Fine Ancient Art & Antiquities
The Prince Collection - Day Two
Sunday, October 5th, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. BST
Apollo Art Auctions is delighted to present “Fine Ancient Art & Antiquities – The Prince Collection”, an exclusive sale beginning on Sunday, 5th October at 1:00 p.m. GMT.
This exceptional auction brings together a distinguished selection of antiquities spanning the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman civilizations, offering collectors and connoisseurs the rare opportunity to acquire museum-quality pieces that embody the artistry, history, and cultural legacy of the ancient world.
The sale will take place live in our Central London showroom, located at 63–64 Margaret Street, W1W 8SW, and will also be broadcast via the Apollo Art Auctions online platform, allowing bidders from around the world to participate in real time.
In advance of the auction, all lots will be available for private viewing by appointment only at our showroom.
Our experienced, white-gloved team carefully handles each item and prepares all acquisitions for secure in-house shipping, ensuring that every piece reaches its new destination with the utmost care.
For appointments, enquiries or to register for bidding, please contact us via email at enquiries@apolloauctions.com or by calling (+44) 7424 994167.
Consultants:
Dr. Ivan Bonchev (General Antiquities) Dott. Alessandro Neri (General Antiquities) Carol. R. Andrews (Ancient Egypt) James Brenchley (Classical & Ancient Egypt) Clive Sawyer (Numismatics & General Antiquities)
Sami Fortune (Ancient Jewellery) Prof. Dr. Peter Van Der Veen (Ancient Cylinder Seals and Near Eastern) Ralf Kotalla (Glass and Terracotta) Raymond Bove (Stone and Metal) Simone Musso (Ancient Egypt)
550. LARGE EGYPTIAN PAINTED SARCOPHAGUS PANEL WITH MASK
Starting Price: £3000
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC
A carved wooden sarcophagus panel with a mask with painted detail, depicting a stylised face with large, almond-shaped eyes outlined in black, arched brows, and a faint smile. The face is framed by a blue tripartite wig extending over the shoulders. Below the chin is a broad painted collar in red, black, and blue tones, decorated with alternating geometric motifs arranged in parallel bands. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 86.1.52a, b.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the French art market; Ex. Henry a Liège collection, 1970s - 1980s. This piece is accompanied by the French Export passport.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 610mm x 420mm; Weight: 7.18kg
551. EGYPTIAN
CARTONNAGE WITH CENTRAL FUNERARY COLLAR
Late Period to ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC
A group of painted cartonnage fragments. At the top is a fragment depicting the sky goddess Nut, shown in profile with a solar disc above her head and outstretched wings in alternating blue, black, and red. Below is a narrower fragment with a band of stylised pendants and circular motifs. The lower section consists of a single large fragment combining a winged scarab and a broad collar, the wings extending horizontally in red and blue, while the collar is formed of concentric rows of alternating red, blue, black, and yellow lotus flowers, wedjat eyes, and circles, terminating in falcon-head terminals surmounted by sun discs with uraei. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Mummy of Nesmin.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French art market, pre 2000. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 400mm x 390mm; Weight: 1.23kg
552.
EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF WITH CHILDREN OF ROYAL FAMILY
Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC
Starting
A sandstone relief carved in sunk relief with two bust-length youthful figures shown in profile to the left, arranged one behind the other, probably children of the royal family. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1985.328.6.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 230mm x 340mm; Weight: 10.8kg
553. EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF WITH PRIESTS
Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A sandstone relief carved in sunk relief with a male figure shown in profile to the left, the long forearm raised before the chest and the body outlined by angular contour lines. Behind, a second profile is similarly oriented. Along the lower edge appear two additional heads, facing right. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA63964.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 230mm x 370mm; Weight: 6.3kg
554. EGYPTIAN BLUE-PAINTED TERRACOTTA JAR WITH LOTUS PETALS
Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A blue-painted pottery jar with an ovoid body rising to a broad shoulder, a tall cylindrical neck and a pronounced rim. The decoration, painted in blue with red and black dividing lines, comprises continuous friezes of lotus petals around the neck, shoulder and upper body.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 380mm x 260mm; Weight: 4kg
555. EGYPTIAN BLUE-PAINTED TERRACOTTA JAR WITH NILOTIC PLANTS
Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC
Starting Price: £8000
A blue-painted terracotta jar of biconical profile with the shoulder set below a slender neck and a flaring everted rim with a rounded lip. Painted in black, red and blue, across the shoulder runs a continuous frieze of Nilotic plants: alternating papyrus umbels, lotus buds and circular rosettes, framed by circumferential bands. Around the neck, the ornament includes a ring of upright pointed petals, with further linear bands beneath the rim. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.215.462. 11.215.464. 11.215.460.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 600mm x 390mm; Weight: 8.8kg
556. EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF DEPICTING ATEN WITH THE CROWN OF THE KING
Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC
A rectangular sandstone relief carved with the circular solar disc of the Aten at the centre, from which a dense fan of straight rays descends across the field. Below the focus of the rays is a royal crown. A plain band runs along the upper edge, and at the right are columns of hieroglyphs, with additional traces of signs at the left. For similar see: Egyptian Museum of Berlin: Inv.-No. 14145
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Rupert Wace Ancient Art
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication report from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 350mm x 230mm; Weight: 4.5kg Starting
557. EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF WITH WORSHIPPER
Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A sandstone relief carved in sunk relief with a bust-length figure in profile to the left, the head shaven and both forearms raised with open hands before the face, carrying offerings; behind, the outline of a second figure faces the same direction. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 65.129.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication report from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 210mm x 260mm; Weight: 2.6kg
558. EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF WITH PRIESTS
Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A sandstone relief carved in sunk relief with four shaven-headed male heads set close together and shown in profile to the left, each with a large, rounded cranium, a straight nose and an indicated eye. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA63964.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Galerie Gunter Puhze.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 210mm x 360mm; Weight: 3.2kg
559. COLOSSAL EGYPTIAN FRAGMENTARY STONE HEAD OF COLOSSAL STATUE
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £10000
A large fragment from the back of a colossal head in dark hardstone, the surface carved with tightly spaced, horizontally arranged undulating ridges representing the striated wig. For similar see: B. M. Bryan, New Kingdom Sculpture, Fig. 40.7 Temple of Mut. CG 579.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 350mm x 600mm; Weight: over 300kg
560. COLOSSAL EGYPTIAN BLACK STONE FRAGMENT OF STATUE OF THE PHARAOH RAMESSES II
Starting Price: £10000
New Kingdom, XIX Dynasty regin of Ramesses II Ca. 1379- 1212 BC
A large fragment from the lower torso of an over-lifesize statue, carved in dark hardstone. It preserves the convex abdomen with a neatly drilled navel, set above the vertically incised pleats of the shendyt kilt; a broad waistband with a diagonal tie crosses the waist. For similar see: B. M. Bryan, New Kingdom Sculpture, Fig. 40.18, Ramses IV.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Gordian Weber.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 640mm x 620mm; Weight: over 300kg
Ca. 30 BC - AD 200
Starting Price: £10000
A set of bronze bed fittings: the four tapering legs with moulded collars, each surmounted by a bull’s head projecting from the corner. Five double-sided bronze Hathor heads top the headboard, each crowned with a naos housing a uraeus. The remainder of the structure is formed in modern acrylic.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Harmakhis Archeologie, January 2004.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: Size: 1570mm x 645mm; Weight: over 25kg
561. RARE ROMANO-EGYPTIAN BED WITH BRONZE FITTINGS
562. LARGE EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE LINTEL WITH CARTOUCHE OF NEFERTITI HIEROGLYPHS AND ORIGINAL PIGMENTS
New Kingdom, Amarna Period Ca. 1350- 1334 BC
Starting Price: £10000
A fragment of limestone lintel carved with a horizontal register of hieroglyphs flanking the cartouche of Nefertiti (Nefe-neferu- Aten -Nefertiti). The upper edge preserves a cavetto cornice with traces of original red, blue, and green pigments.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Harmakhis, 2003.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter..
Size: Size: 680mm x 570mm; Weight: over 25kg
Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC
Starting Price: £8000
A blue-painted terracotta jar of biconical form with a broad shoulder and a tall neck finished with a wide everted rim and rounded lip. Decoration in black, red and blue comprises on the shoulder a frieze with two bulls, separated by stylised palm fronds; multiple encircling lines frame the zone above and below. The neck bears a register of upright pointed petals set between horizontal bands. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.215.462. 11.215.464. 11.215.460.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 510mm x 350mm; Weight: 6.3kg
563. EGYPTIAN BLUE-PAINTED TERRACOTTA JAR WITH BULLS
564. EGYPTIAN BLUE-PAINTED TERRACOTTA JAR WITH DJED PILLARS AND ANKHS
Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A terracotta jar with a biconical body, a squat neck, and a rounded lip, decorated in red, black, and blue pigment. The neck is painted with a band of vertical lotus petals, while the shoulder is encircled with alternating ankhs and djed-pillars, interspersed with stylised lotus flowers. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.215.462. 11.215.464. 11.215.460.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. Size: 470mm x 360mm; Weight: 6.6kg
565. EGYPTIAN BLACK HARDSTONE OFFERING TRAY
Predynastic Period, Ca. 3100 - 2600 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A circular offering tray carved from dense black hardstone, with high straight walls rising from a flat base to a thick lip; opposed horizontal handles project from the mid-body.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 340mm x 500mm; Weight: 16kg
566. EGYPTIAN FRAGMENT OF SANDSTONE FUNERARY STELA
XXV Dynasty 747-664 BC
Starting Price: £3000
An Egyptian fragment of a funerary stela. This is likely the second register of the stela: the offerings for the deceased and part of his son’s face performing funerary offering are still visible. The deceased son’s name is recorded in the hieroglyphic inscription above the scene: “ his beloved son Ptahemheb”. Below this inscription, an attendant is depicted with a head-cone, which is a type of conical ornament used in ancient Egypt. This ornament is often seen in paintings and bas-reliefs but was only confirmed through archaeological evidence in 2009. To the right, a broad register displays votive food offerings, suggesting that the context of this relief served a religious or ceremonial role.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Secret Eye, New York, 1977; Ex. Arte Primitivo, New York, Important Classical, Egyptian, and Asian Antiq- uities, 8 October 2003, Lot 13; Ex. Donald Wonder (1938-2023), California & New Jersey, thence by descent. A copy of the original paperwork available.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
Size: 380mm x 140mm; Weight: 2.9kg.
567. EGYPTIAN AMARNA PERIOD SANDSTONE RELIEF DEPICTING TWO WORSHIPPERS
Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A sandstone relief fragment carved with two male worshippers in profile, facing left, each with elongated facial features characteristic of the Amarna style. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 65.100.1, 65.129.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Galerie Gunter Puhze.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 280mm x 200mm; Weight: 5.6kg
568. EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF DEPICTING AN OFFERING SCENE
New Kingdom, Ca. 1213 - 1203 BC
Starting Price: £3000
Fragment of a sandstone sunk-relief depicting the pharaoh Akhenaten under the rays of the sun god Aten, in front of an altar laden with offerings while he raises an incense burner with his left hand and pours a libation from a vase with his right hand. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.155.3a.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 250mm x 190mm; Weight: 2.1kg
569. EGYPTIAN AMARNA PERIOD RELIEF OF WORSHIPPERS
Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A sandstone relief fragment carved with two pairs of bust-length worshippers, each shown in profile, one pair facing right and the other facing left. All figures wear short wigs and have elongated facial features characteristic of the Amarna style, with traces of red pigment. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1985.328.1.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Cybele.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 220mm x 260mm; Weight: 5.3kg
570. FRAGMENT OF A SUNK RELIEF DEPICTING THE PHARAOH AKHENATEN ADORING THE SOLAR DISC ATEN
New Kingdom, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A limestone relief fragment carved with vertical columns, including two cartouches containing the throne name of Akhenaton. Traces of red pigment remain within the hieroglyphs. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1985.328.1; 1985.328.5.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Rupert Wace Ancient Art Ltd.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 180mm x 310mm; Weight: 3.5kg
571. EGYPTIAN RELIEF WITH AKHENATEN, NEFERTITI AND A PRINCESS
Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A sandstone relief fragment carved with a procession of royal figures in profile. Each is depicted with the elongated head and facial features associated with the Amarna style, wearing a long, close-fitting garment and raising one arm in a gesture of devotion in front of a shrine. Traces of red pigment remain within the carved outlines.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1985.328.2.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 220mm x 460mm; Weight: 7.2kg
572. EGYPTIAN GRANITE CRAMP OF SETI I
Ca. 1294 - 1279 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A butterfly-shaped granite cramp incised with hieroglyphs reading “the good god Menmaatre”, the throne name (prenomen) of Pharaoh Seti I. Such cramps were employed in the construction of temples, used by builders to secure adjoining blocks of masonry. For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 1973.1.577 (in wood).
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Thalassic collection.
Publications / Reports: Published: The Collector’s Eye, Masterpieces of Egyptian Art from the Thallasic collection, Ltd. 2001, p. 77. This piece is accompanied by an authentication report from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 180mm x 370mm; Weight: 21.1kg
573. EGYPTIAN DOVETAIL STONE BLOCK WITH CARTOUCHE OF THE PHARAOH MERENPTAH
Starting Price: £5000
New Kingdom, XIXth Dynasty, regin of Sethi I Ca 1291-1278 BC
A butterfly-shaped granite cramp incised with the throne name (prenomen) of Pharaoh Seti I. Such cramps were employed in the construction of temples, used by builders to secure adjoining blocks of masonry. For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 1973.1.577 (in wood).
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex.Tajan, 28 Mar. 2003, Lot 157.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication report from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 200mm x 400mm; Weight: 20kg
574. RARE EGYPTIAN RITUAL MUMMY OF A FALCON
Late Period to Ptolemaic, Ca. 664 - 30 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A falcon mummy closely wound in narrow linen wrappings laid in overlapping layers. The head is covered by a separate cap, gessoed white and painted with bold black details to indicate the facial markings. For similar see: The Michael C. Carlos Museum, Object number 1958.063.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the French art market; Ex. VDW Private Collection, Hoofddorp, Netherlands (acquired before 1983).
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 280mm x 80mm; Weight: 215g
575. EGYPTIAN MUMMY OF IBIS
Starting Price: £3000
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC
A mummified ibis, carefully wrapped in layers of linen with traces of resinous coating. The elongated form preserves the body’s outline, with stylised features painted or modelled on the wrappings. Such mummies were dedicated in temples, symbolising devotion and sustaining the cult of the gods. They reflect both ritual piety and the economic scale of animal cults in the later phases of Egyptian religion.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the French art market; Ex. VDW Private Collection, Hoofddorp, Netherlands (acquired before 1983).
