A MOCHE POTTERY FIGURAL VESSEL Depicted as a standing figure, with details added in paint, wearing a cap and large round earrings, with a handle and stirrup spout, 19.5cm high Provenance: Acquired from a house sale in Nottinghamshire.
Estimate: ££400-£600
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TWO PRE-COLUMBIAN SMILING HEADS, VERA CRUZ Each wearing headdresses with large disc earrings, with wide smiles showing their teeth, 13cm-14.5cm high, (2) Provenance: Acquired while the owner’s family lived in Mexico between 1953 and 1960. Thence by descent.
Estimate: ££400-£600
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A GROUP OF PRE-COLUMBIAN ITEMS, PERU Including two framed polychrome textile fragments, one predominantly red, ochre and brown, with bands of stylised birds, 19cm wide, and another predominantly light and dark brown with a light pink border, 16cm wide; a terracotta bull, 11cm wide, and another terracotta figure, 10.5cm high, (4) Provenance: Acquired while the owner’s family lived in Mexico between 1953 and 1960. Thence by descent.
Estimate: ££150-£200
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A PRE-COLUMBIAN-STYLE BRONZE PLAQUE The round plaque with a central applique of a head wearing large earrings and a headdress, surrounded by holes in the plaque which have been covered with separately hanging gilt bronze circular pendants, 21cm diam
Estimate: ££100-£150
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TWO TRIBAL CLAY POTS Each decorated with impressed decoration, the larger vessel with four handles and the small vessel with two handles, 12cm high Provenance: The Harington Family Collection
Estimate: ££80-£100
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AN ABORIGINAL BARK PAINTING Attributed to Malwalan Marika (circa 1908-1967), of abstract-style, with four stylised goannas, unsigned, 107.5cm x 44.5cm Literature: For a similar treatment of goannas and abstract design, see Djan’kawu creation story from the Djan’kawu story series by Malwalan Marika, in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, (accession number IA65.1959).
Estimate: ££400-£600
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A MENDI WAR SHIELD, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Oval in shape, with red, white and brown paint, decorated with an abstract anthropomorphic figure, with a string handle on the reverse, 117cm high Provenance: UK private collection, acquired before 1983 from Papua New Guinea and stored in the UK since. Fumigated prior to departure from Papua New Guinea. Literature: This type of shield, oval in shape, is known as a worrumbi. There is a similar Mendi war shield with anthropomorphic design in the National Gallery of Victoria (accession number 2010.64)
Estimate: ££600-£800
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A TAPA CLOTH, PAPUA NEW GUINEA With wavy geometric designs in dark brown, 119.5cm long Provenance: UK private collection, acquired before 1983 from Papua New Guinea and stored in the UK since. Fumigated prior to departure from Papua New Guinea.
Estimate: ££80-£120
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AN IFUGAO WOVEN PAISIKING, THE PHILIPPINES Of rectangular shape, with a round handle and two woven shoulder straps, 40cm high
Estimate: ££50-£80
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A WOODEN STRAINER AND PESTLE Schematically carved in the form of a ram, with incised geometric designs, 50cm high
Estimate: ££200-£300
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AN INUIT IVORY FIGURE OF A WOMAN Circa 19th Century With details of scarifications incised on the leg, arms, shoulders and face, her hands rest on her slightly rounded belly, with finely carved face, 13cm high
Estimate: ££2,000-£3,000
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AN INUIT CARVED SOAPSTONE WHALE RIDER The figure depicted wearing a hood and gloves, holding onto a whale, the fin of which can be seen under the figure’s left arm, signed on the underside with ‘L. Etuk 25779’, 14cm high
Estimate: ££150-£200
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A DISPLAY BOX CONTAINING NATIVE AMERICAN ITEMS Circa 1000 B.C. to early 19th Century A.D. Including various metal and shell pieces of jewellery, examples of string, and stone and bone tools, the box measures 31cm x 21cm, (a lot) Provenance: Ex Donald Simmonds Collection. Ex American collection formed 1957-1962. Reputedly found in the Columbian River, Washington State, USA.
Estimate: ££40-£60
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A KAGURU WOODEN STAFF, TANZANIA Of angular design with the natural form of the wood, tapering down to the end, 78.5cm long; and a wooden cup, 16cm high, (2)
Estimate: ££200-£300
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THREE SOUTH AMERICAN BEADED ITEMS One of trapezoid beaded panel, possibly a loin cloth, depicting a central ship surrounded by various smaller boats, animals, flags and geometric designs, with a black and red border and Venetian glass trade beads hanging underneath, 46cm wide; and two other geometric beaded pieces, one rectangular panel with a concentric diamond geometric design, the central shapes of orange, blue and green beads, radiating out to black and white beads, sewn onto a blue fabric backing, 44cm wide, the other a tobacco pouch comprised of orange, black and white diamonds, tapering to a point and with strings at the top for suspension, 50cm long, (3)
Estimate: ££400-£600
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AN AFRICAN BEADED APRON Of geometric design, made of red, blue, white, green and purple beads, with leather ties, 38cm wide
Estimate: ££100-£150
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A KENTE CLOTH, GHANA Composed of a burgundy background with yellow, blue and green stripes and a border in the same colours formed of rhomboi, 313cm x 330cm
Estimate: ££100-£120
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A KENTE CLOTH, GHANA With predominantly blue background, composed of a chequered design with alternating striped and plain rectangles, or varying striped rectangles, in green, red, orange, and yellow, 185cm x 300cm
Estimate: ££150-£200
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A KENTE CLOTH, GHANA Composed of an orange background, with a chequered design with squares of red, green, yellow and purple in geometric designs alternating with plain or striped squares, 300cm x 204cm
Estimate: ££100-£120
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TWO WOODEN IBEJI FIGURES, NIGERIA Each of stylised form, with incised decoration, large eyes and full lips, 29cm, (2)
Estimate: ££100-£200
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A WOODEN IBEJI FIGURE, NIGERIA With a high coiffure and large eyes and the face with scarifications, wearing two beaded necklaces and a beaded anklet, 24.5cm high
Estimate: ££80-£120
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TWO NOMOLI STONE FIGURES, SIERRE LEONE Both stylised figures depicted crouching, one with hands resting on the knees, the other with hands over the ears, 15.5cm-18cm high, (2)
Estimate: ££100-£150
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TWO WOOD FIGURES, ANGOLA The first sat cross-legged, 60cm high; the other with the knee raised and head in hands, resting on the raised knee, 38cm high (2)
Estimate: ££80-£120
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TWO AFRICAN ITEMS Including a bronze Baule mask, Ivory Coast, 18cm high, and a Luba wooden headrest, the Democratic Republic of Congo, with two figures, carved face to face and holding each other, 16cm high, (2)
Estimate: ££150-£250
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A SHONA WOODEN HEADREST Carved in relief with different geometric designs on both sides of the support, the rest concave with triangular carved design and with different geometric designs on each end, the base in a figure of eight shape, 12cm high
Estimate: ££250-£350
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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 nails, 72cm high
Estimate: ££100-£150
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AN WOODEN IJAW MASK, NIGERIA, AND TWO WOODEN MASKS, IVORY COAST The Ijaw mask square in form with spiral horns on the forehead, 41cm high; one of the Ivory Coast masks with curved horns on the head, almond eyes, pursed lips, and radiating spikes surrounding the face, 41.5cm; the other Ivory Coast mask with a long pointed nose and small slit eyes, 28cm high, (3)
Estimate: ££250-£350
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A WOODEN IGBO MASK, NIGERIA With small eyes, and large pursed lips, the face is painted white with the details left brown, panels of cross-hatched decoration are on the temples, around the mouth, and on the headdress, 33cm high
Estimate: ££250-£350
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A SONGYE MALE ‘KEFWEBE’ MASK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Enlivened with blue, black, red and yellow paint, with a striped surface, the mouth extending out from the face and tapering to a point, the eyes also extending forward, with a high central headdress between, 78cm high
Estimate: ££150-£200
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FOUR PIECES OF MANILLA CURRENCY, NIGERIA Each of penannular form, with flattened terminals, 6.2cm-10cm diam, (4)
Estimate: ££100-£150
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ELEVEN AFRICAN TRADE BEAD NECKLACES Circa 19th Century to early 20th Century Composed of various mosaic glass beads, including chevron style beads, 33cm-41cm long, (11) Provenance: From the Donald Simmonds collection, London, formed in the third quarter of the 20th Century. Literature: There are similar beads in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, which have an accession date of 1897.
Estimate: ££80-£100
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A ZULU WOODEN MEAT PLATTER, SOUTH AFRICA Of oblong shape with rounded corners, carved with hobnail chevrons on the underside, with four small feet and rounded handles, 87cm long
Estimate: ££200-£300
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A GROUP OF TRIBAL ITEMS Including an Indian wooden figure, enlivened with gold paint, the figure wearing a kilt and a hooded cloak, 22cm high; a wood and iron axe, the wood handle pierced at the bottom for an iron ring and at the top for attachment of the blade, the blade slightly curved and flaring out to the cutting edge, 23cm high; a wood mirror with an angular handle carved with foliate design, the back carved with a floral design surrounded by zig-zags, glass still remaining, 21.5cm high; a stone carving of a bird, possibly Inuit, 15.5cm long; and another wooden carved figure, 21.2cm high, (5) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££100-£150
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TWO TRIBAL WOODEN SPOONS Tied together with string, 20cm-24cm long, (2) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££80-£120
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A PALAEOLITHIC CARAMEL-COLOURED FLINT HAND AXE With an ink inscription indicating it was found in Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire, 10cm wide Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££60-£80
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A LARGE GROUP OF FLINT ARROWHEADS AND ARROWPOINTS Some stemmed, including two examples with ink inscribed ‘Cooper Co MO’ (Cooper County, Missouri), and other worked flints, mainly Native American types, 1.5cm-14cm long, (a lot) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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A GROUP OF NEOLITHIC STONE AXES Most with rounded cutting edge and tapering butt, with examples in grey, black and green stone, some polished, 2.7cm-12cm long; a rectangular stone weight with pointed top, pierced for suspension, 3.5cm high; and another, Not Ancient, (13) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££350-£450
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TWO ANCIENT BRONZE AXEHEADS Including a Canaanite duck-billed axehead, with two pierced oval eyes and an oval shaped shaft hole, 10cm wide, circa Early 2nd Millennium B.C.; a European axehead, with curve flaring cutting edge, and tapering handle and hoop, 15.1cm long, Late Bronze Age, circa 1000-700 B.C.; and another from Ecquador, with a rounded cutting edge and a square, pierced butt, 9.7cm long circa 12th-15th Century A.D., (3) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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A LURISTAN BRONZE MIRROR AND A ROMAN BRONZE MIRROR Circa 10th Century B.C.-3rd Century A.D. The Luristan example with broad handle with punched decoration, double terminal, and a cut out circle, 26cm high, circa 10th-7th Century B.C.; and the Roman example with incised concentric circles and ridges, 14.5cm diam, circa 1st-3rd Century A.D., (2) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££150-£200
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A LURISTAN BRONZE DAGGER Circa 10th-7th Century B.C. With short tapering blade, and the hollow hilt with flanged pommel, 8.3cm Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££300-£500
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A GROUP OF BRONZE BLADES AND HANDLES Circa 10th Century B.C. to Roman Period and later Including seven Luristan bronze daggers and blades, 9.4cm-27cm long; two Roman iron nails, 8-9cm long; three Roman bronze handles, 20cm-22cm long; and two others, (14) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££400-£600
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A GROUP OF BRONZE PINS, IMPLEMENTS AND ARROW HEADS Circa 10th Century BC to Roman Period Including a Persian gilt bronze cosmetic implement and container, a Roman bronze writing implement, with a pointed end for a writing and a flat end for erasing, five Luristan bronze garment pins, three of tapering form with incised bands and pierced horizontally, one with a spherical terminal, and another with an openwork spherical terminal, 11.5cm-21.5cm, two Luristan bronze arrowheads, 8cm-16cm long, and others, (a lot) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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A GROUP OF BRONZE, SILVER AND LEAD DECORATIVE ITEMS Including a Roman bronze handle with an animal head, 6.8cm wide, circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.; an Egyptian bronze cat finial, 5.3cm high, Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.; a fragment of a Greek bronze fibula plate, finely engraved, 6cm wide, circa late 8th Century B.C.; a Luristan openwork finial, 6cm high, circa 10th-7th Century B.C.; various Roman bronze rings, bracelets, fibulae and fibulae fragments, circa 1st-3rd Century A.D., and others, some Not Ancient, (a lot) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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A LARGE GROUP OF BRONZE AND LEAD ITEMS Roman to Islamic Period and later Including a Roman lead plumb bob, 6.4cm; four Roman lead weights or spindle whorls, 2.8cm-3.4cm diam; various bronze and lead weights and pellets, including hexagonal, spherical, square and oval examples, and various bronze and silver coins and seals, some Not Ancient, (a lot) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s. The Roman lead plumb bob with a label reading ‘Plumb bob found in Pater Noster Row in refuse of Great Fire of London’ and with an old auction label reading ’21 May 1985 49A’.
