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Click here to subscribeNeolithic, 3rd millennium BC. A ceramic vase with narrow base, biconical body, short tubular neck with everted rim, two loop handles to the equator; the upper body painted with linear chevrons in red and brown pigment, swags beneath and discoid panels with hatched grids. 2.6 kg, 27cm (10 1/2"). Private collection, North London; acquired in the early 1980s. Fine condition.
3rd century BC. A broad ceramic oinochoe with pedestal foot, ribbed strap handle and trefoil lip; the shoulder with running wave pattern, laurel wreath to the body, radiating strokes to the lip. 660 grams, 29.5cm (11 1/2"). From the estate of a deceased north country collector; acquired over a 30 year period from the early 1970s. Fine condition.
4th century BC. A miniature ceramic blackware oinochoe with fluted body, waisted neck, pedestal foot, pinched trefoil rim and strap handle to the rear; the shoulder with a band of ochre wave ornament, two white bands above. 111 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). From the estate of a deceased north country collector; acquired over a 30 year period from the early 1970s. Fine condition, handle repaired, some repainting.
4th century BC. A ceramic blackware bowl with pedestal foot, ochre-coloured painted loop motifs, panel of ivy leaf tendrils with wavy lines and roundels in red, white and ochre, to the reverse a white laurel leaf band. 154 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). From the estate of a deceased north country collector; acquired over a 30 year period from the early 1970s. Fine condition.
4th century BC. A ceramic blackware kylix with low pedestal foot, broad bowl, two square handles; to the exterior, two painted laurel leaf fronds; to the interior, a circular laurel leaf frond and palmette design to the centre. 171 grams, 20cm (8"). From the estate of a deceased north country collector; acquired over a 30 year period from the early 1970s. Fine condition.
4th century BC. A ceramic Magna Graecia blackware juglet with rounded shoulder, short neck, everted rim, bifid strap handle to the rear; two bands of painted detail to the body, zigzags over theta roundels, radiating strokes to the shoulder. 75 grams, 79mm (3 1/4"). From the estate of a deceased north country collector; acquired over a 30 year period from the early 1970s. Fine condition.
1st-3rd century AD. A mixed group of discoid ceramic theatre tokens or seals with impressed motifs from intaglio matrices, many with void formed by the organic thread, comprising: two profile heads with radiate crown (Sol Invictus?); two with male profile bust; one with bearded male profile bust; one with profile female bust; one with opposed male busts; one standing male with cloak and amphora; one with two standing female figures; one with seated figure raising on hand. 20 grams total, 15-23mm (1/2 - 1"). Ex Hiller collection; by descent 1976. [10] Fine condition.
1st-4th century AD. A mixed group of artefacts comprising: a ceramic creamware pot base with old label 'From the ruins of Carthage 28/11/03'; a ceramic bell-shaped tube with old label 'Carthage 1905'; a Roman terracotta bust of Venus with dished panel to the reverse, supplied with a stand; a Roman bone knife handle fitting, scrolls to the sides and bare-chested female to the front, pierced to the reverse. 386 grams including stand, 3-14.5cm (1 - 5 3/4"). From an early 19th century collection; with old dealer tickets. [4] Mainly fine condition.
9th-12th century AD. A matched pair of ceramic plaques, each heater-shaped with band of raised pellets to the upper edge above a facing gorgon mask, beaded border and knop to the apex. 7.13 grams total, 35-40mm (1 1/2 - 1 3/4"). Property of a lady; acquired in the late 1970s on the London art market. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition, both chipped.
9th-11th century AD. A hollow-formed onion-shaped ceramic vessel with raised dome and central hole to the top, row of stamped quatrefoils to the shoulder, bands of circumferential ribbing to the body, conical base. 809 grams, 15cm (6"). Private collection, North London; acquired in the early 1980s. Fine condition, small crack to shoulder.
9th-11th century AD. A hollow-formed onion-shaped ceramic vessel with raised dome and central hole to the top, bands of vertical piriform bulbs on a textured field to the body, conical base. 906 grams, 16.5cm (6 1/2"). From an important London collection, acquired in the 1970s. Fine condition.
Neolithic, 6th-5th millennium BC. A greyware ceramic figurine modelled in squatting posture with arms to the chest; incised linear details to the collar, arms and shoulders; hollow with tubular neck. For a discussion on Vinca art and culture see, Gimbutas, M. The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe: Myths and Cult Images, London, 1996. 328 grams, 77mm (3"). From an old European collection; acquired before 1985. Fine condition; old repair.
1000-1470 AD. A ceramic vessel with flat base and globular body, elliptical in plan, tubular neck; the upper body with four panels with reserved designs of figures in bird costume. 770 grams, 23cm (9"). From an old private collection; acquired before 1990. The Chimú built a capital at Chan Chan, just north of Trujillo. Chan Chan is the largest pre-Columbian city in Peru, covering about 20 sq km, and is estimated to have housed about 50,000 people. Gone, for the most part, is the technique of painting pots. Instead, they were fired by a simpler method than that used by the Moche, producing the typical blackware seen in many Chimú pottery collections. Despite its poorer quality, this pottery still shows us life in the Chimú kingdom. Although the quality of the ceramics declined, metallurgy developed and various alloys, including bronze, were worked. The Chimú were also exceptionally fine goldsmiths. It is as an urban society that the Chimú are best remembered. Their huge capital contained approximately 10,000 dwellings of varying quality and importance. Buildings were decorated with friezes, the designs moulded into the mud walls, and the more important areas were layered with precious metals. There were storage bins for food and other products from their empire, which stretched along the coast from the Gulf of Guayaquil to Chancay. There were huge walk-in wells, canals, workshops and temples. The royal dead were buried in mounds with a wealth of funerary offerings. The Chimú had a highly organised society - it must have been to have built and supported a city such as Chan Chan. Chimor was conquered by the Incas 50 years before the arrival of the Spanish, so there were plenty of survivors from pre-Inca times to dictate the particulars of daily life before the conquest by Inca Tupac Inca Yupanqui. Chimor grew out of the remnants of the Moche culture. Very fine condition.
19th century AD. A square glazed ceramic wall tile with brown border, heater shield with splayed eagle on a blue field, rosette on each wing, scroll with script 'Tangermünde' beneath; socket to the reverse at the lower edge. 280 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent, 1972. Tangermünde is a town on the Elbe River in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formerly a member of the Hanseatic League but after its castle was destroyed in the Thirty Years War, its importance waned. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
A Victorian inlaid figured walnut whatnot, the rectangular top with turned finials and pierced gallery sides, decorated with leaf scrolls and stringing, raised on turned, fluted and acanthus carved supports, the undertier with matching decoration, an inlaid glazed panel door under enclosing lined shelving, flanked further turned supports, raised on turned legs terminating in ceramic castors, 26 x 16 1/2 x 43in. high. See illustration
A Victorian burr walnut work table, the hinged rounded rectangular top inlaid with ebony, boxwood scrolling design and stringing opening to reveal fitted interior, the frieze and drop box with further inlay, raised on turned tapering supports and acanthus carved scrolling legs joined by turned stretcher, terminating in ceramic castors, 24 x 16 x 27in. high.
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