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 270mm x 120mm; Weight: 720g
576. SUPERB EGYPTIAN CERAMIC USHABTI OF THE INFANTRYMAN KHAIY
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £4000
A ceramic ushabti with a tripartite wig and crossed arms holding agricultural implements. The face is rounded, with defined lips and prominent eyes. The mummiform body bears hieroglyphic inscriptions arranged in vertical columns on the front and both sides, while the back remains plain. Mounted on a custom black stand. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 30.8.57.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French art market. Accompanied by a French Export license and passport.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication report from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 320mm x 100mm; Weight: 1.6kg
577. EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA FUNERARY CONE WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTION - TRANSLATED
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £800
A terracotta funerary cone with a circular stamp face on the wider end bearing a hieroglyphic inscription in three horizontal registers enclosed by a raised rim. Translation of the hieroglyphic text: ‘ The Onoured by Osiris, the Osiris, scribe of the bread of the Lord of the Two Lands, Usy true of voice’. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA9665.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously Denier collection, France 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 205mm x 80mm; Weight: 690g
578. EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA FUNERARY CONE WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTION - TRANSLATED
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £800
A terracotta funerary cone tapering to a flared circular end with vertical columns of hieroglyphic inscription. Translation of the Hieroglyphic text: ‘The Onoured by Osiris, the Osiris Royal scribe Huy, (man) of Athribis, true of voice’. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA9665.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously Denier collection, France 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 80mm x 80mm; Weight: 380g
579. EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA FUNERARY CONE WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTION - TRANSLATED
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £800
A terracotta funerary cone with a wide circular face bearing vertical columns of hieroglyphic text within a raised border. Partial translation of the hieroglyphic text: ‘ The Onoured by Osiris, the Osiris, hereditary prince, Amenhotep, called Huy...’ For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA9665.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously Denier collection, France 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 80mm x 65mm; Weight: 205g
580. ROMANO-EGYPTIAN PLASTER MASK OF YOUTH
Ca. 30 BC - AD 200
Starting Price: £2000
A plaster mask of a youth with a rounded face and slightly prominent cheeks. The al- mond-shaped eyes are framed by raised edges, with white sclera and large black irises. A straight nose with a narrow bridge and slightly flared nostrils leads down to small, closed lips that curve subtly at the corners. The hair is rendered with linear grooves extending from the forehead to the crown. Mounted on a custom-made display stand. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 00.2.37.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; Ex. Hans Kamps (1953 - 2023), acquired in 2008; formerly in a German private collection. Mr. Hans Kamps was one of the Dutch foremost art collectors, he was chairman of the ABU from 1999 to 2014.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiq- uities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedi- tion. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 240mm x 140mm; Weight: 1.2kg
581. ROMANO-EGYPTIAN PLASTER MASK OF YOUTH
Ca. 30 BC - AD 200
Starting Price: £3000
A plaster mask of a youth with a slightly elongated face, well-defined cheekbones, and a gently pointed chin. The large, almond-shaped eyes are framed by finely painted eyebrows that arch above. A straight, narrow nose sits centrally, leading down to full, slightly parted lips. The hair is rendered in thick, textured curls covering the forehead and temples, with deep grooves accentuating volume. Mounted on a custom-made display stand. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum Object Number: 00.2.16; The British Mu- seum, Museum number EA2477; Egitto, splendore millenario, La collezione di Leiden a Bologna, Skira 2155, VIII.54, p. 475.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; Ex. Hans Kamps (1953 - 2023), acquired in 2009; formerly in a German private collection. Mr. Hans Kamps was one of the Dutch foremost art collectors, he was chairman of the ABU from 1999 to 2014
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiq- uities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedi- tion. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 300mm x 190mm; Weight: 1.3kg
582. EGYPTIAN WOODEN SARCOPHAGUS MASK
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A carved wooden sarcophagus mask with long, tapering face and high-set brow, with white gesso surface and bold black-painted details. The eyes are outlined in extended cosmetic lines and framed by arched brows. The lips and nostrils are subtly modelled, and a flat band runs across the forehead with dowel holes on either side. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 5488, Antiquities, Lot 327.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in a 1970s Swiss collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 220mm x 170mm; Weight: 525g
583. EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOODEN SARCOPHAGUS MASK
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A carved wooden sarcophagus mask, modelled in high relief, overlaid with a layer of gesso and painted. The eyes and brows are defined in black, with a polychrome headband painted across the forehead. Mounted on a modern stand. For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 55.82.104.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 280mm x 145mm; Weight: 760g
584. EGYPTIAN STONE HEAD OF A PHARAOH
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £800
A finely carved stone head from a statue of a pharaoh, sculpted in the round with well-balanced facial proportions. The almond-shaped eyes sit beneath gently curving brows, the upper lids marked by a subtle ridge. The nose is straight and broad, with flared nostrils and a prominent bridge. The full lips are slightly parted, the upper forming a pronounced medial curve. The cheeks are flat, the jawline firm, and the chin square. The features follow a standardised royal ideal, executed in a restrained and harmonious style. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 50.6.
Provenance: Private UK collection, H.G.; previously with a London gallery; formerly acquired in 1999 from a London antiquities dealer.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 180mm x 130mm; Weight: 545g
585. HUGE EGYPTIAN WOODEN PAINTED FIGURINE OF OSIRIS
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A mummiform figure of Osiris carved from wood. The face is finely modelled with defined lips, a prominent nose, and almond-shaped eyes beneath arched brows. A tripartite wig frames the face and descends onto the shoulders. A vertical column of black-painted hieroglyphs runs down the back pillar. Traces of red pigment remain across the surface, particularly on the shoulders and flanks. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA6661.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in a 1970s Swiss collection.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 520mm x 130mm; Weight: 1.83kg
586. EGYPTIAN PAINTED COFFIN PANEL WITH FUNERARY PROCESSION
Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 1069 - 664 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A coffin panel painted with polychrome imagery and vertical bands of hieroglyphic text. At the centre, Anubis is shown embalming the deceased atop a funerary bier, surrounded by standing deities within arched compartments. Framed. For similar see: P. Giovetti, D. Picchi, Egitto, Splendore Millenario, La Collezione di Leiden a Bologna, Cat. VII.34, RMO Leiden - AH 186.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French aert market, previously in a French collection, 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 600mm x 400mm; Weight: 1.27kg
587. EGYPTIAN PAINTED COFFIN PANEL WITH FUNERARY PROCESSION
Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 1069 - 664 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A painted coffin panel depicting a funerary procession with figures shown in profile, enclosed in shrine-like niches. Vertical columns of hieroglyphs divide the composition. Framed. For similar see: P. Giovetti, D. Picchi, Egitto, Splendore Millenario, La Collezione di Leiden a Bologna, Cat. VII.34, RMO Leiden - AH 185.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French aert market, previously in a French collection, 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 600mm x 400mm; Weight: 1.13kg
588. COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN LEATHER SANDALS
Ca. AD 1 - 300
Starting Price: £1000
A collection of three leather shoe soles. Each is cut from thick hide with stitch-holes running along the perimeter. The pair on the left and right retain partial side flaps or strap attachments, while the central example has a more deeply scooped interior. Displayed in a modern frame. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA26780.
Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in early 2000s; previously in 1970s UK collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 325mm x 245mm; Weight: 950g
589. EGYPTIAN NAQADA BLACK-TOPPED VESSEL
Ca. 4000 - 3500 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A cylindrical vessel with a tapering body and flat base, the exterior in reddish-brown with the upper section in black. For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, 1973.1.366.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in a 1970s Swiss collection.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 190mm x 125mm; Weight: 670g
590. EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE BOWL WITH LOTUS FLOWERS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A pale blue faience bowl with steeply angled walls rising from a circular base. The interior is decorated with a central bouquet of lotus stems with four open lotus blossoms alternating with four closed buds. Each flower is rendered in black with stippled sepals and long petals; a small duck motif is painted among the stems. The underside is painted with a radiating lotus bloom. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 36.3.8.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; acquired from a UK private collection formed 1970s to 1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. Exhibited at Antikenmuseum Basel since Feb. 2010 until 2014. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 200mm x 80mm; Weight: 500g
591. EGYPTIAN FAIENCE PLATE WITH NILOTIC DECORATION
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A shallow turquoise-blue faience plate with a rounded base and flaring sides. The interior is painted in black with a central fish enclosed within a circular frame, surrounded by a radiating band of eight stylised papyrus umbels, each with spotted and striped petals. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA4790; National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 1977.109.1; National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Accession Number F1907.15; Christie’s, Live Auction 9666, Antiquities, 8 June 2001, Lot 81.
Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in early 2000s; previously in 1970s UK collection.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 155mm x 35mm; Weight: 205g
592. EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE HIPPOPOTAMUS AMULET
Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC
Starting Price: £2400
A bright blue faience figure of a reclining hippopotamus shown with the hind legs folded tightly beneath the body and the forelegs extended forward. The rounded snout is marked with incised nostrils, and the small ears are set high above almond-shaped eyes. The underside is flat. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA63713.
Provenance: From an early 20th century collection; Ex. London, UK, gallery; previously in a collection of North American gentleman’s collection, 1980-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 56mm x 23mm; Weight: 55g
Starting Price: £4000
19th Dynasty, Ca. 1279-1213 BC
A gold Djed amulet with ten rectangular faience inlays arranged along the front face. The shaft subtly expands at both ends, framed by flat terminals above and below. Transverse bars project from the upper section, and a small suspension loop is set at the top. The reverse is left undecorated. For similar see: The Egyptian Museum of Turin, Suppl. 5163.
Provenance: From an early 20th century collection; Ex. London, UK, gallery; previously in a collection of North American gentleman’s collection, 1980-1990s.
Publications / Reports:This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 120mm x 40mm; Weight: 50g
593. EGYPTIAN HIGH KARAT GOLD AND TURQUOISE INLAID DJED TOWER AMULET
594. EGYPTIAN HIGH KARAT GOLD EYE OF HORUS PENDANT
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £1800
A gold amulet in the form of the Wedjat eye, with finely incised detailing along the brow, cosmetic line, and markings beneath the eye. A ribbed suspension loop is set at the top. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 23.10.47.
Provenance: From an early 20th century collection; Ex. London, UK, gallery; previously in a collection of North American gentleman’s collection, 1980-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 35mm x 32mm; Weight: 12g
600. EGYPTIAN WOODEN SARCOPHAGUS MASK
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A wooden sarcophagus mask with elongated almond-shaped eyes outlined in black, a straight nose, and pursed lips. The surface retains extensive traces of red pigment across the face, with black and white pigment around the eyes and white gesso along the forehead. Mounted on a modern base. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 1734, Antiquities, Lot 36.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Donald Wonder (1938-2023), California & New Jersey; thence by descent; Ex. Greg Manning Galleries, New York, An Absentee Auction, 26 March 1996, Lot 2045 (1 of 4).
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 330mm x 200mm; Weight: 1.2kg
602. EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOODEN FALCON/HORUS
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A figure of a falcon made from wood with gesso and polychrome decoration, shown seated with wings folded close to the body and tail resting against an integral base. The head is painted in cream with bold black markings around the eyes and beak, the crown in solid black. The body is covered in red pigment with black spots, and a vertical band of black hieroglyphs runs down the centre of the chest. Restored. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: O.C.954.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the French art market in the 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 190mm x 140mm; Weight: 365g
603. EGYPTIAN WOODEN STATUETTE OF HORUS FALCON
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A wooden falcon figure, depicted standing with legs firmly set on a rectangular integral base. The body is broad-chested with wings folded tightly along the sides and tail extending straight to the ground. Traces of dark pigment are visible across the wings and body. The head is defined with a small hooked beak and incised circular eyes beneath a crest that merges into the back of the head. Restored. For similar see: The Harvard Art Museums, Object Number 1943.1118 (shape).
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in a 1970s Swiss collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 190mm x 110mm; Weight: 140g
605. EGYPTIAN WOODEN PAINTED MALE FIGURINE
Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC
A wooden male figure shown in a striding pose with both arms attached by dowels. The face is painted with black detailing for the eyes and brows, and the figure wears a short black wig. Red pigment remains on the upper body, arms, and lower legs, while the central area is left unpainted. Mounted on a modern wooden base. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA35291.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in a 1970s Swiss collection.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 265mm x 80mm; Weight: 100g
607. EGYPTIAN CALCITE JUBILEE VESSEL WITH CARTOUCHE SA-RA OF PEPI I
Old Kingdom, Ca. 2600 - 2240 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A cylindrical vessel carved from calcite, tapering towards a broad, flat base and finished with a thickened, rounded rim. One side bears a vertically oriented cartouche enclosing a hieroglyphic inscription signifying Sa-Ra of Pepi I. Cartouche possibly done later. For similar see: G. Ali. Hassaan, International Journal of Emerging Engineering Research and Technology V5 I4 2017, f.15
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Private New York city Egyptologist collection acquired from Ancient Resource 2015 lot 172A; Ex. Estate of Robert Viola, Queens, NY.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 155mm x 150mm; Weight: 1.49kg
608. EGYPTIAN WOODEN BOX
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A rectangular box constructed from plain wooden panels with a smooth, flat surface and straight edges. The lid slides horizontally into place, guided by two raised side rails. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 25.3.206.1a, b.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Harmakhis Gallery.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 230mm x 200mm; Weight: 1.4kg
609. EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD USHABTI CASE WITH PAPYRUS FLOWERS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A rectangular wooden ushabti case constructed from fitted planks with a flat top and base. The front is painted with alternating vertical stripes in black and white pigment framed by solid red bands. The lateral sides are decorated with stylised lotus flowers rendered in red outline on a white ground. For similar see: P. Giovetti, D. Picchi, Egitto splendore millenario, la collezione di Leiden a Bologna, VII.41.
Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in early 2000s; previously in 1970s UK collection.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 285mm x 275mm; Weight: 2.05kg
610. EGYPTIAN WOODEN PLATES WITH SONS OF HORUS
New Kingdom. Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A collection of four rectangular wooden panels, each painted in polychrome with a standing figure of one of the Sons of Horus. From left to right: Imsety with a human head, Hapy with a baboon head, Qebehsenuef with a falcon head, and Duamutef with a jackal head. Each figure is shown mummiform, wearing a tripartite wig and outlined in black, with vertical hieroglyphic inscriptions running alongside.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in S. Tarab Collection, Switzerland, 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 270-280mm x 115-120mm; Weight: 880g
611. EGYPTIAN DJEDHOR MUMMY BANDAGE WITH THE TEXT FROM THE BOOK OF DEAD AND BOAT PROCESSION
Ca. 400 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A mummy bandage inscribed with hieratic text and a funerary vignette. The long, narrow strip of linen is written in black ink with horizontal lines of text from the Book of the Dead, naming the deceased Djedhor, son of Tadiousir. Above the text is a drawn scene of a funerary boat procession, showing a seated figure beneath a canopy, flanked by standing figures and divine attendants. Mounted in a modern wooden frame. For similar see: UCL collection Edwards, Cat. 45778.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French art market, formerly in a French collection, 1970s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 550mm x 110mm; Weight: 1.82kg
612. EGYPTIAN WOOD INLAY PANEL WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTION FROM THE BOOK OF THE DEATH
Starting Price: £3000
Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom, Ca 2055 - 1069 BC
A curved inlay panel carved from a single piece of wood with a long tapering form and convex outer face. The inner surface is incised with vertical columns of hieroglyphs. The inscription is part of Chapter 178 of the Book of the Dead.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French art market, previously in French collection, 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication report from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. Published: BAZIN RIZZO, GASSE, et SERVAJEAN A l’école des scribes Les écritures de l’Egypte ancienne, Expostion Lattes 2017, reproduced on page 150. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 1050mm x 210mm; Weight: 4.3kg
613. EGYPTIAN BRONZE MIRROR WITH DECORATED HANDLE
Ca. 664 - 30 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A bronze mirror comprising a flat, circular reflective plate attached to a cast handle flaring at the terminal and flanked by opposing volutes. Mounted on a modern wooden base. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 3403, Antiquities, Lot 3.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Private New York city Egyptologist collection acquired from Arte Primitivo Lot number 252.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 260mm x 160mm; Weight: 500g
614. EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN HEART SCARAB
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
A carnelian heart scarab with a domed back and finely ribbed wing-cases, the underside incised with crosswise grooves. Pierced longitudinally for suspension. For similar see: C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London: British Museum Press, 1994, p. 44.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 30mm x 23mm; Weight: 8g Starting Price: £2000
616. EGYPTIAN DIORITE STATUETTE OF PHARAOH WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTION
Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 1069 - 664 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A fragment of a dark diorite statuette depicting the upper body of a pharaoh, shown holding a crook in the left hand and a flail in the right. Traces of a broad collar are visible at the chest. A vertical column of hieroglyphic text is carved in sunk relief on the back pillar. “ Son of Khonsutefneakht, Born of...” For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA67.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Private New York city Egyptologist collection, acquired in France, prior to 2000 Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication report from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 105mm x 80mm; Weight: 420g
618. LARGE EGYPTIAN WOOD FIGURINE OF PTAH-SOKAR-OSIRIS
Starting Price: £1000
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC
A wooden mummiform figure of a pharaoh carved in the round. The ears are set low, the face is framed by a close-fitting wig and a painted false beard, the eyes and jaw are outlined in dark pigment; across the chest, a broad collar is painted in concentric bands of red and dark tones. The shrouded body tapers to the base, and the reverse has an integral back pillar running from the neck down the back. For similar see: P. Giovetti, D. Picchi, Egitto splendore millenario, La Collezione di Leiden a Bologna, SKira, 2016, f. 1 p. 31.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the French art market in the 1970s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 270mm x 90mm; Weight: 440g
619. EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTI OF HAT
Starting Price: £1000
New Kingdom, XIX - XX Dynasty, Ca. 1292 - 1069 BC
A faience mummiform ushabti with arms folded over the chest, grasping a pick and hoe. The figure wears a tripartite wig with black-painted striations, framing the face with arched brows, defined cheekbones, outlined eyes, and a full mouth, with details picked out in black. A vertical column of black-painted hieroglyphs runs down the front of the body and continues onto the base of the feet. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 9172, Antiquities, Lot 243.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously French art market 1970s/1980s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 125mm x 40mm; Weight: 95g
620. EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTI OF HAT
Starting Price: £1000
New Kingdom, XIX - XX Dynasty, Ca. 1292 - 1069 BC
A green faience mummiform ushabti with the arms crossed across the chest. The figure wears a tripartite wig with black-painted lappets extending onto the shoulders. The face is rendered with a prominent triangular nose, incised mouth, and almond-shaped eyes highlighted in black, with arched brows painted above. A vertical column of black hieroglyphs runs down the front of the body and continues onto the base. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 9172, Antiquities, Lot 243.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously French art market 1970s/1980s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 125mm x 40mm; Weight: 85g
621. EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTI IN LIVING DRESS OF HAT
Starting Price: £1000
New Kingdom, XIX - XX Dynasty, Ca. 1292 - 1069 BC
A faience ushabti depicted mummiform with crossed arms. The facial features are painted in black, with outlined lips, eyes and brows beneath a tripartite wig. A vertical column of painted hieroglyphs runs down the front of the figure, with further signs painted on the base. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA18588.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously French art market 1970s/1980s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 135mm x 50mm; Weight: 115g
625. COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN GLASS AMULETIC INLAYS - EX. CHRISTIE’S
Late Period, 27th-30th Dynasty, Ca. 525 - 343 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A collection of thirty-seven glass amuletic inlays, each mould-pressed, including a black Imsety; two turquoise standing figures of Nephthys; two red mummies; a pale blue Anubis holding a djed-pillar; a white Imsety; a turquoise lion-headed uraeus; two black reclining jackals, one facing right, one facing left; a golden yellow, a red, and a turquoise scarab; a turquoise uraeus on a nb-basket; a golden yellow and a red Ib-heart; two green squatting frogs, one facing right, one facing left; two turquoise squatting Thoth baboons, one facing right, one facing left; two white, one red and one golden yellow cow, each crowned with a solar disk and atef-plumes, representing either Hathor, Nut or Mehetweret; a pale blue mummiform Osiris with crook and flail, wearing a plumed atef-crown; two dark turquoise falcon-headed sphinxes, one facing right, one facing left, the facial markings and eyes once with supplementary inlays; two pale blue human-headed ba-birds; a golden yellow Nekhbet vulture on a basket; two turquoise praising baboons, one facing right, one facing left; a golden yellow tyt-amulet or girdle of Isis; one red djed-pillar with atef-crown; one red kneeling Nephthys; and a golden yellow and a pale blue winged falcon-headed scarab. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA64096; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 17.194.2508.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christies, 9 Dec 2005, Lot: 24; Ex. Omar Pacha Sultan; Previously with Phoenix Ancient Art, Geneva, 1976.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 330mm x 240mm; Weight: 380g
626. EGYPTIAN FAIENCE TRIAD OF ALEXANDRIA AMULET
Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 332 - 30 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A faience amulet of square form, the front moulded in high relief with a triad of deities - Horus flanked by Isis and Nephthys - all depicted frontally, standing side by side and clasping hands. The central figure of Horus is shown nude with arms extended, Isis on the left wears the crown of cow horns enclosing a sun disc, and Nephthys on the right is surmounted by her hieroglyphic emblem. The reverse is flat and undecorated. For similar see: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cat. 1940.624 (amulet triad).