Estimate: ££100-£150
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FOUR ANATOLIAN POTTERY VESSELS Circa 3rd-1st Millennium B.C. Including three greyware vessels, one with bulbous body and flaring rim with a small handle, another with a high spout and a single handle, and the other with a small spouted rim, squat body and single handle, and another, 13cm-19cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££100-£150
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AN ANATOLIAN POTTERY VESSEL Hacilar Region, Middle Chalcolithic, circa 5000 B.C. With cylindrical neck, the body extending to four points with a convex base, decorated in burnished red with an angular design, the number ‘1498’ on the rim, 12cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££300-£500
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A LARGE GROUP OF ANCIENT POTTERY VESSELS Including an Egyptian terracotta offering table, 28cm wide, Middle Kingdom, circa 2030-1640 B.C.; a Cypriot redware handled cup, 20cm wide, and two other Cypriot redware bowls, 12cm-14.5cm diam, Early Bronze Age, circa 2700-1900 B.C.; three late Roman terracotta bottles, 13-19cm high, circa 4th-5th Century A.D., and other vessels, one Not Ancient, (a lot) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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A GROUP OF SMALL ANCIENT VESSELS Including a Near Eastern alabaster vessel with stone inlays around the shoulders, 6.3cm high, circa 1st Millennium B.C.; two Corinthian aryballoi, both with stylised petal design, 6.4cm high, circa 6th Century B.C.; a South Italian black ware jug with ridging on the body, 4.7cm high, circa 4th Century B.C.; a Roman terracotta bowl, with traces of red paint remaining and a terracotta lid, not belonging, 6cm high, circa 1st-4th Century A.D.; a Cypriot jug, with black bands on a white background, a stopper remaining, 7.2cm high, circa 9th-8th Century B.C.; a Roman terracotta jar fragment, 7.5cm high, circa 1st-4th Century A.D.; a terracotta vessel fragment of a lug handle, 4.5cm high; and a Near Eastern black-ware vessel in the shape of a pair of legs, 7.5cm high, (9) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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A CYPRIOT SPOUTED BOWL Bronze Age, circa 2300-1600 B.C. A red polished ware terracotta bowl with spout intact and small pierced lug handle, a hemispherical bowl with a rounded base, the rim is enlivened with vertical umber lines, 10cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££150-£250
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT POTTERY VESSELS Including an Egyptian terracotta Bes beaker, 6.8cm high, Ptolemaic Period, circa 332-30 B.C.; a Hellenistic Megarian bowl, with a floral decoration surrounded by radiating teardrops on the underside,10.2cm diam, circa 2nd Century B.C.; a late Roman terracotta pomegranate, hollow, with a hole in the top, 8cm high, circa 4th-5th Century A.D.; a Byzantine terracotta ampulla, with a globular body, joined to the rim by two small handles, with two small feet on the base, 13cm high, circa 10th Century A.D.; and two others, 9.7cm-13.2cm high; and a Roman marble fragment of a piece of drapery, 12cm wide, circa 1st-3rd Century A.D., (7) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s. Literature: There is a similar terracotta pomegranate in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession number 24.97.110).
Estimate: ££500-£700
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A CYPRIOT KRATER Iron Age, 9th-8th Century B.C. A white painted ware stemmed krater with two lug handles, both the stem base and handles are painted black painted black, decorated with encircling bands, geometric patterns in the rectilinear style on the shoulder, the inside is also enlivened with encircling bands, 21.3cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££1,000-£1,500
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A CYPRIOT AMPHORA Iron Age, 8th Century B.C. Bichrome ware stemmed amphora, decorated with geometric pattern on the body and groups of vertical lines around the shoulder, enlivened with a wavy line around the neck and encircling bands inside the neck, two black handles extending from rim to shoulder, the base is coloured with red, 26.5cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired Christie’s, London, Antiquities and Souvenirs of the Grand Tour, lot 107. Literature: For a similar vessel, please see The Walters Art Museum collection (accession number 48.2335).
Estimate: ££700-£900
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THREE CYPRIOT VESSELS Iron Age, circa 950-750 B.C. All white painted ware, including a jug with a trefoil mouth, the globular body decorated with encircling bands and geometric pattern, 14.5cm high; a stemmed bowl with lug handles, decorated on both the inside and the outside with encircling bands, 14.9cm high; and a chalice on a foot base with lug handles and a thumb rest, the globular body decorated with encircling bands and undulating lines, the rim decorated inside and out, 13.6cm high (3) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££500-£800
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TWO CYPRIOT VESSELS Iron Age, circa 950-750 B.C. Both white painted ware vessels, including a hemispherical bowl with a single lug handle and a ring base, decorated with encircling bands, 13.7cm high; a bowl with a single pierced lug handle and a ring base, also decorated with encircling bands inside, outside and on the wide rim, 7cm high (2) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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TWO CYPRIOT POTTERY VESSELS Iron Age, circa 9th-8th Century B.C. Including a feeder bottle, with the original loop handle painted black, the neck and shoulder enlivened with black encircling bands of varying widths, 17.2cm high; and an amphora with only one of the original lug handles remaining, decorated with concentric umber bands of varying widths, the lip of the rim enlivened with painted filled circles, 14.5cm high (2) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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A DAUNIAN VESSEL 6th Century B.C.-4th Century B.C. Decorated with umber and black encircling bands and geometric motifs, the strap handle with similar decoration, a collar rim also decorated with red and umber bands, 14.5cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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A CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA CHARIOTEER AND BASE Circa 7th-6th Century B.C. The figure standing the square wagon of a chariot, wearing a pointed helmet, a looped back pillar on the chariot, 15.5cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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A CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA BUST Iron Age, circa 7th-6th Century B.C. The figure wearing a diadem, the strands of which fall down the back of the head, with the hair falling on the shoulders, holding a tambourine to the chest, 10.3cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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A GREEK TERRACOTTA FIGURAL PLAQUE Circa 6th-5th Century B.C. Depicting a woman in relief wearing a high polos, standing with her hands by her side, 18.5cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££100-£150
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THREE GREEK TERRACOTTA FIGURES Circa 5th Century B.C. Including a fragment of a figural plaque, with a nude female figure depicted in relief holding a quadruped in her arms, 13.5cm high; another terracotta plaque of a female figure in relief, wearing a polos, and holding either and animal or baby in her arms, 10.5cm high; and another terracotta figure depicted squatting, 7.5cm high, (3) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££150-£200
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FIVE ANCIENT POTTERY VESSELS Middle Bronze Age to 4th Century B.C. Including an Athenian black-figure lekythos, depicting two draped and two semi-draped figures, with handle, 14cm high; a south Italian storage jar, with two handles from rim to shoulder, some black slip remains, 9.3cm high; south Italian flask with a strap handle, decorated with black slip, 13cm high; a red-figure Lekanis lid, decorated with birds and a foliate motif, 5.8cm high; a white painted ware Cypriot flask, with a pierced handle and the remains of umber geometric decoration, 11cm high (5) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££450-£550
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A LARGE GROUP OF GLASS ITEMS Roman to Islamic Period and later Including a Roman red opaque glass patella cup, 9.2cm diam; a Roman clear glass bottle with cloudy iridescence, 13cm high; a Roman glass tear bottle, 10.2cm; an Islamic brown glass bottle, 14cm high; two Islamic glass bangles, 5cm diam; an Islamic yellow glass vessel fragment of a neck and rim, 10cm high; a glass spouted vessel with a handle attached to the rim and the foot,10cm high; and ibex glass vessel, 12cm long; a Phoenician-style glass alabastron with combed decoration, 9cm high; and other seals, beads, and vessels, Not Ancient, (a lot) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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A GROUP OF GLASS BEADS AND THREE ISLAMIC GLASS VESSELS From Roman to Islamic Period, and later Including two glass molar flasks, with angular design and four short wedge-shaped feet, typically produced in Egypt and distributed throughout the Islamic world as perfume containers, common in 9th Century A.D. – 10th Century A.D., 4.9 – 5.7cm high; blue ombré hexagonal perfume flask, with an elongated neck, 6.8cm high; and a collection of glass beads, some with iridescence, including vessel-shaped beads some stone beads, 26.7cm high (4) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££100-£120
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TWO BRONZE OIL LAMPS One in the form of a bull’s head with a lion’s head terminal on the handle, Not Ancient, 12.3cm long; and another Byzantine-style lamp, with a double spout, palm leaf handle, and a chain for suspension, Not Ancient, 9cm long, (2) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££100-£150
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A SMALL STEATITE HEAD OF A WOMAN Wearing a veil, with hair centrally parted, pierced at the back of the head for suspension, 6cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££100-£150
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A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA OF HARPOCRATES 1st Century B.C./A.D Figurine of Harpocrates in his signature pose holding his finger to his mouth, wearing a long kilt and a pointed cap, the back unmodelled, 21.5cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££500-£700
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SIX BRONZE MIRRORS AND MIRROR COVERS AND TWO ROMAN BRONZE CYMBALS Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D. All circular in shape, two with incised concentric, and the symbols, circular in shape with a raised central dome, 8cm-16.7cm diam, (8) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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A ROMAN BRONZE BOWL Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. The bowl with sloped sides and an everted rim, the handle decorated with a head wearing a Persian cap, 11cm diam Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££80-£120
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TWO ROMAN BRONZE HANDLES Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D. Each with leaf-shaped plates to attach to the body of a vessel, with the top of the handle curving backwards, with a spherical terminal, 13.5cm-14cm long, (2) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££150-£200
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A GROUP OF MESOPOTAMIAN-STYLE CYLINDER SEALS Including examples in pale, dark, red and green stone, Not Ancient, 1.8cm-4.7cm high; and two Jemdet-Nasr-style stone seals, one in the form of a recumbent bull and the other in the form of a lion’s head in profile, Not Ancient, 5cm wide, (27)
Estimate: ££50-£80
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A ROMAN STONE EPIGRAPHIC FRAGMENT Circa 1st-4th Century A.D. Showing Greek text, inscribed with ‘[…]KRATES…EPAGATHO’, and with an inscribed border, traces of red paint remaining, 14cm long Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s. Literature: EPAGATHO could either be a name, in the feminine, or it could be used as a wish for good fortune.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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A ROMAN TERRACOTTA DYAD STATUETTE Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D. The stylised figures, wearing caps, the figure on the right with one leg crossed over the other, unmodeled at the back, 15.5cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired Christie’s, London, Antiquities and Souvenirs of the Grand Tour, 21 May 1985, lot 111 (part).
