLAQUE OF A STYLISED HORSE
3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (120 grams, 92 mm)
Horse in profile with plain head, shoulders and hips, textured flanks and neck; pierced at the ear, eye, nostril, hooves and rump; planoconvex in section with hollowed reverse.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
74
GREEK STAG LOOKING BACK SILVER BELT MOUNT
5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
2 in. (50.7 grams, 53 mm)
Modelled in the half-round with hollowed reverse, stylised stag with radiating antlers on regardant head and curved neck, domed hips and shoulders; sliding loop to reverse.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
75
LATE PARTHIAN SILVER LION-HEAD TERMINAL
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (151 grams, 73 mm)
Hollow-formed mask with gaping mouth and protruding tongue, ropework collar, flared opening to rear. [No Reserve]
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: Acquired between 1965-2020. Private collection, London.
76
GRAECO-PERSIAN CHALCEDONY STAMP SEAL WITH BOAR 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (7.09 grams, 25.3 mm)
Plano-convex seal with incuse boar image; Bivar notes in his description: ‘Boar, charging to the left. The convexity of the bezel surface is rather untypical. The stone may have been resurfaced. Probably 5th to 4th century B.C.’; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
£1,800 - 2,400
PROVENANCE: UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983.
Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note typed and signed by A.D.H. (David) Bivar.
77
HELLENISTIC GEMSTONE WITH HERCULES CLUB AND LIONSKIN
2ND CENTURY B.C. in. (1.8 grams, 17 mm)
Plano-convex garnet with incuse image of spiked club and lionskin mantle, repaired.
£1,800 - 2,400
PROVENANCE: Acquired in the 1970s. Ex London, UK, collection.
78
HELLENISTIC GOLD AMPHORA-SHAPED PENDANT ‡
3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1¼ in. (3.64 grams, 30 mm)
Piriform carnelian centre with gold fittings, filigree loop handles.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: Acquired from the collection of Mrs L.G., an Italian noblewoman. European private collection.
79
HELLENISTIC GOLD EARRING PAIR WITH NUDE FIGURES
5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (7.59 grams total, 29 mm each)
Matched pair, each with a nude female standing on a tiered base with hands on her hips, rosette above her head.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.
80
GREEK GOLD RING AND EARRING SET WITH ROSETTES
4TH CENTURY B.C.
in. (14.6 grams total, earrings: 23-24 mm, ring: 23.59 mm overall, 21.52 x 17.44 internal diameter (approximate size British P½, USA 7¾, Europe 16.86, Japan 16))
Comprising: finger ring with twisted-rod hoop ending in loops with granule ornament, swiveling hollow-formed drum-shaped plaque with applied filigree and granule clusters in a rosette motif; two earrings, each with a smaller version of the ring’s plaque mounted on a hooked wire with fastener. [3]
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the UK art market 1971-1974. Private collection, London.
81
HELLENISTIC GOLD RING WITH ARTEMIS GEMSTONE ‡
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (11.27 grams, 26.91 mm overall, 17.95 x 20.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8½, Europe 18¾, Japan 18))
Hollow-formed shank with broad plaque and inset garnet cabochon intaglio profile bust of Artemis in high-relief.
£5,000 - 7,000
PROVENANCE: European art market.
HELLENISTIC SILVER-GILT BOWL WITH DIANA IN ROUNDEL
1ST CENTURY B.C.
7 in. (321 grams, 20 cm diameter)
Comprising a deep hemispherical bowl with rolled rim bearing impressed egg-and-dart detailing, band of gilt wave-pattern ornament below the rim, separate broad band with ivy-leaf wreath; central tondo with repoussé bust of Diana with quiver over one shoulder, beaded
necklace, deerskin mantle secured below her left shoulder, wayward hair fastened by an ivy-leaf diadem; beaded border with four studs; some restoration.
£50,000 - 70,000
PROVENANCE: French art market, 1960s. Ex Kanter Collection, London, UK, 1975.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
83
ROMAN GOLD AND GARNET AND CHRYSOPRASE GEMSTONE NECKLACE
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
20½ in. (23.73 grams, 52 cm)
Comprising plano-convex lentoid beads alternating with gold cells with cabochon garnet inserts; hook-and-eye closure.
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Notaras Coins & Antiquities, Suffolk, UK, before 2000. Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, private collector.
84
ROMAN CAMEO OF MINERVA
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1¼ in. (4.91 grams, 31 mm)
Ellipsoid agate plaque with bust of Minerva in the half-round wearing a Corinthian helmet tilted back on her head, braided hair, peplos dress.
£1,800 - 2,400
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK.
85
ROMAN GOLD RING WITH BUST OF A NOBLE LADY
MID 2ND CENTURY A.D.
¾ in. (3.83 grams, 19.98 mm overall, 17.95 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I½, USA 4½, Europe 8.07, Japan 7))
Broad hoop with cell to the plaque, inset cameo with profile female bust; possibly of the Empress Faustina the younger.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Notaras Coins & Antiquities, Suffolk, UK, before 2000. Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, private collector.
86
MASSIVE ROMAN SILVER RING WITH LUNA AND SOL GEMSTONE 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1 in. (39.01 grams, 35.11 mm overall, 24.74 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Z+2½, USA 13¾, Europe 32.01, Japan 30))
D-section hoop developing to segmented shoulders with gently curved plaque bearing scroll detailing; with a later central cell with carnelian cloison, opposed busts of Sol and Luna.
£1,200 - 1,700
PROVENANCE:
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
87
ROMAN AGATE CAMEO OF AUGUSTUS ‡
1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (99 grams total, 92 mm including stand, pendant: 50 mm)
Ellipsoid cameo with profile portrait bust in antique gold pendant frame with surrounding cabochons: emerald, sapphire, ruby - and clusters of pearls; marked to reverse ‘750’, in a rectangle ‘Bd G’ (believed to be an upstate New York jeweller’s stamp) and an indeterminate third mark; supplied with a custom-made display stand.
£30,000 - 40,000
PROVENANCE: American collection, early 20th century, New York. with Robert Haber Gallery, New York, 1990. Ex Jean Clostre, Geneva, Switzerland.
Accompanied by a scholarly report by Dr Ittai Gradel.
FOOTNOTES:
Dr Ittai Gradel says: ‘The cameo, of exquisite technical quality, has a close parallel in the Cabinet des médailles, Paris .. The TimeLine auction cameo is not, however, an exact copy .. though details are so close to the larger Paris cameo that the same gem carver, or at least workshop, probably produced both.’
88
ROMAN GOLD PENDANT WITH MINERVA CAMEO
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1½ in. (8.29 grams, 39 mm)
Comprising: ellipsoid gold plaque with eggand-dart scrolled border, articulating ribbed suspension loop; obverse with inset carved shell cameo of Minerva with crested helmet, long hanks of hair, top of tunic at shoulder.
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired in the 1970s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK.
89
ROMAN GOLD RING WITH EAGLE OF JUPITER
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (11.80 grams, 30.64 mm overall, 17.06 x 12.36 mm internal diameter )
Hollow-formed with fluting to the shoulders and foliage panel to the underside, plaque with inset garnet cabochon bearing an eagle in three-quarter view gripping a lightning bolt, head turned, laurel wreath in the beak; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
£3,500 - 4,500
PROVENANCE: From
1990s.
90
ROMAN GOLD RING WITH ARTEMIS OF EPHESUS GEMSTONE
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
in. (3.18 grams, 21.99 mm overall, 19.22 mm internal diameter )
Slender hoop with sharp shoulders, inset carnelian gemstone with intaglio Artemis motif.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE: Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
91
ROMAN GOLD RING WITH SATYR BUST GEMSTONE 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (20.23 grams, 28.75 mm overall, 18.79 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R½, USA 8¾, Europe 19.38, Japan 18))
Comprising a round-section tapering hoop with inset carnelian cloison, intaglio bust in three-quarter view; integral cup bezel, stepped cell with bust in three-quarter view; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
£7,000 - 9,000
PROVENANCE:
From a deceased lady’s collection, 1970s.
92
ROMAN GOLD RING WITH MINERVA GEMSTONE MID 2ND CENTURY A.D.
¾ in. (7.39 grams, 19.03 mm overall, 16.16 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3¼, Europe 4.92, Japan 4))
With tapering facetted hoop, plaque with cell and inset carnelian cloison, intaglio figure of Minerva with shield and spear.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Notaras Coins & Antiquities, Suffolk, UK, before 2000. Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, private collector.
93
ROMAN IRON RING WITH EAGLE GEMSTONE
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (11.40 grams, 27.14 mm overall, 18.35 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4¾, Europe 8.69, Japan 8))
Ellipsoid jasper cloison with intaglio perching eagle with wings spread on top of a column; set in a ferrous finger ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK.
94
ROMAN GOLD RING WITH DIANA GEMSTONE
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.11 grams, 23.25 mm overall, 19.94 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8½, Europe 18¾, Japan 18))
Slender hoop with pairs of granules flanking the ellipsoid cell with inset carnelian intaglio of Diana standing and holding a patera; stone chipped and gold frame extended to compensate.
£450 - 650
PROVENANCE: Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
95
ROMAN CARNELIAN GEMSTONE WITH COCKEREL
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.96 grams, 25 mm)
Ellipsoid intaglio with large bird perched on a baseline, wings spread as if about to take flight; mounted in a fragment of a ferrous finger ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE: From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.
96
ROMAN CHRYSOPRASE GEMSTONE WITH EMPRESS SABINA 125-130 A.D.
½ in. (0.65 grams, 14 mm)
With slightly domed upper face, intaglio profile portrait bust, possibly of Empress Vibia Sabina (83-136 A.D.) with her hair draped in a braid above her brow, crescent placed beside her shoulder; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.
97
ROMAN OXIDISED BROWN JASPER GEMSTONE WITH HEAD OF ZEUS
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
¾ in. (1.09 grams, 18 mm)
Ellipsoid in plan with engraved profile bust of Zeus, bearded and with his hair bound by a band tied at the rear; supplied with a museumquality impression. [No Reserve]
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.
98
ROMAN AMETHYST GEMSTONE WITH HEAD OF ALEXANDRIA
1ST CENTURY A.D. in. (3.67 grams, 21 mm)
Fragment of a ferrous hoop and bezel inset amethyst cabochon with intaglio profile bust of a female wearing the nemes crown, the personification of Alexandria. [No Reserve]
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.
99
ROMAN ROCK CRYSTAL GEMSTONE WITH SOBEK
1ST CENTURY A.D. in. (1.24 grams, 15 mm)
Lentoid in section with engraved image of the crocodile-headed god Sobek, wearing a broad collar and pleated kilt, advancing with a spear, wearing the Pa-sekhemty crown; supplied with a museumquality impression. [No Reserve]
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.
FOOTNOTES:
The primary centres of worship for Sobek during the Roman Period were Medinet el-Fayum (ancient Shedet) in the Fayum region and Kom Ombo in Upper Egypt, where live crocodiles were kept within the temple precincts. Sobek was associated with other deities and the pharaoh, symbolising procreative and vegetative fertility, as well as strength and power.
100
ROMAN CARNELIAN GEMSTONE WITH CUPID AND DOG
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
in. (2.49 grams, 22 mm)
Fragment of iron hoop and bezel, inset carnelian cloison with intaglio scene of a putto restraining a barking dog. [No Reserve]
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.
ROMAN GEMSTONE WITH VICTORY CORONATION SCENE WITH HEBREW SCRIPT
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. ¾ in. (2.11 grams, 20 mm)
A bifacial carnelian gemstone, the obverse with a scene composed of multiple standing figures, crescent moon between two stars above, from left possibly the god Helios being crowned by Victory, the central standing figure of Isis holding a cornucopia, fronted by an eagle holding a wreath in its beak, crowned by Victory; partial inscription below; reverse bearing five lines of later inscribed text, in Hebrew script.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: Acquired 1970-1999.
Property of a late London Mayfair gentleman, by descent.
102
ROMAN GNOSTIC MAGICAL GEMSTONE WITH GODDESS SELENE
3RD CENTURY A.D. in. (3.07 grams, 21 mm)
An oval-shaped amuletic peridot gemstone intaglio with bevelled edge, engraved with facing figure of goddess Selene advancing left, wearing a peplos with billowing veil or shawl above, crescent at neck and to head, holding a torch; Greek inscription ‘MY’ and inversed ‘MI’ below; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1979-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
103
ROMAN IRON RING WITH GRYLLOS GEMSTONE
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.31 grams, 25.24 mm overall, 17.17 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G½, USA 3½, Europe 5.55, Japan 5))
Ellipsoid cloison with intaglio gryllos figure, cornucopia and other symbols behind; mounted in a ferrous finger ring.
£1,200 - 1,700
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
104
ROMAN GOLD RING WITH GRYLLOS GEMSTONE
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
in. (4.74 grams, 22.51 mm overall, 18.97 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J½, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9))
Two-band beaded hoop with ellipsoid bezel, beaded wire collar, inset replicant carnelian cloison with profile male bust with hen’s legs and tail and a horse-head above.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE: Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
105
ROMAN ARCHAISING SILVER STATUETTE
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (2 in.) (37.4 grams, 61 mm (40.4 grams total, 66 mm including stand))
Modelled in the round as a kouros standing wearing a calf-length robe held at the waist by a thick cord; shoulder-length hair held by a tiered diadem, collar with three pendant roundels, left arm with bracelet, holding a lyre in the left hand, right hand with handle; sandals to the feet; modern mounting pins and square wooden base.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: Ex Paris auction, 1990s.
From a French collection, 2000s.
106
ROMAN SILVER BROOCH OF A WINGED EROS
1ST-2ND CENTURY AD.
1 in. (14.9 grams, 36 mm)
Modelled in the half-round in openwork as a nude putto leaning on a club resting on the base of a column, undulating detail to base; pinlug to foot, notched catch above.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: Ex Cambridge, UK, collection, 1990s.
107
ROMAN SILVER PRIESTESS OF VESTA STATUETTE ‡
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (11.8 grams, 41 mm)
Solid cast standing female wearing a loosely draped robe draped over her head, the hem gathered at her waist and held in her left hand, right hand raised in greeting; probably a priestess of Vesta.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
108
ROMAN SILVER STATUETTE OF AESCULAPIUS GOD OF MEDICINE AND HEALING
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (75 grams total, 55 mm including stand)
Standing wearing a loosely draped himation, with caduceus resting on the right hip; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
Ex Ancient Art, North London, UK.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
109
ROMAN INKED REUSED WOODEN WAX TABLET FOR A CONTRACT NEGOTIATED AND AGREED AT TITIIUNI BETWEEN MAIANUS AND SILVANUS
EARLY 4TH CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (64 grams, 18.2 cm)
Well preserved rectangular tablet inscribed in Roman cursive script, on the outer face the beginnings of a contract and the signatures of witnesses, the inner side with a recessed panel inscribed with fourteen lines of Roman cursive script, on the outer face right of the sulcus the signatures of five witnesses, to the left the beginning of the contract: 'the pactum et conventum was made between Maianus, son of Dontiquus, and a person called Silvanus; Maianus was born shortly before A.D. 281 and reached an advanced age as he is still attested after AD 360'; the text consists inter alia of typical Roman legal formula like stipulatus est … – spopondidit … - testati sunt …, including the note: Actum Titiiuni, which may be understood as ‘negotiated and agreed at Titiiuni’. [No Reserve]
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired by Albert Sfez in the early 1950s. Formerly the property of Monsieur Alain Sfez, a Belgian collector; acquired by gift from his father Albert Sfez, in 1965. Acquired by a London dealer in 1973.
From an important London collection since 1975; thence by descent.
PUBLISHED: Rothenhoefer, P., Neue römische Rechtsdokumente aus dem Byzacena-Archiv / New Roman Legal Documents from the Byzacena Archive, (forthcoming).
Exhibited at the Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 21st January-10th March 2025; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefacts on display.
110
ROMAN INKED REUSED WOODEN WAX TABLET FOR A CONTRACT BETWEEN CRESCENTIUS AND LANUARIUS NEGOTIATED AND DECIDED AT THE GORETIANO ESTATE EARLY 4TH CENTURY A.D. 5 in. (27.4 grams, 14.4 cm)
Well preserved rectangular tablet with a recessed panel inscribed with eleven lines of Roman cursive script, no writing on the reverse, the last tablet of a legal probably regarding questions of land ownership between a Crescentius and a Lanuarius into which also local elders, seniores, were involved; the text consists of highly developed legal formula, e.g. testati sunt …, and ends with the note: Actum Goretiano, which may be understood as ‘negotiated and decided at the Goretiano estate’; the fundus Goretianos is also mentioned in various other know legal documents. [No Reserve]
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: Acquired by Albert Sfez in the early 1950s.
Formerly the property of Monsieur Alain Sfez, a Belgian collector; acquired by gift from his father Albert Sfez, in 1965.
Acquired by a London dealer in 1973.
From an important London collection since 1975; thence by descent.
PUBLISHED: Rothenhoefer, P., Neue römische Rechtsdokumente aus dem Byzacena-Archiv / New Roman Legal Documents from the Byzacena Archive, (forthcoming).
Exhibited at the Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 21st January-10th March 2025; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefacts on display.
ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT OF GAIUS CAESAR
AUGUSTAN, CIRCA 1 A.D.
19 in. (17.4 kg total, 48 cm high including stand)
Modelled in the round and carved in Parian marble, head of a male youth depicted turning slightly to his left, hair trimmed in the Julian style; with soft facial features and long neck; believed to be of Gaius Iulius Caesar Vipsanianus (20 B.C.- 4 A.D.); mounted on a custommade stand.
£18,000 - 24,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the London art market in the 1970s by the previous owner’s late father. with Christie’s London, 25 April 2007, no.260. UK private collection, London. Anonymous sale, Bonhams, London, 16 April 2015, no.130.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
FOOTNOTES:
Gaius Caesar (20 B.C.-4 A.D.) and his brother Lucius Caesar (17 B.C.-2 A.D.) held significant positions in the political and dynastic plans of Emperor Augustus. Born to Augustus’s daughter Julia and his advisor Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, they were adopted by Augustus in 17 B.C. to become his heirs, since he lacked natural-born sons. Portraits of the brothers depict them as resembling Augustus, indicating their importance within the imperial family. Gaius’s portraits were classified into five types, with this head identified as Type IV, likely created in 1 A.D. to celebrate his consulship. A similar portrait of Gaius exists in Corinth alongside his brother and Augustus. In 1 B.C., Gaius was appointed to govern the eastern provinces, where he successfully negotiated a peace treaty with King Phraates V of Parthia. However, tragedy struck when Gaius fell ill in Anatolia and died at 23 years of age, following the death of his brother Lucius. These deaths disrupted Augustus’ plans for succession and led him to adopt Tiberius, his stepson, who eventually became emperor in 14 A.D.
112
LARGER THAN LIFE-SIZE ROMAN BRONZE SANDALED TOES ‡
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5½ in. (847 grams total, 14 cm)
Hollow-formed front left sandaled foot with draped hem of a vestis talaris across the rear edge and tiered sole to the footwear, traces of gilding; supplied with a custom-made wooden stand.
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Germany in 2001. Acquired by the present owner from the above.
113
ROMAN SILVER LIDDED PYXIS
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (33 grams, 67 mm)
Tubular in construction with domed lid, sidewall with repoussé arcade frieze depicting Mercury with caduceus, Fortuna with cornucopia, Mars with spear, Minerva with helmet, shield and spear, Juno enthroned; some restoration.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Trinity Antiques, UK, before 2009. Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, private collector.
114
ROMAN GILT BRONZE EAGLE STATUETTE ‡
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (104 grams, 47 mm)
Modelled in the round on a square base with gusseted sides, standing with head turned and wings spread.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
115
LARGE GALLO-ROMAN BRONZE STATUETTE OF CUPID ‡
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
6¼ in. (403 grams, 16 cm high)
Modelled in the round leaping and winged, his right hand reaching above his head seemingly gesturing to retrieve arrows from a quiver once carried on his back, dressed in an exomis tunic leaving him naked below the torso, wearing a helmet or cap and ankle boots.
