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Fine Ancient Art & Jewellery The Prince Collection December 2024

Apollo Art Auctions presents “Fine Ancient Art & Jewellery - The Prince Collection” A one day auction which will be held on the 15th of December 2024. Our printed catalogue presents carefully selected highlights from the day. For the full catalogue, please make sure to scan the QR code down below:

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Fine Ancient Art & Jewellery - The Prince Collection

Sunday, December 15th at 10:30 a.m. BST

Apollo Art Auctions is proud to announce the ‘Fine Ancient Art & Jewellery – the Prince Collection’ auction taking place on the 15th of December.

The auction will showcase a wide selection of Egyptian, Phoenician, Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Asian antiquities ranging from 40th century BC to 16th century AD. The sale will be held at our central London showroom, 63 – 64 Margaret Street, W1W 8SW, and online via the Apollo Art Auctions platform, at 10.30 a.m. GMT.

The wide range of antiquities are coming from the renowned Prince Collection. The lots hold distinguished provenances featuring names and institutions such as Jean-Paul Barbier Mueller (1930 – 2016), Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (1929 – 2014), Edith Bader Koller, W. Arnold Meijer, Kurt Flimm, A. Obrecht, Jacques H. Carre, Jean-Marie Talleux (1930-1995), the Khawam brothers and the Thalassic Collection.

Highlights include lot 1, an Egyptian Amarna Period Sandstone Relief Depicting the Pharaoh Worshipping the God Aton who was the last known Egyptian Pharaoh to worship ancient Egyptian gods. Lot 3, a Rare Egyptian Granite Head of a Pharaoh, reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum. Lot 130, a matching Pair of Greek Gold Earrings with Vibrant Carnelian Dolphins and lot 273, a Rare Babylonian Terracotta Head of Marduk with Horned Tiara, he was known to be the god of creation and the patron god of the city of Babylon.

All lots will be available to view at our showroom by appointment only from 2nd to the 6th of December, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. All items are professionally handled by our whitegloved team, who prepare them for in-house shipping. Contact us via email enquiries@apolloauctions.com or by calling (+44) 7424 994167.

All items are professionally handled by our white-gloved team, who prepare them for in-house shipping.

Don’t miss the chance to expand your collection - register now and join us for this remarkable auction!

Consultants:

Dr. Ivan Bonchev (General Antiquities) Dott. Alessandro Neri (General Antiquities) Carol. R. Andrews (Ancient Egypt)

James Brenchley (Classical & Ancient Egypt) Clive Sawyer (Numismatics & General Antiquities)

Sami Fortune (Ancient Jewellery) Prof. Dr. Peter Van Der Veen (Ancient Cylinder Seals and Near Eastern) Ralf Kotalla (Glass and Terracotta) Raymond Bovè (Stone and Metal)

1. EGYPTIAN AMARNA PERIOD SANDSTONE RELIEF DEPICTING THE PHARAOH WORSHIPPING THE GOD ATON

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Ca. 1353 - 1322 BC

Starting Price: £10000

A remarkable sandstone low relief from the Amarna period. A pharaoh, probably Amenhotep IV / Akhenaton, is depicted with a crowned head, arms, and body in profile, worshipping the rays of the god Aton. This well-defined sculpture features clear boundary lines and a homogeneous depth of engraving. For similar see: The British Museum, Registration Number 1935,1109.2; Christie’s, Live Auction 1691, Ancient Egyptian Art, The Harer Family Trust Collection, Lot 12.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.

Publications / Reports: Published in an exhibition catalogue: Andrea Thiem Christina (ed.), ‘AM HOFE DES PHARAO. Von Amenophis I. bis Tutanchamun’. Palais del Arte, Bussolengo, 2002, p. 84. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 210mm x 230mm; Weight: 5.1kg

2. EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF DEPICTING TWO MALE FIGURES

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Ca. 1356 - 1336 BC

Starting Price: £5000

A sandstone relief showing two figures facing left. The features are well defined, with long Nemes covering the forehead and the neck; the faces are elongated with plump lips surmounted by a long and straight nose and almond-shaped eyes. Very clear traces of original painting. For similar see: La Bellezza femminile nell’antico Egitto, p. 100.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Sotheby’s 12 June 2003, sale number N07912, Lot 203; previously Sotheby’s NY, 10 December 1999, Lot 219. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 235mm x 170mm; Weight: 2.82kg

Third Intermediate Period, XXVth Dynasty 747-653 BC

Starting Price: £20000

A black granite head of a sphynx of a pharaoh of the XXVth Dynasty, probably Taharqa (690-971 BC). The pharaoh’s face presents defined and elegant facial features, almond-shaped eyes, full lips, a prominent nose, and a contemplative expression. He wears the nemes headdress with a frontal uraeus cobra. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Jack Josephson private collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 235mm x 170mm; Weight: 2.82kg

3. RARE EGYPTIAN GRANITE HEAD OF PHARAOH

4.

PAINTED ALABASTER JAR WITH PAPYRUS FLOWERS - SCARCE

New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, Reign of Ramsess II, Ca. 1279 - 1213 BC

Starting Price: £8000

A beautiful jar of utilitarian form, carved from creamy honey-yellow alabaster with opaque white veining throughout. The piriform vessel features a hemispherical base, a smooth shoulder that tapers to form a corseted neckline, and a thick rim surrounding the mouth of the vessel. The body is adorned with two painted registers depicting a Nile scene and papyrus flowers. For similar see: Egitto, lo splendore millenario, La collezione di Leiden a Bologna, VI 33-34, p. 343.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Collector’s Eye - Thalassic Collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 260mm x 160mm; Weight: 3.99kg

EGYPTIAN

Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC

A marvellous carved black stone ritual mortar of relatively cylindric form with high walls. The deep basin was perhaps able to hold ample amounts of material, from food and medicinal ingredients to substances pulverised into colourful pigments. On the external surface, in high relief, two standing figures, probably priests, represented frontally with a long skirt covering the lower part of the body and with the other naked and wearing a long wig alternating to vertical lines of hieroglyphic inscription. For similar see: Change and Innovation in Middle Kingdom Art. Proceedings of the MeKeTRE Study Day held at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (3rd May 2013), Middle Kingdom Studies 4, London, 2016, Fig. 45-49.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Nagel Auktionen, Sale 50T, 27 May, 2008, Lot 3401. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 240mm x 210mm; Weight: 18.29kg

5. RARE EGYPTIAN BLACK STONE RITUAL MORTAR

Starting Price: £8000

Starting Price: £5000

Late Period, Mid Dynasty 26th, Ca. 610 - 570 BC

A basalt bust of an imposing pharaoh. He stares forward with prominent facial details and protruding ears under a nemes headdress. The face is framed by the sides of the headdress, and the lappets hang down to rest on the broad shoulders. The reverse of the head is well defined, and part of the nemes extends down the centre of his spine. This bust may have been created as a standalone object rather than a piece from a larger statue. It is indefinite who this model was meant to represent, though the refined quality and sophisticated presentation indicate it was likely a pharaoh of this period. A long inscription is engraved on the plinth on the reverse of the statue. For similar see: La Bellezza femminile nell’antico Egitto, p. 102.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Collector’s Eye, Thalassic Collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 140mm x 80mm; Weight: 665g

6. RARE EGYPTIAN STONE FRAGMENT OF A STATUE

7. SUPERB EGYPTIAN WOODEN HEAD OF YOUTH

New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC

Starting Price: £3000

A rare and slender wooden carving head of Harpocrates or a youth. The finely detailed portrait features Horus’ nude upper body with delineated musculature and his signature sidelock of youth draped down his shoulder from his bald head. The overall physiognomy comprises petite eyes, a broad nose, and prominent lips.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christie’s, 27 October, 2004, Lot 497. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 50mm x 40mm; Weight: 55g

8. EXCEPTIONAL EGYPTIAN STONE RAM-SHAPED PALETTE

Naqada II, Ca. 3600 - 3100 BC

Starting Price: £5000

A smooth, flat, grey schist palette in the form of a ram featuring a rounded body and a small projecting foot and head. A hole is drilled through to form an eye; another hole is drilled through the ram’s upper body, perhaps for hanging this item on a wall for storage. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number 35.7.3.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Charles Ede Ltd., 2007. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 220mm x 195mm; Weight: 580g

9. EGYPTIAN BLACK STONE TURTLE-SHAPED PALETTE

Pre Dynastic, Ca. 3900 - 2900 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A smooth, flat, dark-grey schist palette in the form of a turtle. The palette has a rounded body with a small projecting foot and head. Two holes are drilled to create eyes. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 10.176.79.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christie’s Heidi Wolmer collection, 29 October 2003, lot 197. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 62mm x 55mm; Weight: 40g

10. RARE EGYPTIAN FAIENCE INLAID STATUE OF BES

Late Period, 664 - 30 BC

Starting Price: £5,000

A pale green faience statuette of the god Bes draped in a long tunic with the edges adorned with inlaid gemstones. The face is represented frontally with long curly beard and marked facial features.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Naji Asfar private collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 70mm x 35mm; Weight: 45g

11. FINE EGYPTIAN FAIENCE MOUSE

Late Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC

Starting Price: £3000

An exceptionally rare faience figurine of a standing mouse. Moulded from faience, the mouse stands atop an integral rectangular plinth, pressing its snout against its front paws. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 26.7.899.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Tajan, 23 Apr. 2007, Lot 25. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 50mm x 30mm; Weight: 90g

12. RARE EGYPTIAN STEATITE HEAD OF HATHOR WITH GOLD INLAID EYES

Late Period, 664 - 332 BC

Starting Price: £5000

A steatite head, possibly representing Hathor or a worshipper of Hathor. It features distinct facial characteristics and gold-inlaid eyes. The large, intricately detailed wig cascades around the face, framing the distinct ears. At the front of the piece, a bronze uraeus is positioned prominently. For similar see: Il Museo Palatino, le Collezioni, Electa, 2014, n. 26. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Eric Strobel private collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 60mm x 55mm; Weight: 150g

Starting Price: £5000

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty

A wonderful example of a hand-carved wooden female figure, likely a servant in a tomb scene depicting events from everyday life in ancient Egypt. The woman stands in a striding pose with delineated legs and a smooth lower abdomen, with full breasts below sloped shoulders and slender arms draped at her sides. Her head faces forward with incised, almond-shaped eyes, a drop-form nose, thin lips, a tapered mandible, and distinctive ears For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 26.7.1414a, b.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Collector’s Eye - Thalassic Collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 185mm x 45mm; Weight: 120g

14. SUPERB EGYPTIAN GREYWACKE PRIEST OR OFFICIAL STATUE

Starting Price: £5000

Late Period, 26th Dynasty, Reign of Necho II, Ca. 610 - 595 BC

A greywacke statuette of a high official of the pharaoh Nacho II from the XXVI Dynasty, hand-carved from black basalt. The high official is represented with arms at the sides of the hips, marked facial features, and ears clearly shown on the sides, wearing a long wig. At the centre of the chest is the cartouche. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Collector’s Eye - Thalassic Collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 210mm x 90mm; Weight: 2.15kg

13. SUPERB EGYPTIAN WOODEN STATUE

15. EGYPTIAN FRAGMENTARY GLASS BOTTLE

New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC

Starting

Price: £3000

A tall bottle made from green/blue glass, its elegant silhouette exhibits a rounded shoulder above the carinated body and a narrowing neck surmounted by an everted lip. The glass surfaces showcase impressive lustre and smooth textures, given their age. Around the larger part of the body, a decoration comprised of diagonal lines alternating white and black and a wave white and yellow pattern adorned the neck. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 30.8.170.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Charles Ede Ltd. 2008. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 140mm x 60mm; Weight: 160g

16. EGYPTIAN TILES COMPOSITION FROM THE TOMB OF DJOSER

Starting Price: £5000

Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, Ca. 2680 - 2660 BC

A turquoise glazed faience tile, part of the over thirty thousand faience tiles found in the funerary complex of Pharaoh Djoser, along with a sky blue glazed faience tile of a similar style that was probably used in a temple or tomb nearby. The turquoise tile has a square tab at the back for attachment, while the blue tile has a groove. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 48.160.1.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Remy Le Fur and Associes Facture acheteur BA-010037, Vente N°V12-044, 10 October 2012, ART ANTIQUE DROUOT. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 305mm x 200mm; Weight: 4.27kg

17. EGYPTIAN OLD KINGDOM STONE HEAD OF STATUE - SCARCE

Starting Price: £5000

Late Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, Ca. 2350 - 2170 BC

A carved, finely grained stone head of a male figure. The minimal countenance features eyes that shape the bridge of the nose, an incised mouth curled into a slight smirk, and a bag-style wig divided in the middle and draped to his shoulders. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 48.67.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Collector’s Eye - Thalassic Collection; acquired from New York dealer Merrin in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 80mm x 75mm; Weight: 650g

18. EGYPTIAN WOODEN PAINTED CANOPIC LID

Starting Price: £5000

Ca. 1079 - 664 BC

An Egyptian male head from a lid of a canopic jar, finely carved from wood and presenting facial features in high relief, including almond-shaped eyes, a sharp browline, a naturalistic nose, gently smiling full lips, a rounded chin and nicely defined jawline, pronounced ears, and a recessed neck. The surface is adorned in painted gesso so as to create a russet-brown complexion, black details on the face, and a black royal tripartite wig. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 15.2.9a, b.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Charles Ede Ltd., 12 November, 2009. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 100mm x 90mm; Weight: 335g

19.

EGYPTIAN ANHYDRITE HEAD OF PRIEST

Mid-Dynasty 12th-13th, Ca. 1844 - 1630 BC

Starting Price: £5000

A naturalistic, carved anhydride head of a male, possibly a priest, displaying a round visage of minimalist features. Gazing out from recessed eyes with elongated outer edges, his face is comprised of a bulbous nose and pursed lips, all surmounted by a sizable bald dome. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 02.4.191.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Collector’s Eye, Thalassic Collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 45mm x 40mm; Weight: 185g

20. VERY RARE EGYPTIAN STEATITE HEAD OF AMENHOTEP III

Starting Price: £3000

New Kingdom, reign of Amenhotep III, 1388 - 1353 BC

The idealised and youthful face is characterised by slender almond-shaped eyes with thick lids and cosmetic trails extending from each corner. The face of the king is framed by a short curly wig with uraeus, surmounted by the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. For similar see: kneeling Amenhotep III in MFA Boston, R. E. Freed, Y. J, Markowitz, S. h. D’Auria “Pharaod of the Sun, Akhenaten, Nefertiti Tutankhamun, catalogue of exhibition at the MFA, Boston 2000, p 203, fig.10. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christie’s, 30 Sep 2003, Lot 45; Ex. Collection Jacques and Henriette Schumann. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 33mm x 15mm; Weight: 10g

21. EGYPTIAN STONE STOPPER WITH YOUNG SUN GOD

New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC

Starting Price: £3000

A slender, rare stone stopper with a statuette of Harpocrates. The finely detailed portrait depicts the nude upper body of a young sun god with delineated musculature and the characteristic sidelock of youth draped over his shoulder from a bald head. The overall physiognomy comprises small eyes, a broad nose, and prominent lips. The statuette is atop a column capital adorned with lotus leaves. According to the beliefs of the Ancient Egyptians, the sun god was born out of the Nun, the primaeval waters inside a blue lotus flower, which opened to reveal him on the first morning. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Naji Asfar private collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 70mm x 25mm; Weight: 40g

22. EGYPTIAN DARK GLASS JAR WITH GOLD BAND - SUPERB

New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC

Starting Price: £5000

A blue glass vessel composed of a body decorated with a gold band at the shoulders. The body has an ovoid shape seated on a discoidal base, a narrow neck, and a short, folded rim. For similar see: British Museum, Museum number EA24391 (use of gold band in Egyptian vessels)

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Sotheby’s, Sale N07858, Lot 120, 11 December 2002. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 75mm x 35mm; Weight: 95g

23. SUPERB EGYPTIAN GOLD AND BRONZE HORUS SHAPED TERMINAL

Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 1075 - 656 BC

Starting Price: £2000

A cast bronze falcon head inlaid with gold, one of the most recognisable symbols of ancient Egypt. The head is characteristically avian, with its short beak, piercing eyes, and furrowed brows. The statuette is embellished with front and back decoration of the Nemes, made with gold leaf. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 66.99.72.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Collector’s Eye, Thalassic Collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 40mm x 30mm; Weight: 300g

24. SUPERB EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE FOOT

New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC

Starting Price: £5000

A terracotta foot, created as a votive – formed as an independent piece rather than part of a larger sculpture. Executed with precise attention to anatomical details such as toenails and ankle joints, confirming it as a left foot.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014s; Ex. Medusa Ancient Art, 2007. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 95mm x 45mm; Weight: 330g

25. EGYPTIAN BRONZE HEADDRESS AND CROWN GROUP

Late Dynastic Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC

Starting

A group of six bronze headdresses from figurative statuettes, including a double plume possibly indicating a statuette of Amun-Re, an atef crown for an Osiris statue, and three tripartite wigs possibly for statues of Hathor. Amun-Re, often appears with a solar disc at the base of his crown, is marked out by the motif as he who possesses both hidden and solar creative power.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 90-140mm x 50-80mm; Weight: 1.66kg

