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Lot 113
Three Oriental carved ivory tusks of differing sizes decorated with figures in landscape, elephant in reserved panel and foliate designs. (3) CONDITION REPORT: The largest tusk whilst heavily discoloured shows no serious damage, middle sized elephant decorated tusk again is discoloured but showing no significant damage or losses, the smaller tusk is badly cracked, very dry, old stapled repairs.
Lot 184
19th Century carved ivory cylindrical box and cover with carved and moulded decoration and painted portrait panel depicting Marie Antoinette. CONDITION REPORT: Although grubby, the box itself in good cond overall. Top layer of lid is detached from main part of lid and badly damaged/split/losses. Main lid has evidence of glue on it.
Lot 180
1st-3rd century AD. A gold ring with wide shank and raised bezel holding a green glass intaglio engraved with the image of Athena Parthenos standing with shield and spear in left hand, right arm extended and holding a small figure of Nike. 2.89 grams, 17.16mm overall, 16.10mm internal diameter (approximate ring size L British; 5 1/2 USA; 51 3/4 Europe; 10 Japan) (3/4"). From a private German collection. The statue of Athena Parthenos (Athena the Virgin) was created by the celebrated sculptor Phidias in 477 BC and was one of the most famous statues of the Classical world. It stood in the new temple to the goddess that had been built on the Acropolis of Athens as a thank offering to the goddess after the victory of the Greeks over the Persians. The statue was made from ivory and gold and is believed to have stood at 12.8m tall. The statue was an object of veneration in the temple for almost a thousand years until it was removed in the fifth century AD and taken to Constantinople where it was eventually destroyed during rioting in the tenth century. Fine condition.
Lot 1871
Late 19th century AD. A carved ivory rook chessman formed in three sections and secured with a brass stud to the top; the body carved with tiers and an arcade, inset gallery and overhanging dome. 51 grams, 71mm (2 3/4"). 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] Very fine condition.
Lot 1955
Late 19th-very early 20th century AD. A mixed group of carved ivory netsuke figurines comprising: a standing robed figure holding a staff, wearing a tight-fitting cap, one eye bulging and the other closed; a standing figure in loose jacket and trousers, both hands resting on the head of a swaddled baby; an elderly figure crouching, holding up a disc mirror(?) with image of a cat(?) on a tiled floor. 44 grams, 31-48mm (1 1/4 - 2"). 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. [3, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 1956
19th century AD. A carved ivory figurine of Buddha wearing an open-fronted jacket, sitting with the left hand on the raised left knee, string of beads with a pendant in the right hand. 42 grams, 44mm (1 3/4"). 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] Very fine condition.
Lot 1958
19th century AD. A mixed group comprising: a square-section ivory chop seal with domed top and a small magnetic compass set in one side (with cardinal points in Chinese characters), the square face showing four Chinese characters in reserve; a 'house'-shaped ivory chop seal, the top carved with two addorsed human-headed fish and pierced for suspension, the rectangular face with incuse two columns of four stylised Chinese characters; a cylindrical boxwood chop seal, with circular face showing three Chinese characters in reserve; all three with red ink residue to the seal surfaces from use. 29 grams total, 28-30mm long (seal faces 13-27mm) (1 (1/2 - 1)"). 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. [3, No Reserve] Very fine condition.
