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Click here to subscribeMid 3rd millennium BC. A ceramic jar with broad discoid foot, conical body, broad domed shoulder, broad neck with rolled rim; bands of red painted geometric ornament. 1.55 kg, 23cm (9"). From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman; from his father's collection formed 1965 - 1990. Fine condition, cracked.
Tang Dynasty, 618-906 AD. A ceramic horse and rider figure on an irregular base, the horse advancing with one foreleg raised, painted bridle and harness detailing, rider in knee-length riding coat and cap, arms held before the chest and fists clenched. 6.1 kg, 53.5cm (21"). Property of a North London gentleman; acquired on the UK art market before 2000; accompanied by original thermoluminescence test certificate no.C119a77 issued by Oxford Authentication Ltd. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Finely modelled, some restoration.
Han Dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD. A ceramic figure of a courtly attendant with short hair, layered robes with V-shaped necklines, hands folded within the bell-shaped sleeves, flared skirt, baggy trousers and rectangular shoes; pigment remaining to head, shoes and neckline; mounted on a custom-made stand. 3.8 kg, 63cm including stand (24 3/4"). Property of a North London gentleman; acquired on the UK art market before 2000; accompanied by original thermoluminescence test certificate no.C119a75 issued by Oxford Authentication Ltd. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Finely modelled, some restoration.
Early 3rd millennium BC. A ground and polished axe-hammer with slightly convex blade, large perforation and flat striking face to the rear. 570 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). Property of a lady living in Kent, UK; formerly part of her grandfather's collection; acquired in Germany after WWII; thence by descent 2006. Corded Ware Culture was prevalent in large areas of Europe from the Rhine to the Volga in the 3rd millennium BC, encompassing the transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age in these areas. Its heartland appears to have been the Central European Plain in the region of modern Germany and Poland, and is largely coterminous with the Single Grave Culture in which burial takes place in a crouched or fetal posture, beneath an earth mound. It is characterised by inclusion in graves of distinctive ceramic vessels decorated by impressing twisted cords into the wet clay. The presence of a flint blade and multiple stone shaft-hole axeheads is typical of the burial rite for northern Europe. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
9th-11th century AD. A group comprising: 117 pieces of silver Islamic dirhems, snapped or cut, and a ceramic pot with flat discoid base, carinated shoulder and rounded rim. 689 grams total, 3-15cm (1 - 6"). Property of a professional collector; acquired before 1990. [118, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD. A ceramic head of Mu Guiying(?) with pillbox headdress, scroll detailing to the sidewall and ribbing to the upper face; remains of red and white pigment to the surface; mounted on a custom-made stand. 8.7 kg, 30.5cm including stand (12"). Property of a North London gentleman; acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Mu Guiying is a heroine of Chinese folklore, who proved as able a warrior as any who opposed her. Finely modelled.
4th-8th century AD. A ceramic flat-based bowl, inscribed in spiral from the bottom inner wall to the rim with Aramaic text. 455 grams, 18cm (7"). From an important French collection formed since the early 1960s. Aramaic incantation bowls are particular to the Sasanian period and have been found in the regions of modern-Iraq. These simple ceramic bowls, also known as magic bowls, each contain an Aramaic inscription, written in ink, which spirals from the centre. The bowls seem to have played an important part in domestic life. For example, during excavation in Nippur in 1889, one or more incantation bowls were found in each house together with domestic artefacts, most often in doorways or under floorboards in the corner of rooms. The bowls are predominantly apotropaic, and the inscriptions tend to protect their owners from misfortunes such as child-birth, illness and evil spirits. Fine condition.
6th-7th century AD. A lead plaque with monogram impression to both sides, with Greek letters; and a ceramic pilgrim token, stamped to one side with bearded figure of a St Simeon Stylites, standing atop a column, robed wearing a pointed hat, flanked by two angles, ladder to the bottom right, incense burner to the bottom left. Cf. British Museum, accession number: 1991,0601.1 for a token with similar design. 23.3 grams total, 22-25.5mm (1"). Property of a Mayfair lady; formerly in an important London collection formed since 1965. The term Stylite or 'pillar-saint' refers to a type of Christian ascetic who lived on top of a column. The first of these was the Saint Simeon Stylites the Elder, possibly represented here, who took up residence atop a column in Syria in AD 423. The practice was adopted across the eastern empire, documented in Greece and the Middle East, but never spread to the western empire. From their column-residence, a stylite would pray, preach, fast and conduct pastoral work. Disciples would bring sustenance with the help of a ladder, depicted on this token. [2] Fine condition.
