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Lot 350
1st millennium BC. A bronze statuette of a mother and child composed of coiled wire; the mother wearing a headdress with two small horns to the top, bands of hair to the side; double collar necklace to the throat, roundels to the waist for belt; dress composed of spirals to the front, lattice pattern to the back; hands holding small child to chest; loop to the side with handled jug; suspension loop to the back. 55 grams, 82mm (3 1/4"). Property of a North London lady; gifted from her father's collection; formerly with a Mayfair gallery, London, UK; previously acquired in the 1980s. Very fine condition.
Lot 3500
4th-3rd century BC. Group comprising: drachm. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. Rev: ALEXANDROU legend with Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; bronze. Obv: no legend, head of Herakles right wearing lionskin headdress. Rev: BASILEWS legend between bow in bowcase above and club; MP monogram below. 4.02, 4.69 grams. [2, No Reserve] Fine.
Lot 354
2nd millennium BC. A bronze figure of a priest in ankle-length fringed robe with hatched belt, elaborate ribbed headdress, detailed curls to the hair and beard, arms raised with left hand clenched and right hand open. 147 grams, 99mm (4"). From an important London collection formed before 1980. Very fine condition. Rare.
Lot 362
6th-4th century BC. A bronze chalice with pedestal foot, deep carinated bowl, everted rim, four radiating rams' heads with horns recurved to the rim. 410 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Property of a London W1 collector; formerly acquired between 1970 and the late 1999s. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Fine condition. Very rare.
Lot 366
7th century BC. An impressive bronze vessel mount of a finely modelled bull's head with powerful features, horns curving up, detailing of fur to the front of the head, engraved lines to delineate the eyes, snout and mouth; attached to plate in form of outspread wings, tail below, with engraved details to the feathers; attachment holes to wings and tail. Cf. Mildenberg Collection, no.18 (reign of Argishti II, King of Uratu, 713-685 BC); and for a similar example in the British Museum, see accession number 91242; and also see Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1998, lot 218. 900 grams, 17.5cm (6 7/8"). Property of a European gentleman; formerly acquired on the German art market before 1980. Accompanied by X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate number 00955-2018WA. The fitting would have been one of four to the rim of a large bronze cauldron. Urartu was centered in eastern Anatolia, around Lake Van; the capital, Tushpa, was located on the eastern shore of the lake, situated on a high and elongated rock outcrop. Most sites boasted a well-built temple situated at the highest point, as well as a number of large storage rooms containing rows of large vessels for storing oil and grains, and massive well-built fortification walls. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Very fine condition. Rare and impressive.
Lot 367
6th-4th century BC. A bronze handle formed as a ram with forelegs tucked beneath the body, hindlegs held together, detailed head and horns with gilding. 145 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). London private collection; previously acquired 1950s-1970s. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Fine condition.
Lot 371
12th-10th century BC. A matched pair of bronze bridle plates, each an addorsed pair of foreparts of a standing horse with baseline, flanking a facing female seated with one extending to each horse's neck; mounting hole to the centre. See Godard, F.& Y. Bronzes du Luristan, La haye, n.d. for discussion. 396 grams, 12.5cm (5"). Property of a London W1 collector; formerly acquired between 1970 and the late 1999s. Very fine condition. Rare.
Lot 402
18th century AD. A pair of sheet bronze polychrome lion figures, each with collar of discs, raised tail with rosettes and whisk, facing head with open mouth, segmented mane to the rear of the head; one with separate protruding tongue. 4.4 kg total, 43cm (17"). Property of a Middlesex collector; acquired 2011 from Portobello Road, London, UK; formerly in an old English collection. [2] Fair condition.
Lot 403
Han Dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD. A gilt-bronze lion, reclining with legs tucked under body; head held forward with mouth open; surface of body with gilt interlinked geometric motifs. 278 grams, 96 mm (3 3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired from the Elizabeth Gardiner collection in the late 1980s. Very fine condition.
