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Lot 255
6th-7th century AD. A bronze oval bowl with rounded body and base; incised female figure to the centre, naked holding a snake with both hands above the head, with gilt finish. 300 grams, 18.5cm (7 1/4"). Property of a European businessman; formerly in a Belgian collection; previously from an old German collection. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 374
Han Dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD. A bronze censer comprising a domed foot with reserved tendrils on a hatched field, four radiating leaves below a hemispherical bowl with band of figural ornament and inscription, rolling waves to the rim; conical lid with tiered bands of figural ornament depicting legendary scenes, four small leaves and fenghuang chipped figure to the apex. See Song, L. Chinese Bronze Ware, Cambridge, 2011 for discussion. 1.9 kg, 35cm (13 3/4"). Property of a London collector; by inheritance from his grandfather; acquired during travels in the Far East in the 1920s. Fine condition.
Lot 639
6th-7th century AD. A bronze stylus with ribbed shank and tapering point, angled erasing foot, chain of eight double links and flat-section cruciform plaque. See Wamser, L. Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 925 for type. 50.2 grams, 15.5cm width (6"). Private collection, UK; formed in the 1980s. Very fine condition.
Lot 535
9th-10th century AD. A bronze cross pendant with helmetted male face to the centre, expanding arms, each finished with an arrow-head terminal, a pellet to the centre; attachment loop above. 3.75 grams, 36mm (1 1/4"). Property of a lady living in Kent, UK; formerly part of her grandfather's collection; acquired in Germany after WWII; thence by descent 2006. Fine condition.
Lot 214
1st century BC-2nd century AD. A mixed group of three ladles, or simpuli, comprising: one with spherical bowl, extended flat handle recurved with terminal in the form of a horned ibex head, pointed wings to the handle and rim, stippled design to the handle and concentric circles to the outer bowl; one with spherical bowl, round-section balustered handle recurved with terminal in the form of a horned ibex head, foliate pattern to the rim; and one with flat base and everted flat rim, tapering flat handle recurved with scrolling arms to the rim and neck, and gently curved terminal. Cf. Boucher, S. Inventaire des Collections Publiques Françaises - 17 Vienne: Bronzes Antiques, Paris, 1971, item 374 for type. 385 grams total, 20.5-25cm (8 - 9 3/4"). Property of a Mayfair lady; formerly in an important London collection formed since 1965. The simpulum, a bronze ladle, played a major role in Roman libation ceremonies where liquid - most often wine, milk or olive oil - was offered to the gods. The hooks commonly found on the rim of the bowl would have allowed the ladle to hang in a libation jug. Decorative terminals were typical, most often depicting the head of a bird, wolf or horned animal. [3] Fine condition.
Lot 121
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze discoid phalera with concentric rings to the border, pierced at three points, domed centre with Medusa in high relief, wavy hair, wings to the brow, serpents tied below the chin, silver inlay to the eyes. 173 grams, 83mm (3 1/4"). Property of a North West London gallery; formerly in a 1980s collection. Fine condition.
Lot 435
6th-7th century AD. An iron sousser long-sword in its scabbard (wooden and silver traces visible to the blade's surface); the blade slender and long (87cm tip to grip), two-edged and parallel-sided, lentoid in section with small rounded tip; two sheet-silver rectangular sleeves at the mouth and mid-point, each with rolled edges and a separate P-shaped lateral panel with suspension fitting for attachment to the sword belt (goti) and raised 'feather' pattern to the outer face; gusseted lower guard with rolled edges; tubular grip in two sections with similar feather pattern, one scooped edge with finger-grip recess; chevron pommel with attached upper panel. Cf. Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 65. 951 grams, 101cm (39 3/4"). From the collection of a North London gentleman; acquired in the 1980s. Accompanied by a positive metallurgic analytical report, written by Metallurgist Dr. Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford. The use of feather pattern panels is associated by Khorasani (citing Overlaet and others) with the 6th-7th century. Fine condition, some restoration. Rare.
Lot 429
10th-7th century BC. A bronze helmet of sub-conical form with repoussé rib to the forward face ending in a beast-head and flanked by two repoussé arched serpents; three repoussé horizontal bands above the rim, two small lateral holes (for attachment of a liner?); mounted on a custom-made stand. See Christie's, New York 5th June 2014, Lot 55 for similar. 2.3 kg, 48cm including stand (19"). Property of a London gentleman; formerly from an important London, W1, collection; previously acquired on the UK art market, 1960-1980s. Accompanied by a positive metallurgic analytical report, written by Metallurgist Dr. Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Fine condition.
