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Click here to subscribe1st-4th century A.D. Mount formed as a leaping lioness with mouth gaping and forelegs extended, paws hooked; pointillé texturing to the flanks, teats to the underside, tapering body. 27 grams, 50 mm (2 in.). [No Reserve]From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Circa 1550-1600 A.D. Barrel-shaped hoop with scrolled panels to the outer face; inner face with legend in two tiered lines of seriffed capitals 'BE x TRV x TIL x DEATHE x AND x SO // SHAL x I' with final curlicue. See Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, Oxford, 1931 for discussion. 5.23 grams, 20.70 mm overall, 18.11 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15) (3/4 in.).[A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]Found whilst searching with a metal detector in a garden in Burton Agnes, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, on 8th January 2023, by Christopher Watson. Declared as treasure and disclaimed by the crown with Treasure reference no.2023 T41. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-7CD0D7. Accompanied by a copy of the report for H M Coroner no.2023 T41. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12442-225797.The legend 'Be true til death and so shall I' is not recorded in that form in Evans's corpus (now nearly a century old), but variants such as 'Be true to me as I to thee' or Be true in heart till death depart' carry a similar sentiment.
AD 217-218. AVT K M O CЄ MAKPI[NOC C], laureate head to right / S C within laurel wreath, star at apex; Δ above, Є beneath. McAlee 723c var. (obv. legend); BMC 386 var. (same). 3.93gr, 19mm, 12h. ().Good Very Fine.From German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
317-305 BC or 305-298 BC. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 307-297 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, Λ above torch; beneath throne, M above star. Price 481; Ehrhardt 22. 16.51gr, 26mm, 5h. ().Near Very Fine.Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
2nd-1st millennium B.C. Including fragments of sidewall and rim, pierced ledge handles, bowl with tripod feet and other items. 4.9 kg total, 2.2-20 cm (7/8 - 8 in.). [64, No Reserve]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.
Early 19th century A.D. Glazed dish with tendrils and flowers to the outer face, dense floral pattern to the tondo; supplied with a display stand. 587 grams, 23.7 cm (9 3/8 in.). [No Reserve]Acquired on the European art market. From a family collection of a North American gentleman living in the UK.The Tek Sing (True Star) wreck is one of the famous recovery stories of the 20th century. Sailing from the port of Xiamen (then known as Amoy) in February 1822 the vessel Tek Sing was bound for Jakarta, Indonesia laden with porcelain goods and 1600 Chinese emigrants. The captain decided to pass through the Gaspar Strait, between the Bangka-Belitung Islands, and ran aground on a reef. The vessel sank in about 100 feet of water. The next morning, February 7, an English East Indiaman captained by James Pearl, passing through the same waters, encountered debris and some survivors and managed to rescue about 190 of the latter.
1st-3rd century A.D. Comprising six bow brooches of different types, one with tinned decoration; four with pins in situ, two with remains of pin. 70 grams total, 36-67 mm (1 3/8 - 2 5/8 in.). [6, No Reserve]Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
3rd-2nd millennium B.C. Including a squat bowl with herringbone band to the inner rim, biconical jar with segmented horizontal bands, bowl with slightly flared rim and scale pattern band to the equator, and other types. 1.46 kg total, 6.2-14.7 cm (2 3/8 - 5 3/4 in.). [10, No Reserve]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.
Mesolithic Period, circa 12,000 B.P. Leaf-shaped in plan and lentoid in section; with inked find spot legend 'Olendon / Calv-5/58- / Col.MA'. 175 grams, 13.5 cm (5 3/8 in.). [No Reserve]Found Olendon, Calvados, France. From the collection of the amateur archaeologist M. Allais, formed in the mid 1900s. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
1st-4th century A.D. Comprising: three lead axes; one bronze with rounded blade; one sheet-bronze with round-section loop. 15.8 grams total, 11-35 mm (1/2 - 1 3/8 in.). [5, No Reserve]Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
2nd millennium B.C. Of conical profile with raised ropework detailing to the broad shoulder. Cf. similar in Karetsou, A. et al., Crete-Egypt, Cultural Ties of Three Millennia, Catalogue, Cairo, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 2000, p.35. 1.48 kg, 14.6 cm wide (5 3/4 in.). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.) Private European collection, 1992. Thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12086-218214.
