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ANTIQUITIES 1 AN EGYPTIAN RED WARE TERRACOTTA JAR Gerzean Period, Circa 330 B.C. With line and leaf decoration and two small loop handles, of the Naqada II period, 11cm high. Provenance: Private collection, UK, acquired at Christie’s London between 1956 and 1960. This lot comes with a thermoluminescence test report from Oxford Authentication confirming its antiquity. £600-800

2 A SMALL EGYPTIAN ALABASTER SHALLOW BOWL Early Dynastic Period, 1st - 2nd Dynasty, Circa 2972 - 2647 B.C. Of slightly shouldered form with an incised lip and flat base, 7.7cm diam. Provenance: Private collection Germany acquired prior to 1970. Literature: For a similar example see Sir W. M. Flinders Petrie, ‘The Funeral Furniture of Egypt. Stone and Metal Vases’ (reprinted Warminster, 1977) pl. XXIV, no. 421. £300-500

4 3 3 NINE EGYPTIAN HARDSTONE WEIGHTS Predynastic to New Kingdom, Circa 4000-1200 B.C. Six weights with domed tops and sloped sides tapering down to a flattened base, 1.6cm-3.7cm diam; one spherical in shape, 3.2cm diam; and two of drop-pendant shape with flattened base, 1.6cm-6cm long, (9) Provenance: Sold at Christie’s, Antiquities, London, 12 April 2000, lot 22. German private collection, formed by the present owner’s father during the 1950s and 1960s. £500-700

4 AN EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC FLINT IN THE FORM OF A CROCODILE Predynastic Period, Naqada II - III, Circa 3700 - 3100 B.C. The grey brown flint worked on one side to create a stylised crocodile with characteristic long snout and tail and four short legs, 6.6cm long. Provenance: Collection of Geoffrey Metz, Uppsala, Sweden. Footnotes: Animal shaped flints from the Predynastic era are extremely rare. Unlikely to have been intended for use as a tool, this object would certainly have had an apotropaic function. Feared for their ferocity, crocodiles could be kept at bay magically through the possession of such a representation of the destructive creature. £100-200

5 AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR Old Kingdom, Circa 2686 - 2181 B.C. The straight-sided cylindrical body is surmounted by a slightly everted rounded rim, below which a notched band is carved in raised relief giving the impression of twisted rope, 20.9cm high. Provenance: Property from a UK private collection. £800-1,200

6 6 A TERRACOTTA CANOPIC JAR LID New Kingdom, Circa 1550 - 1070 B.C. Of human-headed Imsety, the hollow stopper has finely modelled facial features with a slight smile and wears a wig and false beard, 13cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Wales, since 1978. Found by chance when the owner excavated his barn in Wales for renovation, buried in the foundations, possibly from a 20th century or earlier collection. £300-500

7 7 AN EGYPTIAN WOOD HEADREST Middle Kingdom, Circa 2050 - 1750 B.C. Composed of three interlocking parts, the oblong base with rounded ends is surmounted by a vertical column with a square peg fitted into the base, the narrow curved neckpiece sits at the top of the column, 18.8cm high, 23cm wide. Provenance: Private Collection, San Fernando Valley; Acquired Malter Auction Galleries, Encino, Calif., 15 February 2009, lot 2. £400-600

8 8 TWO EGYPTIAN COSMETIC ALABASTER VESSELS Middle Kingdom, Circa 1985 B.C. - 1773 B.C. Including a small piriform cosmetic jar, 6.4cm high; and another piriform jar, tapering to a flat base, with an everted flat rim, 7.6cm high, (2) Provenance: Sold at Christie’s, Antiquities, London, 12 April 2000, lot 15 (part). German private collection, formed by the present owner’s father during the 1950s and 1960s. £700-900

10 10 AN EGYPTIAN POTTERY JAR A large vessel of carinated form, with straight sides surmounted by an everted lip, one side of the vessel is decorated with a single band of bright yellow vertical band, possibly New Kingdom, 26cm high. Provenance: Property from a private collection, U.S.A. £200-300

12 12 AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE HEAD OF A SCRIBE New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, Circa 1189 - 1077 B.C. Possibly depicting the famous Egyptian builder and scholar, Imhotep, with almond eyes, well-formed ears and bald head which enhances the fine patina, 1.6cm high. Provenance: Collection of P. Mitry, acquired in the 1950s, and thence by descent to his granddaughter Randa Cruz. £200-400

9 9 AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER KOHL VESSEL Middle Kingdom, Circa 2133 - 1797 B.C. With a broad disc rim, the body tapering down to an integral foot, 8cm high. Provenance: Previously in sale at Christie’s, Antiquities, London, 12 April 2000, lot 15 (part). German private collection, formed by the present owner’s father during the 1950s and 1960s. £500-700

11 11 AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE OSTRACON FRAGMENT New Kingdom, Circa 1550 - 1077 B.C. With a depiction of a face in red slip, 11.5cm high. Provenance: UK private collection. £400-600

13 13 AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER HEAD FROM A SHABTI New Kingdom, 18th - 19th Dynasty, Circa 1400 - 1200 B.C. The oval face with flared nose, full straight lips, and elongated eyes with incised rims, extended cosmetic lines, and long brows, wearing a plain high-domed wig positioned low on the forehead, 4.3cm high. Provenance: Collection of John Ward F.S.A., and thence by descent; Ex Bonham’s 7th July 2016, lot 223 (part); John Ward F.S.A, (18321912) was an Egyptologist and author of various volumes including Pyramids and Progress. Sketches from Egypt, 1900; The Sacred Beetle, 1902; and Our Sudan. Its Pyramids and Progress, 1905. £400-600 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees

14 AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE AMULET OF AMUN Third Intermediate Period, 25th - 30th Dynasty, Circa 770 - 343 B.C. Depicted striding, the deity wears his cylindrical headdress surmounted by twin plumes, a broad collar with a menat at the back and a shendyt-kilt, his arms by his sides with clenched fists, 10.2cm high. Provenance: Private collection, the Netherlands. £300-500

15 THREE EGYPTIAN STYLE FRAGMENTS Including a fragment of a limestone pharaoh wearing a bag wig; a limestone bald head with prominent ears; and a mounted fragmentary bust of a pharaoh with an unnaturally small face, wearing a long false beard and with a broad collar, 6 - 10.9cm high, (3) Provenance: Property from a deceased collector, Morayshire, Scotland. £100-200

16 16 EGYPTIAN STYLE WOOD HEAD With a characteristic enigmatic smile often depicted on m0ummy masks, the face has finely painted eyes and wears a short false beard and a full wig covered in areas of pale blue polychrome, with several dowels inserted into the surface of the face, 13.3cm wide, 12.5cm high. Provenance: Property from a deceased collector, Morayshire, Scotland. £100-200

17 17 AN EGYPTIAN BASALT FIGURE OF OSIRIS Third Intermediate Period, 25th - 26th Dynasty, Circa 700 - 600 B.C. He wears the Atef crown and holds the crook and flail, with his arms crossed high on the chest, with hieroglyphic inscription on the dorsal column with a funerary offering formula made to Osiris Wennefer on behalf of the ka of the donor, a Follower of the Divine Adoratrice, 25.5cm high. Provenance: From the Blair family collection, Ayrshire. Footnotes: The Divine Adoratrice was the celibate high priestess at the temple of Amun at Thebes during the Kushite and Saite periods, Always a daughter or sister of a king, she ruled lower Egypt like a female pharaoh. £400-600 5

18 AN EGYPTAIN BRONZE STATUE OF OSIRIS Third Intermediate Period, Circa 880 - 664 B.C., to Late Period, 664 - 332 B.C. Of slender form, finely depicted holding a crook and flail with a delicately plaited beard, the atef crown with frontal uraeus, gilding remaining on the flail, face, beard and crown, with enamel inset eyes, 22cm high, 28.2cm high inc. base. Provenance: Private collection, UK, acquired 1948, London. ÂŁ3,000-5,000

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19 A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN AMULETS AND BEAD Including a glass ‘ib’ or heart bead amulet, 1.9cm high, a blue and white glass ear plug, 2.5cm long and an udjat eye amulet, 1.2cm long, all New Kingdom, Late 18th Dynasty, circa 1340 - 1186 B.C.; an amulet of Heh, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1350 - 1250 B.C., 4.2cm high; a steatite plaque inscribed with the god Ptah, 1.9cm high and a bull-headed scarab, both Late period, circa 650 B.C., 1.5cm long; (6) Provenance: Ex Collection of Henry Wallis (RWS), UK. £300-500

20 THREE EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION ANIMAL AMULETS Late Period, After 600 B.C. Including a crocodile 4cm long; a uraeus, 2.3cm long; and a falconheaded crocodile wearing a sun disc, 2cm long, (3) Provenance: UK private collection. £100-200

21 THREE EGYPTIAN BES AMULETS AND A MOULD FOR AN UDJAT EYE Late Period - Roman Period Including a cobalt blue glass amulet of Bes; two glazed composition Bes amulets; and a glazed composition head of a grotesque; and an Egyptian clay mould for an udjat eye, used for making an udjat eye amulet, this mould would have produced an amulet with linear raised relief details above and below the cosmetic line, Third Intermediate Period - Late Period, Circa 1069 - 332 B.C. 2 – 4.8cm, (5) Provenance: UK private collection. £100-200

22 FOUR EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION ANIMAL AMULETS Third Intermediate Period, Circa 1070 - 664 B.C Including two cat amulets; an amulet of Mut, the sky goddess, as a sow in dual-coloured faience; and a recumbent lion, possibly not ancient, 1.2cm - 2.1cm long, (4) Provenance: UK private collection. £200-300

23 AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION WINGED SCARAB Late Period, After 600 B.C. A blue glazed composition winged scarab with the body and the wings made separately and perforated for attachment, the wings probably not matching, 13.5cm wide. Provenance: Property from a deceased collector, Morayshire, Scotland. £200-300

24 A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN ITEMS Including a small bronze figure of a kneeling offrant, with his arms raised in a gesture of prayer, Late Period, after 600 B.C. 5.7cm high; a model of a terracotta boat, Roman period, 14cm long; and a Roman frog lamp, circa 2nd - 3rd Century A.D., 8.5cm long; and a terracotta terminal 4cm high, (4) Provenance: Property from a deceased collector, Morayshire, Scotland. £200-300 7

25 A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN SHABTIS New Kingdom - Late Period, Circa 1550 - 332 B.C. Including large terracotta shabti, three blue glazed composition shabtis, and three further shabtis, 4.8 - 15cm long, (7) Provenance: UK private Collection. £100-200

26 FOUR EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTIS Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C. Including four blue glazed composition shabtis, and two shabti fragments, one of which inscribed with hieroglyphs, 4 - 10.5cm long, (6) Provenance: UK private Collection. £200-300

27 AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI FOR PA-DINEITH Late Period, 26th Dynasty, Circa 664 - 525 B.C. Holding a pick, adze and seed bag, inscribed of Pa-di-Neith, the Chief Steward of the god’s Adoratrice, son of Ta-di Bastet, 15cm high. Provenance: Private collection, the Netherlands. £500-800

28 AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI FOR THE PRIEST HENEB-HENEB 30th Dynasty, Circa 380 - 343 B.C. Of blue faience, holding a pick, adze and a seed bag over the left shoulder, with clearly defined hieroglyphs surviving, 13.1cm long. Provenance: Private collection, the Netherlands. £400-600

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29 AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT HEAD Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C. Hollow cast, with large almond shaped eyes, finely modelled nose and muzzle, with large pointed pricked-up ears creating an alert impression, mounted on a 20th Century stone base with pencilled writing referring to the previous collection, the just visible text reading “12/5/195 or 6... Ex Coll How... [illegible] Herbert”, 6.2cm high. Provenance: Private mid- 20th Century collection. Footnotes: The cat was the animal particularly associated with the goddess Bastet who was often depicted with the head of a cat or lioness, this may be an example of a fragment of a larger figure of the goddess. £400-600

30 AN EGYPTIAN FIGURE OF OSIRIS Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C. Mummiform, the figure stands holding the crook and flail and wearing an atef crown with a frontal uraeus, with incised detail on the side feathers and the uraeus, he also wears the false beard, A tang for attachment protrudes from his feet, 14.7cm long. Provenance: Collection of Mr Yeates, Dublin, acquired 1878; Private Collection, UK, acquired in the 1970s. £400-600

31 AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF ISIS AND HORUS Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C. Isis depicted seated in the typical manner, wearing the horned solar disc and vulture headdress, with tripartite wig, Her infant Horus rests on her lap supported by her left hand, she offers her breast to him, 11.5cm long. Provenance: Collection of Mr Yeates, Dublin, acquired 1878; Private collection UK, acquired in the 1970s. £300-500

32 AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE NEITH Saite Period, 26th Dynasty, Circa 664 - 525 B.C. The goddess is depicted striding, wearing a close-fitting dress, broad collar and the crown of Lower Egypt, with finely modelled facial features and ears, traces of gold inlay surviving on her eyes, she holds the top of an ankh, the lower section no longer surviving, 16.3cm high. Provenance: Private collection, the Netherlands. £300-500

33 TWO EGYPTIAN STYLE ARTEFACTS Including a painted mask is covered in red pigment, the face has arching black eyebrows and almond shaped eyes, 26cm long; and a pottery shabti, 21cm long, (2) Provenance: UK private collection. £60-80

34 34 AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED CARTONNAGE FRAGMENT Third Intermediate Period, Circa 1070 - 664 B.C. From the lower half of the lid of a coffin, depicting a deity on a throne with a sun disc, holding a flail and a crook, probably Osiris, back to back with another deity, also with a Heb sign, a vulture and an ankh sign, with wings above, Wings were used to divide the panels of design on coffins, 13.2cm wide. Provenance: Collection of Mr Yeates, Dublin, acquired 1878; Private collection UK, acquired in the 1970s. £200-300

36 36 AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF FRAGMENT A small fragment depicting a hand holding an ankh, 18cm wide. Provenance: UK private collection. Footnotes: The ankh is the Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol that represents life, deities are often depicted holding the ankh by its loop as in this case. £300-500

38 38 AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY HAND New Kingdom, Circa 1550 - 1077 B.C. A wood hand from the lid of a coffin, with the remains of two dowels for attachment to the main body of the coffin, 19.7cm long. Provenance: Collection of Mr Yeates, Dublin, acquired 1878; Private collection UK, acquired in the 1970s. £200-300

35 35 AN EGYPTIAN STONE HEART SCARAB Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C. Naturalistically carved with the wing case depicted with linear incisions, and the legs and head finely carved, with an integral base surrounding the scarab, 5.7cm long. Provenance: UK private collection. £300-500