Lot 498
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze sceptre finial formed as a bronze tube with iron core and ox-head detailing; band of four curved hooks to the rear flanked by beading, plain crescent panels flanking transverse ribbed panel, beaded collar, narrow waisted muzzle, flange ears with pellets, socket eyes, opposed crescent horns. Cf. Portable Antiquities Scheme report number NCL-51AB07. Cf. Portable Antiquities Scheme annual report of 2006, p.40-41. 58 grams, 50mm (2"). Found near Hutton-Sessay, North Yorkshire, UK, 2006; accompanied by a copy of a Portable Antiquities Scheme report number NCL-51AB07 which includes four museum drawings of the object, a letter discussing the object from Sally Worrell of the British Museum, and a copy of the relevant pages from the PAS Annual Report 2006. The exact purpose of the item is uncertain but parallels have been drawn with a possible knife-handle from Birdlip, Gloucestershire, of Iron Age date. The prominent hooks to the rear of the piece exclude its use as a handle, and the ornate character of the casting suggests an object of some importance with considerable display value. The terminal of a sceptre or similar item denoting rank and authority is a reasonable inference, as noted in the PAS Annual Report for 2006 where this item was published. Fine condition. Excessively rare.
Lot 36
Late Period, 664-332 BC. A bronze statuette of Isis in sitting position wearing a tight-fitting robe with banded collar, feet resting on a square block, right hand on the thigh, left arm supporting a fly-whisk, Hathor crown of sun-disc and feathers to the head; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Harvard Art Museums, accession number 1960.464 for similar. 497 grams, 17.5cm (7"). Property of a South African lady; formerly in the private collection of Dr. Frederick Lorch, Swiss geologist and author on Egyptian antiquities, and managing director of S.A. Minerals Corporation; acquired from the early 1960s to the early 1980s; thence by descent to the current owner. The figure is atypical of Late Period depictions of the goddess in that it does not depict Horus seated on her lap feeding from her. This 'Mother Goddess' aspect of her cult was emphasised when it spread from Egypt around the eastern Mediterranean and ultimately to Rome. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Very fine condition.
Lot 42
Third Intermediate Period to Late Period, 1070-332 BC. A pair of bronze eye rims with extending cosmetic lines framing alabaster inserts with black glazed irises, together with tapering bronze brows. 250 grams total including stand, 76-104mm (3 - 4"). Property of a London collector, acquired early 1990s. [4] Fine condition.
Lot 252
6th-5th century BC. A shallow sheet silver bowl with central discoid omphalos, three tiers of intersecting raised lotus petals, chamfered rim. Cf. Mahboubian, Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze, London, 1997, no.321, p.246; also the type is found in Greek phialai such as the example from Asia Minor, now in Berlin, cf. Strong, D. E., Greek and Roman Silver Plate, New York, 1966, pl.9A. 765 grams, 28cm (11"). Property of a North London lady; gifted from her father's collection; formerly with Bonhams, London, 15 October 2008, lot 165; previously with a Mayfair gallery, London, UK; previously in a late 1970s-early 1980s collection; accompanied by a copy of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. Accompanied by a positive metallurgic analytical report, written by Metallurgist Dr. Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Very fine condition.