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired in Europe before 1994. Private collection, Europe.
116
ROMAN BRONZE LEGIONARY SIGNUM ‡
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
8 in. (718 grams, 21 cm)
Hollow-formed with fine detailing to the fingers and nails; with fixing points for a military standard (signum) used by each unit under a centurion, originally fixed with the palm facing forwards inside a wreath.
£4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired in Europe before 2000. European private collection.
117
ROMAN SHEET-SILVER PYXIS IN THE FORM OF A COLUMN ‡
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3¼ in. (14.2 grams, 83 mm)
Formed as a fluted column on a square, stepped base; separate poppy-shaped lid; fine cracks to the rim.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: Ex Herbert A. Cahn, Basel, 1990s.
118
ROMAN BRONZE LEGIONARY EAGLE STAFF FINIAL ‡
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (236 grams, 81 mm)
Comprising a hollow-formed knop with collar to the socket, eagle modelled in the round perching on the knop with wings spread and head turned; socket behind the shoulders.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
119
ROMAN BRONZE STATUETTE OF EROS DISGUISED AS ACTOR
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
5½ in. (550 grams, 14.1 cm)
Modelled in the round figure in knee-length tunic and draped mantle gathered in the left hand; actor’s mask worn tipped back onto the top of the head with curly hair framing the face, left hand raised to support the mask, unfurled wings to reverse (one absent); feet angled.
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE: Ex Paris auction, 1990s. From a French collection, 2000s.
120
LATE ROMAN MENORAH TILE WITH TRACES OF ORIGINAL PIGMENT
4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (577 grams total, 14.2 cm including stand)
Octagonal in plan with chamfered edges to the marble surface; engraved central square with birds in the upper corners and spandrels below, enclosing a bilinear ring with menorah on a stand between etrog and lulav; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE:
From an important UK collection, London, 1970-1990s.
Ex London, UK, collection.
EXHIBITED:
Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 21st January-10th March 2025; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefacts on display.
121
ROMAN LEAD-GLAZED LOTUS CUP
1ST CENTURY B.C.
6¾ in. (214 grams, 17 cm wide)
With vertical leaf detailing to the bowl on a field of pellets with band of egg-and-dart below the ribbed rim, stepped foot; lateral loop handles with T-shaped scrolled panel above.
£3,500 - 4,500
PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1979-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
EXHIBITED:
Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 21st January-10th March 2025; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefacts on display.
122
ROMAN GREEN LEAD-GLAZED DRINKING BOWL
1ST CENTURY A.D.
5¾ in. (74.8 grams, 14.5 cm)
Broad with carinated profile and basal ring, rounded rim, two loop handles, low-relief gorgoneion motif to centre and figures surrounding; restored.
£1,200 - 1,700
PROVENANCE:
Ex Cambridge, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
123
ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A BARBARIAN ‡
2ND CENTURY A.D.
8 in. (1.39 kg, 21.5 cm including stand)
Carved in the round male head of a Dacian or Germanic warrior of barbarian type with high cheekbones and a narrow chin with a small pointed beard and with a broad curved moustache above; the hair cut moderately short and centre-parted with a fringe, the deep-set eyes almond-shaped with heavy lids; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£12,000 - 17,000
PROVENANCE:
Mariaud de Serres, France, acquired in the 1980s. with Christie’s, Paris, 17 February 2011, no.338. Private collection, Switzerland.
EXHIBITED:
Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 21st January-10th March 2025; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefacts on display.
124
ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A MAN IN RELIEF ‡
3RD-EARLY 4TH CENTURY A.D.
12¼ in. (9.85 kg, 31 cm)
Frieze fragment with bust of a male in animated pose, head tilted upwards and eyes wide open; the hair executed in successive curly waves around the thick brow, the broad nose merging into the small open mouth; short curly beard on the neck but face clean-shaven; with steel mounting rod beneath.
£4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection of a sculptor, Munich; acquired in the 1970s on the Munich art market (Ohlendorf).
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
126
ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF YOUNG DIONYSUS WITH SILVER INLAYS ‡
1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (70.1 grams, 61 mm)
Modelled in the round, a male infant with arms and right leg extended, left leg bent and raised; head looking downwards, with applied silver scales imitating a wreath; sturdy mounting peg to the reverse.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the German art market, 2002. European private collection.
128
ROMAN BRONZE PHALLIC PENDANT ‡
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (81.5 grams, 68 mm)
Amuletic fascinum formed as a crescent with phallus to the right, hand in the fica gesture to the left and male genitals below; each with a loop beneath for attachment of another pendant; large loop above and attachment strap with stud.
£700 - 900
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Europe in 1990s. European private collection.
125
ROMAN DECORATED BRONZE HANDLE ‡
1ST CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (110 grams, 14.2 cm)
Swept in profile comprising a horizontal crescentic panel to attach to the rim, with inlaid silver detailing, recurved cobra-shaped thumb pad, raised serpent to the outer face of the tapering handle, finial a mask of Bacchus or Pan, facing with volute scrolls to the brow and thick splayed beard; silver diadem and eyes.
£1,800 - 2,400
PROVENANCE: Private collection. with Christie’s, London, 11 June 1997, no.97. with Bonham’s, 13 April 2000, no.198. Private collection, Europe.
127
ROMAN BRONZE STATUETTE OF THE GOD OF MERCURY
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3¾ in. (89.8 grams, 95 mm)
Modelled standing nude in contrapposto stance, wearing a mantle draped to the left shoulder and secured at the right, wearing winged petasos cap, standing on a rectangular base.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
129
ROMAN BRONZE STATUE OF ZEUS WITH EAGLE
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5¾ in. (310 grams, 14.5 cm high)
Standing nude with a wreath resting on his head; naturalistic facial detailing, long and slender muscular torso; right arm once holding a thunderbolt; a cloak draped around the torso; an eagle standing beside him; cotton-reel base.
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE:
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
EXHIBITED:
Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 21st January-10th March 2025; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefacts on display.
130
ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A PYGMY ‡
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (227 grams total, 10 cm high including stand)
Modelled in the round figure of a pygmy with later pelta shield and Corinthian helmet; the figure modelled nude with exaggerated muscles and genitals; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE:
Old private collection.
Anonymous sale, Delorme du Bocage, Paris, 31 March 2010.
131
ROMAN BRONZE CHARIOT FITTING OF A CELTIC PRISONER
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (461 grams, 13 cm)
Bust and torso of an indigenous nobleman; the eyes exaggerated; the broad chest with ring-and-dot nipples; a thick torc sitting high on the collar-bone; each upper-arm supported by a column and stylised flames above; the centre supported by a rectangular block; of provincial Roman workmanship. [No Reserve]
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
132
ROMAN TINNED BRONZE BOWL ‡
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
4¼ in. (177 grams, 10.3 cm)
Hemispherical in profile with low foot, incised circumferential lines to rim; high-tin surface with silvery appearance.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
133
ROMAN BRONZE PRICKET CANDLESTICK
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (95.7 grams total, 99 mm including stand)
Pricket formed as a baboon crouching on a tiered base with bun feet; the animal wearing a pounced hood with tall octagonal-section spike above; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£1,200 - 1,700
PROVENANCE:
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection, 1990s.
134
ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A PUTTO ‡
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
10¾ in. (4.32 kg total, 27.2 cm including stand)
Carved in the round with detailed layered hairstyle swept back from the temples, broad brow with defined furrows, deep-set eyes, flat nose and small puckered mouth; provincial workmanship; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: Friedlinger-Brandt, circa 1950-1960, ambassador in Cairo before 1920. Thereafter, Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, 1960-1970.
135
ROMAN TERRACOTTA EROTIC OIL LAMP
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (79.4 grams, 11.2 cm)
With broad shoulder and volute scrolls above the nozzle, discus with low-relief erotic scene.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE:
Ex Madame Suzanne Gozlan by descent.
Madame Suzanne Gozlan (1921-2022), Doctor in History and Archaeology, professor at the Ecole Normale d’Instituteurs de Chartres and lecturer at the University of Paris 4 Sorbonne.
136
ROMAN BRONZE MIRROR WITH HANDLE ‡
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
4¾ in. (128 grams, 12.1 cm)
Slightly dished tondo with raised rim, arched handle attached by means of two holes and eyelets; decorated with a series of concentric rings.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: Ex Herbert A. Cahn, Basel, 1990s.
137
LATE ROMAN BRONZE TRIPOD LAMP BASE
4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
7½ in. (330 grams, 19 cm)
Tripod base formed with lion-paw feet and rosette of interstitial panels, balustered stem and dished pan, central mounting spike; vertical spike handle to base.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Notaras Coins & Antiquities, Suffolk, UK, before 2000. Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, private collector.
138
ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP WITH DUCK’S HEAD
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
4¾ in. (222 grams, 11.9 cm)
Piriform in plan with volute nozzle, curved round-section handle with duck-head finial.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE:
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
139
ROMAN ‘AXEL GUTTMANN’ TERRACOTTA GLADIATOR LAMP ‡
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
7½ in. (167 grams total, 19 cm including stand (lamp 11.6 cm))
Discoid body with sunken discus with bas-relief scene of a gladiator in combat with gladius poised and scutum raised above his head, Dshaped nozzle with volutes; supplied with a custom-made stand.
£1,800 - 2,400
PROVENANCE:
Ex Axel Guttmann collection of ancient arms and armour, Germany (19442001).
Axel Guttmann collection of ancient arms and armour, part 2, Christie’s London, 28 April 2004, no.178 (part).
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.
140
ROMAN BRONZE OPENWORK EAGLE PHALERA
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (41.6 grams, 55 mm)
With thick circular rim, openwork design with median perching eagle on a column, head turned, flanked by a laurel frond and vexillum; two attachment studs to reverse.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
142
ROMAN FLOOR MOSAIC SECTION WITH GEOMETRIC DESIGN
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
10¼ x 9 in. (1.76 kg, 26 x 23 cm)
Cuboid tesserae in matrix with a plaster base; field in dark grey and brown with central lozenge in cream and beige with reserved cross and central square. [No Reserve]
£300 - 400
PROVENANCE:
Found Tunisia, North Africa.
Brought to the UK before 1945.
From a private old collection formed in the mid 20th century. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
144
ROMAN BONE DOLL’S HEAD WITH EARRINGS
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (56 grams, 86 mm)
Carved in the round with tiered collars to the neck, hair swept back from the face and coloured with green pigment, low-relief facial features, pierced at lower edge for attachment; ears pierced and gold wire earring inserted.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE: Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
141
CUT ANCIENT ROMAN STONE COLLECTION
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
18¼ x 12 in. (5.45 kg, 46.5 x 62.5 cm)
Group of cut and polished stone fragment specimens mounted in on a wooden board with frame; manuscript titled label ‘Marmi dell’ antica Roma’ (marbles of ancient Rome) and small manuscript label beneath each block.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
From a 19th century European collection, Paris, France.
143
ROMANO-SCOTTISH LEGION XX VALERIA VICTRIX 'INCHESTUTHIL FORT' EDUCATIONAL IRON NAIL HOARD SET CIRCA 83-87 A.D.
14 x 5 in. (589 grams total, 35.7 x 15 cm)
Group of five iron clout-nails permanently mounted in a wooden display case with sloping sides and sliding glazed lid; with information panel ‘Iron Nails / From / Roman Legionary Fortress / at / Inchtuthil, Perthshire, Scotland / A.D.83-87’; supplied with a printout on the subject of the Inchtuthil fortress. [No Reserve]
£300 - 400
PROVENANCE:
From excavations started by Richmond in Perthshire, Scotland, from the 1950s, and discovered in the summer of 1960. Selected and boxed by David Colville & Sons by 1963.
145
LIFE-SIZE ROMAN PORTRAIT HEAD OF A ROMAN LADY, POSSIBLY THE EMPRESS SALONINA ‡ LATE 3RD CENTURY A.D.
13 in. (16 kg, 34.5 cm)
Portrait head of a woman with an elaborate coiffure, with the hair at the back parted in the middle and the two strands folded over each other and then pulled to the front to form a looped horizontal layer, then parted in the middle of the forehead and drawn to the back of the head, thereby forming ripples; individual curls represented along the hairline up to the completely exposed ears; some modern infills to the forehead area above the left eye, both upper eyelids, both cheeks in the middle area, left nostril and the chin up to the lower lip; heavily cleaned.
£7,000 - 9,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the Parisian art market. with Bernard Tinivella, Saint-Ouen.
146 ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUNG MAN ‡ 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
8 in. (5.94 kg total, 22.5 cm high including stand)
Worked in high-relief with hairstyle typical of the transitional period from the Consulate to the Empire; oval face with a prominent forehead, oval eyelids and clearly defined lines around the eyes; hair arranged in vertical lines combed back from the forehead; pronounced lips, typical rendering of the wide auricles; the lower part of the tunic visible with a well defined round edge around the neck; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Gallery Gryphos, Munich, 1992. European private collection.
148
ROMAN SQUARE GLASS JUG
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (188 grams, 16.2 cm)
Square in section with dimple base, flat shoulder and short neck, folded rim; broad strap handle to the rear; mould-blown.
£900 - 1,200
PROVENANCE:
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
150
ROMAN BLUE GLASS BEAKER ‡
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
3 in. (152 grams, 79 mm)
Thick-walled, cylindrical beaker with inwardly curved mouth, rolled rim; shallow dimples to exterior; mold-blown type with slight iridescence; old label to base ‘N14075’.
£300 - 400
PROVENANCE: Dr K. and W.Z., Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; acquired 1977 on the German art market.
147
ROMAN GLASS DOUBLE UNGUENTARIUM
3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (78 grams total, 13 cm including stand)
Comprising two conjoined tapering tubular cells, with applied handles at the shoulder, decorated with applied trails; mounted on a custommade stand.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990s.
149
ROMAN GLASS GOBLET WITH CUT DESIGN
CIRCA 100-300 A.D.
4 in. (104 grams, 10.5 cm)
Translucent with straight sides narrowing to the dimpled base, flared and rolled rim, the body decorated with two horizontal ribbed lines.
£700 - 900
PROVENANCE:
Swiss private collection, Basel. Before that in a Swiss private collection, Bern. Previously with Sayd & Fayez Barakat & Sons, Bethlehem and Jerusalem.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Shaher Barakat, Jerusalem.
151
ROMAN SIDONIAN OPAQUE LIGHT BLUE GLASS FLASK ‡
1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (31 grams, 80 mm)
Hexagonal in plan with tall tubular neck and flared and folded rim, disc base with moulding seams; broad sloping shoulder above a sidewall of panels each with a low-relief avian image (bird in flight, bird perching on a branch, etc.).
£5,000 - 7,000
PROVENANCE:
Ex private collection, Israel. Acquired from Archaeological Center, Auction 60, no.204. Private collection.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Archaeological Center online catalogue page.
153
ROMAN GLASS JANIFORM AMPULLA ‡
3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (48.9 grams, 11 cm)
Body formed as two addorsed putto-heads with long, narrow neck separated from the body by a constriction; funicular mouth.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
Ex Anita Zürrer-Bass (1928-2018), Switzerland, formed 1960s-1990s. Thence by descent.
FOOTNOTES:
The body of this type of vessel is formed from two heads joined together at the back. The faces have protruding chins, full cheeks and turned-up noses. The hair, filling the space between the faces, is arranged into spherical curls. This kind of products were often realised in Syrian workshops and widespread across the empire. They are usually dated to the 3rd century A.D.
152
ROMAN BLUE GLASS SINGLE-HANDLED FLASK
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3¼ in. (4 in.) (23.8 grams, 84 mm (64 grams total, 10 cm including stand))
Conical flask with broad flat shoulder and tubular neck with rolled rim, two applied trail collars, strap handle, narrow foot; applied ribbed strap handle; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE:
From an important glass collection, London, UK, 1980-1990.
154
ROMAN GLASS RIBBED VESSEL ‡
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (140 grams, 11.1 cm wide)
Flat, thick-walled bowl, mould-made with 22 large ribs to the outer face below the rim extending to the middle of the base; reassembled from fragments.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: Ex Martin Wunsch, New York 1980s-1990s.
157
ROMAN GLASS JAR WITH TRAIL
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2¾ in. (70 grams, 69 mm)
With bulbous body, flared rim and applied zigzag trail to neck, dimple base.
£350 - 450
PROVENANCE:
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
158
ROMAN AUBERGINE CYLINDRICAL GLASS FLASK
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
4¾ in. (89 grams, 12 cm)
Conical flask with rounded shoulder and trumpet-shaped neck with stepped everted rim.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
From an important glass collection, London, UK, 1980-1990.
155
ROMAN GLASS CANDLESTICK UNGUENTARIUM ‡
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (37.2 grams, 13.6 cm)
With low conical body and slightly convex wall, dimple base; tall cylindrical neck flaring to mouth with inward-folded rim; slightly iridescent surface.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
Ex P. Martens, The Netherlands, formed between 1974-1984.
156
ROMAN IRIDESCENT GLASS DOUBLE UNGUENTARIUM ‡
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
6¾ in. (59 grams, 17 cm)
With rolled rim to each tapering tube, applied trail detailing to the body, lateral angled handles and large applied loop handle above; iridescent surface.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
159
ROMAN TALL GLASS BOTTLE ‡
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (140 grams, 17.5 cm)
With plano-convex body and flat base, tapering neck and everted rim; some iridescence to surface.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Luxembourg, 2002. Swiss private collection, 2003. Ex Vittorio Rizzi, Basel, prior 2005.
160
ROMAN GLASS DOUBLE BALSAMARIUM WITH IRIDESCENCE
4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (73 grams, 11.2 cm)
Comprising two parallel tubes joined at the base and sides, each with flared rim and applied lateral loops; iridescent aqua glass.
£350 - 450
PROVENANCE:
Ex North American collection, 1990s.
161
ROMAN GLASS FLASK WITH GALLERY
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3¼ in. (113 grams, 81 mm wide)
Globular in profile with wide double-stepped rolled rim, applied wavy line trails forming a gallery from rim to body.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE:
From an important glass collection, London, UK, 1980-1990.
162
ROMAN FLARED GLASS BEAKER
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
4½ in. (117 grams, 11.5 cm)
A ‘lotus bud’ style beaker with tapering cylindrical body, everted rim and shallow pontil with applied rim to base (partly absent).
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
From an important glass collection, London, UK, 1980-1990.
163
ROMAN GLASS JUG WITH TRAILS ‡
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (32 grams, 74 mm)
A small pale yellow collared globular jug with short neck, angular ribbon handle with two narrow prominent ribs, folded upper attachment to the cylindrical neck, several horizontal lines on the globular body, trefoil mouth.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: with H.A.C., Basel, prior 1999.
165
ROMAN TWO-COLOURED SPRINKLER FLASK
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (62 grams, 10 cm)
With bell-shaped body, rolled lip at the shoulder, cylindrical neck and deep, tiered rim; internal shelf at shoulder level with small central opening; brilliant iridescence to inner and outer surfaces; pontil to base.
£350 - 450
PROVENANCE: From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
164
ROMAN GLASS DOUBLE-HANDLED IRIDESCENT FLASK
4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (47 grams, 72 mm)
With squat bulbous body, dimple base, flared trumpet neck; applied trails to the shoulder, applied strap handles to the shoulders.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990s.
166
ROMAN GLASS JUG WITH PEARLY IRIDESCENCE
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (12.3 grams, 15.2 cm)
Domed body with dimple base; applied trail to the flared mouth; tapering applied trail handle with spur to the rim; iridescent surface, repaired.
£300 - 400
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Shiraz Antiquities, London W1, UK, on 27 August 1998. Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, private collector. Accompanied by an illustrated collector’s identification tag.
