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Lot 403
FIVE BOXES OF MISCELLANEOUS SUNDRIES, to include a large collection of vintage matchboxes, five large vintage beer mats 'White Horse Scotch Whisky', 'Britvic Fruit Juices', 'Coates Cider', a box of vintage tools to include a small Stanley wood plane, a Whitmore plane, a wooden coffin plane, a large wooden plane, a E.Preston & Sons spirit level, etc. vintage tins, a boxed set of Waddington's playing cards picturing the 'Wilson Line Hull', a Teletubbies 'LaLa', a Meccano plane and motorbike, a boxed Tonka 'Spitfire' and 'Hurricane', a small collection of BT Phonecards, 1970's Rainbow Zippy, George and Bungle, soft toys, etc. (s.d) (5 boxes)
Lot 43
Late Dynastic Period to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664-332 BC. An ancient Egyptian mummiform ushabti group of three, each wearing a plain tripartite wig; the arms are crossed on the chest; and small hand hold a pick and hoe, faintly modelled in low relief. The ushabtis are flat-backed, and stand upon a trapezoidal base. The idea of shabtis first appeared as wax figures in the First Intermediate Period. These gradually moved onto figures formed of stone and wood in mummiform shape. By the time of the New Kingdom during the Reign of Thutmose IV these became more stylised and would carry agricultural tools to assist them plough the fields, bring in the harvest and fill in the water channels.These figures were an important object in the tombs of the deceased and by the time of the Third Intermediate Period, tombs would carry them in chests in large supplies. These shabtis would come alive on the command of the dead and were called upon with magic from the Book of the Dead.Size: L:55-60mm / W:15-17mm ; 30gProvenance: Private London collection; ex. B. Kickx and J. Peeters collections, pre 1978, Belgium.
Lot 454
Ca. 1st millennium BC. A fantastic lot of ancient weaponry and jewellery, dating back to the Bronze Age, featuring bronze spearheads of various types, an axe, bracelets and a cage type amulet. The Bronze Age saw a remarkable period of metalwork production, with the crafting of both weaponry and jewellery. During this time, humans first discovered and began to work with gold and bronze, which soon replaced earlier stone tools and weapons in the region. Bronze was much harder and more durable than copper, making it an ideal material for tools and weapons.Size: L:60-275mm / W:25-70mm ; 1.43kgProvenance: Private London collection since the 1990.
Lot 495
Ca. 2nd millennium BC. A finely modelled cast bronze handle, featuring a flat-section body with one end curled and the other embellished with a standing elephant. The animal is modelled in a rather naturalistic manner with emphasized facial features. Bactrian metalworkers had a reputation for excellence and innovation, developing techniques and tools which allowed them to create intricate, finely detailed objects and weapons.Size: L:200mm / W:30mm ; 255gProvenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in early 2000s in Belgium; previously in 1970s European collection.
Lot 210
Ca. 100-300 AD. A rare set of six Roman medical tools composed of various probes and pins. Each tool with a long, round section shaft. Professionally mounted on a custom-made stand. Each Roman legion had its own medical team skilled in surgical procedures and this instrumentarium possibly was used on the battlefield to treat the wounded legionnaires.Size: L:75-185mm / W:44645mm ; 365gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Lot 211
Ca. 100-300 AD. A rare set of five Roman medical tools composed of a double-ended fork, ligula, spatulas, and a probe. Each tool features a long, round section shaft, some with decoration. Professionally mounted on a custom-made stand. The doctors in ancient Rome were usually foreign slaves or freedmen. With a little skill and a good deal of luck, slave doctors could achieved citizenship.Size: L:115-175mm / W:44691mm ; 330gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Lot 271
Ca. 100-300 AD. A cast bronze chisel in slender and tapered form, with a hard and durable surface ideal for carving. This chisel would have been used to shape small pieces of bronze, silver or gold, creating intricate patterns in the piece. The availability of such tools allowed for an increase in the production of jewellery, and the cultural exchange between different regions.Size: L:91.8mm / W:14.9mm ; 55.47gProvenance: From the private collection of a South London art professional; previously in a collection formed on the UK/European art market in the 1980s;
Lot 674