Estimate: ££100-£150
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A GROUP OF ROMAN OIL LAMPS Roman to Byzantine Period Including five Byzantine circular oil lamps with a larger central perforation and a smaller perforation for the spout, 8cm-9cm diam, the others of typical form with circular body and extended spout, with moulded decoration, 7.5cm-11cm wide, and two fragments, 7cm-8.5cm wide, (21) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££150-£200
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A ROMAN BONE DOLL 2nd Century A.D. Doll figurine with a finely-modelled Roman hairstyle and delicate features, drilled holes through the torso for arms (now lost), flat back, remains of decoration on the lower left hand side, possibly to represent clothing, 19.5cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££100-£200
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A LARGE GROUP OF TERRACOTTA ANIMALS AND RIDERS Various quadrupeds including bulls and horses, and various riders and animals, Not Ancient, 3cm-10.5cm wide, (a lot) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££100-£150
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTS Including a Pre-Columbian terracotta head, with high headdress and large circular earrings, 5cm high; a Romano-Egyptian terracotta head, with white slip remaining, 5cm high, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D.; a Greek terracotta head of a woman wearing a polos, 6cm high, circa 6th-5th Century B.C.; a Roman terracotta fragment of the legs of Aphrodite, 8.5cm high, and a Roman terracotta sea urchin, 5cm high, circa 1st-4th Century A.D.; three Cypriot terracotta figural fragments, 5.5cm-9cm high, circa 7th-5th Century B.C., and various other fragments, and spindle whorls, (a lot) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££250-£350
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A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF ANCIENT-STYLE FIGURINES Various Syro-Hittite-style figures, including a chariot and rider, 13.5cm long, an ox and cart, 9cm long, and a bull and rider, 10cm long; a Roman-style terracotta of a nude Aphrodite, 16cm high, Daedalic-style plaques, 12cm high; a stone quadruped vessel, 16cm high, and various other figures, (a lot) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££80-£120
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TWO CYCLADIC-STYLE IDOLS The first in typical posture with arms across the chest, feet together and head raised, 26cm high, and the other of violin-form, pierced at the top, 20cm high, (2) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££80-£120
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT ITEMS Including two Egyptian green glazed composition vessel fragments, each with zig-zag decorations in black slip in the style of a lotus flower, 5.2cm high, Third Intermediate Period, 21st-22nd Dynasty, circa 1070-712 B.C.; an ancient fragmentary terracotta bird whistle, still functional, 6.5cm; a Roman bone cosmetic vessel, with incised bands, 8.7cm, circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.; a Roman limestone loom weight, pierced for suspension, with geometric design on the obverse, 7cm high, circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.; and a Roman limestone circular mirror, pierced at the top for suspension, with traces of glass remaining, 9cm diam, circa 1st-3rd Century A.D., (6) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s. Literature: For an example of what the complete Egyptian faience vessel is likely to have looked like, see the chalice which was sold at Christie’s, New York, Antiquities, 9 June 2011, lot 47.
Estimate: ££250-£350
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A STEATITE SCARAB MOUNTED INTO A SPOON The scarab carved naturalistically, mounted into the handle of the spoon which is cast in the form of a snake, with the tail twisting around the scarab, scales incised, and the head of the snake attached to the bowl of the spoon, wearing the atef crown, 11.5cm long Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££100-£150
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TWO WESTERN ASIATIC GLAZED COMPOSITION NECKLACES AND TWO JASPER BEAD NECKLACES Circa 2nd-1st Millennium B.C. Restrung, the glazed composition necklaces composed of both white and light blue glazed composition beads, of cylindrical and spherical shape and a variety of geometric beads with incised decoration, including a cylinder seal, 28cm-46.5cm long, and two necklaces composed of various red jasper cylindrical beads, 23cm long, (4) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY BEAD NECKLACE New Kingdom to Late Period, circa 1550-332 B.C. Restrung and with a clasp added for wearing, composed of eleven rectangular glazed composition plaques with incised crosses and some with ridged edges, four glazed composition amulets of Bes, two glazed composition udjat eyes, a glazed composition amulet of Sekhmet, and some other glazed composition amulets, with cylindrical jasper spacers, terminating in a stone pendant, 26cm long including the stone pendant Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY BEAD NECKLACE Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. Restrung, composed of glazed composition amulets including Shu with his arms raised, an openwork oblong plaque with an udjat eye, a seated Isis, a Horus falcon, two amulets of Tauret, a djed pillar, ib heart, recumbant cat, crocodile, and various other glazed composition beads, udjat eyes, amulets, and scarabs, some Not Ancient, with modern spacer beads, 71cm long Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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TWO EGYPTIAN MUMMY BEAD NECKLACES New Kingdom to Late Period, circa 1550-332 B.C. Restrung, the first composed of three steatite scarabs, Not Ancient, and glazed composition cylindrical beads, with stoppers of glazed composition, jasper and bone, 34cm long; and the second composed of glazed composition cylindrical beads interspersed with stone beads including lapis lazuli in the shape of phalluses, spearheads, and a crescent axe, 33.5cm long, (2) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££150-£200
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TWELVE SASANIAN HARDSTONE BEADS AND SEALS Iran, circa 4th-6th Century A.D. Including four dome seals with linear incised designs, seven oval beads and a red discoid bead, 1.2cm-2.6cm wide, (12) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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SIX EGYPTIAN STEATITE ROYAL SCARABS New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1450-1400 B.C. Each with a cartouche for Tuthmosis III, one flanked by upreared cobras, wearing white crowns, another with mirror image papyrus clumps flanking the cartouche, and two with concentric squares surrounding the cartouche, a blue glazed composition example with the inscription ‘contented with Maat’, and two examples, Not Ancient, 1.2cm-2cm long, (7) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££250-£350
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A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARABS Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom, circa 2133-1070 B.C. All carved naturalistically on the top with the undersides carved, including an example with a hornet reading ‘King of Lower Egypt, Lord of the two lands’, another with roundels, two showing captives with their hands tied, one showing a linear seated figure, one showing two figures walking away from a central tree, two glazed composition examples with good luck signs, another with an animal, Maat feather and sun disc, and two plaques, one with the top carved in the shape of a crouching baboon with ibis-headed Thoth on the underside, and the other one crudely carved with the cartouche for Seti I, and others, Not Ancient, 1cm-2.6cm long, (24) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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TWENTY-SIX EGYPTIAN AMULETS AND SCARABS New Kingdom to Late Period, circa 1550-332 B.C. Including eight steatite and glazed composition scarabs, one with a central ‘nefer’ surrounded by rope patterns, another showing a seated Hathor with a child on her lap, with an inscription reading ‘Hathor, Lady of Denderra, beloved of Amun’, another with a cartouche for Tuthmosis III, flanked by two Maat feathers, another reading ‘Praised by Maat, chosen of Ra’, two with good luck signs, and two Not Ancient, a glazed composition amulet of a pair of Ba birds wearing Ra sun discs, 3cm high; a glazed composition Ptaikos amulet, wearing a beaded collar, 3.2cm high; four glazed composition Bes amulets, 1.5cm-3.4cm high; three glazed composition shabti fragments, 2cm-4.8cm high; a glazed composition turtle amulet, 1.2cm long; and others, some Not Ancient, (26) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE SITULA Ptolemaic Period, circa 330-30 B.C. The body cast in shallow relief depicting five standing deities in a central register, with a register above and below, with a suspension hoop on the rim, and the body tapering to a point on the base, 11.2cm high, Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££150-£200
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THREE EGYPTIAN BRONZE OSIRIS FIGURES Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. Each of typical mummiform pose, wearing the atef crown and false beard, with arms crossed over the body, the two larger figures with tangs, 2.2cm-9.8cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££150-£250
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THREE EGYPTIAN COPTIC TEXTILE FRAGMENTS Circa 4th-6th Century A.D. With a border, in dark brown, depicting nude dancing women, and various animals, and the corner with a nude male figure wearing a cap, 8cm-40cm wide, Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, London, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s and 1980s.
Estimate: ££80-£120
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FOUR CYPRIOT POTTERY VESSELS Iron Age to Archaic Period, circa 950-600 B.C. Including a jug with a design of concentric circles added in black slip and the handle painted black, ‘K.C/121’ added in black ink under the handle, 17cm high; another small jug, with part of the handle remaining, and a semi circle in relief on the body, ‘K.C/381’ added in black ink under the handle, 10cm high; a small barrel flask with central nipple, and concentric circles added in black slip vertically around the body, 6cm high; and a small two-handled amphora with concentric rings around the neck and body, with a narrow foot and flaring rim, 9.7cm high; and a stone figure, 16.5cm high, (5) Provenance: The small barrel flask, ex. Seward Kennedy, London and New York (1925-2015); the Iron Age two-handled pot from the J.D.R Fryer Collection, UK; the other two vessels from a UK private collection, East Anglia; acquired 1960’s-1970’s; the stone figure from a UK private collection, Somerset; acquired mid 20th Century.
Estimate: ££150-£200
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THREE GREEK BRONZE CLOAK PINS Geometric Period, circa 7th Century B.C. Comprising one with beaded shaft and flat disc terminal decorated with alternate plain and beaded concentric circles, another with similar beaded shaft and plain disc terminal, and another with large button terminal, 14-17cm long, (3) Provenance: Property from The Edward James Foundation. Almost certainly acquired by either William James (1854-1912) or his brother Frank James (1851-1890), who both travelled extensively in Egypt and the rest of Africa, and by descent to Edward James (1907-1984) in London and later at Monkton House; subsequently moved to West Dean House circa 1986 (recorded there in 1987).
Estimate: ££500-£800
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FIVE ROMAN POTTERY VESSELS Circa 1st-4th Century A.D. Including two blackware jars, both with wide shoulders, flaring, everted rim and tapering down to the base, 7cm-13cm high; a small terracotta stemmed cup, with shallow bowl, narrow stem and wide foot, 5.5cm high; a piriform vessel, with everted rim and tapering body, 13.5cm high; and handled jug with a flaring foot, small spout and high handle, 9.2cm high, (5) Provenance: The two blackware vessels from a Scottish 19th Century private collection; the others acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Estimate: ££150-£200
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A GROUP OF CLASSICAL VESSELS Circa 4th Century B.C. – 3rd Century A.D. Including two Greek black-glazed plates, 19cm-25cm diam; two Roman terracotta oil lamps, one depicting busts in profile of Serapis and a goddess, possibly Isis, 12.5cm long, the other depicting Leda and the swan, 10cm long; a Roman red ware footed bowl, 7cm diam; a Roman terracotta loom weight, pierced at the top for suspension, 9cm high; a Roman wooden gaming cup, 7.5cm high; and another oil lamp, Not Ancient, 7.5cm long, (8) Provenance: Property from the collection of Christopher Terry, Cumbria, acquired in the 1970s and 80s.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE HELMET Circa 5th-4th century B.C. Of Negau type, the dome body tapering to a pointed ridge, with a concave band flaring out to a lip along the bottom edge, with two holes on opposite side of the rim, 23.5cm high Provenance: Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952) Collection, Bordeaux, France. Thence by descent. Literature: There is a helmet of the same type in the British Museum (accession number 1823,0610.1) and in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (accession number 1970.35).
Estimate: ££4,000-£6,000
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AN ATTIC BLACK FIGURE SKYPHOS Circa 6th-5th Century B.C. Enlivened with red slip on the obverse, both sides showing a satyr chasing a maenad, flanked by two winged sphinxes and palm leaves, a black band underneath, with radiating lines extending up from the foot, 22.5cm diam (including handles) Provenance: Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952) Collection, Bordeaux, France. Thence by descent.
Estimate: ££600-£800
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A GREEK BLACK GLAZED SKYPHOS Circa 6th Century B.C. With a band of unglazed red terracotta around the body of the cup and across the handles, with horizontal lines of black slip, some wavy, 16cm diam (including handles) Provenance: UK private collection, formed in the 18th to 19th Century, with sealing wax on the base, typical of Grand Tour collections.
Estimate: ££80-£100
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THREE BLACK-GLAZED CAMPANIAN VESSELS Late 4th Century B.C. Including an askos, a cylindrical neck with an out-turned flattened rim, set on a raised ring base, with the back of the vessel drawn into to form a point, and a short strap handle links the point to the rim, base rim, 11.2cm high; a two-handled cup, with a ring base and two high looped handles, 9.3 cm high; and a handled vessel, the globular body has a handle linking the body to the out-turned rim, a concave base, 8cm high, (3) Provenance: The askos and the two-handled vessel come from the collection of Mrs Elias-Vaes (1908-2002), The Netherlands, acquired 1960s or early 1970s; the handled vessel come from the Collection of Mrs Elias-Vaes (1908-2002), The Netherlands, acquired 1960s or early 1970s; Literature: For another askos of similar form with a reserved base ring and stepped rim from Taranto cf. Raffaella Cassano, Principi imperatori vescovi (Bari, 1992), p.356, no. 24.
Estimate: ££350-£450
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TWO SMALL GREEK RED-FIGURE SKYPHOI Circa 4th Century B.C. Including an owl skyphos, with the bird depicted on both sides, with large eyes and speckled feathers, flanked by foliate designs, 11.2cm diam including handles; and another with foliate and linear designs added in red slip, 10.5cm diam including handles, (2) Provenance: Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952) Collection, Bordeaux, France. Thence by descent.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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AN ATTIC BLACK FIGURE LEKYTHOS Circa 5th Century B.C. Depicting Dionysus, with a pointed beard and holding a drinking horn, seated between two seated attendants, wearing the himaition, with ivy tendrils in the field, a band of two rows of dots above, 21.5cm high Provenance: Acquired from Bonhams, Antiquities, London, 13 April 2000, lot 157.