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously with a London gallery; formerly in R.F. private collection, Switzerland, 1960s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 34.9mm x 35.3mm; Weight: 10.1g
627. MASSIVE EGYPTIAN FAIENCE RING WITH LOTUS FLOWERS AND A FROG
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
A faience ring with a wide, straight-sided band; thickened shoulders support a broad bezel modelled in high relief with a central frog flanked by lotus flowers, their stems encircling the band and terminating with annular collars.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:19.56mm / US: 9 3/4 / UK: T; Weight: 6g
628. EGYPTIAN ROCK CRYSTAL AMPHORISKOS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A semi-translucent rock crystal amphoriskos with a thickened rim and a rounded body tapering gently towards the base. Two vertical pierced lug handles connect the rim with the shoulder.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the US art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 55mm x 50mm; Weight: 160g
629. EGYPTIAN ROCK CRYSTAL AMULET OF A HIPPOPOTAMUS WITH HIGH KARAT GOLD SUSPENSION LOOP
Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A rock crystal amulet in the form of a hippopotamus, depicted with rounded haunches and short, sturdy limbs. The facial features are defined by incised lines indicating the eyes, nostrils, and ears. A pierced ridge along the back is fitted with a gold suspension loop. For similar see: C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London: British Museum Press, 1994, p. 32 and 64.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 30mm x 19mm; Weight: 9g
630. EGYPTIAN HIPPOPOTAMUS HEAD AMULET
Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC
Starting Price: £800
A stone head of a hippopotamus. The broad muzzle is modelled with pronounced nostrils and an incised mouth, while raised contours define the eyes and rounded ears. Pierced beneath the ears for suspension. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 10.130.2310.
Provenance: From an early 20th century collection; Ex. London, UK, gallery; previously in a collection of North American gentleman’s collection, 1980-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 25mm x 15mm; Weight: 10g
632 EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE WINGED SCARAB AMULET
Starting Price: £300
New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 1550 - 664 BC
A faience winged scarab amulet composed of three elements. The scarab is rendered with a domed back, rounded clypeus, and shallow incisions outlining the division of the elytra. One suspension hole pierces the head, and five additional holes are set along the edges of the body. The curved wings are plain and each is pierced with three holes near the outer margins. For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 57.178.189.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the London art market in the 1970s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stib- bert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
Size: 45-65mm x 24-34mm; Weight: 31g
633 SET OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE FUNERARY PECTORAL AMULETS: WINGED SCARAB AND FOUR SONS OF HORUS
Starting Price: £500
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
A set of faience pectoral funerary amulets in turquoise blue, including a winged scarab and four mummiform figures of the Sons of Horus, who protect the internal organs of the deceased: Duamutef (jackal-headed), Hapy (baboon-headed), Imsety (human-headed) and Qebehsenuef (falcon-headed). All are flat-backed and pierced at the edges for stitching to the mummy wrap- pings. For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number M11787d.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Mus- so, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 33-37mm x 9-24mm; Weight: 24g
634 COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS
Starting Price: £300
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
A collection of faience funerary amulets, including a falcon-headed Son of Horus (Qebehsenuef) and two scarab wing plaques. Each wing plaque has a straight inner edge and a rounded tip; the obverse is modelled with radiating feathering, and the corners are pierced for attachment. The falcon-headed figure is flat- backed, modelled standing in profile on an integral base, with a suspension perforation at the shoulder. For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Acces- sion number M14150.2.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stib- bert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
Size: 41-48mm x 14-28mm; Weight: 16g
638 EGYPTIAN BRONZE
STATUETTE OF OSIRIS WITH HEDJET CROWN
Ca. 664 - 332 BC
647 EGYPTIAN ANHYDRITE VESSEL WITH LID
Starting Price: £500
Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC
A small cosmetic vessel carved from pale anhydrite with a compact, inverted piriform body tapering to- wards a flattened base. The broad shoulders rise to a short neck surmounted by a flat, projecting lip fitted with a matching circular lid with a shallow plug under- side. For similar see: A. Bevan, Stone Vessel and Values in The Bronze Age Mediterranean, Cambridge, Univer- sity college London, Institute of Archaeology, 2007; p.66, 69.; MET Museum Object Number: 36.3.63.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 40mm x 40mm; Weight: 60g
648 COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE RINGS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £500
A collection of three faience rings. From left to right: a ring with an elongated bezel moulded in low relief on an annular hoop; a ring with a large oval bezel mould- ed with a dancing Bes within a raised border and on a thick hoop; and a plain annular ring without a bezel.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Mus- so, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:12 - 15.7mm / US: 1/2 - 5 / UK: A-J 1/2;
Weight: 5g
Starting Price: £1000
A bronze figure of Osiris depicted mummiform, wearing the White Crown (hedjet) flanked by uraei and a long braided false beard. The arms are held over the chest, each hand grasping a vertical was sceptre ex- tending down the front of the body. The face is finely modelled with almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose, and outlined lips. Mounted on a modern black base. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 10.175.133.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Mus- so, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 175mm x 45mm; Weight: 358g
649 COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE RINGS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £500
A collection of four faience finger-rings, from left to right: a plain circular band; a ring with a bezel bear- ing a wedjat eye; and two rings set with an elongated cartouche panel within a raised rim. The cartouche of the blue-green ring is inscribed with the prenomen of Tutankhamon : “Nebkheperure” For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA22594.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Mus- so, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:12.6 - 17.12mm / US: 1 1/4 - 6 3/4 / UK: B 1/2-N; Weight: 6g
650 COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN AMULET RINGS
Starting Price: £500
Late Period to Ptolemaic, Ca. 664 - 30 BC
A collection of five faience pieces: four rings and a separate ring bezel. From left to right: a ring with an oval-section hoop and a small bezel; a ring with a rounded hoop and a cartouche-shaped bezel; a ring with an even hoop and an elongated bezel with a nefer sign; a ring with a broader hoop and an oblong bezel; and a ring bezel in the form of a scarab flanked by lotus blooms. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA22594.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Mus- so, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:15.29 - 16.31mm / US: 4 1/4 - 5 3/4 / UK: I-L 1/2; Weight: 10g
654 EGYPTIAN FAIENCE INSCRIBED SCARAB
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A faience scarab with a convex back marked with transverse hatching. The flat base is inscribed with hieroglyphic signs within an oval border.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Mus- so, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 19mm x 7mm; Weight: 1g
658 ELEGANT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AND GOLD PECTORAL NECKLACE
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A restrung pectoral necklace of turquoise blue faience and gold cylindrical beads, the lower section with a sequence of suspended amulets including a central ankh flanked by two pomegranates, a pair of uraei, and two nefer symbols. Small turquoise blue disc beads and gold spacers are set between the amulets and along the connecting strands, with longer faience cylindrical beads interspersed at intervals. For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 56.20.627.15.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Mus- so, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 230/460mm x 20mm; Weight: 15g
660 EGYPTIAN FAIENCE NECKLACE WITH DEITY PENDANTS
Starting Price: £300
Late Period to Roman Period, Ca. 664 BC - AD 200
A restrung necklace of small red beads interspersed with blue faience pendants of deities, evenly distributed along the length.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stib- bert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
Size: 220/440mm x 20mm; Weight: 15g
663 LARGE EGYPTIAN STONE AND BRONZE INLAID EYES
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £800
A pair of inlaid eyes formed from almond-shaped white stone sclerae, each inset with a red stone iris and a central black pupil. The elements are fitted within bronze casings that frame the contour of the upper and lower eyelids, curving upwards at the outer edges.
For similar see: Fitzwilliam Museum E.GA.4001.1943; Christie’s, Live Auction 2605, Antiquities, Lot 147.
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art profession- al; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 26-27mm x 101-102mm; Weight: 103g
664 EGYPTIAN STONE AND BRONZE INLAID EYES
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £800
A pair of convex inlaid eyes, each composed of a domed white stone sclera inset with a flat black stone pupil, enclosed within a cast bronze frame forming the eyelids and extended cosmetic lines. For similar see: Fitzwilliam Museum E.GA.4001.1943; Christie’s, Live Auction 2605, Antiquries, Lot 147.
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art profession- al; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 21-24mm x 74-76mm; Weight: 63g
665 EGYPTIAN STONE AND BRONZE INLAID EYES
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £500
A pair of inlaid eyes, each formed from a flat-backed almond-shaped plaque carved from deep blue lapis lazuli, with a central white stone insert for the sclera and a black stone disc for the pupil. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 62.70.84; Christie’s, Live Auction 2007, Antiquities, 4 June 2008, Lot 78; Bonhams, Antiquities, 5 December 2024, Lot 74.
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art profession- al; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 18-19mm x 36-39mm; Weight: 18.9g
666 EGYPTIAN FAIENCE PENDANT WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTIONS
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £500
A faience pendant of cuboid form with each of the four vertical faces incised with hieroglyphs. The base is carved with a scarab. A lateral perforation is drilled through the tapering top for suspension. For similar see: Catalogue of Egyptian scarabs, etc. in the British Museum, 1913, cat. 2649.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a con- firmation letter.
Size: 19mm x 10mm; Weight: 3g
667 EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEAD WITH CARTOUCHE OF AMENHOTEP III
New Kingdom, 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £500
A faience rectangular plaque bead with rounded ends, the obverse inlaid in dark blue, bearing a cartouche reading “Neb-Maat-Re,” the throne name of Amenho- tep III, with a pair of tall plumes above; the reverse plain, the sides are pierced with five transverse stringing holes arranged along the length.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Mus- so, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 45mm x 13mm; Weight: 8g
668 COLLECTION OF IMPORTAN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTIONS
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £200
A collection of six faience amulets and beads, including a cylindrical amulet with black-painted hi- eroglyphs; a square plaque with a wedjat eye in low relief; two small rectangular plaques; and two beads, one rounded with contrasting decoration and one vase-shaped with flaring rim and foot.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
Size: 10-26mm x 7-11mm; Weight: 8g
669 COLLECTION OF IMPORTANT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEADS WITH ICARTOUCHES OF THE PHARAOH SHABAKA
Starting Price: £500
XXVth Dynasty, regin of Shabaka, Ca. 716-702 BC
A collection of six faience lentoid name-beads drilled lengthwise. The reverse is flat, while the domed upper face is incised with a vertically arranged prenomen within an oval cartouche. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 05.3.199.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a con- firmation letter.
Size: 55-58mm x 18-21mm; Weight: 70g
670 COLLECTION OF IMPORTANT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEADS WITH CARTOUCHES OF THE PHARAOH SHABAKA
Starting Price: £500
XXVth Dynasty, regin of Shabaka, Ca. 716-702 BC
A collection of seven faience flat-backed lentoid name-beads, each longitudinally pierced, the rounded obverse incised with a royal prenomen enclosed within an oval cartouche. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 05.3.198.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a con- firmation letter.
Size: 14-58mm x 11-19mm; Weight: 85g
674 COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN, GLASS AND JASPER EARRINGS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A large collection of penannular rings of varying diam- eter and thickness, each formed as a circular band with a narrow opening. For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number M11940a.; Christie’s, Live Auction 8776, Antiquities, Lot. 38.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 12-23mm x 12-23mm; Weight: 207g
676 COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN, GLASS AND JASPER EARRINGS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A large collection of penannular rings of varying diam- eter and thickness, each formed as a circular band with a narrow opening. For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number M11940a.; Christie’s, Live Auction 8776, Antiquities, Lot. 38.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 10-28mm x 10-28mm; Weight: 136g
687 LARGE COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEADS
Ca. 1550 - 30 BC
Starting Price: £500
A collection of faience tubular beads and pendants, the beads single, double and triple with axial perfora- tions, and the pendants formed of two or three tubes joined along their length with small suspension loops above and below, predominantly turquoise blue with cream, yellow and red examples. For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 44.19.275, 44.19.38.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stib- bert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
Size: 6-24mm x 3-17mm; Weight: 50g
689 LARGE COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE PENDANTS AND SCARABS
Starting Price: £500
New Kingdom to Ptolemaic, Ca. 1550 - 30 BC
A large collection of faience pendants in shades of turquoise, blue, green, and yellow, including pet- al-shaped drops, date-shaped ovals, grape-cluster with stippled lobes, and scarab pendants. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.215.218, 11.215.299, 11.215.388, 31.114.2a; National Museums Liverpool, Accession number M12588h.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Mus- so, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 13-28mm x 4-9mm; Weight: 53g
692 COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE DJED TOWER AMULETS
Starting Price: £300
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
A collection of four faience Djed amulets, each in flat plaque form with a flaring base and a stacked capital of four transverse bars detailed with incised notches, the reverses with a central vertical rib pierced at the upper section. For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number M11917e, M11917m.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stib- bert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
Size: 24-32mm x 9-17mm; Weight: 9g
696 COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEADS WITH CARTOUCHES
Starting Price: £300
New Kingdom -Third Intermediate Period Ca. 1350 - 959 BC
A collection of three faience beads, including an elon- gated lentoid blue bead with a cartouche in black; a bead with a cartouche reading Neb-Maat-Re, the pre- nomen of Amenhotep III; and a small plaque bearing the throne name of Thutmose III. The first two have hollow reverses with a central longitudinal channel and are drilled with paired stringing holes at each end. Car- touche in the first bead : “ Psusennes” (Pasebakhaenniut) ; second fragmentary bead : “ Nebmaatre” Amenhotep III; Third fragment of bead : “Men(kheper) re” Thutmosis III. For similar see: Egyptian Museum of Cairo, F1907.165.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stib- bert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
Size: 17-38mm x 14-17mm; Weight: 10g
705 COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN RED FAIENCE AND GLASS PENDANTS AND AMULETS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £500
A collection of 33 pendants and amulets, predomi- nantly drop and lentoid forms with small suspension loops, also including mandrake and date fruits, pet- al-shaped examples, a glass ear stud, and a seated Ho- rus the Child with sidelock of youth and finger to lips. For similar see: The Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology, Accession Number LDUCE- UC1957; National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 56.22.996w, 1978.291.297o, 1978.291.297l, M12588g; The British Museum, Museum number EA29258.