Lot 508
5th century AD. A large elaborate bronze openwork equal-arm brooch of Type Nesse 2, comprising two panels of chip-carved Late Roman Military Style scrolled-tendril ornament with scooped outer ends, arcaded long outer edges and three prominent loops with beast-heads lugs; inner edges joined by arched bands with beast-head lugs to the void; deep bow with opposed beast-heads and prominent median raised bar; traces of mineralised woven fabric to both faces; two pierced pin-lugs to the reverse. See Bruns, D. Germanic Equal-Arm Brooches of the Migration Period, BAR International Series 1113, Oxford, 2003, item 33 (Collingbourne Ducis"). Reported to Portable Antiquities Scheme; reference forthcoming. 89 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). Found near Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK, 2014. This brooch is a close match for the one found in Grave 6 at Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire; it is the only known example of similar complexity to that find. It belongs to Type Nesse 2; the Nesse 1 type is found primarily in the Elbe-Weser region of northern Germany (Bruns p.27), which is the supposed homeland of the Saxons; the Nesse 2 type, derived from Nesse 1, is not numerous (even compared to the other comparatively rare types of equal-arm brooch) with three examples known from England (Collingbourne Ducis, Westgarth Gardens, Abingdon) and one from Oberhausen (Germany"). The fact that the English Type Nesse finds are more complex than the continental ones has led to the suggestion that Nesse 2 developed fully in England, with the move towards a very fine, almost filigree appearance to the edges of the plates.The Collingbourne Ducis brooch is the largest of its type at 13.4cm length; the present example is slightly shorter but is still exceptionally large. The openwork tracery makes the brooch lighter than a solid plate would have been. Fine, as found condition. Extremely rare.
Lot 117
2nd century AD. A marble head of Hercules (Greek Herakles), gently bowed and turned slightly to the left; curled unruly hair and long wavy beard; deep inset eyes and prominent bow, mouth slightly open; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 27.122.18 for another Roman copy of the Lysippos Herakles. 7.1 kg, 30cm including stand (11 3/4"). Property of a gentleman; from a Mayfair, London, UK, gallery; formerly in the Bastan collection; previously with Schopmann, Hamburg, Germany, 18 April 2008; accompanied by a copy of the paid purchase invoice for 19,808.00 euros. This statue head is one of many Roman copies of a Greek statue attributed to Lysippos which depicts Herakles wearied at the end of the twelve labours set for him by Eurystheus, ruler of the Argolid. The original sculpture was cast in bronze by the famous sculptor Lysippos during the Hellenistic period and was subsequently copied in various scales and mediums. It depicts Herakles leaning on his club, holding the apples of the Hesperides behind his back, his head lowered with a fatigued expression. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Fine condition.
Lot 125
4th-6th century AD. A large bronze oil lamp with central dish and three radiating spouts each with D-shaped nozzle, raised discus with small central filler hole, three suspension chains and ring; mounted on a custom-made stand. 3.1 kg total, 32cm (12 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; previously acquired on the UK art market, 1990s. Very fine condition.
Lot 89
6th-3rd century BC. A mixed bronze group comprising: five ibex or gazelle figures each with square base and piercing to the shoulders, one with ring; three square appliqué bases with chamfered sides and cell to the upper face. 84 grams total, 21-40mm (3/4 - 1 1/2"). Property of a Middlesex gentleman; acquired Nadeau's Auctions, 2018, lot 111 (part); formerly with Peggy and David Rockefeller collection. [8, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 482
1st millennium BC. An assemblage from continental Europe comprising: eight bronze cast axeheads, each with curved blade, waisted profile, winged edge with flat rim, ridged side loop for attachment extending into ridged casting seams across the upper body; and a coarse ceramic pot with flat base, bulbous body and rolled rim. Cf. Novotná, M. Die Äxte und Beile der Slowakei, Abteilung IX, Band 3, Munich, 1970, pl.52(14"). 2.7 kg total, 9.5-15cm (3 3/4 - 6"). Property of a lady living in Kent, UK; formerly part of her grandfather's collection; acquired in Germany after WWII; thence by descent 2006. [9] Very fine condition.
Lot 124
2nd century AD. A bronze disc brooch, the face with concentric bands of millefiori glass and central glass panel; with hinged pin and catch to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1028 for type. 16 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent. Very fine condition.
Lot 484
Early 1st millennium BC. A bronze palstave axehead of Type Lissett with deep socket to each face, square butt, lateral stops, chamfered forward edge to the flared blade with curved edge and recurved ends; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981, item 682 for type. 360 grams, 12cm width (4 3/4"). From the Cotton collection, Hampshire, UK; found Dorset in the 1970s. Fine condition, with smooth patina.
Lot 502
2nd century BC-1st century AD. A bronze discoid mount with dentilled edge, ropework border with enamel fill, plaque with central boss and radiating enamelled arms, each arm with sockets for two inlaid discs; three attachment spikes to the reverse. 19 grams, 47mm (1 3/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1970s. Fine condition.
