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A TWIN HANDLED POTTERY VESSEL
Of slightly carinated form, with simple incised design consisting of a wavy central band within linear bands above and below, with two loop handles, 8.7cm high.
Provenance: UK private collection.
£100-200
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A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA BUST
Circa 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D.
Depicting a follower of Bacchus holding the wreath of vine leaves over his head, 14cm long.
Provenance: J. A. Perichon-Bey Collection (1860-1929), France, acquired while working in Egypt directing the Khedive sugar factory. The majority of the collection was bequeathed to the Museum of Limoges.
£150-250
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A MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUNG GIRL
Of pale white marble depicting a young girl with her wavy hair pulled back and tied by a slim fillet and set in a chignon at the back of her head, with a long narrow nose and small mouth, her delicate facial features are worn, after the antique, 20cm wide.
£200-300
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A GROUP OF MISCELLANEOUS ARTEFACTS
Including three domed seals; a bronze arrow head; a Byzantine cross; an Islamic bronze hexagonal vessel; a grey stone animal, probably Islamic; and assorted other pieces, some not ancient, 1 - 10.3cm long, (Qty)
Provenance: From the collection of Chris Shepherd.
£60-80
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A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF ARTEFACTS
Including a Cypriot Iron Age juglet 8.6cm high; two small Egyptian bronzes of Isis and Horus, Late Period, circa 664 - 332 B.C.; two Sassanian domed seals; three Iron Age bronze animals 3.2-4.2cm long; a terracotta horse; an unusual grey anthropomorphic figure; and other objects, some not ancient, (Qty)
Provenance: The two Egyptian bronze figures are property from a French collection acquired prior to 1980; the Sassanian domed seals are property from the collection of K. J. Hewett; the terracotta horse and the grey figure are property from the collection of Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection and thence by descent; the rest from a UK private collection.
£80-120
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A BICHROME TERRACOTTA VESSEL
Meroitic Period, Circa 2nd - 3rd Century A.D.
With a bulbous, almost spherical body and a ring foot the vessel has a long cylindrical neck with a slightly flared mouth, with red slip decoration with stylised birds framed in tendrils and dashes, the shoulder of the vessel with a wave pattern surmounted by a pattern of circles and stars, 29cm high.
Provenance: UK private collection.
£700-1,000
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A ROMAN FRESCO FRAGMENT
Circa 1st Century A.D.
With remains of polychrome decoration 11.1cm wide, 7.8cm high; and two marble fragments, not ancient.
Provenance: Property from a UK private collection.
£100-200
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE PEDIMENT FRAGMENT
Roman Period, Circa 1st - 2nd Century A.D.
With the figure of a recumbent lion serving as the akroterion, his head facing forward and gazing down, with the mane surrounding his jowls and incised whiskers above his wide mouth, he sits on a ledge decorated in relief with two foliate scrolls and stylized leaves, with an egg-and-dart design on the diagonal and chevrons below, 42cm wide.
Provenance: From a private collection, Belgium, Acquired between 1967 and 1972.
£800-1,200
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A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF SILVANUS
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Depicted nude, with the weight on his right leg and his left knee bent, wearing an animal skin over his left shoulder and arm and carrying a variety of fruits and pine cones, unworked at the back, 56cm high.
Provenance: Private collection (RE), UK acquired prior to 1970.
Footnotes: Silvanus is a woodland deity who protects the forests and countryside; his name deriving from the Latin word silva, meaning 'wood; forest'. The cult of Silvanus became popular during the reign of Hadrian, as the deity became associated with Hadrian's favourite, Antinous, especially with his associations with youth and fertility.
£8,000-12,000
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A ROMAN BRONZE BULL
Circa 1st - 2nd Century A.D.
Naturalistically modelled, the bull is depicted with a muscular body and heavy flanks, with its head and horns lowered and his foreleg raised as if about to charge, Representations of bulls were numerous in the Roman world and were associated with Jupiter and Bacchus, 5.6cm long.
Provenance: Private collection (G.D.), acquired between 1955 and 1959; thence by descent.
Literature: For a similar example see the bronze in the Louvre, inventory no. BR4462.
£400-600
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A ROMAN PANTHER BROOCH
Circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D.
Depicted in the reclining position, with limbs curled under the body and impressed dots on the back, 4cm long.
Provenance: UK collection.
£100-200
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A ROMAN BRONZE STATUETTE OF JUPITER
Circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D.
