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Lot 61
1st-3rd century AD. A sheet-bronze rectangular lock plate with L-shaped piercing for a large key and two at the corners to accept rivets; three hollow bosses to the frontal face and human heads in Phrygian caps modelled in the half-round. 31 grams, 73mm (3"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1980. [No Reserve]
Lot 11
2nd-3rd century AD. A pentagonal bronze mount, hollow to the reverse, with male face modelled in the half-round, curly hair, pellet eyes, moustache and parted lips. 7.35 grams, 28mm (1"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. Cf. Franceschi, G., Jorn, A. & Magnus, B. Mennesker, Guder og Masker i Nordisk Jernalderkunst, vol.1, Borgen, 2005, item 56. [No Reserve]
Lot 90
18th-19th century AD. A mixed group comprising: a hollow-formed bronze Buddhist figurine; a silver shoe-buckle; a silver toggle with plume ornament; a filigree leaf brooch; a lead discoid seal with birds and pellets. 102 grams total, 19-61mm (3/4 - 2 1/2"). Property of a Hertfordshire gentleman; found Ware, Hertfordshire, UK. [No Reserve]
Lot 426
. An undated archaistic hollow-cast bronze incense burner of a standing cat with openwork to the body, hips and shoulders; hinged head with openwork neck. 887 grams, 17.5cm (7"). London private collection, acquired 1985-1995. Trade with incense was an important source of income for the Arabs from ancient times, and this substance for “improving the air” was also used by the Muslims. A number of incense burners were designed as animals, with lions found most frequently. [No Reserve]
Lot 292
20th century AD. A bronze sceptre modelled on the vajra with median bulb and lotus-flower sockets, cage to each end formed with stylised serpent-heads, conical finials 280 grams, 18.5cm (7 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1996. A Vajra with four points is fairly uncommon and symbolizes the four events in the Buddha's life which are his renunciation, enlightenment, teaching and finally his passing into Nirvana.
Lot 62
10th-12th century AD. A mixed bronze group comprising: a ribbed rectangular mount with loop above, two hooks below, two attachment pins to the reverse; a mount with pierced trefoil head, two hooks with beast-head finials; two plaques, each a lentoid-section bar with returned beast-head finials, median scroll with central piercing, 17 grams total, 31-36mm (1 1/4 - 1 1/2"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate XXX, item 4. [No Reserve]
Lot 370
Early to mid 20th century AD. A bronze tea caddy standing on four elephant heads; central panel with phoenix flying, side panels with abstract coral design; lid with panels of flowers; side handles in the shape of dragons. 509 grams; 13cm (5"). Property of a North East Essex collector; acquired in the 1980s. [No Reserve]
Lot 91
9th-11th century AD. A mixed group of bronze items comprising: a Roman piriform strap end fragment with standing figure modelled in low relief; a 9th century Anglo-Saxon dragon-head mount with lug to the reverse; a dress pin with collar and domed head; an 11th century Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup mount of Williams's Class A Type 7 with two piercings at the lower edge and ledge to the reverse. 24 grams total, 26-43mm (1 - 1 3/4"). Found Essex, UK. For the stirrup mount see Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, fig.31. [No Reserve]
Lot 114
12th-18th century AD. A mixed group comprising: an iron key fragment with bitted blade and nibbed end; a large iron key fragment with bitted blade and barrel shaft; a bronze thimble ring with pecked exterior; a bronze conical crucible or miniature vessel; two iron socketted arrowheads; an iron leaf-shaped arrowhead with tang; a bronze bodkin needle; a pair of iron sprung shears; four iron prick spur fragments; a bronze stamp seal with loop design and legend 'FRANZ KRAUZE'; a discoid iron tag with 'BD' stamped in four places, central double-headed eagle; an octagonal iron tag with 'HF' and '22', central double-headed eagle. 457 grams total, 1.5-19.5cm (1/2 - 7 3/4"). From a private European collection; formed in the 1980s. [No Reserve]
Lot 227
20th century AD. A mixed group of items comprising: an early 20th century vase and dish with metallic copper-lustre geometric designs, the dish incorporating 'GM' to the centre, blue Cantagalli rooster mark and 'File 3 / Italy' to the underside; a black lacquered trinket box with hinged lid, female portrait; a Russian painted egg with church domes amid trees, lacquered, with stand; an Indian bronze toy horseman on stand; an onyx trinket box with lid, fretwork to the sides and border, flower design with nacre and stone inlay to the lid. 497 grams total, 9.5-15cm (3 3/4 - 6"). Property of an Essex collector; acquired in UK, 1980s-2000. [No Reserve]
Lot 152
Late 19th century AD. A hollow-formed bronze figure of a youth standing in loincloth, with right arm extended and left arm bent, weight on the flexed right leg; hands pierced to accept the reins of a horse(?); mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.1 kg, 21.5cm (8 1/2"). From the Ellis collection; acquired on the London art market. [No Reserve]
Lot 73
2nd century AD. A flat-section bronze disc brooch with notched outer edge, central ring-and-dot and six radiating arms; hinged pin and catchplate to the reverse. 12 grams, 35mm (1 1/2"). From a Cornish private collection, acquired on the UK art market. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1626.
