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A GROUP OF MEDIEVAL BRONZE BUCKLES
Circa 6th - 7th Century A.D.
Including seven penannular form brooches, with various incised decoration; and one other, 10-17cm diam, (Qty)
Provenance: Property from a UK private collection.
£80-120
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A GROUP OF GLASS VESSELS
Roman Period - Islamic Period
Including a pale turquoise candlestick unguentarium, with a tall slender cylindrical neck, an everted rim and small globular body, circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D.; three piriform cobalt blue unguentaria with everted rims, circa 1st - 3rd Century A.D.; a green glass vessel with a piriform body and long neck, circa 1st - 2nd Century A.D.; an Islamic green glass squat vessel with circular glass appliques, standing on three glass feet; and an Islamic blue and white glass vessel with a hexagonal cross-section, 4.1 - 17cm high, (7)
Provenance: English private collection of Mr J.C., Yorkshire, purchased from Robert Deutsch, Archaeological Centre, Israel, in the late 1980s - early 1990s, thence by descent.
£300-500
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A GROUP OF ROMAN GLASS VESSELS
Circa 4th Century A.D. and later
Including a sprinkler flask; two storage flasks, one with trailed decoration, the other with dimpled body; a vessel with a slender neck with trailed decoration wound below the rim; and another clear vessel with elegant body, 8.9-14.1cm high, (5)
Provenance: Property from a UK private collection, acquired in the mid-20th century.
£200-300
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A GROUP OF SMALL GLASS VESSELS
Islamic Period and later, 3-13.2cm high, (8)
Provenance: Property from a UK private collection, acquired in the mid-20th century.
£100-200
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT GLASS VESSELS
Including three flagon shaped vessels an aubergine coloured vase and a black vessel with protrusions, 9 -11cm high, (5)
£200-300
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A BYZANTINE HEXAGONAL AMBER GLASS JUG
Eastern Mediterranean, circa 6th-7th Century A.D.
The body moulded with six panels with geometric deign, the base with a six-rayed star, 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.
£500-700
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A ROMAN MARBLED AMBER GLASS UNGUENTARIUM
Circa 1st Century A.D.
From the eastern Mediterranean, a tall elegant vessel of opaque amber and white marbled glass, with a long cylindrical neck tapering to an everted rim the slender globular body drawn out to rounded pointed base, 21cm high.
Provenance: Collection of Professeur and Madame Claude Dufourmentel, France, Literature: Published in A.M. Kevorkian, Verres Antiques et de l'Islam, Hotel Drouot Paris, 3 - 4 juin, 1985, lot 107.
£1,2000-1,500
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A ROMAN PALE BLUE GLASS AMPHORISKOS
Circa 4th Century A.D.
With squat bulbous body decorated with a spiral of deep turquoise glass trail turning into a band of zig-zag, with a long concave neck with thick band of the body glass trailed around below the applied handles, 12cm high.
Provenance: Collection of Donald Brown, Boston, Massachusetts, acquired 1960s.
Literature: For similar manufacture see C. S. Lightfoot, 'Ancient Glass in National Museums Scotland' (Edinburgh, 2007) p. 130, no. 320.
£700-1,000
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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.
£200-300
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A ROMAN PALE TURQUOISE GLASS BOWL
Circa 2nd - 4th century A.D.
Free-blown in pale turquoise glass, the shallow bowl with rolled rim, tubular ring base and distinctive pontil mark, is decorated with applied rigaree handles, 16.7 cm diameter, 6.6 cm high.
Provenance: Private collection, New York, acquired 1960s.
£400-600
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TWO ROMAN GLASS VESSELS
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Including a piriform candlestick unguentarium of thick blue glass with an uneven everted disc rim and surviving iridescence 8.5cm high; and a squat jar of pale blue glass with six dimples on the body and a slightly concave base, with an everted mouth an applied rounded rim, 7.5cm high, (2)
Provenance: Property from a private collection, U.S.A.
£150-250
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FOUR ROMAN GLASS VESSELS
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Including an unguentarium of piriform shape with a long cylindrical neck and everted rim; a pale amber 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; and a Roman glass unguentarium, of piriform shape, with long, narrow neck and everted rim, 6.5cm - 13cm high, (4)
Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
£300-500
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THREE ISLAMIC GLASS JARS
Circa 8th - 11th Century A.D.
