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Click here to subscribe2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of bronze dress pins, two with openwork discoid head, one an openwork square, one an openwork zoomorph. 175 grams total, 8.5-13.5cm (3 1/4 - 5 1/4"). Fair condition, three tips absent. Property of a North London gentleman; formerly with a Mayfair gallery in the 1980s. Cf. Moorey, P.R.S. Ancient Bronzes From Luristan, London, 1974, plate XV.
1st millennium BC. A bronze model ibex standing on a D-shaped base with perforations to the outer edge, ring-and-dot motifs to the flanks, pierced ears and perforation to the shoulders. 22 grams, 44mm (1 3/4").Fine condition. Property of a Hertfordshire, UK collector; acquired London art market, 1960s-1980s.
5th-4th century BC. A flat-section bronze mount in the form of the stylised beast-head with scrolled tendrils, mounting loop to reverse. 28 grams, 56mm (2 1/4").Fine condition. Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Cf. Moorey, P.R.S. et al. Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics and Seals, Los Angeles, 1981, item 850. The Scythians were a nomadic tribal people who covered an area from modern day Kazakhstan to the Baltic coast of Poland and Georgia, but who were mostly centred on the Pontic-Caspian Steppe. Their characteristic art was produced between the seventh and the third centuries BC, after which they were displaced from most of their territory by the Sarmatians. In the earlier period Scythian art included very vigorously modelled stylised animal figures, such as this example, shown singly or in combat, that had a long-lasting and very wide influence on other Eurasian cultures as far apart as China and the European Celts.These animal figures often display contorted features that include a melding of several animals, and it is believed that they represent the shamanic belief in shape shifting.
3rd-2nd millennium BC. A tubular bronze shank with circumferential bands, finial of a female(?) head with slicked hair, lentoid eyes, domed plaque above; probably Mesopotamian. 181 grams, 12cm (4 3/4").Fair condition. Property of an Austrian collector; acquired in the 1970s. Cf. Aruz, J. Art of the First Cities. The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, New York, 2003, item 38 for similar facial treatment.
13th-6th century BC. A bronze flange-hilted dagger with slender leaf-shaped two-edged blade, hollow grip with socket to each face to accept an insert and lateral flanges to retain it. 154 grams, 26.9cm (10 3/4").Fine condition. From an old English collection; acquired on the UK art market before 1970. Cf. Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.381, Cat.13.
13th-6th century BC. A bronze flange-hilted dagger with slender leaf-shaped two-edged blade, hollow grip with socket to each face to accept an insert and lateral flanges to retain it. 122 grams, 32cm (12 3/4").Fine condition. From an old English collection; acquired on the UK art market before 1970. Cf. Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.381, Cat.13.
9th-10th century AD. A bronze lantern formed as a cube with four flared feet, openwork panels to the side walls, a balustered knop to each corner of the upper face, hinged bell-shaped openwork domed lid with knop handle; reserved calligraphic text to the upper face, incised text to the sides. 2 kg, 27cm (10 1/2"). Fair condition. Property of a London, UK, gentleman; formerly with Pars gallery, London, W1, 1990s. See von Gladiss, A. Glanz und Substanz. Metallarbeitung in der Sammlung des Museums für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, 2012, item 26 for similar design. Lanterns of this type were usually made for mosques or the homes and palaces of the wealthy. The inscriptions usually comprise the name of the maker along with blessings for the safety and well being of the owner. This particular type of lantern was was popular in the Seljuk areas of Anatolia, Asia Minor, and were heavily influenced by Byzantine styles that were used as part of ecclesiastical furnishings, such as the silver gilt lantern now in the treasury of Saint Mark's, Venice.
19th-early 20th century AD. A bronze ewer with flared openwork base, bulbous body with gently flared neck, short triangular spout, faceted strap handle with trefoil thumb-pad and everted finial, openwork domed lid with loop handle and attachment chain; body decorated with inlaid silver leaf and rosette motifs, bands of scrolled foliage. 563 grams, 20.5cm (8 1/4"). Fine condition. From a West Sussex collection formed before 1980. Cf. von Gladiss, A. Glanz und Substanz. Metallarbeitung in der Sammlung des Museums für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, 2012, item 63 for type. [No Reserve]
13th-14th century AD. A slightly domed bronze disc with a variety of recessed decorative motifs including pellet and ring-and-dot in various sizes, rosettes, expanding-arm crosses, teardrops, hexafoils and others. 223 grams, 81mm (3 1/4"). Very fine condition. From the collection of a North London gentleman; acquired in the 1980s.
Dated 1331 AH (1912 AD"). A discoid bronze consular seal with shank to the reverse; image of a reclining lion and sun flanked by numerals '1331' above two lines of Persian text, wreath below and seriffed Roman capitals '1331 Consulat. de. la. Persan. Moussel' (Persian Consulate in Mosul, Iraq"). 53 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Fine condition, usage wear. From the collection of a North London gentleman; acquired in the 1980s.
