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Lot 56
WW1 British Memorial Plaque Albert Diccox, bronze memorial plaque mounted onto a display board with details of Private Albert Diccox who served with the 2nd Battalion Devonshire regiment who was killed on 14th April 1917 and is commemorated on the Thiepval memorial. Mounted with regimental cap badge. In remembrance of 22313 Private Albert Diccox, 2nd Devonshire Regiment who was killed in action aged 26 years on 14th April 1917 during the attack on Villers Guislains. The attack failed due to the presence of wire defences and heavy machine gun fire resulting in 17 Other Ranks being killed and 26 wounded. He was originally from Idstone Ashbury in Wiltshire.
Lot 57
WW1 British Memorial Plaque Thomas Eden, bronze memorial plaque mounted onto a display board with details of a Rifleman Thomas Eden who was serving with the 1/5th battalion South Lancashire regiment who was killed on 31st July 1916. Commemorated on the Thiepval memorial. Mounted with a cap badge of the South Staffordshire regiment.
Lot 58
WW1 British Memorial Plaques to Thomas Pendlebury and Harry Pendlebury, the bronze memorial plaques are mounted onto a display card with regimental cap badges of the South Lancashire Regiment and Kings Liverpool Regiment. The plaques are mounted with details believed to be of both recipients, Thomas Pendlebury casualty on 28th December 1915 and Harry Pendlebury 19th April 1918. Plaque attributed to 16226 Private Thomas Pendlebury, 6th South Lancashire Regiment who died of illness whilst at home on 28th December 1915. Thomas Pendlebury attested on 20th December 1914 and served for 55 days with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force before returning home on 19th September 1915. He buried in Leigh Cemetery and is the older brother of Harry Pendlebury listed above, both being the sons of Thomas and Sarah Pendlebury of 122 Higher Green, Astley, Manchester.Please note that there are 5 men of this name who lost their lives during the Great War. In remembrance of 30327 Private Harry Pendlebury, 4th Kings (Liverpool) Regiment who died of wounds on 19th April 1918 and is buried in Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery, Belgium. Harry was one of the sons of Thomas and Sarah Pendlebury of 122 Higher Green, Astley, Manchester and he is the younger (by 1 year) brother of Thomas Pendlebury
Lot 6
WW1 British Casualty 1914-15 Star Trio and Plaque Royal Artillery, medals were awarded to “72979 GNR G THOMPSON R.F.A”, with bronze memorial plaque “GEORGE THOMPSON”, mounted on a display board with photograph of the cemetery he is buried, cap badge and details, served with A Battery 175th Brigade RFA and died on 12th August 1918. 74954 Gunner George Thompson , ‘D’ Battery 86th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. From Liverpool, he landed in France on 9th March 1915 and was killed in action on 13th October 1918 aged 21 and now rests in Niagara Cemetery, Iwuy, Belgium.
Lot 65
WW1 British Memorial Plaque Abraham Fletcher A Company 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, bronze memorial plaque accompanied by regimental cap badge. CWGC shows just one casualty of this name, who served with A company 1st Battalion East Yorkshire regiment and died on 19th August 1918. In remembrance of 3/7141 Private Abraham Fletcher, A Company, 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment who died on 19th August 1918 aged 44 years. From Sheffield and living in Fitzwilliam Lane, he died of pneumonia whilst at home and is buried in Sheffield (City Road) Cemetery.Entitled to a 1914-15 star trio.
Lot 66
WW1 British Memorial Plaque James William Dyer 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Killed in Action at Gallipoli on 21st August 1915, the bronze memorial plaque is accompanied by a regimental cap badge. CWGC shows one casualty of this name being killed at Gallipoli with the 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers on 21st August 1915. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
Lot 7
WW1 British Casualty Medal Pair and Memorial Plaque East Kent Regiment, consisting of British War and Victory medals awarded to “G-13430 PTE J RICHARDS E. KENT.R”, accompanied by bronze memorial plaque awarded to “JOHN RICHARDS”. Mounted onto a display board with regimental cap badge and details of Private John Richards who was serving with the 6th Battalion The East Kent Regiment when he was killed on 9th April 1917 aged 19. He was from Hawkhurst, Kent. G/13430 Private John Richards, 6th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). From Hawkhurst, Kent, he attested for the East Kent Regiment in June 1916 and was killed in action aged 19 on 9th April 1917 when the Battalion attacked the German trenches at on the first day of the battle of Arras when the Other Ranks casualties were 23 men killed, 149 wounded and 18 missing. John Richards is buried in an identified grave in Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras.