167
ROMAN WHITE ELONGATED GLASS DATE FLASK
1ST CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (4¾ in.) (13 grams, 10.5 cm (46 grams total, 12 cm including stand))
Mould-blown with elliptical body, short neck and thick everted rim, with modelled wrinkles.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
From an important glass collection, London, UK, 1980-1990.
169
ROMAN GLASS FLASK WITH HANDLE
1ST-3RD CENTURY AD
4½ in. (57 grams, 11.5 cm)
Amber glass flask with bulbous body, dimple base, tapering neck, flared mouth folded into a pouring lip, applied handle to the rear.
£350 - 450
PROVENANCE:
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
168
LATE ROMAN GLASS VESSEL WITH TRAIL
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
4¼ in. (78.1 grams, 10.7 cm)
Globular body with narrow funicular neck and squared rim, applied trail strap handle; three applied discs to the equator, two with an impressed cross; applied trail collar to the shoulder and three vertical corrugated trails extending to stub feet, rim restored.
£700 - 900
PROVENANCE: with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
170
ROMAN GREEN GLASS DOUBLE UNGUENTARIUM ‡
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (78 grams, 11 cm)
Pale green iridescent glass, two tapering tubes with rolled, everted rims, applied lateral triangular handles.
£350 - 450
PROVENANCE: Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
171
BYZANTINE HEMATITE INSCRIBED GEMSTONE WITH FIGURE
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (10.2 grams, 27 mm)
Ellipsoid in plan with chamfered edge; standing nimbate figure in ankle-length robe extending one hand in blessing above a crawling supplicant; extensive Greek text transcribed as:
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE:
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
FOOTNOTES:
The scene and surrounding text refers to the miracle concerning the woman with the issue of blood; the Greek text is abbreviated from Mark 5, 25-34.
172
BYZANTINE ROCK CRYSTAL PENDANT WITH CROSS AND CHRIST RIDING A DONKEY
11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (11.7 grams, 34 mm)
Biconvex in section with ribbed suspension loop; obverse with profile figure of Mary on a donkey with infant Jesus in her arms; reverse with voided Maltese cross.
£5,500 - 7,500
PROVENANCE:
Ex Michael Denis O’Hara in the 1970s.
From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman.
173
BYZANTINE BRONZE INLAID BIRD MOUNT ‡
CIRCA 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1½ in. (20.6 grams, 38 mm)
Sub-rectangular in form with raised rectangular panel to centre, cells forming X-motif inlaid with red glass(?) against a blue field, central nacre(?) roundel engraved with a perched bird with polychrome enamelled detailing; trace remains of gilding to upper and side edges; piercing to each corner.
£1,800 - 2,400
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in London, early 1980s. Purchased in Europe before 1992. Private collection, Europe.
174
BYZANTINE LEAD PLAQUE WITH MENORAH INSCRIBED BY JAKOB THE SCRIBE
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (94 grams, 74 mm)
Fish-shaped lead plaque with low-relief stamped panel, menorah and legend; impression from a wine amphora stamp, rectangular with a raised rim in the name of Jakob the Scribe: - Y /(retrograde); seven-branched menorah between a shofar (right) and lulav (palm frond) and an etrog (yellow citron). [No Reserve]
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
FOOTNOTES:
The first word is the name Iacobus' (Jakob) and the second word ( ) is likely derived from the Latin libellarius (scribe or notary), which was borrowed by Hebrew as ‘ ’ (‘liblar’).The latter term is closer in meaning to the medieval ‘clerk’, than to the typical Hebrew word for scribe, ’ ‘ (‘sofer’).
175
BYZANTINE GOLD MARRIAGE RING WITH FACING COUPLE
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (10.51 grams, 23.35 mm overall, 19.57 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9½, Europe 21.26, Japan 20))
With integral discoid bezel displaying a male and female facing intaglio bust, Greek text below ‘OMONOIA’, (concord. agreement, harmony).
£3,500 - 4,500
PROVENANCE:
From the late Alison Barker collection, 1970-1990.
176
BYZANTINE GOLD RING WITH MONOGRAM
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D. in. (3.29 grams, 17.57 mm overall, 15.91 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I½, USA 4½, Europe 8.07, Japan 7))
Round-section hoop supporting a disc bezel with engraved monogram incorporating a cross potent and the letters N, O, P, E, Z and others; old collector’s ticket.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE:
From an early 20th century collection based on the collector’s ticket.
Property of a Californian, USA, collector.
177
BYZANTINE GOLD RING WITH FOLIATE MOTIFS
CIRCA 11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
¾ in. (3.65 grams, 19.99 mm overall, 18.00 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5¾, Europe 11.24, Japan 10))
Comprising a flat-section hoop with a starburst motif to the base; openwork shoulders and a square bezel with a pellet to each corner, the bezel engraved with foliate motifs.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired from London galleries during the 1990s. From the jewellery collection of a London, UK, gentleman.
178
BYZANTINE SILVER-GILT TEMPLE RING PAIR
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 - 3 in. (91 grams total, 72-75 mm)
Hollow-formed with applied filigree collars to shank and base of horns, bulbs with horns and granule clusters; one bulb detached. [2]
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
179
BYZANTINE BRONZE HANGING POLYCANDELON CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
35½ in. (1.01 kg, 90 cm high)
Annular in plan with six holes to accept lamp-bowls, suspended on three convergent chains with pierced discs and chain-links and a substantial hook with conical knop finial; additional length of chain for attachment to a ceiling mount.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
Property of a Californian, USA, collector.
180
BYZANTINE BRONZE POLYCANDELON WITH CROSS
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
11 in. (18½ in.) (967 grams, 28.2 cm high (1.65 kg total, 47 cm high including stand))
Comprising a circular panel with notched rim, openwork design to the tondo with roundels, crosses and omega-shaped arms, central rosette; attachment points for three short chains with balustered cross fleury bars, lobed distributor and suspension hook; supplied with a custom-made stand.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990s.
181
BYZANTINE SWAN-NECKED LIGULA SPOON WITH CROSS ‡ 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
9 in. (46 grams, 22.7 cm)
Shallow piriform bowl attached to a stepped baluster, hexagonalsection handle with spike finial; engraved cross potent to either side of the junction.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE:
French private collection.
Acquired on the French art market in 2011. Acquired by the present owner at the above.
FOOTNOTES:
The lateral incised cross motifs suggest that the spoon may have had a liturgical purpose, possibly associated with baptism.
182
BYZANTINE STONE RELIEF SECTION WITH DRAPED FIGURE
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
9 in. (3.83 kg total, 25 cm including stand)
Fragment of a sculpture representing the draped bust of an Apostle, making a blessing gesture with his right hand, and holding a scroll in his left hand, part of the neck visible; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
£700 - 900
PROVENANCE:
Mr F.D. collection, acquired on the European art market, 1975 to present.
FOOTNOTES:
The image and gesture is visible on many early Christian sarcophagi of the Constantinian era, representing the deceased with his wife. The bas-relief in question could represent an apostle from a scene representing the twelve disciples with Jesus.
183
BYZANTINE GILT BRONZE ALTAR CROSS WITH TWO MEDALLIONS
11TH CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (153 grams, 13.8 cm)
Hollow-formed cross fragment with low-relief ornament; obverse with facing veiled female bust within a ropework tondo, cruciform design to the lower arm and second tondo with facing bearded bust, foliage to the lateral arms; reverse with geometric saltire bands; knop finials to the arms (two present) and slots for attachment of additional features. [No Reserve]
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: with Rupert Wace Ltd.
184
BYZANTINE GREEN GLAZED SGRAFFITO FOOTED BOWL ‡
13TH CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (372 grams, 13 cm)
Carinated in profile with narrow flared base, green-glazed upper body; to the inner face a central roundel with zigzag fill and a zigzag band above the gallery, to the outer face horizontal zigzag band to the shoulder; old Christie’s label with ‘144/2 5540’.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: Ex Charles Gillot (1853-1903). with Christie’s Paris, 2008. European private collection.
185
SYRO-HITTITE SILVER FERTILITY GODDESS CIRCA EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. - 5 in. (32.1 grams total, 1.7-12.7 cm)
Sheet-silver female figure with tall lobed headdress, domed knees, breasts and navel, loincloth, parallel legs and tang beneath the feet; applied wire collar; the face with triangular nose and two pellet eyes; left arm detached in two pieces, with old repair.
£4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE:
UK private collection, formed in the 1980s. with Bonhams, London, 24 October 2012, no.271 (£8,000-£10,000).
EARLY BRONZE AGE SILVER IDOL CIRCA 2800-2100 B.C.
2½ in. (6.87 grams, 63 mm)
With round female body and short neck, depicted armless, perforated with two parallel holes at the top for suspension; the edges and the centre embossed with dots.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE:
From a private family collection formed since the early 19th century, thence by descent.
New Zealand legal professional.
187
EARLY BRONZE AGE SILVER IDOL CIRCA 2400-2100 B.C.
1¾ in. (2.75 grams, 44 mm)
Axe-shaped with crescentic body and long neck, symbolising a female body, perforated through the top with embossed perimeter.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE:
From a private family collection formed since the early 19th century, thence by descent.
New Zealand legal professional.
INDO-GANGETIC COPPER ANTHROPOMORPHIC IDOL
INDIA, CIRCA 1500-1300 B.C.
14¼ in. (3.24 kg total, 36.3 cm wide)
A large flat-section figure with curled arms, spread legs, lobed head; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£18,000 - 24,000
PROVENANCE:
Private English collection, 1950s, and kept in England. Ex Atigh Gallery, pre-1986. with Aaron Gallery, acquired from the above.
FOOTNOTES:
A cluster of copper artefacts dating to 1500-1000 B.C. was found in the IndoGangetic plains (region of Uttar Pradesh), including a number of anthropomorphic figures with downwards curving arms, dome-shaped heads, and spread legs. They were cast in moulds and then hammered with often discernible chisel marks. They can be divided in several distinct categories based on their characteristics, and it has been suggested that these idols functioned as protective guardian spirits.
189
AMLASH TERRACOTTA SINGLE-HANDLED JUG WITH HEAD ATTACHMENT ‡
10TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
8 in. (723 grams, 20.6 cm)
Comprising a rounded body resting on three stub legs; funicular mouth and short neck; beneath the rim a mask with pinched nose and two pointed ears, impressed circular eyes and mouth; three vertical decorative strips impressed with the same tool as formed the eyes and mouth; tiered strap handle with two finger-grips to the outer face and impressed detailing running from the neck to the shoulder; rim and one foot partly restored.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE:
Ex Zackary, Los Angeles, 1960s.
Thereafter London art market, 1992.
190
LARGE INDUS VALLEY TERRACOTTA VESSEL WITH ANIMAL MOTIFS ‡ CIRCA 2200 B.C.
11½ in. (2.28 kg, 29 cm wide)
Pale cream fabric, funicular lower body and broad rounded shoulder, band of painted ornament including ibises, a tiger and hatched panels.
£5,000 - 7,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
191
TELL HALAF PAINTED TERRACOTTA VESSEL ‡ 2900-2500 B.C.
7 in. (712 grams, 18 cm wide)
Biconical in profile with narrow base, broad shoulder and everted flared rim; painted concentric herringbone band to the shoulder and swags beneath.
£1,800 - 2,400
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
192
ELAMITE SPOUTED VESSEL WITH TWISTED DESIGN
LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 in. (281 grams, 13.1 cm high)
Comprising a bulbous body with short stem and flared foot, radiating twisted ribs to the sidewall, stepped shoulder and short tapering spout.
£1,800 - 2,400
PROVENANCE:
Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
193
ELAMITE SILVER BEAKER WITH THREE IBEXES
CIRCA 2500-1500 B.C.
4½ in. (148 grams, 11.7 cm high)
Raised from a single sheet, conical in form with concave body and everted rim; the body, executed in repoussè technique and chased details, decorated by a frieze of three male ibexes, rows of ovules under the rim and beneath the animals; the beasts with muscular bodies and curving horns, each reaching for a flower hanging from above, and eight-petalled flower to the base; late Elamite or Marlik; repaired.
£25,000 - 35,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired in New York, USA, 1966. Private collection.
FOOTNOTES:
This splendid vessel, decorated with a design possibly of Elamite origin, probably originates from North-Western Iran, or from southern Caspian area. Hammered sheet vessels were produced in Western Iranian metal workshops since the 3rd millennium B.C. (Moorey, Bunker, Porada, Markoe, 1981, p.82).
194
WESTERN ASIATIC TWISTED SILVER BRACELET PAIR ‡ 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (259 grams total, 75-78 mm)
Each a penannular round-section band with a twisted filigree band coiled around the shank; clubbed finials, one with closure clip fitting.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
195
LARGE LURISTAN ARMLET PAIR WITH LION TERMINALS
1000-600 B.C.
5 - 5 in. (1.19 kg total, 12.8-13.1 cm)
Each a substantial round-section ring with finials formed as opposed lion-heads with ribbed neck and muzzle, D-shaped ears laid flat, incised eyes.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
197
WESTERN ASIATIC GILT COPPER RECUMBENT CAMEL
1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.
2¼ in. (163 grams, 56 mm)
Modelled in the round figure of a camel with head raised and legs folded beneath the body.
£1,200 - 1,700
PROVENANCE: Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.
196
LARGE ELAMITE BRONZE STANDING STATUETTE LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6¼ in. (315 grams, 16 cm)
Columnar in form with rounded facial features, bisected headdress, incised saltire to the upper body and belt to the waist, arms bent and raised with flat hands; tang at base.
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.
198
HITTITE TERRACOTTA FERTILITY IDOL 12TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
7 in. (166 grams, 19.3 cm)
Standing nude female with elaborate hairstyle, earring and collar.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. London, UK, collection.
199
BACTRIAN BLACK BASALT 'HAND BAG' WEIGHT
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 in. (3.9 kg, 22.5 cm high)
D-shaped in profile with rounded attachment loop, rectangular body with low-relief carving to each face: Side A, pair of opposed zebu on a field with palm tree and scorpions above; Side B, oasis with three palm trees, scorpions above.
£15,000 - 20,000
PROVENANCE: with Gallery Rosen Ancient Art, Tel Aviv, 1968. Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. London, UK, collection.
200
BACTRIAN DECORATED STONE VESSEL
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 in. (305 grams, 85 mm wide)
Drum-shaped with squared rim, sidewall with reserved decoration in three registers, hatched panels to the rim above stepped geometric forms above vertical ribbing.
£1,200 - 1,700
PROVENANCE: Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.
201
WESTERN ASIATIC LIMESTONE JAR
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3½ in. (405 grams, 88 mm wide)
Indurate limestone vessel with squat profile, broad flat base, carinated shoulder and broad rounded rim.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
From a London, UK, gentleman’s collection of ancient pottery and artefacts, 1990s.
203
ACHAEMENID BRONZE PHIALE WITH BOSS ‡
7TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
6½ in. (298 grams, 16.5 cm)
Broad lotiform bowl with everted and turned rim, domed mesomphalos.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
202
MESOPOTAMIAN BULBOUS MARBLE VASE ‡
4RD-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 in. (1.95 kg, 13.7 cm)
Squat-bodied with a broad, rounded shoulder and base, short neck and flat everted rim.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE: with Gerhard Hirsch Nachf, Germany, Auction 238|239, February 2005, no.107. Acquired by the present owner from the above.
204
HITTITE LIMESTONE ALTAR ‡
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 in. (3.5 kg, 26.3 cm wide)
Carved from a limestone block with three trapezoidal stub legs, horizontal dished centre with notched edge to the raised rim and Usection pouring lip; panel of geometric linear ornament to the outer face of the body and legs; integral T-shaped reinforcing arms to underside.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Israel. with Archaeological Centre, Auction 59, no.433.
205
MESOPOTAMIAN ALABASTER LIBATION BOWL
2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
8¾ in. (698 grams, 22 cm)
An Aramaean rectangular dish with sloping sides, an inward-facing goat-head at each corner; handle formed as a recumbent lion biting the rim; each beast with recessed eyes to accept inserts; ropework band to the underside.
£12,000 - 17,000
PROVENANCE: Windermere Collection, Germany, 1960s. American collection, Phillips, 1960s-1980s. with Fortuna Fine Arts, 2012. From the S.M. collection, 2012-2016. From an important London collection, 2016. Private collection.
207
MESOPOTAMIAN DECORATED CALCITE JAR ‡ CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (746 grams, 11.8 cm)
Carved squat-bodied vessel with a broad, rounded shoulder and narrow flat base, short neck and everted rim, four pierced lugs to the shoulders incorporated into a circumferential band of engraved crosshatching.
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE: From a British collection, acquired in 1993.
206
MESOPOTAMIAN STEATITE LIBATION SPOON ‡ 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4½ in. (357 grams, 11.3 cm)
Carved in the round with gusseted rim, shallow bowl with carved hand and arm detail to each side and cruciform segmented bands to the underside; lion-head carved in the round to the rear with segmented mane, sockets to the eyes and gaping mouth with hole for pouring liquids through the tubular junction to the rear, repaired.
£2,500 - 3,500
PROVENANCE: Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
208
ELAMITE CARNELIAN NECKLACE WITH PENDANTS
LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
19¼ in. (36.3 grams, 49 cm long)
Restrung necklace of biconvex carnelian, limestone and other beads with large sheet-silver repoussé octofoil pendant and two smaller repoussé plaques with vase-and-buds motif.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
209
ELAMITE CARNELIAN NECKLACE WITH SILVER SPIRAL PENDANTS
LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. 19¾ in. (32 grams, 50 cm long)
Restrung necklace of tubular sheet-silver beads with interstitial spacers beads, six annular pendants with coiled-wire to the centre.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
210
ELAMITE CARNELIAN NECKLACE WITH GOLD TUBULAR PENDANTS
LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. 21 in. (40.93 grams, 53.3 cm long)
Restrung necklace of tubular carnelian beads with interstitial ribbed gold and biconvex blue glass beads, five conical gold pendants each with inset gemstone cloison.
£1,800 - 2,400
PROVENANCE:
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.
211
ELAMITE CARNELIAN NECKLACE WITH STAMP SEALS
LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
20 in. (78 grams, 53 cm long)
Restrung necklace of tubular and fusiform carnelian beads with annular spacers; drum-shaped dangles each with an incuse motif to the underside.
£1,800 - 2,400
PROVENANCE: Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
212
ELAMITE CARNELIAN NECKLACE WITH SILVER PENDANTS
LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
18½ in. (74.2 grams, 47 cm)
Restrung necklace of tubular sheet-silver beads with biconvex and other carnelian interstitial beads; four pendant plaques, each a tongue-shaped panel with repoussé domes, centrepiece a keyholeshaped plaque with similar domes and pointillé lower edge.
£1,200 - 1,700
PROVENANCE: Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
213
ELAMITE CARNELIAN NECKLACE WITH SILVER PENDANTS
LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
19¾ in. (29.2 grams, 50 cm long)
Restrung necklace of sheet-silver tubular beads with interstitial carnelian spacers, six sheet-silver cruciform pendants each with repoussé cross fleury motif.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.
214
OLD BABYLONIAN HAEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL ‡
2000-1800 B.C.
1 in. (11 grams, 25 mm)
Columnar in form with frieze depicting a standing Lamma goddess in flounced robe facing towards a god wearing a pleated garment and holding a mace at his hip; disc-and-crescent motif above; behind, the storm-god Adad with one foot on a mound, wielding a lightning bolt in his raised hand.
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Europe. with Bonham’s, London, 22 April 1999, no.538. Acquired by the present owner from the above.
215
SUMERIAN SHELL CYLINDER SEAL WITH HEROES
2600-2300 B.C.
