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Bronze Age Indus Valley Ceramic Fertility FigureIndus Valley Civilization, circa 3300-1300 BC. A ceramic bell-shaped figurine, with pinched stylised facial features, the hands cupping the breasts. 569 grams, 18 cm (7"). Ex David Gold Collection. Fine condition.Starting Price: 70

Bronze Age Ceramic Oil Lamp Group1st millennium BC. A group of four ceramic oil lamps, each with discoid base and broad bowl with pinched spout. 277 grams total, 71-80 mm (2 3/4 - 3 1/4"). From an old Essex collection. [4, No Reserve]Good condition, some chipping to rims, two repaired.Starting Price: 5

Bronze Age Canaanite Bronze Warrior Figurine15th-13th century BC. A cast bronze figurine of an advancing warrior in conical helmet and tunic, the right arm raised to hold a spear and the left thrust forward for the shield; large attachment lugs to the feet. 45 grams, 90 mm (3 1/2"). From a Swiss private collection, formed in the 1960s. Fine condition.Starting Price: £800

Near Eastern Luristan Bronze Deer Finial with ShaftBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast openwork finial fashioned as two sylisted deer or ibexes, standing upright, facing one another, their front legs raised and feet together to form a central hoop for attachment; the horns and spines with pronounced knops; the rear feet joined to form a similar hoop; together with a separate short shaft, also in bronze, with balustered ferrule. 177 grams total, the finial 10 cm, the shaft 13.8 cm (4 - 5 1/4"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1985. [2] Fine condition.Starting Price: £200

Near Eastern Luristan Bronze Zoomorphic FinialBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast balustered tube with conical base accepting a bronze pin with domed head flanked by two standing ibexes conjoined at the fore- and hind-legs. 255 grams, 30 cm (12"). From an old German collection, Cologne. Fine condition.Starting Price: £320

Near Eastern Luristan Bronze Dress PinBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast bronze dress pin, the shaft round-section and tapering, the knop head with two bands of eight projecting lugs and domed finial. 122 grams, 32 cm (12 1/2"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition.Starting Price: £100

Near Eastern Syrian Cylinder Seal with Animals14th-10th century BC. A late Bronze Age / early Iron Age grey stone cylinder seal depicting two opposed horizontal rows of animals; each with two bulls flanked by ibexes. 2.97 grams, 18 mm (3/4"). Ex Terence Eva collection. Fine condition.Starting Price: £150

Near Eastern Syrian Cylinder Seal14th-10th century BC. A late Bronze Aage / Early Iron age red-brown stone cylinder seal, depicting two delineated anthropomorphic figures, one seated, one standing; drilled vertically for suspension. 4.20 grams, 21 mm (1"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition.Starting Price: £150

Near Eastern Trans-Jordan Ceramic JarEarly Bronze Age, 3000-2700 BC. A tall buffware ceramic jar with bulbous body, flat base, slightly everted rim to the neck; a band of pricked dot decoration below the rim; two lug handles to the equator. 1.4 kg, 26 cm (10 1/4"). Ex Rihani family collection. Fine condition.Starting Price: £180

Near Eastern Trans-Jordan Ceramic BowlEarly Bronze Age, 3000-2700 BC. A large terracotta bowl with a band of pricked dot decoration below the rim, flat base and four lug handles. 3 kg, 31.5 cm (12 1/2"). Ex Rihani family collection. Fine condition.Starting Price: £180

Bronze Age Gold Penannular BraceletEurope, 2nd millennium BC. A bracelet consisting of a section of flat cast gold strip with reeded decoration to the outer face, in ten parallel ribs. 7.58 grams, 54 mm (2"). Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980s-early 1990s. Fine condition. Excessively rare.Starting Price: £1200

Bronze Age Gold Hair Ring Ornament2500-500 BC. A cast bar coiled upon itself in three loops for use as a hair ornament. 13.75 grams, 21 mm (3/4"). Acquired on the London art market in the 1960s. Extremely fine condition.Starting Price: £700