Lot 8
WW1 British Casualty Medal Pair and Memorial Plaque Royal Berkshire Regiment, consisting of British War and Victory medals named to “3456 PTE W A PIKE R. BERKS.R” accompanied by bronze memorial plaque awarded to “WALTER ALFRED PIKE”. Plaque is mounted on a display board with details of a Private Walter Albert Pike who was killed on 23rd July 1916 serving with the 1/4th battalion Berkshire regiment. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Born in Lambourn, Berkshire he was killed in action aged 18 on 23rd July 1916 during the attack at La Boisselle when the Battalion casualties were 23 killed and 103 wounded. His body was not recovered, and he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France
Lot 9
WW1 British Memorial Plaque to Frederick Pearce, bronze memorial plaque mounted onto a display board with history of a Private Frederick Pearce who served with the 11th Battalion Australian Imperial Military Forces and was killed on 21st September 1917. Mounted with cap badge and shoulder titles.
Lot 1742
An Egyptian Ptolemy VI bronze coin, detailed with the head of Isis, an Indo-Scythian King Azes II silver coin and a Persian silver dirham.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 1934
A collection of mixed ancient coinage, including a Constantine I follis, a Maximus follis and other Roman bronze coins, together with an Elizabeth I shilling, a Charles I sixpence and a small collection of later British coinage, including a Victoria Jubilee Head florin 1887, a Victoria half-farthing 1842 and a matched coin set 1937.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 1873
A collection of Edward VIII pattern fantasy coins, including a silver Southern Rhodesia five shillings 1937, a similar bronze-coloured example 1937, two shillings 1936 and a bronze-coloured model States of Jersey four shillings 1937.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 1787
A group of Roman bronze and silver coinage, including a sestertius of Galba (68-69 AD) and a denarius of Severus Alexander (222-225 AD), together with a group of Roman barbarous copies.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 399
A pair of Victorian silver lion salts, by Daniel and Charles Houle, London 1872, of similar design to the British Museum lions, the seated lions with pull off heads, raised on lozenge-shaped bases, height 7.2cm. £3,000-£5,000 --- Although not identical, these silver lion salts closely resemble the cast iron lion sculptures that were positioned on the cast iron railings outside the British Museum, designed by Alfred Stevens in 1852. Alfred George Stevens (1817-1875) was born in Blandford, Dorset, the son of a decorator and joiner. By the age of ten, he was working in his father’s shop as an assistant. In 1833, Stevens travelled to Italy and studied in Naples, Bologna, Siena, Pompeii, Rome, Florence and Venice, remaining in Italy for nine years. While in Rome, he attended the Accademia di Belle Arti and was also employed by the Danish sculptor, Bertel Horvaldsen. Upon his return to England, the young Stevens was hired as a tutor by the School of Design, Somerset House, London. He stayed there until 1850 when he became the head artist at H. E. Hoole and Co in Sheffield, a company that specialised in bronze and metal objects. In 1852, Stevens returned to London, at which time he designed the vases on the railings and the cast iron lions for the dwarf posts in front of the British Museum. The main gates and railings of the museum were installed in May 1852, and a second lower set of railings were erected outside the inner railings, to mark the museum’s boundary, and these were ornamented at intervals with the 25 small cast iron lions, approximately 35cm in height. The story recounted by the British Museum recalls the “regal posture (of the lions) was inspired by a particularly impressive cat belonging to one of the sculptor’s friends”. When the lions are removed in 1896, some were installed on the railings around the Wellington monument in St Paul’s Cathedral.