20th century A.D. Comprising: squat teapot with loop handle and short spout, low-relief dragon detailing to each side, conical lid with separate handle formed as a dragon's head; three cups with lids, each with carinated profile, loop handle, incised foliage motif, separate lid with knop handle. 1.04 kg total, 7.9-20 cm (3 1/8 - 7 7/8 in.). [4, No Reserve]Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Italian gentleman living in Essex.
1941 A.D. Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences - Pagan and Christian Egypt: Egyptian Art from the First to the Tenth Century AD - Brooklyn Museum, 1941, hardback, cloth covers, 86 pp, 257 monochrome plates, some ink annotations. 1.06 kg, 28.5 x 21.5 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.). [No Reserve]Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
1st-2nd century A.D. Hollow-formed life-size club with tubular handle and flared rim, shank with series of regularly-placed knop projections on piriform pads, domed end; mounted on a custom-made display stand. Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence XVIII, Paris, 1965, no.100, for a figure with similar example; for the iconography of Hercules with such club see Reinach, S., Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine, Paris, 1897, p.207, no.8, 208, nos.6,8; the typology is the one of the Hercules Capitolino (Capitolini Museums, inv. MC1265) or Farnese, where the hero is resting upon his club, see Reinach, 1897, pp.209ff.; Haskell, F., and Penny, N., Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900, Yale, 1981, p.227, Cat.no.45. 4.73 kg total, club: 55 cm (21 5/8 in.).[A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]Formerly in North American collection, 1990s. From an Austrian collection, acquired in London from UK collector in early 2000s. From a London gentleman's collection, 2000s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12345-225411.Like the famous statue of Hercules in gilded bronze (the so called Hercules from the Forum Boarium), today at the Capitoline Museums (Palazzo dei Conservatori), this club would have come from a temple dedicated to the Greek hero. The Mastai Hercules, at the Vatican Museum, shows a similar club. The presence of a large handle in our piece confirms that the club was held with the right hand in resting position, and that the typology of Hercules was probably one of the two models.
300-200 BC. Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑNT ΚΑΛΧΑΔ, Poseidon seated to right, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-62; HGC 3.2, 1428. 11.10gr, 27mm, 12h. ().Very Fine.Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Circa 9th-12th century A.D. A miniature tzikourion comprising a crescentic blade with long neck, flared socket and leaf-shaped blade to the rear; gilt surface with reserved florid and tendril detailing, stylised cross to the flared socket. See similar forms (iconography) in Nicolle, Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350 AD, volume II, Islam, Eastern Europe and Asia, London, 1999, figs.33p &118c, pp.355 and 373; for battle specimens from the territories of Eastern Roman Empire cf. Yotov, V., Въоръжението и снаряжението от българското средновековие (VII-XI век), (Arms in Bulgaria in medieval period, 7th – 12th century), Варна 2004, no.637; Gorelik, M., ‘Arms and Armour in South-Eastern Europe in the Second Half of First Millennium AD’ in Nicolle, D. (ed.), A Companion to Medieval Arms and Armour, Oxford, 2002, pp.127-148, pl.XL-8, nos.33 ,34 (Khazar Khanate equipment). 28.88 grams, 10.9 cm (4 1/4 in.).[A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no. no.12340-225024.It is possible that this axe was used as a status symbol for officers or their family. The axe was known to be a symbol of the Varangian Guard who protected the emperor.