Bronze Age Gold Pennanular Striped Ring MoneyLate Bronze Age, 1500-1000 BC. A pennanular gold open ring or adornment with stripes of silver banding inlaid, both sides hammered flat; the silver bands especially visible to the interior surfaces. 12.44 grams, 18.79 mm (3/4"). Cf. Taylor, Joan J. Bronze Age Goldwork of the British Isles, plate 33g for a very similar example. Purchased Stixwold, Lincolnshire, 2008; formerly in a private collection formed in the 1970s; shown at British Museum, London (their analysis stated to be 87% gold and 13% silver) and subsequently authorised for return to the vendor by the Rotherham and Doncaster Coroner following a legal case; accompanied by a letter confirming HM Coroner, South Yorkshire (East), confirming this. These penannular gold rings of Bronze Age date are commonly called `ring money`, as it is thought that they served as a form of early currency or exchange, in a similar manner to the later Celtic iron currency bars. This example is most unusual in having the sides hammered. Very fine condition. Extremely rare.Starting Price: £450

Bronze Age Copper Flat AxeEarly Bronze Age, 2700-1500 BC. A large, plain cast copper flat axe with hammered convex cutting edge and square butt. 559 grams, 13.5 cm (5 1/4"). Found Cambridgeshire, UK, 1972. Very fine condition.Starting Price: £180

Bronze Age Bronze Palstave Axe1500-900 BC. A cast bronze palstave axe with spatulate blade and shallow recesses to the rear of the blade and of each face. 495 grams, 17.5 cm (6 3/4"). Found by Christopher Mullan on a school trip in the Lake District in 1982; re-discovered whilst emptying his parents garage in 2012. Very fine condition, minor casting flaws.Starting Price: £250

Bronze Age British Bronze Socketted Hammer1200-700 BC. A sturdy cast hammer widening towards the closed end and with double-chamfered working face; the square-section socket extending about 40 mm into the body and with prominent casting seams along the upper and lower faces. 135 grams, 60 mm (2 1/2"). Cf. Evans, J. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, p. 178, figure 210 for an almost identical example from Thorndon, Suffolk. Found South Yorkshire, UK. Very fine condition. Extremely rare.Starting Price: £80

Bronze Age British Bronze Socketted Gouge1200-700 BC. A socketted gouge of typical cast form from a two-piece mould with casting seams visible to the sides, the rounded cutting edge formed at the end of the tapered channel indent. 75 grams, 10 cm (4"). Published: Murawski, P. Benet`s Artefacts of England and the United Kindom, Ely, second edition; p.47, item B99-0102 (this example). Found East Anglia, UK. [No Reserve] Fine condition, chip to socket rim.Starting Price: £5

Bronze Age Ceramic Bowl with Loop Handle2nd millennium BC. A plain biconical bowl with flat base and low rim, with small loop handle to the upper face. 605 grams, 18 cm (7"). Ex Bowyer collection, Wiltshire, UK. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5

Iron Age Celtic Bronze Staff Finial2nd century BC-1st century AD. A British cast staff finial comprising a hollow cylindrical neck and stern male head with pronounced sloping chin, triangular nose and slit mouth; the head with two flat c-shaped horns extending from brow to nape; the eyes formed as small black glass inserts. 52 grams, 49 mm (2"). Found Surrey, UK. Fine condition.Starting Price: £300

Iron Age Celtic Bronze Votive Miniature Sword3rd century BC-1st century AD. A cast miniature sword with thin, D-section blade, ribbed and balustered hilt and large discoid pommel. 3.06 grams, 10.5 cm (4"). Ex Gawain McInley collection; formerly in the Peter Sharrer collection and a Mayfair private collection. Fine condition.Starting Price: £200

Iron Age Celtiberian Bronze Bull Statuette2nd-1st century BC. A cast figurine of a standing bull with erect head and looped tail, the horns prominently modelled. 41 grams, 49 mm (2"). Private collection, Buckinghamshire, UK; formed in the 1980s. Very fine condition.Starting Price: £101

Iron Age Celtiberian Bronze Plaque4th-3rd century BC. A bronze plaque of rectangular plan with scrolled upper edge; the face with incised design of a sunwheel with four scrolled arms within concentric circles with pellet detailing; two s-scrolled elements above; pierced at the centre of the sunwheel and in four places at the lower edge. 49 grams, 10.5 cm (4"). From an important Mayfair, London, UK collection, acquired from a London gallery, 1991; cat. 2100. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5