¼ - 1 in. (14.9 grams total, 8.1-27.78 mm)
Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: ‘Cylinder seal of fossil shell. 28 x 16 mm., condition good. Contest scene: standing hero succours reared up domestic animal on either side as they are attacked by lions, a second hero pulls the tail of the right-hand lion from behind; terminal scorpion below double line. This well known type of Sumerian seal occurs at the very end of the Early Dynastic periods, and on into the beginning of the Akkad dynasty. The scene involves divine heroes, and it was hoped that in actual life such figures would save domestic herds from attacks of lions.’; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983.
216
WESTERN ASIATIC WHITE MARBLE CYLINDER SEAL WITH STANDING GODDESS
2900-2500 B.C.
¼ - 1¼ in. (21.8 grams total, 8.1-32 mm)
Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: ‘Cylinder seal of white marble, 32 x 19.5 mm., condition fair. Standing goddess with hand at waist, shoots growing from both sides of her body and her head; standing deity with head and wings of a bird, otherwise a human body, and holding in each hand the tail of a longhorned quadruped. From south-east Iran, c. 2900-2500 B.C. Little is known of the religion of this area, since no written information about it exists.’; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983.
217
EARLY AKKADIAN SHELL CYLINDER SEAL WITH ATTACKING LIONS
2400-2200 B.C.
¼ - 1 in. (16.1 grams total, 8.1-29.57 mm)
Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: ‘Description of Cylinder Seal of Fossil Shell 30 x 16.5 mm. A god standing in the centre succours a domestic animal on either side which is being attack[ed] in turn by a lion. Terminal: two line[s] below vacant description panel. The seal is of late ED III or early Akkad date, c. 2400-2200 B.C. The cutting is marked by a strong use of the drill. The seal is worn, though the design clear. The meaning of the design is based on real life. Lions were a real threat to the herds and flocks of the community, and it was hoped that the depiction of a god coming to the rescue of the domestic creatures would mean that in real life their animals would be similarly saved by divine help.’; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983.
218
AKKADIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL OF THE SUN GOD SHAMASH AND WORSHIPPING PARADE CIRCA 2334-2279 B.C.
1½ in. (49.1 grams, 40 mm)
Finely engraved with a religious scene, sun god Shamash seated on a throne with his feet resting on a padded stand, holding a scimitar in his raised left hand and wearing a horned headdress; four bearded deities and a smaller, clean-shaven young male worshipper before him, each of the deities wearing a horned headdress and a pleated garment; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE:
From the ‘S’ collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
219
ANATOLIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL WITH SEATED FIGURE HOLDING CUP FACING A STANDING FIGURE
CIRCA 2000 B.C.
¼ - 1 in. (8.02 grams total, 8.1-25 mm)
Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: ‘Cylinder Seal of Black Stone. 25 x 13 mm, condition good. Seated figure holding up cup facing standing figure with one arm raised high, ball-staff between them, solar disc above; two further standing human figures, and two sideways quadrupeds, tête bêche to each other. The design is placed between upper and lower rules. North-Syrian or Anatolian, c. 2000 B.C.’; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983.
220
MITANNI FAIENCE CYLINDER SEAL WITH KNEELING GOD AND ANIMALS
1500-1200 B.C.
¼ - 1 in. (6.44 grams total, 8.1-28.8 mm)
Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: ‘Cylinder Seal of Faience, Cream, 29 x 14 mm. The area of the design
is divided into a smaller upper and a larger lower register. In the upper register are three horned animals, two with their heads down browsing, the third recumbent with its head up. In the lower register there is a kneeling god holding up a dead horned animal by its hind leg; two standing figures (priests) with a stylized tree between them; and two facing sphynxes above a fallen horned animal. This seas belongs to the Mittani common style, c. 1500-1200 B.C., and is one of the better specimens of its type. It probably comes from Syria, though Mitanni seals are found also in Palestine, Anatolia and Northern Mesopotamia. This double register type seems to be restricted to Syria. The tree is a symbol of the storm god, Teshub, but it is not known which god is represented by the horned animal.’; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve] £500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983.
221
LEVANTINE BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL WITH WALKING MEN 1300-1000 B.C.
1 in. (26.58 grams, 42 mm)
Cylinder with fractured upper end; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: ‘Cylinder Seal of Black Stone, 41.5 x 19.5 mm. This seal is coneshaped - narrower at the top than the bottom - and is engraved both around the sides and on the bottom. The top is broken off, and this would have contained a hole for carrying on a string. Around the sides a row of four walking men is depicted. They are shown in schematized shape, especially the heads which are round blobs with a point at one side for the nose. Three hold rods in their raised hand, the fourth grips a branch with the aid of the figure walking in front of him. All four have three horizontal cuts across their bodies from waist to thighs, and in three cases something flows out behind ending in a curve at the end, perhaps intended as part of their dress, a ribbon for example. This frieze is contained within lines above and below. On the base appears a standing quadruped with a small head and long curving tail. This is an extremely rare type of cylinder-stamp seal, Levantine in origin, and dating from c. 1300-1000 B.C. It is larger than most cylinder seals. The closest parallel is in the collection of the Dukes of Northumberland, now in the Museum of Oriental Art, University of Durham, published in Iraq 41 (1979) p.33f. and pl.xii, no.110.’; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve] £600 - 800
PROVENANCE: UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983.
222
OLD BABYLONIAN RED STONE CYLINDER SEAL
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
¾ in. (3.41 grams, 19 mm)
Frieze in three registers: two crouching gryphons facing each other on a hatched base; below, advancing ox; court scene with a profile figure seated on a dais holding a vessel and facing two advancing figures in robes with open front, one leg exposed; sapling scenedivider; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE:
From the ‘S’ collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
223
CYLINDER SEAL WITH STANDING FIGURE
CYPRIOT TYPE, CIRCA 1300 B.C.
¼ - 1 in. (6.27 grams total, 8.2-27.3 mm)
Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: ‘Cylinder Seal of Black Stone, 27 x 10 mm. The design is very full: the central figure is standing, wearing a short garment reaching just above the knees and holding a spear in one raised hand, before him is a kneeling figure, then there are three quadrupeds, two more or less naturalistic, one with wings and a bird’s head. There is also a heraldically placed bird and numerous lines and shapes to fill every vacant space. This seal is a rare Cypriot type, c.1300 B.C., from either Cyprus itself or the adjacent coastal lands of Asia Minor or Syria.’; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve] £500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983.
224
SYRO-CAPPADOCIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH ANIMALS AND FIGURES
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1½ in. (4.95 grams, 38 mm long)
Columnar in form with two beads and a cord forming handles;
accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: ‘Cylinder Seal of Soft Black Stone, 19x10.5mm. The engraved area is divided into two registers by a notched band. In the upper, narrower register there is a row of nine human heads. Below is a row of various items: a mace; a sitting animal; a recumbent bull with a bird above its back; a wedge; a standing human with one hand raised; a recumbent horned quadruped with head turned back with combined sun and lunar crescent above it. This seal is Syro-Cappadocian, from c. 2000 B.C. For comparable seals cf. Briggs Buchanan, catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum, I, no. 849 and idem, early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection, no.1180.’; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE: UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983.
225
OLD BABYLONIAN RED STONE CYLINDER SEAL WITH TWO KNEELING WORSHIPPERS
2100-2000 B.C.
¼ - 1 in. (8.8 grams total, 8.1-29.5 mm)
Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: ‘Cylinder seal of Red Stone with Some Cream, 30x13mm. The scene shows two kneeling worshippers, one either side of a stylized sacred tree below a winged solar disc. The seal is cut entirely with one tool, the cutting sheel, which enabled the work to be done quickly. the seal is to be dated c.900-800 B.C. and seals of this type are generally considered to be Babylonian, though this is not completely certain: they may have been made in Syria and southern Anatolia. The hands of the worshippers are in a typically Assyrian pose: one raised, one extended, but this type of seal is not generally found at Assyrian sites. The solar disc represents the storm god. Though there is some wear on the stone, the design remains quite clear and sharp.’; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983.
226
ACHAEMENID COLUMNAR SEAL WITH FIGURES
CIRCA 500 B.C.
1 in. (9.8 grams, 25 mm)
Square in section, sides tapering to the pierced apex; sequence of four intaglio figures: female on a hatched seat offering food to a goose; advancing female with hair in a single braid to the rear, holding a bowl and alabastron; male in knee-length tunic with lion-skin hood, holding an inverted spear; advancing female with hair in a single braid to the rear, holding a wreath and flower; rhyton to the underside. £4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired 1970-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
227
MESOPOTAMIAN BRONZE CYLINDER SEAL WITH DOUBLE-FACED DEMON HEAD
900-700 B.C.
1¼ in. (7.82 grams total, 8.1-32.64 mm)
Cylinder with attached cord and bead handle; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: ‘ Cylinder-Stamp Seal of Bronze, 330x08.5 mm. The seal is surmounted by a suspension loop, beneath which is a double-faced demon head with large, animal-like ears and beards. The neck is decorated with horizontal lines at the fronts and vertical lines at the sides. This rests immediately on the seal proper. The design of the cylinder seal is put between double lines above and beneath. It shows a standing worshipper with raised hands before an incense burner, a group of seven dots, a lunar cresent [sic], a lozenge-shape and a slender tree. The base, the stamp seal, shows a winged solar disc. Such seals, which are quite rare, come from the mountainous area to the north of Mesopotamia, and date from c. 900-700 B.C. In this case the worshipper and the winged disc are borrowed from Assyrian art, but the combination of items before the worshipper is not Assyrian. The demon-head cannot be identified with certainty, though it may be a variety of the Mesopotamian Pazuzu.’; accompanied by museumquality impressions. [No Reserve]
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983.
228
NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL WITH ROWS OF HORNED ANIMALS
1300-1100 B.C.
¼ - 1 in. (9.22 grams total, 8.1-28 mm)
Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: ‘Cylinder seal of black stone flecked with light green, 28 x 13.5 mm., condition fine. Two rows of three horned animals, all recumbent, the upper row with antlers, the lower row with horns as of mouflons, the design between upper and lower rules. Though the animals somewhat resemble those on Jemdet Nasr seals of northern Mesopotamia, the stone and the rules point to north-west Iran c. 1300-1100 B.C. It is a rare style, with considerable elegance of depiction.’; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE: UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983.
229
AKKADIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH CONTEST SCENE
CIRCA 2000-2300 B.C.
1 in. (9.21 grams, 24 mm)
With frieze depicting rearing ibexes and lions in combat; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
230
ACHAEMENID CHALCEDONY STAMP SEAL WITH AHURA MAZDA CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (14.3 grams, 25 mm)
Fragment of a conoid seal; Bivar notes in his summary: ‘White chalcedony conoid with the reverse end broken off, leaving diskshaped bezel. Fifth century B.C. This shape is perhaps typical of Babylonia. Above, Ahuramazda symbol r., with a human bust crowned...’; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
£1,800 - 2,400
PROVENANCE: with Christie’s, London, 21 April 1999, no.12.
Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note typed and signed by A.D.H. (David) Bivar.
231
NEO BABYLONIAN CHALCEDONY STAMP SEAL WITH WORSHIPPER AND PRANCING BULL
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
¾ in. (6.33 grams, 20.92 mm)
Discoid in plan with convex upper face; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: ‘Stamp Seal of Amber Chalcedony 21 x 19 x 11 mm. This is a scaraboid pieced vertically. The design shows a standing worshipper in long robe raising one hand to a stand on which is a prancing bull on the back of which rises a pole surmounted with a lunar crescent. The stand is covered with wavey lines. This is a Late Babylonian seal, c. 600-350 B.C. from Mesopotamia or an adjacent area. The general design is typical for the period, but the stand with wavey lines and the prancing bull are rare and may be unique to this seal. The seal is worn and there is a chip by the head of the worshipper, but the design is entirely clear’; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
£1,200 - 1,700
PROVENANCE: with Christie’s, London, 13 June 2000, no.517 [Part].
Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert in July 2000.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie’s catalogue pages.
232 NEO BABYLONIAN CHALCEDONY STAMP SEAL WITH SEATED GODDESS
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
¾ in. (4.72 grams, 19.94 mm)
Plano-convex with chamfered sidewall, with incuse engraved image of a seated female holding a flower; Bivar notes in his detailed description: ‘Queen, or more probably a goddess, crowned and seated to front on a throne, extending in her left hand a lily...’; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: with Christie’s, London, 13 June 2000, no.517 [Part].
Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note typed and signed by A.D.H. (David) Bivar.
233
PROTO-SUMERIAN SEAL WITH ANIMALS ‡ CIRCA 3000 B.C. 1 in. (37.4 grams, 40 mm)
Plano-convex stamp seal with design of two crouching quadrupeds placed tête-bêche; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired in Europe in 2002. European private collection.
234
JEMDET NASR TYPE STONE ANIMAL SEAL LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. 2 in. (46.3 grams, 72 mm)
Carved in the half-round as a perching bird with reserved piriform wing; underside with three drilled designs, each a pair of feet; pierced for suspension.
£700 - 900
PROVENANCE: Acquired 1979-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
235
ACHAEMENID MULTI-FORMED STONE SEAL
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (13.3 grams, 29 mm)
Discoid in plan with zoomorphic handle; underside with contest scene of two opposed gryphons with forelegs raised standing on the corpse of a boar; faravahar above.
£8,000 - 10,000
PROVENANCE:
From the ‘S’ collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G.Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
236
NEO-BABYLONIAN CHALCEDONY CONOID STAMP SEAL WITH WORSHIPPER
600-350 B.C.
1 in. (18.8 grams, 29.79 mm high)
Thimble-shaped tapering cylinder with convex face; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: ‘Stamp Seal of Grey Chalcedony 21 x 19.5 x 30 mm. This is a conoid with oval convex face, pierced vertically near the top. The face shows a worship scene: a man in a long robe standing holding up one hand to a stand on which lies the mušhuššu-monster (part lion part snake) on the back of which rise the spade (symbol of the god Marduk) and two styluses (symbol of the god Nabû). There is a lunar crescent in the sky and a two-sign cuneiform inscription behind the man. This is a Late Babylonian seal, c. 600-350 B.C. from Mesopotamia or south-west Iran. The inscription consists of two signs: AN DUH x DUH and is well known on Late Babylonian stamp seals, but the second sign is unknown outside these seal inscriptions. The most probable explanation (based on related seal inscriptions) is that it means: Cause him to have a god which means make him successful, a personal god brings success. The head of the standing figure is chipped, otherwise this seal is in very good condition, and is large for its type.’; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
£1,500 - 2,400
PROVENANCE: with Christie’s, London, 25 April 2001, no.464 [Part].
237 PERSIAN CHALCEDONY STAMP SEAL OF A PERSIAN KING GRIPPING THE HORNS OF TWO GOATS
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (14.7 grams, 26.64 mm)
Thimble-shaped seal with engraved imagery; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of
Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: ‘Stamp Seal of Chalcedony 19.5 x 20 x 27 mm. This is a conoid with nearly round slightly convex face, pierced diagonally. The design shows the Achaemenid Persian king in tunic and Persian ‘trousers’ gripping in each hand the horn of a rearing antelope or similar animal which turns its head backwards. The king wears a crown. This is an Achaemenid Persian seal, c.500-350 B.C., from some part of the Persian empire. It is in a distinctive style, but so fare [sic] there has not been enough study to say exactly where this was made. The scene symbolises the Persian king’s victories over his enemies. The seal is a little chipped, but generally in good condition’; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE: Ex Dr Elie Browski. with Christie’s, London, 13 June 2000, no.609 [Part].
238
SASANIAN CHALCEDONY STAMP SEAL INSCRIBED WITH ‘BEHNAM, OVERSEER OF WORK FOR THE KING OF KINGS’ 224-651 A.D. in. (29.9 grams, 23.48 mm high)
Plano-convex in profile with Pahlavi inscription to the underside; transliterated as: ‘Vahn m sh h nsh h-k rfram n’ (meaning ‘Behn m, Overseer of Work for the King of Kings’); Bivar notes in his summary: ‘This specimen represents a previously unrecorded variety of the so-called administrative seals which are engraved only with an inscription defining an office, and have no pictorial motif. It is unusual in apparently bearing a personal name, and in designating its bearer as k rfram n Overseer of Work....’; accompanied by a museumquality impression.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE: with Christie’s, London, 25 April 2001, no.464 [Part].
239
NEO-BABYLONIAN CHALCEDONY STAMP SEAL WITH CULTIC SCENE
7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C. 1 in. (9.76 grams, 26 mm)
Comprising a tall facetted body pierced at the top, underside engraved with a robed figure in the worshipping attitude before an altar, star above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
240
PROTO-SUMERIAN PICTOGRAPHIC TERRACOTTA TABLET
URUK III, CIRCA 3200-3000 B.C.
2 in. (26.2 grams, 55 mm)
Lentoid in section with design to one face in three registers: left, large panel with impressed grid, square and spray; right, two smaller panels with hatching and geometric forms.
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE:
From an important collection formed before 1988.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s.
241
PROTO-SUMERIAN PICTOGRAPHIC TERRACOTTA TABLET
URUK III, CIRCA 3200-3000 B.C.
3¼ in. (73.3 grams, 81 mm)
Lentoid in section with incised and impressed design to one face; trapezoidal figure with bowl(?) and incised cross, two rows of impressed D-shapes; probably a tally token.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE:
From an important collection formed before 1988.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s.
242
SUMERIAN TERRACOTTA CUNEIFORM TABLET
AKKADIAN, 22ND-21ST CENTURY B.C.
2 in. (37.5 grams, 50 mm)
Discoid with convex faces, the top with impressed cuneiform text.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1988.
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.
The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
243
OLD BABYLONIAN TERRACOTTA CUNEIFORM TABLET, DATED TO THE SEVENTH YEAR OF KING AMAR-SUEN
21ST CENTURY B.C.
1¾ in. (40 grams, 45 mm)
Pillow-shaped tablet containing a record of administrative records for arrears owed by Lugal-Ishtaran from the Bala-Offerings, at the end of day 15, it is dated to the year seven of King Amar-Suen, one side with a seal impression showing a man fighting with a rampant lion, possibly depicting Gilgamesh, cuneiform text behind the beast; the other side with cuneiform text overlapped by a seal impression in two registers showing advancing offerants with their arms raised; supplied in an old box with typed collection label to the cover.
£700 - 900
PROVENANCE:
Found at Jokha, the ruin of the ancient city of Umma in Central Babylonia.
Ex Edgar J. Banks (1866-1945).
Purchased by Dr John Harvey Kellogg (1852-1943); by family descent to consignor.
Edgar Banks was a diplomat and archaeologist upon whom the fictional character of Indiana Jones was based.
Dr J.H. Kellogg was the founder of the Battle Creek Sanitarium and inventor of the Corn Flake.
244
OLD BABYLONIAN ‘KINGS OF LARSA’ TERRACOTTA CUNEIFORM
TABLET GROUP ‡
2000-1500 B.C.
1 - 2¼ in. (230 grams total, 47-58 mm)
Group of pillow-shaped tablets, each with cuneiform text to the broad faces and an edge, reading: a) ‘Loan of money by a deity during the reign of Sin-iqišam king of Larsa (1840-1836 BC). b) sale of a palm grove during the reign of Nur-Adad king of Larsa (1865-1850 BC) c) interest-free loan from the moon god Nanna, during the reign of Warad-Sîn (year 12), king of Larsa (1834-1823 BC) d) contract for the sale of a palm grove during the reign of Sumu-el (year 26), king of Larsa (1894-1866 BC). [4]
£7,000 - 9,000
PROVENANCE:
Ex private collection. with Bonhams, Antiquities, London, 21 October 1999, no.260. Private central European collection.
245
SUMERIAN TERRACOTTA BULLA ENVELOPE WITH IMPRESSED DECORATION
URUK PERIOD, 5500-3100 B.C.
2 in. (74 grams, 55 mm)
Spherical and hollow-formed with moulded animal and other ornament to the outer face; clay tokens inside.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE:
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1988.
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.
The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
246
NEO BABYLONIAN TERRACOTTA CUNEIFORM TABLET
CIRCA 600 B.C.