Lot 1273
MACEO Y GRAJALES JOSE ANTONIO: (1845-1896) Guerrilla iconic Leader and second-in-command of the Cuban army of independence. Cubans nicknamed Maceo ''The Bronze Titan'' because of his multiple wounds in battle, while Spanish nicknamed him ''The elder Lion''. Maceo was killed near Punta Brava by Spanish forces after being betrayed by the physician of his headquarters. Rare D.S., `Jose Maceo´, one page, folio, Head Quarters of El Perico, 14th March 1896, in Spanish. The present letter was signed by Maceo six months before being killed. The partially printed document bears a printed coat of arms to the upper left corner and is the appointment of vice-Lieutenant Miguel Fernandez as Lieutenant, and signed by Mateo y Grajales in his capacity as General Major of the Liberation Army of Cuba. Overall important age wear, creasing and staining, with few holes and small tears to edges. Large repairs to the verso. P
Lot 544
RODIN AUGUSTE: (1840-1917) French Sculptor. A fine A.L.S., A Rodin, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Bénédite, in French. Rodin refers to his first bronze work "l´Age d´Airain", and states `Vous seriez bien aimable de laisser l´age d´airain dans le Jardin. Quand au buste de Laurens la patine est trop égale, si vous avez le temps et que vous le désirez je pourrai le faire repatiner..´ ("Would you be so kind as to leave l´age d´airain in the Garden. Regarding Laurens' bust the patina is too even, if you have the time and if you wish, I can have it re-patinated") To the left border, in vertical and red ink, Rodin adds `J´espere que j´aurai un exemplaire des dessins reproduits a offrir au musée´ ("I hope that I will get a copy of the reproduced drawings to offer to the museum") Small creasing with a small tear to the left edge, only affecting one word, but not affecting the signature. G L´Age d´Airain is Rodin's first bronze statue, from 1877. It brought him notoriety at the age of 37, prompting government work requests before private petitions multiplied. It is on display at the Musée Rodin and the Musée d'Orsay.
Lot 113
Donald GilbertPanel, 1957Bronze, with sculpted design of an owl flanked by birds with foliage.82.7 x 181.4 x 10cmProper left lower corner signed and dated D. Gilbert sc 1957.Footnotes:The present bronze panel is a late work of the British sculptor Donald Gilbert (1900-1961). Gilbert studied at the Birmingham Central School of Art, the Royal College of Art, the Royal Academy Schools and in Italy. In 1937, Gilbert became a member of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. He exhibited widely within the United Kingdom and became known for his animal sculptures and portrait busts in addition to his sculptural work for the monumental Art Deco Adelphi building (1936-38) in the City of Westminster, London. Gilbert also collaborated with his father the sculptor Walter Gilbert (1871-1946) at H.H. Martyn and Co. Ltd. of Cheltenham, including decorative iron work and bronze panels for the Derry and Tom's department store building (1929-31), High Street Kensington, which recall the design of the present panel.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 121
Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet'Dance of Carthage', circa 1920Patinated bronze, modelled with a bare-breasted woman dancing with a snake entwined around her arms, marble base.29.6cm highSigned in the bronze 'Cl JR Colinet'.Footnotes:LiteratureBrian Catley, Art Deco and other figures, Antique Collectors' Club, 2003, p. 120 for a similar modelThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 122
