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A GROUP OF CHRISTIE'S ANTIQUITIES AND ANCIENT JEWELRY CATALOGUES
6 June 2013, New York; 25 Oct 2012, London; 26 Apr 2012, London (The Groppi Collection); 6 Oct 2011, London; 16/17 Feb 2011, Paris; 14 Apr 2011, London; 29 Apr 2010, London; 11 Dec 2009, New York; 27 Oct 2009, London; 28 Apr 2009, London; 4 June 2008, New York; 7 Dec 2006, New York; 8 Dec 2005, New York; 20 Apr 2005, London (Including the Leo Mildenberg Collection); 20 Apr 2005, London (Faces from the Ancient World); 28 Apr 2004, London; 13 May 2003, London; 11 June 2003, New York; 29 Oct 2003, London; 29 Oct 2003, London (The Heidi Vollmoeller Collection); 12 June 2002, New York; two copies of 12 Dec 2002, New York; 13 Dec 2002, New York; 5 Dec 2001, New York; 5/6 Dec 2001, New York; 9 Dec 1999, New York; 4 June 1999, New York; 8 Apr 1998, London; 17 Mar 1998, New York; 18 Dec 1997, New York; and 25 Nov 1997, London, (32)
£200-£300 *
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A GROUP OF BONHAMS ANTIQUITIES CATALOGUES
Two copies of 13 Apr 2011; two copies of 28 Apr 2010; 6 Oct 2010; 28 Oct 2009; two copies of 29 Apr 2009; 15 Oct 2008 (The Geddes Collection); 1 May 2008; 26 Oct 2007; two copies of 26 Apr 2007 (Antiquities and Tribal Art); 27 Apr 2006; 14 May 2003; 8 Nov 2001; 21 Oct 1999; 22 Sep 1998; and 2 Dec 2008 (Early European Works of Art and The Knightsbridge Sale), (20)
£100-£150 *
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D. Whitehouse, Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Volumes 1 and 2, New York, 1997 and 2001, (2)
£50-£80 *
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A GROUP OF REFERENCE BOOKS ON ANCIENT GLASS
R.S. Bianchi (ed.), Reflections on Ancient Glass from the Borowski Collection, Mainz Am Rhein, 2002; E.M. Stern, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass, 10 BCE-700CE, The Ernesto Wolf Collection, Ostifildern-Ruit, 2001; A. von Saldern (ed.), Gläser der Antike : Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer, Mainz Am Rhein, 1974; B. Simonetta, Vetri Antichi del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria, Venice, 1996; V. Arveiller-Dulong and M-D. Nenna, Les Verres Antiques, Vol. 1, Paris, 2000; J-A. Bruhn, Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass, New York, 1995; P. La Baume and J.W. Salomonson, Römische Kleinkunst: Sammlung Karl Löffler, Band III, Köln, 1976; E.M. Stern and B. Schlick-Nolte, Early Glass of the Ancient World, 1600 B.C. - A.D. 50, The Ernesto Wolf Collection, Ostfildern, 1994; S.B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1980; S. Carboni and D. Whitehouse (eds.), Glass of the Sultans, New York, 2001; P.L.W. Arts, A Collection of Ancient Glass, 500 B.C. - 550 A.D., Lochem, 2000; Sotheby's, The Constable-Maxwell Collection of Ancient Glass, 4/5 June 1979, London, (12)
£80-£120 *
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A GREEK CORE-FORMED GLASS OINCHOE
Circa 5th Century B.C.
Of dark blue glass, with trefoil lip and a handle, with yellow and white combed decoration, 10.3cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired 1948-2000.
£700-£900 *
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A HELLENISTIC AMBER GLASS BOWL
Circa 2nd-1st Century B.C.
With incised bands on the inside and a ring base, 16cm diam
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£300-£500 *
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A ROMAN BLUE GLASS UNGUENTARIUM
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Of piriform shape, with a cylindrical neck and everted rim, 7.3cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£120-£150 *
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A ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Of piriform shape, with long, narrow neck and everted rim, 13cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£150-£250 *
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A ROMAN BLUE GLASS UNGUENTARIUM
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Of piriform shape, with a cylindrical neck and everted rim, 9.3cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£150-£200 *
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TWO ROMAN GLASS BOTTLES
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Each of clear colour, with cylindrical body, and everted rim, 6cm-7cm high, (2)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£200-£300 *
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FIVE MINIATURE GLASS VESSELS
Circa 1st-4th Century A.D.