26. EGYPTIAN INLAID FAIENCE WALL ELEMENT

Starting Price: £8000

New Kingdom, Early 19th Dynasty, Ca. 1321 - 1213 BC

An Egyptian inlaid faience wall element depicting a geometrical pattern. The inlaid designs are in white/cream faience on a pale green background. For similar see: Museo Internazionale delle ceramiche di Faenza, Guida alla sezione del vicino oriente ed Egitto antichi, p. 121, f. 2.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Remy Le Fur and Associes, 10 October 2012, Lot 44. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 350mm x 155mm; Weight: 5.84kg

27. EGYPTIAN AMARNA PERIOD FRAGMENT OF RELIEF WITH TWO HEADS

Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC

Starting Price: £2000

A relief fragment carved from pale orange sandstone. On the right, it depicts the heads of two children with long wigs. The facial features are marked and idealised with almond-shaped eyes and a short mouth surmounted by a slyghtly nose. The red pigment is partially preserved. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 65.100.1.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Charles Ede Ltd.; Ex. English private collection, acquired from Folio Fine Art in 1968. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 180mm x 160mm; Weight: 2.01kg

29. EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE HAND HOLDING A CYLINDRICAL OBJECT

Ca. 945 - 712 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A carved stone right hand from a larger human figure. The hand is made in a naturalistic manner and geometric position. Held firmly inside of clenched fingers is a slender, cylindrical handle, perhaps the handle of a tool or other daily implement. For similar see: William Stevenson Smith, A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom, fig. 150-153, G 1032. MET Museum, Accession Number: 26.7.1412

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Collector’s Eye, Thalassic Collection, Lot 35. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 60mm x 40mm; Weight: 50g

30. EGYPTIAN GREEN STONE HEART SCARAB WITHOUT INSCRIPTIONS

Late Period, XXVIth Dynasty, 664 - 525 BC

Starting Price: £2000

A finely detailed green stone heart scarab with added anatomical details. The wings are realised with vertical and parallel lines and are connected to wide shoulders. The head and legs are made in a naturalistic manner. The back features a hieroglyphic script. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 10.130.1646. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 60mm x 50mm; Weight: 100g

31. EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE SHABTI OF NESYTANEBETISHERU - SUPERB

Starting Price: £2000

Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, Ca. 1075 - 945 BC

An amazing hand-built faience ushabti of Nesytanebetisheru, standing in a dignified pose, enrobed in layers of incredibly lustrous, brilliant blue glaze. The figure presents in characteristic ushabti fashion, standing in mummiform with fused legs and feet, crossing both arms atop the chest with a pair of black-painted picks in his hands, and with a seed bag draped from both shoulders down to the middle of his back. The protruding visage exhibits gently modelled features like almond-shaped eyes outlined heavily with black pigment, a flush nose, a slender mouth with indented corners, and tall ears, all framed within the striated lappets of his tripartite wig.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christie’s New York, Antiquities, 4 June 1999, lot 242, Thalassic collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 150mm x 60mm; Weight: 210g

32. EGYPTIAN WOODEN TERMINAL WITH CARTOUCHE OF AKHENATEN

Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC

Starting Price: £2000

A wooden terminal with a large discoid-shaped top engraved and gold-inlaid cartouche with the coronation name of Akenathen, Neferkheperure ua en Re. On the bottom is a pierced, protruding hoop. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, 2003. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 40mm x 30mm; Weight: 15g

33. EGYPTIAN STONE BASS RELIEF OF PHARAOH

Late - Ptolemaic period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A high relief depicting the upper body of a bare-chested pharaoh wearing a large pectoral necklace and a long nemes, with an uraeus. Presented in the traditional profile view for which the Egyptians are renowned, the ancient royal faces right, displaying a regal visage with an elongated eye, a slender nose, and a prominent ear jutting from beneath his crown. His arms extend downwards from broad shoulders, lying to either side of his slender, tapering torso. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 60mm x 25mm; Weight: 15g

34. EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARABOID IN FORM OF HIPPO

Starting Price:

£1000

Middle Kingdom, Reign of Amenemhat III 1853-1806 BC

A steatite scaraboid in the form of a reclining hippo, made in a naturalistic manner with details of the body and the large muzzle. The base is incised with the cartouche of coronation name of the pharaoh Amenemhat III, Nymaatr between two crocodiles and a fish. For similar see: Hall H.R., Catalogue of Egyptian scarabs, etc., in the British Museum, pg. XXXIV. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Charles Ede Limited (BAAF 08); 13 June 2008; Ex. European Private Collection, formerly acquired in Sotheby’s sale, London, 11th June, 1973, Lot 184. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 30mm x 20mm; Weight: 10g

35. EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC BRONZE HANDLE WITH HEAD OF PHARAOH

Ca. 332 - 30 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A charming cast bronze handle from a casket or similar item. It depicts the head of a pharaoh, dressed the white crown of upper Egypt on its head. The pharaoh’s face has naturalistic features. They are close together, with almond-shaped eyes, a wide nose above a large, full-lipped mouth. Thick eyebrows complete the face. The handle arches in a gentle curve. A thick loop projects from the top of the handle.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Bonhams, 16 May, 2002, Lot 418. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 50mm x 20mm; Weight: 10g

37. TWO EGYPTIAN FAIENCE ROSETTE INLAYS

New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, Ca. 1196 - 1070 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A pair of two rosettes, including one white with a brown background, featuring eight petals and a raised yellow centre, and the other one with an X-shaped design and an eight-petal light brown rosette. Thousands of similar rosettes were found at the Delta site of Tell el-Yahudiya, where a small palace of Ramesses III was discovered. For additional information, see: F. Dunn Friedman (ed.), Gifts of the Nile. Ancient Egyptian Faience (Providence 1998), pp. 87 & 197, nos. 55-56.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. J. M. Talleux (1930-1995) collection, Grand Fort Philippe, France. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 125mm x 105mm; Weight: 135g

40. EGYPTIAN BICHROME FAIENCE TILE FRAGMENTS

New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, Ca. 1279 - 1213 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A group of nine faience fragments, consisting of tile inlays adorned with the cartouche of Rameses II.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014, acquired from James Ede, London, UK; Ex. European collection; formerly with Khawam brothers, Cairo, 1950s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 40/75mm x 50/85mm; Weight: 230g

43. EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE AND WOOD MODEL OF HOE

New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A model of a hoe made of blue faience and a stick of wood, probably cedar, connected through a rope. For similar see: Andrews C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, British Museum Press, 1994, fig. 88. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Eric Strobel private collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 70mm x 60mm; Weight: 10g

46. EGYPTIAN COLOURED FAIENCE TILE WITH MARSH SCENE

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Ca. 1543 - 1292 BC

Starting Price: £2000

A fine faience tile of square form exhibiting a delicate scene of flowers of papyrus that was perhaps an inlaid ornament in a home or pharaonic palace. The tile features incredibly smooth, glazed surfaces with cobalt blue and black details on a pale brown background.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Rupert Wace Ancient Art Ltd. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 185mm x 90mm; Weight: 1.3kg

47. EGYPTIAN PALE GREEN FAIENCE HANDLE WITH INSCRIPTION

Hyksos period, Dynasty XVI, Ca. 1640 - 1532 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A pale faience inscribed handle with an elongated tubular body, with incised decoration on the central part of the body, pierced vertically to fix the object.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christie’s Sale 2007, 4 June 2008, Lot 4. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 95mm x 20mm; Weight: 30g

50. EGYPTIAN QUARTZITE FRAGMENT OF A FOOT

New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A stone foot, probably as a section of a larger sculpture. Highly naturalistic with attention to anatomical features such as toenails. With the thus we can determine this is a right foot. For similar see: Coronation-style statue of Ramesses II. Granodiorite. Turin Cat. 1380. Fondazione Museo Antichita` Egizie di Torino.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, 2003. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 105mm x 80mm; Weight: 240g

53. EGYPTIAN HOLLOW GOLD FINGER COVER OF A MUMMY’S HANDS

Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A set of gold finger covers for a mummy. Made from hammered gold with a hollow body and details of the skin and nails. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 26.8.149. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Antiquarium Ltd. 2002. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 37-40mm x 12-13mm; Weight: 10g

54. EGYPTIAN GOLD BUTTON SEAL

Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2030 - 1850 BC

Starting Price: £1000

An oval-shaped, gold button seal featuring a domed, plain back with an underside incised with a symmetrical composition arranged horizontally. Representing stylised thicket of a pronged plant, this seal is most likely a papyrus with three blooms. For similar see: Hornung, E. and Staehelin, E. 1976, Skarabäen und andere Siegelamulette aus Basler Sammlungen, Ägyptische Denkmäler in der Schweiz I; The British Museum, acc. no. 2511.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 18mm x 17mm; Weight: 3g

57.

EGYPTIAN GRANITE URAEUS SERPENT HEAD

New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, Ca. 1292 - 1190 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A red granite head of a uraeus serpent, cut to reveal remnants of a protuberant eye. The scale of this head suggests that it possibly came from a uraeus that was seated upon a colossal crown of a king, such as the red granite monumental head of Amenhotep III at the British Museum. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum Number: EA15; The Princeton University Art Museum, Accession Number: 1961-290.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014, acquired from R. Wace, Ancient Art, UK; Ex. Bonhams, London. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 80mm x 50mm; Weight: 350g

Ca. 1938 - 1190 BC

PEDESTAL

Starting Price: £7000

An Egyptian alabaster conical cup with an enlarged rim. The cup sits on a flat round tall pedestal base. For similar see: Mechanical Engineering in ancient Egypt, Part 49: Alabaster products, fig. 37 International Journal of Emerging Engineering Research and Technology, Volume 5, Issue 4, 2017, PP 1-13.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Sotheby’s sale, 05 Jun 2013, lot 58. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 110mm x 75mm; Weight: 295g

58. EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CUP ON

66. EGYPTIAN POTTERY JAR LID

Starting Price: £2000

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Reign of Akhenaten, Ca. 1352 - 1336 BC

A lid for a jar or strapped-handled vessel, modelled in a conical form. A petal engulfs the centre, richly hued in blue powder, with a central stigma in red. Surrounding the petal is a frieze of lotus blossoms and possibly poppies. For similar see: University College London, Accession Number: UC. 19110.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 130mm x 130mm; Weight: 150g

81. EGYPTIAN RITUAL STONE POLISHED AXE

Predynastic, Ca. 3600 - 3100 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A ritual axe head carved from yellow-red stone. The slender tool features a rounded butt end. Smooth surfaces along the upper and lower edges of the blade suggest its ritual use.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Kyros Meals, 2007. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 95mm x 15mm; Weight: 25g

82. EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE COMPOSITION OF MODEL OF A CUCUMBER OR GOURD

Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A pale faience model of cucumber or gourd with an elongated tubular body with regular round holes on the central part of the body. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 15.3.130.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christie’s, 30 April, 2008, Lot 228. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 115mm x 25mm; Weight: 50g

99. EGYPTIAN CROWNED HORUS/CICADA JADE AMULET

Late to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC

Starting Price: £1000

An amulet of a crowned Horus with the body of a cicada, made of jade and perforated on the back. The fly amulet, known as the “Tyet” or “Knot of Isis,” was one of the many types of protective amulets used by the ancient Egyptians. It is often depicted as a stylised knot, resembling the shape of a fly or butterfly.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Guerlind Corp., Boulevard Royal 1, Luxemburg, Grand-Duche de Luxembourg, 2009. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 20mm x 10mm; Weight: 1g

103.

EGYPTIAN AMARNA PERIOD PAINTED TERRACOTTA BOTTLE

Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A lovely acorn-shaped vessel with a short cylindrical neck, and sub-vertical rolled rim, the vessel is seated on a hemispherical foot. The exterior walls are decorated with blue circular bands on the shoulders and on the mouth. For similar see: British Museum, Museum number EA58460, Christie’s, Live Auction 9020, Antiquities, Lot. 22.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Charles Ede Ltd., 2008. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 140mm x 105mm; Weight: 510g

104.

PAIR OF EGYPTIAN AMARNA PERIOD PAINTED TERRACOTTA IBEX

Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A pair of terracotta statues of ibex made with red clay and moulded. Each ibex body is idealised and decorated with blue paint.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christie’s, 25 April 2007, Lot 82. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 60-65mm x 35-55mm; Weight: 95g

109. PHOENICIAN EYE OF EVIL GLASS BEAD NECKLACE

Ca. 330-70 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A string of glass eye beads, each annular with a large perforation for threading. The beads are opaque yellow and feature a stratified eye design in white and blue. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 74.51.316.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.

Size: 120/240mm x 12.2mm; Weight: 27g

127. LARGE GROUP OF ANATOLIAN TERRACOTTA IDOLS

Ca. 3000 - 2000 BC

Starting Price: £800

A group of ten terracotta idols featuring animal-shaped figurines, snakes, lizards, and a mythological beast with three heads, along with a stylised human figurine and vases. One of these vases is decorated with a moulded spiral in the centre.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Jean-David Cahn Auktionen. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 30-90mm x 15-90mm; Weight: 315g

128. ETRUSCAN IMPASTO WARE BOOT-SHAPED VESSEL

Ca. 550 - 475 BC

Starting Price: £3000

A mould-formed Etruscan or Anatolian impasto vessel designed in the shape of a pointed boot with a polished surface, featuring a planar base and a long pointed tip, broadened at the shoulders, and characterised by a vertical rim, representing a notable example of podiatric pottery. For similar see: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, p. 106, fig. 127.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christie’s Sale 5952, 27 October 2009, Lot 39; previously in a French private collection (1930-1960). This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 200mm x 120mm; Weight: 415g

129. GREEK BLACK GLAZED TERRACOTTA SNAKE

Ca. 500 - 300 BC

Starting Price: £5000

An Attic terracotta figurine in the form of a slithering snake, decorated with black glaze. The realistic depiction suggests the piece may have held totemic significance in Greek society.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014, acquired from Jean David Cahn, TEFAF 2010, 16 March, 2010. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 465mm x 180mm; Weight: 300g

130. PAIR OF GREEK GOLD EARRINGS WITH CARNELIAN DOLPHINS

Hellenistic Period, Ca. 300 - 100 BC

A pair of matching gold earrings. Each one is comprised of a disc that houses an attractive rosette with petals delineated in granules of wire connected to a dolphin-shaped carnelian pendant pierced on the top of the back. All is suspended from a hooked wire on the verso of the floral disk. For similar see: The Metroplitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 21.88.86, .87.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Jean-David Cahn Auktionen, November 2011, Auction 6, lot 183; Ex. collection of Heinz Hoek, 1950s-1960s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 30-32mm x 15-18mm; Weight: 5g

132. EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN STUNNING CORE-FORMED GLASS AMPHORISKOS

Ca. 200 BC - AD 100

Starting Price: £1000

A superb core-formed glass amphoriskos, once used to hold perfumed oil. This vase has an inverted pyriform body that is finely contoured with vertical ribs and handles that gracefully join the shoulder to the cylindrical neck. This neck gradually flares to the rim, and the whole vessel is based upon a circular trailed and spherical foot. The decoration of this piece is breathtaking. The cobalt blue body is wound with shining white and tangerine yellow thread-like trails applied in a close-knit zigzag or feathered pattern. The tangerine trails continue above the feathered pattern and encircle the rim and the foot. It is a divine work of glass art to be treasured for its impeccable form, beautiful hues, and sophisticated technique. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 2490, Antiquities, lot 71.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christie’s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 160mm x 70mm; Weight: 160g

142. ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS BOWL

Ca. AD 100 - 300

Starting Price: £3000

A stunning mosaic glass bowl of a traditional form of the period. This patella cup presents a mesmerising pattern comprised of red and black canes, sectioned and floating in a matrix of dark green glass. The green glass is translucent, and other hues are opaque, making for a lovely pattern when held to the light. The body of the cup is supported by a tooled base ring of green glass with a blackened appearance. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 1972.118.178.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Bakhtar Art. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 125mm x 50mm; Weight: 110g

143. PAIR OF ROMAN GLASS BOTTLES

Ca. AD 100 - 300

Starting Price: £3000

A pair of pale green and blue glass bottles. The vessels have a flat base and a cylindrical body with a lightly rounded shoulder. They feature a tubular neck, a flat double-folded rim, and a wide, applied thin handle joining the neck to the shoulder. The fire-polished exterior is covered in cloudy areas of silvery iridescence, with bright sections of rainbow-hued iridescence, providing an elegant chromatic complementarity. For similar see: La via delle Anime, Sepolture di Epoca romana a riva del Garda, Italia, fg. 1 p. 321.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Antiquarium Ltd. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 300-340mm x 130-150mm; Weight: 1.78kg

144. ROMAN SANDWICH GLASS PLAQUES

DEPICTING RED FLOWERS

Ca. AD 100 - 200

Starting Price: £1000

A group of two rectangular-shaped plaques of sandwich glass decorated with red flowers with long petals. These flowers are depicted in a very naturalistic way, with a clear blue background. Sandwich glass was often used to create vessels such as cups, bowls, and bottles, as well as decorative objects like plates, plaques, and perfume bottles. For similar see: The British Museum Registration number 1863,0727.11.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; acquired in 2007 from a UK private collection formed in the 1970s to 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 90-90mm x 72-75mm; Weight: 60g

145. ROMAN PALE BLUE GLASS PYXIS

Ca. AD 100 - 300

Starting Price: £1000

A mould-blown pale blue glass pyxis exhibiting a cylindrical form with a slightly concave base. The sides are embellished with vertical channels. The flat rim complements the opening of the pyxis. A pyxis was a container for storing cosmetics, jewellery, or other valuable items. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum Number 1873,0820.427.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christie’s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 30mm x 90mm; Weight: 135g

146. EARLY ROMAN AUBERGINE GLASS BEAKER

Ca. 100 BC - AD 100

Starting Price: £1000

A fine aubergine-coloured translucent glass beaker featuring a conical body with a slightly concave base and an outwardly splayed everted rim. This beautiful vessel is enriched with a band of horizontal lines across the body. Iridescence and encrustation are visible on the surface. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 7161, Antiquities, Lot. 169.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Bonhams. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 90mm x 63mm; Weight: 70g

148. ROMAN DEEP BLUE GLASS PYRIFORM UNGUENTARIUM

Ca. 100 BC - AD 100

Starting Price: £1000

A blue glass pointed unguentarium. The elongated pyriform body shrinks downward to close at a point at the bottom. Elongated unguentaria, with their pointed, solid toes, were completely unable to stand. In this case, they must have functioned not only to keep but to “carry” unguents as well. For similar see: Marmarais Muzesi, inv. 9.10.99.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 280mm x 75mm; Weight: 75g

150. ROMAN MILLEFLORI GLASS FRAGMENT

Ca. 100 BC - AD 100

Starting Price:

A fragment of a millefiori glass vase, cup, or footed bowl with portions of the foot, handle, and base still present. For similar see: The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Accession Number: 1929.8.147.5.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 35mm x 90mm; Weight: 55g

151. HIGH QUALITY ROMAN AGATE CAMEO DEPICTING AN

EMPEROR

Ca. AD 200 - 400

Starting Price: £1000

An extraordinary agate cameo depicting the head of an Emperor, probably Cocceus Nerva represented in a naturalistic manner with a large forehead crowned with a laurel crown, almond-shaped eyes with engraved pupils and a gentle jaw. High-quality work of art, probably made by a workshop in Rome. For similar see: Studi di Glittica, la Fondazione Santarelli, fig. 1, pg. 143 (style).