Each of globular form with cylindrical neck and everted rim, and each with pinched decoration, 7 - 8.5cm high, (3)
Provenance: The property of the UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£300-500
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FOUR GLASS VESSELS
Including a Roman sprinkler flask, circa 3rd Century A.D.; and three Islamic vessels, 4.3 - 8.2cm.
Provenance: Ex private collection, London, acquired prior to 1990.
£80-120
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FOUR ROMAN GLASS INTAGLIOS AND A ROMAN GLASS PENDANT IN THE FORM OF A HEAD
Circa 1st - 3rd Century A.D.
Including a glass intaglio with a male portrait, 1.5cm high; a glass intaglio with a portrait of a man wearing a wreath, 1.5cm high; a glass intaglio with a man on horseback, in a modern mount, 2.5cm long; a green glass cameo with a couchant dog, in a modern mount, 2.5cm long; a glass pendant in the form of a head of a Nubian, 1.7cm high, (5)
Provenance: Ex Collection of Henry Wallis RWS (1830 - 1916), UK.
£300-500
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A LARGE GROUP OF GLASS VESSELS
Including a Roman candlestick unguentarium, circa 2nd - 3rd century A.D. 13.5cm high; various coloured glass miniature vessels; three amber glass stirring rods; multiple Southeast Asian glass rings; a red inlay of the head of an Egyptian pharaoh; and other assorted glass fragments, (Qty)
Provenance: Property from the collection of Chris Shepherd.
£80-120
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A ROMAN AMBER GLASS DATE FLASK
Circa 1st - 2nd Century A.D.
In the form of the fruit with a narrow flared neck and extensive iridescence, 6.4cm long.
Provenance: English private collection of Mr J.C., Yorkshire, purchased from Robert Deutsch, Archaeological Centre, Israel, in the late 1980s - early 1990s, thence by descent.
£100-200
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A LATE BYZANTINE OR EARLY ISLAMIC BLUE GLASS BOTTLE
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.
£300-400
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A ROMAN GLASS PHIAL
Circa 3rd - 4th Century A.D.
Of pale blue glass, with a slender piriform body that tapers to a wide flaring mouth, 11.1cm high.
Provenance: Private German collection, acquired in the 1970s.
£80-120
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A HELLENISTIC PALE AMBER GLASS BOWL
Circa 2nd-1st Century B.C.
With wheel-cut bands on the interiors and underside of the base, 16cm diam.
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£200-300
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A LATE ROMAN DEEP HEMISPHERICAL BOWL
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.
£100-200
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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, 5.3 - 8cm diam, (3)
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£200-300
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A PRESSED ROMAN GLASS TOKEN
Impressed with a lion walking beneath a crescent and a star, circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D. 2cm diam; and a glass female head and other glass disc, not ancient, (3)
Provenance: Ex private UK collection, acquired early 20th Century.
£100-200
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CENTRAL EUROPEAN BRONZE SPIRAL HAIR RINGS
Middle to Late Bronze Age, circa 800 B.C.
Formed from thick bands of bronze coiled into cylindrical ring, decorated with a closely spaced parallel notches, 3cm high, (2)
Provenance: Private collection, Germany.
£200-300
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A KIEV CULTURE BRONZE BROOCH
Circa 200 - 500 A.D.
A large, well preserved bronze brooch from the Kiev culture of Eastern Europe, a prominent central bow, decorated with horizontal, angular projections, the top and bottom filled with triangles of vibrant red enamel, 10.4cm high.
Provenance: British private collection, acquired 1980s.
£600-800
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A GROUP OF MEDIEVAL BRONZE ARTEFACTS
Including two shield shaped fittings with attachment loops, one divided by a triple diagonal line from left to right, with worn figural forms on each side; a diamond shaped fitting divided into four sections by a diagonal cross with worn fleurs-de-lys in each quarter; a floral shaped fitting with traces of gilding; a circular applique with floral design in raised relief; three fittings with extensive surviving gold decoration in various foliate and geometric designs; and four further appliques with worn decoration, 2.9-6cm long, (12)
Provenance: UK private collection, acquired prior to 2000.