37 37 AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE BUST OF A BABOON Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C. Depicted in a squatting position, baboon is seated with the lower part of the body missing, the forepaws emerge from the fur cape to rest on the bent knees of the hind legs, a bronze tang at the top of the head for the attachment of a crown, possibly cow’s horn and sun disc, with remains of the original bronze insert apparent, Possibly a representation of the god Thoth, 6cm high. Provenance: UK private collection. Footnotes: The god Thoth was a deity with many roles in Egyptian mythology, he was thought of as a mediator in disputes and was also the scribe to the gods, and he was associated with the invention of the sciences, philosophy and magic. £200-300

39 39 AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI A pale blue glazed shabti of broad shouldered form, holding two picks and wearing a tripartite wig and a long false beard, 18.7cm long. Provenance: With John A. Badman, The Monarch, Glastonbury, in the 1970s; Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012. £600-800 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees

40 AN EGYPTIAN AMETHYST AMULET IN THE FORM OF A SEATED CAT Late Dynastic Period, 25th - 31st Dynasty, Circa 715 - 332 B.C. The cat sits on its haunches on an integral base, its tail neatly curled to the right. Its front paws are held next to each other at the end of strong, broad legs, erect pointed ears crown the finely detailed face, at the top of the shoulders a striated circular suspension loop. This is a particularly large and handsome example of the type of amulet that was made using, semi-precious stones admired for their beauty and decorative qualities, 2.5cm high. Provenance: Private collection, France, acquired 1978; Sold Christie’s 8th June 2007, lot 35. Literature: See Madeleine Page-Gasser and Andre Weise, with Thomas Schneider and Sylvia Winterhalter, Égypte, ‘Moments d’ éternité. Art égyptien dans les collections privées, Suisse’ (Mainz, 1998) p.144, fig. 87, for a similar example in carnelian and Dr. Hans D. Schneider, Egyptisch Kunsthandwerk, Rijksmuseum van Ouden, Leiden, (Amsterdam, 1995) fig. 32, for an example in rock crystal. £6,000-8,000 40

41 41 A BRIGHT BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION FROG Amarna period, 18th Dynasty, Circa 1353 - 1337 BC Of bright blue faience, with ankh symbol impressed into the base, 0.7cm long. Provenance: Ex Collection of Elias. S David 1891 - 1969; Ex Christie’s, 9th December 2015, lot 173 (part) £100-200

43 43 AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SCARAB Naturalistically depicted with the wing case defined with linear incisions, the legs and abdomen depicted on the underside of the insect, 3.5cm long. Provenance: UK collection, acquired 1970s. £100-200

42 42 AN EGYPTIAN BLUE FRIT SYNCRETIC AMULET Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C. With a dwarf like body and a ram head, the horns curved to the sides of the face, wearing the moon disc headdress, with long wings extending down the back, a suspension loop in the centre, 5.9cm high. Provenance: Private collection, the Netherlands, Literature: For further information on hybrid amulets see C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, 1994, pp.37 -38. £100-200

44 44 TWO GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTIS Including a Late Dynastic pale green shabti holding a pick and an adze; a miniature green shabti; and another shabti, not ancient, 5.3 15.1cm long, (3) Provenance: UK private collection. £200-300 11

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45 A GROUP OF BEAD NECKLACES AND LOOSE BEADS Late Period, After 600 B.C. Five restrung, composed of glazed composition cylindrical, disc and spherical beads, 72 – 130cm long. Provenance: Property from a UK private collection. £200-300 46 AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY BEAD NECKLACE Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C. Restrung, composed of tubular and some disc beads, with a modern clasp, 42.5cm long. Provenance: UK private collection, acquired prior to 1980. £100-200 47 A GROUP OF SCARABS Middle Kingdom - New Kingdom, Circa 2050 - 1077 B.C. Including a scarab inscribed with a seated baboon and a nefer sign, with a cord pattern border; a scarab inscribed with a recumbent falcon-headed sphinx, two plumes, a Hes sign and a cartouche of Tutmosis III; a scarab with a gazelle, lion, and another animal; a scarab inscribed with an interlocking curved pattern and a floral pattern on the wing case; a blue glazed scarab inscribed with a mirror-image interlocking geometric pattern; and five other scarabs including one mounted onto a modern brooch, some not ancient; an inscribed rectangular amulet; and two teardrop shaped pieces of agate, 1.4 - 1.9cm long, (Qty) £200-300 48 TWO EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETS OF DEITIES Late Period, After 600 B.C. Including a figure of the goddess Isis holding the infant Horus 2.5cm high; and a head of Hathor with headdress, 1.6cm high, (2) Provenance: Property from a private UK collection acquired in the 1950s and 1960s. £80-120 49 A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN HARDSTONE AMULETS New Kingdom, Circa 1550 - 1070 B.C. Including many different animal amulets some in steatite and feldspar, 1.1 - 1.8cm long, (Qty) Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London. £200-300

50 TWO MUMMY BEAD NECKLACES Late Period, After 600 B.C. Restrung, formed of cylindrical blue, turquoise and green glazed composition beads 64 & 71cm long; and a necklace formed of cylindrical beads, not ancient, (3) Provenance: Property from a UK private collection. £100-200 51 AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE MUMMY BEAD NECKLACE Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C. Restrung, composed of blue glazed composition spherical beads interspersed with smaller beads and disc beads, with a modern clasp, 49.5cm long. Provenance: UK private collection, acquired at Sotheby’s 1981. £200-300 52 A GROUP OF SMALL SCARABS Including a steatite scarab inscribed with adorsed uraei; a New Kingdom scarab with a walking feline surmounted by a sun disc and an ostrich feather, thought to be a cryptic writing of Amun; six other scarabs, some not ancient; and a miniature recumbent lion amulet, not ancient, 1 - 1.6cm long, (Qty) £100-200 53 TWO EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETS Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C. Including a kneeling figure of jackal-headed Anubis and a figure of a dog-faced baboon, 3.6 & 3cm high, (2) Provenance: Private collection, the Netherlands. £100-200 54 A GLAZED COMPOSITION MUMMY BEAD NECKLACE Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C. Restrung, composed of bright and pale blue long cylindrical beads interspersed with various beads including spherical, bi-conical, and disc beads, 80cm long. Provenance: Property from a private UK collection acquired in the 1950s and 1960s. £100-200 55 AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY BEAD NECKLACE AND A PATAIKOS AMULET The necklace restrung, formed of cylindrical glazed composition beads with a central oblong bead 126cm long; the glazed composition Pataikos on a modern mount, 3.2cm high. Provenance: Property from a UK private collection. £80-120

56 56 A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN AMULETS AND FRAGMENTS Including a black glazed udjat eye; a glazed composition amulet of Taweret; a crudely formed ankh amulet; and a bright blue glazed pottery fragment, 1.6 – 4.6cm long, (4) Provenance: UK private collection. £80-120

57 57 FOUR EGYPTIAN SCARABS and two others Including a large glazed composition scarab with pierced holes surrounding the border for stitching; a bright blue glazed composition scarab with an interlocking spiral pattern on the base pierced for attachment, Late Middle Kingdom, circa 2050 - 1710 B.C.; a glazed composition scarab incribed with the cartouche of Tutmosis III (1481 - 1425 B.C.), possibly made after his reign; and another large scarab, not ancient, 1.1 - 6.2cm long, (4) Provenance: Private Collection, The Netherlands. £200-300

58 58 A SIZEABLE EGYPTIAN BRONZE FEATHER ATTACHMENT Late Period, Circa 664 - 30 B.C. With two tangs for attachment to an atef crown, the feather has incised decoration to indicate the plumes and would have been mirrored on the other side of the conical crown, 16.6cm high. Provenance: UK private collection. £100-200

59 59 A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN ALABASTER ALABASTRON Circa 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D. With a tapering rounded body, surmounted by a slightly flared neck and a wide convex lip, the shoulder and neck are decorated with two wheel-cut grooves, 20.5cm high. Provenance: Ex Sotheby’s Conduit Street 22nd May 1989. Literature: For similar examples see Sir W. M. Flinders Petrie ‘Stone and Metal Vases’ (reprinted Warminster 1977) pl. XXXVII, nos. 962 & 968. £600-800

60 60 THREE EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION ANIMAL AMULETS Third Intermediate Period, Circa 1070 - 664 B.C. Including two depiction of and ibis and Maat, and an amulet of a bird in dual coloured faience, 1.2 - 2.7cm long, (3) Provenance: UK private collection. £100-200

61 61 FOUR EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETS Including a white crown amulet, Saite Period; a papyrus amulet, Late Period after 664 B.C.; an altar amulet, Late Period after 664 B.C; and an amulet of a clenched fist, First Intermediate Period, circa 2181 2055 B.C., 1.7 - 2.9cm long, (4) Provenance: UK private collection. £200-300

62 A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN FIGURAL OBJECTS Including a bronze figure of falcon-headed Osiris; two wood boatmen figures; a wood upper arm; a wood leg, a bronze figure of Horus and assorted beads, not ancient, (Qty) Provenance: Property from a UK private collection. £200-300 14

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67 68 63 AN EGYPTIAN YELLOW FAIENCE AMULET OF A BASTETTOPPED COLUMN Third Intermediate Period, 25th Dynasty, Circa 744–656 B.C. Meant for suspension, inscribed with hieroglyphs reading “Words spoken by Lady Bastet of Bubastis”, 5.5cm high. Provenance: Private collection, the Netherlands. £100-200 64 AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI The small shabti was mould made and holds a pick and a seed bag depicted over its right shoulder, with hieroglyphs in dark pigment, possibly Late Period, 7.8cm high. Provenance: Private UK collection. £300-500 65 THREE EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTIS Late Period, After 600 B.C. Including a small shabti holding two picks, with traces of black pigments; and two bright blue glazed composition examples, 6.2 9.5cm long, (3) Provenance: Property from a UK private collection. £100-200 66 THREE EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTIS Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C. Including a pale blue example holding two hoes, Late Period, after 664 B.C.; a blue green shabti holding a pick and an adze, Persian Period, after 525 B.C.; and a bright blue amuletic shabti, Late Period, after 664 B.C., 6.5 - 13cm long, (3) Provenance: The bright blue example Ex Joseph Klein collection formed 1941-1980; the blue green example label reads ex David Joseph, Coll. Wales, bt. Luxor 1920-25; and the pale blue example, Ex. Ulrich weber Jegenstort collection 1960s-1983. £100-200

71 67 AN EGYPTIAN STONE AMULET OF A RAM’S HEAD Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 - Ptolemaic Period With an elongated face with almond shaped eyes and small ears depicted in front of the long curved horns which frame the head, the ram wears a uraeus and solar disc crown, the amulet is pierced at the bottom for attachment, 5.2cm long. Provenance: UK private collection. £100-200 68 THREE EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETS Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C. Including a yellow glazed composition amulet of Horus 6cm high; a steatite half amulet of Pataikos 3cm high; and a terracotta mould for a Bes amulet, 3.1cm high, (3) Provenance: Private collection, the Netherlands. £200-300 69 A LARGE GROUP OF EGYPTIAN AMULETS Late Period, After 600 B.C. Including an udjat eye, two glazed composition Bes amulets, a scarab and various others, some not ancient, 1.2 – 5.5cm long, (Qty) Provenance: Property from a UK private collection. £250-450 70 A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN BEADS AND MINIATURE AMULETS Late Period, After 600 B.C. Including several glazed composition udjat eyes, and assorted glazed composition beads, 0.1 – 2.2cm long, (Qty) Provenance: Property from a UK private collection. £80-120 71 AN EGYPTIAN RING WITH CARTOUCHE With the cartouche of Nebkheperoure, Tutankhamun’s throne name, ring size: H. Provenance: Ex UK collection, acquired on the French art market. £100-200 15

72 A NEAR EASTERN BUFF POTTERY VESSEL Circa 5th - 4th Millennium B.C. From Iran, the bowl is covered in umber slip cross-hatched decoration, 10.6cm high. Provenance: Private collection, UK. £100-200

73 AN NEAR EASTERN BUFF POTTERY VESSEL Circa 5th - 4th Millennium B.C. From Iran, the bowl is covered in umber slip cross-hatched decoration, 11.9cm high. Provenance: Private collection, UK. £100-200

74 AN AMLASH POTTERY VESSEL SET ON A RING Circa 1st Millennium B.C. The broad body drawn in at the four corners each tip curled inwards, a bell-shaped vessel with cylindrical neck and flaring rim set centrally, a small looped handle attaching the neck to the body, 21.4cm high. Provenance: Sam Dubiner (1914-1993) collection, Israel, and thence by descent to the present owner. This lot was featured in the short film ‘Italy and Iran’, part of the series made in the 1970s called The Amlash Connection, written and narrated by Sam Dubiner, filmed and directed by Shlomo Soriano. £200-300

75 AN AMLASH GREY BURNISHED POTTERY BEAK-SPOUTED VESSEL North West Iran, circa 1st Millennium B.C The ovoid body with a long open spout that swells where it joins the body suggesting the breast of a bird, 17.8cm high. Provenance: Sam Dubiner (1914-1993) collection, Israel, and thence by descent to the present owner. For the type see Ezat O. Negahban, Preliminary Report on Marlik Excavation, Gohar Rud Expedition, Rudbar 1961-1962, Joint Publication of the Iranian Archeological Service and The Institute of Archaeology, University of Tehran (Tehran 1964), fig 25 for a vessel identified as that of the shape of a crane where the body is more slender and pl. II, ill.108 for a vessel with similar neck in silver with gold inlay. £200-300

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76 A BRONZE URATIAN PIN WITH A DECORATIVE FINIAL Circa 1st Millennium B.C. With a tapered shaft terminating in a complex finial, formed of a pierced circle, two raised bands and a sphere which is in turn surmounted by a figure of a sphinx with a large head, linear incisions indicate its wings, 7.8cm long. Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000. £250-450 78 TWO BRONZE URATIAN PINS WITH DECORATIVE FINIALS Circa 1st Millennium B.C. Both pins with foreshortened shafts, terminating in figures of ibexes with typical curved horns, 5 & 6cm long, (2) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000. £100-200

78 77 A BRONZE URATIAN PIN WITH DECORATIVE FINIAL Circa 1st Millennium B.C. With a tapered narrow shaft and an elaborate finial, composed of multiple zoomorphic forms balanced on top of each other, 9.1cm long. Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000. £250-450 79 TWO ANCIENT POTTERY VESSELS Including a deep bowl and a jar with banded slip decoration, 7.2 & 9cm high. Provenance: Property from a deceased collector, Morayshire, Scotland. £200-300

80 A NEAR EASTERN TERRACOTTA MISHAPEN VESSEL Circa 1st Millennium B.C. An unusual hollow vessel, with a beaked nose, pierced eyes above and a narrow rounded base, 19cm high. Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000. £500-700

81 TWO NEAR EASTERN POTTERY BOWLS Including a painted vessel from the Chalcolithic period, circa 3400 B.C.; and a Persian painted buff pottery bowl, circa 1500 B.C. 18.3 & 21.2cm diam, (2) Provenance: Ex Collection of Henk Huffener (1923 - 2006). £200-300

