Mammoth five-day sale of antiquities, art, natural history and coins offered at TimeLine March 5-9

Life-size Roman marble statue of a magistrate, dating from the late 3rd or early 4th century, estimated at £200,000-£300,000 ($251,350-$377,025) at Timeline Auctions.

HARWICH, U.K. – A life-size Roman marble statue of a magistrate, dating from the late 3rd or early 4th century, leads the mammoth five-day dispersal at TimeLine Auctions. The series of auctions, which spans Tuesday, March 5 through Saturday, March 9, begins with four days of antiquities and works of art followed by a session devoted to natural history and coins. The catalogs are all open to bidding now at LiveAuctioneers.

The near-complete marble group is a distinctive type with the toga, the short haircut and the stylized facial features dating it to the period of the Tetrachy under the emperor Diocletian (284-305 A.D.). Made for a high-ranking citizen with political and ritual responsibilities, it is likely to represent an official of an Eastern empire city, either in Greece or Illyria. Unlike many late Roman sculptures, in which a portrait head is often attached to an earlier body, it appears to have been created as a whole. The footwear, a crepida sandal of Greek type, is particularly well carved. The statue comes for sale with a provenance to a private collection in Switzerland and was previously owned by the vendor’s father in Munich, Germany in the 1980s. The estimate is £200,000-£300,000 ($251,350-$377,025).

Dating to the 2nd century is a pair of Roman gold rings made for a married couple. The two matching solid hoops with expanding shoulders are each set with a dark blue nicolo intaglio, with one bearing a profile bust of a young Hercules and the other having a profile bust of a woman wearing a taenia or a wreath on her head. They come from a London collection with an estimate of £3,500-£4,500 ($4,400-$5,655).

Recent metal detecting finds are a regular feature of these sales. This catalog features a medieval bishop’s ring estimated at £5,000-£7,000 ($6,280-$8,800) that was unearthed near Drayton in Oxfordshire, England in September 2018. The ring was declared under the country’s Treasure Act and is accompanied by a copy of the British Museum’s Portable Antiquities Scheme report, dating it to around 1200-1300 A.D. Set with a cabochon sapphire within an asymmetrical hexagonal cell, it is particularly remarkable for an enigmatic inscription NI ONAN NRIO ONIC NIAI AINO ANIOI NAN. Many late medieval rings and brooches bear similar apparently meaningless inscriptions. It may be that many engravers and their clients were illiterate, but it is equally possible such random groups of letters were felt to be ‘magical’ by the owner.

Other early medieval works of art include both a Byzantine silver offering dish (estimated at £20,000-£30,000, or $25,135-$37,700) and a 13th-century Limoges gilt bronze and enamel casket with provenance to John Pierpont Morgan (estimated at £10,000-£14,000, or $12,565-$17,595). The dish, dated to the 11th or 12th century, comes by descent from a European family collection formed in the 1990s. The decorative scheme worked in niello is centered by the Greek letters Chi Rho and flanked by Alpha and Omega. To the rim in capitals is a Byzantine inscription translated as For the eternal rest of him who had knowledge in the name of the Lord.

The small Limoges casket or chrismatory is one J. P. Morgan, a voracious collector of early European works of art, owned until 1917. A type typically dated to the first half of the 13th century, it features enamel vignettes of Christ in Majesty and a repeating pattern of floral lozenges to two sides and end-panels of angels added at a later date.

Life-size Roman marble statue of a magistrate, dating from the late 3rd or early 4th century, estimated at £200,000-£300,000 ($251,350-$377,025) at Timeline Auctions.

Life-size Roman marble statue of a magistrate, dating from the late 3rd or early 4th century, estimated at £200,000-£300,000 ($251,350-$377,025) at Timeline Auctions.

A pair of Roman 2nd century gold and intaglio rings made for a married couple, estimated at £3,500-£4,500 ($4,400-$5,655) at Timeline Auctions.

A pair of Roman 2nd century gold and intaglio rings made for a married couple, estimated at £3,500-£4,500 ($4,400-$5,655) at Timeline Auctions.