18th-19th century AD. A bronze bowl with bell-shaped profile and low basal ring, the inner and outer faces decorated with incised roundels and bands of calligraphic script; raised central cone, rim pierced. 368 grams, 18cm (7"). Fine condition. Property of an American collector; acquired Europe 1970s-1990s. In Islamic cultures magic bowls were made at least as early as the 12th century, though their use can be traced back to ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt and were widely used in the Roman empire. They were used in Islam in the treatments of disease and other ailments, including insect and snake bites. Water placed in such bowls was believed to take on curative aspects after having come into contact with the various talismanic and Koranic symbols and verses etched onto such bowls. It was then drunk by the afflicted person.
19th century AD. A squat bronze bowl with thickened rim, band of reserved calligraphic text and foliage to the sidewall, rosette to the inner face, octofoil and scrolled foliage to the underside. 1.3 kg, 24.5cm (9 1/2"). Fine condition. Property of a retired London collector; acquired before 1990.
13th-14th century AD. A bronze discoid vessel with dished base, carinated sidewall and flange rim; incised concentric circles to the underside, bands of reserved calligraphic text to the sidewall and rim with crescents; the inner face with central starburst within a circle with pellets, band of reserved calligraphic text interrupted by roundels. 494 grams, 18cm (7"). [No Reserve] Fine condition. Property of an Austrian collector; acquired in the 1970s. Cf. Talbot Rice, D. Islamic Art, London, 1975, items 137, 138 for decorative scheme.
14th-15th century AD. A mixed pair comprising: a bronze vase with piriform body and flared rim, decorative roundels to the equator and dimples; an openwork tray with dentilled border, rosettes and tendrils. 759 grams total, 16-18cm (6 1/4 - 7"). [2] Fine condition; base of vase absent. Property of a retired London collector; acquired before 1990.
13th century AD. A bronze vesica seal matrix with pierced lug to the reverse, intaglio scene of a winged angel beside a hatched frame (Christ's tomb at the Resurrection?) wih head of worshipper below, Lombardic legend to the border '+ S'RICARDI.DE.THORNETVN'; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 9.93 grams, 37mm (1 1/2"). Very fine condition. Found near Chelmsford, Essex, UK. 'Thornetune' appears in an east Yorkshire charter in the Chartulery of Rievaulx Abbey, item 402, published in Farrer, W. Early Yorkshire Charters: Being a Collection of Documents Anterior to the Thirteenth Century Made from the Public Records, Monastic Chartularies Cambridge, 2013.
13th-14th century AD. A bronze heater-shaped plaque with pierced lug above, enamelled arms blazoned 'gules a cross moline or, surmounted by a bend azure', a variant of the Benhall family arms. 11 grams, 40mm (1 1/2"). Very fine condition. Found near Chelmsford, Essex, UK. Cf. Ashley, S. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, item 148 for type.
13th-14th century AD. A bronze banneret comprising a heater-shaped bifacial plaque and balustered post, enamelled arms blazoned 'Bendy of six or and azure within a bordure gules '. 11 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Fine condition, worn. Property of a Norfolk collector. Cf. Ashley, S. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, item 242 for type. The arms 'Bendy of six or and azure within a bordure gules' are associated with Robert II, Duc de Bourgogne in Walford's Roll (C112) & The Wijnbergen Roll (WN1083").