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.

Size: 32.4mm x 23.2mm; Weight: 16.4g

202. ROMANO-EGYPTIAN QUARTZ GRASSHOPPER AMULET

Roman Period, 30 BC - AD 200

Starting Price: £1000

A grasshopper amulet, carved from translucent quartz, modelled round and pierced for suspension. The piece features naturalistic details, especially in the wings and muzzle.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christie’s, 13 Dec. 2002, Ancient Jewelry, Lot 534. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 50mm x 15mm; Weight: 10g

235. SET OF ROMANO - EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS INLAYS

Ca. 30 BC - AD 200

Starting Price: £800

A set of four mosaic glass inlays, each with a circular, flat base and a convex upper face. The décor features yellow canes arranged in a radiating pattern within a green matrix. These pieces served as components in ancient gaming activities. For similar see: The Louvre Museum, Main number: AF 13367; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 17.194.507.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.

Size: 16-18.9mm x 15.8-19.1mm; Weight: 12.9g

245. RARE BYZANTINE STONE POLYHEDRAL DICE

Ca. AD 300 - 400

Starting Price: £3000

A stone 20-sided polyhedral dice inscribed with Greek letters. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 10.130.1158.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Rupert Wace Ancient Art Ltd., 9 October, 2003. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 70mm x 70mm; Weight: 380g

257. NORDIC STONE AXE

Ca. 3000 - 2000 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A stone axe carved from fine-grained black stone, polished to a smooth sheen. The body of the hand axe is well-shaped, featuring a large blade on one side and a flat hammer on the reverse side.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014, acquired from Ancient Art Limited, 2008. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 145mm x 50mm; Weight: 290g

258. RITUAL TAIRONA AXE IN POLISHED BLACK STONE

Ca. 1400 - 800 BC

Starting Price: £2000

A ceremonial Tairona axe, hand-carved from a mottled black stone. The blade is flared, with the cutting edge running from the shoulder to the upturned tip. The thick handle is curved. When gripped, the index finger rests comfortably and securely under the projecting shoulder. The black hues of the stone symbolise fertility, and this blade likely served a ritualistic rather than practical purpose, possibly being buried with the deceased.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Jacques H. Carre. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 230mm x 100mm; Weight: 980g

259. RITUAL TAIRONA AXE IN POLISHED BLACK STONE

Ca. 1400 - 800 BC

Starting Price: £2000

A ceremonial Tairona axe, hand-carved from a mottled black stone. The blade is flared with a point in the lower part. The thick handle is curved and decorated with incised lines. When gripped, the index finger rests comfortably and securely under the projecting shoulder. The black hues of the stone symbolise fertility, and this blade likely served a ritualistic rather than practical purpose, possibly being buried with the deceased.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Lance Entwistle; previously with Jean-Paul Barbier Mueller, Geneva (MBM inv. No. 4272). This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 160mm x 40mm; Weight: 335g

260. SUMERIAN COPPER DECORATED CUPS WITH ANIMAL PROTOMES

Ca. 2600 - 2200 BC

Starting Price: £5000

A pair of copper cups with conical body. The first cup on the left is decorated with protomes of birds of prey with spread wings that envelop the body. The cup on the right features bull protomes under the rim, alternating with rosettes. Both cups stand on high feet.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014, acquired in 2010 from a UK private collection formed 1970s to 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 70-90mm x 65-70mm; Weight: 430g

261. BACTRIAN GOLD AND BRONZE PIN WITH RAM FINIAL

Ca. 2500 - 1700 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A bronze pin with a gold ram finial at the top. The ram is rendered in a naturalistic manner, featuring long hair covering the body, long curved horns, and an elongated muzzle.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014, acquired in 2010 from a UK private collection formed in the 1970s to 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 90mm x 20mm; Weight: 22g

MESOPOTAMIAN PINK STONE BOWL

Ca. 3000 BC

Starting Price: £3000

A bowl carved from pink hardstone featuring a polygonal body rising to a slightly inverted rim. The vessel is sat upon a square foot, the smooth outer and inner walls are polished.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Kyros Meals, 2007. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 110mm x 35mm; Weight: 480g

Ca. 2200 - 1500 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A rare stone oil lamp in the shape of a five-pointed star with a central circular oil reservoir. The lamp could accommodate up to five wicks, fuelled from the central oil compartment. A large round dot is incised in the centre. These lamps were used in both domestic and ritual settings to provide light.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Bill & Lynda Beierwaltes collection, 2007. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 160mm x 45mm; Weight: 375g

263.

265. BACTRIAN STONE OIL LAMP

267. BACTRIAN GOLD NECKLACE WITH AGATE AND GOLD BEADS

Ca. 2300 - 1800 BC

Starting

A gorgeous 22.5 ct wearable necklace composed of a barrel shaped agate bead with gold terminals, set in an ancient twisted gold necklace. The agate grades from creamy white sharply to dark brown. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 2375, Ancient Jewellery, Lot 306.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Binoche’ Paris, 30 May 2012, lot 45. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements.

Publications / Reports: This piece has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements.

Size: 440mm x 15mm; Weight: 25g

269. NEAR EASTERN LAPIS LAZULI BULL AMULET

Ca. 2000 - 1000 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A lapis lazuli amulet in the shape of a recumbent bull, with incised striations beneath its body. The bull has a raised head and drilled eye sockets that perhaps once held inlaid ornamentation. In ancient Mesopotamia, lapis lazuli was highly prized and used extensively in jewellery, amulets, seals, and other decorative objects. Its deep blue colour symbolised the heavens and was associated with the divine.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014, acquired in 2008 from a UK private collection formed in the 1970s to 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 20mm x 15mm; Weight: 5g

273. RARE BABYLONIAN TERRACOTTA HEAD OF MARDUK WITH HORNED TIARA

Ca. 800 - 700 BC

Starting Price: £3000

A terracotta head of the god Marduk displays idealised facial features with a bulging beard, straight nose, almond-shaped and concave eyes, likely once inlaid, and a distinctive elongated eyebrow. The figure wears a high tiara crown featuring four tiers of curved, upward-pointing horns.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christie’s, 30 Sep 2003, Lot 45. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 90mm x 75mm; Weight: 565g

Starting Price: £1000

Han Dynasty or later, Ca. 202 BC - AD 220

A gilded camel seal. Such items were traditionally rewarded to the leader of ethnic minorities who swore loyalty to the ruling dynasty. The type of animal seal awarded was dependant on their rank. In this case of a camel seal, the highest rank who could receive it was the Chief Censor, who monitored the behaviour of government officials, ensuring they followed laws and regulations and investigating corruption or misconduct. For similar see The Palace Museum, 新00022386.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Roger Keverne, 2008; formerly in a western private collection; previously in the collection of C. T. Loo. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 32mm x 25mm; Weight: 75g

275. CHINESE BRONZE GILT CAMEL SEAL

276. HAN DYNASTY GOLD AND SILVER INLAID BRONZE CROSSBOW TRIGGER

Ca. 206 BC - AD 220

Starting Price: £3000

A Chinese Han dynasty gold and silver inlaid bronze crossbow trigger decorated in various parts assembled into a complex mechanism held together using two bolts, the trigger fitting with a gold inlaid zoomorphic motif towards the handle and another smaller but similar motif at the upper surface.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Robert R. Bigler, Jun 2009; Ex. American private collection, Robert H. Ellsworth. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 240mm x 170mm; Weight: 2.09kg

277. SOUTH AMERICAN TERRACOTTA FIGURINE OF A CRAWLING WARRIOR

Ca. 100 BC - AD 250

Starting Price: £5000

A redware terracotta figurine depicting an ancient Mexican warrior. He has open almond-shaped eyes, tightly pursed lips, and a long and straight nose. Holding his short spear, he is in an awkwardly compromised position. He wears a high and pointed cap and a short chest/back protector that covers the neck. The surface of this piece is exceptionally polished and painted. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession Number: 1979.206.481.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Galerie Mermoz, 2008. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 330mm x 430mm; Weight: 5.1kg

279. THAI GOLD LINGA

Starting Price: £5000

Dvaravati Period, Ca. 6th-11th Century AD

A gold linga in the shape of a single shaft incised with phallic markings, mounted on a blue stone stand. For similar see: Ibbitson Jessup, H. and Zephir, T.; Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia; Millennium of Glory, New York, 1997, pp. 176-177, fig. 23.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Francesca Galloway, 2008, Ex. Sotheby’s, 23 March, 2007. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 80mm x 20mm; Weight: 515g

280. THAI GOLD LINGA

Starting Price: £2000

Dvaravati Period, Ca. 6-11th Century AD

A gold linga in three sections. It consists of a copper alloy square base, a silver octagonal central section and a gold round top incised with phallic markings. It is to symbolise Brahma (earth), Vishnu (kingly power) and Shiva (divinity). For similar see: Ibbitson Jessup, H. and Zephir, T.; Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia; Millennium of Glory, New York, 1997, pp. 176-177, fig. 23.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Francesca Galloway, 2008, Ex. Sotheby’s, 23 March, 2007. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 33mm x 10mm; Weight: 25g

281. CHINESE PALE-BLUE GLASS BOWL

Starting Price: £2000

Qianlong period, Qing dynasty, Ca. AD 1735-1796

A pale-blue glass bowl. The smooth round body is supported on a short foot, with the colour in imitation to the clair-de-lune glaze.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christie’s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 95mm x 60mm; Weight: 305g

Fine Ancient Art & Antiquities

December 2024

Apollo Art Auctions presents “Fine Ancient Art & Antiquities”

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Fine Ancient Art & Antiquities

Sunday, December 15th at 3:00 p.m. BST

Apollo Art Auctions is proud to announce the ‘Fine Ancient Art & Antiquities’ auction taking place on the 15th of December.

The auction will showcase a wide selection of excellent Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Viking, Medieval, Western Asiatic, and more antiquities ranging from 50th century BC to 15th century AD. The sale will be held at our central London showroom, 63 – 64 Margaret Street, W1W 8SW, and online via the Apollo Art Auctions platform at 3 p.m. GMT.

The sale will be held at our central London showroom, 63 – 64 Margaret Street, W1W 8SW, and online via the Apollo Art Auctions platform at 3 p.m. GMT. The wide range of antiquities is coming from the collections of Alison Barker (1951 – 2021), Mrs. B. Ellison, W. Benson Harer, Drexel Institute, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Nahum Goldmann (1894 – 1982) Shlomo Moussaieff (1923 – 2015), Dr. Guido Goldman, (1937 – 2020).

Highlights include, an Egyptian Wooden Bust of Pharaoh with Bronze Cobra, an exceptional piece from the New Kingdom. An Attic Red-Figure Kylix with Central Satyr – a large example, previously published in Sotheby’s London, Catalogue of Antiquities May 17, 1983. A Greek Gold Ring with a Griffon and Hunting a Horse – Stunning Greek jewellery, an iconic hunting scene and a Stunning Chalcidian Bronze Helmet displaying a vibrant patina and fine detail, worn in ancient Greece during the 4th and 5th century AD.

All lots will be available to view at our showroom by appointment only from 2nd to 6th December, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Our white-gloved team professionally handles all items and prepares them for in-house shipping. Contact us via email enquiries@apolloauctions. com or by calling (+44) 7424 994167.

All items are professionally handled by our white-gloved team, who prepare them for in-house shipping.

Don’t miss the chance to expand your collection - register now and join us for this remarkable auction!

Consultants:

Dr. Ivan Bonchev (General Antiquities) Dott. Alessandro Neri (General Antiquities) Carol. R. Andrews (Ancient Egypt) James Brenchley (Classical & Ancient Egypt) Clive Sawyer (Numismatics & General Antiquities)

Sami Fortune (Ancient Jewellery) Prof. Dr. Peter Van Der Veen (Ancient Cylinder Seals and Near Eastern) Ralf Kotalla (Glass and Terracotta) Raymond Bovè (Stone and Metal)

Starting Price: £3000

Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC

An Egyptian statuette of Ptah Sokar Osiris, intricately carved from dense hardwood, possibly cedar, and embellished with gilt. The figure is depicted in the traditional mummiform pose with fused legs and protruding feet. It has prominent almond-shaped eyes, a pronounced nose, and full lips that form a slight smile. The cheeks are tapered, and lightly cupped ears complement the facial features. All of this is framed by the lappets of a headdress that rests low on the brow, adorned with a high crown and two feathers. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Property of a London art gallery, acquired on the US art market; Ex. private New York, New York, USA collection; Ex. Harry Wallace collection, New York, New York, USA, acquired between 1970s-1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 595mm x 170mm; Weight: 1.37kg

1. EGYPTIAN MUMMIFORM GILT STATUETTE OF PTAH SOKAR OSIRIS

2. EGYPTIAN WOODEN BOAT MODEL

Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC

Starting Price: £5000

An Egyptian Middle Kingdom wooden boat model made from sycamore wood. Found in tombs, models such as this one depict small crews, including rowers and a helmsman, along with oars, sails, and painted decorations. These models were made to symbolise the journey into the Afterlife, though they also accurately reflect the structure and layout of real boats used for transport, fishing, and ceremonial purposes in Ancient Egypt. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Property of a London art gallery; Ex. French collection, 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 370mm x 200mm; Weight: 3.67g

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty

Starting Price: £5000

A wonderful example of a hand-carved wooden female figure, likely a servant in a tomb scene depicting events from everyday life in ancient Egypt. The woman stands in a striding pose with delineated legs and a smooth lower abdomen, with full breasts below sloped shoulders and slender arms draped at her sides. Her head faces forward with incised, almond-shaped eyes, a drop-form nose, thin lips, a tapered mandible, and distinctive ears For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 26.7.1414a, b.

Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Collector’s Eye - Thalassic Collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 185mm x 45mm; Weight: 120g

3. SUPERB EGYPTIAN WOODEN STATUE

4. EGYPTIAN BRONZE DAGGER WITH GOLD POMMEL

New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC

Starting Price: £3000

A cast-bronze dagger blade with a shallow midrib bearing several fullers, a tip, and sharpened edges. The tang is inserted into a wooden handle and connected to a gold pommel, providing an example of how Egyptian weapon handles would have looked. For similar see: A GROUP OF METAL WEAPONS FROM TELL EL-‘AJJUL IN THE HUNTERIAN MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, Vicino Oriente XVII (2013), pp. 115-133, N. Cat. 2.

