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Chinese Neolithic period bowl in painted earthenware || CHINA - NEOLITHICUM - 6000 tot 2000 BC kom in beschilderd aardewerk met lijnenspel - diameter : 14 cm

rare Neolithic cult disk in alabaster || NEOLITHICUM - ca 6000 tot 2000 BC zeldzame cultusschijf in albast - diameter : 10,5 cm - gemonteerd

KAKOSAI SHOZAN: A SUPERB GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING RATS AND RICE BALESBy Kakosai Shozan, signed Kakosai 可交斎Japan, Edo (Tokyo), early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of upright lenticular form and oval section, bearing a beautifully polished and lustrous gold kinji ground, finely decorated in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, as well as inlays of mother-of-pearl, to depict three rats nibbling at sprinkled rice grains beside two large bales. The rats and rice bales are associated with the God of Wealth Daikoku. Signed to the underside KAKOSAI (Kakosai Shozan). The interior compartments of nashiji with gold fundame rims. With a gilt-wood ojime.HEIGHT 10 cm, LENGTH 6.2 cmCondition: Good condition with minor surface wear and minuscule nibbling to the edges of the risers. The tail of the single rat with a restored section.Provenance: Sotheby's, Japanese and Korean Works of Art, 9 June 2004, London, lot 1056. Ex-collection Alan and Simone Hartman, acquired from the above. Hartman was born on 9 January 1930, the son of Hazel and Urban Hartman. Urban Hartman opened a shop dealing in Oriental art on Manhattan's Upper West Side in 1927 and Hartman Rare Art was incorporated in 1945. Alan grew up surrounded by works of art; he purchased his first jade when he was a child – he was 12 – and from that moment until his passing, he continued to acquire antiques and works of art. For a while Alan worked with his brother, Roland, and when they split, he made the decision to run the business on his own. Hence the name Rare Art was to endure, and Alan owned substantial galleries on Madison Avenue in New York and at one point stores in Dallas and Palm Beach. Anyone who visited his New York stores will remember that it was easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer breadth of the stock – including Chinese from Neolithic to the 20th century, Japanese, silver, and jades and hardstones from all over the world. Privately, however, Alan and his second wife, the love of his life, Simone, purchased special pieces for their homes – fine Japanese works of art and objets de vertu, Impressionist paintings, magnificent jades, the best Tang and Ming ceramics, archaic Chinese bronzes, gold boxes, and an important collection of Huguenot silver. Parts of his collection have been donated to the Alan and Simone Hartman Galleries in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Brooklyn Museum, and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.Kakosai Shozan was a lacquerer who worked in Edo in the early 19th century. He was influenced by Kajikawa and may have learnt the art in the Kajikawa family workshop before he went independent. Shozan's inro are typically lenticular and are often embellished with fine inlays, such as on the present piece. See Earle, Joe [ed.] (1995) The Index of Inro Artists, p. 258, where the artist is described as “a prolific inro decorator”.Auction comparison:Compare a related gold lacquer four-case inro, by Kakosai Shozan, signed Kakosai, at Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 6 November 2012, London, lot 97 (sold for GBP 15,000).