With loose folds draped over his left shoulder and wrapped around his waist exposing his chest with defined musculature, Jupiter stands with his weight on right leg, his left hand on his hip and his right reaching out with palm raised, his facial features simply cast with his beard and large curls both defined in individual tresses, 9.7cm high.
Provenance: Reputedly found by Norman Parker at Priest Wood, Cromwell, on Saturday September 17th 1938, during a Sunday school picnic tea, a note accompanies the piece with wording to this effect written at the time of discovery.
£600-800
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A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF CUPID
Circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D.
Finely cast, Cupid stands with his right leg forward as if walking, in his right hand he holds a thyrsus pointing downwards, his left arm raised bent at the elbow, his face surrounded by distinctive thick curls, 9.6cm high.
Provenance: German private collection acquired in the 1960 and thence by descent.
£800-1,200
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ACTOR
Circa 2nd - 3rd century A.D.
Wearing a comic actor's mask, dressed in a tunic and close fitting patterned trousers, the right hand grasps the left wrist, with eyes clearly incised, the long hair reaches down to his lower back, 7cm high.
Provenance: British private collection, acquired 1990s.
£200-300
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A GALLO-ROMAN BRONZE FIBULA IN THE FORM OF A FLYING BIRD
Circa 2nd - 3rd Century A.D.
Depicted in flight with short outstretched wings, the long neck terminates in a spherical head with a pointed beak and incised eyes, the body and wings are covered in incised decoration, 4cm long.
Provenance: Private UK collection.
£200-300
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A ROMAN BRONZE HOUND
Circa 1st - 3rd Century A.D.
Naturalistically cast, the hound lies in a relaxed position with the head resting on its front paws and his hind legs tucked under the body, with a short curling tail, 6.7cm long.
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£300-500
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A ROMAN BRONZE LIDDED OINOCHOE
Circa 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D.
With a bulbous piriform body, the shoulder decorated with three encircling incised bands, the slim neck terminating in the trefoil lip which is covered by a hinged lid consisting of a sheet of bronze with a small waisted protrusion, the handle separately cast with a decorative tendril design where it joins the lip and terminating in an intricate gorgon head, 31cm high.
Provenance: Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14-15 December 1981, lot 282. Private collection, Australia.
£1,000-2,000
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A BRONZE SCORPION PENDANT
The scorpion is simplistically cast with two small pincers, defined legs, and the poisonous tail curved back over its body, 3.2cm long.
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£100-200
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A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A MAN
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Depicted bearded, with curly hair falling across his forehead, his lips parted, the large forehead, strongly furrowed brow, short nose and thick lips all suggest that this figure has achondroplasia, one of the most common forms of dwarfism. This is a particularly fine depiction with a sense of Pathos and is most unusual being in marble rather than the more ubiquitous bronze or terracotta, 35cm high.
Provenance: British private collection since the late 1990s, prior to that UK art market,
Footnotes: Dwarfs seem to have been a source of curiosity for Greeks and Romans, particularly in Alexandria, where dwarfs are often found depicted in theatrical or comical poses.
£8,000-12,000
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A ROMAN MARBLE HAND
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
A fragment from a large marble statue, depicting the left hand of a man, the fingers bent, once holding a now lost object, with a chunky ring worn on the ring finger, 20.5cm long.
Provenance: Spanish private collection, acquired in the 1970s.
£1,000-2,000
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A ROMAN MARBLE FUNERARY STELE
Circa 1st - early 2nd Century A.D.
A Latin inscription flanked by two standing nude Cupids, their heads turned in toward each other, with deeply-drilled curling locks, an upright spear held in one hand, an animal offering in the other, one with a duck, the other with a rabbit, Inscription Translation: "Q[intus] Lollius Lollianus lived 7 years, 5 months, 5 days", 59 x 42cm.
Provenance: Private collection, Illinois, USA.
