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Click here to subscribePart of the Lovlots City Park Collection. Dark bronze lead crystal figural standing staring with wide eyes. Swarovski backstamp. 995010. This item has its original box: 5"H x 3"dia. Certificate of Authenticity included. This item has a round mirrored base included: 2"dia. Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: 1"L x 2"W x 1.75"HManufacturer: SwarovskiCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.
1887-1905 A.D.. Pitt-Rivers - Excavations in Cranborne Chase, Vol.1: Romano-British Village Woodcuts and Rushmore Park 1881-5; 2: Barrows Near Rushmore, Romano-British Village, Rotherley, Winkelbury Camp, Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Winkelbury Hill; 3: Excavations at Bokerley Dyke & Wansdyke, 1888-1891; 4: South Lodge Camp, Rushmore Park, Handley Hill Entrenchment, Stone and Bronze Age Barrows and Camp, Martin Down Camp &C.; 5: Excavations at Cranborne Chase - Index. - all hardback with original cloth covers, gilt design to covers, gold titling to spine. 15.9 kg total, 31 x 15 cm each (12 1/4 x 6 in.). Property of a Kent, UK, collector. [5, No Reserve]
1953 A.D.. P.V. Glob - Danish Antiquities II, III, & IV Late Stone Age, Early and Late Bronze Age - Gyldendalske Boghandel, Copenhagen, 1952 - hardback with quarter leather binding, gold titling to spine - Vol.II, Late Stone Age, 140pp, 68 plates/Vol.III, Early Bronze Age, 65pp, 50 plates/Vol.IV Late Bronze Age, 104pp, 74 plates. 3.65 kg total, 31 x 24.5 cm (12 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.). Property of a Kent, UK, collector. [3, No Reserve]
1913 A.D.. George Coffey - The Bronze Age in Ireland - Hodges, Figgis & Co., London, 1913 - hardback. half-calf binding with block titling to spine, marbled boards and endpapers - 107pp, 11 photographic plates, text figures 578 grams, 26 x 17 cm (10 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.). Property of a Kent, UK, collector. [No Reserve]
Bronze Age, 16th-14th century B.C. Round-bottomed with strap handle and thumb-spur. 209 grams, 90 mm (3 1/2 in.). 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. [No Reserve]
Bronze Age, 13th-7th century B.C. Including a net-needle with pierced centre and ball finial, applicator with bull's head finial, dress-pin with scrolled finial and other items. 47 grams total, 8.5-12.5 cm (3 3/8 - 4 in.). 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. [5, No Reserve]
Circa 1000 B.C. With eight projecting vertical flanges and a circular shaft hole. Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, see pl.XXXI, no.98, for identical spearhead from Armenia (Astkhadzor, beginning of the 1st millennium B.C.). 310 grams, 67 mm (2 5/8 in.). 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 the Caucasus, the combat mace was very popular throughout the late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. The maces could have spiked bronze knobs or often less corrugated, or round, knobs which could also be effectively used. [No Reserve]
Circa 3000 B.C. Of square shape, striated lines and locating holes on the surface; the reverse with a domed, pierced plaque. Cf. Ameri, M., Kielt Costello, S., Jamison, G., Scott, S.J., Seals and sealings in Ancient World, Case studies from Near East, Egypt. the Aegean, and South Asia, Cambridge, 2018, fig.2.5, from Konar Sandal, for similar. 100 grams, 51 mm (2 in.). Collected from 1969-1999.From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.Such seals can be associated with distinct communities during the Bronze Age, particularly those engaged in trade with the Indus Valley. In particular, they are associated with the presence of Mesopotamians on the Iranian plateau and the emergent elite of the Early Dynastic city-states.
