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TWO HELLENISTIC GOLD EARRINGS
Circa 3rd-2nd Century B.C.
One example with a hollow-cast terminal in the shape of a bull's head, the other with a lion's head terminal, both decorated on the neck with filigree, the hoop composed of twisted wire, 2.9cm-4cm long (2)
Provenance: English private collection, acquired at a regional auction house in the early 2000s.
£300-£500
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A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD AND GLASS EARRINGS
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
The hoop earrings decorated with a pendant of two glass beads and a hollow gold prismatic bead, 3cm long (2)
Provenance: English private collection, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
£150-£250
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A PAIR OF PARTHIAN GOLD EARRINGS
Iran, circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Hollow-cast, boat-shaped with a hinged hoop, decorated with lines of granulation and clusters of spheres, with modern studs, each approx 2.3cm long (2)
Provenance: English private collection, Mr H. Shaida, acquired in the 1980s, thence by descent.
£400-£600
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A ROMAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN INTAGLIO RING
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
The solid-cast gold hoop set with an oval gem, finely carved with a deer grazing, with long branched horns, 14mm width of intaglio, ring size 'S'
Provenance: German private collection of Mr V.K., Munich, acquired prior 2000.
£2,000-£3,000
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A GOLD AND CARNELIAN INTAGLIO RING
The hollow-cast hoop set with an oval gem engraved with a female profile portrait bust, ring size 'O', 19mm length of intaglio
Provenance: English private collection, acquired at a regional auction house in the early 2000s.
£200-£300
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A ROMAN GOLD, GARNET AND GLASS RING
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
With a flat hoop and triple bezel with two garnets and a central blue glass gem, ring size 'M'
Provenance: German private collection of Mr V.K., Munich, acquired prior 2000.
£450-£550
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A COLLECTION OF GLASS AND HARDSTONE BEADS
Including a selection of Roman, Islamic and African trade glass beads; Mesopotamian and Ancient Near Eastern banded agate beads; small Sasanian carnelian seal engraved with a winged horse; an Islamic carnelian seal with script; four necklaces composed of Egyptian turquoise glazed composition tubular and mummy beads and red coral beads, and an Egyptian terracotta mould; a large number of Idar-Oberstein carnelian trade faceted beads (a lot)
Provenance: English private collection, Mr & Mrs Balfour-Paul, acquired whilst working in the Middle East between the 1960s and the early 1970s.
£200-£300
The following eight lots (208-215) are from the estate of the late William Welsh Robson (1944-2012), London, formed through several surveys with the metal detector around London and Kent in the late 1970s-2000s.
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A GROUP OF BRITISH BRONZE ARTEFACTS
Bronze Age, circa 1200-800 B.C.
Including a large pin with melon terminal and perforation at the centre of the shaft, finely engraved with diagonal lines, 19.5cm long; a dagger with flanged hilt, 26cm long; two socketed axehead fragments and another partly melted example, 6cm-9cm long; an arrowhead and the tip of a sword (7)
Provenance: deceased estate of William Welsh Robson (1944-2012), London.
The dagger found around Otford, Kent, in 1975 during the excavations for the M25 motorway.
The pin and axehead recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme respectively as LON-6A4DF5 and LON-E59816.
£200-£300
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A ROMANO-BRITISH BRONZE FIGURINE OF HERMES
Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.
The deity depicted reclining wearing the petasos and holding the caduceus and the bag of money, 5.2cm long
Provenance: deceased estate of William Welsh Robson (1944-2012), London.
Found in Eynsford, Kent, recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme as LON-B48905.
£150-£250
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TWO ROMANO-BRITISH BRONZE FIGURINES
Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.
Including a horse with bridles and trappings around the neck, 6.3cm long; and a handle decorated in the shape of a seated dog wearing a thick collar, with incised details of the fur, possibly a wax spatula, 7.3cm long (2)
Provenance: deceased estate of William Welsh Robson (1944-2012), London.
The dog found in Eynsford, Kent, recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme as LON-B49F72.
£250-£350
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A ROMANO-BRITISH BRONZE OINOCHOE
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
The squat body on slightly raised flat foot and flaring mouth, the handle decorated with raised chevrons and an ivy-shaped terminal, 15.5cm high
Provenance: deceased estate of William Welsh Robson (1944-2012), London.
Found around Otford, Kent, in 1975 during the excavations for the M25 motorway.
£300-£500
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A COLLECTION OF ROMANO-BRITISH MISCELLANEOUS ARTEFACTS
Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.