1¾ in. (2½ x 2 in.) (24.9 grams, 45 mm (68 grams total, 66 x 50 mm including box))
Pillow-shaped tablet with cuneiform text identified as ‘irbu-income of dates from five people, with additional accounting on reverse, dating to year twenty of an unnamed king’; in glass-topped wooden display box. [No Reserve]
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in a Dorset/Somerset saleroom in the late 1950s.
From the private collection of Colonel E.J. Martin (1911-1981) Indian Army and Artillery Regiment; collected since before 1954, and still with its original box with old information label. Identified by Colonel Martin’s friend, the ‘Keeper of Antiquities’ at the British Museum.
SUMERIAN TERRACOTTA FOUNDATION CONE FROM LAGASH
CIRCA 2100 B.C.
4¼ in. (192 grams, 11 cm)
Conical with a domed top, ten-line inscription of Gudea of Lagash, giving a record of the building of Eninnu, the temple of Ningirsu: ‘For Ningirsu, might warrior of Enlil, Gudea, ruler of Lagash, produced everything appropriate and built for him Eninnu, this shining Imdugud bird, and restored it.’
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE:
From an important collection formed before 1988.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s.
248
MESOPOTAMIAN TERRACOTTA CUNEIFORM TABLET IN ENVELOPE
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3¾ in. (180 grams, 96 mm)
Pillow-shaped ceramic tablet with impressed cuneiform inscriptions, wrapped and enclosed in a clay envelope with cuneiform text to both flat faces.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
From an important collection of a London gentleman, 1980-2000s.
249
LARGE SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER FIGURE OF A GODDESS
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
18¾ in. (15.55 kg total, 47.5 cm high including stand)
Modelled in the round figure of a standing deity with textural detailing to the hair, naïve facial features with exaggerated eyes to accept inserts (absent) and slit mouth, gripping hands held out at the chest and one pierced to accept an attribute, knee-length garment, collar or necklace below the throat; mounted on a custom-made stand. £18,000 - 24,000
PROVENANCE:
Ex Hans G. collection, Belgium, 1967-1983. Belgian art market, 1983.
Private German collection of Mrs H., 1985-1993. with Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 26 November 2013, no.198 (€40,00045,000).
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Pierre Bergé & Associés printed catalogue pages (double page spread).
FOOTNOTES:
Similar free-standing statues have been found in the royal cemetery in Aswan (probably Khazinet ed-Darb in the W d Markha), and at Hayd ibn Aqil (Timna), in Yemen. They are mainly statuettes from the Yemeni kingdoms of Awsan and Qataban, which developed in the Beihan Valley. They represent rulers or important dignitaries of both reigns. The statue is remarkable for the detailed treatment of the facial features, hair and dress: the woman is portrayed wearing a long plain dress, similar to the modern futah of Yemenite people. The eyes were originally inlaid with shell set with polished obsidian pupils, giving a lifelike effect to the static statuettes.
250 SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER MALE HEAD ‡
LATE 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (1.17 kg total, 18 cm high including stand)
Carved in the round with deep-set eyes and broad aquiline nose; hair and short beard modelled with stippled surface; slender neck; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
£5,000 - 7,000
PROVENANCE: Formerly private European collection. with Christie’s, New York, 7 December 1995, no.116.
251
SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER HEAD OF A MAN
3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
8 in. (2.42 kg total, 22.5 cm including stand)
Tongue-shaped carved bust reserved on an unworked block; basrelief facial detailing with long vertical D-section nose, slit mouth and two shallow lentoid eyes; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: with Arte Primitivo, New York. American private collection, New York, before 2000.
‘THE MOUSSAIEFF’ SOUTH ARABIAN BRONZE INCENSE BURNER
CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
11 in. (9.17 kg total, 28 cm including stand)
In the form of a bowl with one part of the rim raised and surmounted by spikes decorated with concentric rings; flanked by two large aviform supporters, each with one long curving wing to the outer side of the bowl and legs placed one in front of the other in advancing pose; obverse decorated with a raised legend in South Arabian script intersected by a quadruped with long tail, possibly a lion, rearing on its hind legs; accompanied by a display stand.
£15,000 - 20,000
PROVENANCE: Reputedly from the temple of Athtar dhu-Garb in al-Sawd (ancient Nashsh n) in the Jawf of Yemen.
Previously in the private collection of Shlomo Moussaieff (1925–2015), Israel. Thence by descent.
Acquired from the above 18 May 2021.
Accompanied by Israeli export license. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register Search Confirmation number S00224376 with IADAA Certificate.
PUBLISHED: Sabina Antonini de Maigret and Christian Julien Robin, ‘Un originale incensiere in bronzo da Nashsh n/al-Sawd , Yemen (VII-VI secolo a.C.)’, Semitica et Classica, XVI (2023), pp. 261-266.
253
SASANIAN SILVER-GILT JAR WITH DANCING GIRLS
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D. in. (481 grams, 18.7 cm)
Piriform in profile with flared foot, thick ropework collar above the shoulder, socketted rim; repoussé frieze depicting three nude dancing girls in vigorous motion with draped swags of cloth and holding cymbals; between, a peacock, small boy with a vase and another holding a dove; old collector’s labels to underside.
£15,000 - 20,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, 1960s.
Accompanied by a report by Professor François de Blois, Affiliated Researcher at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge. Accompanied by a positive scientific statement from Striptwist Limited, a London-based company run by historical precious metal specialist Dr Jack Ogden, reference number 170163.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
254
SASANIAN SILVER BOWL WITH INCISED BIRD
3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D.
6½ in. (356 grams, 16.5 cm)
Hemispherical in section with rolled rim, incised ring below rim with ring-and-dot motifs, fluted body; central tondo with punched and later engraved wreath enclosing a perching bird.
£1,800 - 2,400
PROVENANCE:
Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
255
KHORASAN SILVER-INLAID BRASS BOWL
NORTH EASTERN IRAN, 13TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (82 grams, 10 cm wide)
Squat in profile with narrow basal ring, broad mouth; shoulder with band of ornamental Kufic calligraphic text with silver inlay on a field of leaves and tendrils, reading: ‘Glory and prosperity and wealth and well-being and happiness and divine grace and health and gratitude and gratefulness and victory and favour and long life, perpetually’; two strips of silver inlay to the edges of the median band; knotwork arcading below with silver inlay to the weave and pendants.
£6,000 - 8,000
PROVENANCE: with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. Private collection, London.
256
LARGE WESTERN ASIATIC PIRIFORM GLASS JUG ‡
7TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
9¼ in. (180 grams, 23.3 cm)
Tall piriform body with applied basal ring and dimpled base, applied trails to neck, dished piriform mouth with strap handle and thumbpad.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: Sotheby’s, Islamic Art, London 28 March 1994, no.61.
257
NISHAPUR GLAZED BUFFWARE BOWL CENTRAL ASIA, 11TH CENTURY A.D.
9½ in. (885 grams, 24 cm)
With broad mouth, indented ring below the rim to the exterior, low flared foot, vertical painted motifs to the exterior, horizontal band of calligraphic text to interior around tondo with bird motif. [No Reserve]
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: Dubai, 2001. Ex central London gallery.
258
VIJAYANAGARA STATUE OF A SEATED FERTILITY FIGURE
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
3 in. (124 grams, 93 mm)
Modelled in the round in tight-fitting robe gathered at the waist; the hair piled at the back of the head, with large earrings and collar, holding a ladle in the left hand; socket to underside and top of head.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s.
260
LURISTAN BRONZE BIRD SPIKE-BUTTED AXEHEAD ‡
11TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
8 in. (478 grams, 22.5 cm)
Blade with folded upper and lower edge, cylindrical socket with projecting ribs formed as the necks and heads of birds, blade 'projecting' from the mouth of a roaring lion at the neck.
£2,500 - 3,500
PROVENANCE:
Ex Parisian private collection. with Cuvreau Expertises Enchères S.A., sale 60, 21 June 2009, lot 105.
259
WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE SPIKED MACEHEAD GROUP ‡
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 - 5 in. (1.35 kg total, 10-15 cm)
Comprising: one with two unaligned rows, each with four horizontal spikes, topped by a tooth helping to secure the mace to a wooden shaft; the second with a long socket and a row of six spikes, three pointed and three rounded, double tipped edge for securing the shaft; the third with six horizontal spikes; all with solid heads and hollow tubular sockets; of North-West Iranian typology. [3]
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Artemis Gallery, Munich in 1995. European private collection.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
261
SCYTHIAN BRONZE SCALE ARMOUR SECTION
6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
6¼ x 4¾ in. (165 grams, 16 x 12 cm)
A section of scale armour coat composed of 162 overlapping tongueshaped scales mounted onto a cloth panel, each with three holes to the top and some with one or two holes to the right for fastening onto the original leather backing.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather’s collection formed before the early 1970s.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
262
SCYTHIAN CHALCIDIAN HELMET WITH EMBOSSED STAGS
3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
9 in. (696 grams, 31cm high)
Chalcidian or Illyrian variant (Caucasian type), constructed from two halves with the right side overlapping the left, embossed ram horns on the brow, with a profile image of a stag to both sides; hinged cheekpieces with regularly disposed holes to the outer edges; some restoration.
£18,000 - 24,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the European art market, mid-1980s.
Private collection, Oxford, UK.
From the collection of a London doctor.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
FOOTNOTES:
The cultural interchange and the military contacts between the Nomads of Kuban and the Hellenic peoples allowed the Sindo-Meothic, Scythian, or Sarmatian noblemen to equip themselves with such beautiful defensive equipment. The helmet finds its closest parallel in a specimen published by A.E. Negin, belonging to the Puskin Fine Arts Museum of Moscow, originally in the collection of S. Karakowskij (Negin, 2010, p.354 no.6; Hixenbaugh H304). Some of the helmets of this type were modified according to the nomadic (Scythian or Sarmatian) taste, being decorated with religious elements, like the deer.
263
LURISTAN BRONZE SWORD
LATE 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. 20¾ in. (967 grams, 52.5 cm)
With solid cast hilt and penannular guard, a massive grip with a later mushroom pommel, blade with central flat midrib tapering to a sharp tip.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
264
LURISTAN BRONZE SWORD
LATE 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. 21¾ in. (1.05 kg, 55.2 cm)
Later hilt with mushroom-shaped pommel, openwork grip with ‘chain’shaped pattern, crescentic guard, long sloping blade with rectangular-section mid-ridge.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
265
WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE SHORT SWORD WITH MUSHROOM POMMEL
LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C 22¼ in. (1.04 kg, 56.5 cm)
The hilt with mushroom-shaped pommel, round grip, crescentic guard, long sloping blade with rectangular-section mid-ridge.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE: Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
266
MARLIK BRONZE SHORT SWORD 14TH-10TH CENTURY B.C. 17¼ in. (430 grams, 44 cm)
Formed with a slender triangular blade, raised midrib with flat upper face, penannular guard and scooped shoulders, columnar grip with gusseted collar; the upper grip decorated with vertical lines, the lower part with horizontal grooves; crescent pommel.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: Ex Alexander Cotton collection, Hampshire, UK 1980s.
267
MASSIVE IRON AGE CELTIC IRON LA TÈNE SOCKETTED SPEARHEAD
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
28½ in. (825 grams, 72.5 cm)
Slender leaf-shaped blade with median rib, rounded tip, short shoulder, socket with lateral holes to accept a fixing peg.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE:
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
268
IRON AGE CELTIC IRON LA TÈNE SWORD WITH SCABBARD
250-120 B.C.
25¼ - 30 in. (1.06 kg total, 64-76 cm)
Comprising a double-edged sword, the blade terminating in a round point, a shallow groove running along both sides of the blade, lozenge-section grip with four edges; supplied with a curved guard and a small cylindrical pommel; the scabbard with edged borders and the slide scabbard for the fastening of the suspension chain. [2]
£1,200 - 1,700
PROVENANCE:
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
269
IRON AGE THRACIAN IRON MACHAIRA SWORD WITH CHAPE
3RD CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
33 in. (1.34 kg total, 84 cm long)
Single-edged iron blade with sturdy back and slightly curved inner cutting edge; fixing pegs with rosette finials for a scale-tang hilt and ellipsoid pommel above with pierced upper face; scabbard chape with trumpet-shaped foot.
£2,500 - 3,500
PROVENANCE:
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
270
IBERIAN IRON DAGGER WITH RIVETTED HILT
2ND CENTURY B.C.
12 in. (235 grams, 30.6 cm)
A pugio military dagger with waisted leaf-shaped blade, rounded midrib, rectangular rivetted baluster, short grip with crescent pommel. £500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
Ex North American private collection, 1970s-1990s.
FOOTNOTES:
The pugio appeared as a side weapon of the Roman legionary in the 2nd century B.C. However, its full diffusion within the Roman army begun with Caesar and Augustus, where it appeared as the reserve weapon for the heavy infantryman. The present specimen belongs to the Celtiberian tribes who fought against the Roman army in the 2nd century B.C., but represents one of the first prototypes adopted from the Iberians by the Roman legionaries.
271
MIGRATION PERIOD IRON SWORD WITH JEWELLED HILT
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
33 in. (954 grams, 84.5 cm)
Comprising: a spatha-type two-edged tapering blade, lentoid in section with sloped shoulders and short tang pierced by an attachment rivet for the grip; traces to both faces of the blade of wooden fibre from the scabbard; edges lightly notched but substantially complete; the lower guard rectangular in plan and scaphoid in section with inset garnet cloisons, triangular along the lower row and heart-shaped above, rectangular at the top, with small rectangular slivers at each end; accompanied by the upper roundel of the pommel, set with four garnet cloisons.
£5,000 - 7,000
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather’s collection formed before the early 1970s.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
FOOTNOTES:
These ‘ceremonial’ swords (in reality widely used in battle) with an inlaid guard are according to Kazanski Late Roman in origin. The cloisonné decoration was probably linked with the production of particularly ornamented swords in the ateliers of the Roman capital of Constantinople. This typology of weapon was not only produced as a gift for foreign chiefs allied to the empire, but it was also adopted by the Imperial army, and reserved for the Imperial officers, who were often of Germanic or Asiatic origin.
272
VIKING BATTLE AXE HEAD WITH SILVER INLAYS ‡ NORTHERN EUROPE, 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
6¼ in. (10¼ in.) (390 grams, 15.7 cm (813 grams total, 26.2 cm high including stand))
With short, cylindrical socket to rear, narrow neck, flared blade with curved cutting edge; underside of the blade swept in a gentle curve; short flanges above and below the rear of the socket; decorated overall with finely engraved silver inlays forming two dragons and interlace patterns (probably not original); provided with a display stand.
£7,000 - 9,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1982 in Kaliningrad and transported to Riga in 1986, moved to East Berlin in 1988, and again to Germany in 2000, then UK in 2014.
Ex West London collection.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
273
MEDIEVAL BRONZE HANDLED IRON DAGGER WITH RAVEN 11TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
11¾ in. (157 grams, 30 cm)
Comprising a long single-edged blade with swept tip, lentoid-section hilt with long shoulder, ribbed and pelletted detailing to upper grip and openwork pommel formed as a perching raven. [No Reserve]
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather’s collection formed before the early 1970s.
274
MASSIVE GRINDING MILL AND PESTLE
TÉNÉRÉ CULTURE, 8TH-6TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
19 in. (16.4 kg total including stand, stone: 50 cm wide)
Made from black volcanic rock with pitted surfaces, comprising a round-section lentoid pestle and a lunate mortar mounted on a custom-made stand. [2, No Reserve]
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE:
From Central Sahara, Africa.
Ex southern German private collection of U.H., since before 1999. Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Germany, auction 279, no.332.
275
MASSIVE THIN-BUTTED KNAPPED AXE HEAD ‡
EARLY-MIDDLE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3800-3100 B.P.
12½ in. (2.1 kg, 32 cm)
Worked and unpolished on all surfaces and edges, trapezoidal in plan with rectangular cross-section and slightly convex broad sides, straight narrow sides; butt rounded and with reduced thickness; rounded cutting edge; grey to beige ‘marbled’ flint with inclusions.
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE: Danish private collection, T.H. Denmark.
276
CHISEL BLADE ‡
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5500-2200 B.P.
6 in. (7½ in.) (96 grams, 15.2 cm)
Flint blade of above-average length and slimness (so-called “hacheciseau”) with almost parallel sides; rounded cutting edge, roughly hewn, blunt neck; surface polished towards cutting edge; greyish stone (silex) with light spots.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE: Inscription on object: 247 48-11 Seine à Villeneuve St.Georges Île-de-France. Private European collection.
277
THICK-BUTTED POLISHED AXE HEAD ‡
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5500-2200 B.P. 6 in. (411 grams, 15.2 cm)
Worked on all sides to a slightly asymmetrical profile with rectangular cross-section; irregular butt and rounded cutting edge, sides knapped but not polished; butt roughly retouched on surface and edges for attachment of the haft; edge chipped; light grey flint with darker and lighter hues and white spots and patches.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: Hervé Bouraly, Paris, between 1965-1974.
279 KNAPPED FLINT HAND AXE ‡ LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000-100,000 B.P.
6 in. (587 grams, 15.4 cm)
Symmetrically knapped with traces of retouching on both surfaces; piriform in plan with trimmed point, broad rounded butt; thick lentoid cross-section; roughly prepared working edges; yellowish-beige stone, superficial patina remaining.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: Ex Hervé Bouraly, Saint Ouen, France, between 1965-1990. Inscription on object: ‘1953. Champley (Yonne)’.
278
LARGE ‘LIVRE DE BEURRE’ FROM LE GRAND PRESSIGNY ‡ NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 5500-2400 B.P.
12 in. (14¾ in.) (2.62 kg, 30.5 cm (3.79 kg total, 37.5 cm including stand))
A substantial flint core or so-called ‘Livre de Beurre’ with vertical traces of blows on the work side, including one pronounced blade negative extending half way along the stone’s length; cortex remains and core preparation traces on other side; proximal end with impact surface, distal end with rounded point; two bifacial wave to chevron-shaped core edges; flat-prismatic cross-section; raw material for blade production, beige stone (silex) with yellow undertone, cream-colored patches and spots, slightly shiny surface (origin: Le Grand Pressigny, Dép. Indre-et-Loire, France); old collector’s label ‘N13310’; supplied with a custom-made stand.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, B.G., Southwest France.
281
THICK-BUTTED KNAPPED AXE HEAD ‡ NORDIC NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4000-2000 B.P.
7 in. (663 grams, 18 cm)
Dressed on all faces, symmetrical in profile with elongated, trapezoidal plan and rectangular cross-section; slightly curved broad sides, slanting neck with slightly rounded cutting edge; narrow faces with traces of retouching, broad faces partly polished at forward end, rear retouched for attachment of the haft; grey flint (silex), marbled in various shades of grey.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
Ex Dr Siegfried Zimmer, circa 1950.
280 CORDED WARE BOAT-SHAPED AXEHEAD LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.P. 7¾ in. (676 grams, 19.5 cm)
Finely polished in dark grey stone with expanded convex cutting edge tapering to a ‘hammer’ butt, socket with reserved mouth to receive handle.
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather’s collection formed before the early 1970s.
282
LARGE KNAPPED AXE BLADE ‡ NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5500-2200 B.P. 13 in. (1.29 kg, 34.5 cm)
Worked on all sides into an almost symmetrical shape; lanceolate cross-section; beige flint (silex) with cream-coloured spots and dots; waxy surface sheen.
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE:
Findspot ‘Reuilly sur C.1927’, France. Ex M.M., Paris. French art market, 2019.
283
KNAPPED FLINT CLEAVER ‡
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC, EUROPEAN ACHEULEAN, CIRCA 400,000300,000 B.P.
