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401.
An 18ct Yellow Gold Diamond Ring
The
central 0.50ct diamond is VS1 and colour F and
is
in a semi bezel setting.
The
shoulders are each channel set with five diamonds
$1,000
- 2,000
See
valuation and diamond grading report
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402.
An 18ct Yellow Gold Amethyst & Diamond Ring
The
oval facetted amethyst measuring 15 x 20mm
is
in a pierced collet claw setting. The
raised shoulders
are
decorated with a three leaf design and having a
central
diamond to each leaf. 6 diamonds
in total.
Stamped
with makers mark
$900 - 1,200
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403.
An 18 Yellow Gold, Palladium, Sapphire
and Diamond Ring
Having
three emerald cut blue sapphires, set either
side
by two diamonds. Six diamonds in
total. The
fancy
design gallery is palladium and the raised
shoulders
and band are 18ct yellow gold.
$450 - 850
404.
An Edwardian 15ct Yellow Gold Amethyst,
Seed
Pearl and Diamond Brooch, c.1900
The
oval amethyst measures 16 x 11mm and has
an
estimated weight of 11.90ct, in a fancy scalloped
setting
with four half seed pearls and twenty rose
cut
diamonds
$1,000
- 1,200
See independent valuation
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405.
A 15ct Yellow Gold Coral and Seed Pearl
Brooch c. 1900
The
56 seed pearls and 21 oval cabochon cut coral
are
set in a cluster design with a fancy patterned
border.
Pin and hook with safety chain attached.
Weight:
13.60gms
$1,250
- 1,750
See independent valuation
406.
A Victorian, 18ct Yellow Gold Muff Chain,
c.1920
Rope
style with a fancy clasp engraved “Susan”
Length:
228.5cm; weight: 77.10gms
$3,000
- 4,000
See independent valuation
407.
A Strand of 6-6.5mm Fresh Water Cultured Pearls
Fitted
with a 9ct yellow gold clasp.
$250 - 350
408.
An 18ct White Gold Dress Ring
Bezel
set with 3 x 0.06ct brilliant cut diamonds and
3
x 2.5mm diameter round cut gemstones being a
natural
sapphire, ruby and emerald.
$550
- 750
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409.
A Three Strand Cultured Pearl Bracelet
Fitted
with 9ct gold shell shaped, diamond set clasp.
$500 - 800
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410.
An 18ct Yellow Gold and Solid Opal Ring
Handmade
in a free form setting and displaying
‘play
of colour’. The opal measures 24
x 7mm.
Weight:
18gms. Stamped 18ct and with
makers mark
$1,300
- 1,700
See independent valuation
411.
An 18ct Yellow Gold and Coral Ring
The
circular shaped cabochon cut red coral, measuring
18mm
is bezel set within a fancy pierced surround
and
shoulder mounts. Stamped with
makers mark
$1,800
- 2,000
See independent valuation
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412.
i) A Victorian Ruby and
Aquamarine Brooch
Handmade
in an intricate filigree design, the stones
set
in yellow and (most likely) white gold.
Length:
10.6cm
ii)
A Hallmarked Sterling Silver, red and
Blue Enamel Brooch/Pendant
In
a cross design, with a central medallion of
Impressed
on reverse “For God and The Empire”
$600 - 900 (2 items)
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413.
Six Martin Boyd Painted Pottery Dishes
Depicting
various scenes. Three Mexican;
two marine
and
one Australian landscape.
Signed
on bases
Average
diameter: 11cm
$250 - 300
414.
A Martin Boyd Painted Ceramic Deep Dish
Depicting
a scene from a ballet.
Signed on base and set with a wall hanger
Diameter:
24.5cm
$270
- 300
415.
A 19th Century Brass Monocular Microscope
by
W Watson and Sons,
With
two additional eye pieces
$370
- 400
416.
