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Lot 106
A FINE CHINESE QING DYNASTY KANGXI (1662-1722) PERIOD PORCELAIN DEEP BOWL, covered autour in a vibrant Aubergine glaze beneath which incised to the exterior two sinuous scaly five clawed dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the foot rim and upper rim mounted with nineteenth century French bronze dore, 11 1/4" (28.5cm) diameter overall, 6 3/4" (17cm) high overall Provenance; Christies 5-11-03 lot 426
Lot 325
A superior quality Japanese enamel and mixed metal cigarette case Having inlay of white metal on a bronze body, decorated with a Geisha girl, birds and foliate, the hinged cover opens to enclose two further panels decorated with similar scenes, impressed K.Uyeda gold bronze, 10.5x8cm, fitted in original case CONDITION REPORT: Inside spring holder snapped at joint Light wear but good condition See photos
Lot 478
Collection of commemorative medals To include cased bronze medal awarded by the Inter Service Team Championships 1926 RAF, bronze medal commemorating Manchester Town Hall, further Centenary medal dated 1997 commemorative of the Town Hall, Nazi Germany tinnie dated 1934 with inscription 'Tagg der arbite', University Women's Camps for School Girls badge, Lifesaving badge etc
Lot 112
1st century AD. A bronze statuette of a gladiator wearing greaves, leather straps to the right arm, short tunic belted at the waist, wide brimmed helmet and visor covering the face; standing with legs bent, left arm raised behind a curved rectangular shield, right arm lowered with a short sword; on a round waisted pedestal. Cf. The J. Paul Getty Museum, accession number 96.AB.189 for a similar type. 195 grams, 9cm (3 1/2"). Property of a London collector; acquired on the London market, 1990s-2000s. Gladiatorial shows were a popular form of entertainment during the Roman Imperial period and are a common decorative motif, featuring heavily on terracotta oil lamps. Most often, gladiators were criminals, prisoners of war or slaves and could be distinguished by their weaponry and armour. The armour of this figurine bears most similarity to that of the hoplomachos, who wore greaves, an arm guard, and a brimmed helmet, but the shield is more like that of the murmillo. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Very fine condition.
Lot 132
1st-3rd century AD. A bronze fitting in the form of an actor's mask of the goddess Venus (Greek Aphrodite); hair pulled up to the top of the head in a bow and tied with a hair band, corkscrew curls falling to either side of the face; eyes recessed for inlay, mouth open. 222 grams, 80mm (3"). From the collection of a European gentleman living in South London; acquired 1970-1980. Very fine condition.
Lot 133
1st-2nd century AD. A substantial bronze statuette of Fortuna (Greek Tyche) standing on a bell-shaped plinth with leaf ornament to the rim; the goddess standing in loosely draped chiton with mantle gathered at the shoulders, the hair dressed and extending in braids to the collar and neck, left arm supporting a cornucopia with overflowing fruit; tall stud modius above the head. 1.2 kg, 22cm (8 3/4"). On the London art market since 1990; with Pierre Bergé & Associés, Archéologie, Paris, 16 December 2015, lot 239 (22,000-25,000 euros); accompanied by copies of the relevant Pierre Bergé catalogue pages. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Very fine condition, right hand absent.
Lot 134
1st-3rd century. A bronze statuette of Fortuna wearing a loose himation tied in a knot to the chest and falling to the feet; hair piled in elaborately to the top of her head; holding a cornucopia in left arm, right hand open to accept a rudder, now lost. 50 grams, 81mm (3 1/4"). Property of a London collector; acquired on the London market, 1990s-2000s. The goddess Fortuna was extremely popular throughout the Roman world and her statuette was often kept by individuals for good luck. Fortuna's symbols include the wheel of fate, the cornucopia of plenty and the rudder with which she steers fate; figurines of Fortuna tend to depict the goddess holding the cornucopia in her right arm, as here, and the rudder in the left. Very fine condition.
Lot 135
1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze statue of Mercury (Greek Hermes) standing nude on a stepped base, fox-skin(?) mantle to his left shoulder, winged diadem to the brow, sandals to the feet; right hand extended and hollowed to accept a coin-purse or caduceus. Cf. Rolland, H. Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 33 for type. 117 grams, 10cm (4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Fine condition.