4 in. (6 in.) (322 grams, 12.4 cm ( 519 grams total, 15.6 cm including stand))
Plano-convex in section and ovate in profile with much cortex to the butt; inked findspot data ‘Hachereau / 17 - Saintes / Métairie de Madame’ and paper labels ‘32’, ‘N 13334’.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
Ex Hervé Bouraly, Saint Ouen, France, between 1965-1990.
Inscription on object: ‘Hachereau / 17 - Saintes / Métairie de Madame’. Europe, France, Saintes, lieu-dit Métairie de Madame.
284
POLISHED HAND AXE ‡ NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5500-2200 B.P.
5 in. (489 grams, 13 cm)
Rectangular in section with a narrow rounded butt and asymmetrical curved edge; pitted surface; old collector’s labels ‘France (Bourgogne)’, ‘Saulieu, Côte d’Or’, ‘N15621’.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
Ex Hervé Bouraly, Saint Ouen, France, between 1965-1990.
285
KNAPPED AXE HEAD ‡ NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 5500-2200 B.P. 8 in. (850 grams total, 21.2 cm including stand)
Core tool, roughly hewn on all sides with cortex remains on the narrow end; relatively symmetrical, elongated oval in shape with irregular to lanceolate, thick cross-section; one broad side more convex than the other, straight in longitudinal profile; round, unworked neck with cortex remains, rounded cutting edge, smooth transition from cutting edge to longitudinal edges; beige-grey marbled stone (silex); mounted on a custom-made display stand.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
Ex Hervé Bouraly, Paris, between 1965-1974.
Inscription on object: ‘Ecox.1., .17.Ecoyeux.I’ and ‘Ecx 1’.
286
BRONZE AGE SOCKETTED SPEARHEAD
CENTRAL EUROPE, LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6½ in. (130 grams, 16.7 cm)
Broad leaf-shaped blade with a gusseted midrib, lateral holes for attachment.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: Ex German collection, 1990s.
287
BRONZE AGE SOCKETTED SPEARHEAD ‡
11TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
6 in. (148 grams, 17.5 cm)
With rounded (unsharpened) edge, broad rounded point with a prominent stepped midrib and a wide socket with a fastening hole; high-tin bronze.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE: Acquired in Germany in 2000. Acquired by the present owner from the above.
288
BRONZE AGE SOCKETTED SPEARHEAD ‡ 11TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
6¾ in. (109 grams, 16 cm)
With flared socket developing to a midrib with scooped lateral ribbing in a leaf-shaped blade; opposed lateral holes to accept attachment pegs.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE: Acquired in Germany in 2000. Acquired by the present owner from the above.
289
BRONZE AGE SOCKETTED SPEARHEAD ‡ CIRCA 1000 B.C.
5¾ in. (8 in.) (92 grams, 14.6 cm (152 grams total, 20.6 cm including stand))
With flared socket developing to a midrib with scooped ribbing in a leaf-shaped blade; opposed lateral holes to accept attachment pegs, and casting flaw close to the mouth; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the German art market, from Gallery Christian Niederhuber, 2000. European private collection.
290
BRONZE AGE BALLINTOBER TYPE SHORT SWORD
1300-800 B.C.
14 in. (335 grams, 37.8 cm)
Waisted leaf-shaped blade with rounded tip, stepped edges, flared shoulders with holes to accept fixing rivets, flat tang with rivet hole and part of another at the broken end; blade restored; inked legend ‘IRELAND / Monaghan’. [No Reserve]
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
Believed found Monaghan, Ireland. with Christie’s New York, 13 December 1980, no.22 Subsequently Olympia Auctions, 26 June 2024, no.120.
291
LATE BRONZE AGE GOLD TWISTED RING MONEY
MID 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER in. (5.52 grams, 22.84 mm overall, 17.75 internal diameter (approximate size British M½, USA 6¼, Europe 13.09, Japan 12))
Penannular in form and round in section with twist-pattern detailing. £400 - 600
PROVENANCE: Previously acquired on the German art market in the 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market.
292
BRONZE AGE DECORATED BOWL WITH LOOP HANDLE ‡
CIRCA 1000 B.C.
6 in. (182 grams, 15.2 cm wide)
With carinated profile, and flared rim, ancient rivetted repair to central base; strap handle to rear over ancient crack, with evidence of previous repairs.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
in Austria in 2000.
293
BRONZE AGE NECK TORC AND BRACELET SET
10TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
3¾ - 5½ in. (732 grams total, 9.5-13.8 cm)
Comprising: round-section penannular torc with scrolled finials; two hollow-formed bracelets. [3]
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather’s collection formed before the early 1970s.
294
BRONZE AGE BULL’S HEAD NECKLACE
10TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
14 in. (250 grams, 35.5 cm)
Restrung necklace of tubular beads, some corrugated and others with two loops to the underside, each loop with a flared dangle; interstitial biconvex barrel-shaped beads and sturdy zoomorphic type with ropework detailing to the tube and bullhead below with openwork muzzle; pierced domed disc at each end.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather’s collection formed before the early 1970s.
295
LARGE BRONZE AGE POSAMENTERIE FIBULA ‡ LATE TUMULUS-EARLY URNFIELD PERIOD, C.1400-1200 B.C.
8¼ in. (160 grams, 21 cm)
Comprising a sturdy pin and spring attached to a shank formed from multiple parallel rods clasped by transverse collars, with large coil finial.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE: South German private collection, acquired in the 1970s-1980s.
296
EXTREMELY LARGE BRONZE AGE PIN WITH KNOP FINIAL ‡
CENTRAL EUROPE, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
33 in. (205 grams, 83 cm)
Round-section shank with bulb to the upper end with incised chevrons and ribbing, narrow neck, biconvex knop finial with median hatched band.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the Austrian art market, 2000. European private collection.
297
ROMANO-CELTIC BRONZE LEAPING BOAR STATUETTE
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (165 grams total, 74 mm wide)
Modelled in the round in a dynamic pose with fierce facial features and partially open mouth; ridge of bristles to the spine; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE:
Found Hampshire, UK, in the 1980s.
From the collection of David Miller and a Cambridge, UK, collection, 2000s.
299
BRONZE AGE SINGLE-HANDLED CUP PAIR ‡
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, 1475-1250 B.C.
5¾ - 8 in. (353 grams total, 14.7-22 cm)
Comprising: a broad ringware pithos with bifid handle, carinated rim, collector’s labels to underside, small hole drilled at base; squat similar pithos with narrow handle. [2]
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
Ex Desmond Morris, between 1967-2001. with Christie’s, London, 14-15 May 2002, no.44.
298
CELTIC BRONZE DUCK MOUNT ‡
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
2 in. (37 grams, 53 mm)
Ellipsoid in plan with raised wings folded to the back, sturdy neck, small head with large bill and domed lentoid eyes; pierced vertically for attachment.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
300
BRONZE AGE HALLSTATT WARE VESSEL ‡ 12TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
7½ in. (746 grams, 19 cm wide including handle)
Squat in profile with low neck and broad mouth, rounded rim, strap handle; carinated shoulder with vertical fluting tapering to a narrow base; rim chipped, hole to lower body; with old handwritten paper label ‘Trouvé à Lizzano près carente’; handwritten accession no. 242’; paper ticket with ‘Bronzezeitlches [...]gefäss gefunden 1938 in Oderland bei glagan / schon mehr übergang zur Eisenzeit’.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: Formerly in the collection of Dr Siegfried Zimmer, Germany, found in Glogau, near Haynau, Silesia.
Private collection, acquired by M. A. in 2004.
301
DARK AGE SILVER BOAR BOW BROOCH ‡
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
2½ in. (28 grams, 65 mm)
Comprising a circular headplate with pointillé tendril ornament, and three radiating lugs, each with a flared collar below; deep D-section bow with boar-head modelling including open mouth and tusks, bristles and pricked ears; parallel-sided chamfered edges, recurved finial with dog-head detailing and teardrop dangle in the mouth; spring and pin to the reverse.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE: with Artemis Gallery, Münich, before 1998. Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2001.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
FOOTNOTES:
As the boar’s mouth is modelled open, it is likely that it also had a dangle similar to that of the dog’s head. The artistic effect of the brooch is to symbolise the chase, with the boar fleeing and the hound in close pursuit behind. This kind of fibula was used by the Romano-British people of Britannia, as attested by specimens found in Britain (BM inventory no.PRB 1954.12-6.1).
302 ANGLO-SAXON GILT BRONZE GARNET JEWELLED GREAT SQUARE-HEADED BROOCH
525-575 A.D. - 1 in. (68.16 grams total, 22-41 mm)
Fragments comprising: rectangular headplate with raised bands separating the zones of Salin Style I and other ornament, shallow
bow with three vertical raised ribs, lozengiform footplate with lateral lappets and lobes, central cell with inset garnet cloison; the brooch of Hines Group XXII. [8]
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Brompton-on-Swale and Scorton, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, UK, on 8 November 2014; declared as ‘not treasure’ under Treasure reference no.2015 T386, and returned to the finder.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum’s Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.DUR-353A49.
Accompanied by a copy of the report of potential Treasure find from Brompton compiled by the British Museum for H.M.Coroner with no.2015 T386.
303 ANGLO-SAXON BRONZE CHIP-CARVED ‘SALIN’S STYLE 1’ MOUNT
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1¼ in. (3 in.) (20.7 grams, 30 mm (55 grams total, 93 mm high including stand))
Rectangular in plan with raised border and central panel with slot; chip-carved Style I Tiermensch design; four studs and textile remains to reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of the late David Miller, a distinguished Hertfordshire collector and numismatist, active during the 1990s. with ArtAncient Ltd, 2013. Private collection, London.
304
HIBERNO-SAXON GILT BIRD-HEADED FINIAL
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1½ in. (2¾ in.) (26.12 grams, 38 mm (43.6 grams total, 71 mm including stand))
A zoomorphic mount with enigmatic zoomorphic ornament, ellipsoid in section with hollow rear and slot, holes for attachment curved end; the rear of the body formed with transverse twisted ribs above two panels of fine parallel lines parted at the median with D-shaped lugs projecting above; below, beneath the lateral slot, horizontal ribs and balusters with scooped edge and two holes for attachment, the scooped finial with two impressed sockets forming a beast-head; above, the forward end of the shank forming a curved beak with lateral recesses; socket eyes above, one with glass fill; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE: with ArtAncient Ltd.
Private collection, London, UK.
FOOTNOTES:
The item is enigmatic and intriguing. In many respects it resembles a drinking horn finial, particularly the class of such items found in Irish and Hiberno-Saxon contexts (Youngs, items 53, 54). However, the profile of the hollow rear is elliptical rather than circular, and the lateral slots are clearly intended to accept some form of projection. The most likely interpretation is that the piece was custom-made to fit a drinking horn with carved and reserved ornament, part of which would fit into the slots. The form of the piece is superficially that of an eagle or raven-head with sturdy raptor’s beak. However, behind the head are placed two small projecting ears and the sides bear a long mane, both reminiscent of a horse. Other interpretations include such elements as a boar, a caterpillar, and a rat. It seems likely that the animal is a hybrid of a mammal and bird of prey: in this case, it must be a gryphon and was possibly inspired by classical forms.
305
MEROVINGIAN GOLD RING WITH GARNET
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
¾ in. (2.25 grams, 21.52 mm overall, 18.75 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P½, USA 7¾, Europe 16.86, Japan 16))
With slender hoop and splayed shoulders, ellipsoid bezel with twisted collar and beaded wire filet, cell with inset almandine garnet over a waffle-pattern sheet gold backing.
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE: Ex private collection, 1970s. Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
306
GOTHIC GILT BRONZE MOUNT WITH GARNET CABOCHONS
6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (14.6 grams, 33 mm)
Hollow-formed, quatrefoil in plan with inset D-shaped garnet closions surrounding an ellipsoid cabochon.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
307
RHENISH SAXON COLOURLESS GLASS BEAKER
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (29.8 grams, 80 mm)
With pontil base and tubular long neck, expanding at the top, flat rim.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: Ex Sussex, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
308
ANGLO-SCANDINAVIAN PRE-VIKING HEAVY GOLD CURRENCY INGOT
650-750 A.D. in. (5.86 grams, 15 mm)
Rectangular-section bar with rounded ends, pitted and slightly facetted surfaces; equal in weight to 4.5 Tremisses.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Harborough, Leicestershire, UK, on 1st December 2022, by Ms Anita Malin, declared as Treasure and returned to the finder.
309
PRE-VIKING SILVER-GILT HUMAN-HEADED EAGLE BROOCH
CIRCA 700 A.D.
2 in. (13.48 grams, 49 mm)
With broad looped body and wing, trapezoidal segmented tail, small angled claw; lentoid cell in the bow of the wing with inset garnet cloison; head with hooked beak and discoid panel with human facial feature; pin-lug to reverse with mineralised remains, possibly textile, and catch.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
By repute found in the Kristiansand area, Norway, in the early 20th century. From the collection of Jay Wilford, formed prior to 2000.
Acquired at the Royal Horticultural Hall antiques fair, Westminster, London, UK. Property of a gentleman collector.
FOOTNOTES:
The brooch resembles the form of aviform fibula found in the Baltic area, e.g. on Öland. The human face on a bird’s body has parallels in the Sutton Hoo burial where the shield bears a bird in profile with a human mask on the hip. In the present case, the mask may represent the legend of Welund (Norse Völundr), the supernatural smith who creates a bird-form in order to escape from his captor, King Niðhad. This legend is known from Icelandic poetic references (Völundarkviða in the Verse Edda) and from Anglo-Saxon tradition.
310
GOTHIC GOLD-FOILED SILVER BUCKLE WITH GARNET
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.58 grams, 28 mm)
Comprising: round-section graduated silver loop; D-section tongue, forward edge curved over the loop, rear with transverse ribbing; small plate with applied domed cell, ribbed collar, granulated field, inset cabochon garnet.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather’s collection formed before the early 1970s.
311
VIKING AGE BRONZE DRAGON-HEADED SHIP PENDANT
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (140 grams total, pendant: 12.5 cm (18.8 cm including stand))
Twisted wire loop with swivel joint and loop, vertical twisted pendant and pierced bar with horse-head finials; Finno-Ugric type; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather’s collection formed before the early 1970s.
312
VIKING AGE BRONZE DRAGON PENDANT WITH FOOT DANGLES
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2¾ in. (5¼ in.) (79 grams total, pendant: 71 mm wide (13.2 cm including stand))
Horizontal braided band with horse-head finial, loop to reverse, band of loops to lower edge, each with a duck-foot dangle; Finno-Ugric type; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather’s collection formed before the early 1970s.
313
VIKING AGE BRONZE VOTIVE MINIATURE HORN
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2½ in. (3½ in.) (74 grams, 66 mm (128 grams total, 91 mm high including stand))
Tubular in form with thick ribbing to the rim and mouthpiece; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather’s collection formed before the early 1970s.
FOOTNOTES: The open end suggests that this is a blowing-horn rather than a drinking horn.
314
VIKING BRONZE DECORATED JEWELLER’S HAMMER
9TH–EARLY 11TH CENTURY A.D.
4½ in. (50 grams total, 11.4 cm including stand)
Comprising: trapezoidal body with impressed ropework band to one face; flared conical arm with piening face, hatching to narrow end; rectangular-section blade with herringbone ornament to upper face, narrow working face; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the London art market, 1990s. Private collection, London.
315
VIKING GOLD INLAID IRON ARTEFACT COLLECTION
LATE 10TH-EARLY 11TH CENTURY A.D.
4 - 7 in. (16 x 10½ in.) (320 grams total, 12.5-18.2 cm (1.84 kg total, display stand: 40.5 x 26.5 cm))
Comprising: an iron stirrup with inlaid radiating bars to the plaque; ferrous key with split shank, openwork end, bulb with inlaid gold wires; dress pin with hatched gold decoration; mounted on a custom-made stand. [3]
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the London art market, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.
316
LARGE VIKING SILVER TWISTED NECK TORC
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (300 grams, 20 cm)
With a round-section faux twist body, the ends overlapping and curving at the ends, facetted knop finials.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather’s collection formed before the early 1970s.
317
VIKING AGE BRONZE PENDANT COLLECTION DISPLAY
9TH-EARLY 11TH CENTURY A.D.
¾ - 2¼ in. (390 grams total, 21-56 mm)
Including addorsed horse heads with loops beneath, figureembracing-birds discoid type and others; mounted on a perspex display stand. [5]
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the London art market, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.
318
VIKING SILVER TWISTED TORC WITH STAMPED TERMINALS
LATE 9TH-EARLY 11TH CENTURY A.D.
6¼ in. (114 grams, 16 cm (266 grams total, 19 cm high including stand))
Neck-ring with twisted section, integral loop and sprung catch, two triangular spurs with pointillé pattern ornament; mounted on a custommade stand.
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the London art market, 1990s. Private collection, London.
319
VIKING BRONZE DRAGON WEATHER VANE FINIAL 9TH-EARLY 11TH CENTURY A.D.
3½ in. (3 in.) (104 grams total, 88 mm (92 mm including stand))
Finial fragment for a ship’s weather vane formed in the round as a stylised hybrid creature with braided mane to the arched neck, pricked ears, convex lentoid eyes and gaping mouth with stub tongue; lanceolate body, carinated in section with low-relief scrolls to the shoulders, slot below and thin plaque with lozengiform stepped tail; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the London art market, 1990s. Private collection, London. 318
320
SCANDINAVIAN VIKING SILVER CHAIN NECKLACE WITH GILT SILVER DRAGON TERMINALS CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
34 in. (165 grams, 88.5 cm)
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. [No Reserve]
£1,800 - 2,400
PROVENANCE: Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
321
SCANDINAVIAN VIKING SILVER-GILT FILIGREE MASK PENDANT
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (5.63 grams, 50 mm)
Hollow-formed and ovate in plan with applied filigree detailing of a bearded mask; pierced suspension lug above; gilding possibly later. [No Reserve]
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
322
SCANDINAVIAN VIKING SILVER FILIGREE TAU CROSS PENDANT
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.05 grams, 35 mm)
Cruciform hollow pendant with applied granulation to the obverse, filigree borders and scrolled ‘eyes’ on the suspension bar. [No Reserve]
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE:
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
323
SCANDINAVIAN VIKING SILVER FILIGREE PENDANT
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.04 grams, 41 mm)
Discoid with applied discs, filigree looped bands, granules and other detailing. [No Reserve]
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
324
SCANDINAVIAN VIKING SILVER FILIGREE LOZENGE-SHAPED PENDANT
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.45 grams, 37 mm)
With braided filigree borders, looped filigree bands, granules and other ornament. [No Reserve]
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
325
SCANDINAVIAN VIKING SILVER MOUNT WITH BEARDED MASK
7TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
1¼ in. (7.29 grams, 30 mm)
Lobe fragment comprising a raised outer border with punched zigzag ornament, narrow inner border forming a loop around a facing bearded mask with recessed eyes, interstitial zone filled with looses guilloche bands; at upper edge, a triangular cell; solder scar to reverse.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of N. Thomas, 1979-1987.
326
ANGLO-SAXON GILT BRONZE ANIMAL STYLE 1 MOUNT
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.4 grams, 35 mm)
Discoid with central tondo decorated with four impressed lentoids and surrounding pellet band, rim of Salin Style I Tiermensch motifs with remains of border.
£300 - 400
PROVENANCE: Found Saxmundham, Suffolk, UK, in 1979. Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
327
SCANDINAVIAN VIKING SILVER-GILT FILIGREE BOX BROOCH
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (12.5 grams, 41 mm)
Comprising a squat cylindrical body with applied ornate cruciform motif to upper face, braided filigree to the side wall; hollow-formed; ring for attachment of a necklace or securing chain, pin-lug and catchplate to reverse. [No Reserve]
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE: Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
328
SCANDINAVIAN VIKING SILVER-GILT FILIGREE LOZENGESHAPED PENDANT
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1¾ in. (5.81 grams, 43 mm)
Openwork plate formed as a quatrefoil with integral looped tendrils, applied filigree, beaded wire bands and granules, hollow-formed suspension bar. [No Reserve]
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
329
MEDIEVAL GOLD RING WITH GARNET CABOCHON
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.20 grams, 24.08 mm overall, 16.95 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L½, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11))
With a slender hoop and a high rectangular bezel set with a garnet cabochon.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
330
MEDIEVAL GOLD RING WITH CABOCHON 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.87 grams, 27.93 mm overall, 18.17x20.22 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16))
Round-section hoop supporting a cruciform segmented bezel with inset glass(?) cabochon.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: Previously acquired on the German art market.