82 TWO NEAR EASTERN POTTERY VESSELS The larger vessel with a globular body, which tapers to a narrow neck with an everted rim, with two handles joining in the centre of the body with applied granular decoration where they join at the rim; the smaller vessel also with a globular body, with incised dash decoration on the shoulder and neck, with a single handle and a spout on the opposing side, 9 & 11cm high, (2) Provenance: UK private collection. £60-80

83 A GROUP OF NEAR EASTERN ARTEFACTS Including a stamp seal with two zoomorphic figures, one mounting the other; a cylinder seal; and a bronze ibex; and various other pieces, some not ancient, 1.4 – 3.7cm, (Qty) Provenance: The stamp seal and the two bronze amulets are ex Dr J S Gordon collection; The cylinder seal and cylinder bead are ex George and Florangel Lambor collection. £400-600

84 A URATIAN BRONZE PIN WITH BIRD HEAD TERMINAL Circa 7th Century B.C. The long pointed shaft terminates in a decorative finial, with two narrow bands in raised relief surmounted by a rounded band with three vulture heads facing outwards, with incisions to depict feathers, circle and dot eyes and pointed beaks, 8.5cm high. Provenance: UK private collection. £500-700 85 A LURISTAN FERTILITY IDOL Circa 1st Millennium B.C. The cylindrical shaft flares to a slight bulge in the centre and terminates with a stylised anthropomorphic figure, with arms meeting across the chest, large protruding ears and nose, wearing an oblong headdress, 16cm high. Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000. £600-800

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86 A BRONZE SPHERICAL OBJECT IN THE FORM OF A BULL Circa 1st Millennium B.C. Covered in concentric grooved banding, with a protruding head of a bull, with tall curved horns, 4cm diam. Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000. £400-600 87 A BRONZE ZEBU Circa 1st Millennium B.C. Of highly stylised form with a long body on short stubby legs, with the characteristic hump behind the neck, the curled tail depicted resting on the rump, the head with small ears and pointed horns, 6.1cm long. Provenance: Private collection of Seward Kennedy £100-200 88 A NEAR EASTERN BRONZE CHARIOT Circa 1st Millennium B.C. Possibly Luristan, the small chariot has two disc wheels attached to the seat, which is in turn attached by fine bronze strands to the two beasts drawing the chariot, the stylised animals appear to be oxen with long bodies, short legs and upward carving horns, 9.6cm long. Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000. £900-1,200 89 A BACTRIAN BRONZE GOAT STAMP SEAL Circa 3rd - 2nd Millennium B.C. Of stylised form with large raised horns and a goatee, with geometric detail in raised relief on the body, with a perforated lug attachment on the reverse, 5.2cm high. Provenance: Private collection New York, acquired from the Anavian gallery, New York in the 1990s; Acquired from Arte Primitivo, New York, 21 July 2014, lot 56 (part) £200-300 90 A NEAR EASTERN POTTERY BULL Circa 1st Millennium B.C. Standing on short stumpy legs, with an elongated tubular body extending to a long neck and characteristic upward curving horns, 11.2cm long. Provenance: UK private collection. £80-120

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91 AN AMLASH GREY BURNISHED ZOOMORPHIC POTTERY BOWL North West Iran, Circa 1st Millennium B.C. Set on a raised base, a ram’s head protruding at right angles from the rim with a tail protruding horizontally from the opposite side, 6.1cm high. Provenance: Sam Dubiner (1914-1993) collection, Israel, and thence by descent to the present owner. £200-300

92 AN AMLASH BUFF-COLOURED POTTERY VESSEL North West Iran, circa 1st Millennium B.C. With hemispherical bowl and high loop-handle, 13.5cm. Provenance: Sam Dubiner (1914-1993) collection, Israel, and thence by descent to the present owner, 13.5cm, This lot was featured in the short film ‘Brancusi Amlash’, part of the series made in the 1970s called The Amlash Connection, written and narrated by Sam Dubiner, filmed and directed by Shlomo Soriano. £100-200

93 93 A SUMERIAN PIRIFORM STONE VESSEL Circa 3500 - 3300 B.C. With a flattened base, four pierced lug handles and a band of cross hatched decoration, 5cm high. Provenance: UK collection, acquired 1970s - 1990s. £500-700

94 94 TWO NEAR EASTERN STONE BOWLS Circa 2nd Millennium B.C. Including a deep hemispherical bowl of fine grained marble and delicate form, with flat circular base and thin tapering rim, one section fashioned into a small spout; and a shallow bowl of translucent stone, probably alabaster, with flat circular base and slightly curving walls, 8.8 & 10.2cm diam, (2) Provenance: Acquired on the British art market, mid 1990s. £200-300

95 95 A NEAR EASTERN POTTERY AMPHORA With a bulbous ribbed body that tapers to a narrow neck surmounted by a long cylindrical mouth, with two loop handles, the amphora stands on a raised ring foot, with an old collection label with black ink ‘Bubastis’ written, 20.1cm high. Provenance: Property from a deceased collector, Morayshire, Scotland. £200-300

96 96 A SYRO-HITTITE TERRACOTTA CHARIOT Circa 2nd - 1st Millennium B.C. The platform decorated with incised geometric patterns on the outside, with two disc wheels surviving, attached with a modern metal axel, 11.5cm long, 9cm high. Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000. £200-300 19

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99 A NEOLITHIC SCANDINAVIAN FLAKED FLINT SPEARHEAD Of pale grey flint, the spearhead has a narrow leaf-shaped blade with a cylindrical section below, 21.8cm long. Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893 - 1972) collection; and thence by descent; Ex Christie’s 6th July 2016, lot 124 (part). £400-600 100 TWO BRONZE SPEARHEADS Circa 1st Millennium B.C. Both leaf-shaped tapering to a point with narrow tangs for attachment, one with a raised central midrib, 37.4 & 32.5cm high, (2) Provenance: Property from a private UK collection, acquired prior to 2000 at Phillips, Moscow Road. £100-200 101 A LURISTAN BRONZE MACE HEAD Circa 1st Millennium B.C. Hollow cast, of tubular form, with linear design in raised relief with a series of triangular cut-out designs, mounted onto a modern wood shaft, 19.5cm long, 57cm long inc. mount. Provenance: Property from a private UK collection, acquired prior to 2000. £100-200 102 A STRING OF NEAR EASTERN BEADS Restrung, formed of white, grey and black cylindrical beads, 49cm long. Provenance: UK private collection, acquired prior to 2000. £200-300

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103 A CUNEIFORM CLAY TABLET 4.7cm long. Provenance: Property from a private UK collection, acquired prior to 2000 at Phillips, Moscow Road. £100-200 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees

104 104 FOUR CYPRIOT POTTERY SHALLOW BOWLS Iron Age, Circa 950 - 750 B.C. Including a large bichrome dish, the underside with a cruciform design on the centre surrounded by a geometric pattern, two bands on the interior and wishbone handles, 31.6cm diameter, a bichrome bowl with a concentric circle design on the interior and one loop handle, 16.8cm diameter, a white ware bowl with concentric circle design on the interior and a single band on the exterior and one loop handle, 16.1cm diamter, and a red ware dish with concentric circle designs on the interior and the exterior, with one handle, 18.4cm, (4) Provenance: Property from the collection of David Read, acquired between 1966 and 1969. £300-500

107 106 106 AN EARLY BRONZE AGE CYPRIOT VESSEL Circa 2200 - 1900 B.C. With a round body and a tall cylindrical neck, burnished with incised lime-filled decorations, 20.3cm high. Provenance: Desmond Morris collection, acquired 1960 - 1980s. Published: Desmond Morris, The Art of Ancient Cyprus. Oxford, Phaidon, 1985. £400-600 107 A GREEK ALABASTER ALABASTRON Circa 6th - 4th Century B.C. With a long straight-sided body which tapers slightly at the base, the narrow neck is surmounted by a broad flat disc rim, with two linear bands incised on the shoulder of the vessel, 19.4cm high. Provenance: Property from a private collection, U.S.A. £150-250 108 A SMALL CYCLADIC MARBLE DISH Circa 2700 - 2300 B.C. Of the Syros Group, carved in fine translucent marble of shallow rounded form, with small indented base, the rim accentuated on the interior, 7.6cm diam. Provenance: Private collection, UK; Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, acquired 1960s - 1970s; Ex Christie’s 17th October 2008, lot 44. £300-500

105 105 THREE CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA VESSELS Late Cypriot, 1650 - 1050 B.C. - Roman Period Including a flask with a large globular body tapering to a slender neck, with a slightly everted rim and an arched handle; a smaller flask standing on an integral ring foot, with vertical incised linear design on the body; and a Roman terracotta spindle flask, 13.2 17cm high, (3) Provenance: The two larger flasks are from an English private collection, acquired at auction between 1950 - 1964. Subsequently in the collection of Professor Geoffrey Wilson, founding father of the Warwick Law School. Subsequently, Bonham’s Antiquities sale, 28th October 2004, lot 168 (part); the spindle flask if from an English collection, East Yorkshire. Acquired in the 1960s and thence by descent. £100-200

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109 109 FOUR CYPRIOT VESSELS Including an Iron Age mini kantharos; an Iron Age black-on-red spherical bodied; a Hellenistic skyphos; and a Roman barbotine ware straight-sided bowl; and another vessel, 3.5 - 8.7cm high, (5) Provenance: Property from the collection of David Read, acquired between 1966 and 1969. £200-300

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113 111 AN IBERIAN BRONZE HEAD OF AN IDOL Circa 6th Century B.C. Broken at the neck below a raised ridge, perhaps a necklace or collar, the head is characterised by large round eyes with incised eyelashes flanking a prominent nose, and is crowned by a short pointed cap which flares slightly at the rim, 2.7cm high. Provenance: UK collection acquired 1970s - 1990s. Literature: See Lourdes Prados Torreira, ‘Exvotos Ibericos de Bronce del Museo Arqueologico Nacional’ (Madrid, 1992) p. 312, cat. 109 for a full figure with similar facial characteristics. £200-300

112 A CORINTHIAN TERRACOTTA ARYBALLOS Circa 7th - 6th Century B.C. With a golbular body, standing on an integral ring base, the body is decorated with black slip birds and foliate designs, with banding on the shoulders surmounted by dashes, 10cm high. Provenance: UK private collection. £200-300

113 A GREEK NEOLITHIC TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTARY FIGURE Thessalian, Neolithic, circa 6000 B.C. With large pointed breasts projecting over the bulging belly, this angular fragment has the proportions characteristic of anthropomorphic Neolithic idols, 5cm high. Provenance: Acquired by the present owner in 1999, Literature: See G. Ortiz ‘In Pursuit of the Absolute. Art of the Ancient World’, London, 1994, nos. 43-44 for similar fragmentary idols. Exhibited: ‘Eternal Woman - The Female Form in Antiquity’, Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London, 2005, no.5. £200-300

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114 A CAMPANIAN BLACK GLAZED LEKYTHOS Circa 4th Century B.C. With an elongated piriform ribbed body, cylindrical neck and splayed mouth, with a strap handle that arches down from the neck to the shoulder, the shoulders decorated with palmettes, stamped into the clay, 23cm high. Provenance: UK collection. £200-300

115 TWO TREFOIL LIPPED BLACK GLAZED POTTERY WARE OINOCHOAI Circa 4th Century B.C. Both with bulbous bodies with vertically ribbed decoration, with arched handles, 11 & 13cm high, (2) Provenance: Property from a private UK collection, acquired prior to 2000. £300-500

116 THREE BLACK GLAZED CAMPANIAN VESSELS Circa 4th - 3rd century B.C. Including a guttus with a ribbed body standing on a ring foot, with a loop handle and a narrow spout protruding from the shoulder 5.6cm high; a twin-handled kylix on a raised foot 14.2cm; and a onehandled cup, 13.7cm, (3) Provenance: UK private collection. £100-200

117 TWO APULIAN TREFOIL LIPPED OINOCHOAI Circa 4th - 3rd Century B.C. Including a red figure oinochoe with the figure of a nude youth, facing a column, with a tendril to his left, the scene surrounded in a simple linear border; and an oinochoe with a band of red ivy surrounding the shoulder of the vessel, 12 & 14.2cm high, (2) Provenance: Property from the collection of Siegfried Soucek, acquired prior to 2000. £200-300

118 AN APULIAN RED FIGURE MINI AMPHORA Circa 4th Century B.C. The faint decoration of a female head in profile wearing a saccos, surrounded by foliate designs, 12.2cm high. Provenance: Ex collection of King Frederick William II bought on the Grand Tour in Naples in 1780s. £100-200

119 A CAMPANIAN LEKYTHOS Circa 350 B.C. Probably from the workshop of the Capua Painter, of squat form, this red-figure lekythos depicts a seated figure of a draped woman holding a phiale, her hair dressed in a saccos, a goose stands before her, with a palmette under the handle, a baseline of wave pattern, a band of ovolo around the base of the neck and strokes above, 20cm high. Provenance: Private collection of Prof. G Wilson (1930-2015), Leamington Spa, UK, acquired Bonhams Sale no. 16639, October 2008. £300-500

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120 AN APULIAN FISH PLATE Circa 4th Century B.C. Attributed to the Group of Karlsruhe 66/140, enlivened with white and darker red pigments, the plate is decorated with three sea creatures, including two bream, the larger with dot pattern on the body and the smaller with a curved dashed pattern on the body, and a squid, in addition to two clam shells, the fish surround the sunken tondo which is decorated with a rosette with a wave border around the edge, the overhanging rim with a laurel border, the vessel stands on a short flared foot, 24cm diam, 7.4cm high. This piece comes with a thermoluminescence test report coming from Oxford Authentication confirming its antiquity. Published: I McPhee & A.D. Trendall, in Greek Red-figured Fish-plates, 1987, p. 129 no. 128. Provenance: Dr. M.C. collection, Geneva, acquired 1960s. ÂŁ3,000-5,000

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121 AN APULIAN RED FIGURE BELL KRATER Circa 4th Century B.C. Side (a) depicting a female figure, possibly a maenad, wearing a loose chiton seated on a mound of rocks holding a phiale in her left hand and a thyrsus in her right, facing a nude male youth with loose drapery over one shoulder holding a tambourine and a staff, the detail enlivened by additional white and yellow slip, Side (b) depicting two male figures facing each other wearing himatia with heavy folds, and both holding staffs, the baseline with a meander decoration punctuated with cross and dot squares, and a laurel band surrounds the everted lip, 28.4cm high. Provenance: Private collection, acquired in 2000. ÂŁ800-1,200