Estimate: ££800-£1,200
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER Circa 4th Century B.C. Enlivened with white slip, side (a) depicting a winged Eros carrying a phiale in one hand and a wreath in the other, and side (b) depicting a female bust in profile, the figure holding a small pomegranate, with a heart shape and roundel in the field, a meander band below and palmettes under the handles, 22cm high Provenance: UK collection, formed between 20 and 25 years ago, acquired on the UK art market.
Estimate: ££800-£1,200
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A GNATHIAN WARE SKYPHOS South Italy, circa 4th century B.C. With ribbed body and enlivened with white slip with a band of ivy tendrils along the top of the rim, and dots around the foot, 17.8cm high, and another vessel, 14cm high, (2) Provenance: Acquired from Bonhams, Antiquities, London, 13 April 2000, lot 194.
Estimate: ££600-£800
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TWO SOUTH ITALIAN POTTERY VESSELS Circa 4th century B.C. Including an oinochoe and a lidded lekanis, both enlivened with white slip and decorated with heads in profile of ‘Ladies of Fashion’, 11cm-22.5cm high, (2) Provenance: Acquired from Bonhams, Antiquities, London, 28 October 2004, lots 194 (part) and 279.
Estimate: ££600-£800
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A GNATHIAN WARE VASE South Italy, circa 4th century B.C. Enlivened with white slip, with the profile head of a woman on the shoulders flanked by foliate design, the ribbed body with a central band of scrolling design, and the everted rim with wavy edging, 26cm high Provenance: Acquired from Bonhams, Antiquities, London, 26 April 2001, lot 706.
Estimate: ££600-£800
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A PAESTAN RED-FIGURE CALYX KRATER Circa last quarter of the 4th Century B.C. Side (a) depicting a comic actor wearing a wreath, with a comic phallus, holding a phiale and ribbon, standing in front of a seated woman, half draped and holding a mirror, with vines above and below, side (b) depicting a seated woman, half draped, holding a basket in one hand and a staff in the other hand, scrolls below and a vine above, 28cm high Provenance: English private collection, owned by the family for about 50 years. Literature: For a similar depiction of a comic actor with a seated figure see the Asteas bell krater in the Museum of Fine Arts, Florida. Dionysus was the god of both theatre and wine and so comic actors were a common motif on symposium vessels and as such this krater, used to mix the water and wine at such events, brings together both strands of Dionysian iconography. The men attending the symposium could see this scene and discuss a recent comedy they might have seen, laughing at the bawdy phallic humour and discussing the dark political satire, both rife in the comedies of Classical Greece.
Estimate: ££4,000-£6,000
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AN APULIAN RED FIGURE BELL KRATER Attributed to the Schulmann Painter, circa 350-330 B.C. Side (a) depicting a young female running to her left, holding a phiale in her right hand and a bunch of grapes in her left, she is chased by a young Pan-Satyr, who holds a flaming torch in his right hand and situla in his left, side (b) depicting two youths facing each other, both wearing himations and one holding a long staff, below the handles are palmettes supported by florals, a row of dots runs along the ground with laurel leaves beneath the rim, 35cm high Provenance: UK private collection, acquired from Sotheby’s, London, Antiquities, 14 December 1987, lot 143. Previously from a UK private collection. Published: A. D. Trendall & A. Cambitoglou, Second supplement to The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, London, 1991, no.178b. Exhibited: The national touring exhibition ‘Drawing the Line’, various venues (including Whitechapel Art Gallery, London), January – September 1995. Selected for the exhibition by the eminent contemporary conceptual artist, Michael Craig-Martin.
Estimate: ££3,000-£5,000
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A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF THE EMPEROR TRAJAN Circa 98-117 A.D. Depicted with a stern expression, with thin pursed lips, deep smile lines, and furrowed brow, his hair falls characteristically over his forehead, 39cm high Provenance: English private collection, owned by the family for about 50 years. Literature: Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) was the thirteenth emperor of the Roman Empire, ruling from 98-117 A.D. and made huge steps in the expansion of the Roman Empire at large, the transformation of the landscape of the city of Rome, and the general reputation of the Roman emperors. He was clearly popular in antiquity, with the Senate officially naming him optimus (‘the best’) and he even became a bar by which future emperors would be measured, as they were inaugurated with the phrase: Sis felicior Augusto, melior Traiano (‘May you be luckier than Augustus, better than Trajan’) Trajan was unusual in that his family had settled in Hispania Baetica, part of modern day Spain, and he was therefore the first emperor ever to come from a Roman province rather than from Italy itself. As a military man, he ensured the loyalty of the vast and powerful Roman army and it was during his rule that the Roman Empire was at its largest, reaching even as far as Mesopotamia and Armenia. Trajan’s building programme in Rome was pioneering and impressive, especially with his famous victory column which still stands today. Trajan’s column is an artistic phenomenon that has been copied, etched, and photographed by innumerable modern viewers since, with even a full scale cast in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and it shows off both his military prowess and artistic innovation. Harking back to the idealised look of Augustus, this portrait shows Trajan’s instantly recognisable haircut, as it falls straight down on his forehead and sweeps around his ears. His steely expression is robust and authoritative, with his strong brow, deep smile lines and pursed lips. This portrait wonderfully portrays the austere, stoic and dignified air expected of a thoroughly Roman emperor. Trajan died very suddenly on 8 August 117 while he was away from Rome in Selinus, in modern day Turkey, which would subsequently be renamed Trajanopolis. His body was returned to Rome, cremated, and buried at the foot of one of his most notable achievements: Trajan’s column. He may not give us as many juicy anecdotes as his scandalous predecessors, with Caligula’s horse consul, Nero and his well-timed fire of Rome, and Tiberius’ promiscuity, but he was the calm after many stormy years and his memory literally stands tall – in fact approximately 98 feet tall – over the modern city of Rome.
Estimate: ££8,000-£12,000
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TWO ANCIENT BRONZE HANDLES Circa 3rd Century B.C. to 3rd Century A.D. One in the form of Hercules’ club and lion skin foot, with a duck head and leaf decoration, circa Hellenistic to early Roman, circa 3rd Century B.C. to 2nd Century A.D.; the other a Roman bronze handle decorated with a lion’s head and the head of a youth, possibly a follower of Dionysus, circa 1st-3rd Century A.D., 10.5cm-13cm high, (2) Provenance: The first from a French collection, early 19th Century to early 20th Century; the second from an English collection, early 20th Century.
Estimate: ££80-£100
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A ROMAN BRONZE PANTHER Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. The panther depicted with expressive features and mouth open, an ivy tether draped around the long slender neck, standing with tail curved behind its right leg, from a Bacchic group, with red collection no. M174, 3.8cm high Provenance: American private collection, Midwest. The Leo Mildenberg Collection, Christie’s, London, 26-27 October 2004, lot 206. Leo Mildenberg Collection, acquired in the 1970s. Published: A. Kozloff, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981, no.174, p.188.
Estimate: ££150-£200
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A HELLENISTIC TO ROMAN BRONZE CANDELABRUM TRIPOD FOOT Circa 3rd Century B.C. to 3rd Century A.D. Terminating in a lion’s paw, 8.5cm high Provenance: American private collection, Kentucky, formed in the mid-20th Century. Previously from a UK private collection, formed in the 19th Century.
Estimate: ££80-£120
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FIVE ROMAN BRONZE AND IRON KEYS Circa 1st-4th Century A.D. and one hook mechanism, 2.8cm-7cm long (6) Provenance: Acquired from UK and French art market. Previously 19th and 20th Century collections.
Estimate: ££80-£100
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A ROMAN BRONZE BUST Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. Wearing a Persian cap, possibly depicting Attis, with a nodule on the back for attachment, 6.5cm high Provenance: With John A. Badman, The Monarch, Glastonbury, in the 1970s.
Estimate: ££100-£150
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A ROMAN BRONZE HORSE OR CHARIOT BRIDLE ELEMENT Circa 1st-4th Century A.D. Composed of a circular disc which is folded over and has knobs around the circumference, with a large central ring above, flanked by two smaller rings, 8cm high Provenance: American private collection, Kentucky, formed in the mid-20th Century. Previously from a UK private collection, formed in the 19th Century.
Estimate: ££80-£120
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A ROMAN BRONZE VOTIVE FIGURE Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. The draped figure wearing a diadem, holding a phiale in the right hand and a spherical object in the left hand, 9.5cm high Provenance: UK private collection, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s or 1980s.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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A ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP IN THE FORM OF A NUBIAN Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. With incised details of the face and hair, the burner of the lamp extending out of the mouth, with suspension hoops at the back and top of the head, 14.5cm long Provenance: Acquired from Parthenon Gallery, London, 27 April 2012. Ex. Chalmers Collection, acquired from Charles Ede Ltd in 1967.
Estimate: ££1,500-£2,000
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A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF A MAN Circa 2nd-3rd A.D. Depicted nude, standing in contrapposto with his right shoulder raised slightly higher than his left and his left hip above his right hip, 41cm high Provenance: Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952) Collection, Bordeaux, France. Thence by descent.
Estimate: ££700-£900
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A ROMAN MARBLE FRAGMENT OF A LION Circa 1st-4th Century A.D. The foreparts of a lion, with a mane, incised eyes, and the mouth drilled, 9.5cm high Provenance: Acquired from Hirsch Auctions, Germany in the last quarter of the 20th Century.
Estimate: ££80-£120
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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.
Estimate: ££350-£450
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A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT OF A LION Circa 4th Century A.D. The lion carved with furrowed brow, and straight mane, with remnants of architectural carving below, 23cm high Provenance: Property from the collection of Christopher Terry, Cumbria, acquired in the 1970s and 80s.
Estimate: ££500-£800
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A ROMAN LIMESTONE STELE FRAGMENT Circa 2nd Century A.D. Depicting a draped male figure reclining on a couch, with a slave and a three-legged table below and a pedimental structure above, 40cm high Provenance: Acquired from the American art market, New York, 2000. Previously acquired from Sotheby’s, New York. Accompanied by a copy of the Sotheby’s valuation listing the piece, dated to 30 July 1984. Literature: Images of the deceased reclining on a dining couch were a common motif in both Greek and Roman funerary art. It is often believed that these show the deceased dining in the afterlife, as if dining alongside the mourners at the ritual funerary banquet. For an example with similar iconography, see the marble cinerary urn for M. Domitius Primegenius in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Accession number 27.122.2a, b). It shows the same three-legged table, and couch with turned legs, and tiled background. The couch legs and three-legged table are also evident in the funerary relief of M. Aemilius Durises in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany.
Estimate: ££3,000-£5,000
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A GROUP OF GLASS VESSELS Roman to Islamic Period and later Including a large Roman glass handled jug, 16cm high, a Byzantine glass jug with heavy irridescenc and moulded chevron design, 11.5cm high, and Islamic bottle with applied horizontal trails around the body and folded rim, 10cm high, and two others, Not Ancient, (5) Provenance: Dr Stanley I Batkin (1914 – 2015) collection, Scarsdale, New York. The Islamic vessel acquired in 1972, the Roman jug in 1978, the others in 1976. Each accompanied by a copy of the original collection card, all dated.
Estimate: ££400-£600
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THREE SMALL ROMAN GLASS VESSELS Circa 1st-4th Century A.D. Including a candlestick unguentarium with a squat body and long, narrow, cylindrical neck, 10cm high; a narrow piriform tear bottle, 8.5cm high; and a cosmetic vessel with a bulbous body and flaring rim, 3.8cm high, (3) Provenance: UK private collection, acquired from J. Zadok and Sons, Jerusalem in the 1980s.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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A ROMAN PALE YELLOW GLASS BOTTLE Circa 4th Century A.D. With cylindrical body and everted rim, the broad ribbon handle joining the shoulder and neck, 14.5cm high Provenance: UK private collection, acquired from Jonathon Markowitz in the 1970s.
Estimate: ££300-£500
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A ROMAN PALE BLUE GLASS DOUBLE BALSAMARIUM 3rd-4th Century A.D. With a conjoined tubular body and high handle, including a bronze applicator, 16cm high Provenance: UK private collection, acquired from J. Zadok and Sons, Jerusalem in the 1980s. Accompanied by a Certificate of Antiquity from J Zadok and Sons.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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TWO ROMAN GLASS VESSELS AND A ROMAN GLASS STIRRING ROD 1st Century A.D.-3rd Century A.D. Including an aubergine coloured blown glass perfume bottle, with a squat conical body and a flat base, an elongated neck with an applied rim, 6.2cm high; a clear glass flask with a narrow elongated neck enlivened with four concentric bands, decorated with a trail pattern on the squat, broad conical body, ring base, 15.2cm high; and a glass stirring rod in amber with thin lines of white glass spiralling down the rod, 15.3cm high Provenance: The perfume flask is from private collection, Beverley Hills, USA, acquired prior to 1975; the clear glass flask was acquired from the collection of Dr Carl Kempe (1884-1967), Sweden (sold Bonhams 29 April 2004, lot 151); and the stirring rod is from private collection UK, acquired prior to 1983 Literature: For a similar vessel to the aubergine perfume bottle, see C. S. Lightfoot, ‘Ancient Glass in National Museums Scotland’ (Edinburgh, 2007), p.162-3; also, a bi-coloured stirring rod can be found in Anastassios Antonaras, ‘Fire and Sand: Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum’, Yale University Press 2012, no.507.
