The Legend of Tutankhamun
Sunday, July 27th, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. BST
Apollo Art Auctions is pleased to present the upcoming sale, ‘Fine Ancient Art – The Prince Collection – The Legend of Tutankhamun’ auction.
The Sale is taking place on 27th July at 1 p.m. GMT. This auction offers a thoughtfully selected group of antiquities from the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman worlds, with particular emphasis on the lasting cultural impact of ancient Egypt. The sale will be held live at our Central London showroom, 63–64 Margaret Street, W1W 8SW, and online via the Apollo Art Auctions platform.
This auction includes a focused group of works from the Prince Collection—a private collection assembled over many years, with attention to historical context, craftsmanship, and provenance.
Highlights include:
Lot 112: Egyptian Ivory and Wood Cosmetic Vessel in the Form of a Grasshopper, believed to be among the “known and potential strays” from the tomb of Tutankhamun, and once part of the collection of the late Howard Carter.
Lot 205: Large Egyptian Granite Funerary Stela of the Lector-Priest Baky and His Wife Ruiu, a striking example of New Kingdom funerary art dedicated to a high-ranking religious official.
Lot 254: Superb Bronze Greek Corinthian Helmet, an iconic form of ancient armour symbolising martial power and prestige in Archaic and Classical Greece.
Lot 298: Stunning Apulian Pelike with Funerary Scene by the Circle of the Varrese Painter, a masterfully painted South Italian vase representing the rich funerary traditions of 4th century BC Apulia.
Lot 321: Large Roman Intaglio Depicting Capita Jugata of Serapis and Isis in High-Karat Gold Ring, illustrating the syncretism of Greco-Egyptian religion during the Roman Imperial period.
Together, these notable pieces offer insight into the diverse artistic and cultural traditions represented in the collection.
All lots will be available for preview at our Central London showroom by appointment only from the 22nd to 25th of July 2025, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Our team professionally handles all items and prepares them for secure in-house shipping.
For appointments, enquiries or to register for bidding, please contact us via email at enquiries@ apolloauctions.com or call us on (+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)
Day Two
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting
A large pottery jar with a biconical body tapering towards a pointed base and a tall neck with an outward-flaring rim. The upper body and neck are painted in red, blue, and black on a buff ground, with continuous horizontal bands and a main frieze of two large Wedjat eyes alternating with two ankh signs, each flanked by stylised feathers and floral elements.
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: 480mm x 330mm; Weight: 5kg
450. EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME POTTERY JAR WITH WEDJAT EYES AND ANKH SYMBOLS
Price: £8000
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £8000
A large pottery jar with a biconical body tapering to a pointed base and a tall neck with an outward-flaring rim. The surface is painted in red, blue, and black on a buff ground. The neck is decorated with two registers of vertical petals framed by horizontal bands. The main frieze on the shoulder comprises two stylised lotus flowers with upward-curving stems, a large ankh sign flanked by paired papyrus stalks, and a second ankh flanked by Nilotic plants. The decoration is bounded above and below by horizontal tricolour bands. For similar see: The Brooklyn Museum, Accession Number 16.140.
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: 520mm x 400mm; Weight: 8.3kg
451. EGYPTIAN PAINTED POTTERY JAR WITH LOTUS FLOWERS, PAPYRUS STEMS AND ANKHS
452. EGYPTIAN GRANODIORITE HEAD OF THE GOD AMUN WITH THE FEATURES OF KING TUTANKHAMUN
Late 18th Dynasty, Ca. 1336 - 1295 BC
Starting Price: £30000
A remarkably rare black stone (granodiorite) head of god Amun, with a braided beard and a flat cap. His small eyes are separated by a curved depression from the rounded brow ridge; his broad face shows full lips with sharp contours, and, from the side, a slightly drooping chin. The depiction of the god resembles the facial features of King Tutankhamun. The carving is of fine quality, suggesting the religious importance that this piece played in antiquity. The item is accompanied by a high-quality custom-made stand. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 07.228.34; Christie’s, Live Auction 21930, Ancient to Modern Art from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Part I, 7 Dec 2023, Lot 8. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 07.228.34; Christie’s, Live Auction 21930, Ancient to Modern Art from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Part I, 7 Dec 2023, Lot 8.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Sycomore Ancient Art 2002.
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 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: 145mm x 140mm; Weight: 4.05kg
453. EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE VOTIVE STELA OF THE PRIEST DJEHUTYMOSE DEDICATED TO PTAH AND SEKHMET
Starting Price: £5000
Third Intermediate Period, XXII Dynasty Ca. 1068-525 BC
A rectangular sandstone stele with a domed top, finely carved. The composition presents the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet standing in profile to the right, wearing a tripartite wig and a sun disk. She faces the god Ptah, who is partially preserved, holding a was-sceptre. The Horizontal hieroglyphic inscription atop the god reads: “Ptah Lord of Maat, chief of the gods”. In front of the goddess Sekhmet, two columns of hieroglyphic text read: “Sekhmet the Great, beloved of Ptah, Mistress of the Sky, Mistress of all Gods.” In the second register, on the right side, Djehutymose is kneeling in adoration gesture, left- ward. In front of him, six column of hieroglyphic text reads from left to tight: ‘Give adotations to Ptah beautiful of face, kiss the ground for Sekhmet Lady of the Two Lans by the Uab-priest chief of the altar in the temple of Ptah Djehutymose’ (he say): ‘Adorations ti thee father of the gosd, who rised the sky, who created the heart. May give you to me life, prosperity, health...’. A modern suspension perforation is drilled through the upper section.
Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously ac- quired on the Dutch art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by an authenti- cation 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: 510mm x 335mm; Weight: 12.7kg
454. EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF DEPICTING WORSHIPPERS
Starting Price: £8000
Old Kingdom to New Kingdom, Ca. 2400 - 1200 BC
A fragmentary rectangular sandstone relief depicting two male figures in profile facing right. The figure at left carries a pole over the shoulder with suspended offerings, while the figure at right holds a large fish across the torso. The top edge retains a horizontal border. Mounted on a modern support. For similar see: Christie’s, Online Auction 22758, Works of Art from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Online, Lot. 104.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French art market. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity showing on the front a photograph of the bas-relief and on the back the appraisal dated July 15, 1975. Original invoice dated April 2, 1975. Accompanied by a French Export license and passport.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 390mm x 455mm; Weight: 8.3kg
455. EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF WITH NILOTIC SCENE
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £8000
A rectangular fragment of limestone carved in low relief and painted in red, black, and ochre tones. The composition depicts a fisherman standing on the prow of a boat. In the upper right, several fish are shown swimming, while on the left, disembodied legs suggest a figure either entering or exiting the water.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private French collection, 1970s. Published: Guenter Roeder: “Amarna-Reliefs Aus Hermopolis”, 1969, Tafel 187.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 310mm x 230mm; Weight: 4.58kg
456. EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE TALATAT
WITH SUNK RELIEF SCENE OF ANTELOPE CAPTURE
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £10000
A nearly square limestone block carved in sunk relief with a depiction of an antelope striding to the left, its body rendered in profile with slender body and elongated limbs. The animal’s form is defined by incised contour lines and filled with orange pigment. Human hands are shown grasping the antelope from above, suggesting a capture scene.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.
Publications / Reports: Published: Philipp Von Zabern: Egypte Moments d’eternite, Musees D’Art Et D’Histoire, Geneve, 25 Septembre 1997 - 11 Janvier 1998. 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: 240mm x 235mm; Weight: 4.11kg
BLOCK
Starting Price: £8000
Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC
A fragment of limestone relief, preserving the profile of a royal figure facing right. The head is elongated in typical Amarna style, with a prominent jawline and slender neck. The figure wears a blue-painted close-fitting cap crown. Traces of red pigment remain across the face.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Rupert Wace, 2008.
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: Guenter Roeder: “Amarna-Reliefs Aus Hermopolis”, 1969, Tafel 185. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 330mm x 195mm; Weight: 3.27kg
457. EGYPTIAN, AMARNA PERIOD LIMESTONE RELIEF
458. LARGE EGYPTIAN GRANITE FUNERARY STELA OF THE LECTOR-PRIEST BAKY AND HIS WIFE RUIU - TRANSLATED
Starting Price: £20000
New Kingdom, XVIIIth Dynasty reign of Thutmose III, Ca. 1504-1450 BC
A very rare black granite round topped funerary stela of the ‘ third lector-priest, pure of hands in the temple of Montu ‘, ‘Overseer of the priests of Montu’ Baky and his wife “the mistress of the house” Ruiu. The stela is divided into two registers: in the lunette, on the right - Baky and Ruiu are seated in front of an offerings table with food, on the left of which is a standing man in a consecration gesture: he is her son the third lector-priest Samontu. The second register presents a similar scene, unfortunately, the surface of the stela is worn. On the right, Baky and Ruiu are seated in front of an offering table. On the other side, another couple’s son Djehuty is depicted in a consecration gesture. The vertical text behind him, James another son: Menkheperre-seneb. This anthtoponym, basilophore formed with the prenome of the great pharaoh Thutmosis III, helps to date the stela with certain precision. In the lower portion of the stela in the right are still visible the beginning of the remains of a hieroglyphic text in three lines a with the hetep di nesut formula: ‘ A boon which king gives to Montu......priests.....(may) they give invocation offering of bread and beer oxen and fowl...” For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA561.
Provenance: London collection, acquired on the UK art market; Ex. Mayfair collection, acquired from an Ancient Art gallery; Ex. German art market; Ex. Hamburg private estate collection Germany, acquired in Switzerland in the 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. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 660mm x 450mm; Weight: over 25kg
459.
RARE LIFE-SIZE EGYPTIAN STONE CAT / SEKHMET
Late Period to Ptolemaic, Ca. 664 - 30 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A limestone sculpture depicting a seated feline with front paws extended and hind legs folded beneath the body. The head is held upright with upward-facing ears, prominent cheeks, and a short, rounded snout. The eyes are closed, and the mouth is slightly curved. The animal sits atop an integral rectangular base. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1905,0612.3.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French art market; Ex. old collection from the 1930s-40s based on the red fabric attached under the statue. Accompanied by a French Export License.
Publications / Reports : This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 400mm x 160mm; Weight: 13.9kg
460.
EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF FRAGMENT WITH OFFERING SCENE
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A sandstone relief fragment preserving part of a horizontal register with two male figures carved in sunk relief. Both are depicted in profile facing right, wearing close-fitting caps and raising their right arms. Resting across their shoulders is a long, horizontal object carried by both figures, terminating at one end in a trefoil-shaped finial.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Gallery Gunter Puhze.
Publications / Reports : This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 530mm x 205mm; Weight: 5.74kg
Starting Price: £20000
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
A painted wooden lid of a sarcophagus, depicting a mummiform figure with a broad collar composed of rows of multi-coloured beads, the face painted in reddish tones with large, outlined eyes and arched brows, framed by a tripartite wig. The decoration is executed in polychrome over a layer of gesso. The body tapers towards the feet, with a band of hieroglyphic text preserved along the foot section. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. For similar see: G. Giovetti e D. Picchi, Egitto, Splendore Millenario, La collezione di Leiden a Bologna, Kira Editore, 2025, p. 4598, VII. 42.
Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired on the Spanish art market; Ex. private collection, France, formed in the early 20th century. Accompanied by a Spanish Export license.
Publications & Reports:This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 1780mm x 410mm; Weight: over 50kg
461. EGYPTIAN WOODEN LID OF SARCOPHAGUS
462.