Lot 138
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze statuette of a satyr standing nude with right leg slightly forward and both arms raised to play a pipe, held to the mouth; to the head two twisted horns and hair pulled into a braid at the back. 80 grams, 85mm (3 1/4"). Property of a London collector; acquired on the London market, 1990s-2000s. Very fine condition.
Lot 139
1st-2nd century AD. A finely detailed substantial bronze figurine of the goddess Diana (Greek Artemis) in an advancing stance, her right leg straight and left foot slightly raised, her separately cast left arm extended with the palm flat; the goddess dressed in a chiton pinned at the right shoulder with a disc brooch; the face rounded and youthful with large eyes and small nose and mouth, the back of the head open; set on a circular tiered stand. 608 grams, 18.5cm (7 1/4"). Previously in the private collection of Mr Filk, a deceased London collector; thence by descent. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Fine condition; the right lower arm lost in antiquity.
Lot 140
1st-3rd century AD. A bronze statuette of a warrior wearing a short tunic, breastplate, grieves, crested Corinthian-style helmet; right arm raised with hand to the head, perhaps in salute, left arm lowered holding a rectangular shaft, decorated with ring-and-dots. 170 grams, 10cm (4"). From an old Suffolk collection; formed 1990-2000. Fine condition, feet absent.
Lot 144
1st century BC-1st century AD. A large bronze appliqué mount with bust of the goddess Tutela with elaborately dressed hair, fur mantle to the left shoulder held with a large drum-headed pin, peplos beneath held by a spherical-headed pin, crescentic plaque with punched-point detailing; mounted on a custom-made stand. See Rolland, H. Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 148. 428 grams, 17cm including stand (6 3/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Tutela was the goddess connected to guardianship and especially legal care of minors and others. Very fine condition.
Lot 146
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze discoid plaque with repoussé bust of Victory (Greek Nike), robed shoulders in low relief with wings protruding behind, head in high relief with hair parted centrally; concentric bands to the edge. 37 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of a Suffolk gentleman; acquired before 2000. Fine condition.
Lot 147
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze tintinnabulum pendant modelled in the round with winged phallus riding on its back; large phallus to the underside, the hind-part of a lion with erect tail in the shape of a phallus; two bells suspended from the hind legs; suspension loop and chain above. Cf. Colonel Fanin, The Royal Museum at Naples, Being Some Account of The Erotic Paintings, Bronzes, and Statues Contained in That Famous 'Cabinet of Secret', London, 1871, pl.XXVI. 90 grams, 32cm (12 1/2"). From the collection of a European gentleman living in South London; acquired 1970-1980. Fine condition.
Lot 148
1st-2nd century AD. A finely detailed winged or possibly horned bronze phallic mount, projecting towards the viewer, with engraved detail of hair around the scrotum and pubis; the flat reverse with two pierced lugs for mounting; accompanied by a copy of the Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Finds Report dated November 1998 which states: 'Phallic bronze mount on a crescentic base. Rom 2 pierced lugs for attachment at rear (on D [ ] crescent arms"). Solid cast, flat slightly irregular back. Well modelled erect phallus & testicles. Background circular area in the centre of the crescent is slightly raised & stippled with punched dots; incised lines + hatching form a border. The 'arms' of the crescent are triangular in section & plain - these are probably meant to be the horns of a bull. Phallic ornaments are a fairly common good luck / virility symbol, the association with bulls is common - adding extra male strength to the symbolism - and they are often but not exclusively associated with the Roman army'. See Colonel Fanin, The Royal Museum at Naples, Being Some Account of The Erotic Paintings, Bronzes, and Statues Contained in That Famous 'Cabinet of Secret', London, 1871; also, Hammond, Brett, Benet's Artefacts of England: Roman Edition, Essex, 2016, pp.254-255 and Johns, Catherine, Sex or Symbol, BM, London, 1989 for discussion and other examples. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History, vol.XXXIX, pt.3, p.357, fig.94(I) and p.362 (this piece), accompanied by a copy of the relevant pages including drawings and text. 70 grams, 43mm across backplate. (1 3/4"). Found near Sudbury, Suffolk, UK, in 1998; accompanied by a copy of the Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Finds Report dated November 1998. Very fine condition. Extremely rare.
