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Lot 268
2nd-4th century AD. A very large ballista made from limestone, suitable for use with a catapult type siege weapon; accompanied with a vintage bronze stand. 12.7 kg total, 17.5cm (7"). From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent. Fine condition.
Lot 2711
9th-7th century BC. A bronze round sectioned torc armlet or bracelet with opposed deer heads with finely modelled details of the faces. 209 grams, 10.5cm (4 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired from a major Mayfair gallery; acquired on the London art market before 2000. Fine condition.
Lot 272
11th-12th century AD. A bronze Corpus Christi with flat-topped crown, ribs and wrists delineated with engraved lines, flared loincloth with legs flexed; the facial features modelled in the round, with lentoid eyes and triangular nose; with affixing holes to hands and beneath the feet. See Zarnecki, G., Holt, J. and Holland, T. English Romanesque Art 1066-1200, items 236-7. 59 grams, 10.5cm (4"). Property of a Leicester collector; acquired by his father before 1962; thence by descent 1980. Very fine condition.
Lot 2720
3rd-7th century AD. A bronze slider plaque from a belt or harness, slightly domed in profile with bar to the reverse, facing image of a female modelled in the half-round with hands raised and elbows flexed, diadem or band to the brow. 111 grams, 88mm (3 1/2"). From an important private London collection; formed in the 1970s and 1980s. In the Sassanian Empire the state religion was that of Zoroastrianism, a monotheistic religion founded by the prophet Zoroaster in the 7th century BC, and which greatly influenced Judaism, and later, Christianity. The religion is still practiced in Iran as well as by the Persian diaspora in India, Europe and the United States. The religion is centred upon a supreme deity known as Ahura Mazda, or the Wise Lord. In the early years of the faith the older gods of the Persian empire also found a place as protective demi-gods, or angels, known as yazat?, though they continued to be worshipped as powerful deities in their own right by the general population. The powerful Persian goddess Anahita was one of the deities that underwent a transformation with the adoption of Zoroastrianism as the official religion, and became known as An?h?d, though she maintained her role as a goddess of water and fertility and was greatly patronised by the Sassanian royal family. Fine condition.
Lot 2729
1st millennium AD. A group of objects consisting of a large bronze pin with balustered top and tapering body to a point; a ceramic lamp with round short wick hole, wide shoulders with raised lines for decoration and short lug handle. 86 grams, 8.5-18cm (3 1/4 - 7"). From an important private London collection; formed in the 1970s and 1980s. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2735
2nd-1st millennium BC. A bronze figure of a standing male with oversized head with large nose, eyes and ears; upper torso bare with left arm held out and right bent at the elbow; striated kilt to waist and left foot with small lug to ankle. 54 grams, 71mm (2 3/4"). Property of a German gentleman; acquired 1980-1990. Fine condition, one foot absent.
Lot 2762
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 AD. A bronze discoid mirror with one polished surface; to the reverse, a central domed lug, with Qilin unicorns, plant and cloud motifs to either side, plant motif to the base. 85 grams, 80mm (3"). Private collection, South West London; acquired before 2000. Fine condition.
Lot 2805
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A squat ceramic biconvex jar with flared rim, frieze of three crouching lions to the shoulder. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 399 grams, 13.5cm (5"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. [No Reserve] Fine condition, rim chipped.
Lot 2807
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A terracotta bowl with band of hooks to the rim, concentric circles and central pellet. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 847 grams, 26cm (10 1/4"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2808
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A biconical ceramic jar with flared foot and rim, band of geometric ornament to the shoulder with ibex and lion panels. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 548 grams, 13cm (5"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2809
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A squat terracotta jar with frieze of serpents to the side wall, geometric panels to the shoulder. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 222 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2810
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A large biconvex jar with raised chamfered rim; band of polychrome decoration to the shoulder featuring two fish, a zebu with birds and solar disk between the horns, two geometric panels. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 1.7 kg, 23cm (9"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. Fine condition.
