GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY, STAMPS AND GRAND TOUR OF AUCTION CURIOSITIES

***Lot Withdrawn***19th century Maori jade amulet; another

A South American figural model, of a figure at a loom, 34cm wide, 20th century

A German boy scout dagger, by C. Jul Herbertz Solingen, 14cm blade, two-piece chequered grip, metal scabbard, 25.5cm long overall Condition Report...

A Greek lekythos, painted in the black-figure style with a procession of muses, 14.5cm high Condition Report: No details of provenance available, ...

A Middle Eastern mace, possibly Ottoman, pierced cast brass globular head, hardwood shaft, 96.5cm long, 19th century; a hardwood walking cane, the...

A Middle Eastern/North African leather moon shaped powder flask, pierced steel mount.21.5cm long, 19th century

A Moroccan nimcha dagger, 39.5cm curved blade chased and damascened with 'koftgari', hardwood hilt inlaid with silver wirework, 56.5cm long overal...

A Near Eastern verdigris patinated model, of a winged anthropomorphic bull, in the Persian Achaemenid taste, 10cm long

A Sudanese arm dagger, 27.5cm double-edged bladehide bound hilt and scabbard, 41.5cm long overall, 19th/early 20th century; others (3)

A Tibetan silver mounted conch shell summons, inlaid with turquoise and collect set with cabachons, the mounts chased with bands of stylised anima...

A turquoise pendant, possibly Maori, carved with a stylised mask, 9cm long

A Victorian knife, by George Butler, Sheffield, 15.5cm blade marked with VR and crown, two-piece rosewood grip, 27.5cm long, leather sheath

An African coromandel stool, carved as a coiled snake, the side with lizards and elephants, 24.5cm high

An Arabic kindjal dagger. 22cm curved blade, signed, the brass scabbard and hilt chased with flowers and foliage, 39.5cm long overall, 19th/early ...

An Arabic silver mounted kindjal dagger, 23.5cm durved blade, fluted hardwood grip, the scabbard and mounts chased in the Islamic taste with styli...

An Australian Aboriginal carving, of a snake, decorated in earth tones, 64cm long; a digging stick; etc (5)

An Australian didgeridoo, typically constructed of termite-bored hardwood, carved in relief with a snake and painted with dotted bands on a mottle...

An Australian terracotta figure, of an Aborigine, seated cross-legged, holding a boomerang, 26cm high Condition Report: Generally good, some nibbl...

An Egyptian ovoid alabastron, 11.5cm high

An Indonesian kris type dagger, 19.5cm straight double-edged blade, hardwood grip and scabbard, 30.5cm long overall; others (3)

Anthropology - an ethnographic curiosity, the 'shrunken head' of hide and hair, glass dome with turned mahogany base with bun feet, 22cm high Co...

Antiquities - a 19th century Grand Tour terracotta oil lamp, after the Roman, moulded in high relief with a fish, 14cm long; another; various geol...

Antiquities - a Greek askos oil flask, 10cm long, c.500BC

Antiquities - a Roman glass vial, 10cm long; a Greek terracotta figural fragment, 8.5cm long; another fragment, as a clenched fist; a flint arrowh...

Antiquities - a museum steatite copy of a Sumerian libation cup of 2400BC, 24cm high, cased en suite; another similar, lacking case, (2)

Antiquities - a well patinated small socketed axe head, Greek late bronze age Urnfield type 2.5in (6.4cm) long, along with rectangular white metal...

Tribal Art - a 19th century Australian Aboriginal arragong parrying shield, incise-carved with geometric motifs, 95cm long; a Polynesian straw and...

Tribal Art - a Baule spirit spouse figure, modelled seated, holding a vessel, 44cm long, Cote d'Ivoire

Tribal Art - a Dayak ancestor figure, she stands, of typically elongated proportions, 59.5cm high, Borneo

Tribal Art - a Dayak hampatong guardian figure, of typical elongated form, 'Moai' features, irregular oval base, 69cm high, Borneo

Tribal Art - a Fali fertility doll, typically carved in Y-shaped stance and decorated with beadwork, 20.5cm long, Cameroon; another, similar (2)

Tribal Art - a Fang Ngil mask, typical concave features with scarified cheeks, 77cm high, Gabon

Tribal Art - a Fijian bowai club, the lower section typically carved with bands of geometric motifs, 87.5cm long, 19th century

Tribal Art - a Kamba stool, dished circular top, slightly outswept legs, pad feet, 30.5cm high, Kenya

Tribal Art - a Kuba Ndop figure, carved as a portrait of a king, depicted seated, the cap and base carved with geometric motifs, 30cm high, Congo

Tribal Art - a Kuba spear head, 50cm narrow leaf-shaped blade with central ridge, 76cm long, Congo Region, Central Africa

Tribal Art - a Mabila tadep figure, typically standing with legs crooked, the head and stylised geometric face applied with pegs, 84cm high, Donga...

Tribal Art - a Makonde Mapiko helmet mask, open mouth with teeth, with hair, Tanzania; another, similar (2)

Tribal Art - a Maori taiaha, the arero typically carved with scrolling geometric motifs, stylised upoko inlaid with abalone shell, 118.5cm long, N...

Tribal Art - a North African all-metal spear, 19cm steel blade, the square-section brass shaft chased with geometric motifs, 142cm long, late 19th...

Tribal Art - a Papua New Guinea figural food hook, typically carved and set with cowrie shells, 68cm long, Sepik River region

Tribal Art - a Papua New Guinea figural mortar, 14cm high, Sepik River region

Tribal Art - a Papua New Guinea mask, 25.5cm long Condition Report: Please see additional images ...[more]

Tribal Art - a Polynesian hardwood paddle club, the leaf shaped head with central ridge, pointed base, 98cm long, Solomon Islands

Tribal Art - a Polynesian hardwood paddle club, the pointed spreading head with central ridge, 122cm long, Solomon Islands, 19th century

Tribal Art - a Shona headrest, pierced and carved geometric undertier, 16cm high, Zimbabwe/Mozambique

Tribal Art - a spatulate club or paddle, probably African, 55.5cm long; a large spoon or scoop, 64cm long (2)

Tribal Art - a string of African patinated bronze 'donut' beads, 42cm drop

Tribal Art - a Tuareg tent peg, carved with bands of geometric motifs, 93cm long

Tribal Art - a Zulu headrest, gently bowed plateau, three block feet carved with geometric motifs, 37cm wide, South Africa, 19th/early 20th century

Tribal Art - a Zulu horn snuff bottle, 12.5cm long, 19th century

Tribal Art - an Abelam cassowary bone dagger, stylised avian handle adorned with twine, 37cm long, Papua New Guinea

Tribal Art - an African anthropomorphic stool, possibly Mossi, Burkina Faso, the bowed plateau flanked by a pair of masks. demi-lune feet, 40cm wi...

Tribal Art - an African axe, shaped and pierced blade, the club shaped handle carved as a figure, 44cm long; another, similar (2)

Tribal Art - an African bust length female figure, possibly Ogoni, Nigeria, geometric features picked out in white pigment, stylised coiffure, art...

Tribal Art - an African carving, of a stylised animal, of elongated proportions, 65cm long

Tribal Art - an African figural house post, carved as a stylised human form, iron mounted spike

Tribal Art - an African figure, possibly Bambara, stylised coiffure, standing, dressed in beadwork garments, 28cm high; another, similar (2) Condi...

Tribal Art - an African figure, probably Baule, Congo, 23cm high; another, similar (2)

Tribal Art - an African puppet head, probably Bamana, Burkina Faso, concave features, 28cm long