Medieval gold and sapphire bishop’s ring, estimated at £5,000-£7,000 ($6,280-$8,800) at Timeline Auctions.

Medieval gold and sapphire bishop’s ring, estimated at £5,000-£7,000 ($6,280-$8,800) at Timeline Auctions.

Byzantine silver offering dish from the 11th or 12th century, estimated at £20,000-£30,000 ($25,135-$37,700) at Timeline Auctions.

Byzantine silver offering dish from the 11th or 12th century, estimated at £20,000-£30,000 ($25,135-$37,700) at Timeline Auctions.

Roland Arkell

Roland Arkell

Roland Arkell is editor of Auction Central News and deputy editor at Antiques Trade Gazette. He has been writing about all aspects of the art and antiques market for more than 25 years.

Renowned Ernest and Ella Brummer antiquities collection topped $2M at Hindman

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CHICAGO – Antiquities from the collection of famed art dealer Ernest Brummer (1891-1964) more than quadrupled their presale estimate, commanding a combined total of more than $2 million at Hindman on December 5. All 38 lots from the legendary collection sold, with lots achieving as much as 25 times their estimates. The pieces came by descent from Brummer’s widow Ella Bache Brummer and then to her nephew John Laszlo of Atlanta, Georgia.

Ernest Brummer was a renowned art dealer who, along with his brother Joseph, founded the historically significant Brummer Galleries, which held paramount importance in both New York and Paris during the early to mid-20th century. The galleries played a pivotal role in shaping the tastes and collections of art enthusiasts and museums alike.

The top lot of the day was a Roman marble head of a youth wearing a laurel wreath, which sold for a staggering $400,000 ($504,000 with buyer’s premium) against an estimate of $40,000-$60,000. The head depicted a youth with uniformly idealized features and classic proportions, suggesting it was inspired by the famed fifth-century BCE works of Polykleitos. Variants of well-known Greek originals became fashionable during the Republican period with the Roman elite, who utilized these loose so-called ‘copies’ to create mythological ensembles to decorate their gardens and villas. The marble head had been in the U.S. for more than a century, having been owned by the New York architect Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (1867-1944) from the 1920s.

Another Roman marble head that drew significant attention was a second century CE head of a triton that sold for $180,000 ($226,800 with buyer’s premium), easily surpassing its $80,000-$120,000 estimate. The head closely resembles the pair of tritons at the Musei Capitolini that originally flanked the famed Commodus portrait of Horti Lamiani, leading to the logical conclusion that the head is also meant to belong to a mythological creature with the torso of a man and an elaborate fishtail.

A deep provenance was key to the performance of many lots. Leading the Egyptian category was a 19in wood sculpture depicting the head of Osiris, which sold for $250,000 ($315,000 with buyer’s premium), more than 10 times its presale estimate of $30,000-$50,000. Not only had this 26th Dynasty piece survived more than two millennia in remarkable condition, it had a modern-day ownership history dating back to the German missionary and collector Rev. Johann Lieder (1798-1865) and then, from 1861, to the great Egyptology collection of William Tyssen-Amherst (1835-1909).

The Brummer collection was offered as a single-owner session to begin Hindman’s Antiquities & Ancient Art auction, which achieved a sales total of $2.95 million.

“The results today show just how impactful the Brummer legacy remains even decades after their legendary gallery closed its doors,” said Hindman’s Director and Senior Specialist of Antiquities & Ancient Art, Jacob Coley. “The carefully curated collection, spanning various artistic periods and styles, embodied the Brummers’ discerning taste and passion for art.”