EGYPTIAN IVORY AND WOOD COSMETIC VESSEL IN THE FORM OF A GRASSHOPPER
Late 18th Dynasty, Ca. 1350 - 1340 BC
Starting Price: £100000
A cosmetic container carved in the form of a grasshopper with a segmented body and upper wings made from painted ivory. The head is inset with black eyes and the lower wings are rendered in wood. The wings swing outward to reveal a small oval cavity hollowed into the body intended to hold kohl or perfume. The upper wings are decorated with a subtle checkerboard pattern.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014, acquired on the US art market, 2007 from Merrin gallery (original invoice to accompany the purchase); Ex. Collections: Howard Carter, London; Joseph Brummer, New York; Guennol Collection, New York; Private Collection, USA. exibited: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969; ex. The Brooklyn Museum Bulletin, X.1, 1948. Originally sold for 1.2 million USD, original invoice to accompany the item.
Publications / Reports : Published: The Brooklyn Museum Bulletin, X.1, 1948, pp. 1ff., figs 1-4, ill. Cover. Aldred, “New Kingdom Art in Ancient Egypt Durnig the Eighteenth Dynasty: “15901315 BC”., London, 1951, no 97; C. Singer, E.J. Holmyard, and A.R. Hall, EDS., “A History of Technology. Exhibited: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969; The Guennol Collection: Cabinet of Wonders at the Brooklyn Museum of art, February 25- May 7, 2000; On exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum from 1948 - 2002. Accompanied by an Ivory Act 2018 certificate. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Previously part of the Guennol Collection, this collection also included the Guennol Lioness, the most expensive ancient object ever sold at auction ($57.2 million at Sotheby’s).
Size: 21.9mm x 88mm; Weight: 19.7g
463.
RARE EGYPTIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA FERTILITY FIGURE
Starting Price: £8000
Middle Kingdom, 13th Dynasty, Ca. 1803 - 1649 BC
A painted terracotta figure depicting a standing female with elongated proportions. The face is framed by a thick wig painted in alternating black, white and red stripes. The torso is decorated with a regular arrangement of painted dots, and both arms extend straight down alongside the body. The reverse is plain.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Rupert Wace.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 140mm x 30mm; Weight: 50g
464.
RARE EGYPTIAN WOODEN PADDLE DOLL
11th-13th Dynasty, Ca. 2130 – 1650 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A wooden figurine with a flat, paddle-shaped body tapering at the top and widening towards the rounded base. The lower section is painted with a checkerboard pattern in red and black. A modelled head made of unbaked clay is attached to the top, with eyes and mouth inlaid using small circular beads. The figure has rudimentary side projections for arms and a stylised wig composed of long strands of disc beads attached on either side of the head. For similar see: The Brooklyn Museum, Accession Number 16.84; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 31.3.35a, b; D. Patch, Ancient Egypt Transformed. The Middle Kingdom, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2015, pp. 106-107, no. 47.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Galerie Gilgamesh Archeologie Meitterraneenne & Orientale.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 205mm x 55mm; Weight: 45g
Starting Price: £3000
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
A broad carved wooden sarcophagus mask depicting a stylised male face with a tripartite wig extending over the shoulders and a long false beard. The face is defined by a straight nose, prominent lips, and recessed eye sockets fitted with eyes framed in bronze. The reverse is hollowed and retains rectangular mortise slots at either side for attachment. For similar see: Egiitto splendore millenariom la collezione di Leiden a Bologna, Skira Editore, Cat. VII.50.
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: 550mm x 470mm; Weight: 7.1kg
465. LARGE EGYPTIAN WOODEN SARCOPHAGUS MASK
466. LARGE EGYPTIAN WOODEN SARCOPHAGUS MASK
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A carved wooden mummy mask with a broad tripartite wig and an elongated false beard. The facial features include a prominent nose, full lips, and wide-set eyes beneath defined brows. The back is deeply hollowed and includes rectangular slots at the edges for attachment.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French art market; Ex. VDW Private Collection, Hoofddorp, Netherlands (established before 1983). Accompanied by a French Export license and passport.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 600mm x 510mm; Weight: 7kg
467. SUPERB EGYPTIAN WOODEN USHABTI
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A wooden ushabti figure of mummiform type, with the arms crossed over the chest and the hands emerging to hold agricultural tools. The head is framed by a tripartite wig falling to the shoulders. The face is modelled with almond-shaped eyes beneath arched brows, a straight nose, and full, defined lips. Mounted on a modern display base. For similar see: Christie’s, Online Auction 18863, Antiquities, Lot. 2; Live Auction 1446, Antiquities, Lot. 353.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French art market; formerly with Henri Ribère label, 1897-1956, acquired from Roger Delagarde. Accompanied by a French Export License.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 230mm x 60mm; Weight: 135g
468.
SUPERB
EGYPTIAN CERAMIC USHABTI OF THE INFANTRYMAN KHAIY
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £5000
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
469.
EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE FUNERARY OFFERING TABLE OF THE LADY MERET-TETI
Old Kingdom, VI Dynasty, reign of King Teti Ca. 2345 - 2333 BC
A rectangular limestone offering table with a raised outer border and recessed central basin, carved in low relief with an image of piled offerings beneath a curved arch. The composition includes stylised representations of food items such as bread loaves, rendered within the central niche. A broad spout extends from the lower edge, flanked by incised channels to guide the flow of libations. Hieroglyphic inscriptions (‘hetep di nesut formula ‘) are incised, in crude style, along the vertical and horizontal margins, invoking offering formulas for the sustenance of the deceased, a woman called Meret-Teti. This female anthroponym basilophorus, formed with the name of king Teti (Ca. 2345 - 2333 BC), first ruler of VIth Dynasty, suggests a dating for this offering table to the reign of this sovereign. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 15.3.1150.
Provenance: Private London collection; acquired on the US art market; Ex. Paul S. Forbes collection, Maryland, acquired in the 1970s from David Liebert, Time Machine, NYC.; Ex. Harmer Rooke Galleries, NYC.
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: 420mm x 350mm; Weight: 22.03kg Starting Price: £5000
470.
RARE EGYPTIAN BRONZE STATUETTE OF AMUN KHNUM
Starting Price: £3000
Third Intermediate Period - Late Period, Ca. 1069 - 332 BC
A bronze statuette of the god Amun depicted nude and striding forward with the left leg advanced. The figure is criocephalic, bearing a ram’s head with curved horns, and wears a tripartite wig surmounted by the Red Crown of Lower Egypt. Traces of gilding are visible on the eyes, the base of the crown and on the wig.
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: 240mm x 60mm; Weight: 910g
471. RARE EGYPTIAN GRANITE HEAD OF A MALE VOTARY
Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 200 - 30 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A head carved from granodiorite, representing a male votary with naturalistic facial features. The face is broad, with small, recessed eyes, a flattened nose, and a prominent brow. The top of the skull is partially bald, and shallow horizontal lines are visible across the forehead. At the back, a rectangular dorsal pillar extends vertically and widens slightly towards the base. The surface is finely worked with a mottled black and pink crystalline structure.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Collector’s EyeThalassic Collection.
Publications / Reports: Published: E. Vasilika, The Collector’s Eye. Masterpieces of Egyptian Art from The Thalassic Collection, Ltd, Atlanta, 2001, pp. 54-55, no. 26. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 95mm x 90mm; Weight: 1.04kg
472. EGYPTIAN BRECCIA STONE VESSEL
Old Kingdom, Ca. 2900 - 2240 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A vessel carved from breccia with a distinct variegated upper section marked by reddish and cream-coloured inclusions, transitioning to a lighter, beige-toned lower body. The form consists of a tapering oblong profile with a narrow, flat base, a rounded shoulder, and an annular lip with a flattened rim. Two small pierced horizontal handles are positioned at the upper midsection. For similar see: Egypt. Three Thousand Years of Decorative Art. Myers Museum. Eton College Collection, exhibition catalogue, Bordeaux, 2007, Cat. E79.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Malte & Janie Peters, 16 August 2010.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 80mm x 50mm; Weight: 200g
473. RARE EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED FAIENCE HATHOR SISTRUM
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
A turquoise glazed faience fragment from a sistrum, modelled with the janiform head of Hathor, each face framed by a tripartite wig finely incised with parallel striations and curls at the ends. The goddess wears a broad usekh collar rendered with geometric motifs in raised relief. Above the head is a uraeus frieze, comprising rearing cobras with sundiscs, aligned atop a platform. Mounted on a modern stand. For similar see: The Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Inventory number: AD 34a.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Robert Bigler, 30 June 2008.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 110mm x 75mm; Weight: 290g Starting Price: £5000
474. LARGE EGYPTIAN FAIENCE FROG AMULET
Ca. 664 - 30 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A pale green faience amulet in the form of a squatting frog, modelled in high relief atop an oval base. The body is rendered with folded limbs, the head slightly raised and tapering forward with incised linear detail indicating the spine. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 2770, Ancient Jewelry, Lot 336.
Provenance: Private UK collection; from an old British collection; Ex. Bonhams; previously with Petit Musée, Montreal; Harry Toulch collection, Montreal, acquired from the above 8 June 1996.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 35mm x 25mm; Weight: 16g
475. EGYPTIAN BRONZE INLAID APPLIQUE OF URAEUSMUSEUM EXHIBITED
Starting Price: £1000
Third Intermediate Period to Late Period, Ca. 1069 - 332 BC
A fine cast bronze uraeus pendant or latch. It has an undulated body, flared hood and a sun disc on top of its head. The hood is inset with turquoise, red and yellow inlays. For similar see: Egyptian museum of Turin, Inv. no: Cat. 961.
Provenance: Property of a London art gallery, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Dr. W. Benson Harer collection, LA. Purchased from a French provincial estate sale. 9/28/1994, Petit Musee, Paris. Ex. Ambassador Aroucho from Costa Rica to Egypt, under Nasser. Exhibited: San Bernardino County Museum and Cal. State, 1998 - 2021.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 75mm x 25mm; Weight: 50g
476. MAGNIFICENT EGYPTIAN PAINTED ALABASTER CERIMONIAL JAR
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting
A ceremonial jar carved from alabaster with a tubular body ending in a rounded base and a straight cylindrical rim. The upper portion is decorated with a painted frieze of stylised lotus columns. Below, a large central panel depicts a vertical arrangement of three floral elements: a lotus blossom flanked by two poppy seed capsules. For similar see: Egiitto splendore millenariom la collezione di Leiden a Bologna, Skira Editore, Cat. VI.33 and VI.34; For similar see: A. Bevan, Stone Vessel and Values in The Bronze Age Mediterranean, Cambridge, University college London, Institute of Archaeology, 2007; p.147.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Collector’s EyeThalassic Collection.
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: 300mm x 160mm; Weight: 3.83kg
477. EGYPTIAN PAINTED ALABASTER CERIMONIAL JAR
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A ceremonial jar carved from alabaster with an ovoid body and short cylindrical neck. One side bears a large painted image of a spreadwinged falcon. The upper register is encircled with a continuous floral frieze depicting stylised lotus columns in alternating hues. On the opposite side, a vertical hieroglyphic inscription is painted in blue, including two cartouches. For similar see: Egiitto splendore millenariom la collezione di Leiden a Bologna, Skira Editore, Cat. VI.33 and VI.34; For similar see: A. Bevan, Stone Vessel and Values in The Bronze Age Mediterranean, Cambridge, University college London, Institute of Archaeology, 2007; p.147.
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: 280mm x 220mm; Weight: 5.38kg
478. EGYPTIAN PAINTED POTTERY JAR WITH NILOTIC PLANTS
Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC
Starting Price: £8000
A large pottery jar with a biconical body tapering to a pointed base, surmounted by a tall neck with an outward-flaring rim. The surface is painted in red, blue, and black on a buff ground. The shoulder and neck are encircled by a continuous frieze of stylised Nilotic plants, separated by horizontal tricolour bands. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 55.92.2.
