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29 September 2015

Antiquities and Tribal Art 29 September 2015

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Antiquities Lots 1–90

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The following six lots (lot 1 – 6) are from the deceased estate of an Irish archaeologist, formed prior to 1965: 1 THREE EGYPTIAN BRIGHT BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTIS Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, circa 1096-945 B.C. Including a combination overseer and worker shabti wearing a large apron, with one arm by his side and the other holding two implements, inscribed with ‘The Osiris’, 9cm high; another example carrying hoes, inscribed for ‘Pasebakhaenniut’, 9.4cm high; and one uninscribed with details of the implements, fillet, eyes and seed-bad added in black paint, 10.3cm high (3) £300 – 500 Provenance: Irish deceased estate of an archaeologist, formed prior to 1965. Literature: The Pasebakhaenniut shabti, cf. H.D. Schneider, Shabtis, Part II, Leiden, 1977, p. 126, no. 4.3.1.37-38.

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2 TWO EGYPTIAN GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTIS Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. A shabti of typical mummiform shape with a T-shaped inscription over the front, for ‘Horyemhotep, born to Tashertaihet’, 11cm high; and the upper section of another shabti inscribed with two columns of text for ‘the general […], born to Ankhenesites’, 10cm high (2) £300 – 500 Provenance: Irish deceased estate of an archaeologist, formed prior to 1965. Published: The upper section shabti is in H.D. Schneider, Shabtis, Part II, Leiden, 1977, p. 159, no. 5.3.1.20.

3 FOUR EGYPTIAN SHABTIS New Kingdom – Third Intermediate Period, circa 1550-702 B.C. Including a large green glazed composition shabti with a column of text across the legs, now unintelligible, Third Intermediate Period, 22nd-23rd Dynasty, circa 945-715 B.C., 14cm high; two bright blue glazed composition examples, the tallest with striped wig, Third Intermediate Period, 21st-22nd Dynasty, 1069-715 B.C., 9.6cm-11cm high; and a terracotta shabti, with remains of paint, the legs partially missing, New Kingdom, Ramesside Period, 1295-1070 B.C., 16cm high (4) £400 – 600 Provenance: Irish deceased estate of an archaeologist, formed prior to 1965.

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4 AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE AND WOOD MIRROR Middle Kingdom, circa 2133-1797 B.C. The bronze disc mounted on a cylindrical wood handle with lotus flower terminal, handle and mirror possibly not belonging, 22.5cm long £400 – 600 Provenance: Irish deceased estate of an archaeologist, formed prior to 1965. 5 AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF HARPOCRATES Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. Wearing the combined crown of Upper and Lower Egypt with frontal uraeus and the plaited Sidelock of Youth, with an incised necklace counterpoise over his shoulders, the right finger raised to his lips, standing with the left leg advanced, 22cm high £500 – 700 Provenance: Irish deceased estate of an archaeologist, formed prior to 1965.

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6 A GROUP OF MISCELLANEOUS EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES New Kingdom – Late Period and later Including three terracotta shabtis, two fragmentary, New Kingdom, circa 1550-1070 B.C., 7.5cm-11.4cm high; four glazed composition shabtis, Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C., 7cm-8cm high; two bronzes, including a figure of Nefertum, the headdress composed of the lotus flower flanked by menets and surmounted by plumes, legs missing, 6cm hig, and a bronze head of Neith, 8cm high, Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.; a limestone amulet of a seated baboon, Late Period, 664-332 B.C., 6cm high; and an Islamic black glass vessel in the shape of a bird, 9th-12th Century A.D., 6.8cm long (11) £200 – 300 Provenance: Irish deceased estate of an archaeologist, formed prior to 1965.

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Other Properties: 7 AN EGYPTIAN GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-715 B.C. The mummiform figure with details in black including the wig, facial features and implements, the front with hieroglyphs for the deceased with the generic title ‘God’s Father of Amun’, 12.5cm high £400 – 600 Provenance: American private collection, Ms N.G., Washington. Acquired by the owner’s father while working for Mobil Oil in the 1930s. 8

8 AN EGYPTIAN BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION AMPHORA New Kingdom – Third Intermediate Period, circa 1550-702 B.C. The ‘heart-shaped’ vessel with pointed base, twin lug handles and flat rim, 11.5cm high £300 – 500 Provenance: English private collection, Mr A.H., purchased from Robin Symes, London, circa 1965.

9 AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION MUMMY BEAD MASK Late Period - Ptolemaic, circa 664-30 B.C. The re-strung mask composed of disc-shaped spacer beads, the green face with zig-zag tubular bead border, the eyes and eyebrows outlined in black, the angular nose in yellow and the mouth formed of coral pink beads, 14cm long £150 – 200 Provenance: Mariaud de Serres Collection, Paris, formed in the 1980s.

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10 AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD FIGURE Middle Kingdom, circa 2133-1797 B.C. An oarsman from a funerary boat, depicted seated, wearing a white kilt and black short wig, the arms attached with pegs, holding a staff, 13cm long £400 – 500 Provenance: English private collection, Mr A.B., formed in the first half of the 20th Century.

11 AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD FIGURE OF A BOATMAN Middle Kingdom, circa 2133-1797 B.C. Depicted standing, the left leg advanced, with white kilt, red/brown skin and black details of the wig and eyes, 20cm high £200 – 250 Provenance: David Taylor Collection, formed before WW2. With remains of an Egyptian export licence stamp on the underside of the base.

12 AN EGYPTIAN WOOD SARCOPHAGUS MASK Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. With part of the wig, large eyes and serene smile, with four pegs for securing to the coffin lid, 21cm high £400 – 600 Provenance: With Helios Gallery, UK. American private collection, Knoxville, Tennessee formed in the 1950s.

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13 A LARGE EGYPTIAN LAPIS LAZULI FALCON-HEADED SCARAB Late Period to Ptolemaic, circa 664-30 B.C. Finely carved with naturalistic features, the falcon head with curved beak, round eyes with cosmetic lines and severe frown, on a scarab body with striated wing-case, the underside with detailed legs with incised hair, with a horizontal lug pierced for suspension, 4.5cm long £4,000 – 6,000 Provenance: German private collection, acquired in 1980. Dr. Jürgen Settgast Collection, Berlin, Germany, formed in the 1970s. Literature: Falcon-headed scarabs become more common from the 25th Dynasty onward and are often made of semi-precious materials such as carnelian, hematite and, like in this case, lapis lazuli. The attention of the carver is focused on the underside, which is detailed rather than flat like the standard types and always presents either a suspension loop or piercing in order to be stitched to the mummy wrappings. The severe ‘frowning’ expression of the falcon head also points to a later date. This example is considerably larger than the average and is the product of an incredibly skilled craftsman which created a beautifully naturalistic sculpture. For a brief discussion of naturalistic funerary scarabs, cf. C. Andrews, ‘Amulets of Ancienty Egypt’, London, 1994, p. 59.