Lot 150
1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze figurine of a panther with hind legs spread and forelegs bent, paws with claws spread, mouth open; underside hollowed, silver studs to the flanks; old collector's accession number 'A1339' to the underside; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Rolland, H. Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 401 for type. 95 grams, 49mm including stand (2"). Property of an English gentleman, acquired in 2017; formerly in the private collection of Seward Kennedy, London, UK. Very fine condition.
Lot 152
1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze statuette of a lion in advancing pose with shoulders hunched and back lowered, tail extended to the rear, with detailed mane; provincial workmanship. See Rolland, H. Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965 for discussion. 539 grams, 14.5cm (5 3/4"). Previously in the Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s. Very fine condition.
Lot 16
Late Period, 664-332 BC. A pair of eye inlay sets, each eye with black pupil, one stone and one glass, with white enamel(?), surround in a bronze frame and tapering bronze curved brows; mounted on a custom-made stand. 294 grams total, overall height including stand 12.5cm (5"). On the London art market since 2009; previously in a private collection 1970-1975. [4] Fine condition.
Lot 165
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze lamp with body in the form of a sleeping dog, body curled and with collar around neck and halter around forelegs, oil filling hole to the centre; angled nozzle to the front, acanthus leaf-shaped reflector to the back with ring handle behind. 242 grams, 10.5cm (4 1/4"). Property of a Suffolk gentleman; acquired before 2000. Very fine condition, handle chipped.
Lot 170
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze balsarium in the form of the bust of Silenus with balding head and bushy beard, small hole to the top of the head with hinges to the back and side; cloak falling over left shoulder; small pedestal foot to the base. 77 grams, 72mm (2 3/4"). Property of a South London collector; acquired before 1980. Fine condition; lid absent, repaired.
Lot 173
Dated 8 April 133 AD. The second known example of the earliest recorded diploma for the equites singulares, precisely dated to 8 April 133 AD and issued to a member of the imperial mounted bodyguard; latin text to both sides; for the restoration of the text, preserved letters are in bold capitals (diplomas repeat the same text (obverse and reverse): Obverse: [Imp(erator) Caesar divi Traiani Parthici f(ilius) / divi Nervae nepos Traianus Hadria/nus Aug(ustus) pont(ifex) max(imus) trib(unicia) pot(estate) XVII co(n)s(ul) III p(ater) p(atriae) / equitib(us) qui inter singular(es) milita/ver(unt) quibus pr]A(e)EST CLOD[ius Gallus / quinis et vic]EN(is) PLVRIB[usve stipen/di(i)s emeritis di]MISS(is) HON[esta mis/sione quorum no]MIN(a) SVB[scripta / sunt ipsis liberis posteri]SQ[ue eorum / civitatem dedit et Reverse: conub(ium) cum uxorib(us) / quas tunc habuissent cum est civi/tas i]IS DATA AVT S[i qui caelibes essent / cum] IIS QVAS POST[ea duxiss(ent) dumtaxat] / SINGVL(i) SIN[gulas a(nte) d(iem) VI] IDVS A[pr(iles) M(arco) Ant]ONIO [Hibero / P(ublio) Mummio Sisenna co(n)s(ulibus) / ------ name of individual soldier ------ / descript(um) et recognit(um) ex tabula aenea / quae fixa est Romae in muro post / templum divi Aug(usti) ad Minervam // ------ q/uas tunc habuissent cum est civitas i(i)s / data aut siqui caelibes essent cum i(i)s / quas postea duxiss(ent) dumtaxat singuli sing(ulas) // Ti(beri) Claudi Menandri / P(ubli) Atti Severi / P(ubli) Atti Festi / L(uci) Equiti Gemelli / Q(uinti) Lolli Festi / T(iberi) Villi Agath--- / C(ai) Vettieni Hermetis] Translating to: ‘Emperor Caesar, son of the deified Trajan Parthicus, grandson of the deified Nerva, Trajan Hadrian Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, holding tribunician power for the 17th time, three times consul, father of the nation, grants to the cavalrymen who have fulfilled service among the (emperor’s) personal corps, commanding officer being Clodius Gallus, for twenty-five years or more and received honourable discharge, whose names are written below, to themselves and their children and their descendants, (Roman) citizenship and legal recognition of their liaison with wives they have had up to the time when citizenship was