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 390mm; Weight: 7.8kg
479. EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME TERRACOTTA VASE WITH LOTUS BLOOMS, WAS-SCEPTRE AND ANKH
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A terracotta vase with an elongated ovoid body tapering towards a pointed base. The surface is painted in blue, black, and red pigments on a reddish-orange ground. The upper section is encircled by a register of lotus buds, bordered by horizontal bands. Below, the central register displays a large ankh sign flanked by a was-sceptre and a djed pillar, with lotus blossoms on either side. For similar see: The Brooklyn Museum, Accession Number 25.858.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. GUERLIND, Bd. Royal 1, Luxemburg, Grand-Duche de Luxemburg.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 320mm x 130 mm; Weight: 1.5kg
480. EGYPTIAN BLACK-TOPPED POTTERY JAR
Predynastic Period, Ca. 4000 - 3000 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A black-topped pottery jar with a rounded body tapering towards a flat base and a short neck with a slightly flared rim. The surface is burnished, with a reddish lower portion and a darkened upper section. For similar see: Museo Internazionale della ceramica di faenza, guida alla sezione del vicino oriente ed Egitto antichi, Emil edzioni, 2020, n. 1 p. 20; The British Museum, Museum number EA67419.
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. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
Size: 140mm x 100mm; Weight: 335g
481. EGYPTIAN WOODEN
FIGURINES FROM A CEREMONIAL BOAT
Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A collection of painted wooden components from an Egyptian ceremonial boat, including two kneeling male figures with red-painted bodies and white kilts, a rectangular chest painted in red and black, and two angled bollards. The elements are set on a modern acrylic base replicating the original layout of the boat. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA35204.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Boisgirard, 26 February 2003.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 115-225mm x 30-40mm; Weight: 900g
482. RARE EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE CANOPIC JAR WITH INSCRIPTION AND FALCON-HEADED LID
Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 1069 - 664 BC
A canopic jar carved from pale limestone, with a tall tapering body and an incised vertical panel of hieroglyphic inscription in contrasting pigment. The lid is sculpted in the form of a falcon head, representing Qebehsenuef, guardian of the intestines. For similar see: Berlev, O., Hodjash, S., Catalogue of the Monuments of Ancient Egypt: From the Museums of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Bielorussia, Caucasus, Middle Asia and the Baltic States, 1998, Zurich University, Plate 149, IX.2, Plate 153. IX.31.1; The Walters Art Museum, Accession Number VO.7 (41.171, 41.172, 41.173, 41.174); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 28.3.59a, b; Bonhams, Antiquities, 28 November 2019, Lot 177.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Robert Bigler, 13 November 2003.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 305mm x 115mm; Weight: 3.85kg
483. RARE EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR WITH HUMAN-HEADED LID (IMSETY)
Starting Price: £3000
Late Period, probably 26th Dynasty, Ca. 664 - 525 BC
A canopic jar with a smooth, tapering ovoid body carved from banded alabaster, surmounted by a lid in the form of a human-headed figure representing the deity Imsety, protector of the liver. For similar see: Berlev, O., Hodjash, S., Catalogue of the Monuments of Ancient Egypt: From the Museums of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Bielorussia, Caucasus, Middle Asia and the Baltic States, 1998, Zurich University, Plate 150, IX.3; Sotheby’s, Ancient Egyptian Sculpture & Works of Art, 15 December 2016, Lot 8; The British Museum, Museum number EA36625.; Christie’s, Live Auction 1446 Antiquities, Lot. 351.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. SCP Pierre-Pascal Guizzetti et Thierry Collet.
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: 355mm x 160mm; Weight: 10.16kg
484. EGYPTIAN PAINTED POTTERY JAR WITH HATORIC RELIEF
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
A wheel-made pottery jar with a tall, upright body and a prominent lower section tapering to a rounded base, its profile articulated by a series of torus-like mouldings. The upper register is encircled by a frieze of applied relief figures, depicting five standing female figures alternating with four pairs of columns surmounted by Hathor heads. The reliefs are highlighted in red and blue pigments against a buff ground, with additional traces of colour on the moulded bands.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christie’s 2002, Lot 191.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 450mm x 380mm; Weight: 10.8kg Starting Price: £3000
485. EGYPTIAN BASALT BUST OF A FEMALE PHARAOH
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1070 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A basalt bust of female pharaoh (?) wearing a tripartite wig that frames the face and a wide usekh collar incised across the chest. The facial features are softly modelled, with almond-shaped eyes, a short nose, and a slight smile. The chin is adorned by a fragment of a royal beard. Atop the head rests the pschent crown, uniting the white crown of Upper Egypt and the red crown of Lower Egypt, fronted by a uraeus. A single vertical column of hieroglyphs is engraved on the dorsal pillar. The text read: ‘ Hathor, Mistess of the Sycamore and of all her places, give...’ The figure is mounted on a modern display base. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 3403, Antiquities, Lot 29.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French art market, 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: 260mm x 130mm; Weight: 3.12kg
486. LARGE EGYPTIAN FAIENCE MODEL OF A BASKET
Starting Price: £2000
Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 1069 - 664 BC
A modelled basket made of faience with blue-green glaze and black staining. The domed form is structured with three openwork tiers composed of zigzag-patterned walls and a thick disc base. For similar see: A. Bouquillon, Faïences. Faïences de l’Antiquité. De l’Egypte à l’Iran, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 2005, p. 103; LM Berman, Catalogue of Egyptian Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999, p. 532, no. 450.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Eric Strobel.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 75mm x 50mm; Weight: 90g
487. EGYPTIAN PAINTED CARTONNAGE
Ca. 664 - 30 BC
Starting Price: £800
A fragment of an Egyptian painted cartonnage mummy panel, decorated in polychrome on a white gessoed surface. The scene shows two figures in profile facing right. On the left is the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet, wearing a long orange garment and a tripartite wig. In front of her stands the frog-headed goddess Heqet, depicted with green skin, extended arms, and a fitted green dress, positioned before an offering table.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market; Ex. collection of Dr. Karl von Seeger, acquired before 1970. Accompanied by a German Export license.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 145mm x 125mm; Weight: 100g
488. EGYPTIAN HEAD OF AMARNA PRINCESS
Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A sculpted head depicting a female face with softly modelled features, including low-set eyes, a broad nose, and pronounced lips. The head is oval in form with a smooth cranial contour. The surface retains traces of red pigment, and the back is flat and unworked.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Andrea Theim collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 60mm x 45mm; Weight: 35g
492.
RARE EGYPTIAN MUMMY BANDAGE OF DJEDHOR - BOOK OF THE DEAD
Ca. 4th century BC
Starting Price: £3000
A mummy linen bandage with the name of the owner Djedhor, whose mother was called Tadiousir. Inscriptions in hieratic, texts belonging to the Book of the Dead, illustrations of funerary scenes. Framed.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the French art market, 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: 560mm x 360mm; Weight: 2.88kg - Framed
493. EGYPTIAN WOODEN FIGURINE OF WOMAN
Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC
A wooden figure of a standing woman with elongated proportions and socketed shoulders for the attachment of separate arms. She wears a long, close-fitting garment extending to the ankles, and her hair is rendered as a black-painted cap with incised curls. The facial features are painted in black and red, with large eyes and arched brows. Mounted on a modern base. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction, 6060 Antiquities, Lot 15; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 26.3.307.
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: 240mm x 50mm; Weight: 170g Starting
497. RARE EGYPTIAN SERPENTINE COSMETIC JAR
Starting Price: £2000
Early Dynastic Period, Ca. 3100 - 2700 BC
A stone lenticular cosmetic jar with a flattened globular body and everted rim. The vessel is carved from finely veined serpentine with irregular black and brown striations across the surface.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Malte & Janie Peters, 16 August, 2010.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 45mm x 20mm; Weight: 50g
498. EGYPTIAN HIGH KARAT GOLD INLAY RING WITH GLASS INTAGLIO DEPICTING SEKHMET
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £8000
An opaque red glass intaglio engraved with the standing figure of the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet, shown in profile holding an ankh in her right hand and a papyrus sceptre in her left, accompanied by a vertical column of hieroglyphs to the left. This rectangular intaglio is set into a broad, stepped bezel of a gold ring. The hoop is of substantial form, expanding towards the shoulders, which are decorated with cloisonné cells forming stylised lotus flowers.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously in a 1980s Mayfair Family private collection.
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: D:18.34mm / US: 8 1/4 / UK: Q; Weight: 29.52g
499. MATCHED PAIR OF EGYPTIAN HIGH KARAT GOLD AND STONE-INLAID EYES FROM A MUMMY MASK
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £8000
A matched pair of gold and stone-inlaid eyes from a mummy mask. Each eye is formed as a gold frame with an almond-shaped outline and extended cosmetic line, with dark stone inlays for the pupils and white sclera. The gold brows are separately made and gently curved in profile. The set comes in a modern fitted case with a red velvet insert.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in S. Tarab Collection, Switzerland, 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 35mm x 90mm; Weight: 83g
500. EGYPTIAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH STEATITE SCARAB WITH CONCENTRIC CIRCLES
Ca. 1648 - 1539 BC
Starting Price: £800
A steatite scarab with a domed back, incised side notches, and a cross-marked pronotum. The flat base is engraved with nine concentric circles arranged around a central group of hieroglyphs reading Ta-Hathor-kha-nefer, incorporating the name of the cow goddess Hathor. The scarab is pierced longitudinally and mounted in a gold ring with a plain hoop. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. For similar see: The Walter Art Museum, Accession Number 42.26.
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: D:14.27mm / US: 3 / UK: F 1/2; Weight: 6g
502. RARE EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA VASE WITH FLATTENED CONICAL BODY
Predynastic Period, Ca. 3600 - 3100 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A black-glazed terracotta vase with a sharply tapering conical body terminating in a pointed base. The shoulder is broad and slopes evenly towards a slightly offset mouth. Mounted. For similar see: Museo Internazionale della ceramica di faenze, Guida alla sezione del Vicino oriente ed Egitto antichi. Emil Edizioni, 2020, p. 18, f. 1.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Kyros Melas - Frieda 2008.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 120mm x 100mm; Weight: 315g
504. EGYPTIAN FAIENCE COLUMN-SHAPED MODEL WITH LOTIFORM CAPITAL Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 332 - 30 BC
Starting Price: £800
A faience model of a column, with a cylindrical shaft and an expanded capital composed of four volute-like lobes. The capital is decorated with vertical ridges resembling stylised calyx structures.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Collector’s EyeThalassic Collection.
Publications / Reports: Published: P. Lacovara, The Collector’s Eye. Masterpieces of Egyptian Art from The Thalassic Collection, Ltd, Atlanta, 2001, p. 79, no. 42. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 145mm x 50mm; Weight: 180g
505. EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA STATUETTE OF A CONCUBINE
Starting Price: £2000
Second Intermediate Period, Ca. 1782 - 1570 BC
A pottery statuette of a standing nude female figure with arms held close to the body and legs together. The broad head with incised eyes and applied nose is surmounted by a flat headdress perforated at the back for the attachment of fibre strands, some of which are preserved. The torso is marked with applied and impressed detailing. Mounted on a modern stand. For similar see: La Collection Emmacha. Antiquités Egyptiennes. Tome 2: Objets divers, p. 57.