Including a red opaque glass bowl, a clear glass bowl, a core-formed oinochoe, and two bottles, 2.4cm-5cm high, (5)
Provenance: The property of UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£250-£350 *
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THREE ROMAN GLASS VESSELS
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Including an unguentarium of piriform shape with a long cylindrical neck and everted rim, a yellow glass bottle with bulbous body tapering to the thin neck and a flaring out at the rim, and a small white bottle with a conical body and a wide everted rim, 6.5cm-13cm high, (3)
Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
£400-£600 *
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A ROMAN CANDLESTICK UNGUENTARIUM
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Clear glass in colour, with a long, narrow neck, flaring out to a wide circular base, 14cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£150-£200 *
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A ROMAN GLASS GRAPE FLASK
Eastern Mediterranean, circa 3rd Century A.D.
Mould blown, with stylised grape pattern, and a round base and shoulder, with narrow neck and everted rim, 12cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1984-2000.
£1,000-£1,200 *
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A LATE ROMAN GLASS BEAKER OR LAMP
Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D.
Of clear glass, with a flaring rim and rounded base, 8.5cm diam
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
£200-£300 *
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THREE ROMAN GLASS JARS
Circa 4th Century A.D.
Each of globular form with cylindrical neck and everted rim, and each with pinched decoration, 7cm-8.5cm high, (3)
Provenance: The property of the UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£400-£600 *
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A ROMAN PALE GREEN GLASS DOUBLE BALSAMARIUM
Circa 4th Century A.D.
With applied spiral decoration, and small twin handles, 11cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£300-£400 *
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A SASANIAN GLASS GOBLET
Iran, circa 4th-6th Century A.D.
Of pale-yellow glass, with moulded decoration, with a narrow stem flaring out into a flat foot, 9cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
£400-£600 *
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A BYZANTINE HEXAGONAL AMBER GLASS JUG
Eastern Mediterranean, circa 6th-7th Century A.D.
The body mould blown, with a cylindrical neck, trefoil mouth, and rim folded in, the handle pulled up from the shoulder and joined at the edge of the rim, 13.5cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£700-£900 *
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AN ISLAMIC BLUE GLASS BOWL
Circa 9th Century A.D.
With a band of etched decoration around the outside, 19.4cm diam
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired from 1948-2000.
£300-£500 *
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AN ISLAMIC BOTTLE
Iran, circa 11th-12th Century A.D.
With bulbous body tapering to a long, narrow neck and everted rim, with spiral trailing at the top and base of the neck, and a ring base, 22cm high
Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
£200-£300 *
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AN ISLAMIC GLASS STOPPER AND TWO BYZANTINE GLASS WEIGHTS
Byzantine to Islamic Period
The glass stopper of turquoise colour, in conical shape, 7cm high, and the two weights circular in shape and light and dark blue in colour, 5.3cm-8cm diam, (3)
Provenance: : The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£300-£400 *
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AN ISLAMIC GLASS JUGLET
Circa 9th Century A.D.
With piriform body and a small handle, 9.8cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£150-£200 *
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A LATE BYZANTINE OR EARLY ISLAMIC BLUE GLASS BOTTLE
Circa 4th-8th Century A.D.
Of a dark blue colour, with a vertically ribbed body which tapers into a neck and then flares out again at the rim, 7.7cm high
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired from 1948-2000.
£400-£500 *
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TWO ISLAMIC BRONZE EWERS
Circa 18th-early 20th Century
Both with incised floral decoration, one with a cylindrical body, curved spout and hinged lid, and the other with a squat, bulbous body, and long, narrow neck, with a tall spout and hinged lid, 33-42cm high, (2)
Provenance: UK private collection, acquired in a London auction in the 1960s or 1970s.
£200-£300 *
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AN IZNIK CERAMIC TILE
Circa 17th Century A.D.
