The lifetime collection of a British journalist, collector and presumed diplomat

MISCELLANEOUS WORLD MEDALS, to include: a Bronze Italian Expedition to Albania Campaign Medal Type I, a Greek Commemorative War Medal (1940-1941) ...

BULGARIAN INFANTRY AWARD OF HONOUR, NCO and Enlisted Man grade, constructed in bronze, with enamelled detailing, maker marked. ...[more]

ORDER OF THE BLACK EAGLE 1ST CLASS GOLD MERIT MEDAL, in bronze gilt, double-headed eagle surrounded with the words BESE E BASHKIM.Note: The Order ...

SILVER CIGARETTE CASE, mounted with bronze Ustasa medal to the lid, engraved to the inside in German, translated in English 'In grateful memory of...

WORLD WAR TWO INTEREST - GENERAL FRANCESCO PRICOLO'S JAPANESE SWORD (1940) A Showa period katana, signed on tang 'Shimazaki Yasuoki' (1916-1986), ...

A FINE JAPANESE SILVER AND ENAMEL PRESENTATION STEM VASE - OSHIMA / RIBBENTROP, Yokohama dated 1938, attributed to the retailer Sanku Sanju. The s...

A RUSSIAN SILVER CIGARETTE CASE, Moscow post-1908, of rectangular form with rounded corners, push button release. The front with a later applied g...

A RUSSIAN SOVIET SILVER CIGARETTE CASE, Moscow dated 1950, of rectangular form with rounded corners, push button release with a collet set cabocho...

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY RUSSIAN LEATHER AND SILVER MOUNTED DOCUMENT CASE, Moscow post-1908, of rectangular form with leather bound with maroon leath...

BURMA - THREE BURMESE SILVER BETEL BOXES, comprising two larger early 20th century unmarked silver betel boxes, Shan States circa 1900, of circul...

MILITARY INTEREST - ROYAL SCOTS GREYS SWORD STICK, the white-metal knob with the Royal Scots Greys regimental device, and the black ebonised cane ...

SOVIET INTEREST - CIGARETTE CASES, a collection of four early 20th century Russian cases, each having a different pictorial repousse decorated fro...

A 20TH CENTURY RUSSIAN LACQUERED BOX, Fedoskino, c.1972, the hinged lid decorated with a depiction of the Soviet ship 'Nahezhda Krupskaya', signed...

A 20TH CENTURY RUSSIAN LACQUERED BOX, unsigned, the hinged lid decorated with a winter scene, composed of a snow-covered landscape, with a church ...

FIVE HERRENGRUND PUNCHED AND PARCEL-GILT COPPER CUPS,HUNGARY, c.1700-1750, the smaller one having a gilt rim and two engraved cartouches, the othe...

ANTI-SLAVERY - CERAMIC GROUP, a group of early 19th century English glazed porcelain items, comprising a pen tray, a milk jug, and a campana-form ...

POLITICAL INTEREST - BENITO MUSSOLINI AUTOGRAPH AND RELATED EPHEMERA, comprising a loose autograph, together with an embassy document, dated 30th ...

ANTON GERHART (1879-1944), BRONZE PORTRAIT PLAQUE OF THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN COMPOSER - FRANZ LEHAR, the relief side-profile portrait bearing signatu...

A KOREAN BLUE AND WHITE 'FIGURAL' JAR20th CenturyThe globular jar with a short foot and flared rim, painted to the exterior in underglaze-blue wit...

A KOREAN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND COPPER-RED VASEJoseon Dynasty, 18th/19th CenturyThe stoutly-potted jar with tapering ovoid sides rising from a straig...

COMPOSERS.- JULES MASSENET AND OTHERSFive items, including:Jules Massenet, inscribed visiting card, ‘toutes mes excuses’, dated 1887;Clara Schuman...

WWII INTEREST - STRAW WORK BOX, the hinged lid of the pine casket celebrating Christmas and decorated with a church scene and the text '1943 WEINA...

LARGE NORTH KOREAN INK STONE, the piece worked from green/brown stone, the top carved with dragons chasing the flaming pearl. 32 x 26 x 5cm Unsign...

NORTH KOREAN INK STONES, the first worked from brown stone, the top carved with ducks in a naturalist setting. Inscribed 'MT MYOHYANG, JOSEON' in ...

A TIBETAN RUG, the soft green open field with various animal figures and Buddhistic motifs. Apart from tiny dot-like wear in a few places on the f...

A TIBETAN RUG, approx: 170cm. x 96cm. The open field with a figure seated on the rug under the tree, together with a deer and crane, within a land...

RUSSIAN ICON MID-18TH CENTURYAN ICON DEPICTING VIRGIN OF SMOLENSK; VIRGIN OF THE PASSION; THE MOTHER OF GOD; JOY TO ALL WHO GRIEVE’ AND SAINTS, ST...

BULGARIAN ICON MID-18TH CENTURYST. DEMETRIOS KILLING THE BULGARIAN TSAR KALOYAN.Oil on gold ground780 x 560mm

RUSSIAN ICON - MID 18TH CENTURYAN ICON OF THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL IN TRIUMPHOil on gold ground370 x 310mmProvenance. Christi’s South Kensington Wed....

