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Auction House:
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
Category:
Antiquities
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A replica Roman dagger ***
*** A pair of Chinese figures, each modelled as messengers carrying satchels, the coarse pottery with remnants of polychrome, possibly Han dynasty. Height 23 cm. ***
*** A Vietnamese blue and white elegant shaped Jarlet, 15th century, the molded body with fine detailing in bands, a ruyi pattern on the shoulder ending in banana leaves from the slender base. Provenance: from a shipwreck. Height 9.5 cm ***
*** Chinese jade bi disk with a crop design & a carved openwork dragon. One of the six worshiping ritual objects is a bi disk for heavenly deities, they date back to the Neolithic time. 20th century. D 9 cm ***
*** A Jizhou stoneware bowl with a lustrous black glaze and natural Autumn leaf in the centre, after Song dynasty the rounded sides rising from the knife-pared foot, height 5 cm, diameter 13 cm ***
*** A Roman terracotta oil lamp, raised incised pattern, 2nd-4th century AD ***
*** A Roman glass flask, 2nd-4th century AD, pointed body with band detail & flared rim, height 11 cm ***
*** A Roman bronze figure of the goddess Venus, north Yorkshire, 1st-2nd century AD, found south of Catterick, north Yorkshire, near a villa and Roman fort which straddles the A1, possible Eastern influence, height 6 cm ***
*** A Celtic bronze figure of a horse rider, 50BC, height 4.5 cm ***
*** A Roman small glass bottle, 1st-3rd century AD, rounded ridge body, tapering neck, height 4.5 cm ***
*** A Roman intaglio seal ring, horse & rider motif, 1st-2nd century AD ***
*** A Roman bronze handle, iron blade dagger, ram's head finial, 2nd-4th century AD, length 17 cm (blade) ***
*** A Roman small bronze knife, Empress head finial, 1st-3rd century AD, length 11 cm ***
*** A Roman bronze protective amulet, crescent moon, 2nd century AD, length 7 cm ***
*** Tiberius, 14-37 AD Dupondius coin & Augustus commemorative issue coin, struck by Tiberius ***
*** A Chinese earthenware dish & wine spoon, green silvery glaze, Han Dynasty 206 BC-209AD, spoon on fitted stand. Condition: repaired crack & fritting. Diameter 18 cm ***
*** A Chinese Burial pot, Han Dynasty, cylindrical form, on three feet, with incised line decoration. Private collection, Perth. Purchased V.M Antiques, Ermita. Height 31 cm. Diameter 16.5 cm (at base) ***
*** A Korean earthenware pot with Horizontal bands of impressed Hessian, Silla Kingdom 58BC-AD935, traces of ash glaze on the globular body with a long wide neck, condition: considering the antiquity of this pot it has minimal damage. Height 23.5 cm ***
*** A Chinese archaic-style bronze ritual food vessel, Gui, after Western Zhou Dynasty, BC 11th century, height 11.5 cm ***
*** A Chinese conical shaped bowl, song Dynasty style, a fine translucent crackle glaze, diameter 17, height 6.5 cm ***
*** A pale blue glazed censer, Ru style, after song Dynasty, glazed inside & out in a pale blue, the cylindrical body with raised bands on straight sides, on three applied low legs, height 13, diameter 18 cm ***
*** A painted pottery figure, Han Dynasty, height 17 cm ***
*** A large Chinese hardstone opaque body of a lion incorporating many features of the dragon has a notched and crested back, the striding body has incised decoration all over. Restoration to tail and back leg. In the style of the Shang dynasty but much later… ***
*** A miniature earthenware green glazed ewer, Tang Dynasty, 8th/9th century. Condition: rim frits & chip to base & glaze losses. Provenance: The Estate of an Australian Diplomat, the Resident representative to south Korea in the 1960s. Height 8 cm, width 7 cm ***
*** A Meiping shaped vase, painted with fish and water Weed, in the style of the Yuan Dynasty, height 45 cm ***
*** A Roman terracotta flask, 2nd-4th century AD, tapering body, long neck, flat rim, height 11 cm ***
*** A Roman terracotta oil lamp, raised line pattern, 2nd-4th century AD ***
*** A Roman terracotta oil lamp, 2ndth century AD ***
*** A Roman lead military tableau plaque, 1st-4th century AD, scenes of soldiers and cult objects normally associated with Mithras-the altar including scorpion, snake, amphora, lion & cockerel, height 9 cm ***
*** A Roman Celtic bronze figure of a reclining male or river God, Essex, England, 