Lot 65
1st century BC-6th century AD. A mixed group of detector finds comprising: twelve bow brooch fragments, two with pin in situ; two bronze finger rings; a domed plate brooch; twenty-eight bronze coins of various types; a pierced coin used as a pendant; a La Tène III brooch; a gilt-bronze Saxon small-long brooch. 113 grams total, 9-44mm (1/4 - 1 3/4"). Property of an Essex collector; acquired 1970s. [No Reserve]
Lot 363
19th-20th century AD. A bronze figure of the Medicine Buddha sat in meditation on a lotus base, left hand on lap and holding bowl; right hand touching the earth; hair arranged in tight curls; robe covering left shoulder and decorated with scrolling plant motif. 1.6 kg; 23cm (9"). Property of a North East Essex collector; acquired in the 1980s. [No Reserve]
Lot 484
. A mixed group of undated archaistic bronze discoid mirrors with one polished face, central pierced lug to the reverse: one with band of fish, one with frogs and fruit, one with band of text. 224 grams total, 36-91mm (1 1/2 - 3 3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1996. [No Reserve]
Lot 126
1st century AD and later. A mixed group of artefacts of various dates comprising: a crotal bell; four bullet heads; five buckle frames; a strap-end; five white metal buttons and eight others; a large Roman coin; six milled coins; eight lead shots; a lead toy horse; two Roman brooches; a lead weight; a lead spindlewhorl; a polyhedral lead weight; nineteen hammered coins; two bronze nails; a bronze mount; nine other fittings; five ceramic vessel bases; a ceramic spindlewhorl; six handle fragments; a Samian ware figural fragment; fifteen fragments of ceramic rim and wall. 1.9 kg, crotal bell: 31 mm (1 1/4"). Private UK collection, by descent from the vendor's father, who formed his collection in the 1970s-1980s. [No Reserve]
Lot 47
18th-20th century AD. A group of one suilver, and two bronze, rings consisting of: a silver ring with narrowing shank, bezel inlaid in enamel with abstract design; a bronze ring with narrow shank with volutes adjoing the bezel which is set with a green glass bead; a bronze ring with slightly narrowing shank and wide bezel on which is an eagle stood on a globe with volutes to either side and a heart shape beneath. 18 grams total; silver ring: 18.30mm overall, 17.38mm internal dimensions, (approximate size, British O; USA 7; Europe 55 1/4; Japan 14); ring with green glass: 23.07mm overall, 22.58mm internal dimensions, (approximate size, British Z + 1.5; USA 13.5; Europe 68 3/4; Japan 27); ring with eagle: 25.50mm overall, 22.36 internal dimensions (approximate size, British Z + 1; USA 13; Europe 68 3/4; Japan 27"). ("). Property of a professional; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s. [No Reserve]
Lot 46
3rd-4th century AD. A mixed group of bronze items comprising: a crossbow brooch with three onion-shaped terminals, hinged pin, catchplate to the rear of the footplate; a hollow-cast omega-shaped handle, possibly a helmet carrying handle; a round-section penannular bracelet with opposed ram's head finials. 80 grams total, 53-78mm (2 - 3"). Property of an Essex collector; acquired 1970s. [No Reserve]
Lot 487
. An undated archaistic bronze rosette mirror with one polished face, central pierced lug to the reverse surrounded by a frieze of galloping horses and standing birds, scrolled tendrils to the border. 508 grams, 15cm (6"). Private collection, West London, UK; acquired in the 1990s. [No Reserve]
Lot 203
Early 20th century AD. A mixed group of bronze stamps comprising: four discoid with six-pointed star motif; four square with rows of text, the largest with rosettes and symbols; nine scaphoid with spirals, concentric circles and lozenges; each with cage and knop handle to the reverse; many with traces of pigment in the stamp. 332 grams total, 18-56mm (3/4 - 2 1/4"). Property of a Warwickshire gentleman; formerly in the private collection of the famous actor Leslie Phillips; acquired 1950-1960. Born in 1924 in London, Leslie Phillips attended the Italia Conti Academy where he developed the slightly affected accent which became his trademark. He usually played a roguish, suave charmer, and also enjoyed successful comic roles in the early Carry On films and on radio’s The Navy Lark. He has appeared in more than fifty films, plays and TV series spanning six decades; and recently gained new fans through his appearances in the Harry Potter films. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours; promoted to Commander (CBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours. [No Reserve]
Lot 313
20th century AD. A bronze figurine of Pancha Ganesh seated on a rectangular dais with a serpent to each side, nimbus to the rear, five heads each with a tiered headdress, right hand raised in the gesture of reassurance, left hand holding a a symbol. 785 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Acquired on the London art market before 1995. Pancha Genesha is a Tantric form of the popular Hindu god who removes obstacles; the heads representing the five levels of consciousness that a devotee must go through to attain enlightenment.