An Early Framed Map of Australia (pre Perth) and South East Asia
In
German with hand coloured borders
$500
- 900
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417.
i) A Turned Ivory Cannister
Having
a domed lid with a carved monogram
Height:
8cm
ii)
A Pair of Ivory Napkin Rings
Engraved
with dragons
$380 - 480 (2 items)
418.
An Ivory Carved Letter Opener
With
the top of the blade carved with a row of
elephants,
the handle embellished with a flower
and
leaf pattern and completed with an elephant
on
the handle.
Length:
20cm
$180 - 250
419.
A Strand of Carved Graduated Ivory Beads
With
an ivory clasp
Length:
59cm
$150
- 250
ANTIQUITIES
*420.
A Faience Ushabti
Egypt,
Late Period (664 - 332BC)
The
light green over-glaze with impressed
hieroglyphics,
each hand holding an agricultural
implement
and with a seed bag slung over the left
shoulder.
With stand.
Height:
20.5 cm
$1,200 - 1,800
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*421.
An Egyptian Statuette of the Sphinx
New
Kingdom Period, Circa 1550 - 1069 BC
Carved
limestone
Height
15.5 cm Width 9cm
Length 23.5 cm
$300 - 600
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*422.
Three Egyptian Cylinder Beakers
Late
Period, Circa 747 - 332 BC
(i)
Blue Faience
Height
6.7 cm Diameter 7.6 cm
(ii)
Mould Formed Blue-Glass
Height
4.2 cm Diameter 5.1 cm
(iii)
Mould Formed Black-Glass
Height
4 cm Diameter 4.5 cm
$200 - 400 (3
items)
*423.
An Egyptian Black-Mouth Pot
Predynastic
Culture
Naqada
I Period, Circa 4000 - 3500 BC
Earthenware
Height
31 cm Diameter
13 cm
$450
- 650
Reference:
F.
Tiradritti, “The Cairo Museum: Masterpieces
of
Egyptian Art”, 1998.
Note:
Pottery
is the one artefact which survives most readily
in
the archaeological record, it’s broken fragments
being
almost indestructible. Black-mouth pots were
produced
during the Naqada I period and are
characterized
by a dark band around their rim.
The remainder of the exterior surface is coloured red
with
haematite, while the interior is entirely black.
This
two-tone
effect was obtained by up-ending the pot in a
layer
of slow-burning coals. The lack of
oxygen had
the
effect of carbonizing the surface, thus blackening
the
clay.
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*424.
Three Egyptian Votive Offering Dishes
Ptolemaic
Period, Circa 332 - 30 BC
(i)
Carved Basalt
Height
2.1 cm Diameter 9.1 cm
(ii) Carved Stone
Height
1.9 cm Diameter 11.4
cm
(iii) Carved Stone
Height
2 cm Diameter 15 cm
$150 - 250 (3
items)
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*425.
(i) An Egyptian Lid of a Canopic Jar
Depicting
the Deity Qebehsenuef
Third
Intermediate Period, Circa 1069 - 747 BC
Carved
Stone
Height
15 cm Diameter 15 cm
Note:
Stone
vessels, used for the burial of the viscera
removed
during mummification, are termed ‘canopic’
jars.
Specific elements of the viscera were placed
under
the protection of four anthropomorphic deities
known
as the ‘Sons of Horus’. Each
of the four Gods
was
associated with a particular canopic jar and its
contents,
the lids of those jars being fashioned in the
forms
of the heads of each of the four gods. The
falcon-
headed Qebehsenuef protected the intestines.
(ii)
An Egyptian Plate
Incised
Decoration of a Lotus
Ptolemaic
Period, Circa 332 - 30 BC
Carved
Stone
Height
3.6 cm Diameter 23.1
cm
Note:
The
lotus was the emblem of Upper Egypt. It
was
symbolic
of rebirth, as one of the creation myths
describe
how the new-born sun arose out of a lotus
floating
on the waters of Nun.