Bronze Age, 13th-7th century B.C. Each with tapering profile and clubbed head. 62 grams total, 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.). 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. [6, No Reserve]
2nd-3rd century A.D.. The goddess Tyche or Cybele with a facing female bust wearing a mural crown, braided hair cascading to the sides, high-relief lenticular eyes, and small slit mouth, two iron fixing rivets; the lower part with detailed necklace of pendants, catena decorative chain, lateral braids, ferrous fixture; old collector's label 'BR.APP.064' to verso; repaired and mounted on a custom-made display stand. Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 69, for type, referred to as Isis-Venus; for Cybele with a mural crown see Reinach, S., Repertoire de la statuarie Grecque et Romaine, Paris, 1930, p.369; see also Metropolitan Museum of Art inventory no.47.100.40, for a bronze statuette of Tyche with mural crown. 3.66 kg total, 20.5 cm including stand (8 1/4 in.). Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.The crown that characterises the bronze applique (corona muralis = wall crown) was a military decoration using symbolism from the Hellenistic age. Often associated with Tyche (Fortuna), the crown was also an attribute of the goddess Cybele, particularly when made of wood. However, the presence of a necklace similar to a late Roman statuette of Tyche at the Metropolitan Museum of Art seems to point more to the first identification. This bronze applique was probably used as decoration for a chariot used in a procession for the goddess, or as a furniture decoration. (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)
Bronze Age, 16th-14th century B.C. With rounded bottom and carinated profile, thick rim. 398 grams, 99 mm (4 in.). 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. [No Reserve]
Bronze Age, 16th-14th century B.C. Ovoid in profile with thick rim and rounded underside. 513 grams, 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). 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. [No Reserve]
12th-10th century B.C. With foliate head and short tubular socketted shaft. Cf. D'Amato, R., Salimbeti, A., Early Iron Age Greek Warrior, 1100-700 B.C., figs on pp.18-19. 119 grams total, 15 cm (5 7/8 in.). Ex German collection, Cologne, 1980-1990s.Snodgrass assigns the Athenian iron spearheads to the type A, i.e. spearheads with a leaf-shaped blade, a long socket and a midrib running to the tip. The bronze ones were assigned to typologies C – small, with a leaf-shaped blade (like the present specimen) - and D – with the socket as long as the blade, rounded shoulders and pronounced midrib. Both socket types were beaten round a cylindrical bar, a conservative method to produce bronze sockets even if the head was made of iron. [No Reserve]
2nd-1st millennium B.C. Egg-shaped with spiked sleeves or prongs, the top of the weapon with a narrow edge, the sleeves with small internal tangs for mounting. 127 grams, 10.1 cm (4 in.). Acquired 1980-2015.Ex Abelita family collection.The 'claw mace' was an enigmatic ancient bronze weapon from the Bronze Age Near East. The hollow bulbous head was trailed by tines of varying lengths. It is believed that it was affixed over a wooden shaft and used like a club in combat, and not necessarily used as ceremonial weapon. The knife edge bulb end could have broken bones and proven to be a formidable striking weapon requiring no skill to wield. The tines would have not only been decorative, but have served to add strength below the striking end to prevent breakage. In battle, maces were often used by commanders to display rank when giving orders in battle and leading soldiers, inspiring leadership and power.