Lot 295
8th-6th century BC. A bronze belt in three parts with continuous petal border to the edge, end sections each with a frieze of animals including winged quadruped with bird's head, birds, winged horned quadruped, pierced at each end for attachment to a backing material; the central section with three panels, each separated by a frieze of three birds, the middle panel with offering scene featuring a seated figure, table with crescent and two standing figures holding forth objects, left panel with two facing robed figures, one holding forth an object, right panel with two figures standing either side of a large vessel, pouring libations from vessels. 203 grams total, 21-26.5cm (8 1/4 - 10 1/4"). Property of a Mayfair lady; formerly in an important London collection formed since 1965. [3] Fair condition.
Lot 357
1st millennium BC. A cast bronze figure of a goat with detailed fleece, rectangular base. 90 grams, 54mm (2 1/4"). Property of a Middlesex gentleman; acquired Nadeau's Auctions, 2018, lot 111 (part); formerly with Peggy and David Rockefeller collection. [No Reserve] Fine condition, tips of horns absent.
Lot 243
11th-13th century AD. A bronze enkolpion reliquary cross pendant hinged at the lower edge and with barrel loop above; obverse with Corpus Christi and legend 'IDEOVO?HIC / COVXICOVX'; reverse with figure in orans pose with busts of the four apostles. 115 grams, 11.6cm (4 1/2"). From a private collection; formed 1965-1975. Very fine condition.
Lot 610
19th century AD. A bronze processional cross with segmented bulb above the flared socket; each arm with raised ring and radiating knops, fleur-de-lys finial; inscribed design to the obverse above the central disc, and to the reverse with maker's name 'Loren le / Parmentir' (Laurent le Parmentier); probably French workmanship. 2.3 kg, 59cm (23 1/4"). Property of a North London gentleman; formerly in a Dutch private collection. Fine condition, some old repairs.
Lot 509
6th century AD. A bronze belt- or strap-mount with stepped profile, panel with two facing masks each flanked by bird-head finials to a hatched band; pierced lugs to the reverse. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item VI.1.1.6 for type. 11 grams, 50mm (2"). From an English private collection; acquired in the late 1990s. Very fine condition.
Lot 245
7th-10th century AD. A substantial discoid bronze trade weight with radiating notches to the underside, obverse with punched wreath detailing, incised cross moline flanked by '?B'. 54 grams, 36mm (1 1/4"). Property of an English gentleman; formerly in a UK collection formed 1970s-1990s. Fine condition.
Lot 527
9th-10th century AD. A bronze brooch and pendant assemblage comprising: two elliptical bronze tortoise brooches, each domed with raised ornament, wide flange, pin to the reverse; from the lower edge of each brooch a tubular spacer, threaded with leather, suspension hoops to both sides, from which hang two small seed-shaped pendants; to one side an additional chain of double-links joining a bronze equal-arm brooch with two trapezoidal arms, each with raised Borre-Style geometric ornament, masks to the ends and central domed panel, catch, lug and pin to the reverse, pierced lug to accept the chain; below each tubular spacer, a spacer of quatrefoil shape, with two lobes filled with concentric bands, the upper as a suspension loop and the lower with three more suspension loops, from which hang further pendants; from two, a chain connecting the two matching spacers, one shorter and smaller; from the left spacer, two chains of 8-shaped links, one with openwork bird-shaped pendant, one with hollow tubular pendant, from the right spacer a chain of 8-shaped links with a firesteel, formed with an iron curved bit and openwork design of two addorsed horses, suspension loop to the top. See MacGregor, A. et al. A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 4 for oval brooches; cf. Ewing, T. Viking Clothing, Stroud, 2007. 476 grams, 90cm (35 1/2"). Property of a professional collector; acquired before 1990. Women's display jewellery in the Viking age comprised both utilitarian and symbolic items. The brooches were worn high on the chest, supporting an apron-type overdress (hangerok) with the beads and chains strung between them and various small items attached. The pendants probably symbolised the authority of the female in the domestic sphere (key, coin, spindle whorl),and in husbandry (model animal, crotal bells, model knife"). Very fine condition; professionally cleaned and conserved.
Lot 439
2nd millennium BC. A substantial bronze sword with tapering two-edged blade and fullers to each face, geometric design towards the square guard, round-section grip with flared upper end and disc pommel with radiate design to accept organic inserts. 830 grams, 60cm (23 1/2"). Property of a Mayfair lady; formerly in an important London collection formed since 1965. Fine condition.