Marcel Bouraine'Athena', circa 1925Patinated and cold-painted bronze, the athletic and naked goddess holds a sword and her father's Aegis, a large oval shield with a Medusa mask in the centre, mounted on a stepped marble base.50.3cm highEngraved Bouraine on base.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 128
Michel DecouxPanther sculpture, circa 1925Patinated bronze, the feline cast with a textured coat, on black slate and marble plinth.30 x 70.5 x 15.2cmEngraved Decoux on base.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 130
Maurice Guiraud-Riviere'La Force', circa 1925Cold-painted bronze, black slate base.39cm highEngraved to the base Guiraud Riviere.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 176
René Lalique'Suzanne' statuette, designed 1925Opalescent glass, on illuminated bronze base.28.5 x 23cmEngraved R.Lalique France signature.Footnotes:LiteratureFélix Marcilhac, René Lalique 1860-1945: Maître-Verrier Analyse de L'Œuvre et Catalogue Raisonné, Les editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1989, cat no. 833For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 27
Mark V. Marshall for Doulton LambethRare and impressive 'Seahorse' sculpture, 1902-1912Salt-glazed stoneware, white-ish brown glaze tones.65cm x 54cmImpressed with Royal Doulton Lion and Crown mark (introduced in 1902) and incised artist's monogram M.V.M.Footnotes:It is possible that this sculpture was conceived and/or made around 1902-1903 as Mark Marshall exhibited similar work at the St. Louis International Exhibition in 1904, where he won a bronze medal. ProvenancePrivate collection, UKLiteratureF.J.Blacker, The ABC of English Salt-Glaze Stoneware; From Dwight to Doulton, Stanley Paul & Co., 1922, p. 172For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 284
Joseph Csaky'Adam and Eve' sculpture, (second version), designed circa 1932, posthumous castBronze. 29.5 x 17.6 x 11.2cmBase incised CSAKY. Together with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Csaky.Footnotes:ProvenanceGordon House Estate, United KingdomAcquired from the above by the present owner, 2005LiteratureGalerie René Reichard, Joseph Csaky, exh. cat., Frankfurt, 1988, p. 54Félix Marcilhac, Joseph Csaky: du cubisme historique à la figuration réaliste: catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Paris, 2007, pp. 159, 357This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 285
Mosé Angelo TamburriniFemale figure, second half 20th CenturyPatinated bronze.35.2 x 12.5 x 8.2cmCast by Livingstone Art Founders. Reverse signed M. TAMBURRINI, numbered 4/9 and with foundry mark. Footnotes:ProvenanceRichard Philp, LondonAcquired from the above, 1997For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 288
Antoine Poncet'Gazaile', second half 20th CenturyPatinated bronze, marble base. 52.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceGalerie Berès, ParisAcquired from the aboveThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 224
FERDINAND PREISS (1882-1943) A cold-painted bronze & ivory figure of a girl wearing green hat, her dress with red wasit-band, her hands at her hips & head tilted slightly to the righ, signed “F. PREISS” to the hexagonal bronze plinth, on integral green onyx shallow bowl base, 8” high x 7 ¼”dia. overall. (some paint loss to hat).
Lot 247
A Chinese bronze & champleve enamel two-handled vase & cover, of barrel form with archaistic decoration, snarling dragons forming the side handles, the cover with chimera handle, probably late Qing dynasty (the handle of cover & one dragon side handle detached, the chimera lacking tail, the dragon with one claw broken but present – requires restoration).