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122 AN APULIAN RED FIGURE HYDRIA Circa 5th - 4th Century B.C. The body of the vessel decorated with a scene depicting a nude male youth seated on a couch facing a female figure, the youth with dark curls, holds a blade in front of his face, the female figure wearing a loose patterned peplos holds a vessel, an ionic column stands behind the youth, the baseline of meander pattern with a central saltire square and a band of laurel surrounding the narrow neck of the vessel, 22cm high. Provenance: Property of a UK private collection acquired 2001. ÂŁ700-900

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123 123 FOUR TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTS Circa 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D. Including two female heads, a figural plaque and a moulded fragment with a horse’s head, 6.4 – 10.5cm high, (4) Provenance: Property from a UK private collection. £100-200

124 124 THREE TERRACOTTA FIGURES Circa Greek Period - Roman Period Including a Greek terracotta seated figure of a plump nude male, circa 6th - 5th Century B.C.; a fragment of a figure of a youth, holding a bird, wearing a loose himation, Roman period; and a fragment of a Syro-Hittite bird-headed idol with pierced applied eyes a long striated headdress and hands raised to the chest, just visible, 6.2 – 9.2cm high, (3) Provenance: UK private collection. £200-300

125 125 A GROUP OF ANCIENT POTTERY VESSELS Including a twin-handled black ware kylix; a single handled unglazed cup; an oil lamp with a leaping hare on the discus; a kylix with ochre slip banded decoration; and a small black ware feeder vessel with a bulbous body and a small loop handle at the shoulder and the remainder of a spout, 9.5 – 20cm high, (4) Provenance: Property from the collection of Siegfried Soucek, acquired prior to 2000. £250-450

126 126 FOUR POTTERY VESSELS Including a Transjordan bag-shaped vessel with small handles at the shoulder, circa 3rd Millennium B.C. 9.5cm high; a Greek pottery spindle flask of slender form 18.5cm high; a Roman pottery flagon with ribbed handle 22cm high; and an olpe with slip decoration, possibly Etrusco-Corinthian, 19cm high, (4) Provenance: Property from a UK private collection. £200-300 127 A GREEK TABLE LEG IN THE FORM OF A PAW Circa 4th - 3rd Century B.C. The foot, from the leg of a table or bed, is in the form of a lion’s paw rising to a flat column-like face, the three slightly convex ‘flutes’ separated by thin raised ribs, 25cm high, 23cm long. Provenance: Private collection, Germany, acquired 1980s; Ex Gorny and Mosch 24th June 2008, lot 195. Literature: For the style see Gisela M. A. Richter, ‘The Furniture of the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans’ (London, 1966) p. 65, figs 350358 dated to as early as the 5th century BC. A similar example from the Roman Period can be seen in the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul, p. 111, no. 574. £800-1,200 128 A TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A FEMALE The female face with finely depicted features, with a small mouth and narrow eyes, she wears and unusual headdress with fold on each side of the head, 6.2cm high. Provenance: Private collection, France. £80-120

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129 AN ALABASTER JAR Of pale banded alabaster with a piriform body, tapering to a flat base, with a slender neck surmounted by an everted slightly convex rim, not ancient, 14cm high. Provenance: UK private collection. £60-80 130 AN ETRUSCAN BRAZIER Circa 550 B.C. The exterior lip decorated with two prominent patterns, impressed using a cylinder seal on the wet clay before firing, one design shows two winged griffins in procession, the other shows a wild boar followed by a winged god, 53cm diam. Provenance: From a private collection in Surrey, England and originally acquired in the 1960s-1980s. £1,000-2,000

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131 AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE COOKING UTENSIL Circa 4th - 1st Century B.C. With a long handle, terminating in a hollow section for attachment, the solid part of the handle decorated with an incised spiral, with two long prongs at the end of the implement, 33.7cm long. Provenance: Property from a private collection, U.S.A. £400-600 132 MINERVA MAGAZINES Including Minerva bound volumes 2 - 22, 1991 - 2011; selected Minverva magazines dating from 2011 - 2017; British Museum magazines from 2012 - 2016; and two Christie’s South Kensington catalogues; And 5 volumes of Bonham’s catalogues from May 1996, (Qty) £80-120 133 A GROUP OF CATALOGUES Including catalogues from Tajan, Paris, 26 March 2004, 22 October 2004, 30 June 2003, 28 March 2003, 29 October 2008, 27 June 2006, 15 December 2005, 8 February 2008, 8 April 2017, 26 April 2017, 17 June 2015, 14 November 2003; Catalogues from Art Primitivo, New York, 30 March 2009, 24 January 2006, 27 October 2008, 1 June 2010, 3 October 2006, 23 May 2011, 24 October 2012, 12 March 2012, 28 January 2008; Catalogues from Pandolfini Casa d’Aste, Florence, 14 November 2005, 27 October 2009, 8 April 2009, 22 November 2011, 14 December 2010, 1 October 2015, 21 November 2012, 9 Mat 2008, 11 December 2005, 27 June 2016; and assorted other catalogues, (Qty) £100-150

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134 A GROUP OF CATALOGUES Including catalogues from Piasa, Paris, 26 April 2004, 7 June 2004, 13 June 2003, 2 June 2006, 10 December 2008, 13 June 2007, 14 April 2008; Catalogues from Nagel Auktionen, Stuttgart, 18 March 2004, 9 & 10 October 2013, 10 & 11 October 2012, 11 September 2012, 9 September 2011; Catalogues from Hermann Historica, 22 April 2009, 7 October 2009, 13 October 2010, 12 April 2010, 8 October 2008, 2 May 2011, 15 & 16 October 2012, 21 & 22 April 2016, 27 & 28 April 2017, 2 & 3 May 2015, 26 October 2011, 11 April 2008; and assorted other catalogues, (Qty) £100-150

135 135 THREE GOLD SHEET ELEMENTS Hellenistic Period, Circa 4th - 1st Century B.C. Including an elliptical plaque, 9cm long; a rectangular element with a repoussé depiction of an urn, 4.7cm high; and a small square element with an image of a face with wavy hair also in repoussé 1.9cm high. Provenance: Ex private collection, London, acquired prior to 1990. £400-600

136 136 THREE GOLD SHEET VINE LEAVES Hellenistic Period, Circa 4th - 1st Century B.C. All with three lobes, the veins are defined in repoussé, possibly elements that formed part of a wreath, 2.5cm - 2.8cm long. Provenance: Ex private collection, London, acquired prior to 1990. £200-300

137 137 A PHOENICIAN GLASS BEAD WITH A FACE Circa 3rd - 1st Century B.C. The face with a jutting chin is of opaque yellow glass with eyes shown as small rings of blue glass, the piled up hair in blue glass, 1.9cm high. Provenance: Ex Collection of Henry Wallis (RWS), UK. £100 – £150

138 138 A HELLENISTIC AGATE BOWL Circa 1st Century B.C. Of fine crystalline stone, the thin variegated patterned walls are translucent highlighting the natural hues of blue-grey, white and tan, 2.5cm high, 6cm diam. Provenance: Private collection, Germany, acquired circa 1980. £300-500

139 A SQUARE RELIEF WITH INSCRIPTION With a crude schematic figure holding a curved implement, possibly a bow, a Greek inscription reads across the top of the fragment, 14.6cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Mr and Mrs P. Mavroudis, acquired in the early 20th century, Aden. £200-300

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140 A SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER HEAD Circa 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D. With an elongated neck and an oval face, with highly stylised facial features, with almond shaped eyes and recessed pupils originally filled with inlay, incised eyebrows, a long nose and a small straight mouth, the top of the head is flattened, probably for a stucco hair piece, 22cm high. Provenance: Private collection, France, acquired from Alain Bovis gallery in the 1990s. ÂŁ800-1,200

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144 144 SEVEN POTTERY OIL LAMPS Circa 2nd - 5th Century A.D. Including two Roman examples both with a decorated discus, one with an altar; a Syro-Palestinian moulded example; and three others, 7 – 9.4cm long, (7) Provenance: Property from a UK private collection. £100 – £200

146 146 TWO SYRO-PALESTINIAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS Circa 5th - 7th Century A.D. Each with moulded decoration on the spout and body, and small handles, 10 - 11cm long, (2) Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000. £80-120

145 145 A GROUP OF MINIATURE TERRACOTTA VESSELS Including a Yortan culture black ware jug with a cut-away spout, circa 3rd Millennium B.C.; two St Menas pilgrim flasks, circa 6th 7th Century A.D.; and seven other vessels, 4.1 – 9.9cm high, (Qty) Provenance: Property from a UK private collection. £200-300

147 147 TWO ROMAN RED WARE OIL LAMPS Circa 2nd - 5th Century Including a simple example with a short spout with a pierced nozzle and a small loop handle 11.5cm long; and another lamp with moulded decoration depicting a lion rearing on its hind legs, surrounded by a wreath border, 13cm long, (2) Provenance: The first example is Ex. Hoherzollern royal collection, bought Naples 1780s by Fredrick William II, with a label in tipex and black ink with wording to that effect on the underside; the second is from a private UK collection acquires in the mid-20th Century. £100-200

148 148 TWO ROMAN TERRACOTTA BARBOTINE WARE SKYPHOI Circa 1st - 2nd Century A.D. Both of typical form, with two small handles on opposing sides, both with foliate decoration, one with areas highlighted in white slip, 13 & 15.5cm long, (2) Provenance: UK private collection. £200-300

150 150 TWO ROMAN TERRACOTTA VESSELS Circa 2nd Century A.D. Including a drinking vessel damaged in the kiln during manufacture 13.5cm high; and a single handled drinking vessel of grey pottery, with a small everted lip, 10cm high, (2) Provenance: UK private collection; the drinking vessel with an old collection label on the underside of the base reading, “Roman vessel from Andernach on the Rhine. Bt. Lawrence. Apr. 1897. P. 1483.” £100-200

149 149 THREE TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS Late Bronze Age to 7th Century A.D. Including a late late Bronze Age cocked hat lamp and two SyroPalestinian lamps with moulded decoration, 9 - 13cm long, (3) Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000. £150-250 151 A TWIN HANDLED POTTERY VESSEL Of slightly carinated form, with simple incised design consisting of a wavy central band within linear bands above and below, with two loop handles, 8.7cm high. Provenance: UK private collection. £100-200

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152 A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA BUST Circa 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D. Depicting a follower of Bacchus holding the wreath of vine leaves over his head, 14cm long. Provenance: J. A. Perichon-Bey Collection (1860-1929), France, acquired while working in Egypt directing the Khedive sugar factory. The majority of the collection was bequeathed to the Museum of Limoges. £150-250

153 A MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUNG GIRL Of pale white marble depicting a young girl with her wavy hair pulled back and tied by a slim fillet and set in a chignon at the back of her head, with a long narrow nose and small mouth, her delicate facial features are worn, after the antique, 20cm wide. £200-300

154 A GROUP OF MISCELLANEOUS ARTEFACTS Including three domed seals; a bronze arrow head; a Byzantine cross; an Islamic bronze hexagonal vessel; a grey stone animal, probably Islamic; and assorted other pieces, some not ancient, 1 10.3cm long, (Qty) Provenance: From the collection of Chris Shepherd. £60-80

156 A BICHROME TERRACOTTA VESSEL Meroitic Period, Circa 2nd - 3rd Century A.D. With a bulbous, almost spherical body and a ring foot the vessel has a long cylindrical neck with a slightly flared mouth, with red slip decoration with stylised birds framed in tendrils and dashes, the shoulder of the vessel with a wave pattern surmounted by a pattern of circles and stars, 29cm high. Provenance: UK private collection. £700-1,000 157 A ROMAN FRESCO FRAGMENT Circa 1st Century A.D. With remains of polychrome decoration 11.1cm wide, 7.8cm high; and two marble fragments, not ancient. Provenance: Property from a UK private collection. £100-200

155 A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF ARTEFACTS Including a Cypriot Iron Age juglet 8.6cm high; two small Egyptian bronzes of Isis and Horus, Late Period, circa 664 - 332 B.C.; two Sassanian domed seals; three Iron Age bronze animals 3.2 – 4.2cm long; a terracotta horse; an unusual grey anthropomorphic figure; and other objects, some not ancient, (Qty) Provenance: The two Egyptian bronze figures are property from a French collection acquired prior to 1980; the Sassanian domed seals are property from the collection of K. J. Hewett; the terracotta horse and the grey figure are property from the collection of Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection and thence by descent; the rest from a UK private collection. £80-120

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158 AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE PEDIMENT FRAGMENT Roman Period, Circa 1st - 2nd Century A.D. With the figure of a recumbent lion serving as the akroterion, his head facing forward and gazing down, with the mane surrounding his jowls and incised whiskers above his wide mouth, he sits on a ledge decorated in relief with two foliate scrolls and stylized leaves, with an egg-and-dart design on the diagonal and chevrons below, 42cm wide. Provenance: From a private collection, Belgium, Acquired between 1967 and 1972. £800-1,200 159 A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF SILVANUS Circa 2nd Century A.D. Depicted nude, with the weight on his right leg and his left knee bent, wearing an animal skin over his left shoulder and arm and carrying a variety of fruits and pine cones, unworked at the back, 56cm high. Provenance: Private collection (RE), UK acquired prior to 1970. Footnotes: Silvanus is a woodland deity who protects the forests and countryside; his name deriving from the Latin word silva, meaning ‘wood; forest’. The cult of Silvanus became popular during the reign of Hadrian, as the deity became associated with Hadrian’s favourite, Antinous, especially with his associations with youth and fertility. £8,000-12,000

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160 A ROMAN BRONZE BULL Circa 1st - 2nd Century A.D. Naturalistically modelled, the bull is depicted with a muscular body and heavy flanks, with its head and horns lowered and his foreleg raised as if about to charge, Representations of bulls were numerous in the Roman world and were associated with Jupiter and Bacchus, 5.6cm long. Provenance: Private collection (G.D.), acquired between 1955 and 1959; thence by descent. Literature: For a similar example see the bronze in the Louvre, inventory no. BR4462. £400-600

161 A ROMAN PANTHER BROOCH Circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D. Depicted in the reclining position, with limbs curled under the body and impressed dots on the back, 4cm long. Provenance: UK collection. £100-200

162 162 A ROMAN BRONZE STATUETTE OF JUPITER Circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D. With loose folds draped over his left shoulder and wrapped around his waist exposing his chest with defined musculature, Jupiter stands with his weight on right leg, his left hand on his hip and his right reaching out with palm raised, his facial features simply cast with his beard and large curls both defined in individual tresses, 9.7cm high. Provenance: Reputedly found by Norman Parker at Priest Wood, Cromwell, on Saturday September 17th 1938, during a Sunday school picnic tea, a note accompanies the piece with wording to this effect written at the time of discovery. £600-800

163 163 A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF CUPID Circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D. Finely cast, Cupid stands with his right leg forward as if walking, in his right hand he holds a thyrsus pointing downwards, his left arm raised bent at the elbow, his face surrounded by distinctive thick curls, 9.6cm high. Provenance: German private collection acquired in the 1960 and thence by descent. £800-1,200