Provenance: Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiq- uities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Reg- ister database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 12-23mm x 2-23mm; Weight: 28g
720 COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN WHITE FAIENCE AMULETS
Starting Price: £300
New Kingdom, XIX Dynasty, Reign of Ramesses II, Ca. 1279 - 1212 BC
A collection of three white faience amulets, from left to right: two ducks in flight with outstretched wings, and a rectangular plaque with an oval cartouche in sunk relief within a raised frame. For similar see: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.80.198.144.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Published: The Collector’s Eye, Masterpieces of Egyptian Art from the Thallasic collection, Ltd. 2001, page 78 (2 ducks). Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiq- uities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
Size: 32-35mm x 13-21mm; Weight: 8g
725 COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE RINGS WITH WEDJAT EYES
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £500
A collection of three faience rings, each with an openwork Wedjat eye bezel, the upper bar forming the brow, an almond-shaped eye with a central pupil, trailing markings extending to the side, and a vertical extension below, each on an annular hoop. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.215.90.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Mus- so, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:14.68 - 15.9mm / US: 3 1/2 - 5 1/4 / UK: G 1/2-K; Weight: 6g
726 COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE RINGS AND BEZELS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £500
A collection of six faience rings and bezels. Top row, from left to right: a ring with an oval bezel moulded in low relief with a striding animal within a raised border; a ring with an annular hoop and a uraeus-shaped bez- el; a ring with a flat rectangular bezel bearing shallow incisions on a D-shaped hoop. Bottom row, from left to right: an oval bezel with a floral motif; a plain annular hoop; and an elongated bezel with incisions. For similar see: Bonhams, The Classics Online: Antiquities, Clocks, European Ceramics, 23 June - 7 July 2025, Lot 114.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Mus- so, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:12 - 15.29mm / US: 1/2 - 4 1/4 / UK: A-I;
Weight: 5g
727 COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE RINGS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £500
A collection of three blue faience rings. From left to right: a ring with an openwork Wedjat eye bezel on an annular hoop; a ring with a broad rectangular bezel on a thick hoop; and a ring with an oval bezel moulded in low relief within a raised border on a flat-sectioned hoop. For similar see: The Louvre Museum, Main num- ber: E 14429.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Reviewed by Simone Mus- so, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:13.3 - 15.9mm / US: 2 - 5 1/4 / UK: D-K; Weight: 5g
759 RARE MINOAN OR MYCENEAN ALABASTER DUCKSHAPED COSMETIC PALETTE
Ca. 1600 BC
Starting Price: £800
An alabaster palette carved in the form of a stylised duck, with a rounded, hollowed interior and an arched neck curving forward into a simplified head with a gently pointed beak. The base is smooth and subtly convex. The surface shows natural veining with creamy and amber tones. For similar see: D. Panagiotopulos, Material versus Design: A Transcultural Approach to the Two Contrasting Properties of Things, 2007, fig. 6.
Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired on the French market in the 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 43.6mm x 30mm; Weight: 22.8g
760 RARE SARDINIAN BRONZE SEATED GOD ON THRONE
Ca. 1300 - 800 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A cast bronze figure of a seated deity on a high-backed throne. The figure has elongated limbs and a stylised head with simplified features, the right hand resting on the thigh and the left holding a small circular vessel. The throne is flanked by zoomorphic projections that rise along the sides and frame the figure.
Provenance: Private UK collection; from the private collection of Mr. R. Unger; previously with a London gallery; acquired in the 1990s on the UK art market.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register da- tabase and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 50mm x 40mm; Weight: 40g
777. ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA OFFERING HEAD
Ca. 500 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A terracotta votive head depicting a woman with curly hair falling in thick strands around the face and neck. Her facial features are symmetrically rendered, with almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose, and full lips. A prominent ridge indicates the upper edge of a headdress or veil framing the crown. For similar see: P. Giulierini, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, La Collezione Magna Grecia, Cat. CXXXI, Inv. 21862.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market; Ex. Private Swiss collection, acquired before 1995.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 280mm x 230mm; Weight: 3.93kg
778. ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE HEAD DEPICTING YOUTH
Ca. 300 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A terracotta votive head depicting a youthful male with idealised facial features, including a straight nose, full lips, and a rounded chin. The hair is rendered in tight curls across the forehead and around the ears, and the head is framed by a flat vertical support at the back. The reverse with a circular vent hole near the top. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 21014, Antiquities, Lot 86; Christie’s, Live Auction 9380, Antiquities, Lot 291.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market; Ex. Ticino family collection, acquired before 1995.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an inter- national Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 280mm x 160mm; Weight: 2.8kg
779. ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE HEAD
Ca. 500 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A terracotta votive head of a young female with wide-set eyes, arched brows, and gently parted lips. The wavy hair falls in thick, segmented locks framing the face and extending down the neck. The reverse is unmodelled, pierced with a large circular vent hole. For similar see: P. Giulierini, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, La Collezione Magna Grecia, Cat. CXXXI, Inv. 21862.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market, pre 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 280mm x 200mm; Weight: 2.96kg
780. ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE HEAD DEPICTING NOBLEWOMAN
Ca. 300 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A terracotta votive head of a woman with softly modelled facial features, including a straight nose, outlined eyes, and gently defined lips. The face is framed by thick, wavy locks falling symmetrically on both sides. The head emerges from a broad, flaring support at the back, forming an arched profile. The back is plain and smoothly finished. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 21014, Antiquities, Lot 86.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Donald Wonder (1938-2023), California & New Jersey; thence by descent.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 260mm x 200mm; Weight: 4.6kg
782. ETRUSCAN HIGH KARAT GOLD NECKLACE WITH FIVE HOLLOW GLOBES ADORNED WITH PHYTOMORPHIC MOTIFS
Ca. 400 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A necklace strung with five large hollow gold globes, each decorated in repoussé with alternating vertical ribs and scrolling phytomorphic motifs. The globes are pierced laterally for stringing and set along a woven gold chain composed of tightly coiled wire links. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1877,0910.31.
Provenance: Private London collection; acquired on the US art market; Ex. Art Market, New York; Ex. Private Collection, Bergen County, New Jersey, formed in the 1970s-2000s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 205-410mm x 25mm; Weight: 51g
783. ETRUSCAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING DOG IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. 500 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £1200
A carnelian intaglio depicting a dog in profile, shown with a rounded body, elongated snout, and long curling tail. The intaglio is set into a possibly later gold ring with a broad, circular bezel and a smoothly tapering hoop that thickens towards the shoulders. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1865,0712.62.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the UK art market 2025.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:16.31mm / US: 5 3/4 / UK: L; Weight: 10g
785. GREEK HELLENISTIC MARBLE VOTIVE FIGURINE
Ca. 400 - 200 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A marble votive figurine depicting a robed female figure standing frontally, the head veiled and the arms held close to the body. The drapery falls in simple, linear folds, the back left flat and non modelled. An inscription in Greek letters is incised across the front of the base, reading: “This belongs to Menes. Protect Asychne.”
For similar see: S. Moscati, I Fenici, Bompiani, Palazzo Grassi, 1989, Cat 194-196.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in a 1970s Swiss collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 230mm x 90mm; Weight: 1.17kg
786. PALMYRENE LIMESTONE HEAD OF YOUTH
Ca. AD 1 - 200
Starting Price: £1000
A limestone head depicting a youthful male with stylised almond-shaped eyes, arched brows, straight nose, and softly contoured lips. The hair is arranged in ridged, backward-swept strands, carved in deep grooves across the forehead and temples. Mounted on a modern display stand. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 9796, Antiquities, Lot 725.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French art market, formerly in a collection of an expert with French Customs, in the 1990s, then by descent.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 170mm x 170mm; Weight: 7.51kg
787. GREEK MARBLE STELE WITH INSCRIPTION
Ca. 300 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A marble stele of rectangular form with a triangular pediment, framed by a raised moulding along the outer edge. The pediment is decorated with a central circular boss. Below, a recessed rectangular panel encloses a standing draped figure rendered in low relief. An inscribed text occupies the space above the figure and continues below, reading: “Menandros, son of Bokios, (set this up) in memory (mnēmēs charin). Kanousta dedicated it.” A tenon projects from the base. For similar see: S. Moscati, I Fenici, Bompiani, Palazzo Grassi, 1989, Cat 194-197.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in a 1970s Swiss collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 265mm x 115mm; Weight: 1.06kg
788. ROMAN MARBLE MODEL OF A TEMPLE PODIUM
Ca. AD 1 - 300
Starting Price: £1000
A marble model of a temple podium with a frontal staircase composed of seven steps. Each of the long sides is carved with marine motifs, including a pair of dolphins and two hippocampus. Originally a stand belonging to a cult image, perhaps associated with maritime deities or rites.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on London art market, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 220mm x 150mm; Weight: 14.87kg
Ca. 500 - 400 BC
Starting Price: £12500
A marble torso of a standing kore. The figure clad in a finely pleated chiton falling in narrow vertical folds to the lower legs, the garment gathered lightly at the waist to form a shallow overfold; a himation is drawn diagonally across the chest from the left shoulder and wrapped about the side, its end hanging in a deep, looped fall. For similar see: I. Jenkins, Defining Beauty, The body in ancient Greek Art, p. 127.
Provenance: Property of a London gentleman, acquired on the French Art market; Ex. French collection, Paris; Ex. Parisian Gallery, 1970-1990.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 590mm x 240mm; Weight: Over 25kg
789. RARE GREEK MARBLE KORE
Starting Price: £3000
A circular marble tray with a shallow body, a broad rim and two concentric mouldings; the underside worked with dense radiating claw-chisel striations.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. the property of Gawain McKinley, Bonhams, Antiquities, 27 April 2006, lot 73.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 555mm x 560mm; Weight: 11.4kg
790. ROMAN MARBLE LABRUM
Ca. AD 1 - 200
A marble finger from an over-lifesize statue, with the nail neatly outlined, and naturalistic creases across the joint. For similar see: Musei Capitolini, MC
Live Auction 3798, Antiquities, Lot 64-65.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Cahn International AG.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 190mm x 360mm; Weight: 19kg
791. MASSIVE ROMAN MARBLE FINGER FROM A STATUE Ca. AD 200 - 350
786; Christie’s,
Starting Price: £5000
792. GRAECO ROMAN COPY OF THE VENUS DE MILO TYPE
Ca. 25 BC - AD 25
Starting Price: £10000
A marble torso of Venus de Milo type. The chest is compact with round, high breasts and clear collarbones. The abdomen is finely modelled with a small navel and marked iliac creases, the waist turning slightly to the left. The back shows shallow shoulder blades, a long spinal groove, and rounded buttocks. The fullness of the form and bend of the body of our torso recalls in part the Aphrodite of Knidos, a late Classical (ca. 350 B.C.) creation of the master sculptor Praxiteles. C.M. Havelock, The Aphrodite of Knidos and her Successors (Ann Arbor 1995); M.D. Stansbury-O’Donnell, A History of Greek Art (London 2015) 166, 281, 298f, 331, Fig. 12. This now lost famous work of art, which was the first totally nude statue of a female, served to inspire a great number of later Graeco-Roman copies and variants, like our Aphrodite/Venus type. The best full-statue Graeco-Roman replica in marble of the lost Knidian masterpiece is in the Musei Vaticani. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: L.2023.5; Christie’s, Online Auction 19058, Ancient Art from James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Lot 40; See also https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/museo-pio-clementino/gabinetto-delle-maschere.html .]
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.
Publications / Reports: This piece comes with an authentication report from Prof. John Pollini, Professor of Classical Art, Archaeology, History, and Classics and USC Associates Endowed Professor in Art History, Department of Art History, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 800mm x 360mm; Weight: 60kg
Starting Price: £40000
A marble male torso carved from fine white marble and preserved from the neck to mid-thighs. The figure stands in gentle contrapposto with the left shoulder raised and the right lowered, the chest smoothly modelled and the abdomen lightly indented along the midline. On the reverse, a straight spinal groove descends between the shoulder blades to the sacrum with softly rounded buttocks. Mounted on a modern stand. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 25.78.56; Christie’s, Live Auction 17643, Antiquities, Lot 441.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the London Art market in 1998.
Publications / Reports : This piece comes with an authentication report from Prof. John Pollini, Professor of Classical Art, Archaeology, History, and Classics and USC Associates Endowed Professor in Art History, Department of Art History, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 500mm x 260mm; Weight: Over 25k (without stand)
Ca. AD 1 - 100
793. STUNNING ROMAN MARBLE STATUE OF DIADOUMENOS
794. RARE ROMAN OVER-LIFESIZE MARBLE FOREARM WITH HAND
Ca. AD 1 - 100
Starting Price: £10000
An over-lifesize left forearm and hand in fine, pale marble. Preserved from mid-forearm to the fingertips; the proximal break retains a circular mortise for attachment. The palm faces up, fingers gently flexed with the thumb opposed as if to hold a slender attribute. Fingernails and creases crisply modelled; subtle swelling at the wrist. Mounted on a modern stand. For similar see: S. Settis, C. Gasparetto, I Marmi Torlonia, Collezione di Capolavori, Gli scavi Torlonia, Inv. MT470, p. 85.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 340mm x 790mm; Weight: over 20kg
795. ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF EMPEROR
Starting Price: £2000
Ca. AD 100 - 200 or later (with neo-classical re-carving)
A marble head of an emperor, possibly Caracalla, with tightly curled hair and beard carved in thick, deeply drilled curls framing the face, the brow with a vertical furrow above deeply set, almond-shaped eyes, the gaze slightly upward. The nose straight and prominent, the lips full and pressed together beneath a finely incised moustache. The ears are proportionally set and crisply defined. Mounted on a modern base. For similar see: A. Coliva, M. Marinozzi, J. L. Martinez, M. L. Fabrega Dubert, I Borghese e l’antico, p. 361, Cat. 54.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously in a UK Estate, 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 450mm x 240mm; Weight: 19.6kg
796. ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF APOLLO
Starting Price: £1000
Ca. AD 100 - 200 or later (with neo-classical re-carving)
A finely carved marble head of Apollo, depicted with idealised youthful features and an expressive upward gaze. The oval face is gently contoured, with deeply set, almond-shaped eyes beneath softly arched brows, a straight nose, and full lips subtly turned at the corners. The hair is arranged in thick, voluminous locks, parted at the centre and swept back over the temples in deeply drilled strands, gathered into a plaited fillet encircling the crown.
Mounted on a modern rectangular base of veined orange marble. For similar see: Sotheby’s, Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art, Part 1, 7 Dec. 2021, Lot 57; Christie’s, Live Auction 15502, Antiquities, Lot 128.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the French art market; Ex. Private French collection, pre-2000.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 170mm x 110mm; Weight: 4.14kg
797. ETRUSCAN BRONZE MONTEFORTINO HELMET
Ca. 500 - 400 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A bronze Montefortino helmet with a high domed crown surmounted by a solid knop finial. The crown is smooth and rounded, curving gently downwards from the apex. A narrow, horizontal flange projects outward around the lower edge, forming a continuous brim. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 2015.758.1.
Provenance: Private London collection; Ex. Peter Ing Till collection, Vienna, Austria; formerly with Austrian collector since the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 220mm x 250mm; Weight: 855g
798. ETRUSCAN BRONZE HELMET
Ca. 400 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A hemispherical bronze helmet hammered from a single sheet, with a smooth domed crown. For similar see: Catalogo generale dei Beni culturali, Ente Competente S162, Cat. IA IX.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French art market; Ex. Hermann Historica, Munich, October 13, 2010; Ex. collection Axel Guttmann (1944 - 2001), AG572/ H209; Ex. private collection, Krefeld, 1995. Accompanied by a French Export license.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 210mm x 150mm; Weight: 525g
799. STUNNING CHALCIDIAN HELMET WITH CHEEKS
Ca. 500 - 400 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A bronze Chalcidian helmet with a domed, carinated crown and a prominent horizontal ridge encircling the lower section. The front has arched openings for the eyes, separated by a short, projecting nasal guard extending from the brow. Hinged, separately made cheek-pieces are attached behind the eye openings, each contoured to follow the jawline and ending in a rounded edge. The helmet curves down at the back into a broad, flaring neck flange with a sharply defined rim. Mounted on a modern stand. For similar see: The Walters Art Museum, Accession Number 54.2468.
Provenance: Private London collection; Ex. Peter Ing Till collection, Vienna, Austria; formerly with Austrian collector since the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 340mm x 240mm; Weight: 670g
800. SUPERB CHALCIDIAN TINNED BRONZE HELMET
Ca. 400 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A bronze helmet of Chalcidian type with a domed crown rising to a central ridge and a prominent horizontal moulding encircling the lower section. The brow is recessed and has arched eye cutouts, divided by a narrow, sharply projecting nasal guard. The area behind the brow preserves the remains of hinge fittings for the attachment of separately made cheek-pieces. The rear curves outward into a wide, flaring neck flange. Mounted on a modern stand. For similar see: The Walters Art Museum, Accession Number 54.2468.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; previously acquired from Hakishut gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1970s
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 240mm x 260mm; Weight: 910g
801. SUPERB ROMAN IRON PUGIO WITH DECORATED BRONZE SCABBARD
Ca. AD 1 - 300
Starting Price: £5000
An iron pugio with a broad, tapering blade, straight guard, and a hilt composed of a cylindrical insert bound by median and terminal collars. A flat pommel is surmounted by three biconical protrusions arranged in a row. The handle is made of bone, extremely rare to be preserved and intact. The scabbard is of sheet bronze, decorated on the obverse with panels of incised vertical lines within finely chased borders, flanked by a pair of broad lateral brackets. The chape is rounded and embellished with a central domed boss encircled by applied pellets. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 22771, Arms and Armour from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Part 2, Lot 45.
Provenance: Property of a London Ancient Art Gallery; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between the early 1960s to 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 355mm x 80mm; Weight: 420g
802. RARE ITALIC, SAMNITE BRONZE BELT
Ca. 400 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A belt formed from a thin bronze sheet with a curved profile and plain surface, the upper and lower edges pierced with regularly spaced perforations. Three bronze hooks are affixed diagonally across one side. The piece is mounted on a modern stand. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1991.171.50.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the Swiss art market; Ex. Swiss private collection AC (1921–2015); previously acquired from a Private collection of Prof. Angelo Signorelli, before 1951.