Iron Age Celtic La Tene Bronze Fibula4th century BC. A cast fibula with returned foot extending to the catchplate; the bow D-section with baluster and rib detailing; the pin and spring present. 7.18 grams, 39 mm (1 1/2"). From an important Mayfair, London, UK collection; item no.2046. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5

Iron Age Celtic Bronze Fibula4th-3rd century BC. A bronze fibula formed from a single twisted wire, with two springs, double loop, coil and hooked catch. 4.49 grams, 50 mm (2"). See Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, items 221, 224. Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980s-early 1990s. Fibulae formed with a single length of wire and the spring formed from compound coils are a feature of the La Tene I series.[No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5

Iron Age Celtic Bronze Enamelled Strap Junction1st century BC-1st century AD. A cast strap junction formed as an annular mount with L-shaped lug to the underside; to the upper face two discoid panels, each with a central lozenge filled with yellow enamel, traces of white enamel in the surrounding ellipses. 11 grams, 29 mm (1 1/4"). From an important Mayfair, London, UK collection, acquired from a London gallery, 1991; inventory no. 91.409, cat. 463. Fine condition.Starting Price: £200

Iron Age Celtic Bronze Enamelled Harness Mount1st century BC-1st century AD. A cast discoid mount with round-section spigot to the reverse; the design a cross of four T-shaped elements with interstitial arrowhead shapes filled with yellow enamel. 8.2 grams, 29 mm (1"). Found Surrey, UK. The enamelling technique is similar to that used on British hanging bowls recovered from Anglo-Saxon burials of the 7th century AD.[No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5

Near Eastern Luristan Bronze SwordBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast bronze sword with flat-section triangular blade; the guard formed as a D-shaped block with central circular void, ring-and-dot motifs to both sides; the grip round-section with ribbed collar, incised herringbone and ring-and-dot motifs; the pommel elliptical in plan with transverse rib to the upper face; the blade with thick median rib. 717 grams, 50.5 cm (19 3/4"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition, notch to lower blade.Starting Price: £450

Bronze Age Anatolian Bronze Ribbed Dagger Blade2nd millennium BC. A cast dagger blade of triangular profile with a thick median rectangular rib and two attachment holes at the shoulders; the tang a short continuation of the rib. 60 grams, 20.5 cm (8"). Muscarella, O.W. Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, item 544. Property of an Essex gentleman. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5

Near Eastern Luristan Bronze DaggerBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast dagger with flanged hilt; the blade elliptical in section with flattened ricasso; the waisted hilt formed with hollow peltoid end and flanges to the lower grip. 444 grams, 48 cm (19"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition.Starting Price: £270

Near Eastern Luristan Short Bronze DaggerBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast dagger with lentoid-section triangular blade, waisted guard and rectangular-section grip with two peltoid finials. 281 grams, 31.5 cm (12 1/2"). Ex Lord McAlpine collection. Fine condition.Starting Price: £270

Bronze Age Marlik Bronze Spearhead14th-10th century BC. A cast Type VI spearhead with a long blade and short tang; the blade long and tapering with curved shoulders; gentle curve near the point; a rivet hole at the base of the flat tang for securing the butt. 95 grams; 22.5 cm (8 3/4"). Similar to one found at the Marlik Royal Cemetery by Dr. Negahban in Tomb 12, trench XII E; see Negahban (1995:67; plate IX, 114), Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani, Arms and Armor from Iran, p.627, cat. 273. Property of an Essex gentleman. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5

Bronze Age Marlik Bronze Spearhead14th-10th century BC. A cast Type VI spearhead with a long blade and short tang; the blade long and tapering with curved shoulders, gentle curve near the point; a rivet hole to the base of the flat tang for securing the butt. 115 grams; 26 cm (10 1/4"). Similar to one found at the Marlik Royal Cemetery by Dr. Negahban in Tomb 12, trench XII E; see Negahban (1995:67; plate IX, 114), Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani, Arms and Armor from Iran, p.627; cat. 273. Property of an Essex gentleman. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5