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: 120mm x 50mm; Weight: 125g
506. EGYPTIAN BRONZE MIRROR WITH WOODEN HANDLE
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A mirror composed of a bronze disc with a circular reflective surface, joined to a tapered handle carved in wood, shaped as a fluted papyriform column surmounted by an open papyrus umbel. For similar see: MET Museum Object Number: 66.99.25
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Harmakhis (Jaques Billen) 28 April 2003.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 220mm x 130mm; Weight: 325g
507. EGYPTIAN WOODEN HEADREST WITH LOTUS BUDS
Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A wooden headrest composed of a broad base supporting a tall shaft, surmounted by a concave neck rest. Two carved lotus buds project from the lower section of the shaft, just above the base. The front face of the shaft bears two vertical cursive inscriptions in black ink, reading: ‘The favoured one before Anubis, Oupaï, justified.’ Traces of red and black pigment remain on the surface.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Jacques Billen; (Guerlind Corporation), 21 November, 2009.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 230mm x 150mm; Weight: 160g
508. EGYPTIAN WOODEN HEADREST
Starting Price: £2000
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, Ca. 2345 - 2181 BC
A wooden headrest with a crescent-shaped upper support curving upward at both ends to cradle the head. The support is connected to a tall, fluted shaft with evenly spaced vertical grooves and flares gently towards a flat, rectangular base.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Harmakhis (Jaques Billen) 28 April 2003.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 230mm x 190mm; Weight: 725g
509. EGYPTIAN WOODEN HEADREST
Starting Price: £5000
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, Ca. 2345 - 2181 BC
A wooden headrest comprising a stable, oval base bordered by a braided edge. Resting upon it are two stylised feet joined at the heels, from which a vertical shaft ascends. At the top, the shaft branches into two opposing hands with fingers held closely together, forming the support for a crescent-shaped headrest that crowns the composition. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 10372, Antiquities, 15 April 2015, Lot 30.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Jacques Billen.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 225mm x 190mm; Weight: 460g
510. EGYPTIAN WOOD PYXIS
Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2030 - 1650 BC
A truncated cone wood pyxis supported on four short legs. The exterior is decorated with incised checkerboard panels and framed by parallel bands near the top and base. A separate conical lid fits over the opening.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Kurt Flimm, 2008.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 80mm x 65mm; Weight: 45g
511. EGYPTIAN GREYWACKE BIRD-SHAPED PALETTE
Ca. 3600 - 3300 BC
A greywacke bird-shaped palette. The body is broad with a smooth surface, featuring short legs, a protruding neck, a beak turned downward and a perforated eye. At the top, a small hole is present, likely used for suspension or attachment. For similar see: The Louvre Museum, Main number: 52685.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously in an Oxford collection; Ex. Canadian collection, 1970s.
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 report by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
Size: 180mm x 115mm; Weight: 165g Starting Price: £800
512. EGYPTIAN GREYWACKE FISH-SHAPED PALETTE
Nagada II, Ca. 3600 - 3300 BC
Starting Price: £800
A greywacke fish-shaped palette. The body is broad with a smooth surface, featuring a small tail and a face with a circular eye and an incised mouth. The edge of the palette is serrated, imitating the scales of fish. At the top, a small hole is present, likely used for suspension or attachment. For similar see: The Louvre Museum, Main number: E 22730; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 35.7.3.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously in an Oxford collection; Ex. Canadian collection, 1970s.
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 report by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
Size: 130mm x 70mm; Weight: 75g
513. EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE KOHL CONTAINER
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £800
A kohl container formed of five vertically aligned tubes joined into a single unit, with the two outer tubes extending slightly higher than the central ones. Made of faience with a blue glaze, exhibiting traces of black glaze along the edges.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Christie’s, 4 June 99, 285.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 90mm x 55mm; Weight: 60g
514. EGYPTIAN RED-POLISHED POTTERY JAR - ex. CHRISTIE’S
Starting Price: £1000
Predynastic Period, late Naqada II to early Naqada III, Ca. 3200 BC
An ovoid pottery storage jar with a burnished surface exhibiting a deep red slip. The vessel has a tall, rounded body tapering to a narrow, flattened base and is surmounted by a short neck with an everted rim. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 99.4.134.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Pierre Berge; Ex. Christie’s, 8 June 2004, Lot 98; Ex. Sotheby’s, New York, June 8, 1994.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 255mm x 170mm; Weight: 1.07kg
515. EGYPTIAN RED-POLISHED POTTERY JAR - ex. CHRISTIE’S
Starting Price: £1000
Predynastic Period, late Naqada II to early Naqada III, Ca. 3200 BC
An ovoid pottery storage jar with a burnished surface exhibiting a deep red slip. The vessel has a tall, rounded body tapering to a narrow, flattened base and is surmounted by a short neck with an everted rim. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 99.4.134.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Pierre Berge; Ex. Christie’s, 8 June 2004, Lot 98; Ex. Sotheby’s, New York, June 8, 1994.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 235mm x 155mm; Weight: 1.07kg
516. EGYPTIAN FAIENCE OFFERING SPOON WITH SWIMMING GIRL
Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 943 - 716 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A light green faience offering spoon in the form of a nude female figure depicted in a prone swimming posture. The figure is modelled with the legs joined and extended straight behind. Breasts and navel are clearly indicated, and the arms, originally stretched forward, would have supported a now-missing shallow basin. The head is rendered with finely detailed facial features and a striated wig, with traces of black glaze preserved in the cavities. For similar see: J. Bulté, ‘Earthenware and stone offering spoons, messengers of well-being and prosperity’ in Revue d’Égyptologie, Paris, 2008, pp. 1-17.
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: 55mm x 30mm; Weight: 15g
517.
EGYPTIAN BANDED AGATE HIPPOPOTAMUS PENDANT
Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A stone figure of a hippopotamus carved from banded agate, rendered in a compact, rounded form with short legs and a lowered head. The eyes, ears, and nostrils are shallowly incised, while the feet are delineated by lightly grooved lines. A suspension lug with a central perforation is integrated at the top of the back.
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: 22.8mm x 33.3mm; Weight: 16.91g
518. EGYPTIAN FAIENCE LOTUS
FLOWER-SHAPED COSMETIC PLATE
Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 332 - 30 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A shallow faience plate with a bichrome glaze. The vessel has a wide flaring rim and a shallow bowl-shaped centre, resting on a short circular foot. The exterior is moulded with radiating lotus petal motifs in low relief, while the upper surface of the rim is decorated with vegetal elements and scrolling tendrils surrounding the central cavity. A rosette is positioned at the bottom of the bowl.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Bonhams, 28 October 2009, Lot 83.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 95mm x 35mm; Weight: 195g
519. EGYPTIAN GLASS BULL MUMMY EYE
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC
Starting Price: £800
.A black and white stone eye inlay composed of a large, convex black pupil set into a recessed socket within a white sclera. The frame follows the outer contour of the eye and terminates in pointy extensions at both ends. For similar see: The Bolton Museum, Reference: BOLMG:1933.35.10; Berlev, O., Hodjash, S., Catalogue of the Monuments of Ancient Egypt: From the Museums of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Bielorussia, Caucasus, Middle Asia and the Baltic States, 1998, Zurich University, Plate 185, XV.443.
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: 72mm x 52mm; Weight: 65g
520. EGYPTIAN BONE FIGURINE OF HIPPOPOTAMUS
Late period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £800
A carved bone figurine representing a hippopotamus with lowered head and incised detailing along the body and limbs. The figure stands on an integral rectangular base pierced with a central hole, and a suspension loop is carved at the top of the animal’s back. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 20.2.25.
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: 45mm x 30mm; Weight: 16.9g
521. EGYPTIAN SILVER RING WITH CARTOUCHE-SHAPED BEZEL WITH HIEROGLYPHS
Starting Price: £1000
New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 1550 - 664 BC
A silver finger ring with bezel modelled in the form of a cartouche surmounted by a solar disk with uraei; incised with hieroglyphic signs within the cartouche. For similar see: Ancient Egyptian Jewelry. A Picture Book, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1940, Fig. 12.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the UK art market, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:15.9mm / US: 5 1/4 / UK: K; Weight: 7.6g
522. EGYPTIAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH STONE SCARAB
Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 800 - 600 BC
Starting Price: £800
A mottled brown and grey stone scarab. The base is engraved with a symmetrical composition arranged in three horizontal registers: the upper register with two opposing falcons, the middle depicting a central scarab flanked by two seated baboons, and the lower register with two uraei. The scarab is pierced longitudinally and mounted in a gold ring with a plain, rounded hoop, coiled wire securing each shoulder. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA36466.
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: D:14.27mm / US: 3 / UK: F 1/2; Weight: 5.5g
523. EGYPTIAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH CHALCEDONY EYE OF HORUS
Late period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £800
A grey chalcedony amulet in the form of the Eye of Horus (wedjat), carved with a detailed brow, eyelids, iris, and extended cosmetic line. Mounted in a gold ring composed of a rounded hoop with coiled gold wire binding each shoulder. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA29040 (amulet).
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: D:19.15mm / US: 9 1/4 / UK: S; Weight: 4.3g
524. EGYPTIAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH STEATITE SEAL DEPICTING LION
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £800
A gold ring with a swivel-mounted steatite seal. One face is engraved with a striding lion framed by ankhs. The reverse bears an inscription in hieroglyphs reading “Amun, king of the sky.” For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number EA36466.
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: D:17.93mm / US: 7 3/4 / UK: P; Weight: 4.7g
525. EGYPTIAN ROYAL ELECTRUM URAEUS
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A pendant in the form of a rearing uraeus with incised chevrons along the underside of the cobra’s hood. The head is slightly raised with incised eyes and a rounded snout, surmounted by a solar disk with a suspension loop at the top. The coiled body curves backwards. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 25.3.167.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French art market, 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 65.6mm x 72.8mm; Weight: 9.44g
531. EGYPTIAN BLUE PILGRIM FLASK
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £800
An Egyptian blue flask with a flattened circular body, cylindrical neck, and wide, flaring mouth. Twin loop handles rise from the shoulders to the neck.
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: 80mm x 65mm; Weight: 55g
532.
EGYPTIAN FAIENCE PEAR-SHAPED VASE
Starting Price: £800
Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, Ca. 945 - 715 BC
A faience vessel with a tall pear-shaped body rising to a narrow cylindrical neck that flares outward into a wide, gently everted rim. The surface is covered in a blue glaze with variegated greenish and lighter patches. For similar see: Egypt. Three Thousand Years of Decorative Art. Myers Museum. Eton College Collection, exhibition catalogue, Bordeaux, 2007, p. 62, no. 69.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Robert Bigler 04 June, 2008.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 155mm x 65mm; Weight: 145g
533.
EGYPTIAN ALABASTER GOBLET WITH RIDGED SIDES (TAZZA)
Ca. 1400 - 1300 BC
Starting Price: £800
A goblet carved from alabaster, composed of a broad, circular basin with slightly waisted walls encircled by three horizontal ridges. The vessel stands on a short, cylindrical foot with a disc-shaped base. For similar see: The Cincinnati Art Museum, Accession No: 1921.316; J. Vandier d’Abbadie, Les objets de toilette égyptiens au musée du Louvre, Paris, 1972, p. 107, nos. 416-417.
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: 110mm x 65mm; Weight: 295g
537. EGYPTIAN WOODEN FRAGMENT OF A STOOL LEG IN THE SHAPE OF A DUCK’S HEAD
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £800
A carved wooden fragment representing the upper section of a furniture leg, shaped as the head and neck of a duck. The head is rendered with rounded contours, inlaid panels around the eyes and beak. The neck extends into a tapering shaft, which transitions into the lower structural section of the leg.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Piasa, 29 September 2004, Lot 560.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 130mm x 40mm; Weight: 35g
538. EGYPTIAN PRE-DYNASTIC RELIEF
DEPICTING RURAL SCENE
Ca. 4000 - 3100 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A large fragment of reddish-brown sandstone incised on one face with a series of linear carvings. The central register presents the outline of a quadruped with elongated legs, slender body, and prominent branching horns, likely representing a species of wild antelope or ibex. Surrounding the animal are intersecting lines forming rectangular and triangular enclosures.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the Belgian art market, 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: 435mm x 225mm; Weight: 17.06kg
539. PLASTER FRAGMENT OF EGYPTIAN BAS-RELIEF OF PHARAOH
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A fragmentary plaster bas-relief bust of a pharaoh wearing a tall white crown. Preserved in profile, with the ear, the crown extends upwards in a tapered, unadorned form. For similar see: Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period, The Brooklyn Museum, 1960, f. 57, Plate 25.
Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. M. H. collection, Kensington, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
Size: 185mm x 80mm; Weight: 145g
540. EGYPTIAN FAIENCE FIGURE OF NUDE FEMALE FIGURE HOLDING A VASE ON HER HEAD
Starting Price: £2000
Third Intermediate Period, 22nd-23rd Dynasties, Ca. 945 - 715 BC
A faience figure depicting a nude female standing upright, with both hands supporting a two-handled amphora balanced on her head. Her features are rendered in a stylised manner, with elongated limbs and a flat-backed form. The surface is glazed in a cream tone with black accents emphasising the eyes, pubic triangle, decorative markings on the limbs and torso, and the vessel she carries. A rectangular block beneath the feet represents a casket of Bastet. Mounted. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 86.1.55; J. Bulté, Talismans égyptiens d’heureuse maternité, Paris, 1991, p. 43, doc. 101, pl. 19.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Jacques Billen.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 145mm x 40mm; Weight: 130g
541. EGYPTIAN BRONZE STATUETTE OF OSIRIS WITH SILVER INLAID EYES
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 525 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A cast bronze statuette of Osiris depicted mummiform, standing with both hands grasping a staff. The facial features are finely delineated, with silver-inlaid eyes, a straight nose, and full lips. A plaited false beard extends from the chin. The head is crowned with the Atef, consisting of the white hedjet flanked by tall ostrich plumes and a central uraeus. A broad collar is rendered in low relief across the upper chest. Mounted on a custom-made display stand. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 4925, Antiquities, Lot 120; Christie’s, Live Auction 21014, Antiquities, Lot 50; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 56.16.2.
Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. European collection since the 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 145mm x 40mm; Weight: 210g
542. EGYPTIAN YELLOWISH STONE
AMULET OF LOCUST
Starting Price: £1000
Ptolemaic or Roman Period, Ca. 305 BC - AD 100
A yellowish stone amulet depicting a locust, an insect that played a role in the Pyramid Texts and the Book of the Dead. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
Provenance: Private collection London, UK; Ex. Dr. R. Hartmann collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2000s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 15mm x 65mm; Weight: 18.05g
546. EGYPTIAN STONE BUST OF ISIS
Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 332 - 30 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A stone bust depicting a female figure identified as Isis. The figure is shown with a long tripartite wig. The face is rounded, with deep-set eyes, a prominent nose, and small lips. Mounted on a modern display stand.
Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. M. H. collection, Kensington, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
Size: 130mm x 80mm; Weight: 885g
547. EGYPTIAN BLACK STEATITE HEAD OF AMON WITH FEATHERS CROWN
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £900
A black steatite head of the god Amun, with a feathered crown. The head is carved with an elongated face, recessed almond-shaped eyes, a flat nose, and a straight mouth. The crown is composed of a vertically arranged feathered headdress, rendered in parallel ridged sections, divided into four bands with linear and scalloped incisions. The feathers extend upwards symmetrically, tapering slightly toward the top. The base of the crown transitions into a horizontal band representing a fillet, subtly curved to fit the head. The reverse is flat and unadorned. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 07.228.35.
Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired on the French market in the 1970s.
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 from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
Size: 55mm x 30mm; Weight: 61g
548. EGYPTIAN BICHROME FAIENCE USHABTI
Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 1069 - 664 BC
Starting Price: £500
A blue faience ushabti with black details applied to the tripartite wig, facial features, implements held in hands and a column of hieroglyphic text. Mounted. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 7207, Antiquities, Lot 48.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market; Ex. collection of Dr. Karl von Seeger, acquired before 1970. Accompanied by a German Export license.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 95mm x 45mm; Weight: 75g
549. EGYPTIAN GLAZED STEATITE FRAGMENT OF A HATHORIC DOUBLE WIG
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £800
A fragment of a Hathoric wig rendered in glazed steatite, preserving the upper section of the lappets. Each side displays vertically ribbed strands separated by horizontal bands. The surface is coated in a rich green glaze with darker pooling in the grooves. For similar see: Museo Internazionale della ceramica di faenze, Guida alla sezione del Vicino oriente ed Egitto antichi. Emil Edizioni, 2020, p. 33, f. 1-3.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Frieda 2008.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 50mm x 35mm; Weight: 50g
551. EGYPTIAN CALCITE TRUNCATED VASE WITH MOULDED LIP
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, Ca. 2686 - 2613 BC
Starting Price: £800
A cylindrical vessel carved from pale calcite with natural veining, tapering slightly towards a flat, circular base and terminating at the top in an outward-thickened rim. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 10372, Antiquities, Lot. 21
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Robert R. Bigler, October; 2002.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 190mm x 80mm; Weight: 600g
552. EGYPTIAN GREYWACKE JAR
Old Kingdom, Ca. 2900 - 2600 BC
Starting Price: £800
A greywacke stone vessel with a rounded ovoid body tapering towards a disc-shaped foot, and a circular mouth with a thickened rim. For similar see: G. A. Hassaan, Mechanical Engineering in Ancient Egypt, Part 49: Alabaster Products (Predynastic to Old Kingdom Periods), International Journal of Emerging Engineering Research and Technology V5. I4. 2017, Fig. 13.
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: 60mm x 50mm; Weight: 140g
553. EGYPTIAN ALABASTER DISH WITH RIDGED SIDES
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Ca. 1550 - 1292 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A dish carved from alabaster, set on a disc-shaped base. The circular basin rises with gently flaring walls and is encircled by three horizontal ridges forming a stepped profile.For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 10372, Antiquities, 15 April 2015, Lot 47; J. Vandier d’Abbadie, Les objets de toilette égyptiens au musée du Louvre, Paris, 1972, p. 106, nos. 409-411.
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: 135mm x 60mm; Weight: 435g
557. PHOENICIAN TERRACOTTA
FIGURINE OF THE GODDESS ASTARTE
Ca. 550 - 450 BC
Starting Price: £800
A hollow-moulded terracotta figurine of Astarte, depicted standing nude, with arms resting along the sides and feet positioned together. The figure has long, striated hair falling to the shoulders. Her facial features are rendered with large, almond-shaped eyes and subtle lips below a prominent nose. A large arched vent is present on the reverse. For similar see: S. Moscati, I fenici, Bompiani, 1991, Cat. 553, p. 677.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Private Estate, New York, acquired in the mid-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: 225mm x 70mm; Weight: 275g
559. PHOENICIAN GLASS AMPHORISKOS
Ca. 600 - 400 BC
Starting Price: £1500
A core-formed glass amphoriskos of squat form. The vessel bears sloping shoulders, a pair of curling trail loops, a flared rim, and a near-spherical body. The opaque red body is embellished with rings of opaque yellow and a pale blue zig-zag motif encircling the midsection, additional yellow and pale blue rings around the lower part of the body, and another yellow ring that constitutes the lip of the rim. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 17.194.769.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 75mm x 45mm; Weight: 47g
560. HUGE AND RARE PHOENICIAN HEAD SHAPED GLASS BEAD
Ca. 500 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £8000
An iconic glass bead shaped like the head of a bearded man. The bead features dazzling blues and bright yellows and has one hole at the top for suspension and another for a stand at the back. Phoenician glass artefacts have been discovered in archaeological sites throughout the Mediterranean region, demonstrating the widespread influence of their glassmaking industry. For similar see: Christie’s, Antiquities, 2 May 2013, Lot 2.
Provenance: Private London collection acquired on the European art market prior to 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: 45mm x 20mm; Weight: 20g
561. LARGE PHOENICIAN COLOUR GLASS BEAD
Ca. 500 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £800
An elongated glass bead in dark blue with alternating applied roundels in white and green/yellow. A raised, undulating trail in pale green encircles the body at midsection. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 17.194.715; 17.194.712; The British Museum, Museum number 1868,0501.54.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 25mm x 30mm; Weight: 21g
562. LARGE PHOENICIAN COLOUR GLASS BEAD
Ca. 500 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £800
A cylindrical glass bead in dark blue with applied yellow-coloured roundels arranged in two horizontal rows, intersected by a sinuous trailing line encircling the centre. Broad amber trails are applied at the top and bottom edges, forming prominent collar-like borders. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 17.194.715; 17.194.712; The British Museum, Museum number 1868,0501.54.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 30mm x 30mm; Weight: 23g
563.
LARGE PHOENICIAN COLOUR GLASS BEAD
Ca. 500 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £800
A spherical glass bead in deep cobalt blue, decorated with alternating rows of applied roundels in opaque white and green glass. An applied green trail encircles the bead. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 17.194.715; 17.194.712; The British Museum, Museum number 1868,0501.54.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 25mm x 30mm; Weight: 20.3g
564. LARGE PHOENICIAN COLOUR GLASS BEAD
Ca. 500 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £800
A cylindrical glass bead in dark blue with applied yellow-coloured roundels arranged in two horizontal rows, intersected by a sinuous trailing line encircling the centre. Broad amber trails are applied at the top and bottom edges, forming prominent collar-like borders. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 17.194.715; 17.194.712; The British Museum, Museum number 1868,0501.54.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 25mm x 25mm; Weight: 20g
565. LARGE CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD OF IDOL
Ca. 2500 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A marble head of an idol with a broad, shield-shaped face tapering towards a narrow neck. The upper surface is flat with a straight-cut top, while the edges are rounded and smoothed. Mounted. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 19738, Antiquities, Lot 46.
Provenance: Private London collection; Ex. Mayfair collection, acquired from an Ancient Art gallery; formerly acquired on the German art market, 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 70mm x 50mm; Weight: 185g
566. RARE PROTO-CORINTHIAN POTTERY KOTYLE
Ca. 700 - 600 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A terracotta kotyle with a deep body tapering to a narrow ring foot, and two horizontal strap handles at the rim. The exterior is decorated with closely spaced horizontal bands around the body, while the upper zone beneath the rim bears a frieze of S-shaped motifs set between vertical bars. The interior is coated in a reddish slip. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1950,0124.1; Christie’s, Live Auction 9796, Antiquities, 6 December 2001, Lot 420.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Charles Ede Limited, 21 March, 2003.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 125mm x 80mm; Weight: 80g
567. CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF WORSHIPPER
Ca. 330 - 270 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A limestone head depicting a male figure with a rounded face, broad nose, and smiling lips. The eyes are shallowly carved beneath a smooth brow line. The hair is arranged in thick, grooved locks falling down the sides of the face. For similar see: A. Hemary, Catalogue des antiquites de Chypre, Sculptures, 1989, Cat. 509, p. 252; 499, p. 247.
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: 90mm x 75mm; Weight: 285g
570.
CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA ZOOMORPHIC ASKOS
Ca. 1050 - 900 BC
Starting Price: £800
A stylised terracotta askos in the form of a quadruped with a ribbed cylindrical body and four rounded legs. The snout serves as the front spout, while a second, raised spout emerges from the back. A ring handle is positioned on top of the back.