YAMAGUCHI SHOJOSAI: AN UNUSUAL GOLD-LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO IN THE FORM OF AN OI (MONK'S BACKPACK)By Yamaguchi Shojosai, signed Shojosai saku 松杖斎作 with kakihanJapan, mid-20th century, Showa era (1926-1989)In the form of a mountain monk's backpack (oi) raised on four feet, the three-case inro bearing a lustrous gold kinji ground, finely decorated in iro-e hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, as well as hirame gold flakes, to simulate various features of an oi. The front mimicking the backpack's wooden panel doors worked with a sublime mokume ground (simulated wood grain), locked together in place with a clasp, against the typical twill-plaited bamboo panels, the top and bottom registers decorated with a stylized foliate sprig and diapered geometric ground, this design is continued to the sides, the verso further decorated with two braided ropes which form the carrying straps. Signed to the underside SHOJOSAI saku [made by Shojosai] with the artist's kakihan in red lacquer. The interior compartments of nashiji with gold fundame edges. With a gold lacquer ojime.HEIGHT 11.3 cm, WIDTH 8.3 cm, DEPTH 4.1 cmCondition: Excellent condition with only very minor wear.Provenance: Ex-collection Alan and Simone Hartman. Alan Hartman was born on 9 January 1930, the son of Hazel and Urban Hartman. Urban Hartman opened a shop dealing in Oriental art on Manhattan's Upper West Side in 1927 and Hartman Rare Art was incorporated in 1945. Alan grew up surrounded by works of art; he purchased his first jade when he was a child – he was 12 – and from that moment until his passing, he continued to acquire antiques and works of art. For a while Alan worked with his brother, Roland, and when they split, he made the decision to run the business on his own. Hence the name Rare Art was to endure, and Alan owned substantial galleries on Madison Avenue in New York and at one point stores in Dallas and Palm Beach. Anyone who visited his New York stores will remember that it was easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer breadth of the stock – including Chinese from Neolithic to the 20th century, Japanese, silver, and jades and hardstones from all over the world. Privately, however, Alan and his second wife, the love of his life, Simone, purchased special pieces for their homes – fine Japanese works of art and objets de vertu, Impressionist paintings, magnificent jades, the best Tang and Ming ceramics, archaic Chinese bronzes, gold boxes, and an important collection of Huguenot silver. Parts of his collection have been donated to the Alan and Simone Hartman Galleries in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Brooklyn Museum, and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.With a wood tomobako inscribed to the cover, 'Tsuta no hosomichi on-inro' [inro with the Narrow Ivy Road] in allusion to a chapter in Ise monogatari (The Tales of Ise, tenth century), in which travelers pass through an ivy-covered mountain pass.Yamaguchi Shojosai was born Yamaguchi Shozaburo in Niigata; disabled by polio at an early age, he used crutches throughout his life and borrowed two characters from the Japanese word for crutches, matsubazue, to form his own art name. After a time spent lacquering mass-produced butsudan (household Buddhist altars) he joined the Tobe studio and began to manufacture inro and other maki-e items of superior quality, becoming an independent artist in 1928. He made fine inro both before and after World War II.

KAJIKAWA BUNRYUSAI: A MAGNIFICENT LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING YOSHITSUNE'S JUMP ACROSS EIGHT BOATS AT DAN-NO-URABy Kajikawa Bunryusai II or III, signed Kajikawa Bunryusai 梶川丈龍斎 saku 作Japan, Edo (Tokyo), 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of square form and oval section, the four-case inro bearing a lustrous roiro ground, masterfully worked in iro-e takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, to depict Yoshitsune executing his legendary "eight boat leap" at Dan-no-ura, during the Battle of Yashima (1185). Yoshitsune is depicted mid-flight, as he glides past a warship with a prow in the form of a geki (a fabulous bird of Chinese origin), arrows flying about. The loyal warrior monk Benkei lifts his hand clasped around a fan towards Yoshitsune from a Minamoto boat, as a samurai plunges headfirst into the water. Signed to the underside KAJIKAWA BUNRYUSAI saku [made by Kajikawa Bunryusai]. The interior compartments of nashiji with gold fundame rims.With a bone ojime carved with a tanuki dueling a rabbit, referencing a scene from the Kachi-kachi Yama folktale when a tanuki challenged a rabbit to a life and death contest to prove who was the better creature.HEIGHT 9.2 cm, LENGTH 9.2 cmCondition: Good condition with minor expected wear, few light scratches, some light nibbling to the edges of the cases. Two small chips with associated touchups to the roiro ground of the top case.Provenance: Ex-collection Alan and Simone Hartman. Alan Hartman was born on 9 January 1930, the son of Hazel and Urban Hartman. Urban Hartman opened a shop dealing in Oriental art on Manhattan's Upper West Side in 1927 and Hartman Rare Art was incorporated in 1945. Alan grew up surrounded by works of art; he purchased his first jade when he was a child – he was 12 – and from that moment until his passing, he continued to acquire antiques and works of art. For a while Alan worked with his brother, Roland, and when they split, he made the decision to run the business on his own. Hence the name Rare Art was to endure, and Alan owned substantial galleries on Madison Avenue in New York and at one point stores in Dallas and Palm Beach. Anyone who visited his New York stores will remember that it was easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer breadth of the stock – including Chinese from Neolithic to the 20th century, Japanese, silver, and jades and hardstones from all over the world. Privately, however, Alan and his second wife, the love of his life, Simone, purchased special pieces for their homes – fine Japanese works of art and objets de vertu, Impressionist paintings, magnificent jades, the best Tang and Ming ceramics, archaic Chinese bronzes, gold boxes, and an important collection of Huguenot silver. Parts of his collection have been donated to the Alan and Simone Hartman Galleries in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Brooklyn Museum, and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.Kajikawa Bunryusai I was the third master of the Kajikawa family and worked for the shogunate in the late 17th century. The name is frequently found on inro and other objects, but it is not recorded how many of the Kajikawa family used it. The presumption is that inro so signed are normally the work of one or more artists active from the mid-18th to late 19th century as Bunryusai II and III.