Including four bronze vessel feet in the shape of a paw, 4cm-7cm long; a vessel handle escutcheon decorated with a face, 12cm wide; a patera handle with ram's head terminal, 10cm long; a figurine of a panther, a theatre mask appliqué, a griffin protome, 3.1cm-4.2cm long; an enamelled disc brooch and five other fibulae; a silver horseshoe pendant, 2.5cm wide; two lead plumb bobs one in the shape of an amphora; two terracotta oil lamps and other vessels (a lot)
Provenance: deceased estate of William Welsh Robson (1944-2012), London. Several of the finds recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
£200-£300
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A HISPANO-VISIGOTHIC BRONZE BUCKLE PLATE
Circa 600-720 A.D.
Of rectangular shape with a rounded short side, with four projecting knobs and two lugs for attachment, decorated with incised abstract motifs composed of two drop-shaped areas and scrolling within, 7cm long
Provenance: deceased estate of William Welsh Robson (1944-2012), London. Found on the outskirts of London and recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme as LON-8577D6.
Exhibited: on loan to the Museum of London in 2006.
Literature: this buckle plate belongs to Ripoll's type G2, which is very common in South Spain and Portugal. There is only one other recorded example of this type ever found in England. Cf. G. Ripoll Lopez, Toreutica de la Betica, Barcelona, 1998, figs. 16, 22, 63-66, pls. 26-27.
£300-£500
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A COLLECTION OF BRITISH MEDIEVAL AND LATER ARTEFACTS
Anglo-Saxon Period to Victorian
Including two Medieval lead pilgrim's ampullae, 4cm-5cm long; two lead spindle whorls, three cross pendants, and a star from ceiling decoration; a Medieval bronze double-disc mirror, 4.3cm long; seven early Medieval and Anglo-Saxon brooches including one enamelled example, 2.3cm-6.4cm long; an Anglo-Saxon bronze buckle, 5.1cm long; three mosaic glass beads; two fob seals and other bronze and terracotta items (a lot)
Provenance: deceased estate of William Welsh Robson (1944-2012), London. Several of the finds recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
£100-£200
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A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION OF COINS, SEALS AND IMPRESSIONS
Including seven Celtic coins, one silver unit of Eisu, ruler of the Dobunni, two other silver coins and three bronze Potin coins; a Roman sestertius from the reign of Claudius, another example issued by Constantius, a dupondius of Hadrian and three more examples; a silver Anglo-Saxon coin; a collection of Post-Medieval coins and lead seals, a framed collection of Jetons from Europe, a framed display of wax seals, and other weights (a lot)
Provenance: deceased estate of William Welsh Robson (1944-2012), London.
The Constantius coin accompanied by a letter from the Museum of London dated 1 November 1979. Several other coins recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
£100-£200
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT AND ETHNOGRAPHIC FLINT IMPLEMENTS
Including sixteen British and French implements, Paleolithic to Neolithic Period, including a white stone oval axe from Cissbury Rings, 19.5cm long, three tools labelled 'Cromer foreshore', an implement inscribed 'Abbeville', 16cm long, and other examples, some inscribed with find-spot; two Ethiopian stone axes inscribed 'Melke Simbule'; a Native American grooved axe, with label 'Ohio River Banks', 11cm long; thirty-two arrowheads from Labrador in a collector's case, collected by W.T. Grenfell, June 1902, 18mm-60mm long; a Japanese polished axehead fragment inscribed 'Hokkaido Japan', 7cm long; a schist polished axehead, marked 'R.8091 1936', 12cm long; seven flints in envelopes from the Guildford Museum, 2.8cm-3.2cm long (a lot)
Provenance: English private collection. The Labrador flints and Japanese axe, Bonhams, 13 October 2006, lot 448 (part), Dr Basil Woodd Walker Collection, formed before 1929. The Ethiopian flints, R. Erskine Collection. The Native American axe and schist polished axe, purchased from Finch & Co, circa 1990.
£300-£500
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THREE FLINT TOOLS
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-2nd Millennium B.C.
Including two Central European polished axeheads, 12.3cm and 17.4cm long; and a French flint core, caramel-coloured and worked all over, 22.5cm long (3)
Provenance: the polished axeheads, Michael Poulson (1947-1997) Collection, member of the Glass Circle, acquired in Berlin in 1995, reputedly from a German 19th Century collection. The flint core, field-walking find, Le Grand-Pressigny region, circa 1980.
£150-£200
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A BRITISH BRONZE SOCKETED GOUGE
Late Bronze Age, circa 900-700 B.C.
With curved cutting edge and slightly flaring socket, 7.8cm long
Provenance: English private collection, purchased from Dix Noonan Webb in the late 1990s.