Lot 417
North Indian, 18th-19th century AD. A substantial bronze model of a Hindu temple chariot for a household shrine; chariot with lattice back and sides, repeating flower pattern to base; four columns with balustered shafts supporting pierced dome with engraved lotus flower pattern to the edge; cusped arches beneath the dome; to the front a canopy with cusped edges, three pointed finials to the top, supports in the shape of cobras; wheels to each corner with rosette pattern to the hub; openwork yoke shaft with mahout sat at one end wearing a turban and robes, holding goad in right hand; hook to end of yoke shaft connecting to yoke decorated with elephant head; two large elephants, each with a mahout wearing turban and robes holding shield in left hand, goad in right; to the back of each elephant a saddle cloth with repeating flower pattern, small shrine to the back with columns and dome; each elephant with wheels to the feet with rosette pattern to each hub. 17.1 kg total, 24-50cm (9 1/2 - 19 1/2"). Property of a European gentleman living in London; previously from an American collection formed in the 1950s. [3] Fine condition.
Lot 428
1st century AD. A bronze dragonesque brooch with one end joined to the body forming an enclosed void, the other open; curved flat-section pin coiled round the neck; red and white enamel detailing in cells to the body and finials, grid pattern to the central section. See Mackreth, D.F. Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011, pl.129, item 7786. 14 grams, 48mm (2"). Found near Bradford, North Yorkshire, UK, 2015. Very fine condition; enamel intact.
Lot 429
15th-12th century BC. A slender tapering bronze rapier blade with median step, rounded upper end with lateral notches and two holes for attachment. Cf. very similar examples are reported in the middle Bronze Age hoards found at Taunton and Penard (Rhol & Needham, 1998: 129,131) and also recorded on the PAS database e.g. BERK-6C30D2 and BUC-680280; and with reference to: Rohl, B. and Needham, S. The Circulation of Metal in the British Bronze Age: The Application of Lead Isotope Analysis. The British Museum Occasional Paper No.102, The British Museum, 1998. Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) under reference LON-47F5C3; accompanied by a copy of the PAS report. 186 grams, 38.5cm (15 1/4"). Found Oxfordshire, UK Very fine condition.
Lot 464
6th century AD. A large gilt-bronze hybrid-type bow brooch based on the cruciform and square-headed bow-brooches; the square headplate surrounded by three wings, each a banded column flanked by two birds’ heads facing outwards, their beaks pierced, supporting flat panels decorated with applied sheet silver; the central panel with billeted border enclosing an upper zone with three elliptical pellets and below a rectangular field with Style I decoration surrounding a central square panel; the bow with raised lateral ridges and a broader central ridge with a central square panel; the footplate divided into three zones, the upper zone with a central rectangular panel of Style I motifs flanked by fields of Style I zoomorphs and flat lappets covered with silver sheet; an addorsed pair of birds’ heads with pierced beaks forming the second zone and below this an expanding trapezoidal field developing into a further lateral pair of birds’ heads with pierced beaks, flanked by c-scroll details and silver-sheet inlay; the central trapezoidal field with a Style I zoomorph; the lower edge with a further T-shaped sheet-silver plate; to the reverse, original pin-lug and ferrous remains of the pin with ancient repair, catchplate with vertical spine. Cf. The brooch is a hybrid form, unpublished in the standard publications but clearly based on the more developed cruciform types, compare MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals) BAR British Series 230, 1993, p.106, items 12.28, 12.37; but with details taken from great square-headed brooches, see also Hines, J. A New Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Great Square-Headed Brooches, Woodbridge, 1997. Hammond, B. British Artefacts, volume I - Early Anglo-Saxon, p.34, Fig.1.1.4.l-k. 160 grams, 18cm (7 1/4"). Found Leicestershire, UK. Very fine condition. Excessively rare.
Lot 467
5th-6th century AD. A parcel-gilt bronze saucer brooch with billeted band and five-point star motif, raised rim, pin-lugs and catch to the reverse. See Dickinson, T. Early Saxon Saucer Brooches: A Preliminary Overview in Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History, vol. 6, Oxford, 1993. Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) under reference WMID-CE6945. 22.4 grams, 45mm (1 3/4"). Ex Smith collection, Coventry, UK; found West Midlands, UK; accompanied by a copy of the Portable Antiquities Scheme report number WMID-CE6945. Very fine condition.
Lot 471
4th-6th century AD. A gilt bronze figure of a ram standing on a rectangular base; curving horns to the head; recessed oval to the back with hinge to the back for separate cover; eyes, shoulders, hips and sides of base set with cabochon garnets. 86 grams, 10.5cm (4 1/4"). Property of a gentleman living in central London; previously acquired on the London art market in the 1970s. Very fine condition.