Collection of neolithic flint and stone hand tools including microliths and arrow heads, rocks etc. (Victor Brox collection)

Three neolithic stone and flint hand axe heads, largest L17cm (Victor Brox collection)

Large collection of neolithic stone and flint tools, sling shot pebbles and minerals (Victor Brox collection)

Three neolithic stone hand axe heads, largest L18cm (Victor Brox collection)

Five neolithic stone hand axe heads, largest L14cm (Victor Brox collection)

Five neolithic stone hand axe heads, largest L16cm (Victor Brox collection)

Collection of ancient flint and stone tools, many with find locations attached to include neolithic hand axes, scrapers etc. (Victor Brox collection)

Collection of neolithic stone and flint axe heads and other hand tools, largest L11.5cm (Victor Brox collection)

Eight neolithic stone hand axe heads, largest L24.5cm (Victor Brox collection)

Six neolithic stone and flint hand axe heads, largest L22cm (Victor Brox collection)

Large neolithic flint pounding stone, a piece of fossilized wood, corn grinding stone etc. (6) (Victor Brox collection)

Collection of neolithic stone and flint arrow heads and other items (Victor Brox collection)

Seven neolithic stone hand axe heads, largest L11.5cm (Victor Brox collection)

A possibly bronze age set of beads. Together with neolithic stone tools. Maurice Jenkins (1933-2022). North Cornwall collector. Maurice was a lifetime collector and started in the 1950s. He opened a shop in Liskeard in the 1970s called Canon Hill Antiques. He visited a number of Middle Eastern countries in his lifetime including Egypt in the late 1970's when his interest in Islamic and Asian antiques began. He was a man with an eye for quality and a love of antiques, history and travel who purchased privately and at auction over the decades. Over a lifetime of purchasing privately and at auction, he created an eclectic ensemble of collections reflecting his interests. He died a few weeks before his 90th birthday and was still buying until that time. These items have come from the collection of the late Maurice Jenkins of Bude. The labels on the beads are his and state 'Early Bronze Age Necklace purchased 1991 at sale in Fremington'. Two of the implements have marker pen inscriptions, the larger states '1989, found in Bude at roadside North of the golf club', the smaller ' Borrowdale, Lake District'

A display of Neolithic spearheads and arrowheads in glazed display frame

An ancient iron spear-head, 18" long overall (found locally) and two modern Neolithic-style spearheads, 4" long (3)