$200 - 400 (2 items)
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*426.
(i) An Egyptian Bead Necklace
Composed
of Tubular Beads
New
Kingdom Period, Circa 1550 - 1069 BC
Blue
Faience
Length
80.5 cm
(ii)
An Egyptian Bead Necklace
Composed
of Disc and Tubular Beads
Late
Period, Circa 747 - 332 BC
Brown,
Blue and Green Faience
Length 71 cm
(iii)
An Egyptian Bangle
Roman
Period, Circa 30 BC - 395 AD
Turquoise
Glass
Diameter
5 cm
(iv)
An Egyptian Bangle
Islamic
Period, Circa 800 - 1100 AD
Glass
Diameter
7.5 cm
$200 - 400 (4
items)
*427.
Two Persian Oil Lamps (Afghanistan)
Circa
12th Century AD
Bronze
(i)
Height 14.4 cm Length
13.8 cm
(ii)
Height 19.5 cm Length
19.8 cm
$200
- 400 (2 items)
Reference:
Collection
of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
*428.
(i) A Persian Ewer (Afghanistan)
Circa
1100 - 1400 AD
Moulded
Earthenware
Height
18.8 cm Diameter 15.5
cm
(ii)
A Persian Bowl (Iran)
Nishapur-Style
Circa
900 - 1100 AD
Glazed
Earthenware
Height
4.5 cm Diameter 9.5 cm
(iii)
A Persian Bowl (Iran)
Nishapur-Style
Circa
900 - 1100 AD
Glazed
Earthenware
Height
4.8 cm Diameter 10.9
cm
$200 - 400 (3 items)
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*429.
(i) An Apulian Squat Lekythos (Italy)
Depicting
a woman, her hair gathered in a saccos
Classical
Period, Circa 4th Century BC
Painted
Earthenware
Height
12.3 cm Diameter 7 cm
Provenance: Gallery East, North Fremantle, WA.
Note:
(a)
Apulia, a Greek city-state in Southern Italy, was a
centre
for the manufacture of pottery. Its
vases tend to
fall
into two main groups - plain or ornate. The
former
were
decorated with simple compositions, many only
with
the head of a woman, her hair covered in a
saccos.
A saccos is a piece of fabric that covered the
whole
head like a cap.
(b)
A squat lekythos is a one-handled jug used for both
oil
and unguents.
(ii)
An Apulian Red-Figured Skyphos (Italy)
Depicting
an Owl between two Olive Branches
Classical
Period, Circa 4th Century BC
Painted
Earthenware
Height
7 cm Diameter (ex.
handles) 9.5 cm
Note:
A
skyphos is a two-handled deep drinking cup on a
low
flanged base. The decorations on
both the front
and
reverse are almost identical. The
owl and olive
branch
being symbols of the Goddess Athena.
(iii)
An Attic Black-Glazed Kylix (Greece)
Classical
Period, Circa 4th Century BC
Glazed
Earthenware
Height
8 cm Diameter (ex.
handles) 17.5 cm
Note:
(a)
Attic pottery surpassed that of all other centres,
both
in its craftsmanship and in the quality of its brilliant
orange-red
clay. Whilst Athens is most famous
for its
decorated
ware, both black-figure and red-figure, its
potters
also produced many undecorated pieces with a
black
glaze. That glaze is usually shiny
with a metallic
tinge.
(b)
A kylix is a two-handled shallow drinking cup raised
on
a stem from a foot.
$400 - 800 (3 items)
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*430.
A Centuripe Lekanis with Lid (Sicily)
Hellenistic
Period, Circa 3rd Century BC
Earthenware
with traces of white, red and blue paint
Height
as Assembled 41.5 cm
Diameter
of Foot 13 cm
Diameter
of Bowl (excluding handles) 35.3 cm
Diameter
of Bowl (including handles) 54.4 cm
Diameter
of Conical Lid 35.1 cm
$2,000
- 4,000
Reference:
M.E.