Estimate: ££400-£600
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TWO ROMAN GLASS VESSELS AND A BYZANTINE GLASS VESSEL 1st-4th Century A.D. Including two Roman pale blue glass twin-handled footed vessels, one with spiraled trailing around the body and neck, 10cm-12cm high, and a Byzantine dark amber glass vessel, with a drop-shaped body tapering to a point at the bottom, and a central neck ring, 11cm high, 4th-6th Century A.D., (3) Provenance: UK private collection, acquired from J. Zadok and Sons, Jerusalem in the 1980s.
Estimate: ££250-£350
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THIRTEEN LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE BRONZE BUCKLES Circa 4th-9th Century A.D. With loop and tongue, decorated with openwork crosses and geometric motifs, with hoops on the underside, 3cm-7cm long (13) Provenance: Silk Collection, London, formed in the 1950s.
Estimate: ££100-£150
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A POTTERY OLPE In the Corinthian style, the body with friezes of birds, panthers and flowers added in umber slip, with a handle joining the body and flaring rim, terminating in two discs with starburst decoration, 28cm high Provenance: Ex German collection, acquired from Michael Schindler, Cologne, in 1979. Accompanied by a letter from Michael Schindler discussing the piece dated to 1979.
Estimate: ££100-£120
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THREE ROMAN RED-WARE POTTERY VESSELS Circa 1st-4th Century A.D. Including a large platter with a central motif of alternating palm leaves and rosettes, with incised bands, 43.5cm diam, a bowl with two incised bands on the inside, 31.3cm diam, and another plate, 29cm diam, (3) Provenance: UK private collection, acquired from the UK trade, Harrogate, prior to 2000.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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A ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP Circa 2nd Century A.D. With a leaf handle and ring below, and incised decoration around the extended spout, 13.5cm long Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
Estimate: ££400-£600
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A GROUP OF ROMAN RED SLIPWARE FRAGMENTS North African, circa 3rd-5th Century A.D. Including one with a Chi-Ro, another with the head of a sea god, and various animals and a human head, 4.5cm-15cm long, (10) Provenance: Ex Hans and Edith Abarbanell Collection, formed in London in the mid-20th Century. One from the Archer collection, formed in the 20th Century.
Estimate: ££30-£60
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A BYZANTINE BRONZE OIL LAMP Circa 5th-6th Century A.D. With a cross shaped handle with a hoop underneath, a flaring spout, and the base pierced for attachment, 14.5cm long Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
Estimate: ££700-£900
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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 (including the chain) x 10cm diam Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
Estimate: ££1,000-£1,200
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TWO HELLENISTIC GOLD EARRINGS Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C. Each with a twisted hoop, hooked into a hoop at the end, with animal head terminals, one with the head of a bull and a gold bead behind the head, the other with the head of a ram or goat and a glass bead behind the head, 1.4cm-1.9cm diam, (2) Provenance: The Thétis Collection, Geneva, Switzerland, acquired prior to 1970. De Clercq Collection, Paris prior to 1911. Published: J.-L. Zimmermann, ‘Collection de la Fondation Thétis’, Geneva, 1987, pp. 78-9, no. 142. Literature: Similar earrings with animal head terminals are illustrated in Dr. Yuri Kalashnik, ‘Greek Gold from the Treasure Rooms of the Hermitage’, Amsterdam 2004, p.46, nos.20 and 21, p.108, no.70.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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A MEDIEVAL SILVER RING Circa 12th Century A.D. The hoop with incised decoration, three ridges on each shoulder, scrolling designs on the shanks of the high bezel, which is octagonal with a gilded fleur de lys, ring size R 1/2 Provenance: Private collection of Christopher Jones, acquired in circa 1979. Found in South Switzerland.
Estimate: ££400-£600
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A ROMAN LAPIS LAZULI INTAGLIO Circa 1st Century A.D. Depicting a goat standing next to a cornucopia, mounted into a modern Geogian-style fob, 1.7cm diam Provenance: UK private collection, acquired by the owner’s grandfather during the 1960s or 1970s. Thence by descent.
Estimate: ££500-£700
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FIVE EUROPEAN BRONZE FIBULAE Circa 1st-5th Century A.D. Including a Romano-British bronze fibula, with central rib with leaves design on the arch, 6cm long; a Gallo-Roman bronze fibula in the shape of a phallus, with traces of enamel remaining, 3.2cm long; a Gallo-Roman bronze fibula in the form of a cicada, 2.7cm long; a European bronze disc fibula with enamel, 3.3cm diam; and a Romano-British enamelled fibula, 3.5cm, (5) Provenance: The Romano-British fibula, found in Piercebridge, County Durham; the fibula in the shape of a phallus from a UK private collection; the cicada fibula from a UK private collection, acquired in 1991; the bronze disc fibula from a UK private collection, acquired in 1988; and the Romano-British enamelled fibula from a UK private collection.
Estimate: ££500-£700
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A GROUP OF GLASS AND HARDSTONE BEADS Circa 2nd Millennium B.C. to Islamic Period and later Including Phoenician and later glass eye beads; Islamic trailed and combed coloured glass beads; Ancient Near eastern carnelian beads; and a number of other coloured glass beads and an amber bead (a lot) Provenance: Spanish private collection, acquired in the 1970s.
Estimate: ££300-£500
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT BEADS Circa 3rd Millennium B.C. to Roman Period Mostly Near Eastern and restrung together to form a long necklace, with some beads loose, composed of etched carnelian, glass, and shell beads, some in the form of animals, the largest bead 2.5cm wide, (a lot) Provenance: UK private collection, London, acquired from John Hewett in about 1965.
Estimate: ££80-£120
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A GROUP OF GLASS AND STONE BEADS Roman to Islamic Period and later Including various mosaic glass beads, plain glass beads, and stone beads, including large black stone cylindrical beads, some strung together, the largest bead 2cm long, (a lot) Provenance: Ex Donald Simmonds collection, London, formed in the late 20th Century.
Estimate: ££30-£50
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THREE ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. Each circular in shape with spouts, with moulded decoration, two depicting a leaping animal, the other with a floral decoration, 8cm-10cm long, (3) Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
Estimate: ££120-£150
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SIX ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D. Including one example with moulded scrolling decoration on the spout, 9.5cm long; another with indistinct moulded decoration and a hoop handle, 9cm wide; another without a handle and with moulded circular decoration around the central perforation, 9cm wide; and three plain examples, one with red slip covering the top, 6.2cm-7.5cm wide, (6) Provenace: Ex private collection, The Netherlands, acquired in the late 20th Century.
Estimate: ££100-£150
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SEVEN ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS Circa 1st Century A.D. Each with moulded decoration, with radiating lines, scrolls extending from the spout, and groups of three circles on the body, with makers’ marks underneath, 9cm long (7) Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
Estimate: ££300-£500
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THREE TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS Late Bronze Age to 4th Century A.D. Including a Levantine late Bronze Age pinched oil lamps on a ring foot, one with moulded decoration, with palm leaves on the spout, and another, 9cm-13cm long, (3) Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
Estimate: ££100-£120
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FOUR ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS Circa 4th Century A.D. Each with moulded design, with radiating lines, scrolling, and palm leaves, one with facial features on one side of the body, 8cm-10.5cm long, (4) Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
Estimate: ££120-£150
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TWO ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS Circa 4th 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.
Estimate: ££100-£120
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SIX ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS Circa 4th Century A.D. Each with moulded decoration, with radiating lines, scrolling, and palm leaves, some with small handles, and one with a terracotta head of a woman added, 8cm-12cm long, (6) Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
Estimate: ££150-£200
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FIVE ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D. Each with moulded decoration, including one example with a central motif of a bird, possibly a goose, and a foliate vine surround the central disc, 9.5cm wide; another with a central motif of a palm leaf, with diagonal lines around the outside, 12cm wide; another with central motif possibly of a figure, 9.5cm wide; another with central motif of a leaping hare, with scrolling design surrounding, 11.5cm wide; and a final example with a bust of Serapis in profile on the central, and foliate design including a bunch of grapes surrounding, with maker’s mark underneath, 12.5cm wide, (5) Provenance: Ex private collection, The Netherlands, acquired in the late 20th Century.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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TWO BYZANTINE TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS Circa 6th-8th Century A.D. Each with a single handle and moulded decoration on the shoulder and nozzle, 9cm-10cm long, (2) Provenance: Acquired by the owner’s family prior to 1956. Thence by descent.
Estimate: ££60-£80
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AN MARBLE FIGURE OF APHRODITE, AFTER THE ANTIQUE Depicted nude, the fragmentary figure bent slightly over and the body in the curve of contrapposto, 26cm high Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 3 December 1991, lot 376. Dr Barnet Fine Collection, Stamford, Connecticut, USA
Estimate: ££700-£900
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A GROUP OF SOTHEBY’S ANTIQUITIES CATALOGUES Including: Sotheby’s, New York: 6 Dec 2012, 11 June 2010, 10 Dec 2009, 10 Dec 2008, 5 June 2008, 5 Dec 2007, 11 Dec 2002, 13 June 2002 (Antiquities and Islamic Art), 9 Dec 1999 (The Christios G. Bastis Collection), 10 Dec 1999, and 5 June 1999; and Sotheby’s, London, 5 Nov 2002; AND A GROUP OF MISCELLANEOUS ANTIQUITIES AUCTION CATALOGUES, including: fourteen Timeline Auctions catalogues, with 11 from 2016 auctions, and then one each from 16 Dec 2010, 1 Dec 2011, and 15 Mar 2013; three Phillips Tribal Art and Antiquities catalogues, London, with two from 11 April 2001, and one from 10 April 2000; two Hirsch-Auktion catalogues, with no.228, 17 Sept 2003, and no.248, 6 Feb 2007; and Gorny and Mosch catalogue, no.194, 14 Dec 2010, (32)
Estimate: ££150-£200
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A GROUP OF CHRISTIE’S ANTIQUITIES AND ANCIENT JEWELRY CATALOGUES Including: 6 June 2013, New York; 25 Oct 2012, London; 26 Apr 2012, London (The Groppi Collection); 6 Oct 2011, London; 16/17 Feb 2011, Paris; 14 Apr 2011, London; 29 Apr 2010, London; 11 Dec 2009, New York; 27 Oct 2009, London; 28 Apr 2009, London; 4 June 2008, New York; 7 Dec 2006, New York; 8 Dec 2005, New York; 20 Apr 2005, London (Including the Leo Mildenberg Collection); 20 Apr 2005, London (Faces from the Ancient World); 28 Apr 2004, London; 13 May 2003, London; 11 June 2003, New York; 29 Oct 2003, London; 29 Oct 2003, London (The Heidi Vollmoeller Collection); 12 June 2002, New York; two copies of 12 Dec 2002, New York; 13 Dec 2002, New York; 5 Dec 2001, New York; 5/6 Dec 2001, New York; 9 Dec 1999, New York; 4 June 1999, New York; 8 Apr 1998, London; 17 Mar 1998, New York; 18 Dec 1997, New York; and 25 Nov 1997, London, (32)
Estimate: ££200-£300
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A GROUP OF BONHAMS ANTIQUITIES CATALOGUES Including: two copies of 13 Apr 2011; two copies of 28 Apr 2010; 6 Oct 2010; 28 Oct 2009; two copies of 29 Apr 2009; 15 Oct 2008 (The Geddes Collection); 1 May 2008; 26 Oct 2007; two copies of 26 Apr 2007 (Antiquities and Tribal Art); 27 Apr 2006; 14 May 2003; 8 Nov 2001; 21 Oct 1999; 22 Sep 1998; and 2 Dec 2008 (Early European Works of Art and The Knightsbridge Sale), (20)
Estimate: ££100-£150
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D. Whitehouse, Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Volumes 1 and 2, New York, 1997 and 2001, (2)
Estimate: ££50-£80
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A GROUP OF REFERENCE BOOKS ON ANCIENT GLASS Including: R.S. Bianchi (ed.), Reflections on Ancient Glass from the Borowski Collection, Mainz Am Rhein, 2002; E.M. Stern, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass, 10 BCE-700CE, The Ernesto Wolf Collection, Ostifildern-Ruit, 2001; A. von Saldern (ed.), Gläser der Antike : Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer, Mainz Am Rhein, 1974; B. Simonetta, Vetri Antichi del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria, Venice, 1996; V. Arveiller-Dulong and M-D. Nenna, Les Verres Antiques, Vol. 1, Paris, 2000; J-A. Bruhn, Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass, New York, 1995; P. La Baume and J.W. Salomonson, Römische Kleinkunst: Sammlung Karl Löffler, Band III, Köln, 1976; E.M. Stern and B. Schlick-Nolte, Early Glass of the Ancient World, 1600 B.C. – A.D. 50, The Ernesto Wolf Collection, Ostfildern, 1994; S.B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1980; S. Carboni and D. Whitehouse (eds.), Glass of the Sultans, New York, 2001; P.L.W. Arts, A Collection of Ancient Glass, 500 B.C. – 550 A.D., Lochem, 2000; Sotheby’s, The Constable-Maxwell Collection of Ancient Glass, 4/5 June 1979, London, (12)
Estimate: ££80-£120
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A GREEK CORE-FORMED GLASS OINCHOE Circa 5th Century B.C. Of dark blue glass, with trefoil lip and a handle, with yellow and white combed decoration, 10.3cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired 1948-2000.