Lot 484
12th-13th century AD. Malcolm Jones, Sheffield University, Dept. English Language & Linguistics, Senior Lecturer 1994-2009 and advisor to the British Museum and Portable Antiquities Scheme, says: An important 'Hanseatic' bowl, closely related to similar examples in the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum, New York; the central figure, though unlabelled, and seemingly a male head, is perhaps intended as Superbia [Pride] – as on both the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museum bowls, here it is surrounded by three fellow Vices, named as IDOLATRIA [Idolatry], a female head; INVIDIA [Envy] and IRA [Wrath], both male heads (The Cleveland bowl adds a fourth head, LUXURIA [Lust]), here within the central medallion, around the top, is inscribed SUPBERIA [sic], and on a band around the central medallion HAC RADICE MALA NACITUR OMNE MALUM (Pride is the root from which all the other Vices are born), within each oval around the central medallion, flanking the figure [of Superbia] are five Vices named as IDOLATRIA, INVIDIA, IRA, LUXURIA, and LIBIDO, around the outer border the Vices are anatomised into the following triads: MALICIA, VANA, GLORIA; EBRIETAS, CRAPULA, FRAUS; EMULATIO, CONTENTO, AMBICIO; SUSPICIO, CONTENTO, AMBICIO; and COGITATO, PICRICIA VANA, GLORIA DESPERATIO. See Weitzmann-Fiedler, J. Romanische gravierte Bronzeschalen, Berlin, 1981, a corpus of all known such bowls at that date; more recently, Cohen, Adam S & Safran, Linda Learning from Romanesque bronze bowls in Word and Image 22 (2006), 211-8 (proposing a pedagogical function for these bowls); also see similar sold Herman Historica, Germany, Auction 74aw, Thursday, 27 April 2017, lot 2117, sold for 37,000 euros; accompanied by a print out of the auction listing and images of other similar bowls known. 445 grams, 26cm (10 1/4"). From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent. Accompanied by a report of metallurgic analytical results, written by Metallurgist Dr. Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford. So-called Hanseatic bowls are a group of bronze vessels with Romanesque ornament, primarily associated with ports in the Hanseatic league and with marine archaeological sites. They are often mentioned in medieval documents, where they are referred to as bacina, pelves, or pelvicula. The majority of these bowls—which date from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries—have been found in the cultural area that extends from the Baltic down to the Lower Rhine district and across to England. Because this area was once dominated by the Hanseatic League (a commercial association of free towns), the basins are known as Hanseatic bowls, though the putative link to the Hanseatic league is no longer considered correct but the name is retained for convenience. They are round, some being more convex than others; and the inside is engraved with scenes from classical mythology, with themes from the Old and New Testaments and the legends of the saints, or with allegorical figures personifying the virtues and the vices, the liberal arts, the seasons, and so on. Hanseatic bowls were probably made in the bronze-casting centres where candlesticks and aquamaniles (and indeed all medieval cast bronze) were made: in the Meuse district and Lorraine, in Lower Saxony and the Harz Mountains, and also in England. The decoration on these bowls may have been added elsewhere. Very fine condition. Extremely rare, most examples in museums.
Lot 58
3rd-2nd century BC. A bronze skyphos drinking cup with reddish patina resting on a flared base; deep spherical body incised with a band around the inner surface; twin looped handles, each comprising two sea-dragons, connected centrally. 354 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). Property of a central London gallery; previously acquired from a private collection formed during the 1990s. Very fine condition.
Lot 618
Third Intermediate Period, 1069-702 BC. A bronze figurine of Nefertem in kilt advancing on an elliptical base, wearing the lotus-flower crown, with remains of pigment. Cf. Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, item 12(c"). Property of an East London collector; formerly in an early 1980s collection. 159 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). [No Reserve] Fair condition.
Lot 62
8th century BC. A bronze figurine of a standing bull with horns truncated; Greek or Italian (Etruscan) workmanship. 185 grams, 86mm (3 1/2"). Property of a German gentleman; previously in the R. Bussey collection; formerly in the private collection of B. Hearn, London, UK, in 1979; accompanied by a copy of the German export licence. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 626
3rd Intermediate Period, 1070-664 BC, possibly later. A bronze Egyptian style mummiform female figurine, hands at chest, wearing tripartite wig; vertical column of hieroglyphs to body. 77 grams, 85mm (3 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired in the 1970s. [No Reserve] Fair condition.
