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Click here to subscribe9th-11th century AD. A mixed group of bronze pendants comprising: a cruciform reliquary with niello detail to each face; an expanding-arm cross with reserved foliage on a niello field; a lozenge with four round holes. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 20 grams total, 34-44mm (1 1/4 - 1 3/4"). [3, No Reserve] Fine condition.
14th-15th century AD. A flat-section bronze hoop with discoid bezel and four radiating lugs, claw setting and inset green glass cabochon. Acquired on the German art market 1980-1990. 5.84 grams, 26mm overall, 17.74mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15) (1"). [No Reserve] Fine condition.
19th-early 20th century AD. A pair of necklaces comprising: one of barrel-shaped wooden beads; one of biconical hollow bronze beads with annular dangles and a crotal bell. Property of an American gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. 192 grams total, 50-170cm (19 3/4 - 67"). [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
10th-14th century AD. A mixed group comprising: a jaws harp; a lead anchor pendant; a silver bead with filigree; a bronze ram appliqué; a bronze strip with coiled end; a bronze chatelaine with cosmetic spoon and rumbler bell; a flat-section openwork disc brooch with two tongues; a zoomorphic rod finial. Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. 74 grams total, 19-94mm (3/4 - 3 3/4"). [8, No Reserve] Fine condition.
9th-15th century AD. A mixed group of bronze items comprising: a bow brooch with red enamel panel to the footplate; a tubular bead; a domed square mount; a group of patrices including six scrolled designs, three lentoid, four domed, four rectangular with scrolls, one equal-arm cross, one pyramidal, two square with baluster knop, one a dished disc, one a ribbed bar, one piriform, one a domed octagon, one a bar with scalloped sides, two with openwork loops. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 141 grams total, 7-50mm (1/4 - 2"). [31, No Reserve] Fine condition.
15th-17th century AD. A mixed group of bronze cruciform pendants comprising: two with roundels to the finials; one with central quatrefoil and discoid finials; one with Corpus Christi. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 22 grams total, 33-72mm (1 1/4 - 2 3/4"). [4, No Reserve] Fine condition.
12th-14th century AD. A pair of bronze pendants comprising: an openwork gilt-bronze disc with cross to the centre, pellet detailing; a beaded ring with crescent to the centre. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 2.76 grams total, 20-21mm (3/4"). [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
13th-18th century AD. A mixed group of bronze finger rings comprising: six with discoid bezel, hatched design; four similar with elliptical bezel; one similar with scaphoid bezel; one a band with rosette; three with octagonal bezel; one with square chamfered bezel; one with teardrop bezel and pad to the underside; two with hatched square bezel; one with expanding shoulders and plaque. From a Surrey collection; formed between 1990-2000. 97 grams total, 20-29mm (3/4 - 1 1/4"). [20, No Reserve] Mainly fine condition.
9th-11th century AD. A mixed group comprising: a bronze firesteel with loop and plaque with spurs, iron plate; five annular brooches with lateral lugs. Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman; acquired on the London art market 1990s. 35 grams, 26-53mm (1 - 2 1/4"). [6, No Reserve] Fine condition.
16th-19th century AD. A quantity of metal-detector finds comprising: an iron knife with hatched scale-tang handle; two silver thimbles; two bronze buckles with hinged tongues; four bronze crotal bells; a bronze mother-and-child mount; a bronze pipe-tamper; two bronze jaws harps; a bronze discoid weight; two openwork plaques with facing mask; a silver plano-convex button; two bronze buttons with sun-wheel motif; a rectangular bronze apothecary's weight; nine bag-seals; a three-domed clothes fastener; a gilt-bronze mount with chain; two piriform bronze mounts hollow to the reverse; a gilt-bronze stud; a bronze mount with two spikes to the reverse; a scooped fitting; two book-clasp fragments; two bronze thimbles; a handle with heart-shaped finial;'twenty-four buckle loops and frames. Found Exton, Rutland, UK, early 1990s. 578 grams total, 1.4-14.5cm (1/2 - 5 3/4"). [64, No Reserve] Mainly fine condition.
14th-18th century AD. A mixed group of bronze rings comprising: one with scaphoid plaque, incised tendrils; one similar, discoid bezel; one with D-section hoop, scaphoid bezel with knops; four with discoid bezel, deckled border; one with inset carnelian cloison, incised text. From a Surrey, UK, collection; formed before 2000. 57 grams total, 21-25mm (3/4 - 1"). [8, No Reserve] Fine condition.