Estimate: ££700-£900
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A HELLENISTIC AMBER GLASS BOWL Circa 2nd-1st Century B.C. With incised bands on the inside and a ring base, 16cm diam Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
Estimate: ££300-£500
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A ROMAN BLUE GLASS UNGUENTARIUM Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. Of piriform shape, with a cylindrical neck and everted rim, 7.3cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
Estimate: ££120-£150
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A ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUM Circa 2nd Century A.D. Of piriform shape, with long, narrow neck and everted rim, 13cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
Estimate: ££150-£250
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A ROMAN BLUE GLASS UNGUENTARIUM Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. Of piriform shape, with a cylindrical neck and everted rim, 9.3cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
Estimate: ££150-£200
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TWO ROMAN GLASS BOTTLES Circa 2nd Century A.D. Each of clear colour, with cylindrical body, and everted rim, 6cm-7cm high, (2) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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FIVE MINIATURE GLASS VESSELS Circa 1st-4th Century A.D. Including a red opaque glass bowl, a clear glass bowl, a core-formed oinochoe, and two bottles, 2.4cm-5cm high, (5) Provenance: The property of UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
Estimate: ££250-£350
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THREE ROMAN GLASS VESSELS Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. Including an unguentarium of piriform shape with a long cylindrical neck and everted rim, a yellow 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, 6.5cm-13cm high, (3) Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
Estimate: ££400-£600
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A ROMAN CANDLESTICK UNGUENTARIUM Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. Clear glass in colour, with a long, narrow neck, flaring out to a wide circular base, 14cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
Estimate: ££150-£200
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A ROMAN GLASS GRAPE FLASK Eastern Mediterranean, circa 3rd Century A.D. Mould blown, with stylised grape pattern, and a round base and shoulder, with narrow neck and everted rim, 12cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1984-2000.
Estimate: ££1,000-£1,200
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A LATE ROMAN GLASS BEAKER OR LAMP 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.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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THREE ROMAN GLASS JARS Circa 4th Century A.D. Each of globular form with cylindrical neck and everted rim, and each with pinched decoration, 7cm-8.5cm high, (3) Provenance: The property of the UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
Estimate: ££400-£600
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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.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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A SASANIAN GLASS GOBLET Iran, circa 4th-6th Century A.D. Of pale-yellow glass, with moulded decoration, with a narrow stem flaring out into a flat foot, 9cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
Estimate: ££400-£600
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A BYZANTINE HEXAGONAL AMBER GLASS JUG Eastern Mediterranean, circa 6th-7th Century A.D. The body mould blown, 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.
Estimate: ££700-£900
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AN ISLAMIC BLUE GLASS BOWL Circa 9th Century A.D. With a band of etched decoration around the outside, 19.4cm diam Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired from 1948-2000.
Estimate: ££300-£500
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AN ISLAMIC BOTTLE Iran, circa 11th-12th Century A.D. With bulbous body tapering to a long, narrow neck and everted rim, with spiral trailing at the top and base of the neck, and a ring base, 22cm high Provenance: The property from a UK private collection, acquired between 1948 and 2000.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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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, 5.3cm-8cm diam, (3) Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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AN ISLAMIC GLASS JUGLET Circa 9th Century A.D. With piriform body and a small handle, 9.8cm high Provenance: The property of a UK private collection, acquired between 1948-2000.
Estimate: ££150-£200
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A LATE BYZANTINE OR EARLY ISLAMIC BLUE GLASS BOTTLE Circa 4th-8th Century A.D. 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.
Estimate: ££400-£500
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TWO ISLAMIC BRONZE EWERS Circa 18th-early 20th Century Both with incised floral decoration, one with a cylindrical body, curved spout and hinged lid, and the other with a squat, bulbous body, and long, narrow neck, with a tall spout and hinged lid, 33-42cm high, (2) Provenance: UK private collection, acquired in a London auction in the 1960s or 1970s.
Estimate: ££100-£150
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AN IZNIK CERAMIC TILE Circa 17th Century A.D. Of square form, decorated in cobalt blue, green and turquoise, with black outline on a white ground with a large lotus issuing scrolling foliate tendrils flanked by partial lotuses, with partial tulips above and below, 23.2cm x 23.2cm
Estimate: ££200-£300
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FOUR ISLAMIC POTTERY OIL LAMPS Circa 10th-14th Century A.D. Including three dark blue glazed oil lamps with extended spouts and small handles, 9.5cm-11.5cm wide; a turquoise glazed oil lamp with a narrow stem and a pinched rim, attached to the rim of the broad base by the handle, 7cm high; and another oil lamp in stone, 11.5cm long, (5) Provenance: Ex private collection, the Netherlands, acquired in the late 20th Century.
Estimate: ££100-£120
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A CANAANITE BRONZE IDOL Circa 2nd Millennium B.C. Wearing a conical hat, stepping forward on one leg, with tangs on the feet, 9.2cm high Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the first World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the second World war he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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AN IRANIAN BRONZE PENDANT Iron Age, circa 700-100 B.C. A spherical openwork pendant with three small juglet pendants, 6.5cm high Provenance: Ex UK private collection, London, formed in the 20th Century.
Estimate: ££30-£50
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AN ANATOLIAN POTTERY VESSEL Hacilar Region, Middle Chalcolithic Period, circa 5000 B.C. The ovoid body and wide cylindrical neck decorated with umber paint, with chevron patterns within horseshoe shapes and bands on the neck, the two handles attached to the pointed ends of the body, 17cm high Provenance: Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired in the 1970s.
Estimate: ££400-£600
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THREE ANATOLIAN POTTERY DISHES Hacilar Region, Middle Chalcolithic Period, circa early 6th-5th Millennium B.C. Each shallow dishes, with painted umber decoration, one decorated with concentric circles, the other two with angular decoration, 17.2cm-25cm diam, (3) Provenance: Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired in the 1970s. One accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence certificate dated to 1977. Literature: There is a similar Hacilar shallow bowl in the British Museum (museum number 134846).
Estimate: ££800-£1,200
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A LARGE ANATOLIAN POTTERY VESSEL Hacilar Region, Middle Chalcolithic, circa mid-6th Millennium B.C. With the body tapering to four corners, with a wide cylindrical neck, decorated with red paint with broad stripes on the body and bands on the neck, 18.6cm high Provenance: Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired in the 1970s. Literature: There is a Hacilar vessel with similar decoration and in the same shape in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession number 64.286.5)
Estimate: ££500-£700
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THREE ANATOLIAN POTTERY VESSELS Hacilar Region, Middle Chalcolithic, circa 5000 B.C. Each with bulbous body and cylindrical rim, with angular, umber painted decoration, 16cm-22.2cm high, (3) Provenance: Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired in the 1970s. One accompanied by a copy of thermoluminescence certificate dated to 1977.
Estimate: ££800-£1,200
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AN ANATOLIAN POTTERY DISH Hacilar Region, Middle Chalcolithic, circa early 6th-5th Millennium B.C. With flaring rim, decorated with umber paint with horizontal lines on the rim and geometric designs in the bowl, two small handles on the body, 24cm diam Provenance: Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired in the 1970s.
Estimate: ££500-£700
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TWO ANATOLIAN POTTERY VESSELS Hacilar Region, Middle Chalcolithic, circa 5th Millennium B.C.. Both with bulbous body and cylindrical neck, one with umber painted decoration and the other with darker maroon painted decoration, 20cm-22cm high, (2) Provenance: Elsa Bloch-Diener collection, Bern, acquired in the 1970s. Both accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence certificate dated to 1977.
Estimate: ££400-£600
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR Old Kingdom, circa 2600 B.C. A piriform jar tapering to a flat base, with an everted rim, 13cm high Provenance: Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952) Collection, Bordeaux, France. Thence by descent.
Estimate: ££400-£600
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR Old Kingdom, circa 2600 B.C. A piriform jar tapering to a flat base, with an everted rim, 21.7cm high Provenance: Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952) Collection, Bordeaux, France. Thence by descent.
Estimate: ££700-£900
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR Old Kingdom, circa 2600 B.C. A jar with a slightly concave cylindrical body, with an out-turned rim and flared foot, 22cm high Provenance: Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952) Collection, Bordeaux, France. Thence by descent.
Estimate: ££700-£900
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AN EGYPTIAN WOOD FIGURE Middle Kingdom, circa 2030-1640 B.C. Painted wood figure of a man, likely to be a boatman, 16.5cm high Provenance: Ex UK collection, formed in the mid-20th Century.
Estimate: ££120-£150
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AN EGYPTIAN WOODEN ARM New Kingdom to Late Period, circa 1550-500 B.C. From a standing deity, probably originally crossed over the front of the chest, 12cm long Provenance: UK private collection, formed in the mid-20th Century. Previously with Coincraft, London.
Estimate: ££120-£150
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EGYPTIAN BONE MONKEY AMULET OR FINIAL New Kingdom, 18th-19th Dynasty, circa 1540-1186 B.C. Depicted seated on his haunches with stippled fur over the back and head, and recessed eyes, 4.5cm Provenance: The Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001) Collection.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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AN EGYPTIAN WOODEN SHABTI New Kingdom, Ramesside Period, circa 1295-1070 B.C. The mummiform figure, wearing a tripartite wig with hands crossed to hold agricultural implements, 20.5cm high Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the first World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the second World war he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
Estimate: ££150-£250
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER SHABTI New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, 1190-1075 B.C. Enlivened with green, black and orange wax, with arms crossed over the chest and wearing a wig, 15.5cm high Provenance: Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952) Collection, Bordeaux, France. Thence by descent. Literature: For a similar type of shabti, see Sotheby’s, New York, 6 December 2012, lot 51 and
Estimate: ££2,000-£3,000
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AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION BES AMULET NECKLACE Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. The dwarf god depicted standing, wearing a headdress, with the necklace made up of cylindrical glazed composition beads, with spacers of glazed composition, carnelian, quartz and other stones, restrung, 28.5cm long including the Bes amulet Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the first World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the second World war he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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TWO EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION MUMMY BEAD NECKLACES New Kingdom to Late Period, circa 1550-332 B.C. The first composed of cylindrical blue glazed composition beads terminating in a small terracotta shabti, 40cm long including the shabti; the other composed of small blue glazed composition cylindrical beads with bone spacers, terminating in a modern glass bead, 41cm long, both restrung, (2) Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the first World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the second World war he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETS New Kingdom to Late Period, circa 1550-332 B.C. Strung together, including sixteen udjat eye amulets, two scarabs, a menat amulet, a sow, twelve amulets of deities, and others, some Not Ancient, 0.5cm-2cm high, (a lot) Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the first World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the second World war he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
Estimate: ££300-£500
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A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETS AND AMULET FRAGMENTS New Kingdom to Late Period, circa 1550-332 B.C. Including a fragment of a fine udjat eye amulet, a fragmentary amulet and another small amulet of Horus wearing a sun disc, a sow, a striding Thoth, a Tauret, three small udjat eyes, seven small amulets of deities, and other amulets and fragments, the largest amulet 3.5cm long, (a lot) Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the first World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the second World war he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
Estimate: ££150-£250
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A GROUP OF SMALL GLAZED COMPOSITION BEADS Ramesside to Late Period, circa 1250-500 B.C. Various small cylindrical and long glazed composition beads, (a lot) Provenance: Ex Egypt Exploration Society, ‘Partage’ System, late 19th-early 20th Century.
