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Click here to subscribe2 Pelham Puppets. Policeman (SM6). In dark blue uniform with helmet holding his truncheon. In a late style window box, minor wear/creasing. Puppet VGC-Mint. Plus Sally Mc Boozal. In full Scottish dress with kilt, jacket and red/white bonnet. In a yellow picture box, name written on one end. some wear overall. Puppet VGC-Mint £30-50
A & SH Kilt and Trews regimental tartan, pleated kilt. The top secured by three leather straps and blackened buckles. Inner issue label “Kilt No 1 1957 Pattern. A & SH & Pipers”. Clean condition ... Pair of regimental pattern, tartan trews. Inner issue label, 1962 pattern dated “1965”. 2 items.
Gordon Highlanders Other Ranks Khaki Drill Doublet and Kilt khaki drill, single breasted, high, turn over collar doublet. Pleated chest pockets with buttoned flaps. Left arm with brass, Piper’s badge on a tartan backing. Brass Gordon shoulder titles. Brass regimental buttons. Inner label worn ... Post war, regimental tartan, pleated kilt. The top secured by three leather straps and blackened buckles. Internal, modern, issue label. 2 items.
An Egyptian limestone relief Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty - First Intermediate Period, circa 2300-1987 B.C.The rectangular panel carved in low relief depicting a man facing to the right and holding a staff in his raised left hand, a sceptre in his lowered right hand, wearing a kilt and a panther-skin cloak, a broad collar, short false beard and rounded wig, offerings before him, text preserved in sunken relief above his head, with remains of red and black pigment overall, 55.9cm x 40.6cmFootnotes:Provenance:Anonymous sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 13 December 1979, lot 68. Private collection.The Jacob collection, Switzerland.Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Egyptian granite triad relief fragment Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, circa 1976-1793 B.C.The round-topped fragment carved in high relief, with a central male figure wearing a typical kilt tied at the waist, the upper torso nude, flanked on each side by a female wearing a closely-fitted tunic and full wig with Hathoric curls, 18cm diam., 13.7cm highFootnotes:Provenance:with Galerie Günther Puhze, Freiburg. Private collection, Hamburg, acquired from the above in 1984; and thence by descent to the present owner.For similar, see a limestone group at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, acc. no. 22.349, and a granodiorite group statue of Ukhhotep II, two of his wives, and his daughter in basalt at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acc. no. 1973.87. It can be presumed that the present lot depicts three family members, though their exact relationships to each other are unknown due to the lack of identifying inscription. The central position of the male indicates his elevated status over his female relations, and he wears the diagonally-trimmed shoulder-length wig fashionable among high officials of the 12th Dynasty.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Egyptian limestone round-topped stele New Kingdom, circa 1550-1070 B.C.The stele carved in shallow sunken relief with a Hathor head surmounted by a naos, serving as a sistrum fetish of the goddess, all above a conical support, an adorant male figure standing to the right with arms upraised in adoration, wearing a short wig and long kilt with large apron, the remains of a female figure, likely his wife, behind him, with three columns of inscription above reading: '[Hathor] Nebhetepet, the lady of heaven, for the ka of Hathor, Nebhetepet', the third column with traces of the owner's name, 'Neferrenpet(?)', 28.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, England, acquired in Switzerland in the 1960s. G. Michaelides (1900-1973) collection. Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 5 October 2011, lot 20. Private collection, Hamburg, acquired from the above sale.Nebhetep(et) was a composite goddess amalgamating a local Heliopolitan goddess with the great goddess Hathor, known from the New Kingdom onwards. For more, see J. Vandier, 'Iousâas et (Hathor)-Nébet-Hétépet', Revue d'Égyptologie 16-18, 1964-1966, p. 83, ill. pl.5 no 1, but incorrectly captioned.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Egyptian blue glazed composition overseer shabti for Mahuhotep New Kingdom, 19th-20th Dynasty, circa 1295-1070 B.C.Wearing tripartite wig, broad collar and characteristic kilt, holding agricultural implements in his crossed hands, a single column of text running down the kilt, painted details in black, 12.