Lot 63
5th century BC. A sheet bronze rectangular plaque with fixing points, ten lines of raised text, possibly a list of personal names (?"). 44 grams, 10.5cm (4"). Property of a London collector; formerly in the collection of Michael O'Hara, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, UK; in the 1970s. Fine condition.
Lot 64
4th century BC. A very large torc with ribbed shank, gold sheet over silver or bronze with tongue-shaped finials each with beaded chevron and ribbed panel. 490 grams, 28cm (11"). Property of a central London gallery; previously acquired prior to 1998, from a private collection formed during the 1980s. Accompanied by X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate number 00957-2018GJ. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Very fine condition.
Lot 654
Late Period, 664-332 BC. A bronze statuette of Osiris with mummiform body, wearing Atef crown and false beard; hands crossed over chest holding crook and flail; standing on square base with suspension ring to right and side; mounted on a custom-made stand. 104 grams, 14.5cm including stand (5 3/4"). Property of a London collector, acquired early 1990s. Fine condition.
Lot 698
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BC. A bronze amuletic figure of Horus as a bird standing on a rectangular base, spike to the underside. See Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994 for discussion. 86 grams, 57mm (2 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent. Fine condition.
Lot 7
New Kingdom, 19th-20th Dynasty, 1292-1069 BC. A bronze oval mirror, polished to one side, inserted into a wooden handle shaped as a papyrus plant, engraved details to the collar and base; mounted on a custom-made base. 1.3 kg total, handle: 32cm including stand (12 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman since 2009; formerly in a 1970s collection; accompanied by a copy of a French passport. Fine condition, handle restored.
Lot 736
1st millennium BC. A bronze openwork belt mount of a beast with forelegs beneath the chin, hindleg twisted above the back; slider to the reverse. 67 grams, 10.5cm (4"). Property of a British gentleman; formerly in the private collection of Russian businessman Yuri Golubev (1942-2007), some of his collection was published in his book 'Symbols and Images'; acquired on the London art market 1990s-2007. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 738
8th-7th century BC. A bronze brooch comprising an arched round-section bow with ribbed balusters, discoid finial with hinged pin to one end, similar finial with two collared lugs to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1371. 3.14 grams, 30mm (1 1/4"). From a North West London collection; previously acquired in the 1980s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 743
6th-5th century BC. A C-section T-shaped hollow bronze vessel fittings with D-shaped final pierced for attachment, to each end of the crossbar a lion's foreparts with claws and pellet eyes, reeded detailing between. 412 grams, 13cm (5"). Property of a German gentleman; previously in the D. Dean collection, London, UK, since 1980; accompanied by a copy of the German export licence. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 750
5th-3rd century BC. A mixed group comprising: a terracotta brick fragment with stamped meander pattern; two bronze arrowheads; a steatite spindle-whorl; three bronze coins; a bronze fragment; a ceramic point; a square lead weight. 244 grams total, 1.5-14cm (1/2 - 5 1/2"). Property of a Surrey lady; acquired by her father Christopher Terry in the late 1970s-early 1980s. [8, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 766
6th-5th century BC. A bronze mount with stag head; stylised features to the face, pair of antlers arching back across the head in three curls, ears below; teardrop-shaped base with attachment ring below. 26 grams, 44mm (1 3/4"). From a home counties collection; formed 1970-1980. Extremely fine condition.