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14 A COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN PAPYRUS FRAGMENTS Late Period, circa 600 B.C. and later Most fragments inscribed in black paint with demotic and Greek characters, approx. 10cm max length of fragments (a lot) £300 – 500 Provenance: With Charles Ede Ltd, London, circa 1990. Previously English private collection.

15 TWO COPTIC TEXTILE FRAGMENTS Circa 4th-6th Century A.D. Both framed, one a fragment from a clavus decoration of a tunic showing flowers and two animals within circles, 31cm x 9cm; and another wide band with zoomorphic and geometric decoration, 32cm x 25cm (2) £100 – 150 Provenance: Christie’s, London, 12 April 2000. English private collection, South Coast, formed in the 20th Century.

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17 16 ANTONIO BEATO (1832-1906), TWO BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS OF AN EGYPTIAN TEMPLE, CIRCA 1860s (2) £50 – 70

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17 AN EGYPTIAN WOOD AND CARTONNAGE LID Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. The rectangular lid decorated on the top with a cartonnage fragment of Horus in his falcon form wearing a solar disc headdress, on a turquoise painted background, 15cm x 7.5cm £100 – 200 Provenance: English private collection, West Midlands

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18 AN EGYPTIAN GOLD AND HARDSTONE AND GLASS INLAY PENDANT Third Intermediate Period to Late Dynastic, circa 1069-525 B.C. In the shape of a lotus flower, composed of long petals of lapis lazuli, carnelian and green glass inlays, with a suspension hoop at the top, 2cm long £1,500 – 2,000 Provenance: German private collection of Mr O. W., Munich, acquired in 1953, thence by descent.

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19 A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETS New Kingdom - Late Period, circa 1550-332 B.C. Twenty-one amulets of various deities including Shu, Bes, Ptaikos, Thoth, udjat eyes and other forms, 9mm-30mm long (21) £200 – 300 Provenance: Egypt Exploration Society, acquired between the late 19th Century and the early 20th Century. W.T.G. Cooper Collection, UK, circa 1890-1950. Rossetti Collection, between Egypt and England, first half of the 20th Century.

19A FOUR EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION BEAD NECKLACES Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. All restrung, approx. 24cm diam (4) £80 – 120 Provenance: Egypt Exploration Society, acquired between the late 19th Century and the early 20th Century.


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20 A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA BUST Circa 1st Century B.C./A.D. Depicting a follower of Bacchus holding the wreath of vine leaves over his head, 14cm long £150 – 250 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.

21 SEVEN ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA HEADS Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D. Including five heads of the child god Harpocrates and two heads of IsisAphrodite, 5cm-7.5cm long (7) £120 – 180 Provenance: Munafo Collection (1880-1939) formed between Egypt and England

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22 A COPTIC WOOD BREAD STAMP Circa 6th-12th Century A.D. The round stamp carved into nine sectors, each decorated with different geometric motifs, including crosses and triangles, the rectangular handle carved at the top with another cross and abstract motif, 8.5cm diam. £80 – 120 Provenance: English private collection of Mrs Susan Hayton, acquired in the 1970s. 22

23 A GREEK CORE-FORMED BLUE GLASS AMPHORISKOS Eastern Mediterranean, circa 6th-4th Century B.C. Of typical shape, with button base and applied handles, decorated with yellow and white spiral trail, the shoulder with tooled vertical ribs and zig zag trail, 8cm high £500 – 700 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.

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24 A GREEK CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABASTRON Circa 2nd - 1st Century B.C. Of dark blue glass, with two applied lug handles on the shoulder, a band of yellow and white trail around the disc rim spiralling down the neck and then combed into festoons on the tear-shaped body, and spiralling again around the pointed base, 11cm high £300 – 400 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.

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25 A GREEK CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABASTRON Circa 2nd - 1st Century B.C. Of dark blue glass, decorated with a white trail spiral around the neck, a white and a yellow trail zig zag over the body and a spiral around the base, 10.5cm high £300 – 400 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. Accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity.


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26 SIX ROMAN GREEN GLASS VESSELS Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D. Including two candlestick unguentaria, a flask with funnel neck, another flask with dimpled body, a cylindrical bottle and a double balsamarium with trail decoration, 8cm-18cm high (6) £500 – 600 Provenance: Swiss private collection, acquired in the 1980s. 27 TWO ANCIENT GLASS VESSELS Late Roman to Islamic Period, circa 4th-8th Century A.D. A Roman green glass jar, mould-blown with a beehive pattern, 10cm high; and an Islamic blue glass jar with cylindrical neck and round body mould with heptagons and circles, 11cm high (2) £150 – 200 Provenance: Acquired by the present owner in London and the Home Counties between the 1960s and 1980. 28 NINETEEN ROMAN AND ISLAMIC GLASS VESSELS Circa 1st – 8th Century A.D. Including an East Mediterranean amber glass date flask, 6.5cm high; four Roman blue and blue-green glass flasks with globular body, 5cm-6.5cm high; a Roman candle-stick unguentarium, 15cm high; two Roman green glass flasks, 8cm-10cm high; eight Roman and late Roman miniature vessels, of blue, aubergine, green and clear glass, 2.5cm-4.8cm high; and three Islamic flasks, 3.cm-6.5cm high (19) £400 – 600 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. Some accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity, dated between 1989 and 1992.

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29 TWENTY-SEVEN ROMAN GOLD SHEET ELEMENTS Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. Possibly from a belt or necklace, composed of hammered gold sheet over a core of plaster, comprising twenty-six round elements with central boss and concentric circles, and one larger central melon-shaped element with twisted gold wire around the edge and central inset for a now-missing gem, all pierced for suspension, approx. 13mm-18mm (27) £400 – 600 Provenance: UK collection, acquired in the 1980s. 30 A ROMAN GOLD AND MOSAIC GLASS BEAD NECKLACE Circa 1st Century B.C./A.D. Composed of thirteen disc shaped mosaic glass beads with a white flowers in the centre framed by a blue border, connected by twisted gold wire, on a gold wire chain, with modern clasp, 45cm long £700 – 900 Provenance: English private collection, Mrs J.C., London, acquired in the 1990s.

31 THREE ROMAN GOLD CRESCENT PENDANTS Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. Including a double-crescent pendant and two other crescent-shaped examples, decorated with triangles of granulation, twisted wire along the edge and granulation terminals at the points, all with suspension loop, 2cm-2.6cm long (3) £400 – 600 Provenance: UK collection, acquired in the 1980s. 32 A ROMANO-BRITISH JET BEAD BRACELET Circa 3rd Century A.D. Restrung, composed of long flat beads of semi-circular cross-section, with a zig-zag pattern, and two larger square beads with parallel ribs, approx. 6cm internal diam. £400 – 600 Provenance: UK private collection, acquired in England in the early 1980s. Literature: Even in the Roman period most of the jet was sourced in the area around Whitby and then worked in the city of Eboracum, modernday York. The other major centre for the production of jet jewellery was in the North Rhine Valley around the city of Cologne.