Circa 1000 B.C. Composed of a leaf-shaped blade with a raised penannular rib and slot below the shoulder connected to the grip with lateral flanges and integral pommel, recessed to accept an organic insert. Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tuebingen, 2006, p.380, Cat.12, inventory no.655. 231 grams, 39 cm (15 3/8 in.). 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.This dirk, cast in one piece mould, belongs to the daggers that Medvedskaya believes support the thesis that majority of them were cast in one piece. However, there are examples where the penannular grip was cast on later. [No Reserve]
13th-12th century B.C. and later. Or a dagger with raised flanges to the grip, possibly to accept organic inserts fastened with three nails still in situ (?); later added cuneiform-like inscription and Babylonian Tiamat lion engraved to the blade below the grip on one face. Cf. the type in Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.377, cat.6. 284 grams, 40.5 cm (16 in.). 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.The dirk belongs to Type IIIa bronze dirks of the Medveskaya classification. It was cast in one piece (hilt and blade). [No Reserve]
13th-6th century B.C. Comprising tanged arrowheads of leaf-shaped and barbed types, most with midribs. See Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,1988, pp.289ff. nos.396,398-400,410,416, for similar arrowheads; Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 449, 467, for types. 182 grams total, 64-13.5 cm (2 1/2 - 5 3/8 in.). Acquired 1990s.From the collection of a late Japanese weaponry collector.Although some of them different in shape, these arrowheads are apparently related types of a polythetic group. There are represented two basic deltoid forms: one has a sharp, flat blade, the ends of which extend to form wings or barbs, and a prominent midrib extending into a long tang that often has a stop; the blade shape varies from deltoid to more manifestly triangular. The other form has no barbs, but it has a prominent midrib extending to the tang, the blade narrow and leaf shaped. [10]
2nd-1st millennium B.C. Composed of a tanged and barbed blade with raised midrib to both faces. Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.17.25 and 17.27, for the typology. 327 grams, 43.5 cm (17 1/8 in.). Acquired 1980-2015.Ex Abelita family collection.In the last ninety years, many such tanged blades have been considered to be coming from centres of production in Amlash and Marlik. Without context accurate dating is impossible, but the shape recalls the rapiers of the Bronze or Early Iron Age.
Circa 2000-1300 B.C. With long tubular shank and four hefty bulbs surrounding the shaft. See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 333, for a similar example in polished heamatite. 456 grams, 22.5 cm (8 3/4 in.). Acquired 1980-2015.Ex Abelita family collection.Accompanied by an earlier catalogue identification card.This rare and unusual mace finds parallels with similar pieces published by Slotta, Vatandust, and Moorey. The dating varies between 21st and 14th century B.C. Western Iranian maces, especially the Luristan ones, were notable for the variety of different forms. According to Dr D. Nicolle the gorz or mace was primarily used as an armour breaking weapon since ancient times, and was very common on the Iranian plateau.
14th-10th century B.C. Comprising tanged arrowheads, including barbed and leaf-shaped examples. Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 469-471. 158 grams total, 8-10.5 cm (3 1/8 - 4 1/8 in.). Acquired 1990s.From the collection of a late Japanese weaponry collector.The arrowheads seems to belong to the subtypes A and B of the Khorasani classification. They are mainly small triangular arrowheads with rounded and barbed shoulders. Some have angular or rounded midribs. The characteristic is also the cylindrical stem and the rectangular-sectioned tang. Many similar arrowheads were found in the Marlik excavations. [9]
13th-14th century A.D.. With a long tubular socket and raised circumferential ribs, three tiers of radiating spikes; found with remains of wooden haft in situ. Cf. Gilliot, C., Weapons and Armours, Bayeux, 2008, pp.160-161, for similar maceheads. 312 grams, 80 mm (3 1/8 in.). Found near Farnham Castle, Farnham, Surrey, UK.From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.Maces were in use since the Bronze Age. In the Medieval Western Europe, maces are attested in England as throwing weapons at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. At the end of 12th century A.D., the mace head was made of metal and was, under the influence of Byzantium, one of the weapons of the armoured knight. Originally of round section and armed with strong pyramidal spikes, the mace head evolved into a cylindrical shape, sometimes reinforced with spikes, most often with flanges. [No Reserve]
Circa 19th century B.C. With foliate blade and tapering socket. Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, see pl.XXXIV, no.1, for identical spearhead from Kanesh (Nesa or Kultepe). 183 grams, 25.6 cm (10 1/8 in.). 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.The bronze spearhead developed considerably during the period of the Assyrian colonies in Anatolia and even during the period Karum III-IV, maintaining consistently its southern shape. Conical points are also known from Bogazkoy's Karum levels. While spearheads from the first half of the 2nd millennium B.C. were hafted by means of a tang, with two slots in the blade providing additional support, most of the Late Bronze Age spearheads were socketted. [No Reserve]
13th-7th century B.C. Triangular blade with rib below the shoulder connected to the grip with lateral flanges and integral pommel, recessed to accept an organic insert Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tuebingen, 2006, p.380, Cat.12, inventory no.655. 228 grams, 34 cm (13 3/8 in.). Ex Abelita family collection, 1988.