Ex Cumberland Coin Fair, London, UK, in the 1980s.
331
MEDIEVAL GOLD RING WITH CABOCHON GARNET
15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.79 grams, 26.41 mm overall, 18.45 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16))
Comprising a slender D-section hoop with balustered shoulders, ellipsoid cell with garnet cabochon; restored.
£1,200 - 1,700
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the European art market in the 1990s. UK collection of a European gentleman.
EXHIBITED: Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 21st January-10th March 2025; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefacts on display.
332
MEDIEVAL GOLD RING WITH CRYSTAL CABOCHON
14TH CENTURY A.D.
in. (1.62 grams, 21.13 mm overall, 15.65 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J½, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9))
Round-section hoop supporting a conical cell with inset rock crystal cabochon.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the European art market in the 1990s. UK collection of a European gentleman.
333
MEDIEVAL GOLD RING WITH CABOCHON GARNET
14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.59 grams, 27.40 mm overall, 18.69 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8½, Europe 18¾, Japan 18))
With round-section hoop and inverted pyramidal cell, inset garnet cabochon.
£1,200 - 1,700
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the European art market in the 1990s. UK collection of a European gentleman.
334
‘THE EASTCHURCH’ MEDIEVAL GOLD GEM-SET ANNULAR BROOCH
CIRCA 1200-1350 A.D.
1 in. (4.33 grams, 28 mm)
Surface of the frame with filigree decoration in the form of conical, spiralling coils of corded wire, each with applied granules, tubular collets forming the six bezels, each set with a gemstone: smooth cabochon garnets of different shades of red and pink and a single citrine; straightened.
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE:
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Eastchurch, Kent, UK, on Sunday 6th September 2020; declared as Treasure and disclaimed under Treasure Reference no.2020-T978.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum’s Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-D06625.
FOOTNOTES:
The design of this brooch, in terms of shape, form and decoration most closely resembles ‘the Waterford ring brooch’ found in Waterford, Ireland and dated to c.1210. The similarities include: the corded wire applied to the inner and outer edges of the front of the frame; applied spiralling coils of the same corded wire with granules; tubular collets set with stones; a pin with a decorated subrectangular collar; a punched hole on the inner half of the frame for the pin’s attachment loop.
335
MEDIEVAL CARVED BONE PLAQUES FROM THE EMBRIACHI WORKSHOP
FLORENCE, 1380-1400 A.D.
11½ x 9½ in. (445 grams, 29.1 x 24 cm)
Set of rectangular carved bone panels each with chamfered rim and recessed panel; ten with a pair of rosettes within roundels flanked by folate motifs; mainly military motifs with nude figures in profile advancing with weapons among trees; larger central panel with four nude warriors confronted with a shield and banner; mounted in a velvet-covered matrix in a gilt wooden frame. [No Reserve]
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE: with Woolley & Wallis, 16 January 2024, no.53.
336
MEDIEVAL BRONZE ALTAR CROSS ON TRIPOD BASE ‡ 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
9¼ in. (669 grams, 23 cm)
Comprising an expanding-arm cross supporting a short neck with disc finial above; below, a short shank with trumpet-shaped baluster and triangular base, scooped in profile with segmented radiating legs and domed feet; a knop placed between each pair of legs.
£4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE: with Juliette Noujaim, Arqueologie, Islamic Art, Le Louvre des Antiquaires, Paris. Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2005.
337
MEDIEVAL WOODEN PEW END CARVED WITH FLAMBOYANT BLIND TRACERY
ENGLAND, NORFOLK OR SUFFOLK, EARLY 15TH CENTURY A.D.
42½ in. (15.3 kg, 108 cm high)
Carved end of a church pew with lancet arch arcading supporting a roundel with triskele; pointed upstand with foliage detailing; old cloutnail to lower edge. [No Reserve]
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
Ex Peter Richey, 1997.
338
MEDIEVAL WOODEN LION PEW EAST ANGLIA, 15TH CENTURY A.D.
42¾ in. (15.7 kg, 108.5 cm high)
Carved finial for a church pew with scooped arm-rest and rear slot for shelf; tapering upper section with trefoil finial; arm-rest with integral carved figure of a lion couchant with tiered curly mane. [No Reserve]
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
Ex Peter Richey, 1999.
339
MEDIEVAL CARVED OAK BOSS WITH THE MASK OF A MAN AND FOLIAGE
CIRCA 1475 A.D.
9 in. (2.3 kg, 24.5 cm)
Carved in the half-round as a tonsured male face centred in an octofoil with mounting sockets and lateral piercings. [No Reserve]
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE:
Collection of Roderick and Valentine Butler, Marwood House, Honiton, Devon. with Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood, 10 March 2020, no.436.
340
MEDIEVAL WARS OF THE ROSES SILVER-GILT SUPPORTER’S BADGE
15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.09 grams, 24 mm)
Formed as a quatrefoil with pierced crown above, loop and suspension ring.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of N. Thomas, 1979-1987.
341
MEDIEVAL IRON KNIFE WITH INSCRIBED SILVER FITTINGS
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
9 in. (88 grams, 23.3 cm)
Comprising a hand-forged triangular iron single-edged blade with stamped ‘V’ and ‘II’ marks; silver balusters to each end of the grip, crenellated inner edges, reserved niello text bands ‘+BAUTHIOR+OR’ above and ‘+MALCI+IAN[.]PAR’ naming the three Magi (Balthazar, Melchior and Caspar); the end with recessed silver plate depicting a female bust in three-quarters view within a scalloped frame; wooden handle replaced. [No Reserve]
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
343
MEDIEVAL ‘BOOK OF AMOS’ MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A LATIN BIBLE
FRANCE, 13TH CENTURY A.D.
5¾ x 4 in. (0.99 grams, 14.7 x 10.6 cm)
Vellum leaf with dense bastarda script in two blocks to each page; decorated versals in red with blue detailing; historiated capital ‘U’ with nimbate robed figure bearing a scroll; text from the Book of Amos (red text ‘incipit liber Amos prophete’). [No Reserve]
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: Private collection, UK.
342
MEDIEVAL CHOIR BOOK MANUSCRIPT PAGE ITALY, 13TH CENTURY A.D.
12¼ x 10¼ in. (133 grams total, 31 x 26 cm)
Rectangular portion of a vellum page with historiated capital ‘N’ in silver on a rich blue field, interlace detailing to the stave and bow, liquid gold detailing; showing the Liberation of Saint Peter with nimbate saint and angel; mounted on a card backing with reveal. [No Reserve]
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE: with Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen, 26 May 2015, no.26. Private collection, UK.
344
MEDIEVAL LIFE OF ST AMBROSE MANUSCRIPT EXCERPT TUSCANY, 12TH CENTURY A.D.
8 x 5¼ in. (3.7 grams, 22 x 13.3 cm)
Rectangular vellum panel with a uncial script text; foliated initial ‘o’ ( in ortarius venertabilis patrius); probably Tuscan work; text from Paulinus of Milan’s Vita Sancti Ambrosii (Life of St Ambrose). [No Reserve]
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE: Private collection, UK.
345
MEDIEVAL BOOK OF MALACHI MANUSCRIPT PAGE FROM A LATIN BIBLE
FRANCE, 13TH CENTURY A.D.
5¾ x 4 in. (1.07 grams, 14.7 x 10.5 cm)
Vellum leaf with dense bastarda script in two blocks to each page; decorated versals in red with blue detailing; historiated capital ‘O’ with robed figure bearing a scroll; text from the Book of Malachi. [No Reserve]
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: Private collection, UK.
347
MEDIEVAL FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN MANUSCRIPT FROM A LATIN BIBLE
FRANCE, 1240-1250 A.D.
7½ x 5½ in. (1.8 grams, 19 x 14 cm)
Vellum leaf with dense bastarda script in two blocks to each page; decorated versals in red and blue; historiated capital ‘Q’ with liquid gold frame and seated figure reading from a book; text from the First Epistle of St. John. [No Reserve]
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: Private collection, UK.
346
MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT WITH HISTORIATED ‘PARCE MIHI’ WITH A PRIEST AT AN ALTAR FRANCE, 13TH CENTURY A.D. 10 x 9 in. (733 grams total, 27 x 23 cm)
Manuscript leaf with Latin text in blackletter script with decorated illuminated capital ‘P’ from the phrase ‘parce mihi’ (spare me); verso with liquid gold detailing and nine ornamental capitals letters; mounted in a glazed frame. [No Reserve]
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE: Private collection, UK.
348
LARGE MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS PANEL DEPICTING GOD THE FATHER FRANCE, 15TH CENTURY A.D.
10 x 15½ in. (1.29 kg, 27.5 x 39.5 cm)
Rectangular in plan in lead frame, central irregular panel with sepiatinted mask with long hair and beard in tiered crown. [No Reserve]
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE:
Ex Monastery Stained Glass, 1997.
349
MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS PANEL OF A BEARDED MAN FRANCE, ALSACE, 13TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (128 grams, 10.9 cm)
Discoid panel in frame of lead cames enclosing a male mask in threequarter view. [No Reserve]
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: with De Baecque Vente Aux Encheres, 5 March 2022, no.43.
350
MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS PANEL OF A HEAD 15TH CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (113 grams, 15.5 cm wide)
Irregular panel in lead frame, youthful male head with chestnut-brown beard, in three-quarter view with nimbus above. [No Reserve]
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: with Rieunier & Associes, Paris, 25 October 2004, no.52 [Part].
351
TUDOR PERIOD STAINED GLASS PANEL WITH HEAD OF MAGUS FRANCE, CIRCA 1510 A.D.
8½ in. (201 grams, 21.5 cm)
Two irregular panels joined in a lead frame, head of a Magus from the Nativity story; bearded with gold crown above the turban. [No Reserve]
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE: European collection, 19th century, by descent. with Christie’s, London, 15 December 1998, no.70.
EXHIBITED: Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 21st January-10th March 2025; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefacts on display.
352
MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS PANEL OF VIRGIN AND CHILD
NORTHERN FRANCE, NORMANDY, CIRCA 1310-1330 A.D.
10¾ x 19¼ in. (2.2 kg, 27.5 x 48.8 cm)
Rectangular panel with segmented border in lead frame; polychrome scene of Mary enthroned as the Queen of Heaven with crown over her headrail, nimbate infant Jesus on her knee. [No Reserve]
£4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE: De Baecque Encheres, 14 April 2008, no.202. with Orne Enchreres, 5 December 2020, no.232.
353
MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS PANEL OF A BEARDED SAINT WESTERN FRANCE, CIRCA 1430 A.D.
6½ in. (130 grams, 16.5 cm wide)
Irregular panel in lead frame with bearded head in three-quarter view; perhaps from Le Mans or region. [No Reserve]
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: with Michel Acezat (d.1943), by descent. with Galerie de Chartres, 8 March 2009, no.7.
354
MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS PANEL WITH HEAD 15TH CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (87 grams, 14.2 cm)
Irregular panel in a lead frame with profile bust of an elderly bearded man. [No Reserve]
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: with Rieunier & Associes, Paris, 25 October 2004, no.52 [Part].
355
RENAISSANCE STAINED GLASS PANEL OF THE HEAD OF SAINT JOHN
NORTHERN FRANCE, CIRCA 1490-1510 A.D.
5½ in. (149 grams, 14 cm)
Irregular glass panels in lead frame, painted image of the severed head of John the Baptist with nimbus. [No Reserve]
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: with De Baecque Vente Aux Encheres, 5 March 2022, no.57.
356
RENAISSANCE ILLUMINATED SOUFLET PANEL WITH SAINT NICHOLAS
NORTHERN FRANCE, CHAMPAGNE, TROYES, CIRCA 1530 A.D.
39¼ x 31¾ in. (33.5 kg total, 100.5 x 80.5 cm including frame)
Rectangular framed souflet reveal with inset stained glass depicting St. Nicholas standing wearing episcopal robes and mitre and holding a golden crozier beside a tub with three nude male infants; with integral backlight and 12V DC transformer and three-pin plug. [No Reserve]
£4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE:
Ex Neil Phillips Stained Glass Ltd, 2018.
FOOTNOTES:
The scene depicts St. Nicholas and the three children whom he saved from death. Tradition has it that three boys were playing in a field during the harvest. They wandered into the city and were soon lost, so they stopped at a butcher’s premises to ask for food and a place to sleep. The butcher murdered them and kept their remains salted in a barrel. Some time later, Saint Nicholas visited the premises and commanded the butcher to open the large salting tub where the bodies still lay. Saint Nicholas said Rise up, children! and thus he miraculously resurrected the boys.
357
RENAISSANCE STAINED GLASS WINDOW PAIR
BERN, SWITZERLAND, CIRCA 1520 A.D.
23¼ x 17 in. (16.5 kg total, 59 x 43 cm including frame)
Pair of stained glass window panels comprising: a kneeling female figure in a blue robe in a landscape, within an arch with heraldic supporters on the capitals; with heater shield lower right with mask on a barry field; a kneeling bearded male in a landscape within a lancet arch with heater shield lower left, running goat in fess beneath a mullet; both from the circle of Hans Funk, each supplied with frame including integral backlight, 12V DC transformer and three-pin plug. [2, No Reserve]
£4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE:
Kept in a private collection for several decades, Zurich, Switzerland. with Schuler Auktionen, 24 March 2021, no.529.
358
MOUNT ATHOS WOODEN CROSS WITH SILVER-GILT MOUNTS
CIRCA 1700 A.D.
8½ in. (140 grams, 21.8 cm)
Comprising: a wooden cross with carved scenes from the life of Christ (Nativity and others to one face, Crucifixion and others to the other face) housed in a filigree frame with beaded wire borders to the circular openings; three large amethyst beads to the arms, smaller coral and glass beads to each face; canetille balustered stem and domed base.
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE:
Ex Iconastas, London, SW1, UK, in 2004.
Ex Mayfair Gallery Limited, London W1, UK, in 2005. Property of a London, UK, gentleman collector.
Accompanied by a copy of the Mayfair Gallery invoice dated 10 January 2005.
Accompanied by a copy of the Iconastas invoice dated 18 February 2004.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
359
MOUNT ATHOS WOODEN CROSS WITH SILVER-GILT MOUNTS
LATE 18TH CENTURY A.D.
8½ in. (170 grams, 21.5 cm)
Comprising: a wooden cross with carved scenes from the life of Christ (Nativity and others to one face, Crucifixion and others to the other face) housed in a filigree frame; addorsed winged beasts supporting the arms of the cross; three coral beads to the arms, smaller glass beads to each face; balustered stem and domed base.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
Ex Iconastas, London SW1, UK, in 2004.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman collector.
Accompanied by a copy of the Iconastas invoice dated 18 February 2004.
360
MOUNT ATHOS WOODEN CROSS WITH THE CRUCIFIXION AND THE BAPTISM
CIRCA 1669 A.D.
7¾ in. (93 grams, 19.5 cm)
Showing the Evangelists and the Crucifixion with Saint Mary, Saint John and Saint Longinos on one side with Greek inscription ‘STAVROSIS ( = the Crucifixion)’ above; the Baptism on the other side with Greek inscription ‘VANGELISMOU ( = the Apparition)’ above, evangelists depicted above and below with the angels Gabriel and Michael to the sides.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Portobello Road, London, in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, gentleman collector.
FOOTNOTES:
The term ‘Dodekaorton cross’ is the most appropriate for this category of crosses and is used in other codices of the post-Byzantine period. These small crosses were used by the Hieromonks for blessings to the faithful and in various processions and liturgies, and were often mounted with frames made of precious materials. The carving of wooden crosses is regarded as an art traditionally practiced by Athonite monks. Ioannis Komninos in 1698 and the Jesuit priest Braconnier in 1706 both refer to the carved wooden pectorals and crosses made by the monks in order to provide themselves with a livelihood.
361
GREEK
SILVER ATLAS CROSS
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
5½ in. (171 grams, 14 cm)
Silver-gilt with architectural detailing, arched voids to reveal an inner carved wood cross with figural and other ornament; attachment socket to foot.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the European art market before 2000. Ex property of a Dutch collector.
Property of a Californian, USA, collector.
362
ROMANIAN ORTHODOX ROYAL WOODEN DOORS WITH ANNUNCIATION SCENE
CIRCA 1750 A.D.
52 x 13 in (13.8 kg total, 132 x 34 cm each)
Each door a single board with graduated scalloped upper edge, horizontal wooden bars to the reverse, hand-forged iron hinge knuckles and D-section leader to left door; primed with tempera on both faces and painted on the obverse, each with a bottle-green field, blue-grey frontage with vermillion upper storey and gilt roof; Left Door: portion of city wall with tall, narrow building behind, balcony at the upper level with King David standing holding an unfurled scroll, wearing a gilt crown, vermillion tunic and blue mantle; before the wall a winged angel Gabriel holding a frond, wearing a draped mantle over ankle-length chiton and sandals; above, red painted legend ‘BOUNA’; to the right edge, a D-section leader painted with red, white and blue diagonal stripes; Right Door: portion of city wall with tall, narrow building behind, balcony at the upper level with King Solomon standing holding a scroll and wearing a gilt crown, similar tunic and mantle to the other; dove descending towards Mary standing before the wall in front of a cushioned throne, with gilt nimbus around her head; red painted legend ‘V E S T I R E’ above; rare. [2]
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE: Property of a London, UK, gentleman collector.
Accompanied by a copy of a Romanian export licence. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
FOOTNOTES:
The ‘royal doors’ (Greek: Ω ) mark the entrance to the iconostasis (wooden screen hiding the altar) in an Eastern Orthodox church.
363
‘OUR LADY OF THE FLAMES’ FIGURAL SCENE
15TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER 14 in. (10.55 kg total, 37.7 cm including stand)
Carved in the half-round frieze fragment or devotional sculpture of the Madonna del Fuoco, facing female in wimple and long robe with her right arm bent forward, left arm extended above a child gripping the folds of her robe; billowing flames surrounding the pair; mounted on a custom-made stand.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: Acquired Lukas Pearsie, Suffolk, 2012. Property of a Kent collector. From the N.J. collection, Leicester, UK.
364
ICON WITH VIRGIN AND CHILD ELEOUSA
RUSSIA, 18TH CENTURY A.D.
11 x 9 in. (885 grams, 29.5 x 25 cm)
Rectangular wooden board with mounting slots to reverse, reserved border and reveal; painted image of Mary Eleousa (also called the ‘Virgin of Tenderness’); nimbate Mary in golden robes cradling infant Jesus, with cheeks pressed together; ‘MP’ monogram at top left.
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK.
365
LARGE CRETAN WOODEN ICON FRAGMENT OF DEESIS WITH CHRIST PANTOCRATOR AND SAINT JOHN THE PRODROMOS
CIRCA 1670 A.D.
22½ in. (1.8 kg, 57 cm)
Depicting Christ Pantocrator and Saint John on his side, hand of Mary visible on the left; the Lord of the Universe represented seated upon a cushioned throne, the right hand in blessing gesture, the left hand holding a Gospel decorated with precious stones; wearing a blue chlamys and red sticharion; Saint John in proskynesis in front of Christ, dressed in a brown vestis talaris; the head of both surrounded by a red halo; later wire for hanging to the reverse with an information sheet in German.
£1,200 - 1,700
PROVENANCE:
Ex Hargesheimen Auction House, Dusseldorf, Germany.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman collector.