Publications / Reports: Published: Angelo Signorelli-Giorgio Fallani, Archaeological Survey of Prof. Dott. Angelo Signorelli. Catalog compiled by Giorgio Fallani. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 325mm x 100mm; Weight: 1.5kg
803. STUNNING GREEK PERIOD SILVER-GILT RHYTHON WITH IBEX PROTOME
Ca. 500 BC
Starting Price: £30000
A silver-gilt rhyton formed as a curved, vertically fluted cup with an everted mouth and moulded rim, the lower end modelled as the forepart of an ibex with pointed ears, large rounded eyes, a ribbed dewlap and long backward-swept horns cut with chevron grooves; the chest and shoulders detailed with punched dots and the forelegs extended, traces of gilding remaining across the surface. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1989.281.30a, b; 1979.446.
Provenance: Private UK collection.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an Analysis and Metallographic report by Dr Peter Northover. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 250mm x 200mm; Weight: 845g
804. SUPERB GREEK TERRACOTTA
RAM-SHAPED ASKOS - TL TESTED
Ca. 600 - 400 BC
A terracotta askos modelled in the form of a recumbent ram, with a rounded body and short, projecting legs, surmounted by a cylindrical spout rising vertically from the back. A small additional spout is positioned low on the chest between the forelegs. The head is sculpted in high relief with prominent eyes, defined nostrils, and tightly curled horns sweeping backwards. Painted decoration in dark pigment covers the entire body with a repetitive pattern imitating fleece. For similar see: British Museum 1982,0729.546; Christie’s, Live Auction 7017, A Peaceble Kingdom: The Leo Mildenberg collection, Lot. 294.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Atlantis Antiquities, NY, 1988 (Greek and Etruscan Art of the Archaic Period, p. 13).
Publications / Reports: This piece has been precisely dated using a thermoluminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla. The report will accompany the lot. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 275mm x 195mm; Weight: 1.36kg Starting
805. HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF FEMALE DANCER - EX. CHRISTIE’S
Perhaps from Centuripe, Sicily, Ca. 200 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A terracotta statuette of a female figure captured in a dynamic pose, her body arching in a spiral as she twists towards her right. Her head is thrown back and sharply inclined to the same side. One leg is extended behind as if in motion, while both arms project forward in a gestural attitude. She wears a long chiton with vestiges of painted decoration in pink and pale blue, the hem flaring with movement. Her hair is gathered in a high chignon and painted with red pigment. The figure stands on a reel-shaped plinth and is mounted on a modern stand. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1836,0224.453; Christie’s, Live Auction 1063, Archaeology: Pierre and Claude Vérité Collection, 20 December 2011, Lot 98.
Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. Christie’s, December 2002, lot 54. Accompanied by original invoice (8500$). Superb provenanced object. Ex. Palladion Antike Kunst, Basel, Catalog, 1976, no. 85.
Literature: Simon, The Kurashiki Ninagowa Museum, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, no.148.
Publications / Reports: Exhibited: Olympia Art & Antiques fair, London June 2022. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 310mm x 135mm; Weight: 1.05kg
806. HELLENISTIC SILVER GILT SHALLOW BOWL
Ca. 300 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A shallow silver bowl with wide, gently sloping sides and a rounded base. The interior features concentric bands of parcel-gilt decoration, with the central medallion displaying a rosette encircled by a border of leaves, framed by a wavy pattern. The outermost band consists of repetitive scrolling motifs. The exterior remains plain. For similar see: Pfommer M., Metalwork from the Hellenized East: Catalogue of the Collections 1969.113.
Provenance: Private UK collection, Tollmann collection, Germany, 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 35mm x 200mm; Weight: 435g
807. HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD, CARNELIAN AND GLASS NECKLACE WITH CENTRAL PORTRAIT
MEDALLION
Ca. 400 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A restrung necklace of green and yellow beads interspersed with spherical gold spacers. At the centre is a circular gold medallion with a bust of a queen in high relief within a beaded border. Flanking the medallion are matching gold pendants: a pair of crescents inlaid with green glass, two heart-shaped settings with red glass inlays, and two sheet-gold leaves. Each pendant is mounted with a grooved suspension tube. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1905,1026.1.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Private Collection, Bergen County, New Jersey, formed in the 1970s-2000s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 255-510mm x 18.9mm; Weight: 27.23g
808. ANCIENT GREEK NECKLACE WITH HIGH KARAT GOLD SQUARE PENDANTS WITH RED GARNET CABOCHONS
Ca. 400 BC
Starting Price: £4000
A restrung necklace arranged in two sections. The upper part is formed of elongated stone beads, interspersed with small biconical gold spacers. The lower section comprises five square-shaped gold pendants, each with circular red garnet cabochons set into raised cells on the four lateral faces. The pendants are separated by ribbed gold tubes flanked by the same biconical gold elements as above.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the London Art market, 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 295/590mm x 15mm; Weight: 55g
809. GREEK HIGH KARAT GOLD AND AGATE NECKLACE
Ca. 500 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A restrung necklace composed of alternating biconical agate beads and hollow gold spheres, each embellished with evenly spaced granulated circles. Near the clasp, the sequence transitions to ribbed gold tubes flanked by elongated agate elements and paired biconical agate beads.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the London Art market, 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 240/480mm x 10mm; Weight: 33g
810. GREEK SILVER BRACELET WITH HIGH KARAT GOLD BULL
HEAD FINIALS
Ca. 500 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A silver open-type bracelet with a thick body of circular section. Each terminal is capped with an applied gold finial in the form of a bull’s head. The ears are swept backwards along the sides of the head; the eyes are large and rounded. The snout is broad, with clearly incised nostrils and a narrow mouth. The collars beneath the heads are decorated with a band of incised patterning. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1980.116 (finials).
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the German art market, Munich, in the 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 67mm x 75mm; Weight: 110g
812. RARE GREEK HIGH KARAT GOLD INTAGLIO RING WITH SEATED HERAKLES AND THE TRIPODE
Ca. 300 - 200 BC
Starting Price: £1500
A layered oval intaglio depicting Herakles seated to the left, and a tripod bearing a shallow bowl standing behind. Set in a high-karat gold ring with a circular-section hoop that thickens towards the shoulders and a plain oval bezel enclosed by a narrow raised rim, with small beaded collars at the junction.For similar see: British Museum 1814,0704.1292 (Herkles).
Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:19.96mm / US: 10 1/4 / UK: U; Weight: 6.6g
813. LARGE GREEK HIGH KARAT GOLD CONICAL PYXIS LID WITH GRANULATION
Ca. 700 - 500 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A conical lid formed from a gold sheet, densely covered in applied granulation. A narrow flange surrounds the base, edged with a beaded wire. At the summit rises a delicate openwork finial composed of filigree scrolls and applied granules, topped by a small hemispherical knob.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the London Art market, 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 60mm x 45mm; Weight: 22g
814. VERY RARE GREEK HIGH KARAT GOLD VOTIVE MASK WITH INSCRIPTIONS
Ca. 700 - 500 BC
Starting Price: £4000
A very rare complete gold facial mask assemblage consisting of six individually cut and hammered gold sheets representing stylised anatomical features: a pair of almond-shaped eye coverings with central incised pupils, a long tapering nose plaque with a flared lower end, a pair of symmetrical ear plaques with incised inner contours, and an oval lip cover marked by a horizontal central crease. Several components bear incised Greek inscriptions.
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in the collection of T.A. 1980s-1990s, London.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 45-74mm x 19-31mm; Weight: 5g
815. HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT AND NECKLACE
Ca. 400 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £1500
A gold pendant on a beaded necklace. The circular pendant has a central omphalos and three circular lines of filigree motifs. The necklace is composed of gold and glass beads. This piece has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content, suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 1445, Ancient Jewelry, Lot 119.
Provenance: Private UK collection; from an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 280mm x 48mm; Weight: 30g
816. HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT AND NECKLACE
Ca. 400 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A gold circular pendant and necklace. The pendant has a central oval garnet, with four smaller round garnets (two missing) in a hexagonal configuration in the middle of floral filigree motifs. Four spirals are located at the top and the lower part of the medallion. The necklace is composed of gold and glass beads. This piece has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content, suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements. This piece comes with an authentication report by Sami Fortune, ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 1445, Ancient Jewelry, Lot 119.
Provenance: Property of a central London art gallery, acquired on the art market in Monaco; Ex. English private collection, formed 1996-2017.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 260mm x 44mm; Weight: 34g
OFFERING TABLE
Ca. 400 - 200 BC
Starting Price: £20000
A rectangular stone offering table with a shallow recessed surface bordered by raised edges. At one end, a projecting frieze is carved in high relief with six stylised ibexes arranged en face, aligned side by side. The stone displays natural veining in reddish and grey tones throughout.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Ariadne Galleries Ltd, 2007.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 850mm x 480mm; Weight: over 25kg
817. MONUMENTAL SABBATEAN
SOLID SILVER LOBED PHIALE - 44CM
Ca. 500 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £45000
A hammered and chased solid silver phiale of substantial size, formed with a broad and shallow circular body. The interior is centred by a prominent omphalos surrounded by a narrow band, from which extends a dense ring of finely fluted petals radiating outwards. Encircling this central field is a broad frieze composed of twelve pronounced, drop-shaped lobes, each bordered by delicately incised floral motifs terminating in blooms. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 124082.
Provenance: Private UK collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 440mm x 70mm; Weight: 1.94kg
818. EXTRAORDINARY ANCIENT GREEK
819.
SUPERB GREEK SILVER LOBED BOWL WITH CENTRAL ROSETTE
Ca. 500 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A shallow silver bowl with a broad, everted rim. The outer wall is encircled by a continuous band of embossed almond-shaped lobes arranged in vertical rows. The interior features a gilded eighteen-lobed rosette, surrounding a smaller central flower motif in relief. For similar see: V. Karageorghis, Ancient Art from Cyprus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, cat. 302, p. 185.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 30mm x 130mm; Weight: 283g
820. GREEK SILVER CARINATED BOWL WITH GEOMETRIC AND VEGETAL MOTIFS
Ca. 500 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A silver bowl with a wide flaring rim and carinated body tapering to a rounded base. The surface is decorated with an incised frieze of alternating palmettes and vegetal elements enclosed within arching bands. Above, a band of nested chevrons encircles the shoulder beneath plain bands at the neck. The underside is decorated with a central radiating rosette surrounded by concentric circles and repeated vegetal motifs. For similar see: British Museum 1901,1216.1 (Decoration).
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 45mm x 90mm; Weight: 185g
821. ANCIENT GREEK HELLENISTIC SOLID SILVER BEAKER
Ca. 500 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A solid silver beaker with a deep, tapering body terminating in a slightly pointed base. The upper section is subtly flared and encircled just below the rim by two closely spaced horizontal grooves. A second set of grooves runs around the midsection. For similar see: M. Pfrommer, 1993, Metalwork from the Hellenized East, Catalogue of the Collection, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Cat. 22-23.; Ancient Art from the colection od Barbara Lawrence Fleischman, 1994, Cat. 115 E-F.
Provenance: Private UK collection.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 130mm x 135mm; Weight: 310g
822. HELLENISTIC BRONZE PHALERA WITH NOBLEWOMAN
Ca. 100 BC
Starting Price:
£1000
A bronze phalera cast in high relief with the head of a noblewoman within a circular frame. The face is rendered frontally with deeply set eyes, parted lips, and thick curling hair radiating around the head. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1873,0820.114.
Provenance: Property of a London gallery; formerly with a Mayfair Art dealer S.A., acquired before 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 102mm x 100mm; Weight: 362g
823. STUNNING APULIAN CALYX KRATER WITH FUNERARY SCENE BY THE VARRESE PAINTER
Ca. 350 - 340 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A red-figure terracotta calyx krater with a deep body tapering to a stem foot, a broad outward-flaring mouth with a rounded lip, and two loop handles set low on the body. Side A: a seated draped male on a box-seat between two female attendants; the woman at left advances with a shallow tray of offerings, the woman at right approaches with a situla and a pyxis, details in added white. Side B: two draped women flanking a cylindrical altar bound with a taenia; one holds a phiale and a stylised bunch of grapes, the other a pyxis and grapes. The rim encircled by a running wave; beneath the mouth a laurel-wreath frieze; below the figured friezes a further wave-band, with on Side A an additional wave and on Side B a meander. For similar see: A. H. Trendall, A. Cambitouglou, The Red-figured Vases of Apulia, 1978, Plate 62.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Spanish art market; previously in a Belgian collection.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a Spanish Export license. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 510mm x 470mm; Weight: 9.57kg
824. APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER WITH FUNERARY SCENE
Ca. 350 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A red-figure bell-krater with a broad, everted rim, horizontal loop handles set high on the shoulder, a deep, rounded body tapering to a short stem and a moulded disk foot. A laurel-wreath frieze runs beneath the rim; large palmettes beneath each handle are flanked by upright tendrils; a continuous wave pattern encircles the lower body. Side A shows a funerary offering scene: an elderly, bearded man seated nude on a draped stool, flanked by two women in long chitons, each bearing offering vessels, including a phiale and a situla. Side B depicts two confronting ephebi, each wrapped in a himation.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Dutch art market; Edwin Zwart, Amsterdam, 1987.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 320mm x 285mm; Weight: 2.6kg
825. STUNNING APULIAN BELL
KRATER WITH OFFERING NIKE BY THE GROUP OF LECCE PAINTER 660
Ca. 350 - 330 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A black-glazed krater with an inverted bell-shaped body supported on a high pedestal foot and flanked by two horizontal loop handles. The vessel is decorated in the red-figure technique with added white and yellow details. Side A presents a winged and nude Eros striding to the left, holding a box in his extended right hand and a bunch of grapes in the left. He is surrounded by vertical vegetal tendrils and floral rosettes. Side B depicts the head of a lady of fashion in profile to the left, with refined facial features and hair gathered under a sakkos. She wears a double-strand necklace and a drop earring. A band of radiating tongues decorates the underside of the rim, while bands of chevron and S-shapes encircle the base of the figured scenes. For similar see: Trendall, Red Figured vases of Apulian, Volume II, 1982, Plate 100, n. 1 and 2.; Christie’s, Live Auction 5314, Antiquities, 67.
Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.
Size: 240mm x 240mm; Weight: 1kg
826. APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER WITH LADY OF FASHION
Ca. 350 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A bell krater decorated in red-figure technique with two profile female heads, each wearing a beaded necklace and radiate stephane, flanked by scrolling tendrils. The ladies are separated by large palmettes placed beneath the loop handles. The rim is painted with alternating vertical strokes, and the vessel stands on a high foot. For similar see: The Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Inventory number 97.1.A.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Dutch art market; Edwin Zwart, Amsterdam, 1987.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 160mm x 145mm; Weight: 335g
828. ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX WITH ORACLE
SCENE FROM THE CIRCLE OF DOURIS - TL TESTED
Ca. 470 - 450 BC
Starting Price: £10000
A pottery kylix adorned with red-figure decoration of an oracle scene. The scene depicts a seated youth on an elegant chair, wearing a large himation, holding a long wooden stick in his right hand and a small bag in his left. To the right, a standing woman draped in a large folded himation is depicted. The scene is framed by a staggered meander motif border. The exterior walls is decorated with ten naked athletes in various poses. For similar see: Caskey L. D., Beazley J. D., Attic Vase Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, no. 125, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 23.160.54.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; Ex. Philip Goddard collection, acquired in 1985; formerly with Christopher Mann, London, UK. A copy of the original invoice from 1983 available.
Publications / Reports: This piece has been precisely dated using a thermoluminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla. The report will accompany the lot. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 340mm x 135mm; Weight: 690g
829. ATTIC BLACK KYLIX WITH WORSHIPPER
Ca. 450 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A black-glazed kylix with a shallow circular bowl and a pair of opposing horizontal handles. The tondo shows a red-figure scene with a youthful male standing to the left, draped in a himation, pouring a liquid offering from a phiale onto an altar in the form of an Ionic capital, with volutes and an egg-and-dart moulding. The scene is enclosed within a reserved circular frame. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 17.230.10.
Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 215mm x 40mm; Weight: 170g
830. BEAUTIFUL CANOSAN TERRACOTTA
VOLUTE-KRATER WITH LADY OF FASHION
Ca. 400 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A large terracotta volute-krater with an ovoid body tapering to a high flared foot, a broad neck with an everted rim, and a pair of high-swung handles terminating in large vertical volutes, each with a central rosette in added white pigment. One side presents a central female bust in profile, the so-called “Lady of Fashion”, wearing an elaborate headdress and jewellery, set against scrolling motifs; above, on the neck, a smaller bust of the same type is depicted. On the reverse, a second female bust is similarly shown within vegetal scrolls, while the neck is decorated with a horizontal palm frond. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 23/64, Antiquities including Property from the Collection of Max Palevsky, Lot 129.
Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 350mm x 205mm; Weight: 1.58kg
833. ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS WITH DANCING MAENADS
Ca. 530 - 500 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A black-figure terracotta lekythos with a slender body on a small flanged foot, a high, narrow neck, a flared rim, and a single strap handle rising from the shoulder to the base of the neck. The main register depicts three maenads in long chitons, shown dancing with arms raised and heads turned in lively motion. A frieze of vertical tongues decorates the shoulder above, and a reserved band separates the figural scene from the black-glazed lower body. For similar see: The Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium, Accession Number: MH 1997.26.2.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 180mm x 80mm; Weight: 180g
834. ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS WITH DIONYSIAC SCENE
Ca. 530 - 500 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A black-figure lekythos with a tall, tapering body, a wide disk foot, and a single strap handle rising from the shoulder to the flaring rim. The main frieze presents a Dionysiac procession with two maenads flanked by two satyrs. The maenads wear long, pleated chitons and are shown in lively poses with arms raised. The satyrs are depicted with animalistic features, long tails, and erect phalluses. A band of vertical black rays decorates the shoulder. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1864,1007.1806.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 200mm x 110mm; Weight: 265g
835. GREEK LIFE-SIZE TERRACOTTA HEAD OF NOBLEWOMAN
Ca. 350 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A life-size terracotta head of a noblewoman with an elongated neck. The face is modelled with smooth planes and subtle contours, with large almond-shaped eyes beneath arched brows, a long, straight nose, and a small, narrow mouth. Her hair is arranged in thick, undulating strands drawn back over her ears. Around the neck are two strands, one composed of rounded beads, the other a torque decorated with parallel lines. The reverse is not modelled. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.1459; Cat. XCCCIII, P. Giulierini, Museo Archeologico di Napoli, Collezione Magna Grecia, Inv. 21022.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Private Dere collection, East Coast, USA assembled between 1970 and 2000.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 300mm x 190mm; Weight: 3.38kg
836. HELLENISTIC CARNELIAN CAMEO OF RULER IN HIGH KARAT GOLD OPENWORK PENDANT
Ca. 200 - 1 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A carnelian cameo finely carved in high relief with a bearded male bust, representing an emperor, with bulging pupils, prominent brow, and voluminous hair and beard rendered in dense curling locks. The figure wears a draped mantle fastened on the shoulder. The stone is set in an oval gold mount, possibly of later date, with an openwork frame of alternating pelta-shaped and drop-shaped elements radiating outward and a ribbed tubular suspension loop at the top. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 7207 Antiquities, Lot 129.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously in a 1980s Mayfair Family private collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 66mm x 44mm; Weight: 34g
837. HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING MARSYAS
Ca. 200 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £2500
A 22 ct gold ring with a carnelian intaglio depicting Marsyas playing an aulos. The figure is modelled in a natural manner with extremely fine details of the body. The ring has a wide, flat-section hoop and expanding shoulders with a trumpet-shaped bezel. This piece has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content, suggesting an ancient origin and the absence of modern trace elements. This piece comes with an authentication report by Sami Fortune, ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 17695, Masterpieces in Miniature: Ancient Engraved Gems formerly in the G. Sangiorgi Collection, Lot 21.
Provenance: Private Central London collection; ex. UK art market 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:19.35mm / US: 9 1/2 / UK: S 1/2; Weight: 13g
838. GREEK RED GARNET INTAGLIO DEPICTING ARTEMIS IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. 400 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £1000
An oval garnet intaglio engraved with a standing figure of Artemis, depicted in profile wearing a chiton, her right arm resting on a column, and her left hand extending towards a small deer. The intaglio is set within an oval bezel of a wide gold ring with a rounded exterior. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 449, 492.
Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in Austrian private collection 1980s-early1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:19.96mm / US: 10 1/4 / UK: U; Weight: 8g
839. HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT WITH ROSETTE AND EROS ON DOLPHIN
Ca. 300 - 100
A gold pendant composed of a circular multi-petalled rosette enclosed by spiralling filigree and raised border. A suspension loop is affixed above. Below, a separately cast figure of winged Eros is seated astride a red carnelian dolphin, whose body is secured by gold wire. For similar see: Museo archeologico di Napoli, Inv. 6430 A.
Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a report from Striptwist Ltd, a London-based company run by precious metal specialist Dr Jack Ogden. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 36mm x 10mm; Weight: 3.2g
840. HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT WITH WINGED SATYR HOLDING A SCEPTRE
Ca. 300 - 200 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A gold pendant cast in the form of a standing satyr with the left leg slightly advanced. The figure holds a long sceptre in the right hand, raised diagonally across the chest, and supports a square object in the left hand. A strand of beads extends from the neck to the waist. The body is nude, with caprine legs, the thighs and shins modelled with layered tufts resembling fur. Horns rise from the forehead, and a pair of broad wings extends from the upper back. For similar see: Museo archeologico di Napoli, Inv. 119.532.
Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a report from Striptwist Ltd, a London-based company run by precious metal specialist Dr Jack Ogden. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 15mm x 7mm; Weight: 1g
841. HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT DEPICTING
EROS HOLDING PATERA
Ca. 300 - 200 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A gold pendant of nude Eros advancing with the right leg drawn back and the left extended, the torso framed by a swirling mantle gathered across both arms, the left hand holding a shallow patera. The head, turned slightly to the side, is detailed with facial features and hair arranged in thick, parted locks. A plain suspension loop rises from the crown of the head. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 53.191.1.
Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a report from Striptwist Ltd, a London-based company run by precious metal specialist Dr Jack Ogden. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 12mm x 4mm; Weight: 1g
842. HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT DEPICTING EROS
Ca. 300 - 200 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A gold pendant depicting a winged figure of Eros, the right leg drawn back and the left advanced. The figure holds the ends of a thick mantle gathered loosely around the lower arms and drawn across the back, with deeply folded edges. Wings emerge behind the shoulders, their interior detailed with incised feathers. The head tilts downward, the facial features subtly marked, and the hair arranged in layered strands drawn back. A rounded suspension loop is affixed above the head. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 24.97.43.
Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a report from Striptwist Ltd, a London-based company run by precious metal specialist Dr Jack Ogden. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 12mm x 6mm; Weight: 1.4g
843. HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT DEPICTING EROS HOLDING PATERA
Ca. 300 - 200 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A gold pendant depicting Eros advancing with the right leg forward and the left slightly withdrawn. The left arm extends to support a shallow patera, while the right is raised with the hand clenched. The head is turned slightly to the left, the face framed by centrally parted hair. A pair of outstretched wings rises behind the shoulders, and a plain suspension loop is set above the head. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 53.191.1.
Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a report from Striptwist Ltd, a London-based company run by precious metal specialist Dr Jack Ogden. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 18mm x 8mm; Weight: 3.3g
844. MATCHED PAIR OF GREEK HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD EARRINGS WITH AGATE BEADS
Ca. 100 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A pair of hoop earrings, each centred with a biconical agate bead framed by gold collars. The upper section is formed from a tightly coiled gold wire, while the lower is composed of granulated wirework and applied globules, ending in a small conical pendant. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 1914, Ancient Jewelry, Lot 409.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in a Belgian private collection of A.G. 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 61.3-66.9mm x 37.8-41.1mm; Weight: 32.49g
845. GREEK HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT WITH LARGE AGATE CABOCHON
Ca. 500 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £1500
A circular pendant centring a large agate cabochon with layered bands in shades of orange, white, and beige. The stone is set within a gold setting edged by a border of granulated triangles and spherical beads. A ribbed suspension loop is attached at the top. For similar see: E. M. De Juliis, Gli ori di taranto in età ellenistica, 1984, Cat. 79.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Private Collection, Bergen County, New Jersey, formed in the 1970s-2000s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 38.7mm x 32.9mm; Weight: 14.34g
846. COLLECTION OF HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD PINS
Ca. 300 BC - AD 100
Starting Price: £2000
A collection of three gold pins, including, from the top: a pin with tapering shaft surmounted by an oval banded agate intaglio engraved with a left-facing bearded male, set in a gold bezel above a pair of beaded disc elements; a pin with a pine cone-shaped head composed of clustered granules, topped by a rounded finial and short collar; and a pin with a melon-shaped terminal above a long shaft, the upper half sheathed in tightly woven gold braid, the lower half plain, secured at the junction by a coiled binding and fitted with a suspension loop. For similar see: E. M. De Juliis, Gli ori di taranto in età ellenistica, Mondadori Editore, 1984, Cat. 325-327.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Private Collection, Bergen County, New Jersey, formed in the 1970s-2000s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 55-105mm x 10-10mm; Weight: 14.26g
847. HELLENISTIC BANDED
AGATE
SHALLOW BOWL
Ca. 300 - 1 BC
Starting Price: £1000
An oval-shaped shallow bowl carved from banded agate, with gently curving sides on a low ring base. The stone exhibits alternating translucent and opaque strata in tones of white, beige, and warm brown, with the banding running diagonally across the body. For similar see: Dario del Bufalo, Murrina Vasa, A Luxury of Imperial Rome, 2016, Fig. 74, p. 71.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in a Belgian private collection of A.G. 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 55mm x 40mm; Weight: 18.6g
848. GREEK HELLENISTIC AGATE TAZA VESSEL
Ca. 300 - 1 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A bowl carved from stone with a deep ovoid profile tapering to a flat base. The interior and exterior surfaces are smoothly finished, displaying variegated tones of white, ochre, and brown with natural veining and inclusions throughout. For similar see: D. I. Lightbody, Egyptian Alabaster, New Light on the Alabaster Vessels of Ancient Egypt, f. 1.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French art market, 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 75mm x 30mm; Weight: 40g
849. HELLENISTIC CHALCEDONY OVAL SHALLOW BOWL
Ca. AD 400 - 600
Starting Price: £2000
A shallow bowl carved from translucent chalcedony with a curving oval form and broad, flat rim.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously Mintici collection, Belgium 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 15mm x 100mm; Weight: 60.05g
850. GREEK BRONZE SITULA WITH ACANTHUS HANDLE ATTACHMENTS
Ca. 400 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A bronze situla of tapering cylindrical form, resting on a low ring foot. The neck is encircled by two narrow horizontal grooves beneath the plain, thickened rim. Two arched handles are fastened through double perforated loops, each integrated into an acanthus-shaped terminal rising from the rim. For similar see: Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Exhibition Catalogue 1978, no. 332.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s; previously acquired in Germany, 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.
Size: 130mm x 27.6mm; Weight: 71.8g
851. LATE HELLENISTIC SILVER PHALERA WITH ZEUS-AMMON HEAD
Ca. 100 BC - AD 100
Starting Price: £2000
A silver phalera with a raised central medallion in high relief depicting the head of Zeus Ammon, with ram’s horns curling from the temples. The face is finely modelled, with deeply set eyes, arched brows, a straight nose, and a long curling beard formed of dense, symmetrical locks. Set against a smooth, slightly convex ground, the medallion is bordered by six domed studs placed around the perimeter. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 7659, Antiquities, 13 October 2008, Lot 37 (type).
Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in Austrian private collection 1980s-early1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 160mm x 165mm; Weight: 310g
852. RARE PAIR OF GREEK PERIOD SILVER BRACELETS WITH LION HUNTING IBEX
Ca. 800 - 600 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A pair of solid silver bracelets with circular-section bands terminating in confronting animal-head finials. Each end depicts a lion seizing the neck of an ibex, the lion heads with thickly rendered manes, pronounced brows, and rounded muzzles, the ibex heads defined by swept-back horns and elongated snouts. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1980.116.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on London art market, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 58-62mm x 78-84mm; Weight: 155g
853. STUNNING PAIR OF GREEK HELLENISTIC SILVER-GILT GRYPHON APPLIQUÉS
Ca. 500 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A pair of silver appliqués, each cast in the form of a seated gryphon wearing a ridged collar. The wings rise in a high arc over the back, decorated with incised feathering and highlighted with gilding. Gilt accents also the facial features, collars, and claws. For similar see: P. Quoniam, B, Piotrovsky, L’Or des Scythes, Hermitage Museum, 1975, Cat. 92.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 50-52mm x 30-32mm; Weight: 10g
854. PAIR OF GREEK PERIOD BRONZE BRACELETS WITH SNAKE HEADS
Ca. 500 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A pair of bronze bracelets with thick circular hoops, each ending in confronting snake heads modelled in high relief with large circular eyes, raised ridges along the snout, and stippled surface texture along the sides. For similar see: F. H. Marshal, Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum, 1911, Cat. 2789.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on London art market, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 73-74mm x 78-80mm; Weight: 474g
855. COLLECTION OF GREEK HIGH KARAT GOLD ROSETTE-SHAPED APPLIQUÉS
Ca. 400 - 300 BC (or later)
Starting Price: £2000
A collection of three gold rosette-shaped appliqués, each modelled as a flower head with eight overlapping petals. The inner zone is decorated with a ring of elongated stamens, surrounding a central rosette with eight petals in alternating green and white inlay, encircling a plain central disc. Each reverse is fitted with a cylindrical socket bordered by a beaded collar. For similar see: E. M. De Juliis, Gli ori di taranto in età ellenistica, Arnoldo Mondadori 1984, Cat. 89.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 11.5-11.7mm x 32.3-32.6mm; Weight: 22.58g
856. HELLENISTIC MATCHED PAIR OF HIGH KARAT GOLD EARRINGS
Ca. 400 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £1500
A pair of gold earrings featuring hollow-formed rings with hinged mechanisms, garnet embellishments, drop-shaped plaques, and tiered granulated structures. The lower section of each earring is of substantial spherical form, with a segmented body supported by a tiered structure adorned with clusters of hollow-formed granules.
Provenance: Property of a professional London art expert; obtained from an old British collection formed in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 67mm x 25mm; Weight: 17.18g
860. RARE GREEK GEOMETRIC HORSE FIGURINE
Ca. 800 - 600 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A cast bronze figurine of a horse standing on an integral rectangular base, with elongated legs, a slender body, and a high arched neck terminating in a small head with pricked ears. The tail curves downward to meet the base. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1966,0328.4.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 90mm x 85mm; Weight: 185g
861. LARGE GREEK GEOMETRIC HORSE FIGURINE WITH STAMPED MOTIFS
Ca. 800 - 700 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A stylised bronze horse figurine with an elongated body arched beneath and set on tapering legs, with a short tail looping downwards. The neck rises steeply to a narrow head with prominent ears and a tubular muzzle with an incised mouth. The entire body is decorated with a series of stamped ring-and-dot motifs. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 69.61.4.
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 117mm x 106mm; Weight: 397g
862. GREEK GEOMETRIC FIGURINE OF TWO HORSES WITH CART
Ca. 800 - 700 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A bronze pair of horses, shown standing side by side with elongated bodies, the limbs rendered as simple cylinders, the necks broad and rising to tubular muzzles. The forelegs of both horses are fixed to a shared flat base at the front, while the hind legs are joined to a second rectangular base at the rear. A shallow, open cart is positioned atop their backs, resting over the hindquarters. For similar see:The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1972.118.56
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 100mm x 120mm; Weight: 870g
873. HELLENISTIC JEWELLERY SET OF A PRINCESS
Ca. 230 - 200 BC
Starting Price: £1500
A jewellery set comprising a gold diadem and a strand of beads. The diadem is formed of a sequence of pointed sheet-gold leaves attached along a red woven band, the leaves alternating in orientation. The strand consists of cylindrical and globular beads with a few longer tubular elements, spaced by small gold beads and centred by a small gold pendant. Framed. For similar see: E. M. De Juliis, Gli ori di Taranto in età Ellenistica, p. 76, tipo di foglia IV. Cat. 26b.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the French art market in the 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 335mm x 255mm; Weight: 720g
892. PAIR OF HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD EARRINGS WITH GARNET CABOCHONS AND EROS
FIGURES
Ca. 300 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A pair of gold earrings, each formed from a spiral gold wire shaped into a crescent, embellished with a domed garnet cabochon, drop-shaped on one and circular on the other, set within a beaded frame. Each hoop terminates at one end in a tapering point and at the other in a cast figure of winged Eros, modelled with articulated facial features, layered jewellery, and flexed legs. A fine filigree wire crosses each torso to form a Herakles Knot, with additional granulation and applied ornament. A small loop behind the figure receives the pointed end to complete the fastening. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.3502, 74.51.3506.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously French art market 1970s/1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 29-30mm x 27-28mm; Weight: 16g
903. RARE GREEK LARGE ARCHAIC BRONZE GRYPHON
Ca. 520 - 470 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A bronze gryphon terminal cast with raised wings curving outward from the sides and a stout cylindrical support ending in four talon-like projections. The head is detailed with almond-shaped eyes and a ridged beak, surmounted by short upright ears and a central crest. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1971.143.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 160mm x 90mm; Weight: 750g
904. GREEK BRONZE PLAQUE DEPICTING SYNCRETIC DEITY
Ca. 300 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A rectangular bronze plaque in high relief depicting a seated syncretic deity, shown in three-quarter view with the head turned to the left and holding a thunderbolt aloft in the right hand. The facial features are finely modelled and framed by voluminous curling hair. The border is decorated with a continuous ovolo motif, with a series of small perforations along the edges for attachment.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in a 1970s Swiss collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 87.9mm x 60.2mm; Weight: 15.5g
934. BRONZE AGE/EARLY GREEK BRONZE DAGGER WITH STONE POMMEL
Ca. 800 - 600 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A bronze dagger with a stone pommel, the tapering blade with a pronounced midrib extending to the tip, flanked at the base by rounded shoulders. The tang is fitted with a cylindrical grip cast in a series of segmented collars. For similar see: Christie’s, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Part 2, Lot 36.