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance: Joseph Klein collection, formed in New York between 1941 and 1980; and thence by descent.Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 8 May 2013, lot 131 (part lot). Private collection, UK, acquired from the above sale.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large Egyptian turquoise glazed composition amulet of Nefertum Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.Nefertum depicted striding forward, his hands held to his sides, wearing a short, pleated, belted kilt, a striated tripartite wig fronted by a uraeus, a plaited false beard and a characteristic plumed lotus-form menat-flanked headdress, ridged suspension loop behind, 11.4cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1988, lot 25. Mr Jean Thomassen collection, Netherlands. Private collection, Europe, acquired November 1996 from the above.Published:C.A.R. Andrews and J. van Dijk (ed.), Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, p. 236-7, no. 3.50.For similar, see W.M. Flinders Petrie, Amulets, London, 1914, pl. XLVI, no, 175b. Nefertum had a particularly close association with Lower Egypt, and alongside Ptah and Sekhmet formed the divine family of Memphis. In one creation myth, the god emerged from the sweetly-smelling blue lotus while it was floating on Nun, the primeval waters; one of the spells in the Book of the Dead hails Nefertum as 'He who is the pure lotus which springs from the nostrils of Re'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Scots Guards and Irish Guards Pipers Kilt Pins, the scots guards example being hallmarked silver (Birmingham 1981), Irish Guards example is silver (not hallmarked). Accompanied by a unknown pouch badge in the form of a rayed star backing with EIIR Royal Arms to the centre, backing looks older than centre. (3 items)
A Pre-Columbian Veracruz, Sonriente smiling figure, 400-700AD, depicting a baby, with a scroll design on hat, above a geometric decorated band around the chest, depicted standing and wearing a kilt, and rising on a custom stand, 17"h Provenance: Ex prominent Woodside CA estate, Ex Ron Messick Fine Arts, Santa Fe NM
Early 20th Century Steiff Felt Scottish Soldier Doll, with centre seam to face, blond hair, felt ears (no Steiff tag), wearing a cotton tartan kilt, mustard coloured felt jacket, with brown leatherette belt, two keys to the top pocket, shaped felt legs with black shoes, felt gaiters with tartan mounts, black hat with tartan trim (a.f.) 35.5cm; Circa 1930s Lenci Felt Jointed Doll, wearing a white felt dress with scalloped hem and appliqued with coloured felt petals and large blue bow to the reverse, matching shoes, wearing a large yellow felt and blue trimmed sun hat, painted side glancing eyes and light brown wig, 40cm (a.f.) (2) . Steiff solider - numerous small holes overall, stitched repairs to jacket, gaiters, shoulders, left thumb and to the centre seam on the back, wig very worn, and some discolouration. Lenci doll - quite discoloured and grubby overall, some damage to the hem of hte dress, and blue bow. Couple of holes to the face and two brown spot marks to her forehead. Hat has faded and discoloured several holes to the hat, some paint flakes to the the eyes and lips.
Circa 1900-1960s Assorted Costume and Accessories, including a 1940s wedding dress, printed cotton dresses and housecoats, gentleman's tail coat, 1960s dresses, Mr Fish gentleman's pink striped shirt, sailor jacket, child's kilt dress, jacket and sporran, and an adult's kilt and jacket; three boxes including undergarments, hats, costume accessories, umbrella with the knop of a cigarette smoking gentleman and one other, hat box etc
the first a kilt pin in the form of a sheathed dirk with thistle pommel, Glasgow hallmarks 1950, length 7.4cm; the second a hinged bangle of uniform width, the front with twining bright cut thistles, the flowers gold washed, integral safety chain, Birmingham hallmarks 1966, internal width 6.0cm (2)
712-30 BC, Late Period/Ptolemaic. A beautiful blue faience Thoth amulet showing the god with the head of an ibis striding forward and wearing a short kilt. Pierced longitudinally for suspension. Thoth was the Egyptian god of knowledge and wisdom, creator of hieroglyphs and patron god of scribes. The ibis head was reserved solely for his representation. It was believed that Thoth recorded the verdict of the deceased’s fate during the ‘Weighing of the heart ceremony’. Amulets such as this would have been placed upon the mummy to anticipate a good outcome in the ceremony. Good condition. Wearable. Size: 26mmx7mm; 1gr. Provenance: Important London collection of Ancient art; formed in 1970-80s then passed by descent.