33 A ROMAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN INTAGLIO RING Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. The full gold hoop of round cross-section, with four gold granules where it joins the bezel surrounded by a dotted border, set with an oval gem schematically carved with a female deity, 11mm length of intaglio, ring size ‘F’ £500 – 700 Provenance: English private collection of a medical professor, Mr A.L., acquired in the 1980s.

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34 A ROMAN SILVER AND CARNELIAN INTAGLIO RING Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. The silver hoop with two small round decorative spheres at either side of the bezel, set with an oval gem engraved with a winged Nike holding a wreath, 9mm length of the intaglio, ring size ‘K’ £400 – 600 Provenance: UK collection, acquired in the 1980s. 35 TWO ROMAN HARDSTONE INTAGLIOS Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. The garnet gem engraved with a large bird holding a long snake in its beak; the other depicting another bird with long neck, possibly an ostrich, both 11mm long (2) £300 – 500 Provenance: UK collection, acquired in the 1980s. 36 A LATE ROMAN STEATITE PENDANT Circa 3rd-5th Century A.D. In the shape of a bust wearing a broad collar, the stylised head with long straight nose and large round eyes, pierced across the neck for suspension, 4cm long Provenance: UK collection, acquired in the 1980s.

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37 A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS Circa 2nd Century A.D. The hollow hoops tapering at the ends, joined with hook and loop wire terminals, with modern metal hooks, approx. 18mm-20mm diam (2) £250 – 350 Provenance: Northern Irish private collection of Ms M.B., received as a gift in the early 1980s. With Charles Ede Ltd., London, circa 1973.

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38 A PAIR OF HELLENISTIC GOLD, TURQUOISE AND CORAL EARRINGS Circa 3rd-1st Century B.C. Composed of a larger roundel inlaid with turquoise in a ‘cross’ motif, and a smaller roundel set with a round turquoise inlay, a long pendant of twisted wire, long tubular coral bead and turquoise bead hanging below, with a long hook at the back, some of the inlays missing, approx. 5.5cm long (2) £500 – 700 Provenance: UK collection, acquired in the 1980s.

39 SEVEN GOLD AND SILVER HAIR ORNAMENTS Circa 3rd Millennium B.C. Including a large hollow gold example, three smaller gold coils, another gold coiled wire ornament, a large silver coil with tapering tips and a smaller silver one, approx. 9mm-20mm diam (7) £500 – 700 Provenance: Taisei Gallery, Gold & Silver Auction, Part II, Ancient to Renaissance, New York, 1992, lot 28 (part lot) and lot 36.

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40 AN ACHAEMENID GOLD EARRING Iran, circa 5th-4th Century B.C. The terminal composed of three petals over a cluster of granulation, attached to a boat-shaped body with a hook above, 2.7cm long £400 – 600 Provenance: UK collection, acquired in the 1980s.

41 A HOLY LAND GOLD CHILD’S TOGGLE PIN Iron Age, circa 600 B.C. The short nail-shaped pin with finely incised zig-zag decoration beneath the eye, the upper section decorated with elaborate ribs, 3.7cm long £600 – 800 Provenance: UK collection, acquired in the 1980s. 42 42 A HORN CROSS PENDANT Circa 16th-17th Century A.D. Carved in relief with at the top Jesus in front of a man lying in a coffin, possibly Lazarus being resurrected, surrounded by other haloed figures, and below Jesus being baptised by St John the Baptist, the other side showing remains of another religious scene, 7.5cm high £100 – 150


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43 TWO BACTRIAN HARDSTONE AND GOLD BEAD NECKLACES Circa early 2nd Millennium B.C. Restrung, with modern clasps, one composed of two strings of irregular beads, the other made of a single string of irregular beads interspersed with tiny glad spacer beads, both approx. 44cm long (2) £300 – 400 Provenance: UK collection, acquired in the late 1970s- early 1980s.

44 AN ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ROCK CRYSTAL AMULET Circa 1st Millennium B.C. In the shape of a couchant lion, with drilling for suspension, 3.5cm long £150 – 250 Provenance: UK collection, acquired in the 1980s.

45 AN ACHAEMENID PALE CHALCEDONY STAMP SEAL Iran, circa 5th Century B.C. Of typical elongated domed shape, the octagonal seal engraved with a worshipper in front of a cross symbol, the drilled hole with remains of the original bronze mount, 2cm high £300 – 500 Provenance: UK collection, acquired in the 1980s.

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46 AN ASSYRIAN WHITE GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULET OF PAZUZU Circa 7th-6th Century B.C. The stylised leonine face with two large eyes added with green paint, a suspension hoop above the head, 13mm long £300 – 500 Provenance: UK collection, acquired in the 1980s.

47 TWO SASANIAN HARDSTONE STAMP SEALS Iran, circa 3rd-5th Century A.D. One in onyx finely carved with the portrait bust of a nobleman, 23mm diam; another example in carnelian engraved with a human-headed winged bull, 10mm diam £400 – 600 Provenance: UK collection, acquired in the 1980s.

48 TWO SASANIAN SEALS Iran, circa 4th-6th Century A.D. The onyx example engraved with a couchant lion underneath a palm tree, 16mm diam; and seal in bronze showing two human figures stretching their arms towards the branches of a date tree, 18mm diam (2) £400 – 600 Provenance: UK collection, acquired in the 1980s.

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49 A SYRIAN TERRACOTTA IDOL Circa 2000 B.C. The stylised head with bird-like features, large round eyes and beak, wearing a necklace, the arms bent to the breast, 22.5cm high £300 – 400 Provenance: English private collection, London, formed in the 1970s1980s.

50 A LURISTAN BRONZE SPOUTED VESSEL Iran, circa 10th-8th Century B.C. The shallow bowl decorated with incised ibexes and vegetation, with rosettes in the field, on a raised foot, the separately-cast long spout secured to the body with rivets, 21cm long including the spout £200 – 300 Provenance: English private collection, London, formed in the 1970s1980s.

51 A GANDHARAN SCHIST HEAD Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D. Possibly representing the god Atlas, with centrally-parted wavy hair and full beard with long moustache and stretched earlobes, the back uncarved, 7.5cm high £250 – 350 Provenance: acquired on the Dutch art market

52 A GANDHARAN SCHIST DISH Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D. The interior carved in relief showing in the upper section four banqueters drinking from wide cups, and two flowers in the lower section, 13cm diam £100 – 150 Provenance: With Beagle Gallery, London, in the 1980s.

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53 THREE CYPRIOT BURNISHED WARE BOTTLES Bronze Age, circa 2300-1850 B.C. With long neck, flaring rim and globular body, decorated with incised geometric decoration filled with white lime for contrast, 9.5cm-21cm high (3) £600 – 800 Provenance: with John A. Badman, The Monarch, Glastonbury, in the 1970s.

54 A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE VOTIVE CHARIOT Cypro-Archaic, circa 7th-6th Century B.C. Showing a quadriga pulled by four horses, with two figures standing on the chariot, 17cm long £400 – 600 Provenance: English private collection, Mr A.H., purchased from Robin Symes, London, circa 1965. Literature: For a similar example of a votive quadriga from the Cesnola Collection, cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. No. 74.51.2845.