12th-9th century B.C. Comprising arrowheads of various types, mainly leaf-shaped and barbed types, with midribs. See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, figures 376, 379, and catalogue 467, for some of the represented types. 216 grams total, 12.2 - 18 cm (4 3/4 - 7 in.). Acquired 1990s.From the collection of a late Japanese weaponry collector.The barbed arrowhead seems to belong to the type V, subcategory type C, according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik and Northern Iran individuated by Negahban, subtypes C and D of type V are larger arrow or javelin heads, C large triangular arrowheads with barbed shoulders and D with lanceolate shape and rounded midrib. The straight shoulders recalls a Marlik typology (see Khorasani, 2006, p.307, fig.379). [6]
13th-6th century B.C. Mainly tanged examples of barbed and leaf-shaped types. See Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,1988, pp.289ff. nos.396,398-400,410,416, for similar arrowheads; Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 449, 467, for types. 220 grams total, 7.5-13.6 cm (3 - 5 3/8 in.). Acquired 1990s.From the collection of a late Japanese weaponry collector.Although some of them are different in shape, these arrowheads are apparently related types of a polythetic group. Two basic deltoid forms are represented: one has a sharp, flat blade, the ends of which extend to form wings or barbs, and a prominent midrib extending into a long tang that often has a stop; the blade shape varies from deltoid to more manifestly triangular. The other form has no barbs, but it has a prominent midrib extending to the tang, and a narrow leaf-shaped blade. [10]
13th-7th century B.C. Comprising mainly tanged arrowheads including various types of leaf-shaped heads with midribs. See for similar arrowheads Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, pp.289ff. nos.398, 403; Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 449,467, for some of the types represented here. 200 grams total, 12-15.3 cm (4 3/4 - 6 in.). Acquired 1990s.From the collection of a late Japanese weaponry collector.The barbed arrowhead seems to belong to the type V, subcategory type C, according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik and Northern Iran individuated by Negahban, subtypes C and D of type V are larger arrow or javelin heads, C large triangular arrowheads with barbed shoulders and D with lanceolate shape and rounded midrib. The straight shoulders recalls a Marlik typology (see Khorasani, 2006, p.307, fig.379). [6]
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. With long square-ended butt, slightly lenticular-section body expanding to a broad curved cutting edge; smooth polished finish; small repair. Cf. similar item in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.WG.1541. 357 grams, 14 cm (6 in.). From a very old English collection based on the cabinet patination.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.Axes of this type were produced in the later Neolithic by expert knappers and polishers; these designs influenced early Bronze Age products such as the flat axes which eventually developed into palstave axeheads. [No Reserve]
2nd-1st millennium B.C. Irregular ingot fragment from a founder's hoard with carination and triangular scars to one face. Cf. similar items in a Bronze Age founder's hoard from Suffolk recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) under reference no.SF-C98115. 577 grams, 14.4 cm (5 5/8 in.). Family collection since before 2000.Ex property of a gentleman collector, Munich, Germany. [No Reserve]
2nd-1st millennium B.C. Irregular bronze ingot fragment with lip to one curved edge. Cf. similar (but smaller) items in a Bronze Age founder's hoard from Suffolk recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) under reference no.SF-C98115. 1.73 kg, 10.7 cm wide (4 1/4 in.). Family collection since before 2000.Ex property of a gentleman collector, Munich, Germany. [No Reserve]