Lot 441
2nd millennium BC. A broad leaf-shaped blade with rounded shoulders and short tang, raised midrib with deep fuller and curved ends extending to the shoulders. See Branigan, K. Aegean Metalwork of the Early and Middle Bronze Age, Oxford, 1974. 348 grams, 39.5cm (15 1/2"). Property of a North London gentleman; acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Fine condition.
Lot 372
Ordos Culture, 5th-4th century BC. A bronze openwork plaque from Southern Inner Mongolia, in the form of a carnivore with perforation to the upper body, rounded ears and open mouth; two attachment loops to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. collection of Leon Levy and Shelby White, illustrated in Bunker, E. & So, J. Traiders and Raiders on China’s Northern Frontier, p.165, no.89. KUNST KAMMER, One Hundred Treasures from the Ancient World, by Martin Doustar, 2017, p.50, no.23; accompanied by a copy of the relevant catalogue pages. 175 grams total, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of a Brussels gentleman; formerly in the collection Gérard Lévy, Paris, France. The Ordos culture refers to groups of nomadic peoples that inhabited the southern Mongolian Plateau during the Bronze and early Iron Age from the 6th to 2nd centuries before Christ. They are mainly known from their skeletal remains and artifacts, blade weapons, finials for tent-poles, horse gear, and small plaques and fittings for clothes and horse harness, using animal style decoration with relationships both with the Scythian art of regions much further west, and also Chinese art. Fine condition.
Lot 352
13th-6th century BC. A bronze tubular sceptre finial comprising a bell-shaped mouth and balustered shank, openwork upper section formed as a bifacial stylised figure with ribbed collar, facing mask flanked by wings extending upwards to beast-heads grasped at the throat by a facing figure with bent arms. Cf. Godard, F. The Art of Iran, London, 1965, pl.19 for type. 375 grams, 34cm (13 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; previously acquired on the UK art market, 1990s. Fine condition.
Lot 529
10th-11th century AD. A bronze neck ring comprising a round-section shank with flattened curved ends, one with a series of trapezoidal pendants in pairs on suspension loops to the outer edge. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate XXIX. 150 grams, 15cm (6"). Property of an Essex gentleman since 2008; formerly in an old German collection since the 1980s. Very fine condition.
Lot 170
2nd-3rd century AD. A bronze statue head fragment comprising the nose, septum, upper and lower lips, chin with trimmed beard and moustache; with additional beard fragment. 251 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). Property of a European gentleman living in South Africa; acquired by inheritance; with Professor Dikoff, acquired 1930s in Germany. Fair condition.
Lot 477
Early 3rd millennium BC. A ground and polished axe-hammer with slightly convex blade, large perforation and flat striking face to the rear. 570 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). Property of a lady living in Kent, UK; formerly part of her grandfather's collection; acquired in Germany after WWII; thence by descent 2006. Corded Ware Culture was prevalent in large areas of Europe from the Rhine to the Volga in the 3rd millennium BC, encompassing the transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age in these areas. Its heartland appears to have been the Central European Plain in the region of modern Germany and Poland, and is largely coterminous with the Single Grave Culture in which burial takes place in a crouched or fetal posture, beneath an earth mound. It is characterised by inclusion in graves of distinctive ceramic vessels decorated by impressing twisted cords into the wet clay. The presence of a flint blade and multiple stone shaft-hole axeheads is typical of the burial rite for northern Europe. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 492
3rd century BC. A pair of bronze spiral-wound bronze arm bands, each formed from from a D-section strip, tapering with coiled finials. 1.3 kg total, 15cm each (6"). Property of a European businessman; formerly in a Belgium collection; previously from an old German collection. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 216
1st-2nd century AD. A group of six bronze medical implements comprising: one scalpel; a round spoon with balustered stem; a leaf-shaped spoon with balustered stem; a lozengiform spatula with balustered stem; a flared spatula with round-section stem; a spreader with round-section stem. 80 grams total, 12.5-14cm (5 - 5 1/2"). Property of a Mayfair lady; formerly in an important London collection formed since 1965. [6] Fine condition.