Mayo, “The Art of South Italy: Vases from
Magna
Graecia”, 1982.
Note:
(a)
Centuripe was a city of the Siculi, an ancient Sicilian
tribe.
Located in eastern Sicily, it was described by
Cicero
as a prosperous city. In the 5th
Century B.C. it was
Hellenized,
adopting Greek customs and aligning itself
with
independent,
almost without interruption, until it was
conquered
by
(b)
This lekanis belongs to a class of Hellenistic
ceramic
that was produced in Centuripe during the 3rd
and
2nd centuries B.C. It consists of
three separate
section: (i) moulded foot; (ii) large bowl with moulded
base-ring
and two strap handles; and (iii) high conical lid.
The
zone between the handles carries a frieze framed
below
by a line of bead-and-reel decoration, and above
by
the moulded rim of the bowl. This
highly decorative
frieze
presents arabesques of foliated scrolls with
flowers
and Erotes, and in the centre a Medusa head.
The strap handles are adorned with acanthus leaves at
the
point they join the bowl. Acanthus
leaves also
appear
at the base of the bowl. All parts
of this
elaborate
relief decoration serve as symbols of
immortality.
Indeed the purpose of this lekanis can
only
have been funerary, its three separate sections
being
a totally impractical arrangement for everyday
use.
*431.
Three Amlash Spearheads (Iran)
Circa
1st Millennium BC
Bronze
(i)
A round-shouldered blade with a broad midrib that
terminates
in a bent tang with a blunt end.
Length
40 cm
(ii)
An almost squared-shoulder blade with a raised
midrib
that terminates in a bent tang with a bunt end.
Length
21.5 cm
(iii)
A leaf-shaped and round-shouldered blade with a
prominent
midrib that extends into a long shank and
tang
with a button end.
Length
41.5 cm
$300
- 400 (3 items)
Note:
Amlash
is a village situated between the Caspian Sea
and
the heights of the Dailaman region. The
bent
tangs
and prominent midribs of these spearheads
connect
them to a class of blades from that area,
southwest
of the
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*432.
A Bactrian Chalice (Uzbekistan)
Circa
2nd Millennium BC
Carved
Alabaster
Height
26 cm Diameter 14.1 cm
$400
- 800
Note:
Bactria
was a bronze age culture centred on the upper
Oxus
River, known today as the Amu Darya River.
Dated to circa 2200 BC - 1700 BC, it was a wealthy
civilization
- the alluvium of the
farmland,
but also contained gold. Nonetheless,
neither
the origins of
decline,
are understood. Its distinctive
material culture
disappears
from the archaeological record a few
centuries
after it appears.
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*433.
(i) A Bactrian Mace-Head (Uzbekistan)
Carved
Stone
Height
3.1 cm Diameter 6.4 cm
(ii)
A Bactrian Arrowhead (
Bronze
Length
7.2 cm
(iii)
A Bactrian Spearhead (Uzbekistan)
Copper
Length
20.8 cm
$150 - 250
(3 items)
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*434.
A Rare Pottery Figure of a Kneeling Court Lady
With
traces of original painting still evident
Chinese,
Han Dynasty, 206BC - 220AD
Height:
35cm
$2,750
- 3,750
With
Certificate of Authenticity
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*435.
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
Bowl
Maya
Culture (Central America)
Classic
Period, Circa 200 - 900 AD
Polychrome
Painted Earthenware
Height
9.3 cm Diameter 6.5 cm
$200 - 400
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*436.