A LURISTAN BRONZE 'MASTER OF ANIMALS' STANDARD FINIAL, IRAN, CIRCA 1000-650 BCThe tubular base surmounted by a stylized janus-headed figure with three further janus heads above, flanked on either side by mythical creatures with zoomorphic heads grasped by the central figure at the neck.Provenance: Galerie Persepolis, Brussels, exhibited from 28 October to 13 November 1971. Collection Monsieur H., Brussels, acquired from the above. Collection Madame D.T., acquired from the above. Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, few nicks, light scratches, minor losses, signs of weathering and corrosion, and encrustations.Weight: 274.8 g (excl. stand) Dimensions: Height 21 cm (excl. stand) and 24.8 cm (incl. stand)With a modern metal stand. (2)Luristan bronzes are small cast and decorated objects from the Early Iron Age (first millennium BC) which have been found in large numbers in Lorestan province and Kermanshah in western Iran. They include a great number of ornaments, tools, weapons, horse fittings, and a smaller number of vessels including situlae and are characterized by a wide range of idiosyncratic forms and a highly stylized conception of human and animal representation. Those from recorded excavations were generally found in burials. The ethnicity of the people who created them remains unclear, though they may well have been Iranian, possibly related to the modern Lur people who have given their name to the area. Luristan bronze objects came to the notice of the world art market from the late 1920s onwards. They were excavated in considerable quantities by local people and are found today in many of the world's most important museums.The Master of Animals is a motif in ancient art showing a human between and grasping two confronted animals. The motif is widespread in the art of the Ancient Near East and Egypt. Although such figures are not all, or even usually, deities, the term may be a generic name for a number of deities from a variety of cultures with close relationships to the animal kingdom or in part animal form (in cultures where that is not the norm). These figures control animals, usually wild ones, and are responsible for their continued reproduction and availability for hunters. The Greek god shown as 'Master of Animals' is usually Apollo as a hunting deity. Shiva has the epithet Pashupati meaning the 'Lord of animals', and these figures may derive from an archetype. Chapter 39 of the Book of Job has been interpreted as an assertion of the deity of the Hebrew Bible as Master of Animals.Literature comparison: Compare a closely related Luristan bronze standard finial, 19.2 cm high, also dated circa 1000-650 BC, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.76.97.91. Compare a closely related Luristan bronze standard finial, 20.5 cm high, also dated circa 1000-650 BC, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.76.97.94.Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie's New York, 9 June 2022, lot 24 Price: USD 31,500 or approx. EUR 29,000 converted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A Luristan bronze goddess, circa 9th-7th century BC Expert remark: Note the size (13.7 cm)Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie's New York, 4 June 2015, lot 154 Price: USD 23,750 or approx. EUR 27,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A luristan bronze goddess finial, circa 9th-7th century BC Expert remark: Note the size (18.4 cm)
Lot 62
A VERY LARGE AND RARE BLACK POTTERY AMPHORA WITH APPLIED GILT-BRONZE BOSSES, LIFAN, HAN DYNASTYScientific Analysis Report: A thermoluminescence analysis report issued by Oxford Authentication on 4 May 2022, based on sample number C122d90, sets the firing date of two samples taken at between 1500 and 2400 years ago. A copy of the report, issued by Oxford Authentication, accompanies this lot. A copy of an associated report from Antiques Analytics, Institute for Scientific Authenticity Testing, dated 4 May 2022, written and signed by Dr. Robert Neunteufel, accompanies this lot.China, 202 BC to 220 AD. Heavily potted, the lozenge-form mouth rim tapering to form two wide strap handles above the neck with a finely incised and red-painted striated band to either side, the interior mouth with red paint as well. The ovoid body centered by spiral designs. Applied overall with conical metal bosses with beaded decoration.Provenance: From the private collection of Dr. Rudolf Leopold, and thence by descent. Dr. Rudolf Leopold (1925-2010) was an Austrian physician and important collector of art. He was born in Vienna and started actively collecting in the mid-1950s, with an early and major focus being works by Egon Schiele, whose paintings were available inexpensively at the time. Leopold acquired a catalog of Schiele's work in 1950 and became enamored with the artist's work, despite the fact that he was distinctly out of fashion. Pieces that he bought for little money would later be worth millions. Other Austrian artists he collected included Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka. A substantial part of his collection, numbering around 5,000 works of art, was purchased by the Republic of Austria and used as the foundation to create the Leopold Museum, of which the collector was made a director for life. Dr. Rudolf Leopold was also a passionate collector of Chinese works of art. Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Old wear, minor firing cracks and other irregularities, small nicks here and there, the bosses with malachite and cuprite encrustations, drilled holes from sample-taking, some old repairs and minor touchups, all exactly as expected from an authentic piece with this age.Weight: 15.8 kg Dimensions: Height 58.5 cm The surface of the vessel has been shaped with tools and then burnished. This process of manufacture gives the jar its attractively rugged, yet carefully detailed and distinctive characteristics. The surface of the body is an amalgamation of complex curves with various convex and concave shapes.This type of black earthenware amphora was produced from the Warring States period and throughout the Han dynasty. It is assumed that the largest versions of these vessels, sumptuously embellished with gilt bronze bosses, were made during the pinnacle of this era, e.g. during the first half of the Han dynasty. As noted by Regina Krahl in Yuegutang, A Collection of Chinese Ceramics in Berlin, 2000, page 55, amphorae of this distinct type are characteristic products of the Western Sichuan province where they were made by non-Chinese peoples. Hence, this type of vessel is known as Lifan, named after the area of Sichuan province in the far west of China, in which such jars have been found.There are obvious stylistic similarities between these Lifan vessels and objects from much earlier periods such as the Neolithic cultures of Machang (c. 3000-2000 BC) and Xindian (c. 1500-1000 BC). Similar black ware food containers with two handles have also been unearthed in Dena County, Yunan, an area that was the home of the southwestern Yi tribe during the Spring and Autumn period.Expert's note: The present lot is an extremely rare example of an enigmatic type of ware. The most striking features of this amphora are its massive size and applied gilt-bronze bosses; the examples recorded in public and private collections are significantly smaller and most lack the bosses. It therefore seems very likely that only very few Lifan amphoras of this size were ever made, and even fewer have survived. In any case, this amphora is the first of its kind to appear on the market in a very long time.Literature comparison: Compare a related Lifan amphora with applied gilt-bronze bosses, dated to the Western Han dynasty, previously exhibited in the Portland Art Museum. Compare a related Lifan amphora, lacking the bronze bosses, 34.3 cm high, dated Warring States period to Han dynasty, in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, object number F98-9.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 5 March 2021, lot 138 Price: EUR 56,880 or approx. EUR 64,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A black pottery amphora with applied bronze bosses, Han dynasty Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and decoration. Note that the applied bronze bosses are not gilt, as opposed to those on the present lot, and that the amphora is of significantly smaller size (33 cm).漢代黑陶嵌銅泡釘雙耳壺中國，公元前202年至公元220年。縮頸，壺口外撇，鼓腹，寬大的雙耳從壺口延伸到腹部。壺上鑲嵌泡釘。兩側各有一條紅色條紋，壺内也塗有紅色。 科學檢測報告：隨附牛津熱釋光檢測報告複印本，根據樣本C122d90，2022年5月4日測試結果，該拍品應爲1500-2400年前所製。隨附一份2022年5月4日由科學檢測研究所Dr. Robert Neunteufel出具的檢測報告複印本。 來源：Rudolf Leopold醫生私人收藏，保存至今。 品相：狀況良好，有磨損和鑄造缺陷，到處都有小缺口，銅綠包漿與結殼。因爲檢測進行樣品採集而鑽孔，一些缺損和小修，與其年代相符。 重量：15.8 公斤 尺寸：高58.5 厘米
Lot 672
