27th Jul, 2023 9:30
The July Fine Art & Antiques Auction
A Khorasan style bronze bird, Persia, possibly 11th/12th century, the bulbous body, with scaled carving to the wings and overlay detailing on bent squat legs, 15cm high, provenance: by repute have been purchased at Bonhams, 6th of April, 2006
Our client's Grandfather started the collection: Joseph Duncan Steel born in Southampton in 1910, he was a son of a White Star Line Captain. Engineer by trade hence his love of things well made but poet and historian by nature with an endless curiosity, all qualities which led to his passion for collecting in the 1950/60s, including the family car - a 1936 Rolls Royce! Father: Roberto Gnisci, born in Rome in 1942, was an engineer by profession, but purchased his first Roman coin at the age of 8 and continued to pursue his passion for collecting antiquities throughout his life, especially between 1970s to late 1990s.
Sold for £350
A Khorasan style bronze bird, Persia, possibly 11th/12th century, the bulbous body, with scaled carving to the wings and overlay detailing on bent squat legs, 15cm high, provenance: by repute have been purchased at Bonhams, 6th of April, 2006
ProvenanceOur client's Grandfather started the collection: Joseph Duncan Steel born in Southampton in 1910, he was a son of a White Star Line Captain. Engineer by trade hence his love of things well made but poet and historian by nature with an endless curiosity, all qualities which led to his passion for collecting in the 1950/60s, including the family car - a 1936 Rolls Royce! Father: Roberto Gnisci, born in Rome in 1942, was an engineer by profession, but purchased his first Roman coin at the age of 8 and continued to pursue his passion for collecting antiquities throughout his life, especially between 1970s to late 1990s.