Lot 2134
2nd century BC. A slender two-edged iron sword within its iron scabbard; the blade, visible within the open sides of the scabbard, lentoid in section and tapering towards the tip, with scooped shoulders and broad flat-section tang; the scabbard with scooped mouth, applied U-section strip to each long edge, held by pairs of lateral clips at the mouth and close to the lower end; the chape formed as a waisted extension with trefoil finial, raised lateral bulbs to the upper face and raised border; to the reverse, two domed studs in circular frames connected by a transverse bar; below the mouth, a strap-slider with arched bow and leaf-shaped panels. 762 grams, 73.5cm (28 3/4"). From an important London collection, acquired in the 1970s. Cf. Fox, Sir C. A Find of the Early Iron Age from Llyn Cerig Bach, Anglesey, Cardiff, 1994, item 92 for the type and item 1 for the scooped mouth; Stead, I. The Gauls. Celtic Antiquities from France, London, n.d., item 86; Rapin, A. L'Armement du Guerrier Celte au 2e Age du Fer, in L'Art Celtique en Gaule, Collections des Musées de Province (1983-1984), plate 5. The sword is held fast within its original iron scabbard, with a slider to the outer face for attachment to the belt at the waist or a baldric over the right shoulder. The hilt fittings would have been made from an organic material: bone, ivory, antler or wood. Fine condition.
Lot 872
Late 18th-early 19th century AD. A thin leaf of ivory curving from the shape of the original tusk and squared at either end, finely painted with a scene entitled, in Hebrew, 'Akeda Yitzchak' (The Binding of Isaac) showing Abraham in a rocky and wooded landscape, throwing away a dagger and standing before an altar on which his son Isaac kneels, with hands tied behind his back; above both figures is an angel who points to a goat at the bottom lower right of the scene; next to the goat is a red coloured garment and a pot with flames coming out of the top; to the bottom of the scene is the Hebrew inscription ?????????, ???-????????? ?????? ???-????????, ?????-??????? ???, ???????? from Genesis 22.12 (Lay not thy hand upon the boy, neither do thou any thing unto him); an artist signature 'Karbasi' is below; of Middle Eastern workmanship. 55 grams, 29cm (11 1/2"). Property of an American collector; acquired Europe 1970s-1990s. Very fine condition. Rare.
Lot 89
Late Period, 664-332 BC. A carved bone figure of a nude female with arched back, hands clasped on the groin, hair dressed in a chignon. 3.25 grams, 52mm (2"). From an early 20th century collection. The shape of this piece indicates that the lower legs were held in the hands so that the figure arches upwards into a straight pose. This is very similar to Egyptian ivory and bone wands that were used in birthing rituals to aid the mother and unborn child at this difficult and dangerous time. A number of bone and ivory female figures have been found in domestic contexts at sites across Egypt and an apotropaic role would be the most obvious as many have been found close to household shrines associated with birthing rituals. Fine condition.
Lot 996
Late 19th century AD. A mixed group comprising: a small desk seal with turned and carved three-piece ivory handle, with gilt metal circular wafer seal face; a silver desk seal with ivory 'knife' handle, octagonal seal face with incuse initial 'C', with English hallmarks for Chester, 1916; a desk seal with tapered round ivory handle and attached silver ring ornaments, the oval brass seal face with incuse initials 'JN' in ornate capitals; a desk seal with baluster turned two-piece ivory handle (the head hollowed with screw thread), oval brass seal face with incuse initials 'IS' in script. 99 grams, 53-95mm long (seal faces 9-19mm) (2 - 3 3/4 (1/2 - 3/4)"). 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. [4, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 110
GEORGE IV FLAME CUT MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE OF SMALL PROPORTIONS, the architectural cornice above a pair of six panel astragal glazed cupboard doors, enclosing two adjustable shelves to the interior, the advanced lower section with moulded oblong top above a fall front frieze drawer, fitted with gilt tooled purple leather writing surface, pigeon holes and tuned ivory knobs to the four short drawers (one knob missing), oval three long graduated and cockbeaded drawers, fitted with brass handles with oval, embossed back-plates, flanked by acanthus capped scroll uprights and raised on tall bracket feet, 81" (205.8cm) high, 37" x 21" (94cm x 53.3cm)
Lot 221
SILVER AND TUSKS - a collection of miscellaneous silver items to include x2 ladles/spoons (184g) hallmarked Sheffield, a silver ceremonial trowel marked Sheffield JD&S with an ivory handle (230g), an asparagus tong marked EM 800, an electroplate crumb pan with an ivory handle marked RM Sheffield.
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