£200-£300
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A BRITISH BRONZE AXE HEAD
Late Bronze Age, circa 1000-700 B.C.
With curved flaring cutting edge, round socket and loop, 10cm long
Provenance: English private collection, London, acquired in the 1990s.
£200-£300
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THREE BRITISH BRONZE WEAPONS
Late Bronze Age, circa 1000-700 B.C.
Including a fine tinned axe head with loop, molded on each face with three ribs ending in a round pellet, 10cm long; another example of square cross-section, 7.5cm long; and a spear head fragment, 7cm long (3)
Provenance: English private collection, Mr M. Vaughan, London, formed in the 1970s-1980s. The fragmentary example with label inscribed 'Ex McAlpine'.
£200-£300
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A LARGE EUROPEAN BRONZE COMPOSITE SPECTACLE BROOCH
Late Bronze Age, circa 12th-8th Century B.C.
Composed of a central element consisting of a single wire worked into a long pin, spring, hook and large spiral catch-plate, with four smaller spirals attached to either side of the bow, 20cm long
Provenance: Nicholas Wright Collection, UK. Purchased from Maurice Braham in the 1980s.
£4,000-£6,000
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A EUROPEAN BRONZE ARMLET
Late Bronze Age, circa 8th-7th Century B.C.
Of penannular shape, decorated with incised bands and chevrons, 10cm wide
Provenance: Nicholas Wright Collection, UK. Purchased from Maurice Braham in the 1980s.
£150-£250
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A EUROPEAN BRONZE TWISTED TORQUE
Late Bronze Age, circa 8th-7th Century B.C.
The twisted body tapering towards the curled terminals, 23.5cm diam
Provenance: Nicholas Wright Collection, UK. Purchased from Maurice Braham in the 1980s.
£300-£400
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A EUROPEAN BRONZE SPECTACLE ORNAMENT
Bronze Age, circa 15th-11th Century B.C.
Composed of a single wire worked into two spirals, 10.5cm wide
Provenance: Nicholas Wright Collection, UK. Purchased from Maurice Braham in the 1980s.
£400-£600
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TWO BYZANTINE GLAZED SGRAFFITO BOWLS
Circa 12th-14th Century A.D.
Barnacle encrusted, decorated with incised stylised sun with rays on pale green ground, 26cm-27cm diam (2)
Provenance: English private collection, purchased from Gerhard Hirsch nachfolger, Munich, in the 1990s. Previously old German collection.
£300-£400
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THIRTEEN LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE BRONZE BUCKLES
Circa 4th-9th Century A.D.
With loop and tongue, decorated with openwork crosses and geometric motifs, with hoops on the underside, 3cm-7cm long (13)
Provenance: Silk Collection, London, formed in the 1950s.
£180-£220
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A BYZANTINE BRONZE TERMINAL
Circa 6th-8th Century A.D. In the shape of a bird, possibly an eagle, with incised details of the plumage, 4.5cm long
Provenance: Hayford Peirce (1885-1946) Collection, Paris and Bangor, Maine, formed in the 1910s-1930s, thence by descent.
£100-£200
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A BYZANTINE BRONZE PROCESSIONAL CROSS HOLDER
Circa 6th-8th Century A.D.
15cm high
Provenance: Ian Roper Collection, London, circa 1985.
£50-£100
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A NURISTAN DRUM, AFGHANISTAN
The body of the drum carved out of one piece of wood, decorated with two rows of encircled eight-pointed stars, on four legs carved with triangles along the borders, the goat hide drumhead attached to the body with wood pegs, 51cm high
Provenance: Pinto Collection, Paris and New York. Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 2010, lot 81.
£2,000-£3,000
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A NAGA WARRIOR'S SHAWL, INDIA
Dyed in black, with beige stripes along the long sides, embroidered with cowrie shells forming twenty circles, with rows of small squares of red dyed fibre, possibly dog hair, fringes on both sides, 108cm x 155cm
Literature: the number of circles are a reference to the number of banquets the owner has hosted to celebrate a victory.
£100-£150
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FOUR NAGA ARTEFACTS, INDIA
Including a small wood charm in the shape of a human head, 8.5cm long; a pair of shell ear ornaments with dotted decoration along the edge, 7cm diam; a bone sceptre with brass terminals, 34cm long; and an Indian brass lock in the shape of a dog or lion, 11cm long (5)
£80-£120
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FIVE BRONZE 'OPIUM' WEIGHTS, BURMA
Circa late 18th-19th Century
The largest in the shape of a lion with over-arching handle, the others depicting another lion, two ducks and a hybrid figure half human and half bird, 2cm-5.5cm high (5)
£80-£120
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A COLLECTION OF SILVER ETHNOGRAPHIC RINGS
With examples from Ethiopia, India and Afghanistan, ring size between 'J' and 'W' (21)
£100-£150
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THREE LAHU HILL TRIBE SILVER NECK RINGS, THAILAND
Solid-cast, two examples with flattened back-turned terminals with incised decoration, another example with square cross-section and punched decoration, 13cm-17cm wide (3)
Provenance: English private collection, Mr & Mrs Balfour-Paul, acquired in the 1970s.