Estimate: ££30-£50
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A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES Including a wooden Amun crown, composed of two feathers, with details added in polychrome, 9cm high, Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-32 B.C.; four bone bracelets, 4cm-6.2cm high, Predynastic Period, circa 3000 B.C.; three earrings or hair rings, two made of glass and one of terracotta, New Kingdom, circa 1550-1070 B.C.; a shell pendant, 7cm long, and another, Not Ancient, (10) Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the first World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the second World war he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN BRONZE ITEMS Including six figures of Osiris, each in typical mummiform posture, 6.2cm-13cm high; two snake bracelets, with overlapping terminals, 5.3cm-10.2cm diam; and two ancient bronze handle fragments, 10cm-11.5cm long, and a bronze figure of Thoth as a baboon, Not Ancient, 6.3cm high, (11) Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the first World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the second World war he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
Estimate: ££500-£700
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THREE EGYPTIAN SHABTIS 22nd Dynasty to early Ptolemaic Period, circa 943-30 B.C. Each of typical mummiform pose, including a bichrome glazed composition shabti for a priest with moulded details 11.4cm high; a pottery shabti with a column of text down the front added in black paint, 10.2cm high; and another small glazed composition shabti, 8.2cm high, (3) Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the first World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the second World war he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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AN EGYPTIAN GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI FOR PSAM-TEK-SI-NEITH Late Period, 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C. Of typical mummiform shape, wearing a tripartite wig and carrying tools and a seedbag, with impressed hieroglyphs down the front and back, 10.5cm high Provenance: UK private collection, acquired in the early 1960s in the sale of various storage units which were dispersed from deceased estates after WWII, where it had been held since before the war. Thence by descent. Accompanied by a typed note which gives its provenance as ‘Found in the valley of the Kings in 1930 by Sir Arnold Woolley.’
Estimate: ££200-£300
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AN EGYPTIAN GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI FOR PEF-TJAU-A-EN-KHONSU Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. Described as ‘born to Tefnut’, with moulded details, in typical mummiform pose, wearing a tripartite wig, holding a pick, how and seedbag, incised hieroglyphs covering the legs and back pillar, 11cm high Provenance: Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952) Collection, Bordeaux, France. Thence by descent.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF SEATED OSIRIS Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. The seated mummiform deity wearing the atef crown and false beard and holding the crook and flail across his chest, with incised details, with tangs under the torso and feet, 15cm high Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the first World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the second World war he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
Estimate: ££400-£600
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF OSIRIS Late Period, circa 664 B.C. – 332 B.C. A standing mummiform Osiris, depicted wearing the Atef crown, which consists of the crown of lower Egypt flanked by two Ostrich feathers, holding a crook and flail, 14.3cm high Provenance: Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952) Collection, Bordeaux, France. Thence by descent. Literature: For a similar statuette of Osiris, see the The Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession number 74.51.5583)
Estimate: ££400-£600
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR Late Period, circa 664 B.C. – 332 B.C. An Egyptian alabaster vessel with two pierced lug handles, a tapered body and an everted rim, 23.2cm high Provenance: Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952) Collection, Bordeaux, France. Thence by descent.
Estimate: ££800-£1,200
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AN EGYPTIAN GREEN SCHIST HEART SCARAB Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. Of naturalistic form, the underside inscribed with the standard formula of chapter 30B of the Book of the Dead, mostly faded, reading: ‘[…] the Osiris, the prophet and god’s father […]’, 6.4cm long Provenance: Belgian private collection, Brussels, acquired in the 1970s. With Galerie Harmakhis, Brussels. Literature: The common idea that the heart scarab was designed to replace the heart after its removal at mummification remains questionable. The Egyptians feared that the heart, the seat of memory and conscience, would testify against the deceased at the Divine Tribunal. Placing a heart scarab within the mummy wrappings or over the heart, or near the neck, of the mummy of the deceased was designed to prevent this. They are often inscribed with a spell from the Book of the Dead imploring the heart not to abandon its owner.
Estimate: ££1,000-£1,500
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AN EGYPTIAN LIGHT BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULET 26th Dynasty to early Ptolemaic Period, circa 7th Century – 3rd Century B.C. Endowed with a large phallus which he rests over his left shoulder, 3.5cm high Provenance: From the collection of Henry Wallis (1830-1916), artist and specialist in various areas, including Egyptian glazed composition.
Estimate: ££80-£100
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AN EGYPTIAN BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION FIGURE OF TAURET Late Period, circa 664 B.C. – 332 B.C. Of typical form with her hippopotamus head and depicted as pregnant, her left leg advancing and with a crocodile tail extending down her back, 5.9cm high Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the first World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the second World war he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN. Mount with handwritten note specifying date of 1850
Estimate: ££150-£250
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AN EGYPTIAN WOODEN SARCOPHAGUS MASK Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. With part of the wig, large eyes and serene smile, with four pegs for securing to the coffin lid, 21cm high Provenance: With Helios Gallery, UK. American private collection, Knoxville, Tennessee formed in the 1950s.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE SITULA Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664 B.C. – 30 B.C. With suspension loops attached to the rim, the body tapering into a peg base, 9.2cm high Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century; and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the first World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the second World war he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.
Estimate: ££100-£150
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AN EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE Ptolemaic Period, circa 3rd-1st Century B.C. Depicting a youth, wearing a festival wreath on his head and holding two cockerels, 13.5cm high Provenance: Acquired from the French art market. Previously from the Perichon Bey (1860-1929) collection. Mounted on an early 20th Century base.
Estimate: ££80-£100
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A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN STUCCO SARCOPHAGUS MASK Roman Period, circa 1st Century B.C.-2nd Century A.D. With striated linear hair brushed forward to the brow, large eyes and heavy eye lids, 22cm high Provenance: UK private collection, Wiltshire, acquired in Notting Hill Gate, London, in the early 1990s.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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FOUR EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURES 26th Dynasty to Ptolemaic Period, circa 7th-1st Century B.C. Including a figure Isis, seated, holding Horus in her arms; a finial in the form of the aegis of Khnum; a figure of Harpokrates, seated and wearing the sun disc of Ra; and a figure of Nefertum, 5.6cm-9cm high, (4) Provenance: the Isis from a French collection, formed in the mid-20th Century; the aegis from a UK collection, London, formed in the mid-20th Century; the Harpokrates acquired from Christie’s, London, 1980s; the Nefertum from a European collection, formed in the mid-20th Century.
Estimate: ££180-£220
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A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN GLASS BEAD BRACELET Circa 30 B.C.-395 A.D. Composed of eighteen spherical and barrel-shaped black core-formed beads with white combed trailing, restrung and with modern clasp, 19cm long Provenance: Private collection, Canada, acquired early 20th Century.
Estimate: ££150-£250
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AN AMETHYST SCARAB Possibly Egyptian Mounted to be worn as a pendant, 2.2cm high Provenance: Ex UK collection, formed 19th-early 20th Century.
Estimate: ££80-£120
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A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA GROTESQUE Circa 1st Century B.C./A.D. Carrying a wine amphora and holding a festival wreath, wearing a Phrygian cap, with diaphanous drapery, wearing a bulla on his chest, 16cm high Provenance: Ex Audrey Davies, acquired in the 1980s. Ex UK private collection.
Estimate: ££120-£150
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A GROUP OF ROMANO-EGYPTIAN GLASS FRAGMENTS Circa 1st-4th Century A.D. Including millefiore fragments, from bowls and furniture inlays, the largest fragment 3.9cm wide, (a lot) Provenance: Acquired from Bonhams, London. Ex German collection, formed in the 1970s.
Estimate: ££80-£100
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TWO PRE-COLUMBIAN TERRACOTTA HEADS Including one example enlivened with red slip, with large almond shaped eyes, circular earrings, his mouth open, wearing a headdress, 5.5cm high; and another enlivened with white and pink slip, wearing an elaborate headdress and large circular earrings, 8.3cm high Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016). The first acquired from Folio Fine Art Ltd in 1969 and the second acquired from Charles Ede Ltd in 1976-1977. The first accompanied by the original purchase receipt issued in 1969.
Estimate: ££100-£120
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AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULET OF THOTH Late Period, circa 600 B.C. The ibis-headed god of wisdom, justice and measures depicted wearing a short kilt, finely modelled, 5cm high Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd, December 1969.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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FOUR EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETS Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. Including a bright blue glazed composition Djed pillar, 2.8cm high; a bright blue glazed composition knot of Isis, 3.3cm high; a light blue glazed composition sistrum, 3.7cm high; and a light blue glazed composition papyrus column with incised lotus decoration, 3.2cm high, (4) Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd, the Djed pillar acquired in May 1975; the knot of Isis and the sistrum in February 1986; and the papyrus column in February 1987. The knot of Isis and the sistrum both previously from a US private collection, acquired October 1985 and September 1985 respectively. The papyrus column previously from a German private collection, acquired February 1986. The knot of Isis, the sistrum and the papyrus column are all accompanied by dated Certificates of Authenticity. Published: The knot of Isis and sistrum in Charles Ede Ltd. Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt XIII, 1986, nos. 37 and 45 respectively; the papyrus column in Charles Ede Ltd. Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt XIV, 1987, no. 37a.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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AN EGYPTIAN WOODEN SHABTI New Kingdom, circa 1567-1085 B.C. The mummiform figure covered with gesso and red, green, black and yellow paint, wearing a tripartite wig and a broad collar, with lattice design across the legs, 27.5cm high Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd in July 1976. Published: Charles Ede Ltd, Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt V, 1976, no.40.
Estimate: ££700-£900
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A GROUP OF CHARLES EDE LTD CATALOGUES Folio Fine Art Ltd: nos. XL-XLIX, 50-59, 61, 63, 64, 66-74, 76-82; Etruscan Bucchero (1971); Cypriot Pottery, 1967; Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt, Nov 1970; The Art of the Scribe 2050 B.C.-1583 A.D. (undated); and three Roman Glass catalogues, (undated); and Charles Ede Ltd., Antiquities, nos.83-87, 89-106, 108, 110, 113, 115, 116, 118, 122-138, 140-155, 157-164, 166-174; Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt, , 1972, 1973, and nos.V (1976)-XXVII (Sept 2000); Egyptian Antiquities, March 2002; Ancient Egyptian Sculpture, XXIX (Jan 2003); Writing and Lettering in Antiquity, Oct 1970, and nos.IV (1975)-XII (1988), XIV (1991)-XIX (2001); Fossil Fish, (undated); Ancient Bronzes, May 2001; Ancient Persian Bronzes, 1972, 1974, and nos. III (undated)-VI (1980); Pottery of the Holyland, 1975; Ancient Terracottas, no.XVII, 2002; Mycenaean Pottery and Terracottas (1992 and 1996); Mycenaean Pottery (1998); Mycenaean and Minoan Pottery (2002); Roman Pottery, I (1994)-IV (2001); ; Etruscan Pottery, 1973, IV (1978), VI (1982), VII (1994), and two undated; Cypriot Pottery, nos.IV(1976)-XIII (1993), XIV (1995) XVI (2000), 2003, and two undated; Cypriot Pottery and Terracottas, no.XV (undated); Greek Pottery from South Italy, 1971 and 1973, and nos.IV (1975)-IX (1983), XI (1986)-XIX (Sept 2000); Greek and Roman Terracotta Sculpture, 1971 and 1973, and nos.III (1975)-XV (1998); Corinthian and East Greek Pottery, 1976 and nos.II (1978)-IX (1995); Corinthian Pottery, X (1997) and XI (Feb 2000); Roman Glass, 1973, 1976, no.V (undated)-XIV (1990), XVI (1993)-XXI (2003), and one undated; Pottery from Athens, 1974, 1976 and 1977, and nos.V (1979)-XVIII (2003); Pottery from Athens, Corinth, East Greece, 1982, (a lot)
Estimate: ££100-£150
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A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN AMULETS Circa 3000 B.C.-332 B.C. Including a light blue glazed composition udjat eye, with moulded detail, 2cm wide, Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.; a bichrome glazed composition corn flower bud, 2.7cm high, Armana Period, circa 1379-1352 B.C.; a green glazed composition lotus flower, 1.7cm high, Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.; a steatite scaraboid with the shape of a fish on the obverse,1.7cm wide, Ramesside Period, circa 13th-12th Century B.C.; a green glazed composition ear, 2.5cm high, Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.; a green glazed composition openwork amulet made up of four udjat eyes, 2.3cm wide, Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.; a Mesopotamian cylinder seal incised with diagonal lines, 2.5cm high, circa 3000 B.C.; and an Egyptian terracotta mould for an amulet in the shape of a bunch of grapes, 3.1cm high, New Kingdom, circa 1550-1070 B.C., (8) Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016). The cylinder seal acquired from Folio Fine Art Ltd. in May 1969; the rest acquired from Charles Ede Ltd.; the udjat eye in March 1974; the cornflower in April 1990; the lotus flower in April 1994; the scaraboid in April 2003; the ear in April 2005; the openwork amulet in April 2006; and the terracotta mould in September 1982. The ear previously from the collection of Mrs J. Hazzi, New York, acquired in the 1960s and the openwork amulet from the Gustav Mustaki collection. The corn flower bud and the amulet mould each accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and the cylinder seal accompanied by the original receipt issued in 1969. Published: The udjat eye in Charles Ede Ltd. Antiquities 95, 1974, no.26; the lotus flower in Charles Ede Ltd. Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt XXI, 1994, no.25; and the terracotta mould in Charles Ede Ltd, Antiquities 124, 1982, no.35a.b.