Lot 771
8th-7th century AD. A bronze brooch comprising a broad bow with median bulb and arm with returned catch, to the other arm a coiled spring developing to the pin. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1727. 34 grams, 60mm (2 1/2"). From a North West London collection; previously acquired in the 1980s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 778
1st millennium BC. A pair of small bronze bow brooches comprising: one with three ribbed collars to the bow, hinged pin, small catch; one similar with leech-shaped bow, hinged pin and two large knops to the catch. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1371 for discussion. 6.70 grams total, 32-33mm (1 1/4"). Property of a North West London gallery; formerly in a 1980s collection. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 784
1st millennium BC. A bronze knife with small triangular blade, flared guard and lentoid-section hilt, scaphoid pommel. See Branigan, K. Aegean Metalwork of the Early and Middle Bronze Age, Oxford, 1974 for discussion. 38 grams, 15.5cm (6"). Property of a Jersey gentleman; by inheritance from his father; acquired in lieu of a debt in 1962 and originally brought back to Jersey by a British army officer in the 19th century. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 788
8th-7th century BC. A bronze brooch comprising an arched round-section bow with ribbed balusters, discoid finial with hinged pin to one end, similar finial with returned catch and two collared lugs to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1371. 6.40 grams, 41mm (1 3/4"). Property of a North West London gallery; formerly in a 1980s collection. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 799
5th century BC. A bronze figurine of a young man (kouros) in advancing pose, nude with arms held forward, braided hair falling to the shoulders and back, conical helmet to the head. See Fiorino, G. Il Mondo degli Etruschi, Viterbo, 1988. 111 grams, 91mm (3 3/4"). Ex PMW collection, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK; acquired in the late 1970s. [No Reserve] Fair condition.
Lot 801
9th-7th century BC. A mixed group of bronze artefacts comprising: a serpent brooch (Schlangenfibel); a serpent brooch with amber bead; a torc; a disc brooch; an arm-ring. 200 grams total, armring: 83mm (3 1/4"). Property of a German gentleman; previously in the collection of Alan Darer, London, UK, in 1980; accompanied by a copy of the German export licence. [5, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 802
5th-2nd century BC. A group of two bronze finger rings comprising: one with thick round-section hoop, trumpet-shaped bezel, intaglio lion motif; one similar with slender hoop, low-relief eagle motif. 13 grams total, 23-31mm overall, 20.31-21.45 mm internal diameter (1 - 1 1/2"). Property of a Surrey lady; acquired by her father Christopher Terry in the late 1970s-early 1980s. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 812
3rd-2nd century BC. A bronze figure of a harpy, hair falling to the back, archaic features to the face; bird body with detailing to the feathers, breasts to the chest; standing on a dome-shaped base. 30 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired in the 1970s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 814
3rd-2nd century BC. A bronze finger ring with slender hoop, ellipsoid bezel with intaglio horse motif. 2.59 grams, 23.61mm overall, 20mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.83, Japan 22) (1"). Property of a south London collector; acquired before 1980. Fine condition.
Lot 816
Archaic Period, 6th century BC. A bronze recumbent lion, forepaws extended, head turned to its right, with incised radiating mane and short rounded ears; a long muzzle and upturned whiskers, long tail curved over the haunches. 166 grams, 64mm (2 1/2"). From a private collection; formed 1965-1975. Very fine condition.
Lot 817
4th-3rd century BC. A bronze finger ring with D-section hoop, discoid bezel with intaglio profile portrait bust of a young man with wreath to the brow. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 85 for type. 18.39 grams, 26.26mm overall, 18.61mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18.40, Japan 17) (1"). Private collection, home counties, UK; acquired before 1980. Very fine condition.
Lot 821
6th-5th century BC. A bronze figure of a standing pig with curled tail; peg (or casting sprue?) beneath the forelegs. 112 grams, 70mm (2 3/4"). Property of a German gentleman; previously in the M.D. O'Hara collection; formally acquired from Coin and Antiques circa 1970; accompanied by a copy of the German export licence [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 825
8th-7th century BC. A bronze brooch comprising a tapering round-section bow with coil spring and pin to one end, second spring to the other end with T-shaped flange finial and returned catch to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 708. 38 grams, 79mm (3 1/4"). From a North West London collection; previously acquired in the 1980s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 831
3rd century AD. A bronze finger ring with beaded outer face, discoid bezel with intaglio menorah symbol. 4.51 grams, 27.23mm overall, 20.27mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.59, Japan 22) (1"). From a home counties collection; formed 1970-1980. Very fine condition. A large wearable size.
Lot 836
3rd-5th century AD. A pair of bronze brooches comprising: a penannular type with coiled finials; one similar with block finials joined below the shank. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1283 for type. 17 grams, 31-38mm (1 1/4 - 1 1/2"). From a North West London collection; previously acquired in the 1980s. [2, No Reserve] Very fine condition.
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