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Click here to subscribeAn Egyptian bronze overseer shabti for Psusennes I Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, circa 990-969 B.C.6.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Bodo Bleß (1940-2022) collection, Berlin, formed from ca. 1960 onwards.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
A Greek bronze Corinthian helmet Circa late 6th Century B.C.23cm high Footnotes:Provenance:Kuizenga collection, the Netherlands, acquired in Cologne in 1984.This helmet would have been exceedingly impressive in its original form, as it is extravagantly decorated with a large repoussé scrolling palmette over the brow, finely incised palmettes at the corners of each eye, and an incised decorative dotted border running around the eye holes and the outer edge of the helmet, with upturned lotus flowers at the sides (one preserved). There are two ancient and original attachment plates partially preserved at the dome, for the attachment of a crest or, more likely, horns.Cf. for a selection of Corinthian helmets with incised lotus flowers and palmettes, and dramatic repoussé decoration on the brow (more commonly horns), see R. Hixenbaugh, Ancient Greek Helmets: A Complete Guide and Catalog, New York, 2019, p. 411, nos. C546-C567, especially helmet fragment no. C562 which also has a repoussé scrolling palmette between the brow, formerly in the collection of Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), and no. C567 at the Museo Archaeologico Nazionale della Sirtide in Lucania, which retains its original horns.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
A European bronze sword blade Late Bronze Age, circa 13th-10th Century B.C.68.5cm longFootnotes:Provenance:Schloss Rheinstein collection.Kuizenga collection, the Netherlands, acquired 10th November 1977.Published:J. Kuizenga, 'Drei Mitteleuropäische Bronzeschwerter in Holländischem Privatbesitz', Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt, Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, Mainz, vol. 12.3, 1982, p.332, taf. 33.3.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
A large group of Christie's, Drouot, and assorted Antiquities sales catalogues, together with an assortment of Münzen und Medaillen, Ars Antiqua and assorted Antiquities dealer catalogues Including Christie's London catalogues (Hope collection, 23 July 1917, Cook collection, 14 July 1925, Portland Vase, 2 May 1929, Lansdowne collection, 5 March 1930, Oppenheimer collection, 22 July 1936, Northwick Park Antiquities, 21 June 1965, Harewood gold vase, 23 June 1965, Antiquities, 19 October 1965, Antiquities, 12 December 1967, Antiquities, 1 December 1978, Castle Ashby vases, 2 July 1980, Marbury Hall, 10 July 1987, Stanford Place, 26 April 2006); Christie's New York, Antiquities, 14 June 1979; Phillips London catalogues (Antiquities, 6 July 1993, Antiquities, 6 December 1994); Anderson Galleries, Cypriote pt.1, 30-31 March 1928; American Art Galleries, Kouchakji collection, 26 February 1912; Drouot catalogues (Antiquities, 16 November 1973, Antiques, 11 April 1986 (x2)); Münzen und Medaillen catalogues (1958, 1968, 1971, 1984, 1969, 1974, 1964, 1960); Ars Antiqua AG, Luzern catalogues (1960, 1964, 1967); Rupert Wace Ancient Art 1990; The Thomas Hope table, A rediscovered masterpiece, 2007; Memorial exhibition for Christo Michailidis, Robin Symes, 1999; The Red Pharaoh, Sycomore, 2011; Gawain McKinley Ancient Glass and Glazed Wares; Gawain McKinley, Ancient Glass and Glazed Wares x 2; Emmerich Gallery, Masterpieces of Greek vase painting, 1964; Emmerich Gallery, Early Art in Greece, 1965; Robin Symes, Ancient Art, June 1971; Robin Symes, 2000; Safani Gallery, Ancient Art: the Unknown Artist; Michael Ward, Origins of Design: Bronze Age and Celtic masterworks; Daedalus Gallery, 1990; Vollmoeller, no. 9, 1989; Galerie Nefer, cat. 1-4, 6-9 (QTY)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of Greek or Etruscan bronze greaves Circa 6th-4th Century B.C.44cm high each (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Kuizenga collection, the Netherlands, acquired in Zurich 5th March 1983.There is a similar pair of Etruscan greaves in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, with deep grooves indicating the calf muscle line (acc. no. 22.139.12,.13).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
An Egyptian bronze figure of Neith with invocation text on the base Third Intermediate Period, circa 945-664 B.C.20.3cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, Switzerland, formed in the late 19th-early 20th Century.Property of a European collector; Christie's, London, 5 October 2000, lot 118.Private collection, UK, acquired at the above sale.Although the text around the base is worn and virtually illegible it begins with an address to the goddess, Neith.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A small Roman bronze patera Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.19cm longFootnotes:Provenance:Dr. André Lagneau collection, Neuchâtel, acquired from a German gallery.with Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg.Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above 12 June 2012.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
A collection of Eleven Romano-British bronze and enamel fibulae Circa 2nd Century A.D.Including a lion brooch, an enamelled pecking bird brooch, an enamelled juglet brooch, a lozenge brooch with stylised animal terminals, and a T-shaped brooch with pin intact, mounted on a board 14cm x 22.8cm (11)Footnotes:Provenance:Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 2 December 1991, lot 180 and 2 May 1996, lot 89.Private collection, UK, acquired at the above sales.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Etruscan bronze mirror Circa late 4th-3rd Century B.C.29.5cm high Footnotes:Provenance:Private collection, UK.Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10 July 1991, lot 170.Private collection, UK, acquired at the above sale.This mirror is engraved with a scene of the satyr Marsyas bound to a tree trunk, with a male figure wearing only a chlamys at his shoulder standing before him, who is likely the god Apollo. A male in Scythian garb stands centrally. Marsyas incurred the wrath of Apollo by challenging the god to a music contest. Apollo agreed on the condition that the victor could punish the loser as they saw fit, and ordered the prideful satyr to be flayed alive by a Scythian slave after his victory. Cf. an Etruscan bronze incense burner with a figure of Marsyas, at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, acc. no. 1972.118.87, and a Praenestine mirror naming a dancing Marsyas at the Villa Giulia, Rome, inv. no. 24898.