Near Eastern Luristan Bronze SpearheadBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast spearhead of an unusual type with lozenge-section tapering blade developing to a pair of D-shaped flanges with square-section tang to the centre; the tang bent to one side, ending in a bossed stud. 489 grams, 37 cm (14 1/2"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition.Starting Price: £100

Bronze Age Luristan/Marlik Bronze Spearhead14th-10th century BC. A cast variant of the type V spearhead with flat, slender, curving blade; piriform profile and short tang; double raised midrib curving outward at the shoulders. 85 grams; 23 cm (9"). Similar to one found at the Marlik Royal Cemetery by Dr. Negahban in Tomb 47, trench XXII E; see Negahban (1995:67; plate VIII, 100), Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani, Arms and Armor from Iran, p.625, cat. 270. Property of an Essex gentleman. [No Reserve] A very good example, slight ripple in the blade otherwise in very fine condition. Rare.Starting Price: £5

Near Eastern Luristan Bronze CudgelBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast bronze tubular cudgel with flanged rim, integral collars and herringbone-textured upper section. 390 grams, 20 cm (8"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition, original casting flaws to socket.Starting Price: £300

Near Eastern Luristan Bronze Mace-HeadBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast mace-head comprising a tubular column with four long median spikes and eight shorter spikes above and below. 216 grams, 56 mm (2 1/4"). Property of a European Gentleman living in the UK; ex private collection formed in the 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5

Near Eastern Luristan Bronze Mace-HeadBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast mace-head with tubular ribbed socket and six tapering-section flanges. 626 grams, 11 cm (4 1/4"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition.Starting Price: £300

Near Eastern Luristan Bronze Mace-HeadBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast mace-head with long tubular socket, flared mouth to each end and heavy bulb with three rows of lentoid protrusions. 380 grams, 12 cm (4 3/4"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition; original casting flaw to socket.Starting Price: £300

An eighteenth century Chinese bronze vase, height 28 cm. CONDITION REPORT: With good age and natural colour in keeping with age. Condition good.

A Brass or Bronze study of a stallion having patina of age, 6 5/8'' long, 5'' high approx.

Corgi 1940 Batmobile Roadster with Batman figure US77608, D C Comics 1940, Batmobile Roadster US77609, Bronze Age collection US77347, Silver Age US77342, Golden Age US77341, all boxed

Bronze Age Palstave axe head

*Propeller - Royal Flying Corps DHF. An original propeller for the 110HP type Le Rhone motor, c. 1916-18, of laminated dark hardwoods, variously stamped inscribed `English Type Boss DE H5 110HP Le Rhone Eng - No 1708, G193 N/22`, shows some minor age-wear, fitted with bronze bracket to rear of hub for wall-mounting display, 115in (267cm) (1)

*Motor Car Mascot - `Reynard Poursuivi`. A good pre-war running-fox car mascot, c. 1930s, chrome-plated bronze, art-deco styling in the manner of Casimir Brau, mounted upon polished bronze plinth base, shows some age-wear and rubbed plating, 7.5in (19cm) length (1)

*Radiator Mascot. A large winged Calorimeter radiator embellishment, c.1920s, nickel-plated bronze avian-feathered detailed wings having centrally mounted integral circular temperature gauge thermometer, shows some age-wear commensurate with old usage, mounted on bronze radiator cap base, w/span 10in (25cm) (1)

19th Century French bronze ‘Egyptian Revival’ lamp base, decorated with mask heads, lyre and asp to the tapered column, Sphinx and hieroglyphics to the capital and Sphinx to the triangular base, converted to electricity and having a cream shade, height to top of original lamp 42.5cm, height to top of shade including pierced brass fixing 79cm General condition consistent with age **

Harald Sorensen-Ringi (Swedish 1872-1912) - Patinated and gilt bronze figure - La Vague, modelled as a female nude engulfed by a stylised wave, signed, titled and with Louchet Ciseleur Paris foundry mark, 18.25cm high General condition consistent with age **