Middle Bronze Age, circa 1200-800 B.C. Squat jar with burnished surface, low rim to the neck. 450 grams, 14 cm wide (5 1/2 in.). Found Norfolk, UK.Ex Clare Morris, UK, 2012.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Clare Morris. [No Reserve]
Middle Bronze Age, 1400-1150 B.C. Unlooped with long triangular flanges, raised mid-rib with expanding cutting edge; mounted on a custom-made display stand. See Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, pp.76-84, and figs.56-68, for similar types; cf. also MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 11.8. 535 grams total, 16 cm wide including stand (6 1/4 in.). 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.This is a Norman type palstave, widespread in south-eastern Britain and dated to the Taunton-Cemmaes period (MBAII). These are often associated with high nickel content. [No Reserve]
2nd millennium B.C.-20th century A.D.. Comprising a Middle Bronze Age Cypriot vessel circa 2000-1600 B.C.; a Bronze Age two-handled vessel from the Holy Land; a votive mirror frame; a bronze statuette of Victory, and other items; some items after the antique. 2 kg total, 1.9-12 cm (3/4 - 4 3/4 in.). The Cypriot pot ex Leto Severis collection; the fragmentary pot ex Donald Simmonds collection; the bronze of Victory ex Michaelides collection.with Roseberys, London, 26 October 2021, the majority of no.13.Accompanied by a copy of the Roseberys catalogue listing. [50+, No Reserve]
2nd-3rd century A.D.. Hollow-formed figure of Hercules resting with his weight on his left arm, cradling his club; lionskin mantle drawn over his head and covering his shoulders, back and thighs; right arm resting on his right thigh, holding a corner of the mantle; scaphoid base with attachment holes; mounted on a custom-made display stand. Cf. for the reclining Hercules in Sieveking, J., Munchner Jarhbuch der bildenten Kunst, N.F.I., 1, Munchen, 1924, 13f.; also Comstock, M., Vermeule Cornelius, Greek, Etruscan & Roman Bronzes in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, New York, 1971, p.102, no.107, for the image of a recling young Herakles; for a similar Hercules as chariot fitting see cf. V.I.Ignatov, Funeral complexes with carts in the Roman province of Thrace (mid 1st - 3rd century c.), Sofia, 2018, pl.16, no.5.1.2.6. 4.28 kg total, 25 cm wide including stand (9 3/4 in.). 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.This bronze was probably a chariot decoration. Hercules is represented here in mature age, bearded and with a cap and body covered by the skin of the Nemean Lion, killed in the first of his labours. This kind of image of Hercules was mainly widespread in the second to third century A.D., when emperors like Commodus and Maximianus Herculius identified themselves as the new Hercules at the top of the Roman state. [No Reserve] [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]
Early Bronze Age II, circa 2700-2100 B.C. With D-shaped body, tapering shank and disc finial. 92 grams, 13 cm (5 1/8 in.). French private collection, formed between the 1960s-1970s.Acquired from Bonhams, London, 23 October 2012, no.204.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and the original Bonhams lot tag. [No Reserve]
14th-10th century B.C. Of type II with crescentic pommel, the grip with V-shaped collar and penannular guard, blade with a broad, raised midrib. See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, pp.398ff, nos.39, 41-43, for the types of pommels; for the penannular guard and blade see Godard, A., Les Bronzes du Luristan, Paris, 1931, pl.VII, no.15. 684 grams, 56 cm (22 in.). Ex Abelita family collection, 1988.The crescentic pommel and the penannular guard were probably cast in a one piece-mould. These kinds of pommels are typical of the iron swords of type 2 from Luristan. A certain number of Luristan daggers and swords have bronze or iron blades with cast-on bronze hilts. The typology of winged pommel bronze grip is visible on examples in the British Museum and the National Museum of Iran.