Additional property from the Brummer collection will be offered in various Hindman auctions during 2023 and early 2024, including a mid-15th-century French limestone figure of the Foolish Virgin, which will appear in the February 2024 European Furniture & Decorative Arts auction.
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Roman marble head of a youth wearing a laurel wreath, which sold for $400,000 ($504,000 with buyer’s premium) at Hindman.
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Roman second century CE head of a triton, which sold for $180,000 ($226,800 with buyer’s premium) at Hindman.
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Egyptian wood sculpture depicting the head of Osiris, which sold for $250,000 ($315,000 with buyer’s premium) at Hindman.
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Hellenistic bronze hypnos, which sold for $110,000 ($138,600 with buyer’s premium) at Hindman.
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Roman green schist bust of Jupiter, which sold for $100,000 ($126,000 with buyer’s premium) at Hindman.
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Full range of ancient art, antiquities and militaria presented at Apollo Sept. 24

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LONDON – Collectors of antiquities, ancient art and material culture know the Apollo Art Auctions name stands for quality and authenticity. The firm’s next event, an Ancient Art, Antiquities and Militaria Auction scheduled for Sunday, September 24, features a wealth of works spanning most of recorded history. Bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

A top prize is the is 2ft 4in Roman marble figure of Cupid (Eros) holding a large bunch of harvested grapes. Finely carved in the round circa 200 A.D., it showcases the artist’s great skill at translating human anatomy to stone. With a provenance to several British and Continental galleries and collections, the estimate is £10,000-£15,000 ($12,490-$18,735).

The aesthetics of the Chinese Tang dynasty (618-907 A.D.) are captured with exceptional elegance and vitality in a 17in terracotta rider on a horse. With a thermoluminescence report confirming its age, it is estimated at £4,000-£6,000 ($4,995-$7,490).

The Gandharan school, which produced the first sculptural representations of the Buddha in human form, is hailed for its artists’ realistic and natural depiction of features “in perfection.” The Kushan period, circa 200-300 A.D., is regarded as its apex. From that timeframe comes two schist carvings: a standing Buddha figure with a halo similar to another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a relief triad portraying Buddha Shakyamuni attended by the bodhisattvas Brahma and Indra. They are estimated at £12,000-£20,000 ($14,980-$24,975) and £10,000-£15,000 ($12,490-$18,735), respectively.

Form and function unite sympathetically in a 12in red-figure amphora made in the 4th century B.C. in Apulia, Magna Graecia. Its decorative program includes images of a young lady of fashion leaning on a pedestal fountain, and a nude, winged Eros holding a phiale and tambourine. The vessel’s line of provenance indicates prior ownership by two ancient art galleries and the estate collection of Tony Gilyard in New York in addition to inclusion in a 2020 sale at Skinner. The estimate is £6,000-£9,000 ($7,490-$11,340).

Armaments of ancient warriors and battles, including many swords, helmets, daggers and spearheads, await collectors in this auction. A circa-1st century B.C. to 1st-century A.D. Roman bronze Montefortino helmet is one depicted in numerous reference books and in the catalog for Christie’s 2002 sale of the legendary Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour. It is estimated at £10,000-£15,000 ($12,490-$18,735).

A mighty Viking forged iron sword with a broad blade used to pierce armor or deliver devastating blows in battle has a European provenance that includes the F Haushau collection formed in Germany in the 1970s-80s. Its assigned estimate is £2,500-£3,000 ($3,120-$3,745).

A popular category in every Apollo Art Auctions sale is ancient jewelry. Bursting with history and exquisitely crafted, many pieces are also wearable.

A circa-500-400 B.C. gold ring with a lozenge-shape bezel engraved with a detailed image of a bull is estimated at £6,000-£12,000 ($7,490-$14,980) while a 1st century B.C. Romano-Egyptian hollow-form gold bracelet designed with a Hercules knot and set with a garnet cabochon is estimated £3,000-£6,000 ($3,745-$7,490).

Specialist Dr Ivan Bonchev said: “Egypto-Roman gold jewelry serves as a testament to the cultural exchange and artistic fusion that occurred during the historical period when Egypt was under Roman rule. Combining Egyptian and Roman elements, unique pieces such as this bracelet encapsulate the artistic sensibilities and symbolic motifs of both civilizations.”