Of square form, decorated in cobalt blue, green and turquoise, with black outline on a white ground with a large lotus issuing scrolling foliate tendrils flanked by partial lotuses, with partial tulips above and below, 23.2cm x 23.2cm
£200-£300 *
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FOUR ISLAMIC POTTERY OIL LAMPS
Circa 10th-14th Century A.D. Including three dark blue glazed oil lamps with extended spouts and small handles, 9.5cm-11.5cm wide; a turquoise glazed oil lamp with a narrow stem and a pinched rim, attached to the rim of the broad base by the handle, 7cm high; and another oil lamp in stone, 11.5cm long, (5)
Provenance: Ex private collection, the Netherlands, acquired in the late 20th Century.
£100-£120 *
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A CANAANITE BRONZE IDOL
Circa 2nd Millennium B.C.
Wearing a conical hat, stepping forward on one leg, with tangs on the feet, 9.2cm high
Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the first World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the second World War he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
£200-£300 *
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AN IRANIAN BRONZE PENDANT
Iron Age, circa 700-100 B.C.
A spherical openwork pendant with three small juglet pendants, 6.5cm high
Provenance: Ex UK private collection, London, formed in the 20th Century.
£30-£50 *
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AN ANATOLIAN POTTERY VESSEL
Hacilar Region, Middle Chalcolithic Period, circa 5th Millennium B.C.
The ovoid body and wide cylindrical neck decorated with umber paint, with chevron patterns within horseshoe shapes and bands on the neck, the two handles attached to the pointed ends of the body, 17cm high
Provenance: Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired in the 1970s.
£400-£600 *
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THREE ANATOLIAN POTTERY DISHES
Hacilar Region, Middle Chalcolithic Period, circa early 6th-5th Millennium B.C.
Each shallow dishes, with painted umber decoration, one decorated with concentric circles, the other two with angular decoration, 17.2cm-25cm diam, (3)Provenance: Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired in the 1970s. One accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence certificate dated to 1977.
Literature: There is a similar Hacilar shallow bowl in the British Museum (museum number 134846).
£800-£1,200 *
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A LARGE ANATOLIAN POTTERY VESSEL
Hacilar Region, Middle Chalcolithic, circa mid-6th Millennium B.C.
With the body tapering to four corners, with a wide cylindrical neck, decorated with red paint with broad stripes on the body and bands on the neck, 18.6cm highProvenance: Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired in the 1970s.
Literature: There is a Hacilar vessel with similar decoration and in the same shape in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession number 64.286.5)
£500-£700 *
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THREE ANATOLIAN POTTERY VESSELS
Hacilar Region, Middle Chalcolithic, circa 5th Millennium B.C.
Each with bulbous body and cylindrical rim, with angular, umber painted decoration, 16cm-22.2cm high, (3)
Provenance: Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired in the 1970s. One accompanied by a copy of thermoluminescence certificate dated to 1977.
£800-£1,200 *
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AN ANATOLIAN POTTERY DISH
Hacilar Region, Middle Chalcolithic, circa early 6th-5th Millennium B.C.
With flaring rim, decorated with umber paint with horizontal lines on the rim and geometric designs in the bowl, two small handles on the body, 24cm diam
Provenance: Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired in the 1970s.
£500-£700 *
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TWO ANATOLIAN POTTERY VESSELS
Hacilar Region, Middle Chalcolithic, circa 5th Millennium B.C.
Both with bulbous body and cylindrical neck, one with umber painted decoration and the other with darker maroon painted decoration, 20cm-22cm high, (2)
Provenance: Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired in the 1970s. Both accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence certificate dated to 1977.
£400-£600 *
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR
Old Kingdom, circa 2600 B.C.
A piriform jar tapering to a flat base, with an everted rim, 13cm high
Provenance: Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952) Collection, Bordeaux, France. Thence by descent.
£400-£600 *
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR
Old Kingdom, circa 2600 B.C.
A piriform jar tapering to a flat base, with an everted rim, 21.7cm high
Provenance: Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952) Collection, Bordeaux, France. Thence by descent.
£700-£900 *
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR
Old Kingdom, circa 2600 B.C.
A jar with a slightly concave cylindrical body, with an out-turned rim and flared foot, 22cm high
Provenance: Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952) Collection, Bordeaux, France. Thence by descent.