A large Chinese black painted pottery jar, Neolithic, Machang period, with Oxford Thermoluminescence certificate, 33cm

A Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Pottery jar, c.2000 B.C., 27cm high

A Chinese neolithic pottery tripod vessel, 11.5cm tall

Ca. 4000 - 3000 BC.An amazing terracotta head of Vinca Idol represented with large face and elongated incised eyes. This statuette, probably a cult idol, dates to the Neolithic Era which saw the development of farming and human technology. This flourishing culture was the largest known in Europe at that time. Clay statuettes have been discovered in the region's Vinca settlements, suggesting of the intense magic-religious practices within the Vinca culture. This statuette is anthropomorphic, or human-shaped, and is presumed to have been used for ritual purposes. For similar see: Cleveland Museum of Art, 106A Migration Period & Coptic. Size: 75mm x 65mm; Weight: 320g Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, acquired on the US art market; formerly in NYC collection; Ex. F. A. gallery NYC.

Ca. 4500 - 4000 BC.A Neolithic jadeite head of a triangular shape, made to be attached to a wooden handle. This weapon would have been used to cut down trees or on the battlefield. For similar see: British Museum number 1901,0206.1. Size: 90mm x 125mm; Weight: 344g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.

Ca. BC 7000 - 5000 .A Neolithic flint arrow point, almond shaped. For similar see: Christie's, Live Auction 10372, Antiquities, Lot. 4. Size: 61mm x 24mm; Weight: 7g Provenance: Private UK collection; from an old British collection formed in the 1990s.

Neolithic stone implements, arrow heads etc

A NEOLITHIC STONE AXEHEAD c. 4000-2350 BC, of light grey-green stone and of sub-triangular shape with a lentoid cross section, 823g, approx. 17.3cm long x 8cm wide x 4.4cm deepPortable Antiquities Scheme: DOR-CA36B3

An early pottery container, W. 17cm (probably Neolithic) together with two glazed pottery jars.

Longbow: A Social and Military History, paperback edition, Portsmouth, 1986 together with; Bradbury, Jim, The Medieval Archer, Woodbridge, 1985; Morse, Edward S., Additional Notes on Arrow Release, Salem, 1922; Kroeber, A.L., Arrow Release Distributions, Berkeley, 1927 (cover and first page with tears, worn); Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Volume XVII, 1885, Salem; Pszczola, Lorraine, Archery, second edition, Philadelphia, 1976 (ex-library copy); Grimley, Gordon, The Book of the Bow, London, 1958; Gordon, Paul H., The New Archery: Hobby, Sport and Craft, New York, 1939; Duff, James, Bows and Arrows, New York, 1927 (two copies); Pope, Saxton T., Berkeley (jacket worn); Hargrove, E., Anecdotes of Archery, London, 1970 (reprint); Clark, J.G.D., Neolithic Bows from Somerset, England, and the Prehistory of Archery in North-western Europe, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society for 1963, Vol. XXIX; Pope, Saxton, The Adventurous Bowmen: Field Notes on African Archery, New York, 1926 (with the stamp of The Archers’ Company, Pinehurst, North Carolina, slight wear to jacket, fore-edges of pages 205-208 repaired); Ascham, Roger, Toxophilus, Westminster, 1902, and Manchester, 1985 (reprint); Pope, Saxton, Hunting with the Bow & Arrow, fourth impression, New York, 1930; Pope, Saxton T., Bows and Arrows, paperback, third printing, 1962 (cover worn); Featherstone, Donald, Bowmen of England, paperback, 1974; Dini, Vittorio, Dell’ antico uso della balestra, Arezzo, 1963; Wiseman, Howard, Tackle Archery This Way, London, 1959 (jacket worn); Thompson, M. & W.H., How to Train in Archery, London, 1970 (reprint); Moseley, Walter Michael, An Essay on Archery, Wakefield, 1974 (reprint); Burke, Edmund, The History of Archery, London, 1958 (cover slightly worn); Wiseman, Howard & Brundle, Fred, Archery, London, 1958 (slight wear); and Kooi, B.W., On the Mechanics of the Bow and Arrow, Groningen, 1983 (26 volumes) Provenance Edward McEwen (1934-2020)

Neolithic tools and spearheads made of flint and natural stoneNeolitische werktuigen en speerpunten uit vuursteen en natuursteenL 2.5 - 15 cm

A mixed lot, to include a tortoiseshell frame, rebate 13.5 x 19.5cm; and a Neolithic hand axe.