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55 A GREEK DAEDALIC BRONZE HEAD Circa 7th Century B.C. Belonging to a kouros or kore, with typical large almond-shaped eyes and over-arching brows, the long hair falling at the back and over the shoulders, 4cm high £700 – 900 Provenance: G. Embiricos Collection, acquired in the 1950s.

56 A LARGE GREEK TERRACOTTA KORE Archaic Period, circa late 6th - early 7th Century B.C. With large almond-shaped eyes and serene archaic smile, wearing a long himation and a round polos over the curls framing the face, bringing a blossom to her breast in the right hand and holding the edge of her dress with the left, the bare feet emerging from below the skirt, over an integral round base, 54.5cm high £6,000 – 8,000 Provenance: Christie’s, New York, 10 December 2004, lot 465. French private collection formed in the 1970s. Antiquities and Tribal Art 19

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57 A GREEK BRONZE FURNITURE LEG Circa 4th Century B.C. Possibly from a small tripod, in the shape of a ram’s leg with hoof, surmounted by a ram’s head with curved horns, 9cm long £200 – 300 Provenance: Nicholas Wright Collection, England, acquired in the 1980s.

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58 A ROMAN BRONZE MOUNT WITH HUNTING SCENE Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. Possibly from a vessel, showing a large feline, possibly a lion, attacking a hunting dog, two other dogs jumping towards the lion from either side, decorated with foliage along the edges, with drilled holes at the top for attachment, one with remains of an iron rivet, 5.5cm long £400 – 600 Provenance: English private collection, acquired in the 1990s

59 59 A ROMAN BRONZE APPLIQUÉ Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. Round, finely cast in the shape of the head of Zeus Ammon, with ram’s horns emerging from the long curly hair and curly full beard, 3.6cm diam. £200 – 300 Provenance: Rizzi family collection, London, formed in the 1970s.

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60 A HELLENISTIC BRONZE AND BONE MIRROR Circa 3rd-1st Century B.C. The round reflective section with a raised border with bands of ridges on either side, attached to a an openwork handle with central lotus flower and scrolls, with added incised details, inserted in a bone handle with carved collars, the three parts possibly not belonging, 24.5cm high £400 – 600 Provenance: Lawton Collection, England, acquired in the UK market prior to 1980. 61 A ROMAN BRONZE LADLE Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. With shallow bowl, the handle terminating in a deer’s head, with short horns and large ears, two spurs at the thick rim of the bowl, 30cm long £800 – 1200 Provenance: English private collection, acquired in the 1990s 62 A GREEK RED FIGURE SKYPHOS Apulia, attributed to the Stoke-on-Trent Painter, circa 340-20 B.C. Showing on both sides a profile female head, with her hair dressed in a kekryphalos and stephane, the details added in white and yellow slip, a palmette under each handle, ovolo at the rim, scrolling along the groundline, 21.5cm high £700 – 900 Provenance: UK private collection, Sussex, pre-late 1990s. With Helios Gallery. Literature: A.D. Trendall & A. Cambitoglou, The Red-figured Vases of Apulia, Vol.I, Oxford, 1978, pls. 340-341.

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63 A GREEK RED FIGURE AMPHORA Apulia, attributed to the Stoke-on-Trent Painter, circa 340-20 B.C. Enlivened with white and ochre slip, decorated on both sides with a profile female head wearing the kekryphalos and stephane, palmettes below the handles, tongues and festoons over the shoulder and a band of laurel around the neck, 37.8cm high £600 – 800 Provenance: UK private collection, Sussex, pre-late 1990s. With Helios Gallery.

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64 A GREEK RED FIGURE OINOCHOE Apulia, circa 4th Century B.C. The body decorated with a female portrait head flanked by palmettes, with floral motifs in the field, a larger palmette below the over-arching handle, a band of scrolls over the neck and tongues in white slip over the neck, 29cm high £600 – 700 Provenance: Rizzi family collection, London, formed in the 1970s.

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65 TWO GREEK RED FIGURE VESSELS Apulia, circa 4th Century B.C. Including an epichysis decorated with a reclining female figure holding a mirror and a wreath, 15cm high; and a Xenon ware kylix decorated with a palmette encircled by a wreath of laurel, 14cm diam. excl. handles (2) £450 – 550 Provenance: Rizzi family collection, London, formed in the 1970s. 66 THREE GREEK POTTERY VESSELS Apulia, circa 4th Century A.D. Including a red-figure lekanis, the lid decorated with two profile female heads between palmettes, 10cm diam. excl. handles; and two lekythoi, one with netting decoration and the other with a band of waves, 9cm14cm high (3) £400 – 500 Provenance: Rizzi family collection, London, formed in the 1970s. 67 FOUR GREEK BLACK GLAZE VESSELS Circa 4th Century B.C. Including a kylix, 19cm diam. excl. handles; a Gnathian skyphos and an oinochoe, both decorated with added white and ochre slip, 8cm-11cm high; and small footed cup, 7.5cm diam. (4) £350 – 450 Provenance: Rizzi family collection, London, formed in the 1970s.


68 A GREEK BLACK GLAZE SKYPHOS Apulian, circa 4th Century B.C. Of typical shape, with incised bands over the body and concentric circles painted underneath the foot, 13cm high, 23cm diam. incl. handles £180 – 220 Provenance: Hirsch Auction, Germany, circa late 1990s.

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69 A ROMAN MARBLE GEOMETRIC MOSAIC PANEL Circa 3rd-5th Century A.D. Composed of pink, cream, yellow, brown and grey tesserae arranged in a lattice of square and lozenge motifs, 94.5cm x 84cm £2,000 – 3,000 Provenance: Leon Simard Collection, Montreal, formed between 1950s1980s.

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70 A ROMAN MARBLE FIGURE OF HERAKLES Circa 2nd Century A.D. The muscular god depicted nude, wearing the lion’s skin across his shoulders, 14cm high £700 – 900 Provenance: German private collection, Mr V.K., acquired prior 2000.

71 A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT OF A HORSE AND RIDER Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. Finely carved, showing the hindquarters of a horse and the leg of its rider, wearing a short tunic, possibly an Amazon from a votive relief, the bust leaning forward suggesting the galloping movement of the horse, 16cm long £400 – 600 Provenance: Rizzi family collection, London, formed in the 1970s.


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72 A ROMAN LEAD GLAZED SKYPHOS Circa 1st Century A.D. With ring handles and thumb-piece, the body with moulded decoration in the form of ribs and leaves radiating from the ring foot, 13.5cm incl. handles £400 – 600 Provenance: English private collection, West Country, acquired from a Cambridge antiquities dealer in the 1990s. 73 A ROMAN RED SLIP WARE AMPHORA Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D. An Eastern Sigillata ware amphora with piriform body, angular handles and two bands of incised notches over the shoulder, 24cm high £90-120 Provenance: The amphora ex English private collection, formed in the early 20th Century. Literature: for another amphora of a similar shape cf. British Museum inv. No. 1876.9-949, ‘probably made in Cyprus’.