Lot 483
11th-8th century BC. A bronze sword comprising a leaf-shaped blade with raised rounded midrib, inserted into a separately-cast hilt, joined with two rivets to the arched guard; oval-section grip and disk-shaped pommel with a terminal knob. 647 grams, 56cm (22"). Property of a Suffolk gentleman; acquired before 2000. Very fine condition.
Lot 480
Middle Bronze Age, 1400-1150 BC. A single hoard of ten copper-alloy Palstave axeheads, possibly a pit deposit, comprising: (1) Palstave axehead, complete, good condition with visible corrosion of the surface; butt slightly damaged at one corner; flanges rising gradually in a convex curve from the butt, fusing to the stop bar at the maximum height above the septum; body narrow flaring to a triangular blade; cutting edge complete other than small pockets of corrosion, asymmetrical through use and resharpening(?), one blade tip slightly rounded; a small sub-triangular depression below the stop bar. (2) Palstave axehead, complete in two sections, broken below the butt, corrosion on one blade surface; cross-section at the break reveals a U-shaped septum; flanges rising from the butt to the stop bar, parts damaged; butt asymmetrical with one corner irregular due to damage (usage wear?); pitted interior to the blade indicating an area of weakness; casting seams along both sides of the body; blade slightly asymmetrical (usage wear and rounded blade tips?); sub-triangular depression beneath the stop bar to each face, one with a linear depression (ancient damage?"). (3) Palstave axehead, complete, visible surface corrosion; butt slightly rounded, triangular flanges rising from the butt to the stop bar; below the septum a hollow to both faces; narrow body expanding to a triangular blade with slight flare at the tips; cutting edge slightly asymmetrical (excavation damage?) and small hollows to the blade surface and septum (casting flaws?"). (4) Palstave axehead, complete, butt damaged in the centre, flanges rising to the stop bar giving a convex profile; below the stop bar to both faces, a depression with a design comprising three raised lines within a raised shield outline; blade triangular (but tip damaged and corroded) with chips to the cutting edge (ancient damage and/or metal corrosion?"). (5) Palstave axehead, complete, surface corrosion; butt damaged at the centre and one corner absent (ancient damage?); flanges rising in a convex curve towards the stop bar with small depression beneath, sub-triangular in shape to the top of the blade; blade triangular with slight flaring towards the tips; cutting edge straight (wear to the central section?"). (6) Palstave axehead, complete, square butt with flanges rising to the stop bar; body and butt end narrow expanding into a crinoline blade; to each face a blade facet (result of sharpening the cutting edge); cutting edge almost complete, with small areas of damage (probably corrosion?); small sub-triangular depression beneath the stop bar. (7) Palstave axehead, complete, good condition apart from some surface corrosion to lower half of the blade; butt slightly damaged on one corner; flanges rising from the butt to the stop bar, creating a triangular profile; blade triangular with an asymmetrical cutting edge, one tip missing; raised triangular design beneath the stop bar, two raised linear bands with a central depression, applied to both faces. (8) Palstave axehead, complete, butt damaged slightly, flanges rising towards the stop bar with slightly convex profile; beneath the stop bar a sub-triangular indentation to both blade faces; blade flaring towards the tips, cutting edge (some ancient and others from the excavation process) ; blade facet to both sides showing sharpening. (9) Palstave axehead, complete, no damage other than corrosion; butt square with flanges rising to the stop bar, creating a triangular profile; blade triangular flaring slightly towards the tips; below the stop bar a small sub-triangular depression to one face, circular to the other; cutting edge complete apart from some flaking. (10) Palstave axehead, complete, corrosion to the lower half of the blade face; butt square with some damage; flange profile triangular (nicks to the stop bar); casting seam to the flange sides at the butt; blade triangular flaring towards the tips (one absent, damaged in antiquity); cutting edge asymmetrical, resharpened in antiquity; beneath the stop bar a small triangular depression, surrounded by another incised triangular design forming a raised triangle. See Evans, John, The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, pp.76-84 and figs.56-68 for similar types. See Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference PAS KENT-495597 (this find"). 5.3 kg total, 16.5-18cm (6 1/2 - 7"). Found near Manston, Kent, UK, 2016; subsequently returned to the finder in late 2018; accompanied by copies of the British Museum PAS report number KENT-495597, and Treasure Act documentation under Treasure Reference 2016 T618. We understand that the axes have been lightly cleaned by a professional conservator to remove soil only and a coat of incralac lacquer applied to protect the natural patination. [10] Mainly fine condition. A rare opportunity to acquire a British Bronze Age Hoard with excessively rare decorated examples.