Lot 99
Early 20th century AD. A matched pair of bronze vessels, each a segmented body with flared base, tall collared neck, domed lid with knop finial; incised dancing girls to the body, foliage and geometric designs. 759 grams total, 22.5cm (9"). Property of an Essex collector; acquired in UK, 1980s-2000. [No Reserve]
Lot 309
19th-20th century AD. A pair of bronze hinged betel-nut cutters comprising: one with ribbed collars to the arms and blade-guides, slender arms with knop finials; one with bone scales to the arms. 238 grams total, 14.5-16.5cm (5 3/4 - 6 1/2"). Property of an Essex collector; acquired in UK, 1980s-2000. [No Reserve]
Lot 17
2nd century AD. A bronze discoid plate brooch with six radiating lobes to the outer edge, central knop, hinged pin and catchplate to the reverse; the lobes each with an enamel roundel, radiating enamel panels to the face and knop. 13 grams, 34mm (1 1/4"). Property of a Bath, England collector; acquired in England, 1970s. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1419. [No Reserve]
Lot 168
19th century AD. A katana with steel single-edged blade, brass bolster, bone hilt carved with robed figures in a landscape, bone scabbard with similar ornament and four bronze bands with leaf-ornament discs, bronze chape. 841 grams, 83cm (32 3/4"). Ex Sutherland collection, London, UK. Cf. Withers, H.J.S. Encyclopedia of Swords and Sabres, Wigston, 2011, p.212-3. [No Reserve]
Lot 337
19th-early 20th century AD. A substantial bronze urn with three stub feet, waisted neck, flat rim, two loop handles to the shoulders, square stamped mark to the underside; a domed stand with three radiating petals to the upper face, central boss, three scrolled feet. 4.9kg total, 19.5cm including stand (7 3/4"). Property of Kent, UK lady; by inheritance. [No Reserve]
Lot 48
8th-7th century BC. A bronze bow brooch comprising a pelta-shaped plaque with vertical ribbing, remains of catchplate to the lower edge, rod with coiled spring at each end, five cusped rings. 91 grams, 89mm (3 1/2"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 712. [No Reserve]
Lot 600
. An undated archaistic bronze rosette mirror with one polished face, central pierced lug to the reverse, with inner frieze of birds in a landscape, outer frieze of quadrupeds and birds with foliage. 433 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1996. [No Reserve]
Lot 525
20th century AD. A hollow-cast bronze vessel known as a Bhumba, with flared lotus-flower base, piriform body, broad neck with beaded rim, spout formed as a beast-head and loop handle formed as the tail; tiered lid with beaded rim and knop handle; panel to one broad face with seated figure in a woodland setting with stag and ewer, to the other face a similar panel with an elephant, monkey bird and cross-legged figure. 835 grams, 21cm (8 1/4"). From a central London collection formed between 1990-2000. [No Reserve]
Lot 295
20th century AD. A bronze sceptre modelled on the vajra with median bulb and lotus-flower sockets, cage to each end formed with serpent-heads, biconical finials. 685 grams, 25.5cm (10"). Private collection, West London, UK; acquired in the 1990s. The thunderbolt emblem first appeared in Indian Buddhism as a symbol of Vajrapani, the special protector of the Buddha, but it predates Buddhism and is found as the weapon of various Hindu deities such as Indra and Shiva. The Vajra symbolizes indestructibility and overwhelming power. In Tibetan the Vajra is called Dorje meaning diamond and represents the diamond-hard quality of the Buddha's mind. A Vajra with five points represents the five elements and the five sorts if wisdom.
Lot 268
19th-20th century AD. An archaistic bronze figurine of Buddha seated cross-legged on a lotus-flower base, with the right hand resting on the knee, left hand supporting an alms bowl, loosely draped robe and headdress of coils; hollow to the underside. 847 grams, 19.5cm (7 3/4"). Acquired on the London art market before 1995.
Lot 64
1st-20th century AD. A quantity of detector finds and other items including pre-decimal coinage, buckles, lead weights, a lead spindlewhorl, a finger ring with intaglio seal matrix, a stamp seal matrix, a buckle loop and plate, a repoussé plaque with cross of St. John, a gilt-bronze plaque, a seal matrix with intaglio seahorse, a military cap badge, an iron knife blade, thimbles, trade tokens, buttons and other items. 2.2kg total, 1-10cm (1/2 - 4"). Property of an Essex collector; acquired 1970s. [No Reserve]
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