£4,000-6,000
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A GROUP OF CATALOGUES
Including catalogues from Boisgirard- Antonini, Paris, 26 June 2003, 26 February 2003, 28 November 2005, 27 November 2009, 16 & 17 June 2005, 18 June 2009, 5 June 2013, 28 November 2005, 10 October 1990, 7 & 8 June 2006, 19 March 2004, 13 February 1991, 16 December 2006, 22 May 2003, 1 June 2007, 26 March 2004; Catalogues from Millon et Associes, Paris, 16 November 2005, 19 June 2017, 5 July 2010, 26 May 2009, 22 June 2012, 19 April 2010, 20 May 2006, 3rd December 2010, 13 December 2016, 11 December 2011, 8 December 2008, 21 May 2008, 14 November 2007, 15 June 2007, 5 December 2006, 30 May 2006, 7 June 2005, 8 December 2017; Catalogues from Binoche et Giquello, Paris, 17 December 2008, 20 March 2017, 15 December 2011, 17 November 2006; and assorted other catalogues, (Qty)
£100-150
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A GROUP OF CATALOGUES
Including catalogues from Brunk Autions, 15 & 16 September 2017, 10 & 11 March 2012; Catalogues from Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, 20 September 2016, 24 February - 5 March 2015, 2 - 16 December 2003; Catalogues from Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Fine Jewellery 27 April 2017, Fine Jewellery 27 October 2016, Furniture and Works of Art 11 January 2011, English and European Ceramics and Glass 13 September 2011, Asian Art 20 May 2019, Asian Art 15 November 2016, Tribal Art and Antiquities 20 September 2016, Tribal Art and Antiquities 9 February 2016; and assorted other catalogues, (Qty)
£100-150
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A GROUP OF CATALOGUES
Including Christie's Paris Decorative Arts 13 April 2010, Christie's Paris Collection Zeineb et Jean- Pierre Marcie-Riviere 8 & 9 June 2016, Christie's Paris Art d'Afrique, d'Oceanie et d'Amerique du Nord 23 June 2015; Rosebery's Islamic and Indian Art 27 October 2017, Rosebery's Islamic and Indian Art 24 April 2017; Catalogues from Gorny and Mosch, 19 June 2013, 14 December 2011, 26 June 2014, 30 June 2017, 11 July 2006, 12 December 2006; and assorted other catalogues, (Qty)
£100-150
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A GROUP OF CATALOGUES
Including catalogues from Sotheby's Amsterdam: European Collections 16, 17 & 18 December 2003, European Collections 17 & 18 September 2007, European Collections 21 & 22 February, European Collections 16 November 2004, European Collections 28 November 2005; Sotheby's Monaco Mobilier et Objets d'Art 25 & 26 October 1981; Bonham's 500 Years of Decorative Arts; Bonham's New York African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art 6 December 2016; Bonham's San Francisco African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art 12 February 2006; Sotheby's Paris Bacri Freres Antiquaires 30 March 2017; Sotheby's Paris African and Oceanic Art 21 June 1027; Sotheby's Paris African and Oceanic Art 24 June 2015; Sotheby's African and Oceanic Art 15 May 2017; and assorted other catalogues, (Qty)
£100-150
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A ROMAN BRONZE BALSAMARIUM IN THE FORM OF A YOUNG BOY'S HEAD
Circa 1st Century A.D.
Large eyes with cut-out pupils gaze out looking slightly upwards, with the hair, arranged in flame-like locks covers the head, with two circular attachments either side of the crown, which is hinged to allow access, allow the vessel to be suspended from chains, These were containers for incense, perfume or cosmetics and were often in the form of a grotesque figure, 10.3cm high.
Provenance: Collection of Louis de Clercq (1936 - 1901), Oignies, France; Private collection, Switzerland, acquired 1960s; thence by descent.
Literature: Vessels in the form of heads had their origins in earlier times, Etruscan examples are illustrated David Gordon Mitten, Suzannah F. Doeringer, 'Master Bronzes from the Classical World' (Cambridge, 1967), p.222-3, nos 225 and 226. A Roman example in the form of a bust of Bacchus or Antinoos is in the Dumbarton Oaks collection (see Gudrun Buhl (Ed.), 'Dumbarton Oaks; The Collections', Harvard University Press, 2008, p.34-35).
£1,000-2,000
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SIX BRONZE IMPLEMENTS
Circa 1st Millennium B.C.
Including four small-bladed scalpels with different shaped blades, two with raised relief bands at the top of the shaft; a small spoon atop a long shaft; and an unusual implement with an upsilon-shaped terminal, 12.7-14.2cm long.
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£250-450
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A HEAVILY CORRODED FIGURE OF A HORSE
Circa 1st Millennium B.C.
With foreshortened legs, an elongated tubular body, a broad neck and a short muzzle, originally with a rider of which only the left leg now remains, covered in much surface encrustation, 115.cm long, 9.3cm high. Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£250-450
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A BRONZE PATERA HANDLE
Circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D.
With raised relief decoration of a winged figure and a hound attacking its prey below, just visible, the handle terminates in a hollow hemisphere, 13.3cm long.
Provenance: UK private collection.
£200-300
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TWO BRONZE CICADA BROOCHES
Circa 3rd - 5th Century A.D.