A LURISTAN BRONZE AXE HEAD, IRAN, CIRCA 1350-1000 BCThe axe with a rimmed, fan-shaped blade. The cylindrical socket extending into four molds terminating in spikes, with bands crossing over and merging above the blade. Overall with a rich, naturally grown, solid patina with distinct areas of encrustations.Provenance: Galerie Persepolis, Brussels, exhibited from 28 October to 13 November 1971. Collection Monsieur H., Brussels, acquired from the above. Collection Madame D.T., acquired from the above. Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, few nicks, light scratches, minor losses, signs of weathering and corrosion, and encrustations.Weight: 385.5 g (excl. stand) Dimensions: Length 23.5 cmWith a modern metal stand. (2)Luristan bronzes are small cast and decorated objects from the Early Iron Age (first millennium BC) which have been found in large numbers in Lorestan province and Kermanshah in western Iran. They include a great number of ornaments, tools, weapons, horse fittings, and a smaller number of vessels including situlae and are characterized by a wide range of idiosyncratic forms and a highly stylized conception of human and animal representation. Those from recorded excavations were generally found in burials. The ethnicity of the people who created them remains unclear, though they may well have been Iranian, possibly related to the modern Lur people who have given their name to the area. Luristan bronze objects came to the notice of the world art market from the late 1920s onwards. They were excavated in considerable quantities by local people and are found today in many of the world's most important museums.Literature comparison:Compare a related bronze axe, 22.5 cm long, dated circa 1350-1000 BC, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.76.97.457. Compare a related bronze axe, 25.3 cm long, dated to the 9th century BC, in the British Museum, registration number 1973,1220.17. Compare a related bronze axe, 19.3 cm long, 1000-800 BC, in the Louvre, inventory number AO 20399. Compare a related bronze axe, illustrated in Alexis Cabrol, Bronzes prehistoriques de Perse. Bulletin de la Societe prehistorique de France, 1932, vol. 29, no. 9, pp. 429-432.Auction result comparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Christie's New York, 12 April 2022, lot 53Price: USD 21,420 or approx. EUR 19,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A Luristan bronze axe head surmounted by an ibex, circa 1200-900 BCExpert remark: Note the similar size (25.4 cm)
Lot 68
diCorcia (Philip-Lorca) A Storybook Life, one of 100 special copies signed by diCorcia, 2003 § Jacobson (Bill) 1989-1997, with a story by Klaus Kertess, one of 3000 copies, signed by Jacobson on half-title, 1998 § Anthony Goicolea, one of 2500 copies, signed by Goicolea on title, with CD in pocket at beginning, 2003 § Fulford (Jason) Raising Frogs for $$$, signed by Fulford on title, Los Angeles, 2006 § Pyke (Steve) Earthward: Tools of Great Dixter, 2008 § Steinmetz (Mark) South East, 2008 § Meeks (Raymond) Sound of Summer Running, 2004, photographic illustrations, a few colour, original cloth or boards, the first with slip-case, the second, third and last with dust-jackets, the first three Sante Fe, NM, Twin Palms, the last three each one of 1000 copies, Tucson, AZ, Nazraeli Press; and 11 others, photography, folio & 4to (18)
Lot 219
A 19th Century shagreen covered etui with three various tortoiseshell knives, another similar shagreen type covered box containing mathematical instruments, a lizard skin covered Vesta case with silver plaque and a silver etui case (unfitted) CONDITION REPORTS The etui containing the compass set - the box has discolouration and staining and a scratched circle to the exterior, visible in certain lights. Some peeling to the wrapping. The tools themselves are rusted and damaged at the points, etc. The etui with the knives - three knives or suchlike are missing. The box itself has wear, discolouration and a possible repair to the exterior around the hinge section. The base appears to have been repainted or lacquered. There is some flaking to the base. The inside has wear to the lining, both in the lid and the sectional interior. The knives all appear to have to have damage to the very tips of the tortoiseshell effect covers. The blades themselves have rusting throughout.Silver etui has no clasp and no accoutrements. Appears to have had a soldered repair to the base. Dented and pitted variously throughout. The skin covered vesta has losses to the skin throughout and is lifting at the seams. Has been used well .All items have general wear and tear conducive with age and use. See images for further detail.
Lot 236
A collection of various small scientific instruments and measuring tools including a J Collark of Dresden pocket barometer with compass verso, another pocket barometer in plated case, an Accurist thickness measure, a gilt brass cased pocket compass (glass smashed), a Wynne's Infallible Exposure meter (x 2), a Zeiss Icon light meter, a French photometre by J Decoudun of Paris, a Gowlands "The Berwick" lens measure, a Gowlands light meter and a Holden's calculex patent circular slide rule
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