Original 1950s Food Advertising Poster for the MAC FISHERIES by graphic designer ZERO (Hans Schleger; 1898-1976) featuring a colourful tartan style drawing of a smiling fish wearing a traditional Scottish kilt inside a stylised package - HANS SCHLEGER pioneered the concept of corporate identity and worked on the brands and logos for John Lewis, Penguin Press and others; his work remains highly influential for designers. (76cm x 51cm) - (minor paper loss on bottom margin) - folded
19th-early 20th century AD. A carved ivory handle with addorsed figures of dancing animal-headed deities each wearing a tiered kilt, foliate collar and waist sash, with curled fronds in the field; mounted on a custom-made stand. 91 grams, 18cm (7"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired from his father's collection. Very fine condition.
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BC. A bronze figure of Neferhotep advancing on a rectangular base, holding Uas sceptre bearing the head of the animal of the god Seth in the left hand, right arm held rigid by the side with clenched fist, pleated kilt to the loins, ribbed collar; the head with arrayed hanks of hair, false beard, lentoid wire rims to the eyes (to accept glass or other inserts?), Pschent crown with uraeus above the brow; mounted on a custom-made stand. A similar figure forms part of the Brooklyn Museum, USA, collection, item 08.480.50.344 grams total, 17cm including stand (6 1/2"). From an important London collection; formerly in the private collection of Mrs Bogaert, formed 1949, Ghent, near Brussels, Belgium.Fine condition; left arm repaired.
800-539 BC. A chalcedony(?) cylinder seal, accompanied by a scholarly note, which states: 'A winged bearded hero, facing left, with long neck hair, wearing a tall domed head-dress on a diadem, and an open, tiered and striped robe over a kilt, in the left hand holding a scimitar behind him, kicks his right leg on the head of a stag lying in front of him, whose left leg he pulls towards him at head level with his right hand. On the left, behind the stag, a large, upright lioness with a mouth open and her tail rolled up, lifting the right front paw behind her back to strike, tears the left leg of the stag with her left front paw. Behind the lioness a naked man with a flat round cap, facing right, holds up a branch or ear of wheat in his outstretched left hand and behind him a staff in his right. There is an eight-pointed star between the man and the lioness and this and the stag.'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. Cf. Collon, D., Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals V. Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods, London, 2001, no.321, for another cylinder seal of this period with the very rare contest scene with stag.24.5 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent; accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, report number 151815.Very fine condition.
Circa 1000-539 BC. A finely cut agate cylinder seal of a high official Ur-egal, servant of (the god) Damu, with worship scene with garbled inscription; contrary to ordinary seals, the inscription on the seals of these officials were engraved in positive and come out reversed in impressions; very fine double drilling to either end as usual, tapering towards the middle; accompanied by a scholarly note, which states: 'A large carved (stone type?) cylinder seal with a bearded worshipper, who stands facing left between two deities, with a crested cap, in a fringed, tight robe with a double belt, and points with his raised right hand and extends the other palm up; before him, on the left, a god, facing right and standing on a bull, wears a tall, cylindrical, feather-topped head-dress with a thick tassel or necklace counterweight hanging down the back, and a fringed, tiered robe, hanging open over a fringed kilt; armed with two bow-cases and a short sword in his belt, all together with the head-dress globe-tipped, he raises his right hand and holds a beaded ring in his left; behind the worshipper, facing left, the goddess Ištar, wearing a square-topped head-dress with a star on top, a tassel or necklace counterweight hanging down her back, and a tiered, striated, open robe over a fringed kilt; on her back she wears two crossed star-tipped bow cases and a quiver; she also raises her right hand and holds a beaded ring in her left; across the image area from left to right as symbols appear the wedge or stylus of the god Nabu next to the tasselled spade of the god Marduk, a rhomb, a crescent, the winged disc with the sun god Šamaš, a six-pointed star, an ibex sitting on his haunches before a cactus-like plant, consisting of a central spike with a curved leaf on either side; between the deities a two-line inscription. The sun god in fully anthropomorphic form and the cactus-like plant show, that the seal is Neo-Babylonian and not Neo-Assyrian.'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. See Collon, D., Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals V. Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods, London, 2001.38.5 grams, 42mm (1 1/2"). Property of a London lady, part of her family's Swiss collection; formerly acquired in the 1980s; accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, report number 157484.Very fine condition.