Both of deltoid form with diagonal incisions on the bodies to indicate the wings, the impression of insect eyes also indicated by incised triangles, both 7.5cm long, (2)
Provenance: From an important London collection, acquired in the 1970s.
£200-300
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A ROMAN BRONZE HEAD OF A MAN
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
With the hair arranged in snail curls across the forehead, 4.5cm high.
Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
£200-300
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A ROMAN BRONZE KEY
Circa 1st - 3rd Century A.D.
A large key with a square cross-section shaft and a pierced handle, it terminates in four equal size prongs, 8.9cm long.
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£200-300
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A ROMAN MARBLE FIGURE OF AN EAGLE
Circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D.
From the eastern part of the empire, the eagle is depicted standing, with large claws and heavy plumage, the head now missing, 41.5cm high.
Provenance: European private collection, acquired before 2001, subsequently in the private collection of a British dealer.
£1,500-2,500
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A ROMAN LIMESTONE STELE FRAGMENT
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Depicting a draped male figure reclining on a couch, with a slave and a three-legged table below and a pedimental structure above, 40cm high.
Provenance: Acquired from the American art market, New York, 2000. Previously acquired from Sotheby's, New York. Accompanied by a copy of the Sotheby's valuation listing the piece, dated to 30 July 1984.
Literature: Images of the deceased reclining on a dining couch were a common motif in both Greek and Roman funerary art. It is often believed that these show the deceased dining in the afterlife, as if dining alongside the mourners at the ritual funerary banquet. For an example with similar iconography, see the marble cinerary urn for M. Domitius Primegenius in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Accession number 27.122.2a, b). It shows the same three-legged table, and couch with turned legs, and tiled background. The couch legs and three-legged table are also evident in the funerary relief of M. Aemilius Durises in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany.
£1,000-1,500
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A GROUP OF STONE ARTEFACTS
Including an Egyptian carved fragment 15.5cm high; a mortar of pale banded alabaster, the body of the vessel is of hemispherical form with a flat base and flat rim, with two pierced lug handles 10.5cm high; a hardstone lamp of teardrop shape with a shallow hollow and a dimpled handle, possibly Celtic 16cm long; and an unusual vessel with three depressions, possible a receptacle for cosmetics, 11.4cm long, (4)
Provenance: UK private collection.
£300-500
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A RECONSTITUTED ROMAN MOSAIC
Circa 3rd - 5th Century A.D.
A late 19th to early 20th century cast iron three legged support table, the support of scrolling form with acanthus feet, the top set with a reconstituted Roman mosaic, with geometric design, consisting of a central palmette surrounded by intersecting squares, with a border in a geometric design giving the impression of a floral motif, glass covered, 115cm diam.
Provenance: Property of an important private collector, acquired prior to 2000.
£5,000-8,000
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AN ROMAN BRONZE CRUCIFORM FIBULA
Circa 2nd - 3rd Century A.D.
The top knob surmounts the arched vertical, the cross bar also terminating in two polygonal finials, the end plate decorated with incised linear and circle and dot designs, traces of gilding survives, 8.5cm long.
Provenance: Property from a private collection, U.S.A.
£100-200
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A GALLO-ROMAN LONG PLATE BROOCH
Circa 2nd - 3rd Century A.D.
The central hollow disc is decorated with a band of alternate black and white enamel surrounding an inner ring of bright blue. It is flanked by inlaid terminals of adorsed crescentic lunettes set with white enamel terminating in a small disc of red enamel with a bright blue area of enamel between, 4.9cm high.
Provenance: UK collection, acquired 1992,
Literature: Richard Hattatt, 'Iron Age and Roman Brooches' (Oxford, 1985) pp. 168-169, nos. 600-601 shows similar examples. A close parallel can be seen in 'Antiken aus Rheinischem Privatbesitz' (Bonn, 1973) tafel 191, Nr. 420/3, pp. 260-261.
£200-300
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A THRACIAN SILVER GILT MOUNT OF TWO CONFRONTING EAGLES
Circa 4th Century B.C.
A silver gilt mount of two confronting eagles with hooked beaks, with the gilt providing accents and details to the two birds, the bodies and wings represented in a stylised manner with incised loop shapes, the gilt on silver decoration is very much typical of Thracian pieces, with three small functional holes sit around the edges of the eagles, 4.6cm high.
Provenance: Collection of James Bishop, acquired prior to 1970.
Literature: For examples of the Thracian practice of gilt silver accoutrements, see I. Marazov (ed.), 'Ancient Gold: The Wealth of the Thracians' (New York, 1998), particularly the phalera now in the Museum of History, Lovech (inv. no. 591), p. 137, no. 62.