granted to them, or - if they be unmarried - with those they may thereafter have taken as wives, provided only one wife for each veteran at any given time; the 8th day of April, when Marcus Antonius Hiberus and Publius Mummius Sisenna were consuls [AD 133]; [name of the individual veteran recipient of the grant]; copied from and checked against the original bronze tablet which is displayed in Rome on the wall behind the temple of the deified Augustus, by (the statue of) Minerva. [Text then repeated on reverse, ending with names of six witnesses to the document]’. For the first known fragment of another diploma with the same text, being the earliest known diploma for the equites singulares, and now with this fragment is known in two copies, see: AE 1994, 1519 = Roxan, Margaret M., Roman Military Diplomas 1985-1993, UCL/IoA, Occasional Publication 14, 1994, no.158 (a photocopy of the entry is included for reference), or here online: https://edh-www.adw.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD055911; also cf. commentary by W. Eck & A. Pangerl in ZPE 193 (2015), 258 (in German"). 7.75 grams, 46mm (1 3/4"). Property of a London, UK collector; acquired London market, 1990s. The equites singulares were the personal cavalry of the emperor being the mounted arm of the Praetorian Guard and were based in Rome at the Caelian Hill; they also formed part of the personal escort to the emperor when he travelled. It is believed that the unit comprised about 1000 horsemen in the time of Hadrian, divided into turmae or squadrons and, from the Trajanic Frieze in the Arch of Constantine, their emblem was a scorpion. Fine condition. Diplomas issued to the equites singulares of the Praetorian Guard are very rare.
![Circa 110-115 AD. A bronze diploma fragment with text to both faces; Side A: within a rectangular border 'IMP CAESAR[...] / A](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/33016e1d-2e59-4e89-aff8-a92800c0bcdc/96ef9fbe-91d9-48af-dfd5-86081aedd4f9/468x382.jpg)
Lot 174
Circa 110-115 AD. A bronze diploma fragment with text to both faces; Side A: within a rectangular border 'IMP CAESAR[...] / AVG GERM[...] / POTEST [...] / EOV[...]'; Side B: IMPO[...] / AV[...] / X[...]'; with early script, 1st to early 2nd century AD; the only emperors in the period whose name/titles began Imperator Caesar and included the title Germanicus are Domitian (81-96) and Trajan; the remains of the regnal year - tribunicia potestate - in line 3 extrinsecus (obverse) can only be an X rather than a V or I, so a regnal year X[…, i. e. at least 10; Domitian took the title Censor Perpetuus in 85, his trib pot / regnal year 4-5 (Roman numerals IV-V), this title is always included and should begin line 3 if it was there, but it clearly is not; as the regnal year is at least 10 or more, the Censor Perpetuus title would have been present, if the emperor was Domitian; therefore the emperor is Trajan; to the reverse (which repeats the text) confirms trib pot year X[… in line 3, which can only be the trib pot year, the X here fully preserved; it is furthermore followed by a V, so the number at least 15, Trajan entered trib pot year 15 in 110 and his trib pot year 20 - Roman numeral XX, so no longer XV[… - in 115, therefore a date between, and including, these two years; the V on reverse is faintly written and half lost to wear, but seems reasonably certain; without it, the date would be no more precisely attainable than 105-17; for the restoration of the text: obverse (extrinsecus): Imp(erator) Caesar [divi Nervae f(ilius) Nerva Tra[i]an(us)] / Aug(ustus) Germa[nic(us) Dacic(us) pont(ifex) max(imus) / tribunic(ia)] / Potest(ate) X[.. imp(erator) VI co(n)s(ul) V p(ater) p(atriae)] / [equitibus et peditibus qui militaverunt] ETC; to the reverse: (intus) additionally gives V after X in trib pot number. 6.51 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). Property of a European gentleman living in South Africa; acquired since the late 1980s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 175
2nd-3rd century AD. A bronze oval plate brooch with enamel decoration in the form of russet coloured star motif, white roundel to the centre with black dot; blue to the outer body with orange dots to the centre; roundels to the edge with orange enamel; pin and catch plate to the back. 7.63 grams, 37mm (1 1/2"). From the collection of a European gentleman living in South London; acquired 1970-1980. Very fine condition.