1864-1890 A.D.. John Evans - The Coins of the Ancient Britons, London, 1864; with The Coins of the Ancient Britons Supplement, London, 1890 - hardback, matching contemporary red morocco, neatly re-backed with spines relaid, gold titling - 424 pp, 17 plates and 180 pp, 23 plates; with a loosely inserted postcard from John Evans to The Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, dated 1900; copied extract from Ancient British Coins, (Rudd, 2010, p.3) with outline of Evans's achievements; Ex libris Harry Manville (1929-2015), with an earlier auction extract; acquired Douglas Saville, ex libris Chris Rudd, with bookplate to each; supplement with back cover detached. 2.02 kg total, 24 x 16 cm each (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.). Property of a Kent, UK, collector.John Evans, later Sir John (1823-1908) was the father of Sir Arthur John Evans (1851-1941), the archaeologist most famous for his work at Knossos, Crete; John studied and produced works on the subjects of Stone Age and Bronze Age implements as well as for Celtic coins; all of his works were pioneering but are still of great value today; his bookplate (copy of which is present) illustrates his major interests. [2, No Reserve]
Circa 11th century A.D.. Couronian sword of Petersen Type K with double-edged tapering blade and tapering fullers; bronze cross-guard extending at each end to serpent- or horse-heads, wheeled ornament to both faces; the lower guard with similar motifs; seven-lobed pommel with annulets and pellets. Cf. Kazakevi?ius, ???????? ???? IX-XIII ??. (Baltic Swords, 9th-13th century AD), Vilnius, 1996; Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Suffolk, 2002; Tomsons, A., ‘Symbolism of Medieval Swords from the territory of Latvia during the 11th-13th centuries’ in Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Archaeologica 29, ?ód?, 2012, pp.145-161. 1.02 kg, 86.5 cm (34 in.). 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.This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11925-209658.Couronian swords of this type, with animal-head decoration on the lower guard, were widespread and used in the Eastern Baltic lands from the 10th to 13th century. Such zoomorphic detailing was a clear influence from Germanic art. Regular geometric ornamentation, derived from Romanesque art, was also widespread, with one of the most common ornaments being a cross-in-circle.
10th-13th century A.D.. With a double-edged tapering blade, long tapering fullers and a narrow tang; boat-shaped bronze cross-guard with Jellinge Style decoration; the upper guard with similar ornament topped by a seven-lobed pommel. See Kazakevi?ius, ???????? ???? IX-XIII ??. (Baltic Swords, 9th-13th century AD), Vilnius, 1996; Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Suffolk, 2002; Tomsons, A., ‘Symbolism of Medieval Swords from the territory of Latvia during the 11th-13th centuries’ in Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Archaeologica 29, ?ód?, 2012, pp.145-161. 675 grams, 88 cm (34 5/8 in.). 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. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12011-213595.This Couronian sword finds a good parallel with Baltic swords, used by Prussian, Couronians, Estonian and Lithuanian pagan warriors; see a sword once in the Prussian Museum, inventory V. Nr. 8368, from Janischken (Fig. 1,a); other clear parallels can be seen in Kazakevi?ius, 1996, figs.62-63 (fig.2) and Tomsons, 2012, fig.2 (Fig.3),3,7. The Curonian swords of this type, sometimes with animal head decoration on the lower guard, were widespread and used in the Eastern Baltic lands from 10th to 13th century.