Lot 111
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. An imposing fresco fragment representing a young military commander dressed in high rank Roman uniform, standing with his face slightly turned to the right and leaning on his left leg, the right leg brought slightly forward; the right hand holding a long spear of which the butt is visible, a round flat shield of cavalry type (parma) on his left arm; gladius hanging from a baldric on the left side of the body; the warrior wearing a short sleeveless tunic of Greek type, off-white in colour with light red reflexes, decorated by two white segments in the lower skirt, and a military cloak of cerulean colour, arranged over a muscled bronze torso armour; the legs protected by bronze greaves and head by a bronze helmet restored as an Italic type Buggenum surmounted by a white cylinder from which a horsehair crest emerges, some restoration; mounted. The piece shows compositional similarities with the fresco of the House of the Vettii in Pompeii, representing the god Mars, cf. D’Amato, R., Sumner, G., Arms and Armour of the Imperial Roman Soldier: From Marius to Commodus, 112 BC-AD 192, London, 2009, fig.86. 12.3 kg, 71 x 46 cm (28 x 18 in.). Acquired 1970s-1990. North American private collection. with Sotheby's, London, 9 July 1984, lot 224. Accompanied by an archaeological 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.10647-174367. Accompanied by a copy of the Sotheby's catalogue pages. The fresco has been previously interpreted as a representation of Alexander the Great, but a more careful analysis of the military equipment worn by the warrior allows us to consider it as a character from Roman history or mythology, like the god Mars or the hero Marcus Iunius Brutus, Magister Equitum of the first Roman Res Publica, who freed the city from Etruscan tyranny. The bronze greaves and muscled armour – from the 1st century B.C. usually reserved for military commanders – associated with the paludamentum suggests a high rank graduate of the Augustan or even of Caesar’s army, maybe a military tribune, as the model for the figure. However, his cerulean cloak could allow the identification with a Magister Equitum (cavalry commander) being the cerulean and blue associated with Neptune or Poseidon, protector of the horses. Also the combination of a cavalry shield, the parma, with the long cavalry spear and the Buggenum helmet (or the Boetian helmet restored as such) are visible on Volterra’s urns as fittings of 1st century BC Roman cavalrymen. If the man represented is a Magister Militum, and the original fresco referred to episodes of Roman history, the identification with Brutus can be plausible, although the fresco, before restoration, missed the upper part of the helmet. If the Geminae Pinnae (twin plumes) were originally visible on it, we cannot exclude the interpretation of the figure as the god Mars, a more consonant image with the celebration of the Julio-Claudian family and its divine origins. The type of represented uniform could suggest a dating to the late Consular period. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.]
Lot 198
11th-13th century A.D. A pair of zoomorphic bronze door handles, each composed of a domed openwork plate and cylindrical shaft balustered towards the finial, which is formed as the forequarters of a leaping feline; embellished with light blue inlays to the animals' eyes, openwork knotwork to their chests and openwork foliate motifs to parts of the shaft; engraved geometric and floral decoration across the body. Cf. Fehervari, G., Islamic Metalwork of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection, London, 1976, pl.38, no.114, for a similar protome; Allan, J.W., The Metalwork Industry in Iran in the Early Islamic Period, Oxford, 1976, pl.88; Allan, J.W., Nishapur: Metalwork from the Early Islamic Period, New York, 1982, figs.173, 175, 176, 178, 182. 6.39 kg total, 62-64 cm (24 3/8 - 25 1/8 in.). Acquired in the 1980s-1990s. Previously with Mansour Gallery, London W1. Property of a North West London gentleman. 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.11512-193701. The function of these objects seems to have been to act as a pair of handles for a big bronze door. A near identical specimen (with similar inlays of blue stones for the eyes) published by Fehervari, who considers the animal to be a lion or a hare, was thought to be a leg of a large vessel, or part of a baluster shaft of a lamp stand. The history of Khorasan in the second half of the twelfth century was extremely turbulent, during which a great amount of metalwork was presumably lost or melted down. Therefore, it is quite remarkable that such an important pair has survived. [2] [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.]
Lot 200
12th century A.D. A bronze padlock in the form of a standing lion, its recurved tail forming the bar, opening to the chest to accept the key, reserved rectangular panel to each flank with Kufic inscription. 69.3 grams, 69 mm (2 3/4 in.). H. Baba Gallery, Davies Street, 2000. Ex central London gallery. [No Reserve]
Lot 204
14th century A.D. A broad pewter bowl comprising a shallow central dish with basal ring, flange rim with raised edge, central disc with inset bronze panel bearing motif of an advancing lion on a hatched field; inset bronze medallions to the rim decorated with vegetation and four bronze panels bearing calligraphic text reserved against a hatched field. See von Gladiss, A., Glanz und Substanz. Metallarbeitung in der Sammlung des Museums für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, 2012, for discussion. 2.47 kg, 39.5 cm wide (15 1/2 in.). London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family. [No Reserve]
Lot 232
Western Jin Dynasty, 265-317 A.D. A ceramic standing horse with the hindlegs slightly apart and bent, tail erect, integrally modelled saddle with saddlecloth, bridle ornaments on muzzle and forelock; supplied with a made-to-measure stone base. For a similar example see a sculpture from the Birmingham Museum of Art, accession no.1979.321; cf. Hajeck et al., A Book of Chinese Art, four thousand years of sculpture, painting, bronze, jade, lacquer and porcelain, Spring Books, 1966, item 28, for type. 4.7 kg total, 27 cm including stand (10 5/8 in.). Acquired 1980-1990s. Ex West Country collection. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman. The Western Jin pottery horses tend to be modelled on the stocky and short-legged Mongolian breed, unlike their more graceful Han Dynasty predecessors. This type of horse was formerly attributed to the Han period; developments within the field of archaeology have since re-attributed them to the Six Dynasties era (3rd-6th century A.D.)