2nd-4th century AD, possibly a votive offering to the Gods, height 3.25 cm. Provenance: purchased Granta Antiquities ***
*** A Roman bronze bangle together with a bronze ring, 1st-2nd century AD, ring with key shape pattern ***
*** A Roman bronze ring key, 3rd century AD, circular band with key shaped top ***
*** Two Roman bronze figures of a rabbit & dog, 1st-3rd century AD, found in the Balkans, length 3-3.5 cm ***
*** A Roman bronze mirror, Celtic pattern, 2nd-4th century AD, ornate raised relief outer rim, central silver disc, once polished to be reflective, discovered in Eastern Europe, length 11 cm ***
*** Three Roman spoons & a spatula, 1st-3rd century AD, length 5.5-19 cm ***
*** A Roman bronze steelyard balance, 1st-4th century AD, length 11 cm ***
*** A Roman pale glass bottle with brown & blue lustre detail rounded body rises with a tall, cylindrical neck & collared lip on perpex stand, with certificate, height 14 cm ***
*** A Chinese porcelain carved & Molded bowl, made in the tradition of the Yaozhou Kiln during the song dynasty, the celadon, conical shape is resting on a unglazed foot, D 21 ***
*** A pair of Chinese vases of baluster form, with carved decoration to the lower and upper body separated by a raised continuous band, the glaze of qingbai type, 20th century. Height 19.5 cm ***
*** A Chinese hardstone huang shape with double dragon heads with raised nipples on the arch, the infused green giving the impression of jade and stylistically Neolithic period but much later. 23.5 cm long ***
*** A Roman terracotta oil lamp, raised incised line pattern, 2nd-4th century AD ***
*** A Roman terracotta low bowl, 1st-3rd century AD, rounded shape with rolled rim, diameter 13.5 cm, height 4 cm ***
*** A Roman bronze head of Serapis, Derbyshire, England, 3rd century AD, Serapis was seen as the sun god & as a Lord of healing and of fertility. His worship was established in Rome and throughout the Mediterranean, following the trade routes and being… ***
*** A Roman bronze figure of the goddess Fortuna, 1st-3rd century AD, height 6.5 cm ***
*** A Roman terracotta head of goddess, timber stand, 1st-3rd century AD ***
*** A Roman set of bronze nesting cup weights, 1st-3rd century AD, diameter 2-3 cm ***
*** A collection of Roman bronze figures of birds of prey, 2nd-4th century AD, found together near Harlow, Essex, length 2.5-4 cm ***
*** A Roman military buckle & pendant, leaf detail, 1st-2nd century AD, length 6.5-7.5 cm ***
*** A Roman amphora shaped brooch & a snake ring, 2nd-4th century AD ***
*** Constantius I, 293-360AD & Severus Alexander, 222-235AD, two Dupondius coins ***
*** Jewish Revolt, Roman Judiea, 66-70AD, three coins ***
*** An archaic style bronze ritual vessel & cover, Fangyi, after the Shang Dynasty, the rectangular body cast in relief with flanges on the body & roof shaped cover, upright handles curving away from the body, height 36, width 40 cm ***
*** A Roman green glass drinking cup, 2nd-4th century AD, rounded body, flaired rim ***
*** A Roman bronze figure of a bull, Wiltshire, UK, 1st-2nd century AD, possibly used in Mythraic rites, found in Wiltshire, UK, length 6 cm ***
*** Four Roman bronze heads in the form of various Gods, attachment pins, 1st-4th century AD, includes the head of Attis, husband of Cybele famous for castration priest rites, flat discs possibly heads of Emperors, diameter 2 cm ***
*** A collection of Roman bronze rings, canterbury, 1st-4th century AD ***
*** A collection of Roman arrow heads, Haltwhistle, UK, 1st-4th century AD, length 8-12 cm ***
*** Antoninus Pius, 138-161AD & Gordian III 238-244AD, two Dupondius coins ***
*** Commodus, 180-192AD, Diocletian, 284-305AD, Lucius Verus, 161-169AD, three bronze Dupondius coins ***
*** A Han Dynasty styled figure, china, height 26 cm, width 6 cm. Provenance: East Australian Auctions, May 2009, lot 166 ***
*** An Roman pale glass bottle with blue lustre detail, rounded long body with a short neck & collared lip, on perpex stand, with certificate, height 7.5 cm ***
*** A qingbai glazed Chinese bowl & a dragon handled amphora, the finely potted bowl has an unglazed rim revealing the cream\white clay [2], condition two fine hairline cracks to bowl, diameter 12 cm, height 24.5 cm ***
*** A moon white porcelain dish, the shape and glaze in the style of the Song dynasty, unglazed rim, 18/19th century. Condition: a short hairline