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: 140mm x 95mm; Weight: 200g
580. LARGE ETRUSCAN BRONZE VOTIVE FIGURINE OF HERAKLES
Ca. 500 - 400 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A bronze statuette of Herakles depicted nude and standing with legs apart. The right arm is raised and bent at the elbow, with a clenched fist, while the left arm hangs by the side. The musculature is defined along the torso and limbs. Facial features are rendered schematically, with incised hair and recessed eyes. The figure is mounted on a cylindrical, red and white veined marble base. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 22666, Antiquities, 3 July 2024, Lot 148; Christie’s, Live Auction 20677, Antiquities, 12 April 2022, Lot 72.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the Belgian 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: 160mm x 80mm; Weight: 720g
581. LARGE ETRUSCAN BRONZE THYMIATERION WITH EPHEBE
Ca. 600 - 500 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A bronze Thymiaterion composed of a standing nude ephebe with proportionally elongated limbs, defined musculature, and stylised hair, mounted on a separately cast, waisted circular base. Both arms are raised to support a wide drip tray, above which rises a moulded baluster-form shaft terminating in a flaring conical socket. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 19.192.49; 2021.40.51 (position), 47.11.3 (podium).
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in a 1980s-1990s London 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: 315mm x 65mm; Weight: 720g
582. RARE ETRUSCAN BRONZE FIGURINE OF KNEELING HERAKLES
Ca. 500 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A bronze figure of a nude, bearded Herakles in a kneeling pose, with both arms bent forward and hands brought together at the abdomen. The head is rendered with simplified facial features and shoulder-length hair. The figure is attached to a curved base with a projecting rear extension. For similar see: The Walters Art Museum, Accession Number 54.768.
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: 60mm x 55mm; Weight: 90g
584. ETRUSCAN RING WITH BANDED AGATE CABOCHON
Ca. 500 - 200 BC
Starting Price: £800
A gold ring set with an elongated cabochon of banded agate, displaying alternating dark and light layers. The stone is enclosed within a high oval bezel framed by two concentric rows of granulated gold beading. The hoop is circular in section and plain. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: F. H. Marshall, Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman: in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum, Introduction, T. XXXIX.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.
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: 4.4g
586. 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
587. 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 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 160mm; Weight: 2.8kg
588. ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE HEAD OF A YOUTHFUL MAN
Ca. 500 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A hollow-moulded terracotta votive head of a youthful male, with full lips, a broad nose, and a prominent chin. The almond-shaped eyes are recessed beneath gently arched brows, and the hair is defined by shallow, wavy grooves extending to the ears. A circular vent hole is present at the back of the head. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 18836, Faces of the Past: Ancient Sculpture from the Collection of Dr. Anton Pestalozzi, Part 2, Lot. 324.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market; Private collection Ticino, since 1995. Accompanied by a German 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: 195mm x 170mm; Weight: 2.55kg
Ca. 800 - 700 BC
Starting Price: £8000
A bronze helmet formed of two joined horizontal bands creating a cylindrical body, with a pair of curved cheek pieces riveted to the lower rim. The upper edge is fitted with a tall, vertically projecting crest, separately attached with visible rivets along the crown. This type of helmet was likely intended for ceremonial use rather than for combat.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Brooklyn Private Collection; Ex. Private Collection, New York, since 2005; Ex. Private Collection, Germany, acquired in the early 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: 390mm x 190mm; Weight: 1kg
589. RARE URARTIAN BRONZE CEREMONIAL HELMET
Ca. 800 - 700 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A helmet hammered from a single bronze sheet, conical in shape, with three horizontal raised ribs encircling the lower edge. The front is decorated with a repoussé triple-arched rib, positioned symmetrically across the brow. The reverse is plain except for the continuation of the horizontal bands. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 134611; Bonhams, The Antiquities sale, de Louxor à Rome, voyage d’un passionné, 7 October 2021, Lot 59.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French art market; Ex. Gorny and Mosch, Munich, 25 June 2014, lot 253; Ex. Private collection, Germany, acquired on the Munich art market prior to 2000. Accompanied by a French Export license.
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Size: 270mm x 210mm; Weight: 710g
590. RARE URARTIAN BRONZE HELMET
Ca. 400 - 200 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A bronze helmet of the Montefortino type, featuring a domed bowl constructed from cast and hammered bronze. The apex is crowned with a protruding knob, intended for the attachment of a crest or plume. The rim is turned outward and flares gently at the front. It is further detailed with short incised linear strokes encircling its circumference. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 2015.758.1; Christie’s, Online Auction 22758, Works of Art from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Online, Lot 161.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
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Size: 240mm x 230mm; Weight: 945g
591. ETRUSCAN MONTEFORTINO TYPE BRONZE HELMET WITH INSCRIPTION
Ca. 400 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A bronze helmet of Chalcidian type formed from a single sheet, composed of a rounded domed skull with a pair of broad raised ribs running longitudinally over the crown and intersected by two lateral ridges across the brow. The front edge is contoured into a shallow V-shaped notch, while the lower rim follows the natural curve of the face. Hinged cheek guards are attached with rivets at either side, curving inward.
Provenance: Private London collection; Ex. Peter Ing Till collection, Vienna, Austria; formerly with Austrian collector since the 1990s.
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Size: 295mm x 215mm; Weight: 465g
592. CHALCIDIAN BRONZE HELMET
593.
Ca. 400 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £30000
A very rare hybrid helmet showing design characteristics of both Phrygian and Chalcidian helmets. The looped top of the helmet, hammered from a single piece of bronze, is clearly Phrygian, whilst the nasal guard and crown displays Chalcidian principles. There are very few comparable examples; one from the Bolshaya Bliznitsa burial mound which was lost during World War II, and another kept in the Bulgarian National History Museum. For similar see: Национален
37325,
.; N. Kondakov, “Russian Antiquities in Art Monuments Issue I: Classical antiquities of South Russia” (St. Petersburg, 1889), Fig. 55.
Provenance: Property of a European collector; Swiss art market, pre 1990s. British collection of J.S., 1990s. Purchased by the current owner in Brussels, Belgium, in 2019.
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 mm x 180 mm; 975g
RARE PHRYGIAN-CHALCIDIAN BRONZE HELMET WITH NASAL GUARD
Ca. 400 - 200 BC
Starting Price: £8000
A rare bronze helmet of Pilos type with silver horns. It is of classical domed form with a gently flaring rim, the surface displaying a mottled cuprite patina with areas of red and green. Accompanied by two separately hammered, detachable silver horns, curved and tapering, each inserted into vertical sockets at the temples. The helmet is hammered from a single sheet and pierced along the lower edge for attachment. The wings are an addition to the helmet, from the same period and type. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum Object Number: 08.2.4; Christie’s, Live Auction 20667, Antiquities, Lot 88.
Provenance: Helmet - Private London collection, acquired on the French art market; Ex. Axel Guttmann collection (1944-2001). Accompanied by a French Export license. Horns - Private UK collection; Ex. Peter Ing Till collection, Austria, 1990s.
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Size: 210-220mm x 85-90mm; Weight: 180g
594. GREEK BRONZE PILOS HELMET WITH SILVER HORNS
Ca. 350 BC
Starting Price: £8000
A very fine bronze helmet of Corinthian type hammered from a single sheet, with a domed crown, almond-shaped eye cutouts, and a prominent nose guard. A shallow ridge forms two arched lines above the eye openings and continues along the midsection. The sides flare outwards, and the rear curves into a neck guard. Nice smooth, rich brown patina.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the French art market; Ex. Swiss collection 1980s. Accompanied by a French passport.
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Size: 250mm x 130mm; Weight: 770g
595. SUPERB BRONZE GREEK CORINTHIAN HELMET
Starting Price: £4000
Ca. 400 - 300 BC
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;
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Size: 210mm x 150mm; Weight: 525g
Starting Price: £3000
Ca. 400 - 300 BC
A bronze helmet formed from a single hammered sheet, shaped into a low hemispherical dome with a central apex.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French art market; Ex. Hermann Historica, Munich, October 13, 2010; Ex. collection Axel Guttmann (19442001), AG572/H209; Ex. private collection, Krefeld, 1995. Accompanied by a French Export license.
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Size: 175mm x 100mm; Weight: 515g
597. ETRUSCAN BRONZE HELMET
598. ETRUSCAN BRONZE HELMET
Starting Price: £3000
Ca. AD 900 - 1100
A domed iron helmet constructed from four riveted vertical plates joined along raised seams, forming a near-hemispherical profile. The rim is pierced with evenly spaced holes for attaching an inner lining.
Provenance: Private London collection; Ex. Peter Ing Till collection, Vienna, Austria; formerly with Austrian collector since the 1990s.
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Size: 210mm x 160mm; Weight: 880g
Starting Price: £3000
Ca. AD 100
A hammered bronze umbo with a pronounced central boss and wide flanged rim, perforated with six mounting holes. The flange displays four shallow notches spaced at intervals.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the German art market in the 1990s.
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Size: 205mm x 205mm; Weight: 285g
599. SUPERB VIKING IRON HELMET
600. ROMAN BRONZE UMBO
601. MEROVINGIAN IRON LONGSWORD WITH CLOISONNÉ GUARD, AMBER POMMEL AND JADE SCABBARD ATTACHMENT
Ca. AD 475 - 525
Starting Price: £8000
An iron longsword with a broad, double-edged blade tapering gradually to a sharp point. The straight cross-guard is decorated with cloisonné inlays of red garnet set within gold cells, forming a pattern of repeating trefoil motifs. A tapering short tang extends from the base and is accompanied by an amber pommel and an additional small white bead. A rectangular jade scabbard attachment is inset into the blade near the hilt. For similar see: P. Perin, Royal Insigna, Chap. 6 Childeric, fig.7, 15, 16; J. J. Aillagon, Roma e i Barbari, La nascita di un nuovo mondo, Palazzo Grassi, Roman, Il Sito di Pannonhalma, p. 260.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
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Size: 890mm x 105mm; Weight: 855g
602. SCYTHIAN IRON SWORD WITH BRONZE GUARD, POMMEL WITH FACING GRYPHONS AND CHAPE
Ca. 600 - 500 BC
Starting Price: £2000
An iron blade with a lenticular section and prominent midrib, tapering to a point. The rectangular bronze guard is decorated with four circular cells, each inset with a red cabochon. The short hilt terminates in a bifurcated bronze pommel in the form of opposing gryphon heads. The sword is accompanied by a matching chape, also cast with a double gryphon-head design. For similar see: B. Piotrvsky, P. Quoniam, Or des Scythes, Paris, 1975, Cat. 169-170.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
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Size: 445mm x 60mm; Weight: 360g
603. MEROVINGIAN IRON LONGSWORD WITH INLAID GUARD, ROCK CRYSTAL POMMEL AND SCABBARD FITTINGS
Ca. AD 500
Starting Price: £5000
An iron longsword with a straight, double-edged blade of broad flat section, tapering gradually to a rounded point. The bronze cross-guard is rectangular with rounded corners and inset with circular cells, some retaining inlays. The tang extends to a pommel formed from a rock crystal bead. Accompanied by three bronze scabbard fittings. For similar see: P. Perin, Royal Insigna, Chap. 6 Childeric, fig.7, 15, 16; J. J. Aillagon, Roma e i Barbari, La nascita di un nuovo mondo, Palazzo Grassi, Roman, Il Sito di Pannonhalma, p. 260, 261.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
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Size: 855mm x 100mm; Weight: 840g
604. LA
TENE CELTIC LONG IRON SWORD
Ca. 300 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A long sword with a broad blade that gradually tapers to a sharp point. The blade narrows at the shoulders into a short, flat tang intended for insertion into a separate hilt. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1989,0302.3.