Lot 242
Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. A gilt bronze zoomorphic guardian figure, possibly a mythical beast or chimera, modelled in the round with geometric detailing in raised relief. 190 grams, 11.4 cm wide (4 1/2 in.). From a Cotswold collection. Exhibited at the Exhibition of the Silk Road, London, December 2001. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.]
Lot 243
Circa 18th-19th century A.D. A gilt-bronze figure of Arya Tara modelled in the round in meditating pose with eyes half-closed and a utpala flower to each upper arm; D-shaped lotus flower dais, hollow with panel to the underside. 1.75 kg, 18 cm high (7 1/8 in.). London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.]
Lot 260
7th-6th century B.C. An Archaic bronze helmet of Corinthian type with bulbous crown and shortened neck guard; large curvilinear eye opening tapering to a point; arched cheek protection and strong nose guard bending slightly outwards; regularly disposed holes for the attachment of the inner lining still visible around the eyes and nose guard; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. See Snodgrass, A.M., Arms & Armor of the Greeks, London, 1967; Bottini, A., Egg, M., Von Hase, F. W., Pflug, H., Schaaf, U., Schauer, P., Waurick, G., Antike Helme, Sammlung Lipperheide und andere Bestände des Antikenmuseums Berlin, Mainz, 1988, pp.65ff.; D’Amato, R., Salimbeti, A., The Carthaginians, 6th -2nd Century B.C., London, 2014; see similar helmets in Hixenbaugh, R., Ancient Greek Helmets, a complete guide and catalogue, New York, 2019, C262, p.375, C442, p.615. 845 grams, 21 cm high (2.06 kg total, 42 cm high including stand) (8 1/4 in. (16 1/2 in.)). Steen Strömberg, Denmark, collection. Property of a Northern European collector, acquired in 2004. Accompanied by an old brass collection tag with 'S17' stamped on one side. Accompanied by an academic report by military specialist 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.11435-193664. The Corinthian helmet was the most common military headgear associated with the heavy armoured Hoplites between the 7th and the 5th centuries B.C. This particular specimen belongs to the second authoritative form of the Corinthian typology, which emerged during the second quarter of the 7th century B.C., from the yet primitively structured helmet of the first stage (Bottini, Egg, Von Hase, Pflug, Schaaf, Schauer, Waurick, 1988, p.76).
Lot 261
4th-3rd century B.C. A tinned bronze Pontic helmet of Chalcidian type with the dome divided into two by a carinated ridge, the lower edge with cut-outs for ears and eyes with flared edges, short lanceolate nose-guard; fitted with removable cheek-pieces, each with a perforation for the chinstrap, short angular neck guard; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. See Ohly, D., Die Ägineten, Die Ostgiebelgruppe, Munich, 1976; Pflug, H., 'Chalkidische Helme' in: Antike Helme, RGZM Monographien 14, Mainz, 1988, pp.137-150; Chernenko, E.V., The Scythians 700-300 BC, Hong Kong, 1998; see similar helmets in Hixenbaugh, R., Ancient Greek Helmets, a complete guide and catalogue, New York, 2019, nos.X254-280. 945 grams, 30.5 cm high (2.16 kg total, 42.5cm high including stand) (12 in. (16 3/4 in.)). Private collection of Comte de Bressac, France. Sold in London after 1918. English private collection until the 1960s. Later in a London, UK, private collection. Accompanied by an academic report by military specialist 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.11532-195912. The Chalcidian type of ancient Greek helmets was essentially a lighter and less restrictive form of the Corinthian helmet. Later Chalcidian helmets had hinged cheek pieces that were anatomically formed to fit closely to the face. Representations of these helmets with articulated and raised cheek-pieces (type V) appear on the Attic vase paintings since the early 5th century B.C., although the first four typologies still show fixed elements for the face protection like in their Corinthian prototypes. Contemporary to these representations are the sculptures in the temple of Aphaia in Aegina, where these helmets are widely represented and where we can see first examples of such helmets with a short nose-guard (Hixenbaugh, 2019, p.209, fig.108). [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.]