Lot 84
8th-7th century BC. A gilt-bronze statuette of a horse with pricked ears, erect neck, incised head detailing. 47 grams, 43mm (1 3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; previously with a central London gallery; acquired Claude Boisgirard Archaelogie, Paris, 9 November 1999, lot 99. [1] Fine condition.
Lot 548
7th-10th century AD. A mixed group of three silver buckles comprising: one with elliptical plate, with two bronze pins, loop and hinged tongue; one with elliptical plaque with inset crescentic glass, tubular loop and hinged tongue; and one with discoid plaque with sheet gold to the upper side, ribbed border and three cloison carnelian, tubular loop and hinged pin. 37 grams total, 32-40mm (1 1/4 - 1 1/2"). Property of a European businessman; formerly in a Belgium collection; previously from an old German collection. [3, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 37
New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BC. A bronze statuette of Isis wearing the horned headdress with sun-disc between and uraeus, feet resting on a square plaque, infant Horus sitting on her lap with sidelock, Isis's right hand cupping her left breast; mounted on a custom-made stand. See Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994. 705 grams, 20cm including stand (7 3/4"). From the private collection of a North West London lady; previously with a central London gallery; formerly acquired before 1990. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Fine condition.
Lot 80
2nd-1st century BC. A matched group of bronze bowl mounts, each a plaque with ledge to the reverse, mask of Silenus with abundant beard and vine with bunches of grapes to the brow. 425 grams total, 55mm (2"). From the collection of a European gentleman living in South London; acquired 1970-1980. [3] Fine condition.
Lot 552
7th-10th century AD. A group of three silver brooches, all with elliptical plaque and loop: one with two bronze pins, one with three pin holes, and one with three pins formed as gold discs with granulated border and inset red glass. 58.5 grams total, 25-39mm (1 - 1 1/2"). Property of a European businessman; formerly in a Belgium collection; previously from an old German collection. [3, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 487
8th-6th century BC. A large heavy bronze axehead with square-section mouth, tapering body, flared lateral wings with crescentic blade, chamfered collar to the mouth and small lateral loop. See Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981. 517 grams, 13cm (5"). Found Shropshire, UK, 1980s. Fine condition.
Lot 39
New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BC. A bronze figurine of a pharaoh standing with left foot advanced, wearing a knee-length kilt and hairpiece with uraeus to the brow, left hand raised and clenched holding a rod(?); peg to the feet for attachment, custom-made wooden stand. 278 grams, 18cm including stand (7"). Property of a South African lady; formerly in the private collection of Dr. Frederick Lorch, Swiss geologist and author on Egyptian antiquities, and managing director of S.A. Minerals Corporation; acquired from the early 1960s to the early 1980s; thence by descent to the current owner. Fair condition, repaired.
Lot 588
15th-16th century AD. A substantial bronze roundel with radiating billets to the border, high-relief image of an archer on horseback with crested headgear advancing with bow flexed and arrow nocked. 155 grams, 9cm (3 1/2"). From a private collection formed in North America; acquired on the US art market in the early 1990s. Fine condition.
Lot 337
6th-7th century AD. A sheet silver boat-shaped bowl, elliptical in plan with rounded underside, thickened rim; repoussé ornament including a band of heart-shaped motifs to the rim, two birds each with crescent above the head and tapering tail holding a bead necklace in the beak, a profile advancing lion with pointillé fur detailing, rows of S-shaped bars and rosettes, central wreath enclosing a simurgh motif. See Harper, P.O. & Meyers, P. Silver Vessels of the Sasanian Period, New York, 1981 for discussion; Muscarella, O.W. Bronze and Iron. Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, item 428 for type; also Godard, A. The Art of Iran, London, 1965, p.214-215, ill.120 and 121, for a bottle with repoussé decoration now in the National Museum, Tehran, depicting a similar mythical animal at the base. 286 grams, 28cm (11"). On the London art market since 2005; with Boisgirard and Associes, Arts d'Orient Archelolgie - Islam, Paris, 7-9 June 2006, lot 348; previously in a private collection, kept in Switzerland since the 1960s; accompanied by a copy of a metallography analysis and report by Dr Peter Northover, Begbroke Nano, Oxford University; and a copy of an expertise report. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Fine condition.