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Greek bronze Corinthian helmet with inscriptions Circa 7th Century B.C.21cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 6th October 1983, lot 383.Kuizenga collection, the Netherlands, acquired at the above sale.With a punched inscription: ΓΕΛΙΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΡΕΥΣ, on the cheekpieces, giving the name of the owner: 'Geliou (of Gelios) Megareos': Gelios the Megarian. For the type, see an example formerly in the Axel Guttmann collection, sold at Christie's in London on 28 April 2004 (lot 68).The main reason for inscriptions on helmets are trophy related. Some Corinthian helmets were seized as spoils of war, and were then inscribed as a record of victories before being dedicated in sanctuaries such as Olympia. For an example of this, see a Corinthian helmet in the British Museum, acc. no. 1824,0407.32, which records that the people of Argos won the helmet in battle from the Corinthians and dedicated it to Zeus in his sanctuary. See also a Corinthian helmet fragment in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acc. no. 01.7479, inscribed in retrograde in Laconian script 'of Olympian Zeus'. As only wealthy citizens could afford the cost of hoplite armour it would have been a symbol of the status and wealth of its owner, hence it seems natural that helmets may sometimes have have been inscribed with the owners name.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
Two Elamite bronze tubular cudgels Circa mid 3rd-early 2nd Millennium B.C.20.8cm high and 20cm high (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Kuizenga collection, the Netherlands; cudgel with points acquired May 1976, leaf-patterned cudgel acquired from private collector in Hamburg, 13th February 1994.For a similar Elamite cudgel with herringbone decoration cf. O. Muscarella, Bronze and Iron. Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, p.391, fig. 516.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
A European socketed spearhead Late Bronze Age, circa 13th-9th Century B.C.37.2cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Kuizenga collection, the Netherlands, acquired in Dortmund 4th November 1989.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
Eight small European bronze socketed spearheads Late Bronze Age, circa 13th-9th Century B.C.10.5cm - 18.5cm high (8)Footnotes:Provenance:Kuizenga collection, the Netherlands, formed from 1970s onwards.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
Four Persian bronze short swords and blades Circa late 2nd-early 1st Millennium B.C.46cm, 55cm, 63cm and 81cm long (4)Footnotes:Provenance:Kuizenga collection, the Netherlands; two acquired in December 1991, another 5th December 1993, and one in Dusseldorf 17th March 1994.For the short sword with curved 'horn' projections, see A. MacGregor, Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, p. 132, no. 17.33.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
Early 19th century kingwood and brass line-inlaid writing box, with cast bronze handle and two brass-strung hinged book-matched covers enclosing a burr-inlaid interior with pen tray and twin ink bottles, the quarter-veneered exterior with full-length base drawer, 21.5cm x 12cm x 9.5cm high (ex. handle)
Pair of 19th century French gilt bronze and marble cassolettes in the Louis XVI style, the ovoid bodies with domed cover and pinecone finial, reversing to cylindrical candle nozzle over lion mask headed downswept tripod supports, united by swagged chains and milled collars on lions paw feet, on conforming spreading base raised on square gilt metal mounted marble plinth, 23cm high overall
Japanese sword katana with a 61cm blade, unsigned with three mekugi-ana, one partially blocked, bound hilt (with loss towards the tsuba), fine fuchi/kashira with fine gold floral decoration, sold metal menuki, round iron tsuba with bronze and gold decoration, in its black lacquered saya with faint mother-of-pearl bands, 94cm overall
Large Japanese polished bronze hibachi (jardinere or planter), of cauldron-shaped koro form, relief-decorated with waterside pavilions, the handles within cloud motifs, raised on broadening tripod supports, 45cm rim diameter (56cm across handles) x 30cm high, upon oak trilobe ring stand, a further 4cm high, (2)
Pair of French Empire-style bronze and gilt metal table lustres, each with cut glass drip pan enclosing gilt metal nozzle, over faceted beads and droplets and an eagle with outstretched wings, a ring in its beak, on cylindrical plinth mounted with foliate swags on spreading stepped foot, 36.5cm high
Early 19th century French Empire patinated bronze and ormolu figural mantel clock, circa 1810, in the manner of Alibert or Lesieur, modelled 'au negre portefaix' as a barefoot and bare-chested slave with brimmed hat, carrying a bale of cotton on a frame upon his back, a gourd water bottle tied around his waist, a detached (but present) sugar cane walking stick to reattach to his left hand, his right hand now empty, the 3.25-inch convex white-enamelled dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, the anonymous two-train movement, numbered 1685, with silk suspension, outside countwheel-striking on a bell, the canted rectangular plinth base with three applied mounts; a monkey between palm fronds, and two baskets with perching birds, on toupie feet, 33cm highThe form of the current lot is based on a design registered by Jean-Andre Reiche in January 1808. Literature: see Niehuser, Elke, 'French Bronze Clocks' p.149)
Dinky 194 Bentley Coupe & 198 Rolls Royce Phantom V - (1) metallic bronze, cream interior with dark blue tonneau, figure driver, chrome trim and spun hubs with black treaded tyres; (2) two-tone light metallic green, cream, pale grey interior with chauffeur driver, chrome trim and spun hubs with treaded tyres - Excellent in Poor to Fair boxes. (2)
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