Lot 2811
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A terracotta cup with discoid base, polychrome panels with a gryphon, an eagle with spread wings, lozenges within squares. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 109 grams, 10cm (4"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2813
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A squat terracotta jar with flared base and rim, polychrome frieze to the shoulder of fish and lozenges. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 223 grams, 95mm (3 3/4"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2816
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A squat terracotta jar with polychrome frieze to the shoulder of two fish. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 212 grams, 10cm (4"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2819
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A shallow ceramic bowl with discoid base, panels to the side wall with feeding bird, peepal leaf, eagle with spread wings, geometric motifs. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 211 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/2"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. [No Reserve] Fine condition, rim chipped.
Lot 2828
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A ceramic cup with discoid base, polychrome frieze with gryphons and geometric panels. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 88 grams, 87mm (3 1/2"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2832
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A ceramic cup with discoid base, polychrome panels with feeding bird and two fish. See Satyawadi, S. Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994. 188 grams, 10cm (4"). From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2837
11th-14th century AD. A bronze candle snuffer formed as a dished plate and central handle; the plate with repoussé beaded band to the border, calligraphic text with roundel separators; openwork base and poppy-head handle with central knop. 45 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). From the collection of a North West London gentleman; acquired in the 1980s. Fine condition, some distortion to base of handle.
Lot 2847
10th-12th century AD. A bronze vessel with conical neck decorated with series of vertical lines in a rope border, below a series of pointed arches with triangular motif above; flaring shoulder with vertical lines of decoration; body of vessel decorated with columns and rounded arches. 915 grams, 30.5cm (12"). From an old German collection; acquired before 1990. [No Reserve] Fair condition, cracked.
Lot 2850
14th century AD. A squat bronze vessel with domed base, low neck with ribbing to the outer face; bands of running scrolls to the shoulder with calligraphic panels alternating with scenes of dancers and musicians; arabesque trefoils to the underside. Cf. von Gladiss, A. Glanz und Substanz. Metallarbeitung in der Sammlung des Museums für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, 2012, item 71. 730 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). The property of a German gentleman; acquired 1980s-early 1990s. Fair condition.
Lot 2851
11th-12th century AD. A bronze foot from a piece of furniture in the form of a feline paw, leg angled and with central band; above the head of a feline, with projecting tang behind. 155 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). From an old German collection; acquired before 1990. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2856
14th-16th century AD. A bronze kohl pot with wide rim and three projecting lugs with feline heads, hinge to the rear; hexagonal neck with a series of engraved circles; square body with bands of circle, body resting on four short feet. 138 grams, 10cm (4"). The property of a German gentleman; acquired 1980s-early 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2859
15th-17th century AD. A heavy shallow bronze dish with raised central dome, seven radiating C-section spouts, running tendrils to the rim, pellet rosettes to the body and dome. 602 grams, 14.5cm (5 3/4"). Property of an Essex, UK collector; acquired London art market, 1960s-1980s. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
Lot 286
9th-10th century AD. A large bronze altar cross with equal arms flaring to the ends and with bosses at each point, central boss; at ends of each arm a roundel with images of saints and angels; tangs to the base; mounted on a custom-made stand. 73 grams, 45cm (17 3/4"). Property of a German gentleman; acquired before 1989. Fair condition.
Lot 3075
135 BC. Rome mint. Obv: helmetted head of Roma right with ROMA behind and X below chin (off flan"). Rev: C AVG above Ionic column surmounted by statue, at sides, two togate figures. BMC 952; Sydenham 463; Crawford 242/1; Sear 119. 3.89 grams. The reverse is a representation of the bronze Columna Minucia erected outside the Porta Trigemina in the Servian Wall to L.Minucius Augurinus in commemoration of his successful attempt in 439 BC to reduce the price of corn; the two lower figures represent other ancestors. [No Reserve] Very fine; oval flan.
Lot 3076
135 BC. Rome mint. Obv: head of Roma right with X beneath chin and ROMA behind. Rev: C AVG above Ionic column surmounted by statue, at sides, two togate figures. BMC 952; Sydenham 463; Crawford 242/1; Sear 119. 3.83 grams. The reverse is a representation of the bronze Columna Minucia erected outside the Porta Trigemina in the Servian Wall to L Minucius Augurinus in commemoration of his successful attempt in 439 BC to reduce the price of corn; the two lower figures are ancestors. [No Reserve] Very fine.
