Roman bead necklace, Late Roman Period, c 3rd-4th Century CE, Cyrenacia (LIBYA)

 

Item:	Roman  Bead Necklace
Date:	c. 3rd - 4th Century CE
Historical Period:	Late Roman Period
Description:	Crystal, gemstone ,terracotta beads strung on string for display purposes
Location:	Cyrenacia, LIBYA
Size:	50 cm long
Provenance:	Formerly the property of a private collector, London whose collection commenced in the early 1950's.

Ancient Egyptian Terracotta Head on a Custom Made Display Pedastal, New Kingdom c. 1550 - 1069BCE (EGYPT)

 

Item:	Ancient Egyptian Terracotta Head (mounted on a display stand)
Date:	1500-1069 BCE
Historical Period:	New Kingdom Period
Description:	Terracotta Head Nubian in style presented on a display stand
Location:	EGYPT
Size:	33mm tall (110mm tall with stand)
Provenance:	Purchased via NP Collectables (UK). The item originally formed part of an old pre-1940's Archaeological Collection, London. It was purchased for that collection in the early 1970's.

Egyptain Mummy Necklace: Late Period 664-332 BCE, Faiyum (EGYPT)

 

Item:	Egyptian Mummy Terracotta Necklace
Date:	664-332 BCE
Historical Period:	Late Period
Description:	Ribbed terracotta tubular beads strung on string for display purposes
Location:	Faiyum, EGYPT
Size:	73cm long
Provenance:	Formerly the property of a private collector, London whose collection commenced in the early 1990's.

 

Islamic Multi Coloured Glass Bead Necklace: Almohad Period (Late Medieval) 12th to 15th century CE, (ALGERIA & MAURITANIA: NORTH AFRICA)

Item:	Islamic Multicoloured Glass Bead Necklace
Date:	12th-15th Century CE
Historical Period:	Almohad Period (Late Medieval)
Description:	Handmade glass beads with gold spacer beads, re-strung for display purposes.
Location:	ALGERIA & MAURITANIA (NORTH AFRICA)
Size:	56 cm long (overall necklace), 6mm to 25mm (beads)
Provenance:	Formerly the property of a private collector, London.

Ancient Egyptian Composite re-strung Bead and Scarab Amulet Necklace: Beads are from the Late Period c. 664 - 353 BCE & the large inscribed scarab pendant is from the 2nd Intermediate Period c1786-1567 BCE, (EGYPT)

Item:	Ancient Egyptian Composite re-strung Bead and Scarab Amulet Necklace
Date (BEADS):	c. 664- 353 BCE, Late Period
Date (PENDANT):	c1786-1567 BCE , Second Intermediate Period
Historical Period:	(see above)
Description:	Composite necklace consisting of faience disk beads with pink-salmon coloured glazed seed spacers with 11 larger scarab beetle beads. The large pendant is in the form of a scarab with 2nd Intermediate Period style hieroglyphic style.
Location:	EGYPT
Size:	78.5cm long
Provenance:	Formerly the property of a private collector, London whose collection commenced in the early 1950's.

Goldfields Era Chinese 6 sided Green Glazed Ginger Jar c.1860, (AUSTRALIA)

Item:	Chinese 6 Sided Ginger Jar
Date:	c.1860's
Historical Period:	Goldfields Era, Australia
Description:	Green Glazed 6 sided Ginger Jar, Excellent Condition
Location:	Made in China, found in Bendigo, Australia
Size:	8cm x 10cm
Provenance:	Purchased via online Auction.

Chinese Hand Painted Ginger Jar with Warrior Motifs, Qing Dynasty,c. early19th century CE (CHINA)

Item:	Chinese Hand Painted Ginger Jar With Warrior Motifs
Date:	19th Century China
Historical Period:	(Late Qing Dynasty)
Description 1:	Hand painted, excellent condition, no lid.
Location:	CHINA
Size:	11cm x 10cm

Chinese Ginger Jar: Hand Painted with Qilin in 'Famille Verte', Late Qing Dynasty, c 19th century CE, (CHINA)

Item:	Chinese Hand Painted Ginger Jar with Qilin Motif
Date:	19th Century China
Historical Period:	(Late Qing Dynasty)
Description 1:	Hand painted 'Famille Verte' (Green) excellent condition, no lid.
Location:	CHINA
Size:	11cm x 10cm

Sepik River Painted Spirit Mask with Shell (Kina) Eyes c.1970's (PAPUA NEW GUINEA)

Item:	Small Papuan Sepik River Spirit Mask
Date:	c.1970's
Historical Period:	During Australian Occupancy
Description 1:	Painted with Ochre and shell 'kina' eyes
Location:	PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Size:	20cm long x 10 cm wide
Provenance:	Old Australian Collection