Provenance: Private London collection.; previously with a London gallery; formerly acquired in France between 2000 - 2005, ex. Alan Kotlar collection, formed in Paris in the 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 590mm x 90mm; Weight: 965g
938. BRONZE AGE / EARLY GREEK DAGGER WITH BIFURCATED BIRD-HEAD POMMEL
Ca. 600 - 400 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A bronze dagger with an elongated blade tapering to a sharp point and set above a narrow, cylindrical grip with a broad, flaring guard with upturned terminals extending along the base of the blade. The hilt terminates in a bifurcated pommel cast in the form of two opposing bird heads with arched necks, marked eyes, and short, curved beaks.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously with a London gallery; formerly acquired in France between 2000 - 2005, ex. Alan Kotlar collection, formed in Paris in the 1970s.
Size: 500mm x 90mm; Weight: 665g
945. SET OF GREEK SILVER ARMOUR FITTINGS AND HELMET PLUME
Ca. 500 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A collection of silver armour fittings, including a plume holder and seven circular appliqués. The holder consists of a twisted shaft with bifurcated prongs at one end and a flared terminal at the other. The appliqués are slightly convex; two are decorated in repoussé with frontal Medusa heads, while the remaining five are fitted with central bosses or domed rivets. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 22771, Arms and Armour from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art Part II, Lot 6.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Belgian art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 36-120mm x 35-38mm; Weight: 85g
946.
GILDED BRONZE CROWNED ISIS-FORTUNA Ca. AD 200 - 400
Starting Price: £10000
A cast and gilded bronze statuette of Isis-Fortuna standing in contrapposto on an integral stepped base. She wears a long, finely pleated chiton bound at the waist, and a high headdress. Her right hand is lowered, while the left supports a cornucopia over her shoulder, filled with fruit and grapes. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 1915, Antiquities, Lot 177.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 250mm x 50mm; Weight: 280g
ROMANO-EGYPTIAN
Starting Price: £8000
A silver skyphos standing on a baluster stem with a chased foot. The vessel was assembled from separate parts, including the foot and the two sections of the handles. Two gilt decorative bands of oval and dart mouldings (kyma and kyma reversa) accented with beading, are chased around the upper portion of the cup. The ring handles feature additional finger rests at the bottom. For similar see: Bandinelli, B. R., Roma, l’arte romana nel centro del potere, Milano, 1969, fig.227; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 20.49.2.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the UK art market; Ex. private collection; formerly acquired on the Germany art market in 1996; formerly in a private German collection since the 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.
Size: 190mm x 115mm; Weight: 270g
947. IMPORTANT ROMAN SILVER DECORATED SKYPHOS Ca. 50 BC
Starting Price: £15000
A pair of solid gold crossbow brooches, each with hexagonal-section arms adorned with two onion-shaped knobs and a third positioned above the bow, all accompanied by beaded wire collars. The bow is polygonal in section, featuring a collar along the lower edge. Both brooches retain their original pins. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 95.15.113.
Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a London gallery.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement by Sami Fortune, ancient jewellery specialist.
Size: 60-60mm x 45-45mm; Weight: 116g
949. PAIR OF ROMAN HEAVY SOLID GOLD BOW BROOCHES - 116 GRAMS Ca. AD 200 - 400
949A. ROMAN REPUBLICAN CARNELIAN CAMEO DEPICTING A PHILOSOPHER IN RENAISSANCE HIGH KARAT GOLD MOUNT WITH S
Starting Price: £5000
Ca. 200 BC - AD 100 (stone) 1600 - 1700 AD (gold frame)
A carnelian cameo depicting the bust of an elderly man, possibly a philosopher. His head is turned to his right, with a furrowed brow, large eyes, a straight nose, tightly closed lips, and a slightly pointed chin. His draped garment is rendered with diagonal folds across the chest. The stone is set in a later gold mount with an integrated suspension loop above, and a white sapphire pendant drop is suspended from a gold link below. For similar see: D. Del Bufalo, Catalogo illustrato della Glittica nella Collezione Santarelli, Cat. 25/52a.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the London Art market, 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 60mm x 28mm; Weight: 27g
950. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH LION-HEAD TERMINALS AND STAMPED BEZEL
Ca. AD 200 - 400
Starting Price: £2000
A gold ring with a circular hoop and a square bezel stamped with diagonally intersecting lines forming four triangular compartments, each containing a central dot. At each shoulder, a lion head is modelled in high relief, its jaws grasping the sides of the bezel.
Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in Austrian private collection 1980s-early1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:17.12mm / US: 6 3/4 / UK: N; Weight: 20g
951.
ROMAN AMETHYST INTAGLIO DEPICTING APOLLO AND COLUMN IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. AD 50 - 200
Starting Price: £2000
An amethyst intaglio engraved with a standing figure of Apollo facing right, holding the drapery of his himation in his lowered right hand. A short column stands behind him to the left. The intaglio is set in a substantial gold ring with a broad oval bezel and a thick hoop. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 2010,5006.661; 2019,8039.1.
Provenance: Private London collection; acquired on the US art market; Ex. Art Market, New York, acquired by the present owner from the above in the 1980s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:14.27mm / US: 3 / UK: F 1/2; Weight: 9.48g
952. STUNNING ROMAN TRIPLE BEZEL HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH SERAPIS AND LUNA
Ca. AD 300
Starting Price: £1500
A gold ring with a flat, double hoop surmounted by three circular bezels arranged in a row. The central bezel contains a dark glass inlay. Flanking it are two solid gold medallions with repoussé busts in low relief: Luna (veiled) on the left and Serapis (bearded) on the right, each framed by a border of fine granulated dots. A vertical row of granules runs between the two hoops beneath the central setting. For similar see: R. H. Marshall, Catalogue of the finger rings, Etruscan, Greek and Roman, In the departiment of antiquities of the British Museum, Cat. 842, pl. XXI.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market, in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:17.53mm / US: 7 1/4 / UK: O; Weight: 11.68g
953. ROMAN HAEMATITE MAGICAL GEM WITH HARPOCRATES AND TRIADS OF ANIMALS IN HIGH KARAT GOLD FRAME
Ca. AD 1 - 200
Starting Price: £1000
An oval haematite magical gem engraved with Harpocrates seated on a lotus flower emerging from a papyrus boat, depicted in profile facing left. He wears the side-lock and a solar disk, raising his right hand to his mouth and holding a flail in his left. A star and crescent appear beside his head. Encircling the figure are five triads of animals: scarabs, goats, serpents, crocodiles, and falcons. The reverse bears a Greek inscription arranged in six rows of repeated letters: ΑΑΑ / ΕΕΕ / ΗΗΗ / ΙΙΙ / ΥΥΥ / WWW. Set in a plain gold mount with a ribbed suspension loop above. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA54278.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a Belgian collection (1980s-1990s).
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 39mm x 24mm; Weight: 10g
954. ROMANO-EGYPTIAN HIGH KARAT GOLD NECKLACE WITH LAPIS LAZULI AND HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT
Ca. 30 BC - AD 200
Starting Price: £1000
A lapis lazuli pendant in the shape of a teardrop or stylised leaf, enclosed within a high-karat gold frame. The gold setting is fitted with an integrated loop for suspension and is attached to a gold chain.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a Belgian collection (1980s-1990s).
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 23mm x 13mm; Weight: 10g
955. ROMAN OPENWORK HIGH KARAT GOLD LEGIONARY RING WITH INSCRIPTION VOT-HER
Ca. AD 300
Starting Price: £1000
A gold ring with a broad hoop formed by a sequence of rectangular segments with raised borders, each pierced with letters spelling VOT-HER. The inner face is plain apart from the corresponding openings. For similar see: H. Tait, 7000 Years of Jewellery, The British Museum Press, 2006, Cat. 602-3.
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in a 1980s-1990s London collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:18.34mm / US: 8 1/4 / UK: Q; Weight: 7g
956. ROMAN OR LATER CARNELIAN INTAGLIO WITH EROTIC SCENE IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. AD 100 or later
Starting Price: £1000
A carnelian intaglio engraved with an erotic scene, depicting a nude couple reclining on a draped couch framed by drawn curtains. The stone is set in a plain circular collet, encircled by a raised border of closely spaced granules. Mounted on a gold ring with a broad, tapering hoop.
Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in Austrian private collection 1980s-early1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:18.75mm / US: 8 3/4 / UK: R; Weight: 10.6g
957. ROMAN OR LATER LAPIS LAZULI INTAGLIO WITH EROTIC SCENE AND AMPHORA IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. AD 100 or later
Starting Price: £1000
A lapis lazuli intaglio engraved with a nude female figure on hands and knees, approached from behind by a canine figure, both shown in profile above a groundline. To the left, a two-handled amphora is depicted upright. The gem is enclosed within a plain gold collet bordered by a fine rope-twist frame and mounted in a substantial gold ring with flaring shoulders, each with a cluster of three granules.
Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in Austrian private collection - 1980searly 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:17.93mm / US: 7 3/4 / UK: P; Weight: 6.6g
958. LATE ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING A ROMAN EMPEROR WITH SPEAR IN OPENWORK HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. AD 350 - 400
Starting Price: £1000
A carnelian intaglio engraved with the bearded head of Late Roman Emperor in profile, set in a possibly later gold ring. The oval stone is mounted in a recessed bezel, framed by symmetrical openwork scrolls tapering into a plain hoop.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously French art market 1970s/1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:18.54mm / US: 8 1/2 / UK: Q 1/2; Weight: 8g
962. MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF ROMAN BRONZE LION-HEADED HANDLES
Ca. AD 100 - 200
Starting Price: £2000
A pair of magnificent bronze handles in the form of a lion’s head in high relief set against a circular backplate. The mane is rendered in radiating, deeply incised strands framing a broad face with wide-set eyes, a broad nose, and a parted mouth gripping a thick, ribbed ring that passes through the jaws. For similar see: Sotheby’s, Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art, 6 July 2021, Lot 189.
Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 190-205mm x 155-155mm; Weight: 2.36kg
964. ROMAN MARBLE STATUETTE OF BATHING VENUS
Ca. AD 100 - 300
Starting Price: £2000
A marble figure of bathing Venus depicted nude, standing on an integral flat plinth. Her right arm is raised to touch the back of her head, while her left hand grasps the drapery wrapped across her hips. Her hair is arranged in a high coiffure and pulled back under a broad crescent-shaped headdress. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 2390, Antiquities, Lot 40.
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in a 1980s-1990s London collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 290mm x 90mm; Weight: 1.2kg
965. ROMAN MARBLE STATUETTE OF VENUS AND CUPID
Ca. AD 100 - 300
Starting Price: £2000
A marble figure of Venus standing with her weight on the right leg, her left knee slightly bent, and her mantle draped diagonally across her hips. She rests her left hand on the fabric and turns slightly to her right, a diminutive Cupid clings to her side. Both figures stand on an integral flat plinth. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 2390, Antiquities, Lot 40.
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in a 1980s-1990s London collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 280mm x 120mm; Weight: 2.4kg
966. ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF JUPITER
Ca. AD 1 - 300
Starting Price: £1000
A marble head of Jupiter with deep-set eyes beneath prominent brows, a straight nose, and a full, curling beard. The thick hair is arranged in voluminous locks radiating from the forehead and cascading around the face. For similae see: Christie’s, Live Auction 1531 Antiquities, Lot 161.
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in a 1980s-1990s London collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 140mm x 110mm; Weight: 1.1kg
967. ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF VENUS
Ca. AD 1 - 300
Starting Price: £1000
A marble head of Venus, depicted frontally with an oval face, lidded eyes, a straight nose, and a softly modelled mouth. Her hair is arranged in thick, wavy strands drawn back from the brow and gathered beneath a large, radiating diadem composed of fluted segments. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 2755, Antiquities, Lot 135.
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in a 1980s-1990s London collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 125mm x 130mm; Weight: 650g
968.
ROMAN OVER LIFE-SIZE MARBLE
FINGER
FROM A STATUE
Ca. AD 1 - 300
Starting Price: £1000
A marble finger carved with a broad nail in shallow relief. Likely part of a larger figure. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 28.57.7.
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in Swinkels Collection, Holland before 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 27.7mm x 54.9mm; Weight: 83.1g
969. RARE ROMAN SILVER SKYPHOS
Ca. AD 1 - 100
Starting Price: £3000
A silver skyphos with a deep oviform cup on a short waisted stem and a stepped circular foot, the rim edged with an applied egg-and-dart moulding above a narrow scrolling frieze, both with traces of gilding. A flat bar handle projects from each side of the rim. For similar see: C. Antonio, C. Angelandre, Il Tesoro di Boscoreale e il suo scopritore. la vera storia ricostruita sui documenti dell’epoca, p. 10-20.
Provenance: Private London collection since 2004; formerly acquired on the European Art market, 2004.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an Analysis and Metallographic report by Dr Peter Northover. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 155mm x 120mm; Weight: 195g
970. ROMAN AGATE CAMEO OF JUPITER IN HIGH KARAT GOLD FRAME
Ca. AD 100 - 200
Starting Price: £1500
An agate cameo portraying the profile bust of an elderly bearded man, possibly a philosopher, facing right. His hair is combed back in thick locks, and his full beard frames the face. Set in an openwork gold mount with a scalloped border and a ribbed suspension loop above. For similar see: D. Del Bufalo, Catalogo illustrato della Glittica nella Collezione Santarelli, Cat. 47/125g.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a Belgian collection (1980s-1990s).
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 39mm x 25mm; Weight: 13g
971. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH BANDED AGATE CAMEO DEPICTING A MAN
Ca. AD 100 - 300
Starting Price: £1000
A Roman solid gold ring with banded agate cameo carved with the head of a man in profile to the right, the hair arranged in short, layered curls. The face displays a large eye, a straight nose, full lips, and a rounded chin. Set in a substantial gold ring with a broad, rounded hoop thickening at the shoulders. For similar see: D. Del Bufalo, Catalogo illustrato della Glittica nella collezione Santarelli, n. i. 201; Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 330.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:16.1mm / US: 5 1/2 / UK: K 1/2; Weight: 8.6g
972. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH AGATE CAMEO DEPICTING A DOG
Ca. AD 100 - 300
Starting Price: £1000
A banded agate cameo carved with a hound in profile to the right, depicted alert with raised head and pointed ears. The animal’s body is smoothly contoured, with incised lines indicating the eye, jawline, and musculature of the flank. Mounted in a substantial gold ring with a flat hoop and high shoulders. For similar see: I. Sagiv, Representations of Animals on Greek and Roman Engraved Gems, Meanings and interpretations, fig. 1a; D. Del Bufalo, Catalogo illustrato della Glittica nella collezione Santarelli, inv. 47/81.g.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:15.7mm / US: 5 / UK: J 1/2; Weight: 7g
973. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING CHIMERA
Ca. AD 200 - 400
Starting Price: £1000
A carnelian intaglio engraved with a chimera, showing a lion’s body in profile with a goat protome arching from its back and a curling serpent forming the tail, all set above a sharply incised groundline. The intaglio is cut in an octagonal form and is set within a bezel on a solid gold hoop of thick, angular construction. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 324 (ring).
Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a Belgian collection (1980s-1990s).
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:19.15mm / US: 9 1/4 / UK: S; Weight: 8g
974. ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING AN EROTIC SCENE IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. AD 1 - 300
Starting Price: £1000
A carnelian intaglio engraved with an erotic scene of two nude figures engaged in intercourse, the male figure seated and supporting the female partner, who reclines with legs raised. Set in a plain oval bezel of a possibly later gold ring with a broad, flat hoop.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:17.93mm / US: 7 3/4 / UK: P; Weight: 6g
975. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH RED JASPER INTAGLIO DEPICTING NEPTUNE AND HIPPOCAMPUS
Ca. AD 200 - 300
Starting Price: £1000
A red jasper intaglio engraved with Neptune facing right, holding a trident, before a hippocampus with outstretched forelegs. Set in a plain oval bezel of a gold ring with a broad flat hoop that widens at the shoulders. For similar see: Masterpieces in Miniature: Ancient Engraved Gems formerly in the G. Sangiorgi Collection Part II, Lot 214.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:16.31mm / US: 5 3/4 / UK: L; Weight: 10.9g
976. ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING ALEXANDER THE GREAT IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. AD 1 - 200
Starting Price: £1000
A carnelian intaglio engraved with a right-facing bust of Alexander the Great, wearing the lion-skin headdress of Herakles draped over his head. His facial features are crisply delineated, with a straight brow, almond-shaped eye, and sharply cut nose and chin. The stone is secured in a plain gold collet, set in a gold ring with a flat-sectioned hoop that thickens at the shoulders.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:18.14mm / US: 8 / UK: P 1/2; Weight: 8.8g
979. ROMAN RED JASPER INTAGLIO DEPICTING SERAPIS AND GRIFFIN OF NEMESIS IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. AD 1 - 300
Starting Price: £1000
An oval red jasper intaglio engraved with a bearded bust of Serapis wearing a modius, his head turned left, flanked by a star and crescent, above a rearing griffin of Nemesis shown in profile with wings raised and forepaw resting on a fate wheel. The intaglio is set in a plain oval bezel within a smoothly finished gold ring with a flat-section hoop that broadens at the shoulders. For similar see: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Accession Number 63.1525.
Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in Austrian private collection - 1980searly - 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:17.73mm / US: 7 1/2 / UK: O 1/2; Weight: 10g
980. SUPERB ROMAN BRONZE CUPID - FINE PATINA
Ca. AD 100 - 200
Starting Price: £2000
A fine bronze figure of Cupid, depicted nude and standing with the left arm extended. The facial features are finely rendered, with softly contoured cheeks, a small mouth, and large, almond-shaped eyes beneath a fringe of curled hair bound with a fillet. A pair of incised wings emerges from the upper back. Mounted on a modern stand. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 1679, Antiquities, Lot 234.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the French art market; Ex. Bonhams; Ex. Private noble collection, Austria; Ex. Private collection, Vienna, acquired in the 1980s from Vienna art market. Anonymous sale; Hermann Historica, Munich, 5 November 2014, lot 3594.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 185mm x 130mm; Weight: 770g
981. AMAZING ROMAN BRONZE STATUETTE OF MERCURY
Ca. AD 100 - 200
Starting Price: £2000
A bronze statuette of Mercury shown nude, standing with the weight on the right leg and the left leg relaxed. The right arm is extended forward, holding a purse, while the left arm is lowered, holding a caduceus, and partly wrapped in a chlamys that falls in long, heavy folds from the shoulder down the side. The head is turned slightly to the side, framed by short, stylised curls, and topped with a winged petasos. The torso is modelled with subtle musculature along the chest and abdomen. Mounted on a modern base. For similar see: The Musée Carnavalet, Les bronzes antiques de Paris, 1989, Cat. 19; Christie’s, Live Auction 2450, Antiquities, Lot 156.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Austrian art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 120mm x 60mm; Weight: 285g
982. STUNNING ROMAN BRONZE
FIGURINE OF MERCURY
Ca. AD 1 - 200
Starting Price: £2000
A bronze figurine representing a nude male figure identified as god Mercury, depicted standing with weight on the right leg and the left slightly advanced. A chlamys is draped over his left shoulder and wrapped around his forearm. The facial features are finely rendered, and the hair is styled in short, curled locks. The figure is mounted on a modern stand. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 4925, Antiquities, Lot 226.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously Denier collection, France 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 85mm x 30mm; Weight: 125g
984. EXTREMELY FINE ROMAN BRONZE FITTING WITH RAM HEAD AND FLORAL DECORATIONS
Augustan Period, Ca. 33 BC - AD 14
Starting Price: £1000
A fragmentary bronze fitting cast in the form of a ram’s head sculpted with a tightly curled horn, incised patterning representing wool on the neck, and a naturalistically shaped snout. Behind the head, a raised beaded border separates the anatomical section from a smooth, curving field decorated with symmetrical scrollwork in low relief, ending at a vertical edge with notched fluting. The reverse is hollow. For similar see: Dorian Pamphilii Gallery, Cat. 190/374.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in a Belgian private collection of A.G. 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 65mm x 55mm; Weight: 150g
989. ROMAN BANDED AGATE INTAGLIO DEPICTING CUPID CITAREDUS IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. AD 1 - 50
Starting Price: £1500
A banded agate intaglio engraved with a winged Cupid as a citharista, standing nude with one leg raised upon a rock while playing a large cithara held upright before him. The figure is shown in profile with lightly incised wings and carefully rendered musculature, engraved against the orange-red upper layer of the stone, contrasting with the pale lower band visible at the edges. The gem is set in a possibly later gold ring with a plain oval bezel framed by a D-section hoop with gently tapering shoulders. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 2010,5006.712.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a Belgian collection (1980s-1990s).
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:17.12mm / US: 6 3/4 / UK: N; Weight: 14g
990. LARGE ROMAN RED GARNET INTAGLIO DEPICTING CUPID AND GRYLLOS IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. AD 100 - 300
Starting Price: £1000
A large red garnet intaglio engraved with a complex scene of a nude winged Cupid raising a club over his shoulder as he confronts a hybrid figure of Gryllos, with a human head, horse and ram foreparts, and a dolphin swimming below. A retrograde inscription in Greek letters is engraved beneath the scene. The gem is set within a broad oval bezel on a gold ring with tapering shoulders, possibly of a later date. For similar see: D. Del Bufalo, Catalogo illustrato della Glittica nella Collezione Santarelli, n. i. 47/91g.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a Belgian collection (1980s-1990s).
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:19.56mm / US: 9 3/4 / UK: T; Weight: 8g
993.
PAIR OF ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD MEDICAL TOOLS
Ca. AD 100 - 300
Starting Price: £2000
A pair of gold medical tools, each formed from a slender rod tapering to a pointed end. One is surmounted by a small hemispherical bowl, set above a knopped and baluster-shaped collar. The other has a flat, leaf-shaped scoop transitioning into the shaft. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 98.11.53.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Private Collection, Bergen County, New Jersey, formed in the 1970s-2000s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 110-115mm x 5-5mm; Weight: 16.31g
994. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD WIRE INLAID BOW BROOCH WITH THE NAME OF THE SOLDIER
Ca. AD 300 - 500
Starting Price: £1000
A bow brooch of substantial form, cast with a sharply arched bow decorated in a repeating scale pattern and bordered by a row of applied granules, the surface inlaid with gold wire. The crossbar with rounded terminals is inscribed on the arms with the name of a soldier. A pointed finial projects from the front, and the catchplate is set on the reverse. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1962,1205.1.; E. Genceva, Les Fibules romaines des Bulgarie, n. 1, Tav 6n.XX.
Provenance: London collection; Ex. Mayfair collection, acquired from an Ancient Art gallery; formerly acquired on the London art market pre-2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 74.5mm x 61.2mm; Weight: 43.39g
997. LATE ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP WITH FLOWER-SHAPED HANDLE ON STAND
Ca. AD 400 - 600
A bronze oil lamp with an ovoid body and a long nozzle with a circular wick hole, the rear rising to a high handle cast as a multi-lobed flower with rounded tips. Set on a bronze stand with a flat circular tray, a tall columnar stem, and a tripod base of zoomorphic legs. Mounted on a modern stand. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1879,0524.1; Christie’s, Live Auction 5488, Antiquities, Lot 299.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the London art market in the 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 400mm x 200mm; Weight: 3.08kg Starting
999. TWO ROMAN BRONZE AND IRON FITTINGS - EX. CHRISTIE’S
Ca. 100 - 300 AD
Starting Price: £4000
An outstanding pair of bronze and iron fittings, each comprising a spiral-fluted column with an iron rod projecting from the Ionic order, surmounted by a bust of Bacchus. Bacchus is depicted wearing a goat pelt, with a hoof draped over his shoulder. His face is crowned by a centrally-parted coiffure, adorned with a wreath of ivy leaves and berries. His hair is pulled back into a low chignon, with wavy locks cascading over his shoulders. Both matching busts rest upon rectangular plinths with hatched borders and a looped handle joins the plinths to the upper end of the back of the busts.
Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. Christie’s New York, December 5th. 2012, Sale 2605, Lot. 75.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.
Size: 360-360mm x 65-65mm; Weight: 2.87kg
1000. COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE PATERAS
Ca. AD 200 - 400
Starting Price: £2000
A collection of cast bronze pateras, differing slightly in size. Each piece has a broad, shallow body with a circular flat base and smooth walls that gently flare outward towards the opening. Attached to the side of each dish is a large D-shaped handle, securely riveted in place.
Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 300-325mm x 240-270mm; Weight: 1.8kg
1001. ROMAN BRONZE PATERA WITH STAMPED DECORATION
Ca. 100 BC - AD 100
Starting Price: £1000
A bronze patera with a hemispherical bowl and flaring foot. The broad, flat rim is everted, with a shallow groove marking its inner edge. A long, flat-sectioned handle is attached at the rim, terminating in a circular finial with a central perforation and concentric decoration, including a series of stamped dots forming a triangular cluster. The interior of the bowl is set with a central boss surrounded by concentric ridges. For similar see: The Portable Antiquities Scheme, GLO, FindID: 106490.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 365mm x 215mm; Weight: 1.17kg
1002. RARE ROMAN BLACK STONE THEATRE MASK
Ca. AD 100
Starting Price: £2000
An impressive black stone theatre mask with realistically rendered facial features. It has a coiffure featuring curled bangs with long ringlets falling to either side of the chin, a long moustache, open mouth and a pronounced helmet or diadem atop. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 12240, Antiquities, 6 December 2006, Lot 41.; The British Museum, Museum number 2010,5006.1377.
Provenance: Private London collection; Ex. London art dealer, UK, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.
Size: 135mm x 120mm; Weight: 1.05kg
1004. ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO WITH DANCING FAUN IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. 100 BC
Starting Price: £2500
A large carnelian intaglio featuring an intricately engraved dancing figure of a faun, with his right leg raised and his body turned to his left. He is situated on an incised groundline. The gold ring has a large oval-shaped bezel cell, which tapers into a thick, round-section band. The intaglio is set within a high-carat (20-22ct), possibly later gold ring. In Greco-Roman mythology, a faun is a woodland deity or nature spirit, often associated with fertility and the pastoral environment. Fauns are typically depicted as half-human, half-goat beings, embodying a harmonious connection between the Roman people and the natural world.
Provenance: UK private collection, acquired on the German art market. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authentication report by Sami Fortune, ancient jewellery specialist. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:18.34mm / US: 8 1/4 / UK: Q; Weight: 12g
1005. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH INTAGLIO DEPICTING A RIDER
Ca. AD 100 - 300
Starting Price: £1000
A gold ring featuring a carnelian with a round hoop D-section and a hexagonal intaglio depicting a rider on a horse. The pale orange is beautifully contrasted by the lustrous gold, while the horse is shown in profile, displaying the four legs with the front right raised, a long mane and a thin tail. The rider is most likely wearing a helmet and holding weapons. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 430.
Provenance: Private collection of an Oxford professional, formed in the 1970s-1990s on the UK art market. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:mm / US: 6 1/4 / UK: M; Weight: 6.5g
1008. ROMANO-JEWISH HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH ARAMAIC INSCRIPTION
Ca. AD 200 - 300
Starting Price: £1000
A gold finger ring composed of a D-shaped hoop widening to form a large, flat bezel inscribed with Aramaic letters. The inscription is formed with rows of punched dots.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the German art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:mm / US: 4 3/4 / UK: J; Weight: 7g
1010. LARGE ROMAN AMETHYST INTAGLIO DEPICTING VENUS IN HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT
Ca. 50 BC - AD 50
Starting Price: £1000
A large oval amethyst intaglio depicting Venus, set in a plain gold pendant mount. The purple stone is engraved with a frontal bust of the goddess, her centrally parted hair bound with a diadem and falling behind the shoulders, a dotted line marking the necklace at the base of the neck. The intaglio is enclosed within a smooth oval gold setting with a solid back and an integrated suspension loop above. For similar see: Cleveland Museum 1958.92.
Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in South German private collection 1980s-early1990s
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 33mm x 22mm; Weight: 9g
1016. GREEK BRONZE STRIGIL
Ca. 400 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A bronze strigil with a concave scoop blade and a loop handle. This implement is designed to scrape away dirt, sweat, and oil from the skin, particularly after exercise. Strigils were commonly utilised in baths and by athletes, promoting cleanliness and health in daily rituals. For similar see: The Harvard Art Museums, Object Number 1983.7.
Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 240mm x 45mm; Weight: 120g.
1017. RARE ROMAN BRONZE MILITARY PHALERA WITH MITHRAS
Ca. AD 200 - 300
Starting Price: £2000
A large cast bronze disc phalera with a high-relief image of Mithras, standing with a dog. Mithras is known for the tauroctony scene, where he slays a bull. In this scene, a dog is present, reflecting the animal’s role in the ritual. This scene appears in Mithraic art throughout the Roman Empire, highlighting Mithras’ Eastern origins and his importance in Roman religion. This disc was most likely from the clothing of an important Roman military general. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1997.145.3.
Provenance: From the private collection of a Cambridgeshire gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK /European art markets.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 170mm x 160mm; Weight: 630g
1018. ROMAN BRONZE WINGED CUPID FIGURINE
Ca. AD 100 - 300
Starting Price: £1000
A cast bronze figurine depicting Cupid in dynamic contrapposto, striding forward with his right arm extended and his left arm trailing behind. The youthful body is rendered with anatomical precision, and the facial features are framed by deeply incised, wavy hair surmounted by a topknot. A short cloak is draped diagonally across the back, fastened at the waist and falling in pointed folds. Two small wings project from the shoulder blades. The figure is mounted on a modern stand.For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1926,0415.28.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the French art market, pre 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 155mm x 105mm; Weight: 515g
1030. ROMAN RED GARNET INTAGLIO DEPICTING BUCOLIC SCENE IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. AD 1 - 100
Starting Price: £1000
A red garnet intaglio engraved with a bucolic scene showing a seated figure in a relaxed pose, draped in a mantle and wearing a wide-brimmed hat, possibly a traveller or herdsman, leaning against a tree. The gem is set in a possibly later gold ring with a high-walled bezel flanked by a pair of opposing volutes on each shoulder. The hoop is flat in section and narrows evenly towards the base. For similar see: Provincia di Venezia, Piccolo mondo antico. La collezione glittica torcellana, p. 24.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a Belgian collection (1980s-1990s).
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:18.75mm / US: 8 3/4 / UK: R; Weight: 9g
1031. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH CHALCEDONY INTAGLIO DEPICTING AN EMPEROR
Ca. AD 50 - 200
Starting Price: £1000
A green chalcedony intaglio engraved with the bust of an emperor in profile facing left, crowned with a laurel wreath and flanked on either side by laurel branches. His facial features are idealised yet assertive, with large eyes, a straight nose, prominent cheeks, and cropped hair. The stone is circular and set into a broad gold ring with a flat, expanding bezel and a smoothly rounded hoop that narrows towards the back. For similar see: J. Spier, Ancient Gems and Finger Rings, 1992, Cat. 375; Christie’s, Live Auction 21015, Antiquities Including Ancient Engraved Gems formerly in the San Giorgi Collection Part IV, Lot 117.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a Belgian collection (1980s-1990s).
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:19.35mm / US: 9 1/2 / UK: S 1/2; Weight: 8g
1035. ROMAN MARBLE STELE DEPICTING A SOLDIER
Ca. AD 1 - 300
Starting Price: £1000
A marble funerary stele carved with a standing figure of a Roman soldier in a short tunic. The reverse is worked flat, indicating architectural placement against a wall or within a tomb. For similar see: Clemens Sels Museum Neuss, Inventory Number R3825.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the German art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.
Size: 335mm x 130mm; Weight: 1.96kg
1047. RARE ROMANO-JEWISH SEAL WITH THE NAME OF THE KING AGRIPPA
Ca. AD 1 - 100
Starting Price: £2000
A very rare cylindrical scale weight carved from dense dark hematite with a smooth, polished surface. One side is incised with a single-line inscription in Hebrew script reading “אאאאאא”, transliterated as Agripas, referring to Herod Agrippa. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.4299.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the Holland art market, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 10mm x 26.7mm; Weight: 7.95g
1048. LARGE ROMAN TERRACOTTA SEATED HARPOKRATES WITH A POT
Ca. 30 BC - AD 200
Starting Price: £800
A terracotta figure of Harpocrates seated with the right leg drawn in and the left bent beneath him, the left hand holding a rounded pot resting on the knee. Surmounting the head is a tall, radiating headdress with a central uraeus. His face with full cheeks, arched brows, large eyes, and a broad nose above thin lips. The figure is hollow with a circular vent hole at the back. For similar see: The Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Inventory number T.477.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the French art market in the 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 350mm x 210mm; Weight: 1.85kg
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Each piece has been thoughtfully curated to highlight the craftsmanship, symbolism, and historical importance of civilizations across centuries, offering collectors and connoisseurs the chance to acquire truly rare and meaningful works of art.
The auction will be held live at our Central London showroom (63–64 Margaret Street, W1W 8SW), with international participation welcomed via the Apollo Art Auctions online platform.
Ahead of the sale, all lots will be available for viewing by appointment at our showroom.
Our specialist team ensures each item is handled with the highest level of care and prepared for secure, in-house worldwide shipping, so every acquisition reaches its new owner safely and with confidence.
For further details, private viewings, or assistance with registration, please contact us at enquiries@apolloauctions.com or call (+44) 7424 994167.