RUSSIAN ICONS MID-18TH CENTURYTHE MARTYR CHRISTOPHERUS & ST. SOPHIA WITH DAUGHTERS. (2)Oil on gold ground, depicting St. Sophia with her 3 daughte...

CUZCO SCHOOL (EARLY-MID 19TH CENTURY)An Ángel Arcabucero (Arquebusier Angel) oil on canvas50 x 40 cmAn Arquebus (an early muzzle-loaded firearm) d...

CUZCO SCHOOL (MID-LATE 19TH CENTURY)St James the Great on Horseback, Conquering the Moorsoil on canvas70 x 60 cmSaint James the Moor-slayer (Santi...

CUZCO SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY)An Ángel Arcabucerooil and gilt paint on canvas60 x 40 cm

NIKOLAI FEDOROVICH DENISOVSKII (RUSSIAN 1901-1981) Soviet Celebration in Turkestansigned, titled and dated 1958 (in Cyrillic, on the reverse)Sovie...

AN EARLY NORTH KOREAN PORTRAIT OF STALINLithograph on wove paper, titled in Korean at foot, strong fold marks and creasing, some staining in upper...

RUSSIAN SCHOOL (EARLY 20TH CENTURY)Lenin in Zakapane, Poland c.1913/14signed (in Cyrillic, lower right)pencil and black crayon58 x 38 cm ...[more]

RUSSIAN SCHOOL (EARLY 20TH CENTURY)Lenin giving a speech to the workersextensivley inscribed (in Cyrillic, lower right)pencil and black crayon61 x...

NORTH KOREAN SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY)Female warrior on horse backinscribed (upper right)tapestry72 x 100 cm ...[more]

NORTH KOREAN SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY)Female drum major of an all-girl band, parading in Pyongyang with the flag of the Workers Party of North Koreain...

JINGDEZHEN ART PORCELAIN FACTORY‘Chairman Mao celebrates Stalin’s 70th birthday in Moscow’, wooden frame with decorative brass hook, overall 70 x ...

KOREAN APOTHECARY CABINET, the stained wooden medicine cabinet, composed of an arrangement of twenty-one short drawers, over two swing-door cupboa...

KOREAN APOTHECARY CABINET, the altar-top stained wooden cabinet composed of an arrangement of forty short drawers, over cupboard storage, each dec...

CHINESE HABERDASHERY CABINET, an unusual antique yew wood cabinet, having a single door, and painted with retail advertising text in Thai language...

AN ALASKAN INUIT SPIRIT MASK, the fossilised whalebone worked in bold relief, with protruding features and fitted with a leather hanging loop.15cm...

AN ALASKAN INUIT SPIRIT MASK, the fossilised whalebone having a complex porous texture, and worked into a stylised mask embellished with applied m...

A LARGE SCRIMSHAW WALRUS TUSK, Chukchi, early-mid 20th century, Soviet-era production, decorated extensively with Arctic wildlife, including seals...

A MARINE IVORY CARVING, likely to be Siberian in origin, the sculptural group depicting a Samoyed hunter on a reindeer-drawn sled, the base scrims...

INUIT ART, Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, a carved walrus tusk cribbage-board, decorated with seals, fish, foxes and birds.Provenance: Acqu...

A COLLECTION OF ALASKAN INUIT WALRUS IVORY CARVINGS, comprising five 20th century animal figures/tupilak, including a hunting whale with Inuit fac...

A COLLECTION OF ALASKAN INUIT WALRUS IVORY CARVINGS, comprising seven animal figures, including a walrus, seals, whale, and sea otter, all having ...

A COLLECTION OF GREENLANDIC INUIT MARINE IVORY CARVINGS, including a ribbed creature or Tupilak (a carved figure that protects its owner from harm...

A COLLECTION OF GREENLANDIC INUIT MARINE IVORY CARVINGS, including various carvings or Tupilak (a carved figure that protects the owner from harm)...

A COLLECTION OF GREENLANDIC INUIT MARINE IVORY CARVINGS, to include a typical female figure with hair in a traditional top-knot from the Upernavik...

A COLLECTION OF GREENLANDIC INUIT MARINE IVORY CARVINGS, including various carvings or Tupilak (a carved figure that protects the owner from harm)...

TWO ALASKAN INUIT CEREMONIAL MASKS, the first made from reindeer skin and fur, forming the face of a male hunter with a fur hood, the second made ...

A GROUP OF CANADIAN INUIT CARVED SOAPSTONE CARVINGS, comprising a pair of plaques depicting figures in traditional dress playing musical instrumen...

A GROUP OF NORTH-EASTERN CANADIAN INUIT SOAPSTONE CARVINGS, comprising an unpolished figure of an Inuit hunter in full hooded sealskin attire, wit...

SIX GREENLANDIC INUIT CARVED WOODEN CEREMONIAL MASKS, all formed and decorated in a traditional spirit mask manner, all but one having marine ivor...

THREE ALASKAN INUIT WOODEN CEREMONIAL MASKS, each of typical form, the main carved central masks worked with both human and animalistic features, ...

ALASKAN INUIT CRAFTWORK, comprising a woven baleen box and cover, the lid with marine ivory figural handle in the form of a walrus, sold together ...