£700-£900 *
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AN EGYPTIAN WOOD FIGURE
Middle Kingdom, circa 2030-1640 B.C.
Painted wood figure of a man, likely to be a boatman, 16.5cm high
Provenance: Ex UK collection, formed in the mid-20th Century.
£120-£150 *
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AN EGYPTIAN WOODEN ARM
New Kingdom to Late Period, circa 1550-500 B.C.
From a standing deity, probably originally crossed over the front of the chest, 12cm long
Provenance: UK private collection, formed in the mid-20th Century. Previously with Coincraft, London.
£120-£150 *
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EGYPTIAN BONE MONKEY AMULET OR FINIAL
New Kingdom, 18th-19th Dynasty, circa 1540-186 B.C.
Depicted seated on his haunches with stippled fur over the back and head, and recessed eyes, 4.5cm
Provenance: The Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001) Collection.
£300-£400 *
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AN EGYPTIAN WOODEN SHABTI
New Kingdom, Ramesside Period, circa 1295-1070 B.C.
The mummiform figure, wearing a tripartite wig with hands crossed to hold agricultural implements, 20.5cm high
Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the first World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the second World War he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
£150-£250 *
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER SHABTI
New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, 1190-1075 B.C.
Enlivened with green, black and orange wax, with arms crossed over the chest and wearing a wig, 15.5cm high
Provenance: Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952) Collection, Bordeaux, France. Thence by descent.
Literature: For a similar type of shabti, see Sotheby's, New York, 6 December 2012, lot 51
£2,000-£3,000 *
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AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION BES AMULET NECKLACE
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
The dwarf god depicted standing, wearing a headdress, with the necklace made up of cylindrical glazed composition beads, with spacers of glazed composition, carnelian, quartz and other stones, restrung, 28.5cm long including the Bes amulet
Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the First World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the Second World War he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
£200-£300 *
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TWO EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION MUMMY BEAD NECKLACES
New Kingdom to Late Period, circa 1550-332 B.C.
The first composed of cylindrical blue glazed composition beads terminating in a small terracotta shabti, 40cm long including the shabti; the other composed of small blue glazed composition cylindrical beads with bone spacers, terminating in a modern glass bead, 41cm long, both restrung, (2)
Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the First World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the Second World War he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
£200-£300 *
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A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETS
New Kingdom to Late Period, circa 1550-332 B.C.
Strung together, including sixteen udjat eye amulets, two scarabs, a menat amulet, a sow, twelve amulets of deities, and others, some Not Ancient, 0.5cm-2cm high, (a lot)
Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the First World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the Second World War he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
£300-£500 *
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A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETS AND AMULET FRAGMENTS
New Kingdom to Late Period, circa 1550-332 B.C.
Including a fragment of a fine udjat eye amulet, a fragmentary amulet and another small amulet of Horus wearing a sun disc, a sow, a striding Thoth, a Tauret, three small udjat eyes, seven small amulets of deities, and other amulets and fragments, the largest amulet 3.5cm wide (a lot)
Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the First World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the Second World War he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
£150-£250 *
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A GROUP OF SMALL GLAZED COMPOSITION BEADS
Ramesside to Late Period, circa 1250-500 B.C.
Various small cylindrical and long glazed composition beads, (a lot)
Provenance: Ex Egypt Exploration Society, 'Partage' System, late 19th-early 20th Century.
£30-£50 *
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A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES
Including a wooden Amun crown, composed of two feathers, with details added in polychrome, 9cm high, Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-32 B.C.; four bone bracelets, 4cm-6.2cm high, Predynastic Period, circa 3000 B.C.; three earrings or hair rings, two made of glass and one of terracotta, New Kingdom, circa 1550-1070 B.C.; a shell pendant, 7cm long, and another, Not Ancient, 7cm wide (10)
Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the First World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the Second World War he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
£300-£400 *
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A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN BRONZE ITEMS
Including six figures of Osiris, each in typical mummiform posture, 6.2cm-13cm high; two snake bracelets, with overlapping terminals, 5.3cm-10.2cm diam; and two ancient bronze handle fragments, 10cm-11.5cm long, and a bronze figure of Thoth as a baboon, Not Ancient, 6.3cm high (11)
Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the First World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the Second World War he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
£500-£700 *
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