Lot 309
11th-10th century BC. A bronze wire brooch with body in the form of three figure of eight coils, to one end a large coil, to the other large spring with integral pin resting in catchplate formed from coil. 43 grams, 10.5cm (4 1/4"). Private collection, UK; formed in the 1980s. Extremely fine condition.
Lot 310
11th-10th century BC. A St. Nazaire-type bronze sword ritually 'killed'; slender leaf-shaped waisted blade and grip with two sets of parallel lines engraved to each face, short notched ricassi, angled shoulders and slight flanges to the edges of the hilt; midrib and four rivet holes to the rounded shoulder and notched edges to the grip; supplied with custom-made stand by Francois Lunardi of Paris (with invoice) restoring the missing short blade section and tip. Cf. Savory, H.N. Guide Catalogue of the Bronze Age Collections, Cardiff, 1980, item 268; Burgess, C. & Colquhoun, I. The Swords of Britain, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IV, vol.5, Munich, 1988, items 251-255. 2.3 kg, 61cm overall including stand (24"). From an important French collection; acquired Yann le Mouel sale, lot 251 (part"). Fine condition.
Lot 100
1st century AD. A large bronze walking stag with head held up and antlers curving up; cast mark to the top of the tail with hole in centre; head detaches and with crenellated edges for securing. For a similar example from the House of the Citharist, Pompeii, see the Museo Archeologico Nazionali di Napoli, accession number 4902. 22.2 kg, 85cm (33 1/2"). Ex German collection; acquired 1980s. Accompanied by metallurgical report no. AA15-04121 from Antiques Analytics, Germany. The piece could have been a decorative piece for a villa garden, as seen in examples from Pompeii, Herculaneum and the area surrounding Vesuvius. The stag, along with the doe, was also sacred to the goddess Diana, and is seen in statues of her, most notably the cult image of the goddess at Ephesus. The stag was also sacred to the Gaulish deity Cernunos who was shown as a human/stag hybrid and was adopted by the Romans who set up a number of altars to the god in the province, most notably that found beneath Notre Dame cathedral in Paris that was set up by a guild of boat men, and now in the Musée National du Moyen Age, and which provides the only epigraphic evidence for the god's name, which means 'the horned one.' [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Very fine condition. Rare.
Lot 1015
359-356 BC. Maeonia mint, magistrate Demetrios. Obv: AMA-TO-KO legend around bipennis (the T of the legend formed by the handle), caduceus above. Rev: EPI DHM-HTR-IO legend around a vine with five bunches of grapes within linear square. Topalov Urban Bronze Coins, 105. See Wildwinds.com (this coin"). 17.98 grams. Good very fine.
Lot 138
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze balsamarium in the form of a bust of a Celtic male with coils of lime-washed hair, handlebar moustache and closely cropped beard; eyes inlaid in silver; torc around neck with terminal inlaid in silver; hinge and loops to the top of the head, separate lid in the form of hair. 285 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. The Celtic tribes were divided into different classes or castes of hierarchal nobility. Their society was quite complex with a king or queen at the top of society and a warrior aristocracy below them, with merchants and peasants forming further subdivisions of society; the religious sect formed a separate class that was divided into Druids, Bards and Ovates and who not only dealt with religious matters but also formulated the laws. Classical authors, such as Caesar and Strabo, describe the Celtic aristocracy as dyeing their skin with blue paint and washing their hair in lime so that it formed spikes. Another feature of the aristocracy was the wearing of neck torcs, something that was only reserved for the royal family and the warrior aristocracy, as well as the gods, as it was seen to have divine connotations. One of the most famous depictions of the Celtic warrior is the statue of the so-called 'Dying Gaul' now in the Capitoline Museum, Rome, which displays the characteristics described in Classical sources. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Very fine condition.