Provenance: Property of a European collector, acquired on the Austrian art market, 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 270mm x 40mm; Weight: 90g

5. EGYPTIAN MUMMIFORM WOODEN STATUETTE OF PTAH SOKAR OSIRIS

Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC

Starting Price: £1000

An Egyptian painted ushabti faience figure presented with a dignified posture. The figure is in the classic mummiform pose with fused legs and protruding feet, and stands with arms held tightly against the sides and hands crossed atop the sternum. The pick and hoe typically seen in relief on other shabti figures were perhaps instead painted atop the wooden surface along with other vibrant embellishments. The face peers forward with almond-shaped eyes and bears a flush nose, full lips turned into a slight smile, and tapered cheeks, with recessed, lightly cupped ears framed within the lappets of a headdress that rests low along the brow. The figurine is adorned with a large hieroglyphic inscription (Chapter VI of The Book of the Dead) on the lower part of the body with red and black pigments. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 6060, Antiquities, lot. 103. Size:

Provenance: Property of a London gallery acquired on the UK art market; Ex. Private collection, Germany. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

380mm x 85mm; Weight: 660g

6. EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTI OF UAHIBRA BORN OF ASETIRIDIES

Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A mould-formed faience ushabti standing with fused legs atop an integral rectangular plinth and covered in a pale turquoise-hued glaze. The body gradually widens towards the chest, where the symbolic pick and hoe are held in crossed hands, and a small seed bag is draped over the left shoulder. Small eyes beneath slender brows, a wide nose with flared nostrils, full lips between puffy cheeks, and cupped ears form the sensitive countenance, and the head is topped with a simple tripartite wig. Both the front and back of the body display a column of inscribed hieroglyphics. For similar see: Gl. JANES, World Museum, Liverpool, 2016, 410-411 n° 215. Christie’s, Live Auction 6060, Antiquities, lot. 145, Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the German art market; Ex. Private collection of Dr. M. N., Bayern, 1940s-1987. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 125mm x 30mm; Weight: 60g

7. EGYPTIAN GRANITE VESSEL

Ca. 3000 - 1793 BC

Starting Price: £2000

A granite vessel with a bulbous body that elegantly emerges from a circular base. The body terminates in a thick, rounded rim.

Provenance: Property of a North London gentleman; from a Private collection formed in Paris in the 1970-90s, acquired on the French art market, Drouot. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 200mm x 240mm; Weight: 6.7kg

9. EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA HEAD OF PHARAOH

Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 332 - 30 BC

Starting Price: £500

A terracotta head of a Pharaoh from the Ptolemaic dynasty, characterised by elegant facial features and covered with a large Nemes headdress. For similar see: The British Museum Museum number EA21916. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the French art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 120.9mm x 48.8mm; Weight: 42.9g

10. EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA USHABTI

New Kingdom Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC

Starting Price: £500

An Egyptian mummiform terracotta ushabti with a striated wig and arms folded at the chest. The facial features are visible. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Private UK collection acquired on the US art market. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 170mm x 50mm; Weight: 370g

11. EGYPTIAN PAINTED MASK

25th Dynasty, Ca. 750 - 650 BC

Starting Price: £500

A carved wooden sarcophagus mask in cedar, covered with gesso and gilt. Idealised facial features with a long thin nose, pursed lips, wide almond-shaped eyes and wearing a striped headdress. His facial expression is one of extreme serenity. For similar see: Egitto splendore millenario, la collezione di Leiden a Bologna, n. VII 42. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Property of a London gallery acquired on the German art market, German export license available. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 280mm x 270mm; Weight: 2.39kg

12. EGYPTIAN GILT WOODEN MASK WITH INLAID EYES

Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC

Starting Price: £500

A large, finely carved wooden sarcophagus mask. It is carved from cedar and covered with gilt gesso. The idealised facial features include a long, thin nose, pursed lips, wide bronze and stone-inlaid almond-shaped eyes, and a blue headdress. The facial expression conveys extreme serenity. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Property of a London gallery acquired on the US art market pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 260mm x 230mm; Weight: 1.21kg

13. EGYPTIAN PAINTED MASK

Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC.

Starting Price: £300

An intricately carved cedar wood sarcophagus mask coated in gesso and paint. The mask features idealised facial characteristics, including a large nose, pursed lips, and painted wide almond-shaped eyes. It is adorned with a striped headdress, and the facial expression conveys a sense of profound serenity. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Property of a London gallery acquired on the US art market pre 2000.

Size: 215mm x 150mm; Weight: 320g

14. EGYPTIAN PAINTED PLASTER MASK

Roman Period, Ca. AD 100 - 200

Starting Price: £2000

A funerary plaster mask of a male face made from layers of plaster or stucco upon papyrus or linen, and painted with bold features in black and white. The dramatic eyes are outlined with stark black pupils to mimic kohl cosmetic eyeliner and his fashionable coiffure is arranged into incised rows and covered in applied black pigment. For similar see: Egitto splendore millenario, la collezione di Leiden a Bologna, n. VII 54. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Property of a London gallery, acquired on the US art market; Ex. NYC collection; Ex. F. F., NYC. Ex. Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills, California; Ex. private collection, acquired on the London Art Market in the 1980s; Ex. Shlomo Moussaieff collection, London, England, acquired in 1969. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 185mm x 160mm; Weight: 580g

16. EGYPTIAN WOODEN MASK WITH INLAID EYES AND ORIGINAL PIGMENT

Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC

Starting Price: £500

A large, finely carved wooden sarcophagus mask. It is carved from cedar and covered with gesso painted in red pigment. The idealised facial features include a long, thin nose, pursed lips, wide bronze and stone-inlaid almond-shaped eyes, and a black headdress. The facial expression conveys extreme serenity. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Property of a London gallery acquired on the US art market pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 230mm x 200mm; Weight: 1.02kg

17. EGYPTIAN BRONZE STATUETTE OF SEKHMET

Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC

Starting Price: £500

A bronze statuette of the striding Sekhmet with her left foot forward. The lion-headed goddess wears a tripartite wig and a tight-fitting dress which reaches to the ankles. She has both arms at the sides of her body. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the French art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 128mm x 26.4mm; Weight: 263g

18. EGYPTIAN GOLD RING WITH INSCRIBED FAIENCE SCARAB

Ca. 400 - 300 BC

Starting Price: £300

A gold ring with a round hoop tubular section and a polished finish, connected to a gold bezel securing an inscribed faience scarab. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 70. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.

Size: D:18.54mm / US: 8 1/2 / UK: Q 1/2; Weight: 4.26g

19. EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE AMULET DJED PILLAR

New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC

Starting Price: £800

An exemplary mould-formed pendant in the form of a djed pillar. A djed pillar is characterised as a sizable structure with a gently flared base, a tiered upper section and a suspension hole drilled through the integral dorsal pillar. The amulet is adorned in a lustrous blue-green glaze. The Djed pillar amulet was a highly favoured item to be placed on mummies and was also interpreted as the backbone of Osiris. For similar see: Amulets of Ancient Egypt, fig.84.

Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in the early 2000s; previously in 1970s UK collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an interna- tional Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: L:90mm / W:23mm ; 17.42g

20. EGYPTIAN FAIENCE PATAIKOS AMULET

New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC

Starting Price: £500

An intriguing depiction of the god Pataikos, the bow-legged dwarf deity. The amulet is mould made from faience and covered in a lustrous blue-green glaze. He stands atop a square base, he has thick arms and a portly abdomen. On the back of the amulet is a small suspension loop. Pataikos is a protective deity in Ancient Egyptian mythology, Pataikos is often depicted as a dwarf with a large head and a prominent belly. He is frequently shown holding knives to ward off evil forces. Pataikos was commonly worn as an amulet by both the living and the dead for protection against harm and malevolent spirits. For similar see: Amulets of Ancient Egypt, fig.84.

Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in the early 2000s; previously in 1970s UK collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: L:47mm / W:22mm ; 14.54g

21. EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULET PAPYRUS COLUMN

New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC

Starting Price: £400

An exemplary mold-formed pendant in the form of a papyrus column. The column is characterised by a sizable structure with a gently pointed base, a tiered upper section and a suspension hole drilled through the top of the column. The top and bottom of the column is decorated with leaves of papyrus. The papyrus amulet was a highly favoured item to be placed on mummies and was also seen as a the symbol of fertility. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 04.2.66.

Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in the early 2000s; previously in 1970s UK collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: L:74mm / W:20mm ; 12g

22. COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN AMULETS AND FIGURINE

Ca. 664 - 30 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A Collection of Egyptian amulets and figure, comprising a bronze vessel with a pyriform body and two handles, along with a faience panel painted in brown depicting figurines probably an ex voto for a temple; the third is a a bronze figurine of the God Osiris in mummiform position depicted with a high crown on the head.

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 90-150mm x 30-95mm; Weight: 425g

31. COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN PALE GREEN

FAIENCE SCARABS IN GOLD FRAME WITH FILIGREE

Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC

Starting Price: £500

A collection of Egyptian scarabs in gold frames. The first scarab on the left is made of pale green faience, has naturalistic features and a hieroglyphic inscription on the back. The scarab is set in a gold frame comprising of pellets and filigree. The second scarab is an Egyptian pale green faience scarab of ovoid form with realistic features and depicts the standing god Thoth. The third Egyptian scarab is made of pale green faience with realistic features and depicts Thoth holding a long sceptre set in a gold frame.

Provenance: Property of a North London gentleman; previously acquired on the UK/European art market in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 15-19mm x 10-16mm; Weight: 6g

32. SET OF EGYPTIAN ALABASTER VESSELS

Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC

Starting Price: £500

A group of three vessels made from banded alabaster. Two of the vessels have short necks and a slightly angled rim, whilst the other is more cup-shaped. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number 74.51.5101. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 90-105mm x 100-105mm; Weight: 1.96kg

54. PHOENICIAN

NECKLACE WITH MOSAIC GLASS BEADS

Ca. 400 - 300 BC

Starting Price:

A Phoenician necklace of mosaic glass and faience beads with different shapes and colours, securing a faience flower-shaped bead in the centre. For similar see: Moscati S., I fenici (Cataloghi d’arte Bompiani), 1989, p. 481.

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 300/600mm x 22.9mm; Weight: 32.44g

55. ROMANO-EGYPTIAN RED STONE AMPHORISKOS

Ca. 300 - 100 BC

Starting Price: £3000

A red jasper amphoriskos with a slender neck, rounded body, and two delicate handles that curve from the rim to the shoulder. The vessel has a highly polished surface and carefully balanced proportions reveal the Romans’ mastery in stonework and their taste for luxury. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the French art market in the 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 50mm x 36mm; Weight: 80g

56. LARGE COLLECTION OF PHOENICIAN AND HELLENISTIC ALABASTROI, POINTED ARYBALLOI AND BEADS

Ca. 450 - 200 BC

Starting Price: £5000

A large collection of four glass alabastron with pyriform bodies adorned with coloured lines and zig-zag patterns, two blue glass aryballos embellished with horizontal motifs; four large cobalt blue beads with protruding knots flanking a central zigzag motif; and a blue face shaped bead with yellow details. With a long necklace comprised of five central beads, the central is a spherical red glassbead flanked by four evil eye blue and white beads alternating with gold beads. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 30.115.33; 74.51.6716; 17.194.769; 17.194.727, British Museum, Museum number 1872,0604.644.

Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 20-320/640mm x 15-15mm; Weight: 600g

57. PHOENICIAN GLASS ARYBALLOS

Ca. 600 - 400 BC

Starting Price: £4000

A Phoenician core-formed glass aryballos (perfume bottle) of squat form. The vessel bears has sloping shoulders, and a pair of curling trail loops, a flared rim, and a near spherical body. The opaque red body is embellished with rings of opaque yellow, and a pale blue zig-zag motif encircling the midsection, additional yellow and pale blue rings around the lower part of the body, and another yellow ring that constitutes the lip of the rim. Areas of brilliant silvery and rainbow-hued iridescence have formed across the composition and nicely complement the vessel’s vibrant colors. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 17.194.769

Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 77.6mm x 43.2mm; Weight: 47.7g

58.

Ca. 500 BC

GLASS ALABASTRON

Starting Price: £2000

A striking core-formed glass alabastron. This vessel is comprised of cobalt-blue glass with yellow trailing combed into a feathered pattern to adorn the walls, and elegant line of yellow trace along the cylindrical neck, the flared rim, and the conical lower body. A pair of petite cylindrical handles situated along the shoulder are shaped from dark-blue glass and enable the vessel to be easily lifted. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 30.115.33; 74.51.6716.

Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 95mm x 40mm; Weight: 50g

PHOENICIAN

59. PHOENICIAN TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF

ASTARTE

Ca. 600 - 400 BC

Starting Price: £500

A mould-made terracotta votive figurine representing Tanit, the Phoenician goddess invoked for fertility. Holding her breast with both of her hands, the goddess is draped in a lengthy robe that cascades down her slender body. She is crowned with a large and high diadem. For similar see: I fenici, Bompiani 1989, cat. 533, 1009.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the French art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 145.6mm x 47.2mm; Weight: 72.2g

60. PHOENICIAN TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF TANIT

Ca. 500 - 400 BC

Starting Price: £500

A mould-made terracotta votive figurine representing Tanit, the Phoenician goddess. Holding a large fruit in her hands on the chest, the goddess is draped in a lengthy, hooded and decorated with geometric motif robe that cascades down her slender body. For similar see: I fenici, Bompiani 1989, cat. 795, 605.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the French art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 1333.3mm x 41.2mm; Weight: 73.57g

61. RARE MYCENEAN AMPHORA WITH SPIRALS

Ca. 1400 - 1300 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A painted terracotta phithos decorated with classic Mycenaean spirals. It has a cone-shaped body surmounted by three looped handles on the shoulders, each adorned in black along with a flaring neck and broad flat rim. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 74.51.762.

Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Private Collection, Connecticut, 1990s; Ex. private Switzerland collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 130mm x 100mm; Weight: 245g

Ca. 1400 - 1300 BC

Starting Price: £800

A terracotta painted phithos decorated with geometric motifs comprising parallel vertical lines. It has a cone-shaped body surmounted by three looped handles on the shoulders, each adorned in black along with a flaring neck and broad flat rim. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 74.51.762.

Provenance: Property of a London art gallery, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Paul S. Forbes collection, Maryland, acquired 1970s - 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 170mm x 160mm; Weight: 350g

62. MYCENEAN PAINTED JAR

Starting Price: £5000

Ca. 750 - 600 BC

A large example of a wheel-thrown pottery amphora with a flat, circular base, an inverted piriform body with a rounded shoulder, a cylindrical neck with a folded rim, and a pair of thick, arching handles. Several panels with geometric motifs decorate the neck. The body is adorned with coloured concentric bands. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 21841, Antiquities, Lot. 15; MET Museum Accession Number: 74.51.717.

Provenance: Property of a London art gallery, acquired on the US art market, New York; Ex. Estate of artist Philip Pearlstein (1924-2022), New York, where acquired from the above in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This item is accompanied by a letter from Dietrich von Bothmer, 1985. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 400mm x 340mm; Weight: 5.39kg

63. LARGE CYPRIOT BICHORME AMPHORA WITH CERTIFICATE OF DIETRICH VON BOTHMER

64. CYPRIOT POTTERY VESSEL

Ca. 1050 - 750 BC

Starting Price: £500

A large bulbous pottery vessel, with a wide flaring neck, pronounced rim and a strap handle. It is covered in a beige slip with banded decoration.

Provenance: Property of a North London gentleman; formerly in a European Collection, France, bought in Paris in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 310mm x 190mm; Weight: 1kg

65. CYPRIOT STONE VOTIVE FIGURE OF A GODDESS ON A THRONE

Ca. 460 - 450 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A stone statuette of the crowned goddess Astarte, dressed in a peplos and kalathos, seated on a throne holding a baby at her chest. Her raised head is crowned with a laurel wreath. For similar see: Les Antiquités de Chypre, Sculptures, no. 409.

Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent; previously in a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 200mm x 110mm; Weight: 1.54kg

66. CYPRIOT DECORATED TERRACOTTA AMPHORA

Ca. 750 - 600 BC

Starting Price: £500

A painted terracotta amphora standing on a disc foot. The rounded body is decorated with a broad band of umber pigment beneath a series of concentric lines leading to the wide neck, with a wave motif on the larger part of the body. The everted, folded rim and dual horizontal strap handles complete the form. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number 74.51.596.

Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 280mm x 235mm; Weight: 1.58kg

67. MASSIVE DAUNIAN TERRACOTTA FUNNEL KRATER

Ca. 650 - 500 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A funnel krater resembling almost like a spittoon with a large conical rim, rounded body with twin handles, and twin raised hand-like appendages. The vessel is painted in off-white with a brown floral pattern.

Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Dutch art market; Frederik Van Driel, Maastricht 1993. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 310mm x 300mm; Weight: 3.75kg

72. ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO KYATHOS WITH GORGON

Ca. 600 - 500 BC

Starting Price:

An Etruscan bucchero kyathos with a deep cup seated on a round disc base. It features a tall looped handle and a knop thumbpad. A moulded face is on the bottom of the handle, surmounted by a geometrical decoration. The external surface is adorned with an engraved circle under the rim, surmounted by a stamped diagonal lines pattern.

Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, acquired on the German art market; Ex. collection P. Treffz-Eichhöfer, Stuttgart, collected in the 1980s to 2006. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 145mm x 125mm; Weight: 135g

73. CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF A RIDER ON HORSE

Ca. 750 - 600 BC

Starting Price: £500

A pottery sculpture of an unusual form featuring a rider and horse, all delineated in an abstract style characteristic of the Cypro-Archaic period of Iron Age Cyprus. The bearded, bareback rider holds onto the neck of the horse with each hand, capturing the action in this piece. The horse, though seemingly stationary, presents an alert character with pointed ears, applied pellet wide eyes, and a curved tail. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 74.51.1774.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the French art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 129mm x 77.1mm; Weight: 168g

79. CYPRIOT STONE HEAD OF A GOD

Ca. 450 - 380 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A limestone head of a male sensitively carved with a sweet visage with generously lidded eyes, a naturalistic nose, and thin lips all crowned by a centrally parted coiffure. His hair is pulled back in a low chignon that forms a crown around his ovoid head. For similar see: Les Antiques de Chypre, sculpture, p. 336, n. 738.

Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US Art market; pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 90mm x 60mm; Weight: 410g

84. HUGE CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA LENTOID FLASK

Ca. 700 - 600 BC

Starting Price: £500

A beautiful pottery flask presenting a flattened, circular body, a slender, tubular neck, and a flared rim flanked by a pair of ribbon-form handles, all enveloped in a red-hued slip. Decorated with white concentric circles on each face, this vessel was manufactured in Cyprus for export to the Holy Land and is known as a target flask or a pilgrim’s flask. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number 74.51.428.

Provenance: Property of a London gallery, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Dr. W. Benson Harer collection, LA; Ex. Emil Brugsch, Bulaq Museum, 1894. Sold to Drexel Institute, Phila. Then sold to the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 1916. Sold to L. Blumka, 1958. Ex. Superior Galleries, LA. to Dr. Harer, March 1976. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: Exhibited: Drexel Museum, Phila. 1895-1914. Minneapolis Institute of Art, 19151958. LACMA, 1986-1991. Temple, Tomb and Dwelling at San Bernardino County Museum and Cal State, 1992-1993. Item #74A. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, 1993. CSUSB periodically 1994-2023. This item comes with a copy of MIA file card, Item #16.578.

Size: 270mm x 210mm; Weight: 1.6kg

85. CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA JUG WITH OMPHALOS

Ca. 750 - 600 BC

Starting Price: £2000

A redware vessel known as a “target” oinochoe with a planar base, a globular body adorned with several concentric circular patterns, a narrow neck, a trefoil pouring spout, and a slender strap handle. The circular motif is boldly painted in black pigment atop a highly burnished orange-red ground, and thin black stripes embellish the neck, spout rim, and handle.

Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US Art market; pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 245mm x 160mm; Weight: 745g

86. APULIAN RED-FIGURE PELIKE WITH OFFERING SCENE - CIRCLE OF DARIUS PAINTER

Ca.

340 - 330 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A pelike attributed to the circle of the Darius Painter. On Side A, a soldier is shown resting on a rock in heroic nudity. Before him, a Maenad offers a large patera beneath a flying Nike. The bodies are depicted with high naturalism, and the Maenad’s drapery, marked by horizontal folds, reflects the style of the early Darius Painter. On Side B, offering figures appear, likely within a temple. Their drapery is rendered with simple vertical black lines. The side decoration includes a meander motif below the main scene, an intricate palmette motif beneath the vertical handles, and a stylised rosette pattern encircling the neck. For similar see: Trendal A.D., The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, Plate XI, n 1-2.

Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 400mm x 240mm; Weight: 2.68kg

87. ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX WITH CENTRAL SATYR

Ca. 510 - 500 BC

Starting Price: £3000

A possible Pioneer Group kylix adorned with light red-figure decoration of a nude ithyphallic satyr in the centre of the cup on a black ground. The figure is designed with simple lines to realise the extremely elegant details. The exterior is completely black.

Provenance: Property of a London art gallery, acquired on the German art market; previously in Germany since 2002; Ex. Sotheby’s London May 17, 1983, lot 302. With some restoration.This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. Published in Sotheby’s London, Catalogue of Antiquities May 17, 1983, lot 302 with pl. 28; Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg im Breisgau Catalogue Art of Antiquity 26, 2012, No. 102; Beazley Archive Pottery Database 8647.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 375mm x 295mm; Weight: 1.16kg

88. APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER WITH EROS HOLDING A TRIDENT - TL TESTED

Ca. 340 - 310 BC

Starting Price: £2000

A red-figure pottery bell krater with a large body, short splayed foot, a flanged mouth and two well-preserved horizontal handles. The krater features traditional patterns such as a laurel wreath under the lip and a wave pattern along the bottom of the body. Side A is decorated with a standing Nike with outstretched wings with natural details. whio is wearing a himation on her left arm and holding a trident in her right hand. Side B is decorated with a standing lady of fashion wearing a long cloak and himation and a large and high diadem. The handles are surrounded by a large palmette motif. The vessel is probably made by a member of the Menzies Painter Group.

Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Peter van der Elst, Liege, 1987. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been precisely dated using a thermoluminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla. The report will accompany the lot

Size: 295mm x 285mm; Weight: 2.7kg

89. APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER WITH LADY OF FASHION

Ca. 350 - 320 BC

Starting Price: £2000

A red-figure pottery bell krater with a large body, short splayed foot, a flanged mouth and two well-preserved horizontal handles. The krater features traditional patterns, such as the geometric motif under the lip and a wave pattern along the bottom of the body. Side A is decorated with a standing maenad holding a large pixys in her right hand and a wreath in her left. Side B is decorated with a lady of fashion facing left wearing a large sakkos embellished with pearls and a necklace. Completely black beneath the handles. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 2056, Antiquities, 9 December 2008; Trendall, 1983, Plate XVIII, n. 4 and 6.

Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Dutch art market; Frederik Van Driel, Maastricht 1993. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 270mm x 255mm; Weight: 1.38kg

90. APULIAN RED FIGURE OLPE WITH SEATED NIKE

Ca.

350 - 300 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A red-figure pottery olpe with a bulbous body and a short, splayed foot. The neck is funnel-shaped and has a flanged mouth. The two vertical handles serve the purpose of lifting the vessel when filled with water, while a vertical handle at the back facilitates pouring and holding the vase. Beneath the vertical handles, a large fan-shaped palmette is flanked by stylised plant scrolls on each side. There is a floral motif on the neck. Side A of the olpe is decorated with a scene presenting a seated crowned Nike holding a large wreath in the right hand. Side B of the olpe depicts a Maenad in a long tunic with her hair gathered in a topknot. She also wears a beaded necklace and bracelets on both wrists. Her left hand holds a mirror, while her right is outstretched, holding a large wreath. For similar see:

Christie’s, Live Auction 19992, Antiquities, Lot 20.

Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Dutch art market; Frederik Van Driel, Maastricht 1993. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 290mm x 165mm; Weight: 975g

91. APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER WITH FUNERARY SCENE

Ca. 350 - 300 BC

Starting

Price: £2000

A red-figure pottery bell krater with a large body, short splayed foot, a flanged mouth and two well-preserved horizontal handles. The krater features traditional patterns, such as the laurel wreath under the lip, and the meander pattern along the bottom of the body. Side A is decorated with a standing naked Nike resting on top of a column with ionic capital, with outstretched wings, embellished with pearls and holding a large mirror in her right hand. In front of her, a seated noblewoman wearing a long chiton, holding in her left a large case. Side B is decorated with two standing men around a column-shaped altar decorated on the top. They each wear a long cloak and a diadem. The handles are surrounded by a large palmette motif.

Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Peter van der Elst, Liege, 1987. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 325mm x 310mm; Weight: 2.49kg

92. COLLECTION OF GREEK BRONZE PARTS OF STATUE

Ca. 450 - 300 BC

Starting Price: £5000

A Collection of three parts of an original Greek bronze statue comprinsing the right leg with marked details of the muskles and the foot. The right arm outstratched arm holding a cylindrical handle. The arm is represented with details of the hand and the skin; the left arm bent on the elbow shown with open hand. For similar see The bronzes of Riace, Reggio Calabria Museum.

Provenance: Private London collection since the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 250-330mm x 90-120mm; Weight: 3.5kg

93. SUPERB CHALCIDIAN BRONZE HELMET

Ca. 500 BC

Starting Price: £10000

A striking Chalcidian helmet comprised of hammered bronze. This helmet is distinguished by its curved cheekpieces, attached by thin bronze pins that form a hinge. A teardrop-shaped nose guard extends down from its raised curves, framing the eyes. The forehead features a sweeping central ridge and a beautiful decoration in the shape of a stylised engraved brow line. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 22771, Arms and Armours from the Mougins Musium of Classical Art, Part II, Lot 9.

Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 190mm x 250mm; Weight: 1kg

94. STUNNING CHALCIDIAN BRONZE HELMET

Ca. 500 BC

Starting Price: £7000

A striking Chalcidian bronze helmet with two curved cheek pieces attached with iron pins that form a hinge.The forehead has two sweeping central ridges and an overhanging brow line embellished with a vertical zig-zag pattern that follow the lower border of the helmet. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number 2017.228a–d; The British Museum, Museum Number 1878,1019.300.

Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 310mm x 240mm; Weight: 830g

95. CHALCIDIAN BRONZE HELMET WITH CHECKS

Ca. 500 BC

Starting Price:

A striking Chalcidian helmet comprised of hammered tinned bronze, so named as this helmet form was initially depicted on pottery believed to derive from the Euboean city of Chalcis. The Chalcidian helmet was much lighter and less cumbersome than other Greek helmets, distinguished by curved cheek pieces, this example with hinged rather than continuous cheek pieces. Beyond this coveted form is the gorgeous silvery sheen and green patina.

Provenance: Property of a European collector, acquired on the Austrian art market, 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 310mm x 240mm; Weight: 830g

97. EARLY GREEK / WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE SWORD

Ca. 1100 - 900 BC

Starting Price: £500

A bronze dagger made using the lost wax casting technique. It has a slender blade with a high midrib and a polygonal guard, all below a wavy and flanged hilt. The blade was cast with the handle. The lip surrounding the handle would have held an inlay made from bone, wood, or some other perishable material to create a full grip.

Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 455mm x 70mm; Weight: 530g

98. EARLY GREEK / WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE SWORD WITH CRESCENT SHAPED POMMEL

Ca. 1100 - 900 BC

Starting Price: £500

A bronze dagger made using the lost wax casting technique. It has a slender blade with a high midrib and a recurve guard, all below an openwork hilt. The blade was cast with the handle. The lip surrounding the handle would have held an inlay made from bone, wood, or some other perishable material to create a full grip.

Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 540mm x 65mm; Weight: 560g

102. PAIR OF MATCHING CELTIC BRONZE BROOCHES WITH SPIRALS

Ca. 800 BC

Starting Price: £2000

A pair of matching brooches of round wire with two coiled spiral discs. Connected to the spirals is an eight loop. A wire needle originates from a spiral eye. A hook-formed bent wire end on the finial.

Provenance: Property of a European collector; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between the early1960s-1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 170-190mm x 115-120mm; Weight: 505g

103. GREEK GEOMETRIC BRONZE PYXIS

Ca. 800 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A lidded pyxis with a flattened, globular body decorated with incised striations at the shoulder, a pair of abstract bird protomes at the rim, and an openwork, symmetrical ornament at the lower end. The lid also has bird protomes that fit neatly against those at the rim and a single vertical post/handle. This form of pyxis is called a “sickle” type. For similar see: Benaki Museum, Athens, (新新 7888).

Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, acquired on the US art market; Private Connecticut Collection, acquired late 1990s; Ex. Ariadne Gallery, NYC; Ex. Bavarian Collection prior to late 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 115mm x 100mm; Weight: 190g

104. GREEK GOLD RING WITH GRIFFON HUNTING A HORSE

Ca. 450 - 300 BC

Starting Price: £3000

A stunning gold ring with a tubular section round hoop connected to the bottom of an oval bezel engraved with a naturalistic scene of a griffon with outstretched wings, hunting a running horse shown with a long mane and slender body.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the German art market, Munich, in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece comes with an authentication report by Sami Fortune, ancient jewellery specialist.

Size: D:17.93mm / US: 7 3/4 / UK: P; Weight: 8.19g

105. HELLENISTIC GOLD LUNULA PENDANT

Ca. 300 - 100 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A gold lunar-shaped pendant features a crescent form, symbolising the moon, crafted with smooth, curved lines that taper at the ends. Often finely detailed with gold wires, the pendant may also have small looped attachments for suspension, allowing it to hang elegantly. For similar see: Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek Etruscan, and Roman of the departements of Antiquities, British Museum, n. 2934. Plate LXVIII; Gli ori di Taranto, Cat. 161. Efes Artemisionu, cat. 24

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the German art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 46.3mm x 32.7mm; Weight: 7.79g

106. GREEK INTAGLIO DEPICTING A MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMAL UNDER A CRESCENT MOON IN A GOLD FRAME

Ca. 400 - 200 BC.

Starting Price: £700

A Greek intaglio depicting a mythological animal which has the body of lion and the face of a human. The animal rests under a crescent moon. The intaglio sits in a gold frame that is adorned with geometric motifs and embellished flowers made of gold pellets.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Swiss art market in the 1990s.This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 25mm x 20mm; Weight: 7g

107. ROMAN SILVER STATUETTE OF JUNO

Ca. AD 100

Starting Price: £2000

A mould-formed silver figure depicting a standing goddess Juno wearing a long kiton and himation on her right shoulder. The long dress is depicted with vertical folds secured under the breast with an elegant ribbon. The style of this item suggests that it was possibly made in Beotia.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 34.6mm x 11.8mm; Weight: 12.6g

108. RARE GREEK HELLENISTIC SILVER JUG WITH DECORATED HANDLE

Ca. 400 - 300 BC

Starting Price: £5000

An opulent silver jug boasting a graceful silhouette with a high-arching, flat handle terminating at each end with a pair of applique palmettes joining it to the rim and body of the vessel. The elegant pitcher features a flared mouth, an attenuated neck, and a broad, rounded shoulder that tapers to a flat foot. The base of the handle is embellished with a cast moulded face of a satyr shown with a long beard and hair made in an extremely naturalistic manner.

Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired from the private collection of Mr. R. Unger; previously with a London gallery; acquired in the 1970s on the UK art market. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 120mm x 120mm; Weight: 236g

109. GREEK BRONZE GEOMETRIC HORSE

Ca. 800 - 700 BC

Starting Price: £1000

Published in an exhibition catalogue: Andrea Thiem Christina (ed.), ‘AM HOFE DES PHARAO. Von Amenophis I. bis Tutanchamun’. Palais del Arte, Bussolengo, 2002, p. 84. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.A fabulous cast-bronze horse presenting characteristically abstract geometric-era stylisation. The tubular animal widens slightly at the hips and tapers towards the chest, the body supported by four cylindrical legs, and a curved tail droops down the middle of the haunches. The proud head is raised in an attentive manner with a crested mane, a tapering ovoid snout with faint nostril slits, and a pair of perky ears, with textured patina in green and brown hues enveloping the equine figure. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 21.88.24.

Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 120mm x 110mm; Weight: 315g

110. GREEK SILVER KYLIX

Ca. 300 - 200 BC

Starting Price: £800

A kylix vessel cast from high quality silver. This was designed as a wine cup and rests upon a foot with a loop handle that curve dramatically out and inward for the drinker to grip. This is a truly exceptional kylix, as silver would have been a tremendously scarce and valuable material during the Hellenistic period. For similar see: Group of objects said to have been found at Prusias. Greek, second half of fourth century B.C. Bequest of Walter C.Baker, 1971. Ex coll. Wilhelm Fabricius

Provenance: Property of a European collector; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between the early1960s to 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 260mm x 195mm; Weight: 500g

111. HELLENISTIC CUT GLASS BOWL

Ca. 200 BC

A Hellenistic bowl made from green glass, the translucency of which is reminiscent of naturally occurring rock crystal, a highly valued and fashionable luxury in the Roman Empire. It has a simple shape with grooved a decoration on both the interior and exterior. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 1999.315

Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 45mm x 145mm; Weight: 150g Starting

112. RARE GREEK GILT BRONZE PHALERA WITH TRITONS

Ca. 300 - 100 BC

Starting Price: £2000

A dazzling gilt bronze phalera features the repousse image of three tritons, probably Triton, Poseidon, and Amphitrite. The figures are hammered in an extremely naturalistic manner, with long fishtails and busts of humans. A ridged frame on the border of the medallion surrounds the scene. For similar see: Metalwork from the Catalogue of the Collections, Getty Museum, n. 127, Jenkins I., Defining Beauty: the Body in Ancient Greek Art, p. 121.

Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 111.8mm x 113mm; Weight: 17.8g

113. GREEK TANAGRA TERRACOTTA FIGURINE OF WOMAN

Ca. 350 - 250 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A beautiful, hollow mould-formed terracotta standing votive figure depicting a young woman with her weight on her right leg, wearing a chiton and himation arranged to cover everything except one foot, one hand, and her neckline. Her peaceful countenance displays almond-shaped eyes, a petite nose, full lips, and slender cheeks, all presented below a centrally-parted coiffure and a simple hair net. The statue has a primarily pink colouration, though remnants of original white pigment are visible in the recesses of her vestments.

Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Collection of Agnes and Eugene Meyer (5th Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1930 to 1933 and first president of the World Bank Group), NY. and Washington, D.C., acquired prior to 1959, to daughter, Katharine Meyer Graham (of Washington Post fame), to son William Welsh Graham, D. 2017, to the current owner by inheritance. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 180mm x 70mm; Weight: 185g

114. GNATHIAN OLPE WITH GRAPES MOTIF

Ca. 330 - 300 BC

Starting Price: £500

A pottery olpe with a bulbous body and a short, splayed foot. The neck is funnel-shaped and has a flanged mouth. The two vertical handles serve the purpose of lifting the vessel when filled with water, while a vertical handle at the back facilitates pouring and holding the vase. The olpe’s lip is completely black. On the body are floral and geometrical motifs, including a grape vine, in white and red pigment on the black ground. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 2490, Antiquities, Lot 143.

Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Peter van der Elst, Liege, 1987. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 315mm x 185mm; Weight: 1.31kg

117. APULIAN RED-FIGURE LEKANIS WITH LADY OF FASHION

Ca. 350 - 300 BC

Starting Price: £300

A fine wheel-thrown lekanis with a shallow basin, pedestal foot, and lid beautifully decorated via the red-figure technique with two Ladies of Fashion, each adorned with fugitive white pigment creating elegant ornamentation. The lovely ladies are each dressed in beaded saccos over an upswept coiffure and a beaded necklace. These ancient visages are separated by stylized palmettes. A series of vertical stripes adorn the outer periphery of the rim, meeting the black-painted body below. Twin-applied loop handles protrude from either side of the raised bowl, while the large knob atop the lid displays a sunburst design on its depression. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 2021.40.31a, b.

Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgium art market; Daniel Bogaerts, Brussels, 1995.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 185mm x 120mm; Weight: 450g

118. ATTIC NET SQUAT LEKYTHOS

Ca. 450 - 400 BC

Starting Price: £900

A lekythos on a set-off ring foot with a long cylindrical neck and a funnel-shaped top that features a slightly curved, horizontal rim. The corpus displays fine black net decoration, framed by black bands above and below. The neck features encircling black tongues. The handle and the outside of the ring foot are also in black. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1894,1101.487.

Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the German art market; Ex. Alan Sineau Auction Hotel des Ventes d’Auxerre, 1983. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports:

Size: 220mm x 100mm; Weight: 275g

119. COLLECTION OF GREEK DISHES

WITH APULIAN DISH OF THE T.P.S GROUP

Ca. 400 - 300 BC

Starting Price: £500

A collection of three South Italian dishes, two black glazed with a protomorphic geometric motifs stamped tondo and a round discoidal foot: in the centre, a shallow dish with a painted lady of fashion adorned with pearls parure in yellow pigment and decorated sakkos enclosing the hair. The central decoration is framed in a typical wave motif, and a second register is painted with a white laurel crown pattern. The dish was made by the T.P.S. group. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 21841, Antiquities, Lot. 51.

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 30-60mm x 155-175mm; Weight: 770g

121. APULIAN RED-FIGURE SQUAT LEKYTHOS

Ca. 350 - 280 BC

Starting Price: £500

A large squat lekythos, extensively decorated via the red-figure technique with an elongated globular body, narrow neck and flared rim connected to the shoulders by a strap black glazed handle. At the center is a seated female probably a goddess in profile view. She wears a flowing chiton with finely delineated cascading folds of drapery on the legs. She is also bedecked with several bracelets and a beaded necklace. Her elaborate coiffure features a section of her wavy hair arranged in a top knot. She is holding a large wreath in her left hand. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 28.57.10.

Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgium art market; Daniel Bogaerts, Brussels, 1995. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 220mm x 115mm; Weight: 540g

124. PAIR OF GREEK TERRACOTTA STATUETTE

Ca. 400 - 250 BC

Starting Price: £500

A pair of Hellenistic mold-made terracotta figures of a standing woman of fashion. The first wears a long chiton and has her himation wrapped tightly around her body, covering her hands. Her hair is arranged in a wide chignon at the nape of her neck. The remains of white pigment are visible on much of the figure. The second, made in orange clay, wears a long chiton with a belt under the breast. Her hair is arranged mainly on the side of the head and covers her neck. She holds a floral wreath in her left hand and probably a musical instrument in her right. The remains of white pigment are visible on much of the figure. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 09.221.28, 12.229.19, Christie’s, Live Auction 15501, Antiquities, Lot. 65

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 180-200mm x 60-80mm; Weight: 380g

125. GREEK SILVER SHALLOW BOWL WITH ANIMALS

Ca. 300 - 100 BC

Starting Price: £3000

A decorated silver bowl of round shape. The bowl of embossed silver with a short sub-vertical rim, embellished with idealised plants and animals on the external surface of the body. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 22.50.2.

Provenance: Property of a European collector; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between the early1960s to 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 130mm x 45mm; Weight: 140g

127. PAIR OF HEAVY HELLENISTIC GOLD EARRINGS WITH AGATE BEADS - 30 GRAMS

Ca. 300 - 100 BC

Starting Price: £2000

A matched pair of gold earrings, each formed of a wire tapering to one end and terminating at the other with a biconical agate bead, below which the rod is densely embellished with applied coils and a dangling cluster of filigree.

Provenance: Private UK collection; from a London collection formed in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. The item has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements.

Size: 61.4-64.8mm x 37.2-39.1mm; Weight: 30.13g

128. GREEK GOLD EARRINGS WITH FILIGREE

Ca. 400 - 200 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A pair of Hellenistic gold earrings consisting of a thick tapering wire connected to an openwork large band. The large band is decorated with gold threads and pellets to form triangles, with a larger gold pellet on the top. The earrings have a curved shape. The hook rises from one end and curves back, tapering slightly to fit through the wearer’s earlobe..

Provenance: Private collection of an Oxford professional, formed in the 1970s-1990s on the UK art market. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 30-35mm x 30-30mm; Weight: 10g

129. HELLENISTIC GOLD AMPHORA SHAPED EARRINGS WITH CABOCHONS

Ca. 300 - 200 BC

Starting Price: £800

A pair of Hellenistic gold amphora shaped earrings. Each earring features a hanging amphora attached to convex round discs. In the center of the discs is a red cabochon, framed by a rope shaped border. The main body of the amphora is composed of petite gold pellets, with a gold leaf on the shoulders of the vessels. For a similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 95.15.203, .204.

Provenance: Property of a London art gallery, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Private Collection (1926-2019), Chicago, formed in the 1970s-2000s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 55-60mm x 15-15mm; Weight: 12g

130. PAIR OF MATCHING GREEK GOLD EARRINGS

Ca. 600 - 400 BC

Starting Price: £500

A stunning pair of gold earrings, each presenting a boat-shaped hollow body. The body begins with a narrow end pointing upward, widens to the centre, and then narrows to an end that boasts applied wirework spirals, and volutes. The wire-like hook rises up from this end and curves back, tapering slightly to fit through the earlobe. These earrings showcase a warm patina.

Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the German art market; in Germany since 2011; Ex. private French collection E. G., acquired on the French art market, 1977. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 31.4-32mm x 23.7-24.9mm; Weight: 6.13g

133. HELLENISTIC GOLD PENDANTS WITH GARNETS

Ca. 300 - 100 BC

Starting Price: £500

A matched pair of gold earrings, each features a distinctive cube shape, embellished with smooth red garnet cabochons on each of their four sides. The gold surface is polished to a brilliant sheen, enhancing its luxurious appearance. At the top, a round hoop allows for easy wear, elegantly complementing the geometric design of the cubes. The garnets, with their deep red hue, create a striking contrast against the warm gold.

Provenance: Private London collection; formerly with A.R., acquired on the UK art market 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 15.6-16.6mm x 19.1-20.1mm; Weight: 8.59g

139. EARLY GREEK / WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE SWORD WITH STONE POMMEL

Ca. 1100 - 900 BC

Starting Price: £500

A bronze dagger with a long, tapering blade, a prominent large polygonal midrib and a gracefully curved guard. The hilt is characterised by a rounded cross-section and the dagger culminates with a distinctive, heavy pommel. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 9482, The Art of Warfare, The Axel Guttmann Collection Part I, Lot 24, 14.

Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 420mm x 55mm; Weight: 400g

149. APULIAN SQUAT LEKYTHOS DEPICTING AN OFFERING

SCENE

Ca. 400 - 300 BC

Starting Price: £300

A large squat lekythos, extensively decorated using the red-figure technique, with an elongated globular body, narrow neck, and flared rim connected to the shoulders by a strap of black-glazed handle. At the centre is a female figure, her visage in profile view. She wears a flowing chiton with finely delineated cascading folds of drapery. She is also bedecked with several bracelets and a beaded necklace. Her elaborate coiffure features a section of her wavy hair arranged in a top knot. She is holding a large pixy in her right hand and a wreath in her left.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 28.57.10.

Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Charles D’hondt, Liege, 1987.

Publications & Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 190mm x 85mm; Weight: 255g

154. PAIR OF GREEK TERRACOTTA MINIATURE VESSELS

Ca. 400 - 300 BC

Starting Price: £500

A pair of terracotta miniature offering vessels. The first has palmette motif decoration on black glaze ground on the pearshaped body. The second has a palmette motif on the apple-shaped body covered with a red background.

Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Estate of a NYC educator, both purchased from Ken Martins, Museum Surplus. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 60-90mm x 45-65mm; Weight: 120g

162. EARLY GREEK / WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE SWORD

Ca. 1100 - 900 BC

Starting Price: £500

A moulded bronze dagger with a short, tapering blade, a prominent midrib and a guard. The hilt is characterised by a flat hollow cross-section that would fix to a wooden or bone handle. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 9482, The Art of Warfare, The Axel Guttmann Collection Part I, Lot 24, 14.

Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 430mm x 50mm; Weight: 325g

174. CELTIC GOLD TOP OF PIN WITH CIRCLES

Ca. AD 100 - 300

Starting Price: £500

A Celtic 20 ct gold semi-discoid decoration from the top of a pin. The item is decorated with geometric patterns including two moulded circles, a band of dots, and a motif of vertical lines.The reverse is flat. For similar see: Celts:Art and Identity (2015), f.153.

Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 29mm x 17mm; Weight: 5g

175. ROMANO-EGYPTIAN FAIENCE CUP

Ca. 100 BC - AD 200

Starting Price: £500

A pale faience cup with a globular body seated on a funnel pedestal, and a short and large neck with two petite vertical handles. The body is embellished with moulded high relief of Egyptian symbols. For similar thecnique see: British Museum, Museum number 1873,0820.389. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the French art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 85.2mm x 104.6mm; Weight: 215.1g

178. ROMANO - EGYPTIAN HIGH RELIEF OF ZEUS AMMON

Ca. AD 100 - 200

Starting Price: £1000

A Romano-Egyptian limestone high relief of Zeus-Ammon featuring the distinct ram horns of Ammon curled around the god’s thick locks of hair. The face shows a calm expression, with delicate facial features and a short, curly beard. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 2012.22; Sotheby’s, Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art, Lot. 169, 6 July 2021.

Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 190mm x 190mm; Weight: 3.7kg

Starting Price: £10000

Ca. AD 193 - 211

A Roman over the life-sized head of Septiumius Severus depicted facing forward with the thick curling hair falling in four pronounced curls over the brow, the characteristic long parted beard with drilling to the corkscrew locks, with a thick moustache, set on a strong, well-defined neck. He wears high-relief laurel crown adorned with the imperial eagle in the centre. For similar see: Torlonia collection, Cat. 19, p. 162.

Provenance: Property of an Art Professional, acquired on the UK art market. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 770mm x 340mm; Weight: Plus 25kg

179. ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF SEPTIUMIUS SEVERUS

180. ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF JULIA DOMNA

Ca. AD 190 - 217

Starting Price: £8000

A marble head of the Empress Julia Domna, wife of the Emperor Septimius Severus, depicted with well-defined features typical of the Severan dynasty. The characteristic melon hairstyle, is depicated with horizontal streaks, along with the penetrating gaze and well-defined pupils, are unmistakable and recurring elements in the portraits of this particular empress. Type Leptis A. For similar see: Torlonia collection, Cat. 20, p. 163; Vatican Museum, inv. 2210.

Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. French collection; 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 300mm x 240mm; Weight: 21.3kg

Ca. AD 100 - 300.

Starting Price: £8000

A bronze oil lamp meticulously crafted and features a double volute beak with a round-shaped body. It rests on a sturdy four-legged stand, with each foot shaped like a lion’s paw, giving it a regal and imposing appearance. The curved handle is adorned with a high-relief bust of a god, likely Mercury or Bacchus, capturing divine features in sharp detail, including flowing hair and a serene expression. The patina of the bronze adds an aged elegance, enhancing the lamp’s historic charm and showcasing the sophistication of Roman metalwork.

Provenance: Private London collection since the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 320mm x 290mm; Weight: 3.8kg

181. ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP WITH GOD BUST ON THE HANDLE

182. ROMAN BRONZE STATUETTE-SHAPED OIL LAMP

Ca. AD 100 - 300

Starting Price: £5000

A bronze statuette-shaped oil lamp composed of a nude figurine with idealised details and a frontal representation of the face with marled facial features, a short beard, and a moustache. He is holding the body of the lamp under his left arm.

Provenance: Property of a European collector; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between the early1960s to 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 135mm x 65mm; Weight: 455g

183. SUPERB ROMAN BRONZE STATUETTE OF MINERVA

Ca. AD 100 - 200

Starting Price: £900

A bronze statuette of Minerva captures her poised and dignified form in an elegant, detailed figure. She wears a crested helmet with intricate designs. Her robes, finely incised, drape naturally over her body, suggesting both strength and grace. In one hand, she holds a patera, a shallow libation dish, symbolising her connection to religious rites and offerings. The statuette displays a dark patina. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 96.9.390.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the German art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 120mm x 80mm; Weight: 235g

184. ROMAN

BRONZE BUST OF MINERVA WITH INLAID EYES

Ca. AD 100 - 200

Starting Price: £500

A bust of the goddess Minerva. The goddess wears a helmet pushed back upon her head. Minerva has parted the dense, bulging hair under the helmet in the middle. She has large, deeply set silver inlaid eyes with punched pupils and a delicate mouth with finely curved, thick lips. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 97.22.10.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the German art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 64.7mm x 30mm; Weight: 72.6g

185. RARE ROMANO-CELTIC HORSE BIT WITH RIDERS ON HORSES

Ca. 100 BC - AD 100

Starting Price: £4000

An iron loose snaffle horse bit, composed of two moving hooped rings to create the cheek pieces, joined by a single central bar that when used acts as the mouthpiece. The harness is decorated with two moulded panels in low relief depicting two riders on running horses.

Provenance: Property of a European collector; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between the early1960s to 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 345mm x 115mm; Weight: 450g

186. LATE ROMAN GOLD RING WITH INTAGLIO DEPICTING A SOLDIER

Ca. AD 300

Starting Price: £1000

An angular openwork hoop enlarged on the phitomorphic-shaped shoulders to form a bezel securing an oval red garnet intaglio depicting the profile of the bust of the goddess Minerva made in an idealised manner. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto, n. 326; British Museum, Museum number 1917,0501.802

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:17.32mm / US: 7 / UK: N 1/2; Weight: 9.22g

187. ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING A SEATED GOD IN GOLD RING

Ca. AD 100 - 300.

Starting Price: £1000

A carnelian intaglio depicting a seated crowned god resting on a podium, holding a long tool in his right. Behind him a tall tree with leaves.The intaglio is set in a gold ring composed of a flat-section round hoop with column or flower-shaped shoulders connected to a bezel adorned with knots. For similar see: British Museum, Museum number 1917,0501.268; 1917,0501.1440.

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:18.14mm / US: 8 / UK: P 1/2; Weight: 9.75g

188. ROMAN GOLD INTAGLIO RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING MINERVA

Ca. AD 100 - 300

Starting Price: £500

A gold ring with a D-section round hoop with enlarged shoulders forms a bezel securing a carnelian intaglio depicting a standing Minerva resting on her long spear and holding the large round shield. The intaglio is made in a stylised manner typical of the second century AD. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 494.

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:19.76mm / US: 10 / UK: T 1/2; Weight: 4.41g

190. PAIR OF EARLY ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS

Ca. AD 100-200

Starting Price: £3000

A striking pair of matched heavy gold earrings, each composed of a curved thick band with applied granulated pyramids. Jewellery was particularly important for Roman women because this was something that was their own property and not their husbands’. The precious material and delicate decoration of these earrings suggest that they might have belonged to an aristocratic Roman woman. For similar see: Cf. Gagarin, M. (2010). ‘Jewellery’ in: Gagarin, F., Gagarin, M., & Fantham, E. (eds). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press.; cf. Grubbs, J. (2002). Women and the law in the Roman Empire: A Sourcebook on Marriage, Divorce and Widowhood. London: Routledge. To find out more about Roman women, see Balsdon, J. (1983). Roman Women: Their History and Habits. London: Bodley Head.

Provenance: From the collection of a gentleman based in London; formerly in a private collection formed in the 1990s in Germany; Gorny & Mosch 2012. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 40-43mm x 35-35mm; Weight: 37g

194. ROMAN TALL GLASS JAR

Ca. 100 BC - AD 100

Starting Price: £500

A glass jar with an elongated tubular body, a short funnel-shaped opening, and a flat base.

Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 350mm x 60mm; Weight: 505g

200. COLLECTION OF ROMAN FLASKS

Ca. AD 100 - 400

Starting Price: £900

A collection of 10 glass unguentaria comprising vessels with different shapes and colours from the imperial period. For similar see: Lightfoot, Christopher S., The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Ancient Glass.

Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the German art market; Ex. private German W. B., formerly acquired from an art professional in 2010, Munich, Germany. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 35-150mm x 40-80mm; Weight: 410g

204. ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP WITH GRIFFON-SHAPED HANDLE

Ca. AD 100 - 300

Starting Price: £1200

A bronze oil lamp cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) method with a projecting ring base attached with a small tang, a rounded body, a concave discoid wick spout, a pair of perforated lugs for holding a shell-shaped lid and a head of griffon on the top of the curve handle. Covered in thick layers of matte green and dark brown patina.

Provenance: Property of a European collector; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between the early1960s to 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 135mm x 100mm; Weight: 310g

205. ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP WITH LION’S HEAD HANDLE

Ca. AD 100 - 300

Starting Price: £1500

A cast bronze oil lamp with a pear-shaped body leading to a curvaceous spout. The lamp features an impressive handle with lion terminasl with realistically rendered muzzles. The fill hole presents an intriguing form. The lamp sits upon a sturdy concave base marked in concentric circles.

Provenance: Property of a European collector, acquired on the UK art market. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 160mm x 200mm; Weight: 960g

206. ROMAN BRONZE STRIGIL

Ca. 100 BC - AD 100

Starting Price: £500

A beautiful and elegant hammered bronze strigil formed from a single narrow sheet with a wide, concave blade that curved and tapers to a rounded end. The blade straightens out to a slender handle with folded sides, narrowing dramatically along the verso, and ending at an ovoid terminal. The handle of the instrument is embellished with a foliate pattern with a central heart-shaped leaf. The entire tool is covered in thick areas of pale green, dark green, and russet-hued patina. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 74.51.5469.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the German art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 285mm x 20mm; Weight: 115g

213. ROMAN GOLD RING DEPICTING A WINGED PUTTO

Ca. AD 100 - 300

Starting Price: £2000

A Roman gold ring with a D shaped band with enlarged shoulders leading towards a round bezel depicting a winged Eros collecting grapes from the vine plant.

Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre-2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:16.1mm / US: 5 1/2 / UK: K 1/2; Weight: 3.14g

214. LATE ROMAN RED GARNET INTAGLIO DEPICTING AN EMPEROR IN GOLD RING

Ca. AD 200 - 300

Starting Price: £1500

A late Roman red garnet intaglio depicting a bust of an Emperor, possibly Constantine, facing left. The emperor has short hair and a high diadem on the front of his head. The intaglio is set in a 20.5ct possibly later gold ring.

Provenance: Property of a London Ancient art collector, formerly in a Mayfair private collection of Mr. P. S., formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:17.73mm / US: 7 1/2 / UK: O 1/2; Weight: 14.3g

215. LATE ROMAN GOLD INTAGLIO RING WITH CAMEO DEPICTING A LADY

Ca. AD 200 - 400

Starting Price: £500

A gold intaglio ring with a D-section round hoop enlarged on the shoulders to form a bezel securing an agate cameo depicting a Roman lady in profile with long hair gathered in a chignon. For similar see: La collecione Colisani, La Glittics, cat. 20, p. 97; Museo Nazionale archeologico di Napoli, n. inv. 25850; British Museum, Museum number 1923,0401.1086.

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:18.54mm / US: 8 1/2 / UK: Q 1/2; Weight: 5.4g

216. ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING A CROWNED EMPEROR IN GOLD

Ca. AD 200 - 300

Starting Price: £1000

A gold ring with a D-section round hoop with heart-shaped shoulders connected to a round bezel securing a carnelian intaglio depicting a Roman Emperor in profile, crowned with the sun wreath and a long beard. For similar see: Ancient Gem and Finger rings, Catalogue of the collection, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1992, n. 267, Carnelian f1; Christie’s, Live Auction 6060, Antiquities, Lot. 362.

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:19.76mm / US: 10 / UK: T 1/2; Weight: 8.47g

217. ROMAN GOLD BLACK JASPER INTAGLIO RING DEPICTING FAUSTINA

Ca. AD 100 - 200

Starting Price: £500

A gold ring with a circular band that supports a bezel set with black jasper. The jasper is intricately carved in intaglio, depicting the profile of Faustina. The polished surface of the jasper contrasts beautifully with the warm lustre of the gold, enhancing the clarity of the finely detailed portrait. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 396.

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:18.54mm / US: 8 1/2 / UK: Q 1/2; Weight: 6.33g

219. ROMAN INTAGLIO RING WITH PERSEUS AND PEGASUS

Ca. AD 100 - 300

Starting Price: £500

A gold ring with a D-section round hoop enlarged on the shoulders to form an oval bezel. The bezel secures an oval carnelian intaglio depicting a stylised pegasus on the left of the scene, facing Perseus on the right. Made in a stylised manner typical of the second century AD.

Provenance: Property of a London Ancient Art Gallery; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between the early1960s to 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:16.1mm / US: 5 1/2 / UK: K 1/2; Weight: 7.95g

233. ROMAN BRONZE JUPITER WITH SILVER INLAID EYES

Ca. AD 100 - 200

Starting Price: £500

A cast bronze statue of Jupiter (Greek Zeus) - the bearded king of the gods standing in contrapposto with his weight shifted to his right leg, holding a himation on the left shoulder. The statue is characterised by silver inlaid eyes. A marvellous rendering, displaying the ancient sculptor’s strong interest in delineating physiognomy and movement of Jupiter’s divine form - with a gorgeous green and russet patina that has developed over the ages. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 22.139.37.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the German art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 105mm x 44mm; Weight: 266g

234. LARGE ROMAN BRONZE GORGON PHALERA INLAID WITH SILVER

Ca. AD 100 - 300

Starting Price: £500

An exquisite ancient Roman phalera featuring the head of Medusa. The bronze face has silver inlaid eyes. She has a slightly open mouth and snakes tied in a Hercules knot below her chin. Her finely modeled hair is swept back from her face. The back of the appliqué is hollow and unadorned. For similar see: Harvard Art Museum, Object Number 2001.191 ,2001.182.

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 57.6mm x 58.7mm; Weight: 126.43g

235. ROMAN BRONZE FERTILITY PENDANT

Ca. AD 100 - 300

Starting Price: £800

A solid-cast tinned bronze pendant in the form of a male figure with an erect phallus, symbolic of virility and fertility. The male genitalia features an erect, curved penis between large, round testicles. The surface presenting with a green and russet patina. It also has an integral suspension loop on the top of the bearded head of the figure.

Provenance: Property of a European collector; Ex. D. Miller collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 60mm x 30mm; Weight: 45g

236. ROMAN GOLD RING WITH AMETHYST INTAGLIO DEPICTING HADRIAN

Ca. AD 100 - 150

Starting Price: £2000

A gold ring with a D-section round hoop enlarged on the shoulders to form a bezel which secures an oval amethyst intaglio depicting the profile of the emperor Hadrian.

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:19.35mm / US: 9 1/2 / UK: S 1/2; Weight: 17.29g

237. ROMAN INTAGLIO RING DEPICTING FAUSTINA JUNIOR WITH DIADEM

Ca. AD 100 - 300

Starting Price: £1000

A gold ring with a D-section round hoop featuring a central ridge enlarged on the flat shoulders to form a round bezel, whichj secures a carnelian intaglio depicting a bust in profile of Faustina Junior wearing a long dress and a veil to cover the head.

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:13.83mm / US: 2 3/4 / UK: E 1/2; Weight: 8.43g

238. ROMAN GOLD RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO WITH A WINGED CENTAU-

Ca. AD 100 - 300

Starting Price: £2000

A gold ring with a D-section round hoop enlarged on the shoulders to form a round bezel securing a carnelian intaglio depicting a winged centaur facing left with a long tail.

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:19.56mm / US: 9 3/4 / UK: T; Weight: 22.51g

239. ROMAN GOLD RING WITH INTAGLIO DEPICTING JANUS SERAPIS

Ca. AD 50 - 150

Starting Price: £800

A gold ring with a D-section hoop and a high oval bezel, in which is secured a carnelian intaglio depicting the profile head of Janus-Serapis beneath two facing mice. The intaglio is crafted in a stylised manner typical of the late first and second centuries AD.

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:17.12mm / US: 6 3/4 / UK: N; Weight: 6.23g

240. ROMAN GOLD RING WITH AGATE INTAGLIO DEPICTING SABINA

Ca. AD 100 - 300

Starting Price: £500

A gold ring with a round, twisted hoop connected to a round bezel, upon which is secured a round banded agate intaglio depicting a profile of Sabina.

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:16.31mm / US: 5 3/4 / UK: L; Weight: 4.55g

252. ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP WITH FLOWER OF POMEGRANATE

Ca. AD 100 - 300

Starting Price: £500

A cast-bronze oil lamp depicting a pomegranate flower at the end of the handle. The elongated, pear-shaped body has a rounded, hooked wick spout, raised shoulders, and a fill hole in the pistil of the flower, all supported atop a concave conical foot. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 2005,0927.96.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 60mm x 160mm; Weight: 275g

255. ROMAN GOLD INTAGLIO RING DEPICTING ARTEMIS WITH BOW

Ca. AD 200 - 300

Starting Price:

A gold ring with a shallow D-section round hoop with enlarged column-capital shaped shoulders. The round bezel secures a carnelian intaglio depicting a standing Artemis holding a bow and arrows in her right hand.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Swiss art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:19.15mm / US: 9 1/4 / UK: S; Weight: 12.91g

257. ROMAN GOLD RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING ZEUS AMMON

Ca. AD 50 - 100

Starting Price: £1500

A gold ring with a D-section round hoop enlarged on the shoulders to form a round bezel. The bezel secures a carnelian intaglio depicting a profile of Zeus Ammon with long and curved horns and marked facial features. Made in naturalistic manner typical of the first century AD.

Provenance: Property of a London Ancient art collector, formerly in a London private collection, formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:19.15mm / US: 9 1/4 / UK: S; Weight: 17.39g

267. LARGE COLLECTION OF LATE ANGLO SAXON / VIKING SWORD, GILT BUCKLE BELT AND APPLIQUES

Ca. AD 600 - 1200

Starting Price: £5000

A collection featuring a late Anglo-Saxon/Viking sword with golden guard inlaid with cloisonné and rock crystal polygonal pommel, a medieval gilded bronze buckle and four ornamental elements for a belt made of gold and bronze, a bronze pommel inlaid with glass. The sword has a broad blade with a central ridge and a very sharp point. It features a long, polygonal tang and a gilded guard adorned with inlaid red cloisonné in the shape of hearts. The sword is balanced by a polygonal rock crystal pommel. Completing the collection is a medieval belt buckle belt with incised lines, four decorative belt elements with gilt frames surrounding central bronze pieces featuring decorative motifs, and a sword pommel crafted from bronze with colored glass inlays. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 55.46.1; Christie’s, Live Auction 6840, Antique arms and militaria, lot. 119; British Museum, Museum number 1939,1010.20; 1905,0418.16; Anglo Saxon Art, T. D. Kendrik, MA., M.S.A., Tav. XXXI, n. 1-4.

Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 18-850mm x 25-36mm; Weight: 700g

268. ANGLO SAXON / VIKING SWORD WITH INLAID GILD GUARD AND RED STONE POMMEL

Ca. AD 600 - 900

Starting

Price: £4000

A late Anglo-saxon / Viking sword features a long blade with two sharpened edges, a pronounced central ridge, and a long polygonal grip. It is fitted with a gold guard inlaid with characteristic red cloisonné and additional green accents. The weapon is balanced with a sub-spherical pommel made of red stone. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 55.46.1; Christie’s, Live Auction 6840, Antique arms and militaria, lot. 119.

Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 19-870mm x 35-50mm; Weight: 655g

269. MEROVINGIAN QUADRIPARTITE HARNESS WITH CROWS

Ca. AD 400 - 600

Starting

Price: £8000

A quadripartite Merovingian gilt silver harness comprising four crows on the edges depicting a long beak, red garnet eye and square body embellished with a gold panel engraved with a pattern of spirals. The centre is a round medallion surrounding a red central cabochon framed with two registers of spirals.

Provenance: Property of a London ancient art gallery; Ex. South German private collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 270mm x 250mm; Weight: 333.32g

270. RARE GROUP OF BYZANTINE GOLD BELT STRAP ENDS- 75 GRAMS

Ca. AD 400 - 800

Starting Price: £8000

A group of five Byzantine gold belt strap ends, likely from three different belts. The first belt fitting, on the left, has an incised and filigreed decorative scheme with a carved phytomorphic motif on the top. The second and third belt fittings are adorned with two busts of Emperor Theodosius the Great. The fourth belt fitting is rounded and features a carefully incised floral motif that retains traces of the inlay. The fifth belt fitting has a similar shape to the second and third, though it is smaller, and features the god Mars. The second, third, and fifth belt fittings are all likely from the same item, which possibly belonged to a high-ranking soldier or statesman from the reign of Theodosius.

Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in the collection of M.A, formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 35-80mm x 16-23mm; Weight: 75g

271. MEROVINGIAN GLASS HORN

Ca. AD 400 - 650

Starting Price: £10000

A Merovingian glass drinking horn, or rhyton (a ceremonial drinking or libation vessel) comprised of aqua blue-green hues and embellished with yellow applied glass zig zag pattern. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 91.1.1407, British Museum, Museum number 1873,0502.212.

Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 60mm x 210mm; Weight: 85g

272. RARE VIKING SILVER DISH ON HIGH FOOT

Ca. AD 800 - 1000

Starting Price: £8000

A rare Viking shallow silver dish of simple, elegant form, standing on a round high pedestal disc foot. The interior of the basin is embellished with concentric decorations and a central motif of running animals around the centre.

Provenance: Property of a European collector, acquired on the UK art market. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 210mm x 40mm; Weight: 420g

273. BYZANTINE GOLD CROSS PENDANT WITH CENTRAL RED GARNET

Ca. AD 600 - 700

Starting Price: £1000

A gold cross with cylindrical arms. Each arm of the cross is rounded in profile, creating a distinctive, sculptural form that reflects light from all angles. At the intersection of the arms, a central red garnet is set within a bezel, its deep hue contrasting vividly against the gold, symbolizing divine light and protection. A round loop is on the top of the upper arm. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1949,1007.8; Christie’s, Live Auction 2491, Ancient Jewelry, Lot. 450.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Austrian art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece comes with an authentication report by Sami Fortune, ancient jewellery specialist.

Size: 38.5mm x 27.7mm; Weight: 9.64g

274. BYZANTINE GOLD GOLD CROSS WITH CENTRA RED GARNET CABOCHON

Ca. AD 600 - 900

Starting Price: £1000

A splendid gold cross pendant, adorned with a large garnet cabochon in the centre. The arms are decorated with an intricate border formed with geometric motifs of spheres A loop is attached to the top of the pendant. For similar see: Spier J., Byzantium and the West, Jewelry in the first Millennium, n. 14.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Swiss art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. T

Publications / Reports: his piece comes with an authentication report by Sami Fortune, ancient jewellery specialist.

Size: 27mm x 33.6mm; Weight: 4.77g

275. VIKING GOLD TWISTED RING

Ca. AD 800 - 1100

Starting Price: £800

An elegant solid gold ring with a round hoop formed from four intertwined strands, tapering into a thinner, solid cylindrical section. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum Number 1921.1101.376.

Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously acquired at the art market in Vienna; formerly in an Austrian collection formed prior to 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:19.96mm / US: 10 1/4 / UK: U; Weight: 8g.

Starting Price: £800

Ca. AD 800 - 1100

A ring with twisted wires and a solid shank made from gold. The top portion features four pairs of twisted wires that each spiral around one another before culminating at the solidified terminal caps that taper and fuse to form the shank. A common practice seems to have been to amass a hoard of these objects and then deposit them, often in water sources like rivers. For similar, see: Viking Art, Thames and Hudson, fig. 73 and 74.

Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:18.34mm / US: 8 1/4 / UK: Q; Weight: 8g

277. RARE VIKING TWISTED GOLD RING

282. PAIR OF KHAZAR IRON LONG SWORDS

Ca. AD 900 - 1000

Starting Price:

A pair of iron swords with long blades, double sharp edges tapering to the points and long and polygonal tangs on the base of the swords.

Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the German art market; Ex. Austrian collection M.S.; Ex. Hermann Historica auction, 2019; formerly in a private collection in the 1970s - 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 820-930mm x 35-35mm; Weight: 1kg

283. GROUP OF KHAZAR IRON LONG SWORDS WITH GUARDS

Ca. AD 900 - 1000

Starting Price: £900

A collection of three swords, each featuring distinctive guards. The first sword has a double-edged blade with a shallow midrib and a short tang connected to a polygonal guard. The second sword features a curved blade with a single sharp edge, along with a short curved guard that is attached to both a polygonal and curved tang. The third sword has a slightly curved blade with one sharp edge, a curved polygonal tang, and a guard that includes two sphere-shaped fittings.

Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the German art market; Ex. Austrian collection M.S.; Ex. Hermann Historica auction, 2019; formerly in a private collection in the 1970s - 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 780-1070mm x 93-80mm; Weight: 2.2kg

286. MEROVINGIAN GILT BROOCH WITH GARNETS

Ca. AD 500 - 600

Starting Price: £500

A Merovingian silver gilt brooch in the shape of a disc. The brooch is composed of an outer border in the shape of a flower, with a central red garnet cabochon. The centre is surrounded by a geometric motif and four red garnet cabochons. The back of the brooch contains a pin and hinge clasp.

Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. NYC collection; Ex. F. F., NYC. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 30-30mm x 30-30mm; Weight: 19g

288. MEROVINGIAN GOLD RING WITH SHADOW GARNET CABOCHON

Ca. AD 400 - 600

Starting Price: £500

A gold ring with a large D-section round hoop enlarged on the shoulders to form a bezel securing an oval red garnet cabochon.

Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:15.49mm / US: 4 3/4 / UK: J; Weight: 5.39g

291. SAXON ERA GOLD RING

Ca. AD 400 - 600

Starting Price: £500

A solid gold finger ring with a round hoop with polygonal section and polished surface. For similar see: The British Museum OA.102.62.

Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:17.73mm / US: 7 1/2 / UK: O 1/2; Weight: 10g

294. BYZANTINE GOLD RING WITH EAGLE

Ca. AD 500 - 700

Starting Price: £1000

A gold seal ring with a simple tubular section and round hoop embellished on the shoulders with two gold pellets on each side, connected to a circular bezel engraved with a frontal imperial eagle with spread wings, surmounted by a cross and surrounded by letters.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the German art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:19.76mm / US: 10 / UK: T 1/2; Weight: 7.47

295. RARE BYZANTINE GOLD PENDANT WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING THEODO-

Ca. AD 370 - 450

Starting Price: £2000

A Byzantine gold pendant in the shape of a bell, that secures a large carnelian intaglio. The intaglio depicts the Byzantine emperor, Theodosius. The figure is shown in profile, dressed in a long tunic wearing a crown; the facial features are typical of the early Byzantine period. The bust is surrounded by an inscription with a cross at the centre. On the top of the pendant is a double hoop. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 04.35.18.

Provenance: Property of a North London gentleman; previously acquired on the UK/European art market in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 30mm x 20mm; Weight: 10g

297. BYZANTINE GOLD OPENWORK EARRINGS WITH PENDANTS

Ca. AD 500 - 600

Starting Price: £800

A stunning set of gold Byzantine earrings. Each earring consists of a crescentic section featuring an openwork design and floral motif, framed with a gold wire. The earrings are further adorned with four chain pendants, each with pearls at the finials. The hook is joined to the concave edge, arching above and designed to hook into a loop at the other end. For similar see: Byzantium and the West: Jewelry in the First Millennium, no. 14.

Provenance: Property of a London art gallery, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Private Collection, Connecticut, 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 65-75mm x 20-25mm; Weight: 10g

299. PAIR OF BYZANTINE GOLD EARRINGS WITH PENDANTS

Ca. AD 600 - 700

Starting Price:

A stunning matched pair of gold earrings. Each comprised of a hinged and elongated hoop attached to a triangular-shaped plaque with an openwork filigree decoration. Suspended below are four chain dangles with intricately decorated gold bead finials.

Provenance: Private UK collection; from a London collection formed in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 57-59.6mm x 14-15.6mm; Weight: 9.58g

305. SASANIAN SILVER DISH WITH HUNTING SCENE

Ca. AD 400 - 600

Starting Price: £2000

A round silver vessel with a deep basin. In tondo is the largest motif, a depiction of a king on a horse hunting with a long spear facing a lion. For similar see:The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bullettin spring 1984, n. 83, p.64 (subject); Christie’s, Live Auction 20677, Antiquities, Lot. 63 (shape).

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 50mm x 210mm; Weight: 430g

306. SASANIAN SILVER SHALLOW BOWL WITH FISH

Ca. AD 400 - 500

Starting Price: £800

A decorated silver bowl in the shape of a boat. Longitudinally oval bowl of embossed silver with a short sub-vertical rim. An engraved idealised fish within the centre. For similar see: The British Museum, Object number 1963.0420.1.

Provenance: Property of a European collector; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between the early1960s to 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 190mm x 50mm; Weight: 180g

307. BYZANTINE ROCK CRYSTAL SPOON

Ca. AD 500 - 800

Starting Price: £1200

A Byzantine rock-crystal spoon with a long polygonal handle tapering to the square-shaped shallow spoon. Seven engraved circles are on the top of the handle.

Provenance: Property of a European collector; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between the early1960s to 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 80mm x 16mm; Weight: 20g

308. BYZANTINE BRONZE OIL LAMP AND THREE LEGS STAND

Ca. AD 400 - 700

Starting Price: £1000

A cast bronze oil lamp that sits atop a decorative tripod stand. The lamp itself is the quintessential magic lamp, with a rounded body and elongated spout. A small hinged conical lid and handle with a dramatic finial in the shape of the bull of Saint Luke. The lamp is firmly attached to the stand, which terminates in three lion-like paws.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.

Size: 305mm x 189mm; Weight: 1.4kg

317. UMAYYAD GLASS PURFUME BOTTLE WITH APPLIED DECORATION

Ca. AD 700 - 900

Starting Price: £2000

A short free-blown glass unguentarium, comprised of brown-orange glass, with a slight concave base and a rough pontil, a globular body and tubular spout, with a rolled rim. The external surface is adorned with applied glass rings and zig-zag motif. Light areas of silvery and rainbow iridescence envelop the surface, and light earthen deposits provide for a complementary appearance.

Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 140mm x 100mm; Weight: 115g

318. UMAYYAD GLASS BEAKER WITH MOULDED DECORATION

Ca. AD 700 - 900

Starting Price: £5000

An Umayyad glass beaker with a cylindrical body and deep vertical sides, the exterior combed upwards to produce an elongated honeycomb effect. For similar see: Sotheby’s, arts of the Islamic world and Indian including fine Rugs and carpets, 30 March 2022, Lot. 77.

Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 90mm x 90mm; Weight: 255g

320. BYZANTINE GOLD RING DEPICTING

A SAINT

Ca. AD 900 - 1200

Starting Price: £2200

A gold finger ring with a D-section round hoop adorned on the shoulders with two heads of lions connected to a round bezel depicting a haloed saint holding a processional cross in a frontal position.

Provenance: Property of a European collector; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between the early1960s to 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:15.49mm / US: 4 3/4 / UK: J; Weight: 5.55g

320A.

MEDIEVAL ICONOGRAPHIC GOLD

RING WITH ST. CHRISTOPHER

Ca. AD 1400 - 1500

Starting Price: £5000

A Medieval English iconographic gold ring with a D-section hoop that is slightly enlarged on the curved shoulders to form a high octagonal section with an engraved scene of St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child over his shoulder across a river. For similar see: the British Museum, Museum number 1978,1002.394.

Provenance: Property of a European collector; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between the early 1960s to 1990s.

Size: D:17.73mm / US: 7 1/2 / UK: O 1/2; Weight: 14.28g

321. BRITISH MEDIEVAL SILVER ICONOGRAPHIC RING WITH SAINTS

Ca. AD 1400

Starting Price: £500

A medieval British silver gilt iconographic ring with a round hoop divided by high mid-rib embellished with gilt geometric motifs. The bezel is adorned with two figures of extremely stylised saints represented frontally. For similar see: MET Museum, Accession Number L.2015.72.12.; The British Museum, Museum Number AF.915.

Provenance: Property of a London Ancient art collector, formerly in a Mayfair private collection of Mr. P. S., formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:15.7mm / US: 5 / UK: J 1/2; Weight: 3.2g

322. RARE BRITISH MEDIEVAL GILT ICONOGRAPHIC RING WITH STYLISED SAINT

Ca. AD 1400

Starting Price: £500

A rare British Medieval silver gilt iconographic ring with a round hoop. On the hoop sits a ridged shoulder, embellished with gilt and geometric motifs. The ring’s bezel is adorned with a stylised saint or a matyr. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: L.2015.72.12, British Museum, Museum number AF.915.

Provenance: Property of a London Ancient art collector, formerly in a Mayfair private collection of Mr. P. S., formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:19.15mm / US: 9 1/4 / UK: S; Weight: 6.8g

323. MEDIEVAL GOLD POSY RING WITH INCISED FLORAL MOTIF

Ca. AD 1400 - 1500

Starting Price: £1000

A medieval gold ring with a decorated hoop, engraved with floral motifs alternating horizontal bands. There is an incised description on the internal surface of the ring.

Provenance: Property of a London Ancient art collector, formerly in a Mayfair private collection of Mr. P. S., formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:17.32mm / US: 7 / UK: N 1/2; Weight: 4.3g

324. RENAISSANCE SILVER GILT RING WITH FLOWER SHAPE BEZEL AND SAPPHIRE CABOCHON

Ca. AD 1550 - 1600

Starting Price: £500

A Medieval silver gilt finger ring with round hoop, with flat section, shoulders embellished withwith a phitomorchic moulded decoration, connected to a high flower shaped bezel securing a blue sapphire cabochon.

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:16.1mm / US: 5 1/2 / UK: K 1/2; Weight: 4.7g

325. SUPERB RENAISSANCE GOLD RING WITH ORIGINAL DIAMOND INSERT

CA. 1550 - 1650 AD

Starting Price: £3000

A Renaissance gold ring with original diamond insert, round hoop decorated with incised phytomorphic motif alternating to flowers. The internal surface has an incised inscription. It is believed that the clarity of the diamond is VS 1, and the colour is H. For similar see: El Legado de Hefesto, n. 664.

Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the UK art market; Formerly in the collection of a Kentish lady; Acquired by a London gentleman in the 1930s; originally from an early 20th century Collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Publications / Reports: This piece comes with an authentication report by Sami Fortune, ancient jewellery specialist.

Size: D:14.88mm / US: 3 3/4 / UK: H; Weight: 2.4g

326.

Ca. AD 1600

Starting Price: £1000

An English gold posy ring of a slender band made of smooth, polished gold, giving it an understated yet elegant appearance. The inner surface of the ring is inscribed with a short, poetic line, known as a “posy,” which often contains a romantic or devotional phrase. This inscription is written in a handwritten script and is designed to be hidden against the wearer’s skin, adding an intimate and personal touch. The script is Vertu - haffeth - riches. For similar see: British Museum, Museum number 1961,1202.460

Provenance: Property of a London Ancient art collector, formerly in a London private collection, formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: D:17.93mm / US: 7 3/4 / UK: P; Weight: 10.42g

MEDIEVAL POSY RING

356. A GROUP OF MESOPOTAMIAN RED STONE STAMP SEAL WITH SPRINGING ANIMALS WITH ORIGINAL PROF. LAMBERT REPO

Ca. 3000 BC

Starting Price: £500

A group of red stone stamp seals with hemispheroid pierced horizontally. Design: circle of four animals and fillers.

Provenance: Property of a London gallery; formerly with a Mayfair Art dealer S.A.; Ex. 1990s London collections, studied and catalogued by professor Lambert in the early 90s (with original note, signed by him). Previously in an old British collection formed since the 1960s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 38.3-46.2mm x 38.7-45.9mm; Weight: 115.7g

371. SYRO-HITTITE TERRACOTTA ASTARTE IDOL

Ca. 2000 - 1500 BC

Starting Price: £500

A pottery idol of characteristically abstract form depicting a female deity - likely Astarte, the goddess of war and fertility. She stands atop elongated legs with wide hips accentuating her femininity and hands on the belly under her protruding breasts. Her avianesque head presents a beak-like nose and huge annular eyes on either side of a drilled perforation, all crowned by a flared headdress and flanked by large, pinched ears.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the French art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 142.5mm x 58.7mm; Weight: 110g

371A. SUMERIAN TERRACOTTA RELIEF OF SACRIFACE OF A RAM

Ca. 3000 - 2500 BC

Starting Price: £500

A terracotta relief depicts the sacrifice of a ram with long, curved horns and an elevated head, capturing the solemnity of the ritual. The ram stands in profile, its powerful form meticulously modelled to highlight the curvature of its horns and the tension in its lifted head, evoking the moment of offering.

Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the French art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 120mm x 190mm; Weight: 512g

372. SUMERIAN CLAY TABLET WITH CUNEIFORM SCRIPT

Ca. 2500 - 1800 BC

Starting Price: £900

A small clay tablet of a rectangular form, with planar peripheries and slightly convex forms. The tablet boasts lines of impressed cuneiform text on the front and on the back. The cuneiform text is incised before the firing process. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 11.217.3

Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman, acquired in France between 2000-2005; previously with A. Kotlar; Ex. French collection since the 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 82mm x 45mm; Weight: 120g

373. SUMERIAN CLAY TABLET WITH CUNEIFORM SCRIPT

Ca. 2500 - 1800 BC

Starting Price: £900

A small clay tablet of a rectangular form, with planar peripheries and slightly convex forms. The tablet boasts lines of impressed cuneiform text on the front and on the back. The cuneiform text is incised before the firing process. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 11.217.3

Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman, acquired in France between 2000-2005; previously with A. Kotlar; Ex. French collection since the 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 80mm x 40mm; Weight: 115g

374. SUMERIAN CLAY TABLET WITH CUNEIFORM SCRIPT

Ca. 2500 - 1800 BC

Starting Price: £900

A small clay tablet of a rectangular form, with planar peripheries and slightly convex forms. The tablet boasts lines of impressed cuneiform text on one of the faces. The cuneiform text is incised before the firing process. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 11.217.3

Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman, acquired in France between 2000-2005; previously with A. Kotlar; Ex. French collection since the 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 65mm x 40mm; Weight: 95g

376. BABYLONIAN RITUAL BRICK WITH INSCRIPTIONS

Ca. 1200 - 800 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A ritual brick with a rectangular section featuring fourteen columns of cuneiform text mentioning the foundation of a temple, probably for a King of Babylon. Babylonian ritual bricks, often found in temple contexts, are fascinating artefacts that provide insight into the religious and cultural practices of Ancient Mesopotamia. These bricks were typically used in the construction of temples and other sacred structures and were often inscribed with cuneiform text or images.

Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in the early 2000s in Belgium; previously in 1970s European collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 135mm x 200mm; Weight: 845g

388. BRONZE AGE MATCHED PAIR OF GOLD EARRINGS

Ca. 1000 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A matched pair of gold earrings characterised by a hollow-formed construction. The earrings are ovoid with a central hole.

Provenance: Property of a professional London art expert; obtained from an old British collection formed in the 1980s. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database.

Size: 24-25mm x 17-18mm; Weight: 18.8g

390.

WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE HORSE BIT WITH WINGED STAGS

Ca. 1200 - 800 BC

Starting Price: £1000

An elaborate horse bit decorated with cheek pieces with an openwork central figure scheme. In the centre, a standing winged stag with long curved horns resting on the body of a dead animal, made in an idealised manner. The figures are pierced with a large hole in the belly. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 1979.352.3.

Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 120mm x 175mm; Weight: 555g

391.

WESTERN ASIATIC COPPER ALLOY HORSE BIT WITH WINGED RAMS

Ca. 1200 - 800 BC

Starting Price: £1000

An elaborate horse bit decorated with cheek pieces with an openwork central figure scheme. In the centre, a standing winged stag with long horns is made in a naturalistic manner, with muscles in evidence, especially on the back part. Around the neck, a collar probably with a bell. The figures are pierced with a large hole in the belly. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 1979.352.4.

Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 130mm x 175mm; Weight: 455g

398. BABYONIAN CEREMONIAL BRICK WITH INSCRIPTION

Ca. 600 BC

Starting Price: £1000

A Babylonian ceremonial brick with four columns of cuneiform script on the polished surface and panels of the date 30 mar, 30, 1953. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 41.160.188

Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 220mm x 150mm; Weight: 2.5kg

400. SOUTH ARABIAN LIMESTONE HEAD OF A GOD

Ca. 100 BC - AD 100

Starting Price: £1000

A carved from limestone, a high-relief stela featuring a prominent abstract face with a slender triangular nose, deep-set ovoid eyes beneath thin brows, a broad forehead, rounded cheekbones, a tapered mandible, and a petite, expressionless mouth. Russet-red pigment colours the face as well as the lateral plaque sides and the chalky white material within the eyes suggest they were once inlaid with attractive fragments of colourful stones. Shallow grooves on the verso indicate how the plaque would have been suspended, perhaps on a slanted surface. For similar see: Sotheby’s, Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art, Part I, 7 December 2021, Lot 1.

Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 360mm x 200mm; Weight: 11.02kg

401. LARGE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN POTTERY JAR

Ca. 19th Century

Starting Price: £600

A large red earthernware pottery jar, decorated with stamped patterns and knob handles on the globular body. For similar see: The British Museum, registration number Af,+.3934.

Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. Dr. Laurence R. collection; previously at Christie’s London, Important Tribal Art, 22 June 1993, lot 130. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Size: 550mm x 530mm; Weight: 13kg