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167 167 A ROMAN BRONZE LIDDED OINOCHOE Circa 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D. With a bulbous piriform body, the shoulder decorated with three encircling incised bands, the slim neck terminating in the trefoil lip which is covered by a hinged lid consisting of a sheet of bronze with a small waisted protrusion, the handle separately cast with a decorative tendril design where it joins the lip and terminating in an intricate gorgon head, 31cm high. Provenance: Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 14-15 December 1981, lot 282. Private collection, Australia. £1,000-2,000 168 A BRONZE SCORPION PENDANT The scorpion is simplistically cast with two small pincers, defined legs, and the poisonous tail curved back over its body, 3.2cm long. Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000. £100-200

166 A ROMAN BRONZE HOUND Circa 1st - 3rd Century A.D. Naturalistically cast, the hound lies in a relaxed position with the head resting on its front paws and his hind legs tucked under the body, with a short curling tail, 6.7cm long. Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000. £300-500

169 A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A MAN Circa 2nd Century A.D. Depicted bearded, with curly hair falling across his forehead, his lips parted, the large forehead, strongly furrowed brow, short nose and thick lips all suggest that this figure has achondroplasia, one of the most common forms of dwarfism. This is a particularly fine depiction with a sense of Pathos and is most unusual being in marble rather than the more ubiquitous bronze or terracotta, 35cm high. Provenance: British private collection since the late 1990s, prior to that UK art market, Footnotes: Dwarfs seem to have been a source of curiosity for Greeks and Romans, particularly in Alexandria, where dwarfs are often found depicted in theatrical or comical poses. ÂŁ8,000-12,000

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171 171 A ROMAN MARBLE FUNERARY STELE Circa 1st - early 2nd Century A.D. A Latin inscription flanked by two standing nude Cupids, their heads turned in toward each other, with deeply-drilled curling locks, an upright spear held in one hand, an animal offering in the other, one with a duck, the other with a rabbit, Inscription Translation: “Q[intus] Lollius Lollianus lived 7 years, 5 months, 5 days”, 59 x 42cm. Provenance: Private collection, Illinois, USA. £4,000-6,000 172 A GROUP OF CATALOGUES Including catalogues from Boisgirard- Antonini, Paris, 26 June 2003, 26 February 2003, 28 November 2005, 27 November 2009, 16 & 17 June 2005, 18 June 2009, 5 June 2013, 28 November 2005, 10 October 1990, 7 & 8 June 2006, 19 March 2004, 13 February 1991, 16 December 2006, 22 May 2003, 1 June 2007, 26 March 2004; Catalogues from Millon et Associes, Paris, 16 November 2005, 19 June 2017, 5 July 2010, 26 May 2009, 22 June 2012, 19 April 2010, 20 May 2006, 3rd December 2010, 13 December 2016, 11 December 2011, 8 December 2008, 21 May 2008, 14 November 2007, 15 June 2007, 5 December 2006, 30 May 2006, 7 June 2005, 8 December 2017; Catalogues from Binoche et Giquello, Paris, 17 December 2008, 20 March 2017, 15 December 2011, 17 November 2006; and assorted other catalogues, (Qty) £100-150 173 A GROUP OF CATALOGUES Including catalogues from Brunk Autions, 15 & 16 September 2017, 10 & 11 March 2012; Catalogues from Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, 20 September 2016, 24 February - 5 March 2015, 2 - 16 December 2003; Catalogues from Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Fine Jewellery 27 April 2017, Fine Jewellery 27 October 2016, Furniture and Works of Art 11 January 2011, English and European Ceramics and Glass 13 September 2011, Asian Art 20 May 2019, Asian Art 15 November 2016, Tribal Art and Antiquities 20 September 2016, Tribal Art and Antiquities 9 February 2016; and assorted other catalogues, (Qty) £100-150

174 A GROUP OF CATALOGUES Including Christie’s Paris Decorative Arts 13 April 2010, Christie’s Paris Collection Zeineb et Jean- Pierre Marcie-Riviere 8 & 9 June 2016, Christie’s Paris Art d’Afrique, d’Oceanie et d’Amerique du Nord 23 June 2015; Rosebery’s Islamic and Indian Art 27 October 2017, Rosebery’s Islamic and Indian Art 24 April 2017; Catalogues from Gorny and Mosch, 19 June 2013, 14 December 2011, 26 June 2014, 30 June 2017, 11 July 2006, 12 December 2006; and assorted other catalogues, (Qty) £100-150 175 A GROUP OF CATALOGUES Including catalogues from Sotheby’s Amsterdam: European Collections 16, 17 & 18 December 2003, European Collections 17 & 18 September 2007, European Collections 21 & 22 February, European Collections 16 November 2004, European Collections 28 November 2005; Sotheby’s Monaco Mobilier et Objets d’Art 25 & 26 October 1981; Bonham’s 500 Years of Decorative Arts; Bonham’s New York African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art 6 December 2016; Bonham’s San Francisco African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art 12 February 2006; Sotheby’s Paris Bacri Freres Antiquaires 30 March 2017; Sotheby’s Paris African and Oceanic Art 21 June 1027; Sotheby’s Paris African and Oceanic Art 24 June 2015; Sotheby’s African and Oceanic Art 15 May 2017; and assorted other catalogues, (Qty) £100-150

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177 177 SIX BRONZE IMPLEMENTS Circa 1st Millennium B.C. Including four small-bladed scalpels with different shaped blades, two with raised relief bands at the top of the shaft; a small spoon atop a long shaft; and an unusual implement with an upsilon-shaped terminal, 12.7 – 14.2cm long. Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000. £250-450

176 A ROMAN BRONZE BALSAMARIUM IN THE FORM OF A YOUNG BOY’S HEAD Circa 1st Century A.D. Large eyes with cut-out pupils gaze out looking slightly upwards, with the hair, arranged in flame-like locks covers the head, with two circular attachments either side of the crown, which is hinged to allow access, allow the vessel to be suspended from chains, These were containers for incense, perfume or cosmetics and were often in the form of a grotesque figure, 10.3cm high. Provenance: Collection of Louis de Clercq (1936 - 1901), Oignies, France; Private collection, Switzerland, acquired 1960s; thence by descent. Literature: Vessels in the form of heads had their origins in earlier times, Etruscan examples are illustrated David Gordon Mitten, Suzannah F. Doeringer, ‘Master Bronzes from the Classical World’ (Cambridge, 1967), p.222-3, nos 225 and 226. A Roman example in the form of a bust of Bacchus or Antinoos is in the Dumbarton Oaks collection (see Gudrun Buhl (Ed.), ‘Dumbarton Oaks; The Collections’, Harvard University Press, 2008, p.34-35). £1,000-2,000

178 178 A HEAVILY CORRODED FIGURE OF A HORSE Circa 1st Millennium B.C. With foreshortened legs, an elongated tubular body, a broad neck and a short muzzle, originally with a rider of which only the left leg now remains, covered in much surface encrustation, 115.cm long, 9.3cm high. Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000. £250-450

179 179 A BRONZE PATERA HANDLE Circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D. With raised relief decoration of a winged figure and a hound attacking its prey below, just visible, the handle terminates in a hollow hemisphere, 13.3cm long. Provenance: UK private collection. £200-300

180 TWO BRONZE CICADA BROOCHES Circa 3rd - 5th Century A.D. Both of deltoid form with diagonal incisions on the bodies to indicate the wings, the impression of insect eyes also indicated by incised triangles, both 7.5cm long, (2) Provenance: From an important London collection, acquired in the 1970s. £200-300 181 A ROMAN BRONZE HEAD OF A MAN Circa 2nd Century A.D. With the hair arranged in snail curls across the forehead, 4.5cm high. Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000. £200-300

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183 A ROMAN MARBLE FIGURE OF AN EAGLE Circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D. From the eastern part of the empire, the eagle is depicted standing, with large claws and heavy plumage, the head now missing, 41.5cm high. Provenance: European private collection, acquired before 2001, subsequently in the private collection of a British dealer. £1,500-2,500

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187 187 AN ROMAN BRONZE CRUCIFORM FIBULA Circa 2nd - 3rd Century A.D. The top knob surmounts the arched vertical, the cross bar also terminating in two polygonal finials, the end plate decorated with incised linear and circle and dot designs, traces of gilding survives, 8.5cm long. Provenance: Property from a private collection, U.S.A. £100-200

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189 A THRACIAN SILVER GILT MOUNT OF TWO CONFRONTING EAGLES Circa 4th Century B.C. A silver gilt mount of two confronting eagles with hooked beaks, with the gilt providing accents and details to the two birds, the bodies and wings represented in a stylised manner with incised loop shapes, the gilt on silver decoration is very much typical of Thracian pieces, with three small functional holes sit around the edges of the eagles, 4.6cm high. Provenance: Collection of James Bishop, acquired prior to 1970. Literature: For examples of the Thracian practice of gilt silver accoutrements, see I. Marazov (ed.), ‘Ancient Gold: The Wealth of the Thracians’ (New York, 1998), particularly the phalera now in the Museum of History, Lovech (inv. no. 591), p. 137, no. 62. £400-600

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191 A VIKING BOUND RAVEN PENDANT Circa 9th - 11th Century A.D. A Scandinavian type pendant with a raised border, an image of a bird with spread wings and pellets to the border, 3.8cm diam. Provenance: From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. £80-120

192 A ROMANO-BRITISH CRUCIFORM FIBULA Circa 2nd - 5th Century A.D. With a central incised design of concentric circles, each point of the fibula terminates in a zoomorphic head with open mouth and circle and dot eyes, 7.4cm wide. Provenance: UK collection. £80-120

193 A ROMAN BRONZE BUCKET HANDLE Circa 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D. Composed of a rectangular sectioned shaft with square section terminals, with incised geometric design, and integral suspension loops, one decorative terminal in the form of a head of a horned animal survives, with defined features, with a loop interlocked with that of the shaft, 19cm wide. Provenance: Found by metal detector in 2016, PAS ID DUR-A0411F. £300-500

194 A LARGE GROUP OF ANCIENT BRONZE PIECES Including a bronze ring; a bronze ladle and two small Egyptian bronze figures of Osiris, possibly Late Period, Provenance: Property from a UK private collection. £80-120

194A FOUR BRONZE BLADES AND A BRONZE KEY Iron Age - Modern period 8.1 – 10.3cm long. Provenance: Property from a UK private collection. £200-300

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201 A GROUP OF GLASS VESSELS Roman Period - Islamic Period Including a pale turquoise candlestick unguentarium, with a tall slender cylindrical neck, an everted rim and small globular body, circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D.; three piriform cobalt blue unguentaria with everted rims, circa 1st - 3rd Century A.D.; a green glass vessel with a piriform body and long neck, circa 1st - 2nd Century A.D.; an Islamic green glass squat vessel with circular glass appliques, standing on three glass feet; and an Islamic blue and white glass vessel with a hexagonal cross-section, 4.1 - 17cm high, (7) Provenance: English private collection of Mr J.C., Yorkshire, purchased from Robert Deutsch, Archaeological Centre, Israel, in the late 1980s - early 1990s, thence by descent. £300-500

202 A GROUP OF ROMAN GLASS VESSELS Circa 4th Century A.D. and later Including a sprinkler flask; two storage flasks, one with trailed decoration, the other with dimpled body; a vessel with a slender neck with trailed decoration wound below the rim; and another clear vessel with elegant body, 8.9 – 14.1cm high, (5) Provenance: Property from a UK private collection, acquired in the mid-20th century. £200-300

203 A GROUP OF SMALL GLASS VESSELS Islamic Period and later, 3 – 13.2cm high, (8) Provenance: Property from a UK private collection, acquired in the mid-20th century. £100-200

204 A GROUP OF ANCIENT GLASS VESSELS Including three flagon shaped vessels an aubergine coloured vase and a black vessel with protrusions, 9 -11cm high, (5) £200-300

205 A BYZANTINE HEXAGONAL AMBER GLASS JUG Eastern Mediterranean, circa 6th-7th Century A.D. The body moulded with six panels with geometric deign, the base with a six-rayed star, with a cylindrical neck, trefoil mouth, and rim folded in, the handle pulled up from the shoulder and joined at the edge of the rim, 13.5cm high. Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000. £500-700

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206 A ROMAN MARBLED AMBER GLASS UNGUENTARIUM Circa 1st Century A.D. From the eastern Mediterranean, a tall elegant vessel of opaque amber and white marbled glass, with a long cylindrical neck tapering to an everted rim the slender globular body drawn out to rounded pointed base, 21cm high. Provenance: Collection of Professeur and Madame Claude Dufourmentel, France, Literature: Published in A.M. Kevorkian, Verres Antiques et de l’Islam, Hotel Drouot Paris, 3 - 4 juin, 1985, lot 107. £1,2000-1,500

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209 208 A ROMAN PALE GREEN GLASS DOUBLE BALSAMARIUM Circa 4th Century A.D. With applied spiral decoration, and small twin handles, 11cm high. Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000. £200-300 209 A ROMAN PALE TURQUOISE GLASS BOWL Circa 2nd - 4th century A.D. Free-blown in pale turquoise glass, the shallow bowl with rolled rim, tubular ring base and distinctive pontil mark, is decorated with applied rigaree handles, 16.7 cm diameter, 6.6 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, New York, acquired 1960s. £400-600 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees

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215 210 TWO ROMAN GLASS VESSELS Circa 2nd Century A.D. Including a piriform candlestick unguentarium of thick blue glass with an uneven everted disc rim and surviving iridescence 8.5cm high; and a squat jar of pale blue glass with six dimples on the body and a slightly concave base, with an everted mouth an applied rounded rim, 7.5cm high, (2) Provenance: Property from a private collection, U.S.A. £150-250

211 FOUR ROMAN GLASS VESSELS Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. Including an unguentarium of piriform shape with a long cylindrical neck and everted rim; a pale amber glass bottle with bulbous body tapering to the thin neck and a flaring out at the rim; and a small white bottle with a conical body and a wide everted rim; and a Roman glass unguentarium, of piriform shape, with long, narrow neck and everted rim, 6.5cm - 13cm high, (4) Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000. £300-500 212 THREE ISLAMIC GLASS JARS Circa 8th - 11th Century A.D. Each of globular form with cylindrical neck and everted rim, and each with pinched decoration, 7 - 8.5cm high, (3) Provenance: The property of the UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000. £300-500 213 FOUR GLASS VESSELS Including a Roman sprinkler flask, circa 3rd Century A.D.; and three Islamic vessels, 4.3 - 8.2cm. Provenance: Ex private collection, London, acquired prior to 1990. £80-120 214 FOUR ROMAN GLASS INTAGLIOS AND A ROMAN GLASS PENDANT IN THE FORM OF A HEAD Circa 1st - 3rd Century A.D. Including a glass intaglio with a male portrait, 1.5cm high; a glass intaglio with a portrait of a man wearing a wreath, 1.5cm high; a glass intaglio with a man on horseback, in a modern mount, 2.5cm long; a green glass cameo with a couchant dog, in a modern mount, 2.5cm long; a glass pendant in the form of a head of a Nubian, 1.7cm high, (5) Provenance: Ex Collection of Henry Wallis RWS (1830 - 1916), UK. £300-500 215 A LARGE GROUP OF GLASS VESSELS Including a Roman candlestick unguentarium, circa 2nd - 3rd century A.D. 13.5cm high; various coloured glass miniature vessels; three amber glass stirring rods; multiple Southeast Asian glass rings; a red inlay of the head of an Egyptian pharaoh; and other assorted glass fragments, (Qty) Provenance: Property from the collection of Chris Shepherd. £80-120