Lot 263
3rd-1st century B.C. A bronze helmet of Pseudo-Illyrian variant 1 of Symonenko classification, the bowl formed from two overlapping pieces rivetted together, decorated with raised ribs running from front to back, with the middle band splitting at the rear and forming the upper circumferential on the lower edge of the helmet; later added hinged cheek-pieces, contoured and with a hole for the attachment of a chin strap; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. See Chernenko, E.V., Skifskii dospekh (Scythian armour, in Russian), Kiev, 1968; Dedjulkin, A.V., 'Locally Made Protective Equipment of the Population of North-Western Caucasus in the Hellenistic Period', in Stratum Plus, n. 3, 2014, pp.169-184; ?????????, ?.?., '????? ??????????? ??????? ?? ????????? ??????' (Sarmatian Age Helmets from Eastern Europe, in Russian), in Stratum Plus, n. 4, 2014, pp. 249-284; ?????????, ?.?., '????? «????????» ????', (Novichikhin, A.M., 'A new Meotian helmet) in Parabellum Novum, Military History Journal, n. 3 (36), ?????-?????????, 2015; Hixenbaugh, R., Ancient Greek Helmets, a complete guide and catalogue, New York, 2019, H296-H302, p.539. 698 grams, 32 cm high (1.9 kg total, 41.5 cm high including stand) (12 5/8 in. (16 3/8 in.)). Ex private German collection, 1980s. Accompanied by an academic report by military specialist 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.114436-195548. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.]
Lot 264
Late 2nd-early 3rd century A.D. A bronze sport helmet of 'Pfrondorf Type', with female features, possibly representing a gorgon (Medusa), comprising a two-part helmet with a back plate, the face piece originally with a removable inner mask; the skull embossed with stylised representations of hair along the sides and collected at the lower centre of the back to a chignon, the centre decorated by a red cabochon; two snake heads on the upper part of the skull, the bodies of which are decorated with scales chiselled on the surface; the edge of the skull decorated with punched triangles and a line representing the crown of the hair around the face; a small flat neck guard; a hinge to the top of the head allowing the mask to be raised; the T-opening for the face was not always present in this type of helmet. See Robinson, R., The Armour of Imperial Rome, New York, 1975; Garbsch, J., Römische Paraderustüngen, München, 1979; Born, H., and Junkelmann, M., Römische Kampf-und Turnierrüstungen, Band VI, Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Mainz, 1997; D'Amato, R. and Negin, A., Decorated Roman Armour, London, 2017; D'Amato, R. and Negin, A., Roman Heavy Cavalry (1), Cataphractarii and Clibanarii, 1st century BC-5th century AD, Oxford, 2018. 2.1 kg total including stand, 27 cm (10 1/2 in.). Swiss family collection since before 1980. Dutch private collection since the 1990s. Important East Anglian collection of arms and armour. Accompanied by a metallurgic analytical report, written by metallurgist Dr Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, report number 144723/HM1364. Accompanied by an academic report by military specialist 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. 144723-10011. This mask helmet belongs to the category of Roman mask helmets used during military games and pageants, which also functioned as training, such as those described by Arrian of Nicomedia in the ‘Tactica’. The simpler versions of such masks could also be used in battle, particularly by the heavy cavalry division (catafractarii). The distinguishing feature of such masks is the removable central area, along with a two-part construction. The Pfrondorf helmet, now held in Stuttgart, which gives its name to the typology, is the best and most complete of such specimens, which are rare in such good condition. Helmets with a facial cut-out often display the image of Medusa, with reference to her terrifying ability to turn people to stone. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.]