Austrian cold painted bronze figure group depicting a Bedouin and camel beneath a palm tree, stamped Geschutzt, 24cm high One of the leaf sections is snapped off half way down but is present. Rifle is a little buckled as are some of the leaf edges - General condition consistent with age **

Charles Korschann (1872-1943) - A gilt and patinated bronze oval dish having Art Nouveau style relief decoration depicting a sleeping female nude and groups of young woman, underside with signature and foundry mark of Louchet, 20cm wide Patina a little rubbed in places - General condition consistent with age **

Attributed to John Huggins (b.1938) - A two tone polished and patinated bronze freeform sculpture on a black slate plinth, 38cm high A.R. General condition consistent with age **

Attributed to Dawn Huggins (b.1937) - A collection of five sculptures comprising: patinated bronze freeform study on a flared plinth 28cm high, a clay freeform study 44cm high, one other bust of a lady 31cm high, a bronze ‘double face’ wall mask 24cm high and a similar off-white finish clay bust 31cm high A.R. Bust of girl is very chipped around high relief and very flaky, various nicks and chips to others - General condition consistent with age **

A Chinese bronze Casket, of bellied form, 26cm high Wear and dents. No age.

A Chinese bronze Libation Cup, 10cm high Wear and dents. No further information. No age.

A 19th Century French bronze Medallion `Protection` Du Premier Age 1874, cased, and three Life Saving Medals

A George V silver cup modelled after the bronze age Vaphio cup, the tapered cylindrical body moulded in relief with a figure and oxen, Birmingham 1918 by S. Blanckensee & Sons Ltd. Note: the original pair of gold Vaphio cups (circa 1500-1400 B.C.) were excavated from a beehive tomb at Vaphio in 1889 by Christos Tsountas. The ancient site is located in Laconia, Greece. The originals were transferred to the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

Abercromby J: Bronze Age Pottery of Great Britain, 2v, 1912

Chinese bronze censor, rounded rectangular body cast with fabulous animals amidst breaking waves, lion mask handles below the rim and a continuous gadroon scroll around the raised foot, the highlights gilt. Six character mark of Xuande, 17/18th century to/w a hardwood cover with ivory Kylin knop, 15.5 cm wide including handles, 7.5 cm high excluding cover. Condition Report Good condition - commensurate with age. Base weighs 21 troy oz, lid weighs 5 troy oz.

A Sarreguemines plate commemorating visitors from Alsace, Switzerland and the Tyrol to the L`Exposition Universelle de 1889, together with three plates of the `Histoire de L`Habitation`, comprising; the Bronze Age, Scandinavia and Arabia.

Bronze Age English Socketted SpearheadLate Bronze Age, 1,200-900 BC A cast bronze spearhead with long tapering socket and shouldered blade; the socket pierced for a transverse attachment rivet, tapering to form the midrib; the blade formed along the midrib with flared section below, tapering to the point; a raised panel to each side of the midrib following the outline of the blade. 158 grams, 20 cm. (8"). From an old private collection, found in the 1990`s. Fine condition.Starting Price: £300

Bronze Age English Socketted Arrow or Javelin PointLate Bronze Age, 1,200-900 BC A cast bronze socketted projectile point with symmetrical tapering convex cutting edges and a neatly formed securing rivet hole to each side of the socket. See Evans, Sir J.The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, 1881, p.326 for a similar item of looped and socketted form. 18 grams, 49 mm. (2"). Found by Ian Price in the side of a river bank, to the south of Eye, Suffolk, just off the road to Occold, 7th July 2012. This is a most unusual item, apparently without direct parallel. It is obviously too small to be considered a spearhead and the internal diameter of the socket suggests a shaft diamater of some 13 mm, which seems large for an arrow shaft. It is possible that it is the point for a javelin or light throwing spear, possibly with feathered flights and perhaps thrown with the aid of an atlatl or similar. A looped and socketted example from Ireland, with a more defined blade, is known. Although a complete item in its own right, it is perhaps possible that this item has been contemporaneously formed for the purpose by adapting a small spearhead tip.Extremely fine condition. Excessively rare, possibly unique.Starting Price: £5