£400-600
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ROMANO - BRITISH ENAMELLED RABBIT BROOCH
Circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D.
With panels of red and white enamel decoration, 2.1cm long.
Provenance: Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s.
£80-120
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A VIKING BOUND RAVEN PENDANT
Circa 9th - 11th Century A.D.
A Scandinavian type pendant with a raised border, an image of a bird with spread wings and pellets to the border, 3.8cm diam.
Provenance: From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000.
£80-120
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A ROMANO-BRITISH CRUCIFORM FIBULA
Circa 2nd - 5th Century A.D.
With a central incised design of concentric circles, each point of the fibula terminates in a zoomorphic head with open mouth and circle and dot eyes, 7.4cm wide.
Provenance: UK collection.
£80-120
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A ROMAN BRONZE BUCKET HANDLE
Circa 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D.
Composed of a rectangular sectioned shaft with square section terminals, with incised geometric design, and integral suspension loops, one decorative terminal in the form of a head of a horned animal survives, with defined features, with a loop interlocked with that of the shaft, 19cm wide.
Provenance: Found by metal detector in 2016, PAS ID DUR-A0411F.
£300-500
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A LARGE GROUP OF ANCIENT BRONZE PIECES
Including a bronze ring; a bronze ladle and two small Egyptian bronze figures of Osiris, possibly Late Period,
Provenance: Property from a UK private collection.
£80-120
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FOUR BRONZE BLADES AND A BRONZE KEY
Iron Age - Modern period
8.1-10.3cm long.
Provenance: Property from a UK private collection.
£200-300
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FOUR EUROPEAN BRONZE FIBULAE AND A ROMAN BRONZE RING
Circa 1st-5th Century A.D.
Including a Romano-British bronze fibula, with central rib with leaves design on the arch, 6cm long; a Gallo-Roman bronze fibula in the shape of a phallus, with traces of enamel remaining, 3.2cm long; a Gallo-Roman bronze fibula in the form of a cicada, 2.7cm long; a European bronze disc fibula with enamel, 3.3cm diam; and a bronze ring with a circular bezel, (5)
Provenance: The Romano-British fibula, found in Piercebridge, County Durham; the fibula in the shape of a phallus from a UK private collection; the cicada fibula from a UK private collection, acquired in 1991; the bronze disc fibula from a UK private collection, acquired in 1988.
£300-500
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A BRONZE PIECES
Including a Phrygian bronze brooch, Circa 6th century B.C.; two bronze buckles and a hooked attachment, Dark Ages, 6th - 8th century A.D., 5.6-7.2cm long.
Provenance: UK private collection.
£300-500
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A PAIR OF OSTROGOTHIC FIBULAE IN THE FORM OF CICADAS
Circa 5th Century A.D.
Of stylised form the insects are shown with a pointed head and large eyes in relief and narrow thorax decorated with three raised ribs, the wings and abdomen are finely depicted in three sharp points, 4cm and 4.5cm long, (2)
Provenance: UK collection.
£80-120
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THREE OSTROGOTHIC FIBULAE IN THE FORM OF CICADAS
Circa 5th - 6th Century A.D.
Including an example with a triangular body decorated with a series of punched circles and flanked by a pair of pointed wings, terminating in a triangular head with protruding rounded eyes 2.5cm long; an example with a sharply pointed head with large triangular eyes in relief and short thorax decorated with three raised ribs and triangular wings 4.7cm long; and an example with a short triangular body, pointed wings decorated by short incised lines, terminating in a rectangular head marked with a series of diagonal incisions representing the eyes, 4.7cm long, (3)
Provenance: The first from a UK collection, acquired 1989, the latter two from private UK collections.
£200-300
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A GROUP OF BRONZE FIBULAE
Circa 1st - 3rd Century A.D.
Including a Romano-British umbonate brooch, 3.5cm diameter; a Romano-Celtic bronze wheel fibula with decorative enamelling, 3.2cm diam; a Roman fibula with lettering reading MARS, 3.4cm high; a Gallo-Roman bronze crescent fibula with enamel inlays, 4.3cm long; a Gallo-Roman silver fibula of an urn, 2.7cm long; a Gallo-Roman bronze lunular fibula with enamel inlays, 3.9cm long, (6)
Provenance: The umbonate brooch Ex private UK collection, acquired by current owner in 1990; the Roman MARS fibula, Private collection Austria acquired prior to 1997, Ex Dorotheum 22nd April 1997, lot 144; the other four fibulae all ex private UK collection.
£700-900
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