Lot 281
9th century B.C.-2nd century A.D. A large openwork bronze belt fastener comprising a square frame with a triple band of running low-relief scrolls within borders and a tall conical boss at each corner; central figure of an advancing mare with head bowed, applied braided wire detailing to the mane and tail, two-band braided halter to the neck, incised ring-and-dot motif to shoulder and hip; beneath the body between the thin legs, a foal with head raised to suckle; before the chest, a small long-tailed animal (squirrel?) climbing on the mare's harness; above its back, a larger creature with curved legs and a D-shaped facing mask with curved spiral horns (an ibex?) forming the securing point for a strap; fixing loop and lug to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Denwood, P., Archaeology in Asia, volume 7, University of London, June 27-29, London, 1977, p.106, no.138; Ettinghausen, R., ‘Das Pferd in der Orientalischen Kunst’ in Du: das Kulturmagazin, Bd.6, Zurich, 1978, pp.64-73; Harper, P.O. et al., ‘Ancient Near Eastern Art’ in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, 41 (4), Spring, 1984, p.35, fig.43; Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, p.439, no.584; Curtis, J.E., Tallis, N., The horse, from Arabia to Ascot, London, 2012; the most complete work on the topic is now in Castelluccia, M., Transcaucasian Bronze Belts, University of Michigan, 2017; and Christie's, New York, 11 December 2009, lot 64 (US$60,000-90,000). 1.26 kg, 24.5 cm high including stand (9 5/8 in.). Acquired 1971-1972. From the collection of the vendor's father. Property of a London, UK, collector. Accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato. Accompanied by a printout of a similar example held in the Metropolitan Museum, accession number: 21.166.7, from the collection of Claude Anet, Paris (1913-1921), acquired by the museum in 1921. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no. 114444-196039. There are several bronze belt fittings of this type in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (Muscarella, 1988, items 581-4) and Muscarella (p.440) notes that a total of 181 were known at the time of his publication (1988). Another important specimen is at the British Museum (Curtis & Tallis, 2012, p.122). They all show a large quadruped (caprid, cervid or equid) in a braided square frame, mostly with a stud at each corner.
Lot 282
Early 1st millennium B.C. A bronze adze-axe head composed of a tapering cylindrical socket and two heads, one perpendicular and one horizontal to the socket, the top of the socket with pellets to the rim and horizontal ribs to the faces, with a stylised human face mask to both sides, each with different features; mounted on a custom-made stand. 338 grams, 17.3 cm wide (652 grams total, 16.2 cm high including stand) (6 3/4 in. (6 3/8 in.)). Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. Accompanied by an old illustrated catalogue card.
Lot 285
Early 2nd millennium B.C. A bronze macehead comprising a long cylindrical shaft with narrow flanged base, the upper section with three vertical relief panels decorated by herringbone pattern, divided and bordered by three parallel ridges, similar band with three ridged horizontal grooves around the base. See Godard, A., Les Bronzes du Luristan, Paris, 1931, pl.XIX, no.58, for a similar mace; see also Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 1, London, 2002, p.24, nos.18-19; Khorasani, M. M., 'Bronze and iron weapons from Luristan' in Antiguo Oriente: Cuadernos del Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente, 7, 2009, fig.8. 328 grams, 17.8 cm (7 in.). Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. This gorz mace head belongs to the category of truncheon-shaped mace-heads, a type developed on the Iranian plateau during the Bronze Age, used by Elamite and Luristan warriors since the 3rd millennium B.C. This category of objects was also interpreted as a part of a shaft, but most scholars agree on the interpretation for use as a mace.
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