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74 TWO ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURES Circa 1st Century B.C./A.D. A torso of Harpocrates with his right hand in a pot symbolising abundance, 12cm high; a figure of a goddess holding a torch, 18cm high (2) £100-150 Provenance: The Harpocrates was collected by Judge Deliencourt at Dendera in 1912. The other from an English private collection formed in the early 20th Century. 75 A ROMAN MARBLE LION CUB Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. With round features, resting its paw on a small prey, on integral base, 12cm long £200 – 300 Provenance: German private collection, Mr V.K., acquired prior 2000.

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76 FORTY-SEVEN ROMAN BRONZE BROOCHES Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D. A large selection of crossbow and arched fibulae, 2.5cm-6cm long (47) £350 – 450 Provenance: UK private collection, formed in the mid-1990s.

77 FOURTEEN ROMAN BRONZE AND IRON ITEMS Circa 1st-4th Century A.D. Including four keys and two lock mechanisms, 3cm-7.5cm long; and eight bronze brooches, including two bow fibulae, two crossbow fibulae, three with missing inlays and one circular openwork example, 2.8cm5.2cm long (14) £150 – 250 Provenance: From various English private collections, formed in the 1950s, including the Edward J.W. Hildyard Collection (d.1964), the Herinek Collection, Austria, and the H. Abarbanell Collection.

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78 TEN ROMAN TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTS Circa 2nd-5th Century A.D. Including a fragment of a Samian ware vessel and nine other fragments of African red slip ware vessels, with mould and impressed decoration, showing a chi-rho, fish, a hare and other motifs, 3.8cm-8.6cm long (10) £80 – 120 Provenance: From various English private collections, formed in the 1950s, including the Hon. R. Erskine Collection, the Archer Collection and the H. Abarbanell Collection.

79 SIX ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D. Including four plain examples, one mould with a flower and scrolls, and a fragment decorated with an eagle holding a bag in the beak, 9cm13.5cm long (6) £100 – 150 Provenance: Two red slip lamps, Archer Collection, England, formed circa 1950s. Two examples from the Hohenzollern Collection, formed by Frederick William II during his Grand Tour in Naples in the 1780s, sold at Sothebys, ‘Ancestral Attics, Scholss Monrepos, 9-14 October 2000.


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80 THIRTY-FOUR CLASSICAL TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS Circa 8th Century B.C. - 6th Century A.D. Including a Palestinian one-spouted lamp, three Hellenistic small lamps with a Romano-Egyptian frog lamp and another Romano-Egyptian lamp with crocodile skin, a Roman example with a goat, twelve late Roman North African oil lamps, the tondo mould with various motifs including animals and human figures, nine Byzantine Syro-Palestinian examples, one with a cross on the thumb-piece, and three late Byzantine examples, 6.5cm-14cm long; A GROUP OF MISCELLANEOUS ANTIQUITIES, including an Egyptian steatite scarab, New Kingdom, circa 1550-1250 B.C., a Byzantine miniature openwork glass vessel, circa 6th Century A.D., two Roman pottery vessels and two glass vessels, circa 1st-2nd Century A.D., and a late Roman bronze oil lamp, circa 4th Century A.D., 2cm-16.5cm long; AND EIGHT VARIOUS MODERN REPLICAS, Not Ancient (48) £200 – 300 Provenance: English private collection of a Nobleman, formed in the early 20th Century, then by descent.

81 TWENTY-NINE ANCIENT TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS AND OTHER VESSELS Circa 1st - 4th Century A.D. Including Syro-Palestinian oil lamps, 6cm-10cm long; and two bottles, 12cm-15cm high (29) £200 – 300 Provenance: American private collection, Colorado, acquired by Major Blinkinsop while serving with the United Nations in the Middle East in the 1960s. Thence by descent. 82 82 TWENTY-NINE ANCIENT TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS AND OTHER VESSELS Circa 1st - 4th Century A.D. Including Syro-Palestinian oil lamps, 6cm-10cm long; and two bottles, 13cm high (29) £200 – 300 Provenance: American private collection, Colorado, acquired by Major Blinkinsop while serving with the United Nations in the Middle East in the 1960s. Thence by descent.

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83 A GROUP OF MISCELLANEOUS ANTIQUITIES Circa 2nd Millennium B.C. - 4th Century A.D. Including a Syrian terracotta mother and child figure, a Daunian kyathos with anthropomorphic handle, a Greek terracotta figure of Telesphorus, two terracotta oil lamps, three terracotta animal figures, a Roman bronze roundel and a terracotta weight, 6cm-13.5cm high; and two other items, Not Ancient (12) £250 – 350 Provenance: English private collection, London, formed in the 1970s1980s.

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83A A HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA FEMALE FIGURE Circa 1st Century B.C. Of a draped lady, her left hand resting on the hip, 24cm high £150-250 Provenance: English private collection formed in the early 20th Century.

84 A GROUP OF ANCIENT TERRACOTTA VESSELS Iron Age - Roman Period, circa 7th Century B.C. – 3rd Century A.D. Including five Cypriot terracotta bowls, one with handle, 11.5cm-21cm diam; a Holy Land hydria, 17cm high; two Roman red slip ware bowls, 13.5cm diam; an Iron Age pottery jug with ribbed body, 15cm high; a South Italian black glaze bowl and a juglet, 5.5cm-7cm high; and a Hellenistic oinochoe, 20.5cm high (12) £350 – 450 Provenance: The Cypriot vessels from the Leto Severis Collection, formed in the 1960s-1970s. The oinochoe and black glaze juglet, the Hohenzollern Collection, formed by Frederick William II during his Grand Tour in Naples in the 1780s, sold at Sothebys, ‘Ancestral Attics, Scholss Monrepos, 9-14 October 2000. The hydria, Christie’s, London, 12 April 2000, lot 297. The other vessels from English private mid-20th Century collections.

85 A GROUP OF MISCELLANEOUS ANTIQUITIES Circa 1st Millennium B.C. - 12th Century A.D. Including an Egyptian green glazed composition shabti, Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C., 12cm high; two Greek terracotta figures, circa 4th Century B.C., 9.5cm-18cm high; a Roman terracotta male head, circa 1st Century A.D., 11.5cm high; a Luristan bronze stamp with two bird’s heads, circa 10th-7th Century B.C., 5cm high; three Roman bronze fittings, one in the shape of a dolphin, another a female head, and a youth with Frigian hat, circa 1st-2nd Century A.D., 5.5cm-8.5cm high; a Nestorian bronze seal in the shape of a fish, circa 6th-8th Century A.D., 4cm long; a pair of Viking silver tweezers, circa 9th-12th Century A.D.; four Islamic blue glass bangles, circa 12th Century A.D., 5.5cm diam; two Aztec pottery seals, circa 14th-16th Century A.D., 6cm-11.5cm long; and an Ecuadorian pottery zoomorphic ocarina, 6cm high; AND A GROUP OF OTHER ITEMS, including a framed After the Antique glazed composition winged scarab, two other scarabs, and others (31) £200 – 300 Provenance: Acquired on the UK art market, from English private collections former prior to 1970.