Dolphins were sacred animals to the ancient Greeks, who associated the marine mammals with the sun god Apollo. One of the earliest jewelry designs in the sale pays homage to the playful cetaceans: a pair of circa-4th century B.C. Greek Hellenistic gold filigree and lapis lazuli earrings that have a £3,000-£6,000 ($3,745-$7,490) estimate.
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Large Roman marble figure of Cupid holding grapes, circa 200 A.D., estimated at £10,000-£15,000 ($12,490-$18,735) at Apollo Art Auctions.
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Apulian red-figure decorated amphora from Magna Graecia, dating to the 4th century B.C. and estimated at £6,000-£9,000 ($7,490-$11,340) at Apollo Art Auctions.
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Circa-1st century B.C. Romano-Egyptian hollow-form gold ‘Hercules Knot’ bracelet set with a garnet cabochon, estimated at £3,000-£6,000 ($3,745-$7,490) at Apollo Art Auctions.
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Circa 500-400 B.C. gold ring with an image of a bull, estimated at £6,000-£12,000 ($7,490-$14,980) at Apollo Art Auctions.
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Greek Hellenistic gold filigree and lapis lazuli dolphin earrings, circa 4th century B.C., estimated at £3,000-£6,000 ($3,745-$7,490) at Apollo Art Auctions.
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Circa-1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Roman bronze Montefortino helmet, estimated at £10,000-£15,000 ($12,490-$18,735) at Apollo Art Auctions.
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Viking forged iron sword, circa 900-1000 A.D., estimated at £2,500-£3,000 ($3,120-$3,745) at Apollo Art Auctions.
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Kushan period Gandharan schist standing Buddha figure with halo, circa 200-300 A.D., estimated at £12,000-£20,000 ($14,980-$24,975) at Apollo Art Auctions.
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Tang dynasty terracotta rider on a horse, circa 618-907 A.D., estimated at £4,000-£6,000 ($4,995-$7,490) at Apollo Art Auctions.
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Kushan period Gandharan schist relief triad portraying Buddha Shakyamuni, circa 200-300 A.D., estimated at £10,000-£15,000 ($12,490-$18,735) at Apollo Art Auctions.
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Apollo Art Auctions to host July 23 sale of fine ancient art, antiquities, jewels, gold coins

Greek Chalcidian hammered bronze helmet, circa 500-300 BC, contoured double curve above brow; hinged, articulated cheek guards. By the time of the Peloponnesian War (434-402 BC), the Chalcidian design was the most widely used type of helmet within Greek ranks. Provenance: London private collection; acquired in European art market pre-2000. Estimate £15,000-£20,000 ($19,380-$25,840)

LONDON – Apollo Art Auctions, internationally known as the most-trusted source for authentic, expertly vetted ancient art and antiquities, will present a July 23rd gallery auction whose quality would please even the most discerning and sophisticated collector. In addition to highly important cultural art and artifacts, the 535-lot auction is enhanced by precious coins, and fine gold and gems from a sumptuous selection of wearable ancient jewelry. Bid absentee and live online through LiveAuctioneers.

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Museum-quality pieces throughout Artemis Gallery’s June 29 Exceptional Antiquities Auction

Ancient Egyptian sandstone panel with three fragmentary columns of inscribed hieroglyphs and a left-facing female figure, perhaps a goddess consort. Late Third Intermediate or Ptolemaic Period, circa 760-30 BCE. Height: 20.5in. Exhibited at LA County Museum of Art; Arizona Museum of Art; and the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, California State University, San Bernardino, California. Published in important 1992 reference written by Dr. Gerry D. Scott III. Provenance: Collection of Dr. W. Benson Harer Jr. Estimate $45,000-$67,500

BOULDER, Colo. – Internationally known and frequently called upon for expert consultation, Artemis Gallery has auctioned some of the world’s finest collections of ancient, cultural and ethnographic art. Each of their auction events is expertly curated, with careful thought given to including historical treasures to please both the connoisseur and motivated new collector. Artemis Gallery’s Thursday, June 29 lineup features a stellar array of objects with deep provenance – some whose trail of ownership can traced back as far as the turn of the 20th century.