Lot 586
13th-14th century AD. A gilt-bronze heater-shaped appliqué with red enamelled lion with trident tail, blazoned 'or a lion rampant gules', possibly the arms of the Chandos family. See Ashley, S. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002 for discussion. 29 grams, 63mm (2 1/2"). Found Lincolnshire, UK. The Chandos lion rampant has a forked tail, each ending in a split bulb. The present example is divided into three claws. Very fine condition.
Lot 343
1st millennium BC. A bronze lotiform bowl with flared rim, ropework band, seven raised lobes and central dome. See Godard, F. The Art of Iran, London, 1965 for discussion. 313 grams, 16cm (6 1/4"). Property of a Middlesex gentleman; acquired Nadeau's Auctions, 2018, lot 111 (part); formerly with Peggy and David Rockefeller collection. The majority of lotiform bowls were raised from sheet bronze with repoussé ornament. The present example appears to have been cast, but retains the traditional form. It is somewhat heavier than the sheet bronze equivalents. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 539
9th-12th century AD. A shallow bronze bowl with concentric rings of ring-and-dot ornament, central field with profile raven among ring-and-dot clusters. See Korzukhina, G.F. Russkiye kladi IX - XIII vv., Moscow, 1954, pl.LVIII; Thunmark-Nylén, L. Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands II: Typentafeln, Stockholm, 1998, pl.284, items 1,2. 67.2 grams, 12.5cm (5"). Property of a professional collector; acquired before 1990. Very fine condition.
Lot 501
3rd-1st century BC. A substantial bronze discoid weight with chamfered edge, high-relief image of a warrior in profile on horseback to the obverse; the horse with ropework crupper and bridle, pellet eye, segmented mane; the warrior mounted on the horse's back without a saddle, wearing tight-fitting garments, bearded with braided hair flowing from the back of the head towards the horse's rump; sword in scabbard suspended behind the warrior's right leg. See Megaw, R.& V. Celtic Art. From its Beginnings to the Book of Kells, London, 1989 for discussion. 430 grams, 86mm (3 1/4"). Property of a London collector; acquired on the London market, 1990s-2000s. The warrior's attitude and tight-fitting garment resemble those shown on the inner panel of the Gundestrup cauldron in the scene where a procession of advancing footsoldiers with shields supports a leaf-nearing branch above their heads, heading towards a cauldron in which a superhuman figure immerses one of their number head-first, beneath a quartet of horsemen heading away from the scene. Fine condition.
Lot 244
10th-12th century AD. A bronze reliquary in form of a double cross, decorated in relief, crucified Christ to one side, the other with the stylised figure of Virgin Mary surrounded by the four gospel writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. 48.5 grams, 72mm (3"). From an English collection; formerly acquired on the European art market. Fine condition.
Lot 239
5th-7th century AD. A bronze oil lamp with globular body, projecting nozzle with wide wick hole, oil hole to the top with hinged knop lid, incised for decoration; extended cross handle with ring to the reverse; pedestal ring to the base. 735 grams, 17.5cm (7"). Property of a Suffolk gentleman; acquired before 2000. Very fine condition.
Lot 648
20th century AD. A bronze altar head with conical base and finely-modelled facial features, braided hair above; the forehead with two open slots and vertical raised ichi scars; the top of the head open to accept a carved ivory tusk; the neck with integral stylised neck-rings. See Barley, N. The Art of Benin, London, 2010 for much information. 4.1 kg, 29 cm (11 1/2"). Property of a Kent collector; formerly UK private collection, acquired in the 1950s. The tradition of casting bronze life-size heads dates back several centuries in West Africa, where such objects formed part of religious and state ceremonial. Examples were brought to Europe following a punitive expedition by the British in 1897, and caused a sensation in the art world. This casting is believed to have been made soon after production of such cultural artefacts resumed at the close of the First World War, probably in the early 1920s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 504
2nd-1st century BC. A bronze spur formed as a u-shaped plate with bulb terminals with incised cross ornament with traces of red enamel; above, a large conical bulb with hatched upper surface. 34 grams, 40mm (1 1/2"). Previously in a private collection, Suffolk, UK; acquired in the 1990s. Fine condition. Rare.
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