Estimate: ££400-£600
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TWO EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETS Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. One depicting Thoth as a baboon, squatting with its forepaws on its knees, with suspension ring on the back, 3.5cm high; the other a Ptaikos figure with his typical bandy-legged stance and enlarged head, with hands resting on the belly, 3.3cm high (2) Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd, Thoth as a baboon in December 1980, the Ptaikos in March 1982. Both accompanied by dated Certificates of Authenticity. Published: The Thoth in Charles Ede Ltd. Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt VIII, 1980, no.18 and the Ptaikos in Charles Ede Ltd, Antiquities 122, 1982, no.23 (part).
Estimate: ££200-£300
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THREE EGYPTIAN STONE AMULETS Old Kingdom to Late Period, circa 2500-332 B.C. Lapis lazuli amulet representing Maat, goddess of truth and justice, depicted as squatting and with her signature ostrich feather attached to her head, with suspension hoop on the back, Late Period, 2.2cm high; a jasper amulet of a trussed ox, Old Kingdom, 18mm long; a green basalt amulet of a heart, the source of life and home of the memory to the Egyptians, Late Period, 2.2cm high (3) Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd, the Maat and trussed ox amulets both acquired in November 1994, the heart amulet acquired in November 1984. The heart amulet accompanied by a dated Certificate of Authenticity. Published: The basalt heart in Charles Ede Ltd. Antiquities 133, 1984, no.35. Literature: There is a similar Maat amulet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession number 10.130.).
Estimate: ££150-£200
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AN EGYPTIAN GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULET OF A NUBIAN Third Intermediate Period, circa 1000-650 B.C. The squatting figure depicted nude, with his hands resting on his knees, his hair gathered in thick plaits on either side of his head, 3.5cm high Provenance: The Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd in September 1998. Published: Charles Ede Ltd, Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt XXV, 1998, no.31.
Estimate: ££100-£150
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FOUR EGYPTIAN BRONZE AMULETS Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. A cat in the seated position, 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C., with suspension ring, 2.6cm high; the jackal-headed god Anubis, protector of tombs, stood with the left foot forwards, 26th dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C., with suspension ring, 2.9cm high; an amulet depicting Min, traditional representation holding the flail in the right hand and wearing the crown of Amon, with suspension ring, 4.3cm high; an amulet of the serpent-headed Nehebkau, guardian of the entrance to the underworld, wearing a wig a a short kilt, 4.5cm high (4) Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd, the cat and Anubis acquired in April 1990, the Min acquired in September 1982, and the Nehebkau acquired in October 1982. The Min and Nehebkau accompanied by Certificates of Authenticity, the Nehebkau dated 1982.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULET OF SHU Late Period, 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C. The air god depicted kneeling on his right leg and holding a sun disk over his head, 5cm high Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd, June 1973. Literature: Published Charles Ede Ltd. Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt, 1973, no.37; C. Ede, Collecting Antiquities, 1976, London, p.95, no.257.
Estimate: ££250-£350
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SIX EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETS Late Period, circa 664 B.C – 332 B.C. Including a green glazed composition amulet of striding Nephthys, 3.6cm high, a green glazed composition amulet of an ibis, 2.1cm wide; a light green glazed composition amulet of striding Amun, 2.4cm high; a turquoise glazed composition amulet of seated Isis nursing Horus, 2cm high; a light blue glazed composition amulet of a triad of Isis, Nephthys and Harpokrates, 2.2cm high; and a bright blue glazed composition duck amulet, with ‘ankh Ra’ underneath, 1.7cm wide, (6) Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd, the Isis in September 1982; the Theban triad and Ibis in July 1999; the duck in April 1989; the Nephthys in January 1978; and the Amun in January 1985. The Amun previously from a German private collection, acquired February 1984 and the triad previously acquired September 1995. The Isis, duck and Amun are each accompanied by dated Certificates of Authenticity. Published: The Isis in Charles Ede Ltd. Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt X, 1982, no.31; the Theban triad and Ibis in Charles Ede Ltd. Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt XXVI, 1999, nos. 40 and 34 respectively; the Nephthys in Charles Ede Ltd.Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt VI, 1978, no. 28; and the Amun in Charles Ede Ltd. Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt XII, 1985, no. 27.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULET OF A SHRINE Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. A finely modelled amulet represents a shrine containing the image of a god, incised lines on the obverse depicting the ever-open doors through which a loosely carved figure can be seen, the remaining three panels are decorated in open work depicting a falcon-headed god with a sun disk, with a small suspension loop on the top, 3.5cm high Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd, March 1982. Accompanied by a dated Certificate of Authenticity. Literature: There is a similar amulet of a shrine in the Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum (accession number 2232 D).
Estimate: ££100-£150
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FIVE EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETS OF DEITIES Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. A striding falcon-headed Horus wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and a short kilt, 4cm high; a pregnant hippopotamus amulet representing the goddess Tauret, the goddess of childbirth, 4.2cm high; an amulet of the ram-headed god Khnum, depicted with his left foot advanced and a short kilt, 3.1cm high; an amulet representing a god with a falcon head who conflates Ra and Harakhti and bears the name Re-Harakhti, particularly worshipped in Heliopolis, wearing a short kilt and wig with a sun disk attached, 3.8cm high; a Sekhmet amulet wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, 4.7cm high (5) Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd, the Horus falcon acquired in April 2004, the hippopotamus Taweret acquired in January 1978, the striding Khnum acquired in June 1979, the Re-harakhti amulet acquired in January 1975, the Sekhmet with the double crown acquired in November 1983. The Khnum and Sekhmet each accompanied by dated Certificates of Authenticity. Published: The Tauret in Charles Ede Ltd. Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt VI, 1978, no.33.
Estimate: ££350-£450
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THREE EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETS New Kingdom-Late Period, circa 1292-332 B.C. Including a blue glazed composition amulet of the red crown of Lower Egypt, 2.6cm high; a turquoise glazed composition amulet of the white crown of Upper Egypt, 2.5cm high; and a red glazed composition composite amulet of a djed pillar with the knot of Isis, 2cm high, (3) Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd, the red crown in April 1989; the white crown in April 1994; and the composite in February 1989. The composite amulet and the red crown previously from a UK private collection, acquired September 1988 and both accompanied by dated Certificates of Authenticity. The white crown acquired from Bonhams, London, 8 December 1992, lot 154. Published: The composite amulet and the red crown both in Charles Ede Ltd, Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt XVI, 1989, nos. 29 and 30a, respectively. The white crown in Charles Ede Ltd, Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt XXI, 1994, no.24.
Estimate: ££200-£300
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THREE EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETS Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. Including a bright blue glazed composition amulet of Imsety, flat-backed, with details of the wig added in black, 3.5cm high; a green glazed composition amulet of Menat, wearing a sun disc, 3.2cm high; and a light blue glazed plaque with the jackal-headed Duatmutef, one of the sons of Horus, finely moulded in relief, 4.8cm high,(3) Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd, the Duatmotef in 1982, the Imsety in 1984 and the Menat in 1993. The Imsety previous from a UK private collection, acquired May 1983 and the Menat previously acquired in January 1992. Each accompanied by dated Certificates of Authenticity. Published: The Duatmotef in Charles Ede Ltd., Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt X, 1982, no.28; the Imsety in Charles Ede Ltd, Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt XI, 1984, no.34; and the Menat in Charles Ede Ltd., Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt XX, 1993, no.28.
Estimate: ££250-£350
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FOUR EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULETS Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. The god of creation Ptah wearing a skull cap and and holding a sceptre, with suspension ring on the reverse, 3.2cm high; a Horus falcon wearing the twin-plumed crown of Amon, with suspension ring on the reverse, 3cm high; an amulet of a crocodile, the emblem of the Nile god Sobek, with suspension ring between the opened jaws, 3.3cm long; a fragmentary amulet depicting a standing Sekhmet, enlivened with gold paint on the wig, 3cm high (4) Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd, the Ptah amulet acquired in January 1985, the Horus falcon acquired in September 1980, the crocodile amulet acquired in March 1982, the Sekhmet acquired in April 2003. The Ptah previously from a UK private collection, acquired May 1984. The Ptah, Horus falcon and crocodile are each accompanied by dated Certificates of Authenticity. Published: The Ptah in Charles Ede Ltd. Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt XII, 1985, no. 37; the Horus falcon in Charles Ede Ltd. Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt VIII, 1980, no. 20.
Estimate: ££250-£350
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THREE EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION ANIMAL AMULETS Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. Including an amulet of a striding lion, 3.8cm long; an amulet in the form of a striding Apis bull, 2.5cm long; and an amulet of a recumbent ram, 1.9cm long, each with suspension hoops on their back, (3) Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd, the striding lion in January 1984, the Apis bull in February 1991, and the ram in April 1995. The lion and bull both accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity, dated 1984 for the lion. Published: The Apis bull in Charles Ede Ltd. Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt XVIII, 1991, no.16.
Estimate: ££250-£350
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT VESSELS AND A SPINDLE WHORL Circa 3100-1st Century A.D. Including a Phoenician earthenware bottle, with globular body, short neck and everted rim, 11cm high, circa 8th Century B.C.; an Egyptian terracotta corn measure of cylindrical form with a tapering base, 12cm high, Early Dynastic Period, circa 3100-2686 B.C.; a Bronze Age Cypriot terracotta spindle whorl, with incised details and pierced horizontally, 4.3cm high, circa 2000 B.C.; an Egyptian terracotta Bes beaker, 6.7cm high, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.; and a Roman red-slip cup, with a double-grooved handle, and two bands of incised decoration on the body, 7cm high, circa 1st Century A.D., (5) Provenance: The Phoenician vessel acquired in January 1972; the corn measure acquired in July 1972; the spindle whorl acquired in May 1975; the Bes beaker acquired April 1977; the Roman cup acquired April 1998. Published: The Phoenician bottle in Charles Ede Ltd, Antiquities 84, 1972, no.45; the Bes beaker in Charles Ede Ltd, Antiquities 106, 1977, no.9; and the cup in Charles Ede Ltd, Antiquities 165, 1998, no.35.
Estimate: ££300-£400
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A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF BES Circa 1st Century B.C./A.D. Wearing the garb of a Roman centurion, carrying an oval shield and raising his sword above his head, traces of red and black slip remaining, the back unmodeled, 15.5cm high Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd in September 1998. Published: Charles Ede Ltd, Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt, 1998, no.54.
Estimate: ££400-£600
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AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULET OF BES Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. The four-sided amulet depicting the god’s face on all four sides, with a suspension ring, 2.8cm high Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd in January 1984. Previously from a UK private collection, acquired May 1983. Accompanied by a dated Certificate of Authenticity. Published: Charles Ede Ltd. Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt XI, 1984, no. 30.
Estimate: ££150-£200
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AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULET OF BES Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. The dwarf god is depicted standing nude with his typical plumed headdress, holding an alabastron on its side, with suspension rings on his back and through the headdress, 5.8cm high Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016), acquired from Charles Ede Ltd in January 1975. Published: C.Ede, Collecting Antiquities, 1976, London, no.256, no.93.
Estimate: ££150-£250
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