12th-14th century AD. A group of bronze lock cases comprising: a standing lion with collar and carefully dressed mane, hole to the chest to accept the key, slot to the rump for the hinged tail; a hollow-formed regardant dog with collar, slots to the chest and rump. Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. 55 grams total, 43-46mm (1 3/4"). [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
12th-14th century AD. A pair of discoid bronze pendants with integral pierced lug, one with low-relief image of Mary with infant Jesus one her right, the other with Mary with hands raised, infant Jesus to the centre, zigzag border. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 4.13 grams total, 24-25mm (1"). [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Early 20th century AD. A tall bronze decorative vase with high-relief flowers and birds to the body, openwork base with branches and blossom, two lateral handles each formed as a Fo lion modelled in the round; separate ebonised wooden stand. Property of a North East Essex collector; acquired in the 1980s. Vases such as these are generally found in pairs on the altars of Buddhist temples, or as a decorative element on the formal seating area of a high official. The use of these vases originated in China, where again, they are found in Buddhist and Daoist temples, or as a formal decorative arrangement around the seat of a elite member of society, or even the emperor himself. Vases can be seen, along with incense burners, in the throne hall of the Mansion of Heavenly Purity in the Forbidden City, Beijing, where the throne rooms served a ritual function, as opposed to business and administrative roles such as those in India and Europe. 14.9 kg, 81cm overall with stand (32"). Fine condition, repaired.
9th-7th century BC. A group of bronze dress pins, each a tapering shaft with ornamental finial: one a poppyhead with radiating lugs beneath; one a gryphon with feathered wings; one a bird(?"). Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s. Cf. Legrain, L. Luristan Bronzes in the University Museum, Pennsylvania, 1934, items 15, 24. 158 grams total, 13.5-18cm (5 1/4 - 7"). [3] Fair condition.
14th-18th century AD. A mixed group of bronze seal matrices comprising: a chessman type with pierced lug finial, discoid face with intaglio bird motif and '*PRIVESV' legend (I am private); a vesica type with strap and loop to the reverse, intaglio frond motif with legend 'S'ROBERTI FILI ROGERI' (seal of Robert son of Roger); a rectangular frame with floral tendril handle and loop above, inset blue glass panel with intaglio profile male bust. Found Exton, Rutland, UK, early 1990s. 28 grams total, 18-36mm (3/4 - 1 1/2"). [3, No Reserve] Fine condition.
An early 20th Century French Empire style brass and slate clock, having stepped slate lower body with brass leaf design with circular brass face and bronze applied foliage frame to top, the dial having black Roman numeral hourly markers with minute track border and machined decoration to centre, workings unmarked, height 28cm., one foot missing.
TOM BENNETT (AMER. B1928), BRONZE SCULPTURE, ARTIST PROOF, 1983, H 27" (ART), "RAINDANCER" (AP)American artist Tom Bennett (American B1928) bronze sculpture, "Raindancer", 27" H. signed and dated at bottom of right foot. " '83 Tom Bennett, AP" (artist proof). Round black marble base, 9" Dia. X 1 1/2" H. Total height 28 1/2".exhibits minor patina, otherwise good condition, GA.- For High Resolution Photos visit Dumouchelles website.
A 19TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, green leather cover with bronze roundel decorations, consisting of four small corner portraits and a central coat of arms, the album contains a selection of mainly portraits, of famous Victorians including Queen Victoria, Viscount Palmerston etc.Buyers - for shipping pricing on this lot, visit www.cuttlestones.co.uk/shipping
ANNOUNCE THIS LOT WILL INCUR VAT ON THE HAMMER PRICE A 9th century northern Indian/Tibetan bronze Pala Buddha, of standing form and wearing a long flowing robe with double hemline, his angular face surmounted by a conical ashnisha, and one hand raised in the abhaya mudra 23cm H, on black socle base
English School (19th Century) A Warrener with a ferret and his greyhound; and a Young Warrener going home with a dead hare and a pheasant in a basket oil on board (a pair) 23 x 19cm (9 x 7in) Provenance: From a Lincolnshire country house. The Warrener with the greyhound has local areas of wrinkling to the surface and the other has wide drying cracks. Varnish is clear and glossy. Frames have been painted with bronze paint.
Circle of Thomas Churchyard (British, 1798-1865) Rowing boat on a Suffolk river oil on canvas 19 x 24cm (7 x 9in) Lined canvas. Old tear or damage in sky which has been mended and retouched. A few other areas of retouching mainly in the sky. Varnish is clear and even. Loss to frame has been retouched with bronze paint.
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