86 NINE CLASSICAL TERRACOTTA VESSELS Circa 4th-2nd Century B.C. and later Including two Gnathian black glaze bowls decorated with impressed palmettes, two South Italian black glaze bowls, 9.5cm-19cm diam, and four Hellenistic vessels, 7.5cm-14cm high, circa 4th-2nd Century B.C.; and an Islamic bowl, circa 12th Century A.D., 16.5cm diam (9) £100 – 200 Provenance: Acquired on the UK art market, from English private collections former prior to 1970.

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87 A GROUP OF CLASSICAL ANTIQUITIES Circa 3rd Century B.C./A.D. Including an Etruscan bucchero miniature pitcher, four Roman miniature vessels, two Roman terracotta heads, and a Roman bronze zoomorphic stirring rod terminal, 2.5cm-10cm high; and another terracotta head, Not Ancient (9) £40 – 60 Provenance: English private collection, Ms C.P., acquired in the 1950s by her late mother.

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88 THREE FLINT AXES Palaeolithic to Neolithic Period Including a Palaeolithic Saharan black stone hand axe, 16.5cm long; a Neolithic British brown stone axe, 13cm long; and another Neolithic axe head with straight cutting edge, 14.5cm long (3) £100 – 150 Provenance: English private collection, purchased in London and the West Country circa late 2000.

89 A LARGE GROUP OF AFTER THE ANTIQUE AND REPLICA ITEMS Including a silver dish with repoussé decoration, 24.5cm diam; an alabaster head of a Pharaoh, 9.5cm high; a large mottled stone heart scarab with silver mount, 8cm long; a limestone naos, 7cm hig; three glass vessels, 2cm-12cm high; and other items, Not Ancient; THREE ROMAN GLASS VESSELS, circa 3rd-4th Century A.D., all damaged, 8cm-10cm high; ELEVEN ANCIENT BROOCHES, Roman to AngloSaxon Period, circa 2nd-7th Century A.D., eight in bronze, one silver, one gilt bronze and one gold, 2.2cm-8.5cm long; TWO ISLAMIC BRONZE ITEMS, 5cm-12.5cm high; FOUR ETHNOGRAPHIC ITEMS, including a North American birch bark basket decorated with colourful quillwork, a North-West Coast flint arrowhead, a Mexican Pre-Columbian terracotta head, and a large fossilised bone, 3cm-19cm long; WITH FOURTEEN ANTIQUITIES AUCTION AND GALLERY CATALOGUES (a lot) £200 – 300 Provenance: The brooches: Bonhams, 12 July 2000, lot 205. Glass with cylindrical body: D.J. Cohen Collection, London, acquired in the 1970s. Small green glass flask: Charles Ede Ltd, 5th May 1976, accompanied by copy of the invoice.

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Michael Michaeledes was born in Nicosia, Cyprus, but spent most of his life abroad, first in Italy where he studied architecture, and then in London, where he lived since 1955 establishing his architecture and sculptor workshop. In 1976 he represented Greece at the Venice Biennale and his works are held in many museums and private collections worldwide. The collection, mainly formed between the 1950s and the 1970s, includes pieces of ancient art from his motherland Cyprus and a selection of Pre – Columbian pieces. The distinctive ‘abstract’ shapes of these items would have undoubtedly attracted the artist’s eye and possibly inspired some of his work.

91 A LARGE CYPRIOT BASE RING WARE JUG Late Bronze Age, circa 1600-1450 B.C. On raised foot, with globular body, wide cylindrical neck, arched strap handle and cutaway lobed spout, decorated with the typical twin spiral motif in relief over the body, two bands over the neck, one at the base of the neck, one over the strap handle and two at the sides of the handle, all the bands with hatched incisions, 61.5cm high £1,500 – 2,000 Provenance: Michael Michaeledes (1923-2015) Collection, London, formed in the 1950s-1970s. Literature: A base ring ware jug of similar outstanding size was sold at Christie’s in London as part of the Desmond Morris Collection on 6 November 2001 as lot 93. Cf. D. Morris, The Art of Ancient Cyprus, 1985, p.34, pl. 25h. This type appears to be the largest known base ring ware vessel.


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93 92 TWO CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA BICHROME ‘FREE-FIELD’ OINOCHAI Cypro-Archaic Period, circa 7th Century B.C. The round bodies decorated in the ‘free-field’ style, showing a large bird with long wings, with details of the feathers in black and red paint, each holding a fishbone with their long bill, with swastikas, fishbone and other geometric motifs in the field, with bands over the neck, dot and circle eye motif on the trefoil spout, a ladder pattern over the handle and two curled tails at the joint of the handle and the body, 14.5cm and 16.5cm high (2) £800 – 1200 Provenance: Michael Michaeledes (1923-2015) Collection, London, formed in the 1950s-1970s.

93 A CYPRIOT PLAIN WARE POTTERY BEAKED JUG Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1650 B.C. With pointed globular body, long neck and cut-away beak spout, decorated with bands of impressed dots around the base of the neck and two rows at either side of the two small decorative lugs over the shoulder, 37cm high £400 – 600 Provenance: Michael Michaeledes (1923-2015) Collection, London, formed in the 1950s-1970s.

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94 A CYPRIOT RED POLISHED WARE AMPHORA Early bronze Age, circa 2300-2100 B.C. With long flaring neck, globular body with pointed end and upturned spurred handles, decorated with rows of white dots below the rim, over the shoulder and across the neck, and bands of zig zag over the handles, 26cm high £500 – 700 Provenance: Michael Michaeledes (1923-2015) Collection, London, formed in the 1950s-1970s. Accompanied by a Cypriot export licence dated 13 April 1954.

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95 A LARGE CYPRIOT BICHROME WARE JUG Cypro-Archaic Period, circa 750-600 B.C. With trefoil lip and double strap handle, the globular body decorated with circular lines and multiple concentric circles, on ring foot, 36.5cm high £1,000 – 1,500 Provenance: Michael Michaeledes (1923-2015) Collection, London, formed in the 1950s-1970s.