500-1000 AD. A moulded terracotta figure with head raised, conical cap and large pendant earrings, kilt with waistband, left hand resting on the hip; mounted on a stand. See Winning, H., Pre Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America, New York, 1969, p.315, for a range of figurines from the late classic period. 340 grams total, 21cm including stand (8 1/4"). Property of an American gentleman; formerly in a collection formed 1970s-1990s. This figure conforms to the type commonly produced and made at Jaina island in Mexico. These figurines are famous for their realistic depiction of high status individuals of the late classic period. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Middle Kingdom, 2050-1652 BC. A carved wooden striding male figure wearing a painted linen shendyt kilt, ornamental collar, arm and wrist bands; arms to his sides in a carrying position, hands made into fists and pierced to receive objects, possibly from a 'procession of offering bearers' funerary model; much black, cream, green, and other pigment surviving; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1 kg total, 45cm including stand (17 3/4"). Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman; acquired from Stride Auctioneers, Chichester, West Sussex; previously in an old French private collection believed to have been formed in the early 20th century.Fair condition.
Middle Kingdom, 2050-1652 BC. A carved wooden figure of a striding male, possibly a workman, wearing a linen shendyt kilt; much original pigment; some repair; mounted on a custom-made stand. 838 grams total, 53cm including stand (20 3/4"). Property of a Middlesex lady; acquired on the London art market in 2007; formerly in a 1970s private collection.Fair condition.
6th-4th century BC. A Phoenician or Assyrian carved ivory diorama representing a military archer or huntsman in his chariot; the vehicle a D-shaped platform open to the rear with textured sidewall, two spoked wheels with large domed hubs, tapering shaft with papyrus-stalk detailing carved into the forward end, yoke formed as a transverse bronze pin with bronze chains forming the reins attached to the sidewall by staples; the horses modelled in galloping pose with legs extended, raised bridle and halter detailing, hatched covering to the back, plumed headdress; the chariot provided with two figures: a driver holding reins in his extended hands, wearing a short belted kilt and a small cap; the huntsman modelled larger and taller with small pedestal base, pleated kilt and banded mantle, quilted cap, drawing a bow held in his left hand, right arm bent in the draw, arrow laid against his cheek; beside the huntsman on the outer face of the chariots' sidewall a quiver with arrows set at an angle to allow easy access; mounted on a custom-made stand with cover. See Cowell, J.H., Chariots and Other Wheeled Vehicles, Oxbow Books, 2012, pl.125-129, for similar examples of chariot.1.4 kg total, 25 x 14cm (10 x 5 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; previously with central London gallery; published in Apollo magazine in April 1981; imported from the USA in the early 1970s; formerly with Mahboubian Gallery, New York since the late 1960s; accompanied by geological report No. TL3257 by geology consultant Dr R. L. Bonewitz; and a copy of the relevant Apollo magazine pages; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.158480-10019. The chariot with horses was used extensively in Egypt by the Hyksos forces from the 16th century BC onward, although they may have been in use before this. Egyptian military forces used the chariot as a mobile platform from which to launch arrows, and the chariot was usually provided with a quantity of these missiles; the archer stood behind the protective wall of the chariot while the driver steered across the battlefield bringing the vehicle into range so that the attack could be launched. The chariot with bowman was also used for hunting purposes. A video of this lot can be viewed on Timeline Auctions website. Fine condition, some repairs. Extremely rare.
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