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: 980mm x 55mm; Weight: 920g
605. PAIR OF GREEK SILVER PHALERAE WITH GORGONS
Ca. 200 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A pair of silver phalerae, each circular in form and centred with a repoussé medallion depicting a frontal gorgoneion with large eyes, arched brows, a broad nose, and full lips. The face is framed by stylised serpentine curls radiating outward, with small ringlets indicated along the lower edge. For similar see: Christie’s, Online Auction 22758, Works of Art from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Online, Lot 129.
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: 115-113mm x 115-115mm; Weight: 165g
605A. PARTHIAN SILVER PHALERA WITH GORGON
Ca. 200 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A circular silver phalera with a slightly concave surface, centring on a separately applied medallion bearing a high-relief gorgoneion. The face is framed by curling locks radiating outward from the forehead, with deeply set eyes, arched brows, and a defined mouth. The medallion is enclosed within a narrow concentric band, decorated with four evenly spaced spheres. The outer field is decorated with a lightly incised zigzag border For similar see: Christie’s, Online Auction 22758, Works of Art from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Online, Lot 129.
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: 115mm x 115mm; Weight: 55g
606. RARE EARLY GREEK IRON SWORD
Ca. 700 - 500 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A sword with a narrow, tapering blade and a pronounced midrib running along its full length. The angular shoulders transition into a short guard. The hilt is cylindrical, encircled by multiple horizontal ridges, and terminates in a crescent-shaped pommel. Mounted on a custom stand. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 8652, The Saeed Motamed Collection, Part I, Lot 27.
Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in the early 2000s in France; previously in 1970s European collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 495mm x 65mm; Weight: 495g
607. RARE SCYTHIAN ACINACES DAGGER WITH BRONZE OPENWORK BAT-SHAPED POMMEL
Ca. 600 - 500 BC
Starting Price: £2000
An iron dagger with a straight, double-edged blade of lenticular section, tapering evenly to a point. The integral guard projects on both sides. The narrow hilt is surmounted by a separately cast openwork bronze pommel shaped as a bat. For similar see: B. Piotrvsky, P. Quoniam, Or des Scythes, Paris, 1975, Cat. 169-170.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
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Size: 430mm x 55mm; Weight: 355g
608. SCYTHIAN IRON SWORD WITH CROW-SHAPED BRONZE SCABBARD POINT
Ca. 550 - 500 BC
Starting Price: £3000
An iron sword with a long, tapering blade that terminates in a pointed tip, a rectangular grip with a lobed lower guard, and a pommel. The openwork scabbard tip is shaped like the head of a crow. For similar see: Or des Scythes. Trésors des musées soviétiques, fig. 29, p. 138.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
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Size: 90-710mm x 25-50mm; Weight: 580g
609. SCYTHIAN ACINANES IRON DAGGER WITH GREEN STONE SCABBARD POINT
Ca. 500 - 400 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A lengthy forged iron dagger featuring a wide, flat handle, a curved semicircular pommel, and a broad guard. The long, hammered iron blade tapers to a sharp point, and the stone scabbard’s tip is engraved with a griffon. For similar see: Or des Scythes. Trésors des musées soviétiques, Cat. 64.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
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Size: 60-530mm x 40-60mm; Weight: 610g
610. SCYTHIAN IRON SWORD WITH BILOBATE POMMEL
Ca. 550 - 500 BC
Starting Price: £3000
An iron sword with a long, tapering blade that culminates in a pointed tip, a rectangular grip, and a lobed lower guard, complemented by a crescent-shaped pommel.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market 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: 110-870mm x 40-60mm; Weight: 855g
611. PAIR OF IRON AGE CELTIC SILVER BELTS
Ca. 600 - 400 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A pair of Marmorac-type belts, each formed from a single strip bent into a broad circle with overlapping ends. One end is significantly broader and tapers gradually towards the opposite, narrower tip. Raised hemispherical studs are arranged within geometric frames, and additional crosshatched and linear decoration borders the edges.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Kai Schmidt Ancient Art. Ex German private collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 260-290mm x 220-290mm; Weight: 540g
612. EXCEPTIONAL PALMYRIAN RELIEF OF A LADY
Near East, Ca. 1st - 3rd century AD
Starting Price: £10000
A limestone relief depicting a female figure in frontal view. The face has large almond-shaped eyes with incised circles marking the irises and pupils, slightly arched brows, and a small, pursed mouth. The nose is straight, and the cheeks are softly rounded. A headscarf partially conceals the hair, draping over the back and framing the face. The figure wears a draped garment secured at the left shoulder with a finely carved brooch, with deeply incised folds indicating the fabric’s flow. Raised on a bespoke mount.
Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. Private Collection of an artist (d.2002), Loiret, France, purchased in the 1950s or 60s locally, displayed in the garden where it was kept for decades. Sold at: Une collection oubliée, et à quelques amateurs (2ème partie), Metayer, 6th February 2022, Lot 522 (accompanied by French cultural passport 234530). ALR: S00224380, with IADAA Certificate, this item has been checked against the Interpol database.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 560mm x 400mm; Weight: 25+g
612A. ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF SEVERAN NOBLEMAN
Ca. AD 193 - 235
Starting Price: £5000
A Roman marble portrait head of a man, carved with keen attention to physiognomic detail, features short, tousled hair, incised brows, and a modest beard and moustache. The eyes are large and drilled, conveying a sombre, introspective gaze characteristic of late Severan or early soldier-emperor portraiture. The slightly parted lips and strong facial planes evoke a sense of presence and individuality. Possibly from a provincial workshop, the head bears minor losses to the nose and chin, along with surface encrustations and wear. It stands as a finely executed example of private or official portraiture. For similar see: Sotheby’s, Ancient sculpture of and Work of Art, 2 July 2019, Lot. 250
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the UK art market; Ex. Dino and Raffaello Tomasso collection.
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Size: 430mm x 290mm; Weight: 25.4kg
612B. ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF JUNO
Ca. AD 100 - 300
Starting Price: £5000
A Roman marble head of the goddess Juno, carved from fine-grained marble and inspired by late Classical Greek prototypes. The idealised features include a high forehead, almond-shaped eyes, and a small, composed mouth set in an expression of serene majesty. The hair is centrally parted and swept back in thick, wavy strands, originally arranged in a diadem. Likely part of a larger cult or decorative statue, the head reflects the imperial taste for Hellenising deities. For similar see: J Jenkins, Defining Beauty, he Body inAncient GreekArt,The British Museum, 2015, P. 99, S. Settis, C. Gasparri, I marmiTorlonia, Collezionare Capolavori, Cat. 52, p. 256.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the UK art market; Ex. Dino and Raffaello Tomasso collection.
Publications / Reports : This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 280mm x 220mm; Weight: 19.5kg
613. ETRUSCAN BRONZE SITULA WITH XRF TEST
Ca. 330 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £20000
A massive bronze situla decorated with numerous cast elements. The vertical handle of the vessel is in the form of the god Apollo, standing naked with a quiver of arrows fastened to his back. The spout of the situla is designed in the form of a gryphon eating a horse, with the opening itself formed from the hoof of the horse’s hind leg. The gryphons of Greek mythology had a hatred of horses which stemmed from their war against the mythological Arimaspians, a notably equestrian race. The handle is attached to loops in the form of rosettes and the flat lid is decorated with a figure of a panther eating a deer. The legs of the situla are decorated with the figures of reclining panthers resting on pedestals. For similar see: The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Accession Number 91.228a-b.
Provenance: Property of a European collector; previously in a private Belgian collection since 2013; Ex. Elsa Bloch-Diener (1922-2012) collection, Bern, 1969. Accompanied by a copy of the original invoice from 1969 and a certificate from 1989.
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: 470mm x 470mm; Weight: 8.3kg
614.
STUNNING GREEK BRONZE FIGURAL SITULA WITH ATHENA IN ARMOUR
Ca. 350 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £8000
A bronze situla with a tall, tapering body terminating in a disc-shaped base and a broad, circular mouth framed by a series of fine horizontal ridges. The handle ends in paired curved extensions that pass through double loops positioned above the attachments. One is modelled as a lion’s head with a flowing mane and open jaws, functioning as a spout; directly beneath it, a perforated strainer is integrated along the interior wall. Opposite, the second terminal is cast in high relief as a helmeted female head with flowing hair. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 10372, Antiquities, Lot 101.
Provenance: Private UK collection.
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Size: 270mm x 255mm; Weight: 1.63kg
615. 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.
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Size: 130mm x 135mm; Weight: 310g
Starting Price: £45000
Ca. 500 - 300 BC
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.
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Size: 440mm x 70mm; Weight: 1.94kg
616. EXTRAORDINARY ANCIENT GREEK SOLID SILVER LOBED PHIALE - 44CM
617. GREEK BLACK GLAZE HYDRIA WITH RIBBED BODY
Ca. 400 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A large hydria with an ovoid, ribbed body rising from a flared foot. Three handles are attached at the shoulder and neck. The surface is coated in a deep black glaze, with the rim decorated with a band of ovolo. The ribs run vertically across the body, terminating just above the foot. For similar see: British Museum, Museum number 1854,0227.1
Provenance: Private collection, Sussex, UK, acquired prior to 1956.
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Size: 370mm x 260mm; Weight: 2.86kg
618. APULIAN RED-FIGURED HYDRIA DEPICTING OFFERING SCENE
Ca. 330 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A black-glazed hydria with an ovoid body, broad shoulder, cylindrical neck and overhanging lip, all resting on a flaring foot. It has two horizontal handles for lifting and a third vertical handle at the back for pouring. The surface is decorated in the red-figure technique with added white and yellow details. Side A depicts a nude youth with a cloak draped over his left shoulder. He holds two bunches of grapes in his extended right hand, reaching towards a draped female figure standing to the left. She holds a large phiale in her left hand, beneath which a small rosette is placed. Side B shows a large palmette with volute side scrolls extending outward. A band of vertical stripes marks the base of the neck as well as around the handle roots. A meander frieze with alternating squares runs below the figural panel. For similar see: MET Museum Object Number: 56.171.65
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
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Size: 370mm x 260mm; Weight: 1.67kg
619. STUNNING APULIAN PELIKE WITH FUNERARY SCENE BY THE CIRCLE OF VARRESE PAINTER
Ca. 360 - 340 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A red-figure Apulian pelike, circa mid-4th century BC, features a pear-shaped body rising from a low foot, accompanied by twin ver- tical handles capped with a flanged rim. On one side, a winged Eros advances, bearing a wreath above a standing nude youth draped in a chlamys, while on the reverse, a elegantly attired woman holds a phiale towards a draped male carrying a wreath—each scene framed by floral palmettes and rosettes, characteristic of the “plain style” decoration. The black-slip ground is punctuated with reserved clay figures enhanced by applied white details, notably in jewellery and garment hems. A meander pattern encircles the belly above the foot, reflected in palmette friezes on the neck. The vessel’s sinuous neck and rounded belly highlight its functional elegance. Traces of added pigments—yellow and white—remain in selective areas. This pelike exemplifies the South Italian fusion of Greek iconography and local ceramic artistry at its peak. For similar see: Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia.: Volume 1: Early and Middle Apulian by A. Cambitoglou, A. D. Trendall (Hardcover, 1978), Plate 111.
Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Steven Vanhoutten, Brussels 1995.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 530mm x 290mm; Weight: 4.19kg
620. APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER WITH SYMPOSIUM SCENE
Ca. 350 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A red-figure bell krater with a wide, bell-shaped body, short flaring foot, everted rim, and two horizontal handles at the shoulder. Side A depicts a symposium scene with two male figures reclining on klinai draped in striped textiles. Between them stands a female figure playing the double flute (aulos). The symposiasts are partially nude; each holds a drinking vessel, and the figure on the left also holds a lyre. Side B presents three draped youths standing in conversation, each wearing a himation, set against a plain background. A laurel band encircles the rim, and a meander frieze with cross-squares runs below the figural scenes. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 2013.158.