Japanese Hand Painted Ginger Jar with Lid by Kutani c 1910

'The Water Hole' by BEVAN TJAMPITJINPA -Utopia Australian Aboriginal Art Community, Central Australia (Acrylic on Canvas)

Homo Neanderthalis (Neanderthal) Hammerstone, circa 200,000 BCE

Homo Neanderthalis (Neanderthal) Triangular Handaxe, circa 200,000 BCE

Homo Neanderthalis (Neanderthal) Stone Scraper (Bifacial Form), circa 200,000 BCE

Homo Neanderthalis (Neanderthal) Stone Chopper (Polyhendron Form) circa 200,000 years BCE, Middle East

Polyhedron Chopper

Neanderthal (Homo Neanderthalis) Mortar & Pestal, Syria circa 200,000 years BCE

The basic shape, form and utilization of our own mortar and pestal's have not fundamentally changed for over 500,000 years or more.

This example comes from the Middle East probably around the area of Bosra, Syria and dated to approximately 200,000 years  +/- 30,000 years. As you can see the two a pieces (male and female) are a perfect match.

Qing Dynasty Painted Tin Glazed Blue Bowl c1750 CE, CHINA (Kiln stacking marks apparent)

Wooden Painted Ancestor Mask: Sepik River Region circa 1970 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Crusader/Templar Denier Tournois (Coin) 1278-1285 CE

Found at Achaea, Greece, a Charles I, used by both Crusader and Templar Denier Tournois (Coin) 1278-1285. AD. Obv: small cross with K R PRINC ACH legend. Rev: castle Tournois with CLARENTIA legend. 

Medieval Gilded Ring Brooch c1300 - 1350, Cambridgeshire, England

A lovely Medieval Ring Brooch with repeated arch and rib design, gilding and dark red colouring c 1300-1350. Discovered in Cambridgeshire. 

Provenance: Private Cambridge collection. 

Measures 18 mm in diameter.  

Medieval Bronze Seal c 1350 CE, York, England

Bronze medieval seal which displays a coat of arms surmounted with a crown. The artifact was discovered near York. Provenance: From an old Yorkshire collection; acquired 1940s - early 1950s. 

Fossil: Fossilized Shells (sp. cone, conch & olive shells) in the original matrix (New Caledonia) c. 4 million years ago

Fossil: Fly from the Triassic Epoch, 252 to 201 million years ago (Germany)

Fossil: Diplomystus dentatus, Green River Formation, Kemmer Wyoming USA (Eocene Epoch: 56 to 33.9 million years ago)

Aboriginal painting by Hilda Nambula Wild Flower Dreaming (for medicine & healing) Utopia Aboriginal Art Community 2003. acrylic on canvas 670mm x 280mm

Part of my shell collection on display at my home

Large Birdman Mask, hand carved and painted with shell inlay eyes, Sepik River Region Papua New Guinea circa 1970

BRILLIANT RED RETRO WEST GERMAN POTTERY GEBRÜDER CLAUSSEN KERAMIK VASE, Design # 1411 (original label still attached)

BRILLIANT ORANGE RETRO WEST GERMAN POTTERY HÜKLI KERAMIK VASE, Design # 924 circa 1969 (Original Label Still attached)

RETRO WEST GERMAN POTTERY GRÄFLICH ORTENBURG KERAMIK 678/7 VASE, #1372 c 1967

RETRO WEST GERMAN POTTERY ILKRA EDEL KERAMIK VASE & PLATE c 1966

Vintage English Moorcroft Powder Blue Bowl made for Liberty England c1940

Ming Dynasty Blue and White Wine Cup (ex Peter Elliot Collection) c 1450-1650, China

Dr. Elliott was a highly respected Australian doctor who, throughout his career, travelled extensively across South East Asia and Oceania teaching doctors in the region. It was during these trips that Dr. Elliott became fascinated with the local art and artefacts and thus began his life-long passion for collecting Oceanic and South East Asian Art.

Over many years of travelling the globe, Dr. Elliott amassed incredible works of art from Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, The Philippines, Vanuatu and the Himalayan region which now formed a significant part of his remarkable collection.

The Peter Elliott Collection was an extraordinary private collection acquired over seventy years by a remarkable and inspiring man. Peter Elliott grew up surrounded by art – his father was a friend and patron of Norman Lindsay, and several other modern Australian artists – and he acquired his first piece in 1947, soon after he left his service with the Navy at the age of seventeen. Following graduation, he went on to become a highly respected and decorated surgeon, but it was as a passionate and dedicated art collector that he became most well-known. 

When he passed away recently this extraordinary collection went up for auction...this is just one piece.

solid carved ebony wood shark (modern era), kitava island, trobiand island group, papua new guinea

Carved Ebony Betel Nut Ceremony Instruments, Kirawina Island, Trobiand Islands, Papua New Guinea