Lot 176
1st-2nd century AD. A square bronze plate brooch with inset panel of polychrome millefiori, catch and pin-lug to the reverse, old collector's numbers '89.496' (twice) and '15894'. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, item 144 for type. 5.87 grams, 19.94mm (3/4"). Property of an English gentleman; formerly in a UK collection formed 1970s-1990s. Very fine condition.
Lot 2
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 BC. A recumbent ibis, with carved wooden body, wings folded back against the body, covered in gesso and gilt; separately-cast bronze legs, rear and head; legs folded under the body with tangs below the talons and sinuous neck with long curved beak; faint cross hatching to the legs and rear tail plume; mounted on a custom-made wooden stand. Cf. Los Angeles County Museum, AC1992.152.58 for type. 745 grams total, 23cm (9"). Property of a London gentleman; formerly in the Baptiste family collection in Paris since circa 1900. In Ancient Egypt, the ibis was considered as an incarnation of Thoth, the god of writing and wisdom and the guide of the deceased to the underworld. The sacred bird was bred, nurtured in life and mummified after death, and is depicted in many forms in Egyptian art. In the Late Period, the ibis was frequently found as a votive figure in burial grounds, such as those at Hermopolis Magna and Abydos, and rendered in painted wood and gold, as here. Many of these wooden and bronze examples have been found interred in sacred hypogea alongside mummified ibises. One such figure in the Brooklyn Museum (accession number 49.48) contains a mummified ibis within its body, which serves as a coffin. Fine condition; some gilt absent to the sides.
Lot 267
10th-7th century BC. A carved banded agate cylinder seal depicting a sphinx and monster with original bronze pin shaft through centre hole, accompanied by a museum quality impression and a copy of a typed, and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of brown and white quartz, 22 x 10mm. Rearing male sphinx facing rearing monster with bird-head; fish, three divine symbols. Syria, c. 900-600 B.C.'. 3.96 grams, 22mm (3/4"). From a private collection of seals and amulets, the property of a Canadian gentleman living in London; from his father's collection formed in the late 1960s to 1980s; inventory number 95. Very fine condition.
Lot 272
Early 1st millennium BC. A carved haematite cylinder seal depicting a god and worshippers, accompanied by a museum quality impression and a copy of a typed, and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of black stone, with bronze pin and loop. God and worshipper with two other figures. 32 x 15 mm. From north-west Iran, c. 900-700 B.C. Worn.'. 17 grams, 56mm (2"). From a private collection of seals and amulets, the property of a Canadian gentleman living in London; from his father's collection formed in the late 1960s to 1980s; inventory number 39. Fine condition.
Lot 3
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 BC. A wooden figure of the goddess Isis seated on a throne; her right hand holding the breast, the left arm extended; wearing a tight-fitted robe and a bronze Hathor crown in the form of a sun disk between two cow horns; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Harvard Art Museums, accession number 1960.464 for similar. 1.8 kg total, 45.5cm including stand (18"). Property of a lady; acquired from her father Mr Keith Howes, who worked in the Coins and Medals Department at the British Museum for 40 years, and collected antiquities all of his life. The goddess Isis is depicted here in position typical of the Late Egyptian period with her hands positioned to accept the infant Horus, who would have sat upon her lap. During the 1st millennium BC, especially in the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, the Egyptian cult of Isis spread throughout the Mediterranean world. From the Late Period onward, Isis became more frequently depicted as a mother goddess, highlighted by her maternal position here as she offers forward her breast towards her son. This statue was mostly likely decorated with gilt and painted features, like the wooden seated Isis figure in the Harvard Art Museums. Fine condition.
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