96 A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE FIGURE OF A MALE WORSHIPPER Cypro-Archaic Period, circa 6th Century B.C. Depicted standing with his feet together, the right arm bent, holding the long tunic with the hand, the long hair pulled behind the ears, covered by a pointed bonnet or helmet, with remains of red pigment along the edges of the robe, 33cm high £1,000 – 1,500 Provenance: Michael Michaeledes (1923-2015) Collection, London, formed in the 1950s-1970s. Purchased at Sotheby’s, London, 20 November 1967, The Contents of the Villa Mauresque, the Property of the Late W. Somerset Maugham, lot 157. Accompanied by a copy of the original invoice. Antiquities and Tribal Art 33

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97 FIVE CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA ITEMS Circa 2300-600 B.C. Including two figures of female worshippers with stylised cylindrical flaring bodies, circa 7th Century B.C., 14.5cm and 15cm high; two small bichrome ware bull’s head protomes on rectangular plaques, one end slightly curved, pierced at the top for suspension, Late Cypriot, circa 1600-1450 B.C., 8.5cm and 15cm long; a conical red polished ware spindle-whorl, with incised zig zag decoration, Early Cypriot, circa 23001650 B.C., 4cm high; and a plaque, possibly Not Ancient (6) £300 – 400 Provenance: Michael Michaeledes (1923-2015) Collection, London, formed in the 1950s-1970s. The two terracotta figures of worshippers: purchased at Sotheby’s, London, 20 November 1967, The Contents of the Villa Mauresque, the Property of the Late W. Somerset Maugham, lot 150. Accompanied by a copy of the original invoice. 98 SIX CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA VESSELS Circa 2000-900 B.C. Including a white painted ware dish, with wishbone handles, decorated with concentric circles on the interior and with geometric motifs and stylised animals on the base, Cypro-Geometric, circa 1050-900 B.C., 31cm diam incl. handles; a white painted ware kyathos with round body and overarching handle, decorated with umber bands and zig zag, Cypro-Geometric, circa 1050-900 B.C., 16cm high; a red-on-black ware flask, with round body and flaring neck decorated with wavy bands, Late Cypriot, circa 1700-1550 B.C., 23cm high; a red polished ware double flask feeder, with round white spouts over the body and incised decoration, Middle Cypriot, circa 2000-1700 B.C., 12cm high; and two black glazed juglets with trefoil lip and ribbed body, Late Cypriot, circa 1300-1050 B.C., 14cm high (6) £700 – 900 Provenance: Michael Michaeledes (1923-2015) Collection, London, formed in the 1950s-1970s. 99 A HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF MOTHER AND CHILD Circa 3rd Century B.C. The female figure depicted seating on a stool, wearing a long chiton and a wreath, holding a baby in swaddling clothes to her breast, with remains of white and pink pigment, 17cm high £200 – 300 Provenance: Michael Michaeledes (1923-2015) Collection, London, formed in the 1950s-1970s.

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100 A PAIR OF HELLENISTIC GOLD EARRINGS Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C. The hoops composed of twisted gold wire and finely beaded wire, terminating with a hollow-cast bull’s head with further ‘ovolo’ and zig zag bands of filigree over the neck, both approx. 23mm diam. (2) £700 – 900 Provenance: Michael Michaeledes (1923-2015) Collection, London, formed in the 1950s-1970s. Purchased at Sotheby’s, London, 8 January 1968, lot 159.

101 THREE HELLENISTIC GOLD EARRINGS Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C. The hoops composed of twisted gold wire and finely beaded wire, terminating with a hollow-cast bull’s head with various patterns of filigree decoration over the neck, approx. 21-25mm diam. (3) £400 – 500 Provenance: Michael Michaeledes (1923-2015) Collection, London, formed in the 1950s-1970s. Purchased at Sotheby’s, London, 8 January 1968, lot 158.

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102 A ROMAN GOLD AND BLUE GLASS RING Circa 3rd Century A.D. The hoop formed by a wide band of gold wire plaits joint by wire rings, a cluster of gold spheres below the raised round bezel set with a blue glass cabouchon, 2cm diam., ring size ‘M’; AND TWO BLUE GLASS BANGLES, Roman to Islamic Period, 4.5cm-6.2cm diam (3) £300 – 500 Provenance: Michael Michaeledes (1923-2015) Collection, London, formed in the 1950s-1970s. The ring: purchased at Sotheby’s, London, 8 January 1968, lot 162.

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105 106 103 THREE BYZANTINE TERRACOTTA BOWLS Circa 12th-15th Century A.D. All on raised foot, two examples with brown and green glaze ‘sgraffito’ decoration on pale yellow background, one decorated with an eightpointed star encircled within a band of circles, the other with a star and ‘scales’ motif; and another bowl with four yellow twirls on red background, 15cm-19cm diam (3) £350 – 450 Provenance: Michael Michaeledes (1923-2015) Collection, London, formed in the 1950s-1970s. Purchased at Sotheby’s, London, 8 January 1968, lot 171. Accompanied by a copy of the invoice. 104 TWO COLIMA TERRACOTTA PREGNANT FIGURES, MEXICO Both figures with typical elongated heads, long nose and prominent chin, with round belly, wearing a headdress and disc earrings, with remains of red pigment, each 13cm high (2) £200 – 300 Provenance: Michael Michaeledes (1923-2015) Collection, London, formed in the 1950s-1970s. Purchased from Annely Juda, London, accompanied by a copy of the invoice. 105 THREE CHAPICUARO TERRACOTTA FIGURES, MEXICO Including two ‘pretty lady’ figures, with elaborate coiffure, nude except for jewellery ornaments, with remains of red pigment, both 8cm high; and a shaman figure with tall headdress, 7cm high (3) £150 – 250 Provenance: Michael Michaeledes (1923-2015) Collection, London, formed in the 1950s-1970s. The shaman figure: purchased from Annely Juda, London, accompanied by a copy of the invoice.

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106 A PERUVIAN FOLK ART TERRACOTTA BULL Decorated with traditional trappings, hollow with a spout and handle over the back, 32cm high £80 – 120 Provenance: Michael Michaeledes (1923-2015) Collection, London, formed in the 1950s-1970s.

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107 A MOCHE STIRRUP VESSEL IN THE SHAPE OF A SEATED MAN, PERU Circa 1st Century A.D. The body moulded in the shape of a seated man with hands crossed around the neck, wearing a skull cap and a long tunic with added red stripes, carrying a cocoa bag over the shoulder, the ears and face also decorated with added red slip, 16.5cm high £600 – 800 Provenance: with Howard Nowes Ancient Art, New York, in 2004. Joel Matheison Collection, New York, acquired in the 1970s. 108 A MOCHE STIRRUP VESSEL IN THE SHAPE OF FROG, PERU Circa 5th-7th Century A.D. With muscular body, the front paws resting on a group of rocks, with wide mouth, almond-shaped eyes and detailed nostrils, 16cm high £600 – 800 Provenance: with Howard Nowes Ancient Art, New York, in 2004. Hans Monheim Collection, Germany, acquired in the 1950s. 109 A COLIMA TERRACOTTA FEMALE FIGURE, MEXICO Circa 1st Century B.C. - 3rd Century A.D. With typical elongated head, nude apart from large earrings, a necklace and bangles at the arms, the hair arranged in a long ponytail at the top of the head, 14.5cm high £200 – 300

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110 A GROUP OF OBSIDIAN ORNAMENTS AND A SPEAR HEAD, MEXICO Aztec Period, circa 16th Century A.D. Possibly from the same funerary group, including a pair of finely carved earplugs, with disc double flange and pierced centre, 2.2cm diam.; two labrets with cylindrical body and flanges, the round face with central drilling for now-missing inlay, 2.1cm-2,2cm long; and a spear head of round cross-section and flaring butt, 11.5cm long (5) £2,000 – 3,000 Provenance: With Harmer Rooke Galleries, New York, in the early 1970s.