A varied collection of 55 Chinese art reference books mainly on lacquer work, jade and paintingsVarious dimensions Provenance: The collection of Galerie Beaute Chinoise, Paris, France Chinese lacquer (The Arts of the East) - Hardcover , Garner, Harry Mason - ISBN 0571112862Chinese Jade - From the Neolithic to the Qing - Softcover , Rawson, Jessica;Michaelson, Carol - ISBN 9780714124094Jade - Hardcover , Keverne, Roger - ISBN 9780442308476Chinese Jades Throughout the Ages - Connoisseurship of Chinese Jades (Chinese Jades Throughout the Ages - Connoisseurship of Chinese Jades)- Hardcover , Li Jiu-Fang - ISBN 1883662133La Maladie de Porcelaine ... East Asian Porcelain From The Collection of Augustus the Strong (English and German Edition) - Hardcover , Eva Strober - ISBN 9783361005303Pictures for Use and Pleasure – Vernacular Painting in High Qing China - Couverture rigide , Cahill, James - ISBN 9780520258570La ceramique Tang et Liao , William Watson - ISBN 2719102229East Asian Lacquer: The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection - Hardcover , Watt, James C. Y.;Ford, Barbara Brennan - ISBN 0810964066Taoism and the Arts of China - Softcover , Little, Stephen;Schipper, Kristofer;Hung, Wu;Steinhardt, Nancy - ISBN 9780520227859Chinese Ceramics: Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911 (V and A Far Eastern) - Softcover , Rose Kerr - ISBN 9781851772643Chinese Jades (Victoria and Albert Museum Far Eastern Series) - Hardcover , Wilson, Ming - ISBN 9781851774418Three Decades of Acquisition at the Art Museum, The Chinese University at Hong Kong - Hardcover , Peter Y.K. (ed.) Lam - ISBN 9789627101581Masterworks of Chinese Art: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Hardcover , Mackenzie, Colin - ISBN 9780615488820LA CITE INTERDITE A MONACO (ANGLAIS / FRANCAIS): VIE DE COUR DES EMPEREURS ET DES IMPERATRICES DE CHINE - Hardcover , DEROCHES JEAN-PAUL/ELISSEEFF DANIELLE/YUEGONG WANG/LIU LIYONG/GRIMALDI FORUM - ISBN 9782370740564Chinese Art and Design - Victoria and Albert Museum - Softcover , Wilson, Verity; Clunas, Craig - ISBN 9781851770175Jade Artifact Collection in the Palace Museum (Chinese and English) , Shousha Zhang Guangwen - ISBN 9787800472169Beauty Revealed: Images of Women in Qing Dynasty Chinese Painting - Hardcover , - ISBN 9780971939714Later Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century - Hardcover , Bartholomew, Terese Tse;Knight, Michael;Li, He - ISBN 9780939117413CHINE. Tresors et splendeurs , AA. VV. - ISBN 2700030585xThe Art Book of Chinese Paintings - Couverture souple , Deng, Ming - ISBN 1592650511The Odyssey of China's Imperial Art Treasures , Jeannette Shambaugh Elliot,David Shambaugh - ISBN 9780295986883L'ECOLE DE LIGNAN(1870-1950): L'EVEIL DE LA CHINE MODERNE - Softcover , Sous La Direction De Bellec Mael, Mael - ISBN 9782759602827Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman , Kleiner, Robert - ISBN 9627287296Jade : From Emperors to Art Deco , Rey Marie-Catherine - ISBN 9782757211779Masterworks of Chinese Lacquer from the Mike Healy Collection - ISBN 9780937426661Far Eastern Lacquer - Softcover , Kuwayama - ISBN 0875871089Asian Art , Michael Kerrigan - ISBN 9781844512638LA SAGESSE DU BOUDDHA - Softcover , Boisselier, Jean - ISBN 9782070532629Jade selections from Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties in the Tibet Museum (English and Chinese) - ISBN 9787501017782Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection - Softcover , Ayers, John - ISBN 9781570030109La vie des Chinois au temps des Ming (L'Histoire au quotidien) - Hardcover , Collectif - ISBN 9782035053763TRES RICHES HEURES COUR CHINE: CHEFS D'OEUVRE DE LA PEINTURE IMPERIALE DES QING 1662-1796 (RMN ARTS ASIATIQUES EXPOSITIONS) - Softcover , Collectif - ISBN 9782711850648Symbols and Rebuses in Chinese Art: Figures, Bugs, Beasts, and Flowers , Hang Jing Pei - ISBN 9781580085519Earth Transformed: Chinese Ceramics In The Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston - Hardcover , Tung, Wu - ISBN 9780878464777Chinese Carving , Craig Lunas - ISBN 9789813066120Chinese Collection: Selected Works from the Norton Museum of Art. - Hardcover , FINLAY, John R., Colin Mackenzie And Jenny F. So. - ISBN 9780943411415Chinese Jades Throughout the Ages: Connoisseurship of Chinese Jades - Hardcover , Po-ta-yang - ISBN 1883662141L'ombre des pins.chefs-d'oeuvre d'art chinois du musee de shanghai (A) (COEDITION ET MUSEE SOMOGY) - Softcover , Mus-ee-rath-geneva-switzerland - ISBN 9782850567810Asian Art: Inlcuding the Arts of Islam - Hardcover , Mason, Lark E. - ISBN 9781851494156The Emperor's Private Paradise: Treasures from the Forbidden City - Hardcover , Berliner, Nancy - ISBN 9780300163896Symbols on Chinese Porcelain: 10,000 x Happiness - Hardcover , Strober, Eva - ISBN 9783897903500Virtuous Treasures Chinese Jades for the Scholar's Table , University Museum and Art Gallery the Univeristy of Hong Kong - ISBN 9789628038831Tresors de la Chine imperiale - Softcover , Maxwell Hearn - ISBN 9782733502686The Asian Collections (THE ART GALLERY) - Softcover , Jackie Menzies - ISBN 9780734763518LES CARNETS SECRETS DE LI YU - Softcover , DARS, Jacques - ISBN 9782877306645JADE - PROMESSES D'eTERNITe , COLLECTIF - ISBN 9782359061307The British Museum Book of Chinese Art /anglais - Softcover - ISBN 9780000026705 Collections Baur Geneve From Innovation to Conformity - Chinese Lacquer from the 13th to 16th Centuries - Bluett and Sons Sublimes Matieres - A travers 5000 ans de Creation en Chine Clay and Brush: The Ceramic Art of China - The Collection of the Lowe Art Museum University of Miami The Magnificent Ivories of China - Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Collection Alexis Rouart (Deuxieme Vent) - Objets d'Art de la Chine et du Japon The Baur Collection Geneva - Chinese Jqdes and Other Hardstones by Pierre - F. Schneeberger (Keeper of the Baur Collection) Art Chinois - Neolithique Dynastie Song - Collection Umbert Draghi