216 216 A ROMAN AMBER GLASS DATE FLASK Circa 1st - 2nd Century A.D. In the form of the fruit with a narrow flared neck and extensive iridescence, 6.4cm long. Provenance: English private collection of Mr J.C., Yorkshire, purchased from Robert Deutsch, Archaeological Centre, Israel, in the late 1980s - early 1990s, thence by descent. £100-200

217 217 A LATE BYZANTINE OR EARLY ISLAMIC BLUE GLASS BOTTLE Of a dark blue colour, with a vertically ribbed body which tapers into a neck and then flares out again at the rim, 7.7cm high. Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired from 1948-2000. £300-400

219 219 A HELLENISTIC PALE AMBER GLASS BOWL Circa 2nd-1st Century B.C. With wheel-cut bands on the interiors and underside of the base, 16cm diam. Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000. £200-300

218 218 A ROMAN GLASS PHIAL Circa 3rd - 4th Century A.D. Of pale blue glass, with a slender piriform body that tapers to a wide flaring mouth, 11.1cm high. Provenance: Private German collection, acquired in the 1970s. £80-120

220 220 A LATE ROMAN DEEP HEMISPHERICAL BOWL Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D. Of clear glass, with a flaring rim and rounded base, 8.5cm diam. Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000. £100-200

221 221 AN ISLAMIC GLASS STOPPER AND TWO BYZANTINE GLASS WEIGHTS Byzantine to Islamic Period The glass stopper of turquoise colour, in conical shape, 7cm high, and the two weights circular in shape and light and dark blue in colour, 5.3 - 8cm diam, (3) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000. £200-300 46

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225 223 CENTRAL EUROPEAN BRONZE SPIRAL HAIR RINGS Middle to Late Bronze Age, circa 800 B.C. Formed from thick bands of bronze coiled into cylindrical ring, decorated with a closely spaced parallel notches, 3cm high, (2) Provenance: Private collection, Germany. £200-300

224 226 225 A GROUP OF MEDIEVAL BRONZE ARTEFACTS Including two shield shaped fittings with attachment loops, one divided by a triple diagonal line from left to right, with worn figural forms on each side; a diamond shaped fitting divided into four sections by a diagonal cross with worn fleurs-de-lys in each quarter; a floral shaped fitting with traces of gilding; a circular applique with floral design in raised relief; three fittings with extensive surviving gold decoration in various foliate and geometric designs; and four further appliques with worn decoration, 2.9 – 6cm long, (12) Provenance: UK private collection, acquired prior to 2000. £200-300 226 A NORMAN ATTACHMENT Circa 11th - 12th Century A.D. The ‘upsilon’ form fitting is formed of a cylindrical shaft terminating in two raised relief rings, below which are the two curved hook elements, decorated with dash incisions and terminating in two Romanesque zoomorphic heads, with pointed beaks, 11.5cm long. Provenance: UK private collection, acquired prior to 2000. £250-350

224 A KIEV CULTURE BRONZE BROOCH Circa 200 - 500 A.D. A large, well preserved bronze brooch from the Kiev culture of Eastern Europe, a prominent central bow, decorated with horizontal, angular projections, the top and bottom filled with triangles of vibrant red enamel, 10.4cm high. Provenance: British private collection, acquired 1980s. £600-800

227 A SUBSTANTIAL CELTIC TWISTED BRONZE TORC Late Bronze Age - Early Iron Age, Circa 800 - 600 B.C. The large circular ring with a fine green patina is decorated with tightly spiralled raised ribs with square terminals are finished with raised mushroom headed knobs bent to interlock, 20 cm diam. Provenance: Private collection, Germany, acquired 1980s - 1990s; Ex Hermann Historica 14th April 2008, lot 227. Literature: For a similar type, though with different shaped terminals, see Richard Hattatt, ‘Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts’ (Oxford, 1989) pp. 408-409, fig. 3 no. 9. £400-600

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228 A EUROPEAN BRONZE PENDANT FITTING 7th - 6th Century B.C. With a conical boss on each arm, the edges incised with linear details, rivet holes along the edge, 7.1cm high. Provenance: Ex Lord McAlpine of West Green; UK private collection acquired Bonham’s 23 May 2012. Published: A. MacGregor, Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, fig. 16.31, p.123. £150-250 229 A BRONZE TABLE LEG FOOT Of hollow form, with a smooth rounded surface, the foot stands on a flat rim that surrounds the base, with a protruding rod extending from the back, probably for attachment, 18cm high. Provenance: UK private collection. £300-500 47

230 A BYZANTINE SILVER SPATULA Circa 5th - 8th Century A.D. Terminating in a shovel-shaped blade, the slender stem with incised decoration surmounted by a terminal in the form of a dove with a suspension loop above, 18.1cm long. Provenance: Brockway Collection, Florida, collected in the 1980s; UK private collection acquired Bonham’s 23 October 2012, lot 223 (part). £300-500 231 A BYZANTINE BRONZE CENSER Circa 6th - 7th Century A.D. Hexagonal in shape, with three chains joined together with a cross and a hook for suspension, 35cm high inc. the chain, 10cm diam. Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000. £600-800

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236 A BYZANTINE BRONZE POLYKANDILON Circa 5th - 7th century A.D. With intricate openwork design on the wide rim with two bands of circular holes, possibly for holding glass lamps, a hemispherical bowl sits in the centre with cut out teardrop and diamond motifs also designed to hold a glass vessel, it stands on a hollow flared base, three suspension loops on the rim for attachment of chains for hanging, 8cm high, 39cm diam. Provenance: Ex UK private collection. £800-1,200 236 48

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237 A WESTERN ASIATIC CARNELIAN BEAD NECKLACE Restrung with a modern clasp, composed of forty-six faceted and polished spherical beads, the central bead larger than the others, 71.5cm long. Provenance: Private collection, Germany, acquired 1960s - 1980s. £300-500 238 A ROMAN GOLD AND JASPER RING Circa 3rd Century A.D. The solid gold hoop with sharply keeled shoulders broadening towards the bezel, cast with deep grooves terminating at the flat bezel with incised volutes. The raised oval stone engraved with a monogram, Ring size: I ½. Provenance: Ex Brian Northlee collection, acquired 1970s. Literature: For the ring shape, compare a silver and carnelian ring sold at Christie’s, New York, 6 December 2007, lot 477. See also C. Jones, The Jewellery of Roman Britain. Celtic and Classical Traditions, London, 1996, p. 48-49. £600-800 239 A CARNELIAN AND GOLD NECKLACE Restrung, composed of spherical and bi-conical carnelian beads, with a central section of cylindrical gold sheet beads interspersed with spherical beads and leaf shaped gold pendants, 40cm long. Provenance: Property from a private collection, Suffolk, acquired in the 1970s. £300-500 240 A PAIR OF BLACK SEA GOLD AND GARNET EARRINGS Gothic period, Late 5th - 6th Century A.D. The earrings with rectangular polyhedral beads set with eight triangular flat garnets alternating with gold set on solid cylindrical hoops open to allow the ring to be put through a pierced ear, with beaded wire outlines the entrance and exit points on the beads, 3cm diam, (2) Provenance: Peter Petrov collection, acquired 1975, Bavaria, Germany. Literature: Comparable examples but with a green stone inlay as well as garnet are on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession number 17.191.86). £400-600

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241 A HEBREW INTAGLIO An unusual octagonal stone inscribed with Hebrew text surrounded by an incised border; translation: “The Scribe Solomon Son of Rahamim”, 0.9cm long. Provenance: Property from a private UK collection, acquired prior to 2000 at Bonham’s New Bond Street. £80-120

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242 242 A MOSAIC BEAD NECKLACE Islamic Period or later, 64cm long; and a necklace formed of pale blue beads, not ancient, (2) Provenance: Property from a UK private collection, acquired in the mid-20th century. £100-200

244 244 A BYZANTINE GLASS BRACELET Probably made for a child, this small bracelet is formed of dark glass with pale yellow green mottling, 6cm diam. Provenance: Mr and Mrs S. Broukal Collection, formed in the 1950s, in the UK since 1956, and thence by descent. £100-200

246 246 FIVE ROMANO-EGYPTIAN OR COPTIC IRON BRACELETS Circa 3rd - 6th Century A.D. All decorated with notches, 4.3-4.8cm diam, (5) Provenance: purchased from Phillips, London, in the 1980s. £50-80 50

243 243 AN EGYPTIAN NECKLACE OF FAIENCE DISC BEADS Meroitic Nubia, Circa 2nd Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D. Restrung, centrally pierced disc beads of light and dark blue-green faience beads are interspersed with small red, yellow, green and blue faience beads, terminating in two carnelian beads, 43cm long. Provenance: Private UK collection. £200-300

245 245 A LATE ROMAN SILVER RING WITH RAISED BEZEL Circa 4th Century A.D. The compressed oval shank of square cross section broadens at the hunched shoulders, the dramatically protruding rectangular bezel is set with a large bevelled rock crystal stone over degraded foil or coloured paste, Ring size: K, 2.6cm diameter. Provenance: UK collection, Literature: A late Roman ring with similarly protruding bezel is illustrated in F. H. Marshall, M.A., ‘Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum’ (London, 1907) p. no. 846, plate XXI. £200-300

247 247 AN EGYPTIAN SCARAB BRACELET Composed of five blue glazed composition scarabs mounted on modern gold settings, with a spare link including a sixth scarab, 19.1cm long. £500-700 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees

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248 248 THREE PRE-COLUMBIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURES Including two squat rounded figures with polychrome decoration; and a small squat terracotta figure wearing a headdress, 8 – 15cm high, (3) £300-500

249 249 A GROUP OF PRE-COLUMBIAN TERRACOTTA PIECES Including three vessels painted with polychrome foliate and geometric design, and an unusual anthropomorphic figure, 9.5 – 20cm high, (4) £300-500

250 250 A PRE-COLUMBIAN POTTERY DRINKING VESSEL With a bulbous body tapering to the flaring neck, the body covered in umber decoration, including a central zoomorphic figure, with a small loop handle on the shoulder, 10.5cm high. Provenance: Property from a private collection, U.S.A. £200-300

251 251 TWO PRE-COLUMBIAN SPOONS One un-glazed with a small circular bowl and a narrow cylindrical stem; another of teardrop form with painted dash and circle decoration, 7.7 & 10.5cm long, (2) £100-200

252 252 A PRE-COLUMBIAN MAYA POLYCHROME WOOD VESSEL With a wide flaring mouth that tapers to a flat base, the vessel is covered in polychrome foliate and zoomorphic designs, 19.5cm high. £80-120

253 253 A PRE-COLUMBIAN MAYA INCISED VESSEL A black ware vessel with finely incised decoration, with straight sides and an everted lip, 6.6cm high. £100-200

254 254 TWO PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE VESSELS Including a stirrup vessel in the form of a kneeling male figure holding a staff 27.8cm high; a vessel with a squat bulbous body surmounted by an unusual zoomorphic creature with spots and bared teeth with a tall cylindrical spout 29cm high; and a terracotta head, 5cm high, (3) £150-250

255 255 A PRE-COLUMBIAN CHANCAY FIGURE Of diminutive proportions with short arms and legs, the figure has a small face surmounted by a large rectangular flattened headdress, the facial features and decorative details highlighted in black slip, 13cm high. £80-120 51

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256 A GROUP OF JADE PENDANTS, COSTA RICA Circa 500 B.C. - 500 A.D. Including a double headed alligator, an armadillo, a bird, large reptile, an unusual animal with a long tail, all in pale blue jade, and a modern head of corn, 3.1 – 7cm high, (6) Footnotes: Such objects were considered symbols of power as jade was revered as an extremely precious resource, it is likely that the jade used came from Mesoamerica. £300-500

257 A GROUP OF ANTHROPOMORPHIC JADE PENDANTS, COSTA RICA Circa 500 B.C. - 500 A.D. Including four stylised heads and one stylised anthropomorphic figure in dark green jade, 1.5 – 3.1cm high, (5) £200-300

258 258 A PRE-COLUMBIAN JADE PENDANT, COSTA RICA Circa 500 B.C. - 500 A.D. Of dark mottled jade, in the form of a highly stylised bird with a long cylindrical horizontally ribbed body, a long beak and pierces eyes, 6.7cm long. Footnotes: Such objects were considered symbols of power as jade was revered as an extremely precious resource, it is likely that the jade used came from Mesoamerica. £200-300

259 259 A GROUP OF PENDANTS, COSTA RICA Circa 500 B.C. - 500 A.D. Including a shark and alligator in pale green jade, a frog in white stone, a beetle and an unusual quadruped both in black stone, 3 – 7.3cm long, (5) £300-500

260 260 TWO PRE-COLUMBIAN CELT AXE GOD PENDANTS, COSTA RICA Circa 500 B.C. - 500 A.D. One of pale turquoise jade, the other of mottled green jade, 3.4 – 5cm long, (2) £100-200

261 261 THREE ANTHROPOMORPHIC PENDANTS Circa 500 B.C. - 500 A.D. Including a white stone face with small horns, a mottled jade anthropomorphic form with a disproportionate head and a dark stone amulet with a human-like head, 3.9 – 5.1cm long, (3) £200-300

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262 A PAIR OF WAYANG GOLEK PUPPETS, INDONESIA With articulated head and arms connected to rods, the dresses made with batik fabric, Puppets such as these are used in shadow theatre to tell dramatic stories, 42cm and 54cm high, (2) Provenance: English private collection, Mr B.M. (1939-2014), acquired whilst travelling on his sailboat between Indonesia and Australia in the 1960s-1970s. £80-120

263 TWO DAYAK GUARDIAN FIGURES, BORNEO Possibly two ancestral guardian figures, both stylised figures sit with their knees bent in front of their elongated bodies, they surmount an oblong platform with two cylindrical tangs below, 63.4 & 65.1cm high, (2) £200-300

264 A CARVED WOOD FIGURE Possibly from Nepal, the highly stylised figure has a broad chest with a defined linea alba and thick legs, the arms rest on the hips, with a simplistically carved face the figure wears a hemispherical cap on its head, 33cm high. £80-120