6th century BC. A large ceramic black-glazed bucchero oinochoe with wide mouth pinched to the front and sieve at the lip; tubular neck with thin collars at junction; shoulder decorated with repeating pattern of scrolling lotus flowers, one with scrolling figure-of-eight pattern; central part of bulbous body delineated by ribs and decorated with a frieze of warriors in helmets and carrying swords and large shields, advancing horses and lotus flowers; applied strap handle decorated with column of lotus flowers within a frame; tall incised triangles to the lower body; wide foot with gusset to the rim. See Perkins, P. Etruscan Bucchero in the British Museum, London, 2007. 2.15 kg, 39cm (15 1/4"). Property of a European gentleman living in London; previously from a German collection formed in the early 1980s. Accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence test certificate no.N117a80 by Oxford Authentication Ltd. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Fair condition.
6th-4th century BC. A ceramic black-figure oinochoe ewer with flared foot, bulbous body, tubular neck with trefoil lip, strap handle flanked by spurs at the rim; band of apotropaic eye, heart and roundel motifs to the shoulder above a broader band of palmettes; attributed to the school of the Micali painter, ca. 520 - 500 BC. 977 grams, 28cm (11"). From a Belgian private collection formed in the 1980s. Fine condition.
Tang Dynasty, 618-906 AD. A pair of ceramic polo player figurines on custom-made stands comprising: one in active pose with horse's legs extended, mouth open, painted bridle and harness detailing, rider with red ankle-length tunic, body erect, hands clenched to hold reins and mallet, moulded saddle and stirrups; one similar with green tunic, body angled forward. 8.3 kg total, 47 cm height including stand (18 1/2"). From a private UK collection, acquired on the London art market 1990-2000; accompanied by original thermoluminescence test certificate no.C119a78 issued by Oxford Authentication Ltd. for one of the figures. [2] Finely modelled, some restoration.
3rd-1st century BC. An elliptical white ceramic inset within a gold frame with chevron filigree border and an enclosing zig-zag edge; two suspension loops to the reverse. 13.5 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). Property of a European businessman; formerly in a Belgium collection; previously from an old German collection. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Early 1st millennium BC. A staff comprising a hollow alabaster shaft with ceramic terminals; lower end conical in shape with concave base, upper end with rounded shoulder, narrow neck and wide flat rim open to reveal hollow shaft. Shamash, also known in the Sumerian tradition as Utu, was the Babylonian/Assyrian god of the sun and divine justice and held a central position in the Mesopotamian pantheon. Shamash was the judge of both heaven and earth and, at night, of the underworld. According to legend, Shamash handed over the code of laws to the Babylonian king Hammurabi, the sixth king of Babylonian king. These laws have survived on a stele, now in the Louvre museum including a depiction of the transaction. The god is usually depicted seated upon a throne holding the symbols of justice and righteousness, the staff and the ring. 320 grams, 38cm (15"). From the private collection of a North West London lady; previously with a central London gallery; formerly acquired before 1990. Very fine condition.
Late 14th-early 15th century AD. An assemblage comprising: a ceramic vessel with flat base, high shoulder and everted rim; and a group of silver Prague Groschen coins from the reign of Wenceslaus IV the King of Bohemia (1378-1419 AD"). 1.85 kg total, 2.3-13cm (1 - 5"). From the family collection of a South East London collector; formerly acquired in the late 1950s. [500+/-] Fine condition.
A miscellaneous lot to include a small Georgian style mahogany wine table with inlaid detail and tripod supports, toilet mirror, ceramic elephant garden seat, vintage wooden toy train, possibly Tri-ang, with weathered paint work, a small gilt wood wall bracket with scrolling acanthus detail and a bagatelle
A 19th century mahogany drop leaf dining table of rectangular form with moulded outline raised on four turned and partially reeded legs with brass caps and brown ceramic castors, together with a 19th century mahogany toilet mirror of rectangular form with swept and scrolled supports and platform base (2)
A 19th century terracotta charger with painted decoration of a bird at its nest amongst brambles, painted monogram to reverse SV? with numbers 49, 36 cm diameter approx, together with a pair of late 19th century continental vases with applied figures of male and female characters, a pair of Royal Albert ceramic shoes in the Moonlight Rose pattern and a pair of coloured miniature portrait prints in glazed box frames
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