Circa 10th-8th century B.C. Broad hexagonal socket with thick rim to the mouth, basal loop, curved edge with lateral spurs. Cf. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 116; Moore, C.N. & Rowlands, M., Bronze Age Metalwork in Salisbury Museum, Salisbury, 1972, item 44; Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab.IX, vol.7, Munich, 1981, 1267-94. 308 grams, 94 mm (3 3/4 in.). Found near Alton, Farnham, Surrey, UK.Acquired since the 1970s.From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. [No Reserve]
Middle Bronze Age, circa 1000-800 B.C. Squat jar with convex underside, caribated shoulder with incised ring, flared and everted rim, burnished surface. 778 grams, 20.5 cm wide (8 in.). Found 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. [No Reserve]
Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1800 B.C. Each with burnished surface, globular body with conical underside, tall spout with open rear face, loop handle; one with lateral lugs to the spout forming 'eyes'. Cf. Morris, D., The Art of ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, fig. p.18, pl.9, for similar. 780 grams total, 19.5-27 cm (7 3/4 - 10 5/8 in.). with Christie's, London, 11 December 1974.Formerly from the collection of Lord Dayton of Corran, formed between 1960-2000. Acquired from Bonham's, New Bond Street, 27 April 2006, lot 313 (part).The smaller vessel is 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.Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.The plain red polished ware was dominant in Cyprus in the early Bronze Age. It included jugs with nipple base, cutaway sprout, and paired, blunt projections near handle attachment points. [2, No Reserve]
Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1800 B.C. Comprising a tall vase with trumpet-shaped mouth, a bulbous ewer with curved spout and loop handle, and a similar jar with flared mouth and incised chevrons to the shoulders; repaired. Cf. Morris, D., The Art of ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, fig. p.23, pl.14, for similar. 1.1 kg total, 15-22.5 cm (5 7/8 - 8 7/8 in.). 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. [3, No Reserve]
Early-Middle Bronze Age, circa 2700-1900 B.C. Group of three burnished redware jugs, two smaller examples with loop handle to the neck, larger with handle to the shoulder; all with incised linear ornament. Cf. Morris, D., The Art of ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, fig. p.22, pl.12, for similar. 1.06 kg total, 14-21 cm (5 1/2 - 8 1/4 in.). 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. [3, No Reserve]
Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1600 B.C. Comprising: two with globular body, broad neck and flared rim, pierced lugs to the shoulders, bands of incised hatching; one with rounded underside, broad neck and everted rim, pierced lugs to the shoulder, horizontal broken lines and zigzags. Cf. Morris, D., The Art of ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, fig. p.67, pls.101-102, for similar. 1.27 kg total, 9.7-15 cm (3 3/4 - 5 7/8 in.). 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 the Early Bronze Age, the most common form of Cypriot jars was the round-based, two-handled variety, with the handles attached on the vertical plane. [3, No Reserve]
France, Limoges, circa 1220 A.D.. Inner wooden casket with chamfered rim and separate lid, encased within rectangular gilt-bronze panels with enamel decoration, four gilt-bronze stud feet to the underside; the lid with three nimbate figures, a female saint with palm frond and two flanking figures holding books, all reserved on a blue field with interstitial polychrome rosettes; Side A: nimbate bearded bust of Christ in Majesty with right hand in gesture of benison, left hand supporting a book, flanked by two winged nimbate angels; Side B: nimbate bust of a winged angel in a roundel; Side C: geometric repeating pattern of lozenges with floral fill; Side D: mirror image of Side B. Cf. Taburet-Delahaye, E., L'Œuvre de Limoges. Emaux limousins du Moyen Age, Pris, 1995; Wixom, W.D., Treasures from Medieval France, Cleveland, 1967, pp.130-3; Zarnecki, G., Holt, J. & Holland, T., English Romanesque Art 1066-1200, London, 1984, item 283, for type. 760 grams, 14.5 cm (5 3/4 in.). John Pierpont Morgan, New York, and London, until 1917.Private collection, Suffolk.Accompanied by a copy of a previous four page illustrated cataloguing document with references.This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12039-212154.The two end-panels are believed to have been added at a later date than the longer panels and may have been trimmed slightly along the lower edges. The panels are attached with domed pins of various types. [No Reserve] [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]