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Strong antiquities market bolsters $1.3M Hindman auction

Detail of Ancient Egyptian faience hippopotamus, $56,700. Image courtesy of Hindman
Roman marble torso of the goddess Venus, $63,000. Image courtesy of Hindman
Roman marble torso of the goddess Venus, $63,000. Image courtesy of Hindman

CHICAGO – A Roman marble torso of the goddess Venus was among the top performers at Hindman’s biannual Antiquities & Ancient Art auction on May 25, selling for $63,000. Executed in the 1st century A.D., this nearly life-sized sculpture of the iconic goddess was one of many impressive results achieved for Roman marbles. Overall, the auction realized $1,362,028.

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Apollo Art Auctions offers prized selection of antiquities, Islamic art & militaria, June 10-11

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Saxony, lobster-tail hussar’s helmet with wings, circa 17th-18th century AD, reign of August II the Strong. Round skull with six vertical ridges, horizontal visor with attached narrow face guard. Wings adorned with openwork heart shapes. Provenance: Property of European collector; formerly in private German collection. Estimate £4,500-£9,000 ($5,555-$11,110)

LONDON – Apollo Art Auctions, the premier choice for authentic, expertly vetted ancient art and antiquities, takes pleasure in announcing highlights of its June 10-11 gallery auction, with absentee and Internet live bidding available through LiveAuctioneers. In addition to exquisite, professionally vetted cultural art, artifacts and jewelry, the 702-lot auction broadens the buying horizons for collectors of ancient arms and armor with the addition of post-16th-century weaponry.

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Ancient Egyptian faience hippo is hungry for bidder attention at Hindman, May 25

Detail of Egyptian faience hippopotamus, estimated at $40,000-$60,000
Egyptian faience hippopotamus, estimated at $40,000-$60,000
Egyptian faience hippopotamus, Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, 1991-1783 B.C., estimated at $40,000-$60,000

CHICAGO – Hindman’s Antiquities & Ancient Art auction on Thursday, May 25 will feature more than 240 objects from the ancient Mediterranean world. From an Egyptian faience hippopotamus to a large Cycladic marble head, this auction features a selection of ancient works that will appeal to a wide range of collectors. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Artemis Gallery to host Mar. 9 auction of exceptional ancient, ethnographic & fine art

Published Egyptian New Kingdom (latter 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose IV to Amenhotep III) polychrome stone panel wall painting from tomb of Neb-Amun (TT90) in Thebes, circa 1401-1353 BCE. Panel size: 12in wide x 11.125in high. Custom stand included. First time at auction. Estimate $15,000-$22,500

BOULDER, Colo. – Some of the world’s finest collections of ancient, cultural and ethnographic art include impeccably curated and well provenanced pieces that were acquired through Artemis Gallery. Internationally known and frequently called upon for expert consultation, Artemis Gallery’s specialists delight in creating diverse auction selections like the one that awaits bidders on Thursday, March 9. The lineup includes many incomparable items that have never before appeared at auction. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.

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Apollo Art Auctions offers spectacular ancient art & antiquities, Jan. 29

Important over-lifesize marble portrait of a Severan lady, possibly Empress Julia Domna, circa early 3rd century AD. Realistic details to face and wavy, center-parted hairstyle. Height: 555mm (21.85in). Provenance: Private collection of London doctor; previously with a London ancient art gallery; acquired from old Suffolk, UK collection, 1980s. Formerly in 19th century English collection (based on restoration techniques and information provided by vendor). Exhibited at Olympia Antiques Fair, June 2022. Accompanied by ARS professional historical report. Estimate £100,000-£200,000 ($122,150-$244,300)

LONDON – Apollo Art Auctions will launch its new season of gallery events with a January 29 sale generously laden with ancient fine art, antiquities and rare coins. Bidders who are unable to attend in person may bid remotely by phone, online or absentee, and everyone can enjoy the visually stunning auction catalogue online. With its exceptional photography and authoritative descriptions of rare art and artifacts, the auction book takes the reader on a virtual journey of the greatest civilizations of the world, traversing Classical Europe, Egypt and the Near East, and both southern Asia and the Far East.

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