111 111 SEVENTEEN NORTHWEST COAST FLINT ARROW HEADS AND TEN COPPER BEADS, UNITED STATES 2cm-5.5cm long (27) £70 – 90 Provenance: Donald Simmonds Collection, US, collected between 1957-1962 from the Columbia River Valley, Washington State. Literature: the material for the copper beads was sourced by the tribes of the region from used bullets that were then hammered and rolled into tubular beads.


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112 A DOGON WOOD HELMET MASK, MALI With prominent nose and lips, wearing a headdress with four female figures, 42cm high £150 – 200 Provenance: Purchased from Galerie Mame Diarra, Dakar, Senegal. Makhtar Moustapha Fall Collection.

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113 A DOGON WOOD MASK, MALI Of the ‘gomintogo’ type, 55cm high £80 – 120 Provenance: Purchased from Galerie Mame Diarra, Dakar, Senegal. Makhtar Moustapha Fall Collection. 114 TWO DOGON WOOD FIGURES, MALI One figure holding her head with both hands, the other kneeling, both 36.5cm high (2) £200 – 300 Provenance: Purchased from Galerie Mame Diarra, Dakar, Senegal. Makhtar Moustapha Fall Collection. 115

115 A KONGO WOOD MASK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO With naturalistic features, the open mouth with full lips and pointed teeth, with two triangular folds over the cheeks with metal studs, 26cm long £200 – 300

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116 THREE WOOD MASKS, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Including a Lulua mask with geometric features, the cloth helmet decorated with colourful feathers and raffia netting at the back, 45cm high; a Suku initiation mask, of elongated form, the chin and cheeks formed like ‘plump bags’, painted in red and white halves, 71cm high; and a Kuba Kete helmet mask with protruding eyes and remains of a vegetable fibre collar, 35cm high (3) £300 – 400 117 AN AFRICAN CEREMONIAL SPEAR, 138cm long £60 – 90

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119 A YORUBA WOOD FEMALE FIGURE WITH ROOSTER OFFERING BOWL, NIGERIA The hair combed in a mohawk, with scarification marks over the arms and breasts, holding the offering bowl in the shape of a rooster, the lid not belonging, 62cm high £350 – 450 120 A YOMBE CERIMONIAL STAFF, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO With a ribbed upper section and terminal carved in the shape of a male figure, with four rows of brass studs, 108cm high £300 – 400 121 TWO WOOD AFRICAN MASKS Including a Dan mask, Ivory Coast, decorated with cowrie shells, nuts and metal double scrolls, 37cm long; and an Idoma mask, Nigeria, with elaborated coiffure and typical scarification marks, 45cm long (2) £150 – 250 122 TWO KUBA TEXTILE PANELS, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Composed of different sections of purple, orange, black and beige raffia cloth woven together, both approx. 400cm x 62cm (2) £80 – 120 123

122 118 A LARGE TEKE WOOD FEMALE FIGURE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Depicted seated, the face decorated with typical scarification marks, the eyes inset with cowrie shells, the round pregnant belly with a small rectangular cavity filled with clay and a glass mirror fragment, 65cm high £400 – 600

123 A MAKONDE WOOD BREAST PLATE, TANZANIA, 44cm high £50 – 70


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124 A KHMER SANDSTONE HEAD, CAMBODIA Baphaun style, circa 11th Century A.D. Depicting a deity, with broad nose and joint brows, the full lips pressed in a smile, the hair dressed into a chignon at the top of the head, 20cm high £800 – 1200

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125 A KHMER SANDSTONE TORSO, CAMBODIA Angkor Wat Period, circa 12th Century A.D. Possibly representing the god Vishnu, with broad angular shoulders, wearing a knee-length sampot secured at the back with a butterfly sash, 31cm high £700 – 900 127

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126 A SOUTH EAST ASIAN BRONZE BOWL, 16.5cm diam. £100 – 200

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127 A BAMBOO DOWRY BOX, PHILIPPINES Decorated with small shells in a rhombus pattern, 28cm x 30cm x 26cm £50 – 70

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The following seven lots (130 – 136) are from the collection of Mr B.M. (1939 – 2014), London, a copywriter and commercials director who worked in the film industry from the 1960s in London and New York. This part of the collection was formed in the 1960s – 1970s whilst sailing extensively in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. 128 A SEPIK HOUSE POST FIGURE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Carved in the shape of ancestor figure, with short legs, holding the long pointed nose with both hands, wearing a plumed headdress with the figure of a human-headed fish with two dorsal fins and bird-like wings, with remains of polychrome decoration, the figure framed by a light structure of bamboo to secure long thin feathers, 115cm high £500 – 700 Provenance: Private collection of a professor, collected in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 129 TWO WOOD THEATRE MASKS, INDONESIA One depicting a man with prominent chin, green complexion and large protruding teeth, the other depicting an ape with open mouth showing large canines and tongue, 27cm and 31cm long (2) £80 – 120

130 A LARGE BAMBOO TRANSPORT BASKET, INDONESIA With lid and strap, raised on a base of wooden slats, 82cm high £80 – 120 Provenance: English private collection, Mr B.M. (1939-2014), acquired in the 1960s-1970s. 131 FOUR BAMBOO BASKETS, INDONESIA Including a burden basket with lid and wood base, two lobster baskets, and another, 32cm-56cm high (4) £100 – 150 Provenance: English private collection, Mr B.M. (1939-2014), acquired in the 1960s-1970s.


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132 FOURTEEN BAMBOO SPEARS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Including barbed spears and bird and fish spears, 111cm-169cm (14) £100 – 150 Provenance: English private collection, Mr B.M. (1939-2014), acquired in the 1960s-1970s. 133

133 FIFTEEN BAMBOO AND WOOD WEAPONS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Including bamboo barbed spears, spears with metal blades, a large bow and a spear thrower, 119cm-196cm long (15) £100 – 150 Provenance: English private collection, Mr B.M. (1939-2014), acquired in the 1960s-1970s.

135 TWO WAYANG GOLEK PUPPETS, INDONESIA With articulated head and arms connected to rods, the dresses made with batik fabric, 42cm and 54cm high (2) £100 – 150 Provenance: English private collection, Mr B.M. (1939-2014), acquired in the 1960s-1970s.

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134 FOUR KNIVES AND SHEATHS, INDONESIA With wood hilts and wood and bamboo sheaths, 23cm-44cm long (4) £80 – 120 Provenance: English private collection, Mr B.M. (1939-2014), acquired in the 1960s-1970s.

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136 TAXIDERMY, TWO FROGS AND A HORN 15cm-20cm long (3) £80 – 120 Provenance: English private collection, Mr B.M. (1939-2014), acquired in the 1960s-1970s.

AUCTION NOTES

AUCTION NOTES

AUCTION NOTES

ANTIQUITIES AND TRIBAL ART 2 February 2016

CONSIGNMENTS INVITED Deadline for consignments 10 December 2015 [email protected] +44(0)20 8992 4442 1 Colville Road, London, ENGLAND, W3 8BL www.chiswickauctions.co.uk

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Antiquities and Tribal Art

29 September 2015

Antiquities and Tribal Art 29 September 2015