Circa AD 10-40. Norfolk God Small Head Type (Icenian O). Celticized head to right; corn ear behind, two trefoils before / Horse to right; pelta above, tricorn within; lozenge below with concave sides, pellet at each corner. ABC 1564; Van Arsdell 790-1 (Boudicca); SCBC 434. 0.90gr, 13mm, 2h. ().Very Fine.Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
BRONZE TO IRON II AGE, CIRCA 12TH-6TH CENTURIES B.C. In the form of a rectangular, inscription in Paleo-Hebrew or Phoenician in two lines: TWY' ʿYʿ. Hendin, Ancient Scale Weights -; Pondera -; Rochesnard -; Elayi & Elayi, Recherches -. 26.3 grams, 29 mm (1 1/8 in.). [No Reserve]From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
13th-7th century B.C. Comprising: leaf-shaped double-edged blade with rounded tip; thick rectangular-section handle with heart-shaped edges. 95 grams total, 15.5-17 cm (6 1/8 - 6 3/4 in.). [2, No Reserve]UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
9th-12th century A.D. Broad flat-section collar with tapering ends, hook-and-eye closure (eye absent); traces of mineralise hair or textile in the corrosion products. Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, p.309, for type. 32 grams, 15.7 cm (6 1/8 in.). [No Reserve]Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s. From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Circa 750-700 B.C. Comprising a wide foot beneath a squat stem with a bulbous body, a sloped shoulder beneath a columnar neck, a flared rim, and a pair of applied strap handles arching between rim and shoulder; body decorated with eight slender, vertical ribs surrounded by pecked stippling; two lateral bosses beneath a parabolic arch; surface burnished throughout; foot restored. 1.29 kg, 22.1 cm (8 3/4 in.). [No Reserve]From the collection of Eleanor Hilowitz (1913-2007), an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor, New York, USA; acquired between 1956 and 1975. Acquired by Randall Hixenbaugh of Hixenbaugh Ancient Art, New York, USA, in 2007. with Artemis Gallery, 26 September 2019, lot 54 (US$2,000-3,000). Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 20.03. Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
9th-12th century A.D. Round-section bar with loop to one end and polyhedral stud to the other. Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, p.309, item 32; see Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, LXI, 32; XCII, 19, for similar items. 210 grams, 22 cm (8 5/8 in.). [No Reserve]Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s. From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
AD 253-268. Antioch mint; struck AD 266-267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars standing to right, holding spear with right hand and shield with left. RIC V.1 612; Cohen 1245; MIR 1666i. 4.55gr, 20mm, 6h (). [No Reserve]Good Very Fine. Fully intact silvering.Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
3rd-2nd millennium B.C. Including a squat bowl with carinated profile, biconical jar with segmented horizontal bands and flared rim, bowl with hatched band to the equator, and other types. 1.95 kg total, 8.4-14 cm (3 1/4 - 5 1/2 in.). [10, No Reserve]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.
Circa 600 B.C. or later. Carved in the round with hatched hair and low-relief facial features; mounted on a custom-made stand. 857 grams total, 17 cm high including stand (6 3/4 in.). [No Reserve]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.
20th century A.D. Modelled in the round in crouching pose with hands resting on the handstone of a saddle quern; repaired. 2.52 kg, 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.). [No Reserve]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.
Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Multi-stranded designer necklace composed of beads of mainly annular and tubular types. Cf. similar specimens in faience at the Worcester Art Museum, inventory no.1925.539. 23 grams, 78 cm (30 3/4 in.). [No Reserve]Acquired before 1979. From the private collection of Mr F.A., South Kensington, London, UK; thence by descent 2014.For thousands of years, artisans in Egypt created vibrant ceramics to echo the beauty of rare jewels. These ornaments were created with almost every material, colour, and texture imaginable and they come from across Egypt and beyond: vibrant blue lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, glossy black obsidian from Turkey, and aqua-green turquoise from the Sinai. They were worn in life and, after death, they served as precious ornamentation for mummies.
15th-16th century A.D. With scaphoid bezel, hatched border, tessellated quatrefoils and four granule turrets. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 626, for type. 4.38 grams, 21.77 mm overall, 18.07 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16) (7/8 in.). [No Reserve]Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s. From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Multi-stranded designer necklace composed of beads of mainly annular and tubular types. Cf. similar specimens in faience at the Worcester Art Museum, inventory no.1925.539. 21 grams, 72 cm long (28 1/4 in.). [No Reserve]Acquired before 1979. From the private collection of Mr F.A., South Kensington, London, UK; thence by descent 2014.For thousands of years, artisans in Egypt created vibrant ceramics to echo the beauty of rare jewels. These ornaments were created with almost every material, colour, and texture imaginable and they come from across Egypt and beyond: vibrant blue lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, glossy black obsidian from Turkey, and aqua-green turquoise from the Sinai. They were worn in life and, after death, they served as precious ornamentation for mummies.