265 A MIDDLE SEPIK DOUBLE HOOK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA With a large oval shaped face, with a heavy brow, inset shell eyes, a large nose with flared nostrils, the mouth in a grimace with the pointed tongue sticking out, incised designs on the hook, 83cm high. £200-300

266 266 TWO BAMBOO AND RAFFIA LOBSTER BASKETS Probably from Indonesia, with a flat base the body of the baskets curve round in the form of a clam with a narrow opening at the top, 46cm and 48cm high, (2) Provenance: English private collection, Mr B.M. (1939-2014), acquired whilst travelling on his sailboat between Indonesia and Australia in the 1960s-1970s. £80-120

267 267 A GROUP OF FIVE WOOD PIECES FROM SURINAM Including a rectangular tray, an openwork rectangular panel, a leafshaped tray or vessel, a boat and a comb, all covered in incised geometric designs, 31.5 – 38.5cm long, (5) £80-120

268 A BLOWPIPE QUIVER OF DARTS, MALAYA A hollow cylinder of bamboo forms the main part of the quiver with detailed incised decoration in geometric designs, the quiver is topped with a tightly woven lid, several strings for attachment to a garment and filled with several darts, 33.5cm long. £80-120

269 A SOLOMON ISLANDS GIANT CLAM SHELL ADZE 19cm long. £200-300

270 A MEXICAN WOOD MASK A male caricature with a comically enlarged pointed nose that protrudes from the mask, with large eyes surrounded by individually depicted lashes, with black painted moustache and eyebrows, 18.6cm high. £80-120 53

271 A WALRUS IVORY SCRIMSHAW CRIBBAGE BOARD In the form of a fish, with finely depicted animal decoration including seals and fish amongst ice flows, 35.2cm long. £300-500

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272 AN INUIT SCULPTURAL GROUP Carved in dark stone, the scene depicts two heavily wrapped figures sitting on a sled with five huskies variously seated and reclining in front, two of the dogs have been signed, “WE © 258” the scene sits on a slate base, 33cm long. £80-120 273 A INUIT SEAL SKIN KAYAK The long kayak with upturned ends terminating in ovoid knobs, the separately made figure sits inside the vessel carrying a horizontal paddle, 53cm long. £500-700

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279 A PAIR OF MANILLA CURRENCY PIECES Of thick cuff-like form with incised geometric and circle and dot pattern, 10.3cm diam, (2) £100-200 280 A PAIR OF MANILLA CURRENCY PIECES Curved tubular form with applied banded and granular decoration, 8.5cm diam, (2) £100-200 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees

281 281 A GROUP OF FRAMED KUBA TEXTILES Three square textiles with the typical diamond-shape patterns, framed in large black wood frames, 66 x 67.5cm, 69.5 x 67cm, 69 x 77.5cm, (3) £200-300

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284 LARGE YAKA PIPE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO An unusually large pipe, the long stem with a band of white metal and the rim of the bowl also surrounded in white metal, the bowl decorated with a stylised face, the eyes inlaid in red and the mouth indicated by an incised inverted triangle, 33cm long. £200-300

285 A WOOD YAKA FIGURE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO The highly stylised figure is wrapped in bands of cloth, with an elongated domed head and simplistically carved facial features, with almond-shaped eyes, large nose and prominent ears, 28cm high. £150-250

287 288 286 A ZANDE WOOD FIGURE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO With a wide heart shaped face, hollow ringed eyes and a small linear mouth, with highly stylised limbs and a circular stomach inlaid with cowrie shells, 39.3cm high. £200-300

287 A DOUBLE HEADED KUBA CUP, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Finely carved, the two janiform heads with delicately depicted naturalistic facial features, scarification marks on the cheeks, each head surmounted by a thick cylindrical rim, a small loop handle joins at the top on the short stem, 13cm high. £200-300

288 A FON FETISH FIGURE Of stylised form, the top of the head flattened and the hair highlighted in black, the rest of the figure is covered in white pigment, the lower half of the body is wrapped in bands of ribbon which hold an upright pole in front of the figure with a bell and padlock suspended, 19cm high. £200-300

289 A TUAREG WEDDING PLATTER A terracotta vessel with a cylindrical ridged stem standing on a circular foot, the bowl is decorated with bands of geometric design, compacted Saharan sand survives inside the stem, 40.8cm high. £100-200

290 AN AFRICAN CARVED WOOD STOOL An African hardwood stool from the Tutsi peoples, with intricately carved geometric designs on the wood and a pale hide cover, 23.1cm high. £100-200 55

292 A LARGE BAMILEKE MALE FERTILITY FIGURE, GRASSLANDS REGION, CAMEROON This impressive life size figure is covered in brightly coloured glass beads around a burlap core, save the cowrie shell headdress, the majority of the body in cobalt blue beads, the face in red with the features defined in black, white, green and blue beads, the fingers, navel, toes and pelvis highlighted in green, the glans of the phallus in red, the figure holds a horn in the right hand and raises the left hand to his face, 162cm high. £200-300

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291 291 A DOGON LADDER, MALI Of typical form with evidence of significant use, the ladder is of large proportions in a Yshape with steps carved into the cylindrical wood at regular increments, 257cm high. Footnotes: Such ladders are used for climbing to the flat roofs of Dogon houses where grain was often dried in the heat of the sun. £200-300

293 A ZOOMORPHIC MASK, BURKINA FASO In the form of a four-eyed horse, the wood mask has large forwardfacing hollow ears, a long muzzle with teeth indicated by a hollow zig-zig and covered in white pigment, and two three-lobed white coloured protrusions emerging from each side of the muzzle, a chameleon is depicted on the brow, the surface of the mask is covered in patterns of white, red and black pigment, a long raffia collar is attached to the bottom of the mask, 133cm high including raffia collar, 46.5cm high without collar. £200-300

294 294 A LARGE KENTE CLOTH, GHANA Of woven silk and cotton, in bright red, blue, orange, green and black with alternating squares of detailed geometric pattern, 185 x 349cm. Footnotes: Originally Kente cloths were very prestigious and only worn by chiefs at highly importance or sacred times. £300-500

295 295 A LARGE KENTE CLOTH, GHANA Of woven silk and cotton, in bright blue, orange, green and black with alternating squares of geometric pattern, 200 x 310cm. Footnotes: Originally Kente cloths were very prestigious and only worn by chiefs at highly importance or sacred times. £300-500

297 296 296 A KOTA RELIQUARY FIGURE, GABON With typical oval face, crescent-shaped eyes, round mouth, curved coiffure and lateral flanges, covered in metal sheets fixed with dowels, mounted on plinth, 56cm tall, 31.5cm wide. Provenance: Acquired on the German art market. £600-800

298 299 297 A COWRIE SHELL HEADDRESS Possibly a Mwami headdress of the Lega tribe from the Democratic Republic of Congo, of unusual form with a face in the centre with cowrie shell eyes and red painted nose and mouth, the main part of the headdress is domed with a wide rim surrounding the base and a curved cylindrical protrusion emerging from the crest which terminates in a fibrous tuft, the surface of the headdress is covered in cowrie shells with bead elements, with a fringe of fibre surrounding the base, 34cm high. £100-200

298 A YAKA MASK The small painted mask is surrounded by an over-sized raffia collar and is topped with a wide brimmed hat made of stiff fibre, with a painted geometric design in blue, white and pinkish pigments, 93cm high inc. raffia. £100-200

299 A FRINGED DANCE MASK, BAPENDE, CONGO With a wide flattened face, the mouth, cheeks and temples highlighted with white pigment, with asymmetric downward sloping slit eyes, the forehead is surmounted by a fibrous cap, a fringe of raffia surrounds the whole face, 50cm high. Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Museum of African Art, Washington D.C. 1971 - 1972. £300-500

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300 A MAKONDE MOTHER AND CHILD FIGURE, TANZANIA With elongated limbs and digits, the female figure bends forwards holding a large gourd, wearing a simple tunic around the lower half of her body, another garment holds her infant on her back, 31.1cm high. Provenance: Acquired in Kenya, 1968. £100-200

301 A BONE JANUS FIGURE Possibly of the Lega tribe, carved in hollow bone, formed of two stylised figures standing back to back with incised decorative designs on the faces and bodies, 20cm high. £80-120

302 A WOOD FIGURE OF A WOMAN With a cylindrical stylised body, she wears a dress draped over one shoulder with incised pattern, her two bare feet poking out from beneath, her arms clasped to her sides, with a slender neck, her large head with elegant facial features and a neat coiffure, 32.9cm high. Provenance: Acquired in Niger, 1967. £100-200

303 TWO YORUBA IBEJI TWIN FIGURES, NIGERIA One male and one female figure, carved in Ibeji wood, both are depicted with the typical tall coiffures, and stylised faces, the male figure with linear scarification marks on his cheeks, they both wear necklaces and anklets of blue beads and cowrie shells, the male figure also with a waistband, 32cm and 31.8cm high, (2) £200-300

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304 A HORNED MOSSI MASK, BOBO TRIBE, BURKINA FASO With an elongated ovoid face surmounted by two long curved horns, the surface of the mask covered in blue, white and ochre pigment forming geometric designs, 36.1cm high. Provenance: Acquired from La Rosa de Marfil, Arte Africano, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, 1970. £300-500

305 A WOOD FIGURE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Possibly of the Luba peoples, the figure is covered with extensive incised geometric decoration on the body and face, with a long nose and bared teeth the head is topped with a cylindrical coiffure, the figure wears bangles on each wrist and stands with the legs bent at the knee, with a prominent phallus, 31cm high. £80-120

306 A MOUNTED WOOD FIGURE Possibly from the Grasslands region of Cameroon, riding a fourlegged feline creature with wide jaws filled with jagged teeth, the figure has an enlarged head with glass inlaid eyes, a pointed chin and a large mouth, a garment rests around the shoulders with elements of fibre and cowrie shell, 23.3cm high. £200-300

307 AN ASHANTI DOLL Of typical form with a long cylindrical body, short stub arms, pendulous breasts and a large, flat, circular head with an abstract face, the surface with a black patina, 43.4cm high. £80-120

308 A LARGE WOOD LADDER, BURKINA FASO Of typical form with evidence of significant use, the ladder is of large proportions in a Y-shape with steps carved into the cylindrical wood at regular increments, 245cm high. Footnotes: Such ladders are used for climbing to the flat roofs of Dogon houses where grain was often dried in the heat of the sun. £200-300 57

310 311 309 A WOOD GUERE MASK, LIBERIA/IVORY COAST Of unusual form with a bird attachment protruding from the forehead, the mask has the typical wide face and projecting heavy brow associated with Guere masks, with inset pierced eyes, a muzzle like mouth and defined teeth, with traces of white and red pigment, 27.2cm high. £100-200

312 310 A CHOKWE MASK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO With a large domed forehead, in the centre of which a large cruciform design is carved, the face with protruding eyes with horizontal slits, surmounted by high-arching eyebrows, the mouth in a grimace with teeth visible, the mask has a large fibrous wig, 24cm high. £600-800

311 A MAMBILA FIGURE, NIGERIA/CAMEROON The figure wears a smock, standing with bent knees, with the right arm raised to the highly stylised moon face with facial features in raised relief, 22.5cm high. Footnotes: The Mambila inhabit the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, much of Mambila art is thought to be associated with the cult of ancestors and the seasons. £400-600

312 TWO MENDE HELMET MASKS, SIERRA LEONE Both of typical form with V-shaped faces and a heavy brows surmounted by an elongated foreheads, with intricate linear and geometric incised hair, with thick neck rings, 36.1cm & 38.4cm high, (2) Footnotes: Such masks are worn in the Sande female society by their senior members and have connotations of beauty, good health and prosperity. £800-1,200

313 314 313 A MENDE HELMET MASK, SIERRA LEONE With a typical V-shaped face and a heavy brow surmounted hair indicated by incised diamond shape pattern, wearing a large headdress, the neck rings with remaining blue and white pigment, 46cm high. Footnotes: Such masks are worn in the Sande female society by their senior members and have connotations of beauty, good health and prosperity. £300-500

315 316 314 A STONE NOMOLI FIGURE, SIERRA LEONE With a stylised squat body, the figure is depicted in a crouching position with the arms meeting across the chest, with the large head tilted upwards, ovoid eyes and pursed lips, 17.1cm high. Footnotes: The origin of these figures is largely uncertain but they have been associated with various ancient legends of Sierra Leone, some attribute them as being representations of disgraced angels banished to earth by the gods, another suggestion is that they represent ancestor chiefs and kings. £200-300

315 A BAMBARA CHIWARA DANCE HEADDRESS, MALI A dance headpiece, this is a fine example of a female Chiwara, with the mother antelope stylistically depicted with tall straight horns and her infant standing on her back, The horns, heads and manes of both animals are decorated with geometric zig-zag shapes, thought to represent the movement of the sun in the sky, the mother with a tuft of raffia on her muzzle, 80.6cm high. Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Museum of African Art, Washington D.C. 1971 – 1972. Footnotes: These headpieces were worn in ceremonies to celebrate the sowing of crops and the harvest. £400-600 58

316 A STONE NOMOLI FIGURE With a stylised squat body, the figure is depicted standing on stumpy legs with the arms meeting across the chest, 21cm high. Footnotes: The origin of these figures is largely uncertain but they have been associated with various ancient legends of Sierra Leone, some attribute them as being representations of disgraced angels banished to earth by the gods, another suggestion is that they represent ancestor chiefs and kings. £100-200

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)Z\Q[\ :M[ITM :QOP\[ ,ZWQ\ LM ;]Q\M 4W\[ UIZSML _Q\P Â»)::Â¼ UIa JM []JRMK\ \W I TMâ Droit de Suite is a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or to the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heir each time a work is resold during the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lifetime and up to I XMZQWL WN aMIZ[ IN\MZ \PM IZ\Q[\Â¼[ LMI\P :WaIT\QM[ IZM KITK]TI\ML on a cumulative sliding percentage scale based on the hammer price excluding the buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premium. The royalty does not apply to Lots [MTTQVO JMTW_ \PM [\MZTQVO MY]QÎTMV\ WN Ã&#x201A; IVL \PM UI`QU]U ZWaIT\a XIaIJTM WV IVa [QVOTM 4W\ Q[ \PM [\MZTQVO MY]QÎTMV\ WN Ã&#x201A; Royalties for Droit de Suite are as follows:

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! 4W[[ WZ ,IUIOM CA Ltd does not accept liability for loss or damage occurring to Lots after \PM [ITM +) 4\L _QTT ][M ZMI[WVIJTM Mâ&#x20AC;«Ùºâ&#x20AC;¬WZ\[ _PMV PIVLTQVO XIKSQVO IVL shipping of Lots purchased, but shall not be responsible for any loss or damages that may occur whilst the said Lot is in any third partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s care. +]T\]ZIT /WWL[ QUXWZ\ IVL M`XWZ\ ZM[\ZQK\QWV[ +]T\]ZIT OWWL[ UIa JM []JRMK\ \W QUXWZ\ IVL M`XWZ\ ZM[\ZQK\QWV[ =VLMZ EU Regulations related to the trade of cultural goods, export licences may be required for export outside of the European Union if the itemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s value exceeds the EU threshold. Under UK Law, a licence may also be required for intra-EU trade. Licenses are issued by Arts Council England and it is the Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s duty to WJ\IQV \PMU ;WUM KW]V\ZQM[ ZM[\ZQK\ \PM QUXWZ\ WN [XMKQÃ&#x2026;K K]T\]ZIT OWWL[ For example, the United States prohibits the import of pre-Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or murals, as well as any cultural OWWL[ QV XZW^MVIVKM NZWU [WUM KW]V\ZQM[ []JRMK\ \W IZUML KWVÃ&#x2020;QK\[ The Buyer must verify local legislation prior to the sale in order to be assured that import or export is possible. +1<-; QUXWZ\ IVL M`XWZ\ ZM[\ZQK\QWV[ +MZ\IQV MVLIVOMZML [XMKQM[ IZM TQ[\ML QV \PM +1<-; +WV^MV\QWV 4Q[\ML [XMKQUMV[ IVL IVa XIZ\[ WZ XZWL]K\[ \PMZMWN IZM []JRMK\ \W Q[[]IVKM WN IV export permit when leaving the European Union. )XXMVLQ` 1 [XMKQM[ IZM IT[W []JRMK\ \W Q[[]IVKM WN I XZQWZ QUXWZ\ XMZUQ\ from the country in which the goods are to be imported. Such permits are necessary before applying for export permits and it is the Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s duty to initiate the proceedings with the relevant authority. The Buyer must be aware that certain countries prohibit the import of some species or any parts or products derived thereof. For example, the United States prohibit all import of African elephant ivory, and any item containing parts that may merely resemble African elephant ivory must be accompanied by relevant documentation stating it is not the latter. ?WZSML Q\MU[ \PI\ IZM LI\ML JMNWZM ! IZM M`MUX\ NZWU QUXWZ\ restrictions for intra-EU trade and shall not require export licences. Please be aware that all Lots marked with the symbol Æ&#x20AC; IZM []JRMK\ \W +1<-; ZMO]TI\QWV[ 61

4QUQ\I\QWV WN TQIJQTQ\a ZMOIZLQVO +1<-; M`XWZ\ TQKMV[M[ Where licences are required for importing or exporting outside of the European Union, it is the Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s duty to obtain them. CA Ltd cannot be held responsible if the Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s application for an export permit is unsuccessful. Subsequently, in the event of failure thereof, CA Ltd shall not permit cancellation or rescission of the sale. ?IZZIV\QM[ CA Ltd does not provide the Buyer with warranties relating to any Lot, unless required by Law. )]\PMV\QKQ\a _IZZIV\a 1V \PM M^MV\ WN I 4W\ JMQVO [WTL I[ I]\PMV\QK ]VLMZ \PM KI\ITWO]M description and the Buyer provides evidence in the form of a written report by a recognised expert or test results that the said Lot is not, CA Ltd will refund the purchase price. <PM *]aMZ [PITT OQ^M VW\QKM \W +) 4\L _Q\PQV LIa[ NZWU SVW_TMLOM or any event giving reasons for suspecting that the item is not authentic, and within one year of the said sale. Any claim thereafter shall not be receivable. For the purposes of the present paragraph, authenticity shall JM LMÃ&#x2026;VML I[ \PM [\I\M WN I 4W\ \PI\ Q[ OMV]QVM IVL VW\ I NWZOMZa WZ I KWXa 5. ANTIQUITIES AND TRIBAL ART 1UXWZ\ IVL M`XWZ\ ZM[\ZQK\QWV[ IVL ZMO]TI\QWV[ )ZKPIMWTWOQKIT OWWL[ W^MZ aMIZ[ WN IOM ]VTM[[ KW^MZML Ja M`MUX\QWV WN TQUQ\ML [KQMV\QÃ&#x2026;K QV\MZM[\ _QTT ZMY]QZM IV -= 4QKMVKM NWZ M`XWZ\ \W I third country, regardless of their value. 1\ Q[ ZMKWUUMVLML \PI\ \PM *]aMZ KWV\IK\ \PM -`XWZ\ 4QKMV[QVO =VQ\ at Arts Council England in order to be assured the good is or not of TQUQ\ML IZKPIMWTWOQKIT WZ [KQMV\QÃ&#x2026;K QV\MZM[\ Archaeological goods found on United-Kingdom soil or in UK \MZZQ\WZQIT _I\MZ[ W^MZ aMIZ[ WN IOM [PITT ZMY]QZM I =3 4QKMVKM regardless of their value and regardless of the export destination. 7\PMZ IZKPIMWTWOQKIT WJRMK\[ ZMOIZLTM[[ WN \PMQZ WZQOQV _QTT ZMY]QZM IV 1VLQ^QL]IT 4QKMVKM WZ 7/-4 LMXMVLQVO WV \PMQZ ^IT]M Both European-Union and UK Licences may be required simultaneously NWZ [WUM Q\MU[ 1\ Q[ \PM *]aMZÂ¼[ L]\a \W ]VLMZ\ISM \PM VMKM[[IZa [\MX[ CA Ltd cannot be held responsible and the sale cannot be cancelled in the event of failure to obtain the relevant licences. 6. JEWELLERY /MU[\WVM \ZMI\UMV\ IVL M[\QUI\M[ Many gemstones on the market have been treated so as to augment their appearance, in a reversible or permanent manner. Treatments under the present section may be but not limited to: â&#x20AC;¢ Heat treatment to enhance sapphires and rubiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; clarity and colour Â&#x152; 7QT IVL ZM[QV \ZMI\UMV\[ NWZ MUMZITL[ IXXTQML QV LQâ&#x20AC;«Ùºâ&#x20AC;¬MZMV\ _Ia[ \W enhance clarity of the stone â&#x20AC;¢ Staining Â&#x152; 1ZZILQI\QWV â&#x20AC;¢ Coating Estimates provided by CA Ltd are deemed to be based on the fact that the OMU[\WVM UIa PI^M JMMV []JRMK\ \W IVa \aXM WN \ZMI\UMV\ QV \PM XI[\ +) Ltd shall not be responsible in the absence of mention thereof. ) KMZ\QÃ&#x2026;KI\M UIa JM Q[[]ML Ja I TIJWZI\WZa XZW^QLQVO _Q\P LM\IQTML information on the condition of the gemstone and any treatment applied \PMZM\W <PM *]aMZ U][\ JM I_IZM \PI\ LQâ&#x20AC;«Ùºâ&#x20AC;¬MZMV\ TIJWZI\WZQM[ PI^M LQâ&#x20AC;«Ùºâ&#x20AC;¬MZMV\ approaches as to the degree or type of treatment for a particular gemstone. 1N I KMZ\QÃ&#x2026;KI\M IKKWUXIVQM[ \PM 4W\ \PM *]aMZ U][\ JM I_IZM \PI\ Q\ Q[ merely a statement of the laboratoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opinion and in no way can CA Ltd 62

JM PMTL ZM[XWV[QJTM NWZ IVa UMV\QWV[ \PMZMQV ;]KP KMZ\QÃ&#x2026;KI\M[ IZM LMMUML to be delivered with the Lot for informative purposes only. -[\QUI\ML _MQOP\[ 1N I [\WVMÂ¼[ M`IK\ _MQOP\ IXXMIZ[ _Q\PQV \PM JWLa WN \PM LM[KZQX\QWV \PM [\WVM PI[ JMMV ]V UW]V\ML IVL _MQOPML Ja +) 4\L 1N \PM _MQOP\ WN a stone is stated to be approximate, the stone has been assessed by CA 4\L _Q\PQV Q\[ [M\\QVO IVL \PM LMÃ&#x2026;VML _MQOP\ Q[ I [\I\MUMV\ WN WXQVQWV only. This information is given as a guide and bidders should satisfy themselves with regard to this information as to its accuracy. ;QOVI\]ZM[ â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;) LQIUWVL ZQVO Ja @â&#x20AC;&#x2122;: When the makerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name appears in the title, in Chiswick Auctionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; opinion the piece is by that maker. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;) LQIUWVL ZQVO [QOVML @â&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Has a signature that, in Chiswick Auctionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; opinion, is authentic but may contain gemstones that are not original, or the piece may have been altered. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;) LQIUWVL ZQVO UW]V\ML Ja @â&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Has been created by the RM_MTTMZ QV +PQ[_QKS )]K\QWV[Â¼ WXQVQWV J]\ ][QVO [\WVM[ WZ LM[QOV[ supplied by the client. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;5ISMZÂ¼[ UIZS NWZ @â&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Has a makerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mark which in Chiswick Auctionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; opinion is authentic. Some items may include parts or products derived from endangered [XMKQM[ []KP I[ Q^WZa WZ KWZIT ;]KP Q\MU[ UIa JM []JRMK\ \W QUXWZ\ WZ M`XWZ\ ZM[\ZQK\QWV[ ;MM [MK\QWV WV +1<-; ZMO]TI\QWV[ NWZ UWZM LM\IQT[ 7. CLOCKS AND WATCHES All Lots are sold as seen. Clocks and watches are therefore not deemed to be sold in working condition. Absence of reference thereof in the description does not imply that the Lot is in good condition and _Q\PW]\ LMNMK\[ WZ PI[ JMMV []JRMK\ \W ZMXIQZ WZ ZM[\WZI\QWV CA Ltd makes no representation or warranty that any clock or watch Q[ QV _WZSQVO WZLMZ )[ KTWKS[ IVL _I\KPM[ WN\MV KWV\IQV Ã&#x2026;VM IVL complex mechanisms, bidders should be aware that a general service, change of battery or further repair work, for which the Buyer is solely responsible, may be necessary. Most clocks and watches are likely to have been repaired in the past, and as a result may include parts that are not original thereto. The United-States restrict the importation of watches such as Rolex, Frank Muller or Corum. Such models can only be imported personally by the Buyer and CA Ltd cannot assist with shipping thereof. Some watches may include leather straps derived from endangered species. Buyers may be required to obtain appropriate permits for QUXWZ\ WZ M`XWZ\ X]ZXW[M[ QV IKKWZLIVKM _Q\P +1<-; ZMO]TI\QWV[ CA Ltd acts in compliance with such legislations and shall take necessary steps where required. Subsequently, watches may be deemed sold without their straps. 8. FURNITURE =XPWT[\MZML N]ZVQ\]ZM IN\MZ ! According to The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations ! N]ZVQ\]ZM \PI\ _I[ ]XPWT[\MZML IN\MZ \PM [\ WN 2IV]IZa ! Q[ []JRMK\ \W ZM[\ZQK\QWV[ QV \PM =VQ\ML 3QVOLWU Exempt upholstered furniture that does not meet such requirements is deemed sold for purely aesthetic purposes.CA Ltd shall not be ZM[XWV[QJTM NWZ TI\MZ IT\MZI\QWV[ \W \PM N]ZVQ\]ZM UISQVO Q\ ]VÃ&#x2026;\ NWZ [ITM 9. FINE ART .QVM )Z\ XIQV\QVO[ I[ QVKT]LML QV \PM KI\ITWO]M LM[KZQX\QWV Â»@ Â¼" 1V +PQ[_QKS )]K\QWV[Â¼ WXQVQWV Q\ Q[ IV I]\PMV\QK work by the artist.

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CA Ltd offers no guarantee as to suitability for drinking of the wine or spirit. The Buyer must be aware of the risk that the taste of a wine or spirit may be altered due to factors such as age, storage conditions, oxidation, etc.

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13. COPYRIGHT CA Ltd shall own the copyright on all images, illustrations and written material produced by or for CA Ltd relating to a Lot, including catalogue contents. Such copyright shall remain at all times the property of CA Ltd. Neither the Buyer nor anyone else shall use the abovementioned materials without the prior written consent of CA Ltd. ;WUM 4W\[ UIa JM []JRMK\ \W KWXaZQOP\ XZW\MK\QWV +) 4\L LWM[ VW\ guarantee said Lots are free thereof. 14. DATA PROTECTION The Buyer agrees that personal information transmitted to CA Ltd may be disclosed exclusively for the purposes of business, or as required by Law. CA Ltd shall not use personal information for any other purpose without the Buyer’s prior consent. CA Ltd never sell, lend or trade in personal data provided by any Bidder.

16. AMENDMENTS The current Terms and Conditions may be amended, verbally or in writing, prior to the sale. 17. LAW AND JURISDICTION The rights and obligations of the parties with respect to these Conditions of Sale and the conduct of the auction and any matters related to any of the foregoing shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the Law of England and Wales. .WZ \PM JMVMÅ\ WN +) 4\L ITT JQLLMZ[ IVL [MTTMZ[ IOZMM \PI\ \PM +W]Z\[ WN -VOTIVL IZM \W PI^M M`KT][Q^M R]ZQ[LQK\QWV \W [M\\TM ITT LQ[X]\M[ IZQ[QVO in connection with all aspects of all matters or transactions to which these Conditions of Sale and Authorship warranty relate or apply. All parties agree that CA Ltd shall retain the right to bring proceedings in any court other than the Courts of England.

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Charlotte Peel, Specialist charlotte.peel@chiswickauctions.co.uk

ASIAN ART Lazarus Halstead, Head of Department lazarus@chiswickauctions.co.uk

Clive Moss, Head of Department

Yasuko Kido, Japanese Art Specialist yasuko@chiswickauctions.co.uk CERAMICS & GLASS Dr. Jim Peake, Head of Department jim@chiswickauctions.co.uk CONTEMPORARY & URBAN ART Harry Parkinson, Sales Coordinator harry@chiswickauctions.co.uk DESIGNER HANDBAGS & FASHION Meg Randell, Head of Department meg@chiswickauctions.co.uk EUROPEAN WORKS OF ART & CLOCKS Rachael Osborn-Howard, Head of Department rachael@chiswickauctions.co.uk FINE ART Suzanne Zack, Head of Department suzanne@chiswickaucions.co.uk Jan Leman, Specialist jan@chiswickauctions.co.uk Rohan McCulloch, Specialist rohan@chiswickauctions.co.uk 3ZI[[Q 3]VM^I 0MIL WN ;ITM[ 5WLMZV 8W[\ ?IZ *ZQ\Q[P )Z\ kkuneva@chiswickauctions.co.uk Melissa Van Vliet, Head of Sales - Old Masters melissa.vanvliet@chiswickauctions.co.uk GUITARS & MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ,Z ,I^QL 5IK/ZMOWZ ;XMKQITQ[\ david@chiswickauctions.co.uk ISLAMIC & INDIAN ART Beatrice Campi, Head of Sales beatrice.campi@chiswickaucions.co.uk

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