Literature: for a similar example of neck rings with back-turned ends used as barter items, cf. C.J. Opitz, An Ethnographic Study of Traditional Money, Ocala, 2000, p.284.
£100-£150
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TWO WAYANG GOLEK PUPPETS, INDONESIA
With articulated head and arms connected to rods, with batik fabric dresses, 43cm-44cm high (2)
Provenance: French private collection, purchased from Galerie Duperrier, Paris, in the 1960s.
£100-£150
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SIX NECKLACES AND ORNAMENTS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Including a pendant of cowrie shells and boar tusks, a teeth necklace, a boar tusks necklace, and three cowrie shell necklaces, together with an elephant tooth, approx. 11cm-36cm long (7)
£80-£120
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A 'KINA' SHELL CURRENCY PENDANT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
The shell pendant attached to a rope necklace, 19.5cm long
£100-£150
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A 'KINA' SHELL CURRENCY PENDANT, HIGHLANDS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
The sickle-shaped mother of pearl pendant dyed with red pigment, attached to woven band, 20.5cm wide
£100-£150
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TWO SEPIK SHIELDS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Of narrow oval shape, carved with stylised anthropomorphic faces, decorated with white, red and blue pigment, a handle carved at the back, 77cm and 94cm long (2)
Provenance: Lewis Way Collection, England, acquired whilst travelling in the 1960s, thence by descent. Lewis Way was a psychologist, member of the Adlerian Society and author of many academic publications.
£150-£200
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TWO 'BLAAL' ANCESTOR FIGURES, SEPIK REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
With typical projecting beak-like mouth and pointed headdress, 35cm and 43cm high (2)
£100-£150
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A PAINTED BARK CLOTH PANEL, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Decorated with repeated cross motifs, 156.5cm x 84cm
£100-£200
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A WOOD 'ULA' CLUB, FIJI ISLANDS
The lower section of the handle decorated with incised zig zag motifs, 40cm long
£100-£200
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TWO ABORIGINAL BOOMERANGS, AUSTRALIA
58cm and 84cm long (2)
£80-£120
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FOUR POLYNESIAN ARTEFACTS
Including a coconut wood fish hook, Gambier Islands, 6cm long; together with three combs, the multiple wood points bound in woven fibres, 11.5cm-12cm long; together with another comb, 12.5cm long (5)
Provenance: Bonhams, 21 January 2009, lot 864 (part). H.D. Collings Collection.
£200-£300
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A BRONZE BUST OF HORI NGAKAPA TE WHANAUNGA, NEW ZEALAND
On a wood plinth with a plaque reading 'Hori Ngakapa Te Whanaunga. This warrior chief was one of the leaders in the attack on the British escort at Martin's Farm, Great South Road. 17th July 1863. His brave wife, Hera Puna, accompanied him on the warpath', 16.5cm high
£100-£200
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A MAORI 'MERE POUNAMU' GREENSTONE SHORT CLUB, NEW ZEALAND
With stepped rounded pommel, pierced for suspension, 33cm long
£400-£600
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A LARGE MAORI 'WAKAHUIA' FEATHER BOX, NEW ZEALAND
Of elliptical shape, the lid with central ridge in the shape of two anthropomorphic figures, decorated on each side with two large heads, the tongue sticking out, the round eyes inlaid with paua shell, the same intricate decoration repeated on the body, supported by two feet in the shape of kneeling figures, 38cm long
£300-£500
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A MAORI 'WAKAHUIA' FEATHER BOX, NEW ZEALAND
The lid decorated with a face with the tongue sticking out at either side, the rest intricately carved, with round paua shell inlays, supported by two feet in the shape of janiform heads, 30cm long
£150-£250
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A MAORI DANCE PADDLE, NEW ZEALAND
The leaf-shaped section carved on one side with a tiki head, the tongue sticking out and the eyes inlaid with paua shell roundels, the other side with an incised geometric pattern, the terminal carved with a suspension hoop and shell inlays, 61cm long
£300-£500
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THREE MAORI TIKI IDOLS, NEW ZEALAND (3)
£50-£80
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