138-129 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / Athena Nikephoros standing to left, resting hand on shield and spear under arm; ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY in right field, EVEPΓETOV in left field; to outer left, mint monogram above monogram; O to inner right; all within wreath. SC 2061.4c; Lorber, Die, 751 (obv. die A97); HGC 9, 1067d. 16.66gr, 28mm, 12h. ().Very Fine. Toned; short flan crack.From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 221.
1st millennium B.C. and later. Including a two-headed dog, a crouching female and a kneeling figure with vertical piercing; each mounted on a ceramic base. 480 grams total, 52-91 mm including stand (2 - 3 5/8 in.). [3, No Reserve]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.
2nd-3rd century A.D. Standing nude with left leg bent, arms extended, mantle draped from the right shoulder, hair combed forward from the crown; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 38, for type. 100 grams total, 10 cm including stand (4 in.). [No Reserve]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.Despite the lack of specific attributes related to Hermes, the pose of the statue, with the right hand advanced to hold the sacculus, the cloak thrown over the right shoulder and then folded over the left would lean towards an interpretation of the statuette as an ex voto related to the god of thieves. The statuette seems to originate from a Gallo-Roman workshop. A similar drapery on the chest is also found on a Mercury/Hermes in the Museum of Besancon.
AD 269-271. Treveri mint; struck AD 271. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / VIRT-VS AVG, Virtus standing facing, head to right, holding spear with right hand and shield with left. RIC V.2 78; RIC V.4 562; Elmer 699. 2.23gr, 19mm, 6h. ().Very Fine.Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
2nd-3rd century A.D. Modelled in the round with three heads facing in different directions, and with a pair of snakes wound round the body as a harness; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. similar item in the British Museum under accession no.1919,0620.8. 77 grams total, 63 mm including stand (2 1/2 in.). [No Reserve]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.In Greek mythology, Cerberus, often referred to as the hound of Hades, was a multi-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving. His figure is linked to the myth of Orpheus, the only one who managed to tame him with his songs, and to the myth of Hercules, the only one who managed to capture him.
1st-2nd century A.D. With D-section hoop and ellipsoid bezel with incuse frond motif. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 180, for type. 2.11 grams, 19.64 mm overall, 16.84 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9) (3/4 in.). [No Reserve]Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
15th-16th century A.D. With octagonal bezel, incised border with two figures flanking a tree, fronds to each side; Adam and Eve and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 596, for type. 6.81 grams, 24.04 mm overall, 21.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British W, USA 11, Europe 25, Japan 24) (1 in.). [No Reserve]Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s. From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
26-36 CE. Jerusalem mint. In the name of Tiberius. Dated RY 17 (30 CE). TIBЄPIOV KAICAPOC, lituus / L IZ (date) within wreath. RPC I 4968; Hendin GBC 6, 6371; Hendin GBC 5, 1342; TJC 333. 1.29gr, 15mm, 10h. ().Near Very Fine.Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Late Period, 664-332 B.C. The seated figure of a duck(?), its small carefully rendered head with internally detailed eyes; a transverse suspension hole through its folded wings. Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.61, pl.60b, for a duck amulet, considered to represent a food offering or a symbol of resurrection. 1.35 grams, 13 mm (1/2 in.). [No Reserve]From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. Each lentoid in section with rounded butt and thick edge. 478 grams total, 76-86 mm (3 - 3 3/8 in.). [3, No Reserve]Found North Africa. Ex Ian Richardson collection, Sunderland, 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.
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 450,000-280,000 B.C. With rounded butt and cutting edge. 236 grams, 89 mm (3 1/2 in.). [No Reserve]Found Egypt. From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market. By descent to the current owner in 1988. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
1837-1901. London mint. Dated 1901. Design by Sir Thomas Brock. VICTORIA DEI • GRA • BRITT • REG •, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; T.B. in small lettering beneath truncation / FID • DEF • IND• IMP •, crowned spade-shaped shield surrounded by Collar of the Garter within beaded border; date and denomination around below. SCBC 3938; ESC 735. 14.09gr, 32mm, 12h. ().Extremely Fine.Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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