Four marble, serpentine and shell bracelets from the Thai neolithic period, Khorat plateau, 1400-500 B.C Dia.: 14,7 cm (the largest) Dia.: 13 cm (the smallest) Provenance: - The collection of Mr. and Mrs. S., Ghent, Belgium.

Three polished stone axe heads, possibly Neolithic, the largest 13cm high, 7.5cm wide

TWO CHINESE STONE CARVINGS China, Guan Yin together with a neolithic style carved jade lion with inset silver wire 33cm height and 19cm length Provenance: From the collection of the late Dr. Ho Wing Meng Condition: For a condition report or further images please email hello@hotlotz.com at least 48 hours prior to the closing date of the auction. This is an auction of preowned and antique items. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and you should expect general wear and tear commensurate with age and use. We strongly advise you to examine items before you bid. Condition reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are our general assessment of damage and restoration. Whilst care is taken in their drafting, they are for guidance only. We will not be held responsible for oversights concerning damage or restoration.

A Great War ‘Battle of the Somme 1916’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant A. R. Matthew, 8/10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (S-7622 Sjt: A. R. Matthew. 8/10 Gord: Hdrs.); 1914-15 Star (S-7622. Pte. A. R. Matthew, Gord. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S-7622 Sjt. A. Matthew. Gordons.) medals unmounted, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £900-£1,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 26 January 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. On two occasions he displayed great courage and determination on patrol, and obtained most valuable information. He has on many occasions done fine work.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Martinpuich, Butte de Warlencourt, 10 October 1916.’ Alexander R. Matthew enlisted on 24 November 1914, and landed in France with 8th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders on 10 May 1915, as part of 26th Brigade, 9th Division. In May 1916 the Battalion was transferred to to 144th Brigade, 15th (Scottish Division) and amalgamated with the 10th Battalion to form 8/10 Battalion. The village of Martinpuich was captured by captured by the 15th Division on 15 September 1916, in view of the nearby Butte de Warlencourt, probably a Neolithic burial ground and the only raised feature in the area which was fought over for several weeks more. Sergeant Matthew was discharged on 2 December 1918, aged 27 years 10 months, being no longer physically fit for war service. Sold with copied research including gazette notices and Battalion War Diary.

Large collection of Neolithic arrow heads, microliths, scrapers found in Britain, and a nice example of a stone axe head found in North Africa, Libya

A Chinese carved jade bangle, probably Neolithic period. With russet inclusions, carved with opposing chilong and chessboard motifs, outer diameter 8.5cm, inner diameter 6.8cm, width 2cm.West Cornwall private seller, by family descent. The vendor inherited items from her great grandfather Captain John Dewar (ship master). He was born in Shanghai in 1866 and died in 1950. His wife Susan Smith Oudney (1875-1967) whose father was William Oudney a master mariner owned two clipper ships including 'The Coach Inn'. John and Susan married in Shanghai in 1896.No condition issues.

A Chinese Neolithic terracotta jar, of ovoid form, with painted geometric decoration, with loop handles to the sides, 31cm wide.

Two Neolithic pot sherds [ archaeology ]

Roman bronze and Neolithic flint arrowheads, former 25 mm

A Neolithic carved polished stone axe head, approx 3000-2000 BC

Spinnenamulett, China / Hongshan, NeolithikumGrüne Jade mit hellen Einschlüssen, geschnitzt. 4,4 x 3,5 cm. Teil der Sammlung Renier-Bley, Luxembourg. Originalrechnung beiliegend. Kleiner, runder Korpus mit angedeuteten Körpersegmenten, zwei große runde Augen und ein kleines Maul. Rückseitig Lochbohrung zum Durchführen eines Fadens. Die Spinne gilt in China als Symbol des Glücks. Spider amulet, China / Hongshan, Neolithic period. Green jade with light inclusions, carved. 4.4 x 3.5 cm. Part of the Renier-Bley Collection, Luxembourg. Original invoice enclosed. Small, round body with indicated body segments, two large round eyes and a small mouth. Hole drilled on the back for a thread to pass through. The spider is considered a symbol of good luck in China.