crack to underside diameter 19 cm ***
*** Two Chinese stoneware jars both with lug handles, Sung Dynasty, tallest, 30 cm high ***
*** A red pottery male attendant, with Traces of slip & pigment, Tang Dynasty, height 19 cm ***
*** A Roman terracotta oil lamp, scroll handle, 2nd-4th century AD ***
*** Six Roman pelta shaped metal belt fittings, 2nd century, with carved filigree style detailing, diameter 2-3 cm ***
*** A Roman terracotta oil lamp, 1st-3rd century AD, five spouts, rounded bowl, length 10 cm ***
*** A Roman bronze fibula, 3rd-4th century AD ***
*** An ancient Roman pottery fragment featuring a face on a perspex stand, with certification, height 4.5 cm (fragment), height 8 cm (inc stand) ***
*** A Chinese Neolithic painted earthenware double handled vessel, the elegant shape with strap handles, the black pigment on red clay, condition: restoration to one handle. Height 17 cm ***
*** A Chinese neolithic double handled pottery vase red clay vase, with black painted designs. Provenance: From the private collection of an Australian diplomat. 15 cm height, 8 cm diameter top x 18 cm diameter base ***
*** Two Sawankhalok Kilns lidded boxes, each decorated in blue & white, one of faceted form, 14th / 15th century, 9 cm tallest ***
*** A Chinese cream crackle glazed earthenware dish with a foliate rim, the natural wear and the unglazed base indicates a dating from the Song dynasty, 12th century.12.5 cm ***
*** Red pottery dancer, possibly Han Dynasty, note: a certificate of Authenticity, height 33, length 27 cm ***
*** A Roman terracotta oil lamp, raised incised pattern, 2nd-4th century AD ***
*** A collection of Roman bronze letters, possibly part of a "Felix utere" belt, 3rd century AD, height 2.5 cm ***
*** Hadrian, AD117-138, three Dupondius coins ***
*** An Annamese Porcelaneous earthenware lidded pot, painted in red & green on lid, 15th century, geometric painted design around the lid & pot, condition: losses to glaze, height 8, diameter 9.5 cm ***
*** A Chinese incised & press moulded bowl, made in the tradition of the Ding Kiln during the song dynasty, conical shaped cream glazed bowl is resting on a unglazed foot, diameter 21 cm ***
*** A pair of circular metal bowls with gold Embossing, the design influenced by the silk Roads during the Tang dynasty, four Chinese characters to base, the design & shape made by a master craftsmen, molded & hand finished, a floral arabesques scrolling of… ***
*** A Chinese bronze scroll weight of Ji gong, the Eccentric Buddhist monk, mid Qing Dynasty, he carries a bottle of wine in his right hand & a fan in his left, he ate meat & drank wine violating Buddhist monastic rule, he has become a folk hero from the 12th… ***
*** A tall Chinese bronze archaic style lidded ritual vessel, standing on a tri footed pierced base. Four dragons on the lid forming the knop, double rings hanging from the handles attached to the body. Height 58 ***
*** A Roman glass oinochoe, 2nd-4th century AD ***
*** A Roman bronze Ligula spoon, 3rd century AD, eating spoon, small bowl with knopped terminal, length 15 cm ***
*** A Roman diorite stone bowl, 1st-3rd century AD, carved rounded bowl with large flat flared rim, May have been used for ceremonial oil, diameter 6 cm. Provenance: purchased time machine Co, New York, USA, 2003 ***
*** A Roman bottom tier of an altar, Colchester, England, 3rd century AD, square shaped with incised detail, 3 x 3 x 3 cm ***
*** A Roman bronze child's snake bracelet, England, 2nd-4th century AD ***
*** Two ancient brooches, one a triskele, Celtic influence the other Roman, later addition pin ***
*** A collection of Roman bronze statue pieces including a foot, hand, small axe, 1st-4th century AD, often votive objects placed in sacred springs to heal a foot, hand ***
*** A collection of Roman bronze items including spoons, strap end, 2nd-4th century AD ***
*** A group of Asian Ceramics, including stoneware and pottery vessels, Yuan Dynasty and later, largest diameter, 27 cm ***
*** A Roman bronze bust of a Serapis God, 1st-3rd century AD, Serapis was often seen a sun God, length 35 cm ***
*** A Roman bronze cup, 1st-2nd century, flat base, ridged detail, diameter 5.5 cm ***
*** A Roman bronze stand, eagle foot, 1st century AD, height 6 cm ***
*** A Roman bronze small bowl, turned groves, 1st-2nd century AD, rounded body, flared ring, flat pedestal base, diameter 6 cm ***