13th century AD. A very large parcel-gilt bronze heraldic heater-shaped plaque with incuse lion rampant and enamel fill, blazoned 'or a lion rampant gules', the arms of Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn. 28 grams, 71mm (2 3/4"). Fine condition. Property of a Suffolk lady; acquired on the UK art market. Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn was a Welsh prince, lord of the district of Powys Wenwynwyn. Having grown up in exile in England with his father, he sided with King Edward I of England against the Welsh prince Llewelyn ap Gruffudd. In return, the king returned Gruffydd's father's estates. [No Reserve]
14th-15th century AD. A mixed group of gilt-bronze harness pendants comprising: a horizontal bar with scallop pendant; a cruciform plaque with expanding-arm cross pendant; a keyhole plaque with scallop pendant; a bar with two lozengiform enamelled heraldic panels; a starburst pendant with blue enamel. 72 grams total, 29-88mm (1 1/4 - 3 1/2"). Fine condition. Property of a Suffolk lady; acquired on the UK art market. [5, No Reserve]
13th-15th century AD. A mixed bronze group comprising: a heater-shaped pendant with reserved lion rampant; a heater-shaped pendant with three lions passant gardant reserved on a red enamel field; a heater-shaped stud divided per fess with red enamel to the upper cell; a discoid pendant with eight radiating arms, central roundel with reserved eagle on an enamel field; a gilt scabbard mount(?) with crenellated lower edge, repousse heater shield flanked by wyverns, lion rampant. 50 grams total, 22-53mm (1 - 2 1/4"). Fine condition. Property of a Suffolk lady; acquired on the UK art market. [5, No Reserve]
12th-13th century AD. A piriform bronze mount with scrolled border, trefoil finial, reserved heraldic lion with tendrils in high relief; four mounting lugs to the reverse; Balkans or Turkish workmanship. 8.06 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Very fine condition. Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. [No Reserve]
14th century AD. A bronze cosmetic tool comprising a pair of straight-edge tweezers with central concentric rings motif to each arm, sliding rivet with an attached nail-cleaner with canted spike, a miniature scoop, a nail-cleaner with chamfered edges, a cosmetic spoon with flat plaque; the tools arranged on the sliding rivet to align the central holes to secure them. 15 grams, 60mm (2 1/2"). Very fine condition. Property of a Hertfordshire, UK collector; acquired London art market, 1960s-1980s. Cf. Egan, G. & Pritchard, F. Dress Accessories 1150-1450, London, 2002, items 1755, 1756. [No Reserve]
12th-15th century AD. A bronze group comprising: a wedge-shaped miniature axehead; a jeweller's hammer with flat-section handle, domed face with radiating lines, spike to the reverse. 87 grams, 4-12cm (1 3/4 - 4 3/4"). Fine condition. Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman; acquired on the London art market 1990s. [2, No Reserve]
12th-14th century AD. A pair of bronze finger rings comprising: an archer's ring with lozengiform plaques to the sides, running scroll pointille designs; one with flat-section hoop, discoid bezel with incised expanding-arm cross and pellets. 17 grams total, 22-30mm (1 - 1 1/4"). [2] Fine condition. Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s.
12th-15th century AD. A group of bronze rings, one with tapering shank decorated with scrolled pattern, bezel with initials; one with tapering body, central rib and dot pattern either side; one with thin shank, raised hexagonal bezel with engraved bird and flower; one with tapering shank, hexagonal bezel with the 'Judgment of Solomon' motif. 27 grams total, 24.45 - 25.33mm overall, 20.14 - 22.16mm internal diameter. (1"). [4, No Reserve] Fine condition. Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000.
10th-17th century AD. A mixed group of bronze finger rings comprising: one with domed bezel, incised rosette; two with glass inserts to the bezel; one with scaphoid bezel; one with lozengiform bezel and flanking bulbs; one with octagonal bezel, incised retrograde Greek text; thirteen with ornamented plaque bezel; eleven with discoid bezel. 176 grams total, 20-26mm (3/4 - 1"). [30] Fair condition. Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1980s.
13th-15th century AD. A group of gilt bronze mounts comprising; one in the shape of a rosette with scrolling petals; one in the shape of a trefoil with scrolled pelta pattern; a flat button shaped piece with fleur-de-lis; two pyramidal bosses with splayed plant motif at each corner with each connected by a bar; a rosette with heart-shaped petals with arrow motif; a large rosette with numerous small petals. 79 grams total, 15-43mm (1/2 - 1 3/4"). [7, No Reserve] Fine condition. Acquired on the German art market 1980-1990.
12th-14th century AD. A mixed gilt-bronze group comprising: a discoid pendant with crescents and pellets; an openwork pendant of a griffin; a discoid pendant with round void, two loops; an openwork plaque with notched border, knot motif; a D-shaped mount with central socket; a heater-shaped strap end; a tongue-shaped mount, a T-shaped mount with domed centre. 66 grams total, 33-54mm (1 1/4 - 2 1/4"). [8, No Reserve] Fine condition. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000.
12th-14th century AD. A gilt-bronze profile horse's or ram's head with lentoid eye, beaded band and scaphoid ear; hollow to the reverse, pin beneath the eye with rove to the reverse and hole for a second pin on the muzzle. 4.43 grams, 30mm (1 3/4"). Very fine condition. Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1980s.
Mid 14th-mid 15th century AD. A heater-shaped bronze plaque with round-section stud to the reverse; the field with three facing leopard heads, differenced by one quarter, the arms associated with the Pole family, earls and dukes of Suffolk. 7.54 grams, 25mm (1"). [No Reserve] Fair condition. Property of an Essex gentleman; found Suffolk, UK. Cf. Ashley, S. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, item 138 for type. William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 16 October 1396 - 2 May 1450, was an English commander in the Hundred Years' War and Lord High Admiral of England from 1447 until 1450. He was nicknamed Jackanapes, and appears prominently in William Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 1 and Henry VI, Part 2. Already holder of the title Earl of Suffolk, he was granted the additional titles Marquess of Suffolk in 1444, Earl of Pembroke in 1447, and Duke of Suffolk in 1448.