366
RUSSIAN TRAVELLING TRIPTYCH ICON WITH SILVER MOUNTS
CIRCA 1800 A.D.
4 x 3 in. (331 grams total, 11.8 x 9.4 cm including case)
Comprising: wooden triptych with gilt field and painted figures of St Nikolas and St Charalambos in the lateral panels and SS Konstantine, Helen and Barbara in the central panel, each with red lettering above; house in a purpose-made silver case with engraved scene to the central panel of Maria Theotokos flanked by celestial figures holding a crown above her head; front panels with facing figures of SS Nikolas, Barbara, Konstantine, Helena and Charalambos; in a custom-made wooden travelling case with hooked fastener.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE:
Ex Iconastas, London SW1, UK, in 1997.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman collector.
367
DOORS WITH ANNUNCIATION OF THE VIRGIN SCENE
CRETAN SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY A.D.
36¾ x 27 in. (9.15 kg total, 93.5 x 68.5 cm including frame)
Painted onto a pair of gessoed wooden doors for the iconostasis, pentagonal in form with applied beading to the edges; Left: gilt field with advancing winged figure in ankle-length robes holding a slender wand and with thick curly hair, legend ‘ ’ and ‘ ’; Right:
similar with Mary in floor-length blue robe and crimson mantle, holding a drop-spindle and winder, with legend ‘Ω/MP’; representing the Annunciation of the Virgin by the Archangel Gabriel; mounted on a velvet-covered wooden frame.
£10,000 - 14,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
368
RUSSIAN ICON WITH BUST OF CHRIST PANTOKRATOR
17TH CENTURY A.D.
12 x 10¼ in. (1.53 kg. 30.5 x 26 cm)
Rectangular wooden board with mounting bars to reverse, silvercoloured metal riza with reserved epigraphic panels and circular void to reveal painted icon beneath; separate two-piece gilt revetment, the upper with pierced edge and reserved capitals, the scooped lower panel bearing reserved tendril ornament.
£3,000 - 4,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
369
GREEK WOODEN ICON WITH SILVER COVER SHOWING SAINT
MICHAEL AND GABRIEL
ISTANBUL, CIRCA 1860 A.D.
6 x 4¾ in. (285 grams, 16.2 x 12 cm)
Showing the standing Taxiarches (commanders of the Heavenly Army) Michael (A[rchangel] M[ichael]) and Gabriel (A[rchangel] G[abriel]); Michael dressed in pseudo-Roman scale armour worn over a garment with hanging pteryges, partially covered by his military cloak, the raised right hand holding a sword and the left hand resting on a shield; Gabriel dressed in long mantion (a cloak fastened under the neck), long court dress with embroidery, holding the messenger’s flower in one hand and the Globe of the Divine Power over the world in the other; floral frame; fabric mark in Turkish and Greek ( ) near the right shoulder of Saint Michael.
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
Property of a London, UK, gentleman collector.
FOOTNOTES:
The icon is from a Constantinople workshop circa 1860 A.D. During the Turkokratia (the Turkish domination) the Orthodox inhabitants of Constantinople continued to entrust their protection to the powerful military commanders of the Heavenly Host, the Archangels. Following the Slavic style, the icons were often covered by embossed silver plates (riza), generally reproducing the same figures on the painted wood.
370
PARCEL-GILT SILVER DISH
EASTERN EUROPE, 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
8 in. (333 grams, 21.8 cm)
Ellipsoid in plan with fluted rim, sidewall with repoussé vinescroll inhabited by a stag, doe, hares and hound; base with an eagle seizing a hare and a child riding a hunting dog; central stepped lozenge with reserved winged griffin, balustered knop.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a gentleman collector, London, UK, 2000s.
371 C
RENAISSANCE SAINT SEBASTIAN TIED TO A CORAL BRANCH
SOUTHERN GERMANY, CIRCA 1500-1520 A.D., ADAPTED BY JACOB FRICK OF CONSTANCE, CIRCA 1590 A.D.
4 in. (190 grams, 12.4 cm)
Comprising a parcel-gilt raised discoid base with fluted hexafoil developing to a central column with braided collar and openwork crown socket; inset portion of natural coral branch; figure of St Sebastian modelled in the round with three arrows piercing his shoulders and chest and the stub of a fourth in his shin, portrayed with gilt loincloth and centre-parted hair, braided wire bonds to the left wrist and one ankle’ old collector’s numbers ‘V.590.3H1 7’ and ‘18688’ to underside. [No Reserve]
£4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE:
F.K.A. Huelsmann, Hamburg. with Christie’s, Geneva, 13 May 1981, no.7. Private collection, South Germany. with Hargesheimer & Gunther, 22 September 2017, no.1307.
372
EMBROIDERED MITRE AND TOOLED LEATHER CASE
FRANCE, CIRCA 1700-1720 A.D.
17 in. (1.38 kg, 43 cm)
Two boards from an episcopal mitre with linen facing and dense silverthread foliage ornament to each; housed in a custom-made wooden case with linen lining, leather-covered with tooled and gilt detailing to both faces and sides, episcopal arms to upper face with Catholic episcopal headgear over a heater shield with three fleurs-de-lys in chief and a bend sinister lozengy; to the reverse, five radiating arms pierced to allow straps to pass beneath to secure the lid. [No Reserve]
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: Francesca Galloway Ltd, 2001.
373
ECCLESIASTICAL FABRIC GARMENT
ENGLAND, CIRCA 1480-1500 A.D. 83 in. (1.03 kg total, 211 cm)
Woven fabric panel, possibly a chasuble or other ecclesiastical vestment, in burgundy-red and gold-yellow with supplementary mounting strip to straight edge, braided binding to curved outer edge; mounted on a modern fabric backing. [No Reserve]
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: with Sotheby’s, London, 26 November 2003, no.204.
374
ETHIOPIAN WOODEN DIPTYCH ICON OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH GABRA MANFUS QEDDUS AND SAINTS
17TH CENTURY A.D.
8½ x 7½ in. (453 grams, 21.8 x 19 cm)
Portable shrine with geometric ornament and crosses to the outer face, opening doors to reveal a diptych with image of Mary Theotokos and Child, escorted by angels Gabriel and Michael with drawn swords, on the left; on the right, Abune Gabra Manfus Qeddus with hands raised, nimbate figures of Takla Haymanot and Ewostatewos with yellow and blue garments on the right; on the lower right corner Saint George (Bet Gorgis) killing the dragon. [No Reserve]
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE: Sir Alistair McAlpine, circa 2000.
375
ETHIOPIAN PAINTED PARCHMENT OF THE VIRGIN’S MIRACLE: HEALING OF THE PARALYSED PRIEST
CIRCA 1650 A.D.
12 x 8 in. (27 grams, 31.5 x 22 cm)
Rectangular leaf with hand-coloured composite scene: right, Mary in blue mantle and rich embroidered red garment holding the fallen priest by the hand and raising him; behind him a prone male figure in colourful robes (the priest represented for the second time); ecclesiastic architecture on the background; a manuscript folio with text in Ge’ez to the reverse. [No Reserve]
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE: Private collection, New York, circa 2016.
376
ETHIOPIAN VELLUM MANUSCRIPT OF TALISMANIC TEXTS
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
6 x 4 in. (168 grams, 16.3 x 10.5 cm)
Comprising forty bound leaves written in Amharic, featuring ‘spectacle scripts’, small drawings of the Christ’s passion, Salomon’s seal, Moses’ snakes and Patriarchal staff, and other drawings of a double-headed serpent; preserved in the original pouch with bindings. [No Reserve]
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE: From a Brighton bookseller, circa 2000.
377
ETHIOPIAN ENGRAVED BRONZE CROSS WITH FIGURES OF THE HOLY FATHERS
CIRCA 1450-1480 A.D.
12 in. (404 grams, 30.5 cm)
A bifacial Yämä or Mäsqäl processional cross finial comprising an openwork flat-section panel surmounted by a cross, with interlaced tendril design engraved with four seated saints on both faces in lowrelief; tapering tubular socket with circumferential ribbing, lateral angled crosses. [No Reserve]
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE:
Ex central London gallery.
378
ETHIOPIAN PAINTED PARCHMENT OF TWO EVANGELIST
PORTRAITS FROM A GOSPEL
CIRCA 1650-1700 A.D.
8 x 7¾ in. (19 grams total, 22.5 x 19.8 cm each)
Two leaves from a vellum manuscript, each with a hand-coloured image of a male figure (Evangelists) seated on low stools, covered with embroidered cloths, holding a vellum page in one hand and quill in the other, nimbus around their head; dressed in blue, red and green garments, in front of them two cups in brown and white colour. [2, No Reserve]
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
Ex central London gallery.
HEBREW LEATHER BOUND MANUSCRIPT OF BOOK OF PSALMS
NORTH AFRICA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
9 x 6½ in. (170 grams, 23 x 16.5 cm)
Morocco leather folding cover with applied gold-leaf and polychrome painted design to outer; holding a gathering of loose laid-paper sheets, some with extensive handwritten Hebrew texts. [No Reserve]
£400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
380
CIVIL WAR PERIOD GOLD POISON RING
17TH CENTURY A.D.
in. (7.49 grams, 22.28 mm overall, 18.87 mm internal diameter
(approximate size British N½, USA 6¾, Europe 14.35, Japan 13))
With expanding shoulders, scrolled outline to the plaque, hinged folding tube below the central panel.
£2,500 - 3,500
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of N.Thomas, 1979-1987.
381
RENAISSANCE GOLD RING WITH BURMESE RUBY
LATE 16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.73 grams, 28.14 mm overall, 17.50 x 19.77 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14))
Comprising a granule and scrolled frond to each shoulder, rectangular stepped cell to the bezel with inset table-cut ruby.
£4,000 - 6,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection of a North London lady before 2000. Property of a London gentleman.
382
RENAISSANCE GOLD RING WITH ROMAN HARE GEMSTONE
17TH CENTURY A.D. AND EARLIER
in. (3.12 grams, 23.69 mm overall, 18.24 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P½, USA 7¾, Europe 16.86, Japan 16))
Comprising a D-shaped hollow-form hoop with raised foliate decoration around the lozenge-shaped bezel set with a garnet, intaglio image of a running hare.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the UK art market. Ex property of a County Durham collector.
383
TUDOR PERIOD ‘DENIAL IS DEATH’ DECORATED POSY RING 16TH CENTURY A.D.
in. (1.22 grams, 16.80 mm overall, 15.43 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I½ , USA 4½, Europe 8.07, Japan 7))
With reserved rosettes and pellets to the outer face; legend in seriffed capitals to the inner face ‘DENIAL IS DEATH’. [No Reserve]
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
384
‘THE BURSTOW’ CLASPED HANDS ‘NO TREASURE TO A TRUE FRIEND’ GOLD POSY RING
1650-1780 A.D.
¾ in. (2.26 grams, 18.54 mm overall, 16.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5¾, Europe 11.24, Japan 10))
The bezel with a clasped hands motif with a heart at the centre and elaborate cuffs, narrow D-section hoop; inscribed to the inner face ‘No treasure to a true friend’ with a long S, worn maker’s mark at the end of the inscription, appearing to have the letters ‘IV’ or IW’ in Roman capitals within a simple escutcheon.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
Found near Burstow, Tanbridge, Surrey, UK, on Monday 1st May 2023; disclaimed with treasure reference 2023 T419.
385
JAMES II ENGRAVED GOLD MEMENTO MORI SKULL RING DATED 1685 A.D.
in. (3.46 grams, 18.76 mm overall, 16.56 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K½, USA 5½, Europe 10.58, Japan 10))
With cartouche to the outer face bearing stylised skull; inner face engraved ‘J=D = obt = 1 = 1 = Aug = 85’ and maker’s mark ‘I.C’ in a scalloped panel.
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an East Sussex collector.
386
CHARLES II ENGRAVED GOLD MEMENTO MORI SKULL RING DATED 1687 A.D.
in. (4.74 grams, 21.20 mm overall, 18.16 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16))
With stylised skull flanked by foliage to the outer face, engraved in copperplate to the inner face: ‘T.D - obyt - 8.Octo=87’.
£1,500 - 2,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an East Sussex collector.
387
QUEEN ANNE ENGRAVED GOLD MEMENTO MORI SKULL RING
DATED 1706 A.D.
¾ in. (4.30 grams, 20.77 mm overall, 18.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P½, USA 7¾, Europe 16.86, Japan 16))
With stylised skull to the outer face, engraved to the inner face ‘E. Judd ob. 6 June 1706 and maker’s mark ‘ID’ for Josiah Daniel, London goldsmith of the early 18th century.
£1,200 - 1,700
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an East Sussex collector.
388
GEORGE I ENGRAVED GOLD MEMENTO MORI SKULL RING WITH BLACK ENAMEL DATED 1723 A.D. in. (4.99 grams, 20.97 mm overall, 17.41 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N½, USA 6¾, Europe 14.35, Japan 13))
D-shaped in section with black enamelled outer face and reserved skull, bones and foliage; engraving to inner face ‘M.P. ob. 19 Aug .1723 aet 47’ and maker’s mark ‘D.M’.
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an East Sussex collector.
389
ENGRAVED GOLD AND BLACK ENAMEL MEMENTO MORI RING 19TH CENTURY A.D.
in. (4.14 grams, 22.74 mm overall, 17.43 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14))
With D-section tapering hoop, black enamel finish with reserved rosettes and tendrils, the bezel an ornate heater shield with reserved text ‘In memory OE’ and copperplate engraving to the inner face ‘1852 / obt.63’, ‘Mrs.Sarah Hems, obt.26 May’ and stamped assay marks: crown, ‘18’, leopard’s head, gothic ‘k’ in octagonal panel (dated to 1845).
£1,000 - 1,400
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an East Sussex collector.
390
DOGON IRON MULTIPLE OIL LAMP STAND CIRCA 19TH CENTURY A.D.
52 in. (6.25 kg total, 132 cm including stand)
Iron flat-section shaft with three tiered cross-bars, the two lowest each with five iron lamp-bowls to the forward face; above, a U-shaped bar with a lamp bowl at each upper end; top of the shaft developing to an anthropomorphic torso with ellipsoid head and two narrow arms raised vertically; chain around the neck with hand-forged extinguishing spoon; mounted on a square base; Dogon, Mali, workmanship.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE: Private collection of Dr Hans-Joachim Koloss, Berlin, Germany, 1975-2002.
Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Germany, auction 279, no.410.
391
BRONZE KNOCKER DECORATED WITH LION MASK GERMANY, 16TH CENTURY A.D.
10½ in. (2.81 kg, 26.8 cm)
Comprising a lion-mask cast in high-relief with retouched detailing to the mane and muzzle, substantial ring in the mouth, flange rim with six holes to accept fixing bolts. [No Reserve]
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE: with Herbelin Auction, 3 April 2024, no.110.
392
BRONZE FIRE STRIKERS ‡ 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
7¼ in. (190 grams total, 18.5 cm wide including stand)
Both with two large arched loops for fingers; one with a triangular, the other with a rectangular striking peen; profile formed as a ship with pointed stern and the bow ending in a volute, engraved wave pattern along the hull; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: German art market, before 2008.
FOOTNOTES: These fire strikers represent one of the typical shape during the 17th and 18th centuries. They were shaped with two bows, and were often decorated with a series of ornamental strokes on the side.
393
ARTICULATED SKELETON IN GOLD CLOSET MEMENTO MORI PENDANT CHARM
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
1½ in. (5.39 grams, 40 mm (legs extended))
Formed as a cupboard with hinged door, decorative openwork backplate and an applied large question mark to the door; inside the cupboard a white enamelled skeleton with articulated foldout legs and articulated jaw operated by lever from the rear.
£500 - 700
PROVENANCE:
Property of a County Durham collector; acquired on the UK art market.
394
ENAMELLED IRON ARTICULATED ‘HANGMAN’ SKELETON CIRCA 1840 A.D.
16½ in. (820 grams, 42 cm total)
Anatomically correct skeleton with articulated knees, hip joints, shoulders, elbows and wrists, the head formed of three pieces, the mouth slightly open; hanging from a later wooden gallows.
£600 - 800
PROVENANCE:
Property of a County Durham collector; acquired on the UK art market.
395
SCOTTISH MASONIC 32ND DEGREE GOLD AND PLATINUM RING WITH 1 CARAT DIAMOND
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (14.67 grams, 25.80 mm overall, 20.21 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R½, USA 8¾, Europe 19.38, Japan 18))
Comprising a wide D-shaped 14 carat yellow gold hoop expanding at the shoulders, pelletted band above a triangle to each shoulder, one with ‘32’ and the other with Hebrew letter ‘yod’; openwork platinum bezel formed as a double-headed eagle gripping a perch and with its wings spread, the body set with a one carat brilliant cut diamond (small chip); stamped to the inner face ‘14 KT PLAT’.
£2,000 - 3,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the UK art market. Ex Property of a County Durham collector.
396
3.2 CARAT DIAMOND SOLITAIRE WHITE GOLD RING
20TH CENTURY A.D.
in. (3.65 grams, 24.68 mm overall, 15.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4¾, Europe 8.69, Japan 8))
A brilliant cut diamond set in an 18 carat white gold claw setting, slender D-shaped hoop; the diamond chipped.
£6,000 - 8,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired on the UK art market.
Ex property of a County Durham collector.
397
ORANGE FOSSIL AMMONITE DISPLAY
MIDDLE JURASSIC PERIOD, 174.1-170.3 MILLION YEARS B.P. 23 in. (4.19 kg, 60 cm)
A large freestanding display containing polished specimens: a belemnite, scallops and Lytoceras dilucidum, Leioceras and other ammonites.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: with Science & Natural History, South Kensington, 27 April 2017, no.13.
398
FOSSIL AMMONITE DISPLAY
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 184.2-174.7 MILLION YEARS B.P. 25 in. (50.1 kg, 64.5 cm)
An impressive freestanding structure containing scallop and belemnite fossils, as well as Hammatoceras and Grammoceras sp. ammonites.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE: with Science & Natural History, South Kensington, 27 April 2017, no.27.
399
FOSSIL HADROSAUR DINOSAUR NEST EGG PAIR
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
10¼ x 5½ in. (7.6 kg total, 26 x 14 cm)
A pair of Charonosaurus sp. hadrosaur eggs on a matrix retaining evidence of the original leathery surface.
£800 - 1,000
PROVENANCE:
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection, 1990s. Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.
400
MOSASAUR ‘MARINE DINOSAUR’ SKULL
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
22½ in. (5.8 kg total, 57 cm high including stand)
A magnificent, full three-dimensional fossil skull of a juvenile Mosasaur Prognathodon with upper and lower mandibles, eye sockets and brain cavity; including jaw and teeth; some restoration; with custom-made display stand.
£2,500 - 3,500
PROVENANCE:
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.
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22.Commission Bidding: while Bidders are advised to attend the Auction and to bid 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 and is not claimable as Input VAT. 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 ‡ or Ω and are payable by all buyers at the corresponding rates; for overseas buyers, a refund of import duty will be payable or credited, provided that the item(s) have left the UK within 30 days of date of payment.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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 part-provision 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.
45. Import restrictions: Auction lots (or individual item/s within any given lot) of either Persian or Iranian origin are subject to United States trade restrictions which currently prohibit their import into the US, without exception. Buyers should be aware that similar (or other) restrictions may apply to other categories of items offered for sale. It is the sole responsibility of the buyer to satisfy themselves that any lot/s purchased at auction can be legally imported into the desired shipping destination prior to bidding.
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 £1,500 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 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.
2.Application: the singular includes the plural and vice versa and any reference to ‘he’, ‘she’ or ‘it’ applies to all of them.
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 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.
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).
This clause 8 shall survive termination of the Contract.
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 postSale 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.Anti-Money Laundering: TimeLine’s 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 part-provision 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).