£200-300
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A NORMAN ATTACHMENT
Circa 11th - 12th Century A.D.
The 'upsilon' form fitting is formed of a cylindrical shaft terminating in two raised relief rings, below which are the two curved hook elements, decorated with dash incisions and terminating in two Romanesque zoomorphic heads, with pointed beaks, 11.5cm long.
Provenance: UK private collection, acquired prior to 2000.
£250-350
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A SUBSTANTIAL CELTIC TWISTED BRONZE TORC
Late Bronze Age - Early Iron Age, Circa 800 - 600 B.C.
The large circular ring with a fine green patina is decorated with tightly spiralled raised ribs with square terminals are finished with raised mushroom headed knobs bent to interlock, 20 cm diam.
Provenance: Private collection, Germany, acquired 1980s - 1990s; Ex Hermann Historica 14th April 2008, lot 227.
Literature: For a similar type, though with different shaped terminals, see Richard Hattatt, 'Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts' (Oxford, 1989) pp. 408-409, fig. 3 no. 9.
£400-600
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A EUROPEAN BRONZE PENDANT FITTING
7th - 6th Century B.C.
With a conical boss on each arm, the edges incised with linear details, rivet holes along the edge, 7.1cm high.
Provenance: Ex Lord McAlpine of West Green; UK private collection acquired Bonham's 23 May 2012.
Published: A. MacGregor, Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, fig. 16.31, p.123.
£150-250
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A BRONZE TABLE LEG FOOT
Of hollow form, with a smooth rounded surface, the foot stands on a flat rim that surrounds the base, with a protruding rod extending from the back, probably for attachment, 18cm high.
Provenance: UK private collection.
£300-500
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A BYZANTINE SILVER SPATULA
Circa 5th - 8th Century A.D.
Terminating in a shovel-shaped blade, the slender stem with incised decoration surmounted by a terminal in the form of a dove with a suspension loop above, 18.1cm long.
Provenance: Brockway Collection, Florida, collected in the 1980s; UK private collection acquired Bonham's 23 October 2012, lot 223 (part).
£300-500
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A BYZANTINE BRONZE CENSER
Circa 6th - 7th Century A.D.
Hexagonal in shape, with three chains joined together with a cross and a hook for suspension, 35cm high inc. the chain, 10cm diam.
Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
£600-800
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A BYZANTINE BRONZE OIL LAMP
Circa 5th - 6th Century A.D.
The flared nozzle tapers to the cylindrical spout, the slightly carinated body with a hinged scallop lid, with a cross-shaped thumb spur below which is a loop handle, 14cm long.
Provenance: UK private collection.
£200-300
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A BYZANTINE BRONZE OIL LAMP
Circa 5th - 6th Century A.D.
With a cruciform handle, with one arm missing with a hoop underneath, a flaring spout, and the base pierced for attachment, the lid now missing, 14.5cm long.
Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
£500-700
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AN AFTER THE ANTIQUE BRONZE LAMP
In the style of a Byzantine lamp, standing on a separately cast foot, the lamp has a pierced spout and a hole in the centre of the body surrounded by a border of raised relief braid decoration, with a tall chi-rho handle and a chain, 9cm high, 7.2cm long.
Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
£70-100
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TWO FIGURAL BRONZES
Including an draped female figure; and a terminal with a zoomorphic finial, 8.1 - 10.3cm high, (2)
Provenance: Property from a UK private collection.
£100-200
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A BYZANTINE BRONZE POLYKANDILON
Circa 5th - 7th century A.D.
With intricate openwork design on the wide rim with two bands of circular holes, possibly for holding glass lamps, a hemispherical bowl sits in the centre with cut out teardrop and diamond motifs also designed to hold a glass vessel, it stands on a hollow flared base, three suspension loops on the rim for attachment of chains for hanging, 8cm high, 39cm diam.
Provenance: Ex UK private collection.
£800-1,200
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A WESTERN ASIATIC CARNELIAN BEAD NECKLACE
Restrung with a modern clasp, composed of forty-six faceted and polished spherical beads, the central bead larger than the others, 71.5cm long.
