The Fine Sale, Auction 159 10th & 11th October 2018

140 1479 Chinese Ritual Incense Burner , ca. 1000 BC (or later) Early Western Zhou Dynasty; Bronze ritual vessel; it stands on a raised platform; body ribbed by concentric horizontal circle pattern; domed open work lid depicting dragond and creatures in very elaborate manne; 340mm; Property of an Oxford collector; previously acquired in the 1990s. £4500 - £6000 1480 Chinese Tang Figurine of a Court Lady, ca. 618–907 AD; A good sized hollow-moulded clay terracotta figure shown standing, wearing a tunic. Good amounts of the original decorative pigments remaining. 225mm; Property of a professional collector of Asian antiquities; acquired on European and Asian Art Markets in the 1970s- 1990s. £175 - £225 1481 Chinese Tang Figurine of a Court Lady, ca.618–907 AD; A good sized hollow-moulded clay terracotta figure shown standing, wearing his tunic. Good amounts of the original decorative pigments remaining.210mm; Property of a professional collector of Asian antiquities; acquired on European and Asian Art Markets in the 1970s- 1990s. £175 - £225 1482 Gold portrait ring of Roman Caesar Crispus, in full: Flavius Julius Crispus, (born c. 305—died 326) eldest son of Constantine the Great who was executed under mysterious circumstances on his father’s orders. Crispus’s mother, Minerva (or Minervina), was divorced by Constantine in 307. Crispus received his education from the Christian writer Lactantius On March 1, 317 Constantine gave Crispus the title of caesar and made him titular ruler of Gaul. He defeated the Franks in 320 and the Alamanni in 322 and 323. In the second war between Constantine and his co-emperor Licinius (324), Crispus commanded his father’s fleet and won an important naval victory in the Hellespont. But in 326, while accompanying Constantine to Rome to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his accession, he was put to death at Pola. Shortly afterwards his stepmother, Fausta, was also executed. The item is accompanied by a signed / sworn provenance statement from the vendor. The item was discovered from his father in (year and place). It also comes with an XRF metal analysis that does not indicate modern trace elements. £3000 - £5000 1483 Crusaders Cross with Jesus Christ, ca. 1300 AD; Large cast Holy Land cross with elaborate depiction of Crucified Jesusu Christ; intact and wearable; 70mm; Propery of a professional collector of Ancient jewellry; aquired from old European collection. £100 - £125 1484 Crusaders Reliquiary Cross, ca. 1300 AD; Medieval Holy land cruciform reliqury (double) pendant depicting Jesus Christ; possibly owned by a knight; very nice patina and details - wearable; 65mm; Propery of a professional collector of Ancient jewellry; aquired from old European collection. £100 - £125