Lot 139
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze statuette of an acrobat on a round, drum-shaped base, standing on his hands, body arching slightly and legs together; wearing a loin cloth and cap decorated with floral pattern; eyes inlaid with silver. 162 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. Acrobats in ancient Rome could perform at a number of venues; either in theatres, as 'gap fillers' between gladiatorial contests at the amphitheatre, at private parties or at impromptu street performances and fairs. A convivium was a dinner party with family, friends or associates. It was somewhat like a Greek symposium except that it was generally regarded as a chance to talk business or politics rather than philosophy and weighty matters. A commissatio was a wild drinking party. Prostitutes, jugglers, musicians, acrobats, actors and fire-eaters entertained guests at the banquets of wealthy Romans. From the descriptions given by Roman authors these banquets were lavish affairs with rose petals scattered on the floor, mechanical devices lowering acrobats and entertainers from the ceiling and slaves blew exotic scents into the room. The Emperors also had special entertainment barges constructed on some of the ornamental lakes in the parks of Rome where acrobats entertained the guests. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Very fine condition.
Lot 140
1st-3rd century AD. A Roman bronze copy of the 5th century BC Greek statue of the athlete The Discobolus of Myron, the discus thrower, a nude male figure in active pose with right arm extended to the rear, left hand stretched across the right knee; with a custom-made display stand. Cf. a marble copy of the Greek original in the British Museum under accession number GR 1805.7-3.43. known as the Townley Discobolus. 231 grams, 11cm including stand (4 1/4"). Found East Anglia, UK, before 2000. The Greek sculptor Myron came from Eleutherai, on the borders of Attica and Boetia, and worked through the Early Classical period. According to Pliny he was the apprentice of the famed sculptor Ageladas, as were other major fifth century sculptors such as Phidias and Polyclitus. The majority of his work that can be dated come from between 450 and 440 BC and he was regarded by ancient writers as being on the threshold of realism in sculpture, though lacking in emotion. His most famous statue was a bronze cow on the Acropolis which was often mistaken as being real by those who saw it for the first time. His Discobolus, or discus thrower, is easily recognised in copies from the Roman writer Lucian's description in the Philopseudes: stooping in the pose of one preparing to throw, turning towards the hand with the discus and gently bending the other knee, as ready to rise and cast. The original was a bronze statue, with all of the later, large scale Roman copies, being in marble, with a few smaller bronze copies being known. The head has touches of the Archaic Period style, as displayed in the cap of hair in the form of shallow carved ringlets. Despite the apparent freedom of the pose the figure is cut in one plane, for a single viewpoint, like high relief without a background. The only known copy in which the head is shown in the correct position is that found on the Esquiline Hill in Rome and now in the Terme Museum. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Fine condition. Rare.
Lot 141
2nd-3rd century AD. A bronze figure of an Erote with wavy hair bound by a fillet, left arm crossed over chest, right arm bent up to face; loin cloth around waist; hole through stomach for attachment to larger fitting; two small holes to shoulder blades for separate wings. 629 grams, 15.3cm (6"). Property of a German gentleman; acquired 1980-1990. Very fine condition.
Lot 151
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze figurine of a lioness advancing on a curved base, the left foreleg placed on a circular shield with a facing female(?) mask modelled in the half-round; Eastern empire workmanship. 93 grams, 66mm (2 1/2"). Property of a European gentleman living in the UK; formerly in a private collection formed in the 1990s. Fine condition.
Lot 1524
3rd-1st century BC. A hollow-formed bronze spout with gusseted flange base, curved neck and ram-head finial; the flange with four attachment rivets, the finial with curled horns and piriform eyes. Cf. Muscarella, O.W. Bronze and Iron. Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, item 347. 88 grams, 89mm (3 1/2"). From an important private London collection; formed in the 1970s and 1980s. Fine condition.
Lot 1537
5th-1st century BC. A group of bronze heads consisting of a vessel fitting in the form of a satyr; a female bust with hair arranged in a bun; a bust of the god Serapis wearing modius crown; a zoomorphic head with crown and radial bar below neck. 264 grams total, 33-54mm (1 1/4 - 2 1/4"). Ex German collection; acquired 1980s. [4, No Reserve] Fair condition.
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