12th-14th century AD. A mixed group of bronze figural items comprising: a facing mask with triangular eyes, lateral extensions; a standing robed figure with chalice; a standing figure with right hand raised to the chest, pegs to the underside and the reverse. 102 grams, 21-68mm (3/4 - 2 3/4"). [3, No Reserve] Fine condition. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000.
12th-14th century AD. A discoid bronze mount with three attachment lugs to the reverse, reserved lion passant gardant with trefoil-ended tail; additional rivet inserted between head and raised foreleg. 6.78 grams, 27mm (1"). [No Reserve] Fine condition. Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972.
14th-15th century AD. A gilt-bronze heater-shaped harness pendant with hinged suspension mount and peg; the field with red enamel and reserved cross blazoned 'Gules a cross indented or'. 15 grams, 51mm (2").Fair condition, enamel restored. Found near Kenilworth, Warwickshire, UK; in 1991. Cf. Ashley, S. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, item 42. The Dering Roll records the arms 'Gules a cross indented or' for Simon de Cray, lord warden of the Cinque Ports.
12th century AD. A narrow heater-shaped gilt-bronze plaque with repousse lion rampant on a textured field, lateral attachment loops, one absent; similar to the arms of Henry II of England. 1.48 grams, 40mm (1 1/2"). [No Reserve] Fine condition. Property of a Middlesex gentleman; acquired in the 1980s.
13th-14th century AD. A gilt-bronze heater-shaped pendant with suspension loop and D-section arm with lobe finials, studs to the reverse; the arms blazoned 'lozengy or and azure'. 16 grams, 43mm (1 3/4"). [No Reserve] Fine condition. Property of a Suffolk lady; acquired on the UK art market. Cf. Ashley, S. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, item 92 for type. The arms blazoned 'lozengy or and azure' are ascribed to Thomas de Warbrentone (Warbleton) in the Heralds Roll.
12th-14th century AD. A mixed bronze group comprising: a heater-shaped pendant with three reserved lions passant gardant; a heater-shaped stud with bend between six lions rampant. 20 grams total, 36-41mm (1 1/2 - 1 3/4"). [2] Fine condition. Found near Chelmsford, Essex, UK. The pendants bears the royal arms of England, the stud bears the arms of de Bohun.
12th-15th century AD. A bronze pair comprising: a loop handle with D-shaped beast-mask plaque; a hollow finial with a dog's head with buckled collar. 71 grams total, 29-39mm (1 1/4 - 1 1/2"). [2, No Reserve] Fine condition. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000.
13th century AD. A gilt-bronze discoid pendant with recessed face, reserved lion passant gardant reversed with crown(?) on a red enamel field. 8.72 grams, 28mm (1"). Fine condition; enamel enhanced. Found near Warwick, Warwickshire, UK; in 1985. The lion facing to the right is 'reversed' from its usual left-facing attitude.
15th-16th century AD. A flat-section bronze plaque formed as two rosettes with pierced centres flanking a bearded facing mask with scrolled ends to the headdress, crescentic extension forming the eye of a clasp. 7.72 grams, 45mm (1 3/4"). [No Reserve] Fine condition. Property of an American collector.
14th-15th century AD. A bronze seal matrix with hexagonal-section shank and trefoil finial, intaglio motif of a flower issuing from a heart with Lombardic legend to the border 'CREDE MICHI' (trust me); supplied with a museum-quality impression. 12 grams, 27mm (1"). [No Reserve] Very fine condition. Property of a Norfolk collector. 1"
13th-14th century AD. A discoid bronze seal matrix with loop to the reverse, intaglio agnus dei motif with Lombardic legend to the border 'ECCE AGNVS DEI' (behold the lamb of God"). 3.52 grams, 20mm (3/4"). [No Reserve] Fine condition. Supplied with a museum-quality impression. Property of a Norfolk collector.
13th-14th century AD. A bronze seal matrix, discoid with octagonal-section shaft, collar and pierced trefoil head; intaglio motif of clasped hands and bird above, Lombardic script to the border '*LEL.AMI.AVET' (you have a loyal friend); supplied with a museum-quality impression. 9.02 grams, 25mm (1"). [No Reserve] Very fine condition. Property of a Norfolk collector.
13th-14th century AD. A bronze seal matrix with hexagonal-section shank, loop finial with bronze ball-head pin inserted; intaglio motif of sleeping lion and foliage, Lombardic legend to the border '*WAKE:ME:NO:MAN'; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 7.31 grams, 20mm (3/4"). [No Reserve] Very fine condition. Property of a Norfolk collector. Cf. similar matrix recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme under reference LVPL-4D7F95.
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