A large, possibly, Neolithic stone platter, of rounded triangular form63 x 49cmMay have been later worked

Two Palaeolithic hand axes, the smaller with remnants of old inked legend to the reverse, 18cm and 11cm long; together with two Neolithic stone hand tools, each of rounded rectangular form, 17.5cm and 18.5cm long (4)

A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES comprising of a cuneiform tablet, a Luristan bronze pin, a Neolithic Britain polished stone axe head and a 17th century spelter round bell (4) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: In line with age

A collection of three Neolithic flint tools together with a stone age example.

A Chinese polished jade boulder slab, neolithic axe head form, 39.5cm long, on a carved hardwood stand

1927 A.D.. G.J. Monson-FitzJohn - Drinking Vessels of Bygone Days from the Neolithic to the Georgian Period - Herbert Jenkins, London, 1927 - hardback, cloth covers with titling to cover and spine - 144 pp, text figures. 607 grams, 22 x 18 cm (8 5/8 x 7 in.). Property of a Kent, UK, collector. [No Reserve]

1st millennium B.C. Comprising a three-dimensional flower composed of gold spheres, supported by a slender stem with a turquoise and coral bead. Cf. Nicolaou, I., ‘The Jewellery of Cyprus from Neolithic to Roman Times (plates XXIII-XXXIII)’ in Archaeologia Cypria II: In honour of K. Nicolaou, 1990, pp.117-120, pl.XXVId, for a pair of earrings with gold globular pendant; see the lower part of earrings in Pisano Quattrocchi, G., I gioielli Fenici di Tharros nel Museo Nazionale di Cagliari, Rome, 1974, no.626. 0.85 grams, 28 mm (1 1/8 in.). From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.

Palaeolithic to Neolithic Period, circa 200,000-6000 B.C. Group of three irregular grey and honey-coloured flint cleavers with varying amounts of cortex in place. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, items 1.7 and 1.9, for types. 1.42 grams total, 10 - 15.6 cm (4 - 6 in.). Found UK.From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. [3, No Reserve]

Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C. Teardrop-shaped with pointed butt and crescent cutting edge. 122 grams, 86 mm (3 3/8 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. [No Reserve]

Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C. Substantial cordiform handaxe with remains of the cortex. 203 grams, 97 mm (3 3/4 in.). Found near Cissbury Ring Iron Age Hill Fort, near Worthing, West Sussex, UK, in the 1960s.Ex Ron Kerridge collection, West Sussex, UK.

Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C. Beautifully shaped and polished axe with gently curved cutting edge, tapering butt. 211 grams, 93 mm (3 5/8 in.). Found near Cissbury Ring Iron Age Hill Fort, near Worthing, West Sussex, UK, in the 1960s.Ex Ron Kerridge collection, West Sussex, UK.

Neolithic Period, 4th millennium B.C. and later. Comprising a mixed group of American, north African and European stone arrowheads and other tools, some with inked reference numbers 120 grams total, 19.5-94 mm (3/4 - 3 5/8 in.). Acquired on the UK art market.Property of a Shropshire private collector. [26, No Reserve]

Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. Group of three axeheads each with a thick, rounded butt; two with narrow worked edge and one with rounded edge. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.151, for type. 644 grams total, 71-100 mm (2 3/4 - 4 in.). Ex Ian Richardson collection, Sunderland, UK.From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. [3, No Reserve]

Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.C. Comprising mainly leaf-shaped examples. 83 grams total, 23-44 mm (1 - 1 3/4 in.). Ex Arthur Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK. [40, No Reserve]

Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. With long square-ended butt, slightly lenticular-section body expanding to a broad curved cutting edge; smooth polished finish; small repair. Cf. similar item in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.WG.1541. 357 grams, 14 cm (6 in.). From a very old English collection based on the cabinet patination.From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Axes of this type were produced in the later Neolithic by expert knappers and polishers; these designs influenced early Bronze Age products such as the flat axes which eventually developed into palstave axeheads. [No Reserve]