Provenance: Private collection, Germany, acquired 1960s - 1980s.
£300-500
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A ROMAN GOLD AND JASPER RING
Circa 3rd Century A.D.
The solid gold hoop with sharply keeled shoulders broadening towards the bezel, cast with deep grooves terminating at the flat bezel with incised volutes. The raised oval stone engraved with a monogram, Ring size: I ½.
Provenance: Ex Brian Northlee collection, acquired 1970s.
Literature: For the ring shape, compare a silver and carnelian ring sold at Christie's, New York, 6 December 2007, lot 477. See also C. Jones, The Jewellery of Roman Britain. Celtic and Classical Traditions, London, 1996, p. 48-49.
£600-800
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A CARNELIAN AND GOLD NECKLACE
Restrung, composed of spherical and bi-conical carnelian beads, with a central section of cylindrical gold sheet beads interspersed with spherical beads and leaf shaped gold pendants, 40cm long.
Provenance: Property from a private collection, Suffolk, acquired in the 1970s.
£300-500
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A PAIR OF BLACK SEA GOLD AND GARNET EARRINGS
Gothic period, Late 5th - 6th Century A.D.
The earrings with rectangular polyhedral beads set with eight triangular flat garnets alternating with gold set on solid cylindrical hoops open to allow the ring to be put through a pierced ear, with beaded wire outlines the entrance and exit points on the beads, 3cm diam, (2)
Provenance: Peter Petrov collection, acquired 1975, Bavaria, Germany.
Literature: Comparable examples but with a green stone inlay as well as garnet are on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession number 17.191.86).
£400-600
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A HEBREW INTAGLIO
An unusual octagonal stone inscribed with Hebrew text surrounded by an incised border; translation: "The Scribe Solomon Son of Rahamim", 0.9cm long.
Provenance: Property from a private UK collection, acquired prior to 2000 at Bonham's New Bond Street.
£80-120
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A MOSAIC BEAD NECKLACE
Islamic Period or later, 64cm long; and a necklace formed of pale blue beads, not ancient, (2)
Provenance: Property from a UK private collection, acquired in the mid-20th century.
£100-200
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AN EGYPTIAN NECKLACE OF FAIENCE DISC BEADS
Meroitic Nubia, Circa 2nd Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D.
Restrung, centrally pierced disc beads of light and dark blue-green faience beads are interspersed with small red, yellow, green and blue faience beads, terminating in two carnelian beads, 43cm long.
Provenance: Private UK collection.
£200-300
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A BYZANTINE GLASS BRACELET
Probably made for a child, this small bracelet is formed of dark glass with pale yellow green mottling, 6cm diam.
Provenance: Mr and Mrs S. Broukal Collection, formed in the 1950s, in the UK since 1956, and thence by descent.
£100-200
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A LATE ROMAN SILVER RING WITH RAISED BEZEL
Circa 4th Century A.D.
The compressed oval shank of square cross section broadens at the hunched shoulders, the dramatically protruding rectangular bezel is set with a large bevelled rock crystal stone over degraded foil or coloured paste, Ring size: K, 2.6cm diameter.
Provenance: UK collection,
Literature: A late Roman ring with similarly protruding bezel is illustrated in F. H. Marshall, M.A., 'Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum' (London, 1907) p. no. 846, plate XXI.
£200-300
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FIVE ROMANO-EGYPTIAN OR COPTIC IRON BRACELETS
Circa 3rd - 6th Century A.D.
All decorated with notches, 4.3-4.8cm diam, (5)
Provenance: purchased from Phillips, London, in the 1980s.
£50-80
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AN EGYPTIAN SCARAB BRACELET
Composed of five blue glazed composition scarabs mounted on modern gold settings, with a spare link including a sixth scarab, 19.1cm long.
£500-700
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THREE PRE-COLUMBIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURES
Including two squat rounded figures with polychrome decoration; and a small squat terracotta figure wearing a headdress, 8-15cm high, (3)
£300-500
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A GROUP OF PRE-COLUMBIAN TERRACOTTA PIECES Including three vessels painted with polychrome foliate and geometric design, and an unusual anthropomorphic figure, 9.5-20cm high, (4)
£300-500
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