(i) Pre-Columbian
A
Rattle-Legged Bowl
Jalisco
Culture (Northwest Mexico)
Post-Classic
Period, Circa 900 - 1521 AD
Polychrome
Painted Earthenware
Height
8.7 cm Diameter 21.4
cm
(ii)
Pre-Columbian
A
Figural Jar
Jalisco
Culture (Northwest Mexico)
Post-Classic
Period, Circa 900 - 1521 AD
Earthenware
Height
10 cm Diameter 10.6 cm
$200 - 400
(2 items)
Note:
For
many centuries prior to the Spanish conquest,
Jalisco
was a patchwork of small autonomous nations
speaking
a variety of languages. This
indigenous
culture
comprised the culture of the Cazcanes, Cocas,
Coras,
Cuyutecos, Guachichiles, Huicholes, Otomies,
Tarascans,
Tecuexes and Tepehuanes. The
upheaval
and
displacement experienced by these nations in the
16th
Century has made it difficult to identify the
geographical
home of some of these native groups.
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*437.
Pre-Columbian South America
A
Figural Jar
Chancay
Culture (Peru)
Circa
1100 - 1440 AD
Bi-Chrome
Painted Earthenware
Height
20 cm Diameter 16 cm
$150
- 250
Note:
The
Chancay Culture developed in the valleys of the
central
coast of
and
commercial nature, producing ceramics with a
rough
white surface decorated in black. Among
the
most
representative works are figural jars that have a
low
relief face, the face and upper body being covered
with
geometric ornamentation. Such
vessels were
produced on a large scale through the use of moulds.
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*438.
Gandhara (Pakistan)
A
Fragment of a Stupa Panel
Depicting
Indo-Greek Soldiers
Circa
100 BC - 100 AD
Carved
Schist
Height
30 cm Width 36 cm
$2,500
- 5,000
Note:
(a)
The 1st Century BC saw the construction of
numerous
Buddhist shrines and monasteries, and
the
provision for them of narrative reliefs in stone.
The
most striking aspect of this sculpture is its
Graeco-Roman
features, which stem from the legacy,
firstly,
of Alexander the Great’s invasion of the
subcontinent;
and, secondly, from the cultural and
commercial links
that persisted between Gandhara and
the
Hellenised East.
(b)
Indo-Greek soldiers are occasionally represented
in
the art of Gandhara, such friezes serving as
decoration on the pedestals of Buddhist stupas.
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*439.
A Pre-Columbian Teotuhican Volcanic
Stone
Carving, c.500AD
Most
likely an offering vessel
Height:
28cm
$700
- 1,400
*440.
Two Chinese Bronzes, c. 450 - 200BC
Commonly
referred to as, “Lion Fu Tallys”
A
pair, mounted together on a Perspex
stand.
Length:
98mm (each)
$700
- 1,200
Note:
Such bronzes were used as a means of military
and
government communication. Only if
one of the
figures
matched the other when it was presented,
could the communication be authenticated.
DECORATIVE
ARTS & JEWELLERY
441.
A Pair of Hand Painted and Gilt Noritake Vases
With
twin elephant lug handles. Japanese
Height:
25cm
$650
- 1,000
442.
A Natural Amber Necklace
Measuring
approximately 132cm. Having free
form
shapes
$300
- 500
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443.
A Kauri Gum Resin Bust
Of
a tribal figure, possibly a chief,
wearing a cloak.
Most
likely from New Zealand
With
a stand and glass dome
Height
of bust: 11cm
$250 - 650
444.
A Japanese Ivory Torso
Dressed
in traditional Japanese dress. Upon
an
intricately
carved stand and having a glass dome
Height:
12.5cm
$250
- 750
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445.
An 18ct Yellow Gold and Diamond Ring
Set
with 5, round brilliant cut diamonds, with an
estimated
weight of 0.91ct in total.
$1,200
- 2,000
See
independent valuation
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A
Collection of Staffordshire Pottery Dog
Figures
The natural resource
of clay around the Staffordshire
region
encompassing the towns of Stoke, Burslem,
Hanley,
Longton and Tunstall, gave rise to a pottery
industry
of over 1,000 firms at its height during the
19th
century.
For this style of
pottery, makers marks weren’t used
and
even the major large firms, such as Spode and