Middle Bronze Age III, 1725-1600 B.C. With bulbous body and rounded foot, angled spout and filler to the shoulder, sturdy loop above, bands of painted geometric ornament. Cf. similar item with four stub feet in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, under accession no.74.51.835. 946 grams, 21 cm high (8 1/4 in.). From an old UK collection.Acquired from Hampstead Auctions, 17 June 2010, no.314.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Accompanied by an old lot sticker affixed to one side. [No Reserve]
Early-Middle Bronze Age, circa 2700-1900 B.C. Hemispherical in profile with burnished surface, raised band below the rim with impressed holes to the outer face, pierced rim, short curved spout; repaired. 490 grams, 22 cm (8 5/8 in.). 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. [No Reserve]
Early Bronze Age, circa 2700-1900 B.C. Group of three hemispherical bowls, each with a thick rounded rim, one with lateral spurs to the rim. 700 grams total, 9.1-14.2 cm (3 5/8 - 5 5/8 in.). 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. [3, No Reserve]
Middle Bronze Age I-II, circa 2000-1750 B.C. Hemispherical with spur handle below the rim, perced; repaired. 137 grams, 12 cm (4 3/4 in.). Ex Peter Negus collection (1920-2012), a prolific collector who worked in the insurance industry for most of his life.His wife worked for Coutts Bank for many years and they shared an enormous passion for natural history, geology and archaeology, amassing a collection. He was a member of the Geologists’ Association for over 50 years, acting as Treasurer from 1979 to 1988.Acquired from Bonhams, London, 26 October 2007, no.354 (part).From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Accompanied by an old identification tag. [No Reserve]
Circa 7th century B.C. One a trapezoidal panel with tail integral to the rear and two openwork legs to the forward edge, small triangular wings and erect head with hooked beak; old collector's label to base 'Bronze Age Idol 700 B.C. / Ex Sylvester Ekaterura / Netherlands'. 79 grams total, 52 mm including stand (2 in.). Ex Sylvester Ekaterura, Netherlands.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. [No Reserve]
Early-Middle Bronze Age, circa 2700-1900 B.C. Group of three hemispherical bowls with burnished surface, one with old collector's inked notation '1.5 / 28'. 708 grams total, 9.7-16.5 cm (3 3/4 - 6 1/2 in.). 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. [3, No Reserve]
Late Bronze Age, circa 850-600 B.C. Squat unglazed vessel with conical body, narrow shoulder, broad tubular neck and everted rim, two strap handles; painted with radiating segments to rim, ring-and-dot motifs to neck and shoulder, horizontal bands. 341 grams, 14 cm wide (5 1/2 in.). Private American collection.Acquired from Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009, no.341 (part).From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and original lot tag. [No Reserve]
Bronze Age, 2nd millennium B.C. Three globular pots each with an everted rim and narrow base, joined with a tall strap handle; sgraffito geometric ornament. 688 grams, 18 cm (7 in.). 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. [No Reserve]
Early-Middle Bronze Age, circa 2700-1900 B.C. Group of three jugs each with spherical body and trumpet-shaped mouth, loop handle to one side. 750 grams total, 11.5-15.3 cm (4 1/2 - 6 in.). 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. [3, No Reserve]
Bronze Age, circa 2000-1600 B.C. Hemispherical in profile with slightly inverted rim, band of circumferential incised lines beneath the rim and concentric zigzags below, roundels to the underside; single small pierced bulb for suspension. 289 grams, 14 cm (5 1/2 in.). Ex Ian Auld collection, 1970s-1990s.Acquired from Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009, no.315 (part).From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. [No Reserve]
Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1650 B.C. Of reserved slip ware, comprising a shallow bowl with indented base, single loop handle; black glaze inside, red-brown colour outside; some restoration. Cf. Morris, D., The Art of Ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, pl.18, for similar ware. 173 grams, 14.9 cm wide (5 7/8 in.). Ex Peter Negus collection (1920-2012).Acquired from Bonhams, London, 26 October 2007, no.354 (part).From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Accompanied by the original Bonhams lot tag and a much older tag with description and collection number DAA41.The vessel belongs to a rare form of polished ware which originally was intended to achieve a two-tone effect. In the reserved slip ware, parts of the red slip was wiped away while it was still wet, revealing patches of the pale under surface. After this the whole surface was polished and the final result was a 'trick' decoration in which the negative patches appear to be positive pattern on the dark red surface. [No Reserve]
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