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.
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Size: 400mm x 350mm; Weight: 5.18kg
621. APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER WITH WINGED NIKE AND LADY OF FASHION BY THE FOLLOWERS OF THE LECCE PA
Ca. 350 - 325 BC
Starting
A red-figure bell krater with a wide flaring rim, twin upturned handles, and a deep body set on a high foot. Side A shows a seated winged Nike, her hair arranged in an elaborate style, dressed in a long chiton with marked folds, and holding a beaded wreath in her raised hand. In front of her stands a woman clad in a voluminous himation. Side B presents a pair of women in procession, walking left, both wrapped in long himatia. A large palmette with volutes is placed under each handle, a meander band encircles the lower register, and a laurel wreath motif is painted beneath the rim. For similar see: Trendall, Red Figured vases of Apulian, Volume II, 1982, Plate 43, n. 1-2.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Dutch art market; Frederik Van Driel, Maastricht 1993.
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: 330mm x 320mm; Weight: 2.7kg
Starting Price:
£5000
Ca. 400 BC
A terracotta oinochoe with a trefoil mouth, high arching handle, and broad ovoid body tapering to a narrow foot with a circular base. The surface is decorated in red on a white ground, with a band of stylised floral scrolls encircling the shoulder. Horizontal bands adorn the body, while the handle, foot, and area around the spout are fully painted red.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market; Ex. private collection, Munich, since 2021; previously in German family ownership since before 2000. Accompanied by a German 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: 130mm x 85mm; Weight: 135g
622. GREEK RED ON WHITE TERRACOTTA TREFOIL OINOCHOE
623. ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX
Ca. 450 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A red-figure kylix with a youth depicted in the central tondo, shown standing in profile before an altar, draped in a himation and holding a rod in his right hand. A strigil is suspended above, and the scene is enclosed within a continuous meander border. A red-figure kylix with a youth depicted in the central tondo, shown standing in profile before an altar, draped in a himation and holding a rod in his right hand. A strigil is suspended above, and the scene is enclosed within a continuous meander border. For similar see: F. Giudice, S. Tusa, V. Tusa, La Collezione archeologica del banco di Sicilia, Edizioni Guida, fig. 151, p. 226.
Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgium art market; Daniel Bogaerts, Brussels, 1995.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 70mm x 300mm; Weight: 485g
624. ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX WITH SATYR
Ca. 510 - 500 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A red-figure kylix with a broad, shallow bowl set on a slender, flaring foot. The body is covered in a black gloss, except for the edge and underside of the foot. The handles extend laterally from either side, curving gently outward. The interior is decorated with a central tondo framed by a circular band, depicting a squatting ithyphallic satyr, shown frontally with both hands placed on his hips, the head turned in profile and a long tail curling behind. Restored. For similar see: MET Museum Object Number: 06.1021.177
Provenance: Property of a London art gallery, acquired on the German art market; previously in Germany since 2002.
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: 370mm x 120mm; Weight: 1.17kg
625. 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
626.
RARE SICILIAN POTTERY PLASTIC ASKOS IN THE FORM OF A MOUSE
Magna Graecia, Sicily, Ca. 400 - 300 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A terracotta askos in the form of a stylised mouse. The vessel is modelled with a pointed snout, short linear strokes indicating the mouth, circular, applied eyes and prominent ears. The forelegs and hindlegs are drawn along the sides of the body. A vertical spout with a pronounced rim rises centrally from the back; its base is encircled by S-shaped motifs. A second, smaller spout of tapering profile emerges at the rear, positioned above the tail, which curves around the hind part of the body. The surface is decorated with black-painted motifs over a red slip, including intersecting lines, dots, and a frontal palmette placed above the ears. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 16.174.40; H.B. Walters, E.J. Forsdyke & C.H. Smith, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, London, 1893, F 521.
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: 190mm x 115mm; Weight: 330g
627. HELLENISTIC CHALCEDONY OVAL SHALLOW BOWL
Ca. AD 400 - 600
Starting Price: £3000
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
628. SUPERB APULIAN RED-FIGURE POTTERY ASKOS OF THE CIRCLE OF THE ARMIDALE PAINTER
Starting Price: £2000
Attributed to the Workshop of the Baltimore Painter, Ca. 335-320 BC
A red-figure askos with a rounded body set on a low ring foot. One end rises into a vertical spout with a flaring rim, while the opposite side curves sharply upward into a pointed, raised projection. A strap handle extends between the spout and the upturned terminal. The main panel depicts a seated maenad facing right, dressed in a finely pleated peplos and adorned with a beaded necklace and fillet. She holds a wreath in her right hand and extends her left palm forward with two shallow bowls. The reverse is decorated with a large palmette flanked by scrolling tendrils. A band of ovolo encircles the base of the neck. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1836,0224.353.
Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Stephen Joel Albert (6 February 1941 - 27 December 1992), New York; thence by descent. [Inv. no. 4381].
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.mThis item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 210mm x 190mm; Weight: 940g
629. FINE EASTERN GREEK POTTERY LYDION
Starting Price: £3000
Ca. second half of the 6th century BC
A terracotta lydion with a spherical body tapering gently into a pedestal foot, a concave neck, and a wide, flared rim with a flat lip. The surface is decorated with a broad, central black register on the body, flanked by groups of fine linear bands encircling the shoulder and lower body. The neck and foot are covered in black glaze, while the interior of the mouth and upper rim are embellished with concentric reserved rings. For similar see: The Museum of Cycladic Art, Object Number ΝΓ1121; Christie’s, Live Auction 9088, Fine Antiquities, 25 April, Lot 210.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Brian T. Aitken Collection; Ex. Charles Ede Ltd, March, 2011.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 115mm x 80mm; Weight: 170g
630. HELLENISTIC CUT GLASS SKYPHOS
Ca. 100 BC - AD 50
Starting Price: £15000
A pale green cut glass skyphos with a deep, slightly tapering body that expands towards a wide, flat rim, which is decorated with a series of evenly spaced, small, scalloped projections along the outer edge. Two horizontally extended handles with angular, looped attachments project from opposite sides. The vessel stands on a tall, stepped pedestal foot with a central cylindrical stem supporting a broad base. For similar see: The Louvre Museum, Entry number: MNC 1633; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 81.10.94.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market 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: 110mm x 165mm; Weight: 180g
631. EXCEPTIONAL GREEK GOLD EAR OF WHEAT
Ca. 400 BC or ‘later’
Starting Price: £8000
A 22 ct gold stunning ear of wheat with finely detailed individual strands, each rendered distinctly to replicate the natural form. The seed head is prominent, comprising a series of seeds arranged in a tight, clustered formation. The leaves are carefully shaped and textured, mirroring the natural appearance of wheat leaves and extending gracefully from the base of the ear. For similar see: The Brooklyn Museum, Accession Number 67.13.2. For similar see: The Brooklyn Museum, Accession Number 67.13.2.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Jean-David Cahn Auktionen. Sale Nov. 2011, Auction 6, lot 189.
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: 130mm x 35mm; Weight: 10g
632. VERY RARE GREEK HIGH KARAT GOLD VOTIVE MASK WITH INSCRIPTIONS
Ca. 700 - 500 BC
Starting Price:
£5000
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
633. STUNNING HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD DIADEM
Ca. 300 - 50 BC
A gold diadem composed of a central rosette with layered leaves and five small floral-shaped elements radiating from its sides. The ornament is flanked by six stylised pointed leaves arranged in opposing pairs. Framed. For seimilar see: M. De Jiulis,Gli Ori di Taranto in età Ellenistica, Cat. 36, p. 103.
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: 430mm x 330mm; Weight: 1.42kg
634. HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT WITH GLASS INTAGLIO DEPICTING CASSANDRA KNEELING AT PALLADION
Ca. 300 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £10000
A gold pendant set with an oval cobalt blue glass intaglio depicting Cassandra kneeling before a statuette of Athena. The figure is shown in profile to the right. Athena is rendered at a smaller scale, wearing a helmet and holding a spear. The intaglio is set in a plain gold cell within a broader oval gold frame decorated with evenly spaced clusters of applied filigree. A double suspension loop is affixed at the top. For similar see: M. Kleibrink, Cassandra on seals. Ring stone images as self-representation: an example, 2017; Christie’s, Live Auction 14230, Antiquities, 5 July 2017, Lot 87.
Provenance: Private UK collection since 2004; previously in an Austrian private collection since the 1990s; Ex. Georgian private collection, 1960s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 50mm x 40mm; Weight: 24g
635. MAGNIFICENT CELTIC SET OF SOLID HIGH KARAT GOLD TORC AND BRACELET WITH ENGRAVED DECORATION
Ca. 300 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £20000
A rare and exceptional gold set comprising a torc and bracelet, both crafted from solid gold and intricately engraved with dynamic curvilinear ornaments. The torc is flat in section and gently tapers towards the terminals, with a continuous frieze of scrollwork filled with fine cross-hatched detailing, alternating with plain polished gold. The bracelet, more rounded in form, bears a similarly incised pattern of flowing tendrils enclosing hatched and plain fields. For similar see: S. Moscati, I Celti, Bompiani, Palazzo Grassi, 1989, p. 570, Torques of Gammelborg, p. 540.
Provenance: Private UK collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 70-150mm x 70-135mm; Weight: 150g
636. RARE GREEK GILT-BRONZE PHALERA WITH TRITONS
Ca. 300 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A dazzling gilt bronze phalera features the repousse image of three tritons, probably Triton, Poseidon, and Amphitrite. The figures are hammered in an extremely naturalistic manner, with long fishtails and busts of humans. A ridged frame on the border of the medallion surrounds the scene. For similar see: Metalwork from the Catalogue of the Collections, Getty Museum, n. 127, Jenkins I., Defining Beauty: the Body in Ancient Greek Art, p. 121.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 111.8mm x 113mm; Weight: 17.8g
637. STUNNING GREEK HIGH KARAT GOLD BRACELET WITH LION’S HEAD FINIALS
Ca. 500 - 400 BC
Starting Price: £5000
A gold bracelet of circular body, terminating in two finely modelled lion heads facing each other. The heads are rendered in high relief with open mouths, defined manes, and incised facial features. A band of tightly wound gold wire is applied behind each head, demarcating the transition from the hoop to the terminals. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.3561.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. New York Private Collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 90mm x 85mm; Weight: 73g
638. GREEK HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH SATYR PLAYING FLUTE
Ca. 450 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A gold ring with a flat circular bezel engraved with a satyr seated in profile on a pile of rocks, playing a flute. The figure is shown with goat legs, a tail, and a bearded face. For similar see: El Legado de Hefesto, n. 102.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously in a 1990s UK collection of Ancient Art.
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 report by Sami Fortune, ancient jewellery specialist.
Size: D:19.15mm / US: 9 1/4 / UK: S; Weight: 9.09g
639. GREEK OR CELTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD RING DEPICTING A MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMAL
Ca. 400 - 200 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A solid 20 kt gold ring with a wide oval bezel engraved with a mythological winged creature in profile, showing a horse’s body and avian wings. The hoop is thick and expands smoothly into the bezel. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 1735, Antiquities, Lot 230.
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in the collection of T.A. 1980s-1990s, London
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:16.71mm / US: 6 1/4 / UK: M; Weight: 10.5g
641. GREEK HIGH KARAT GOLD DIADEM WITH ROSETTE
Ca. 500 - 470 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A rhomboid sheet of thin gold with embossed decoration comprising a central rosette enclosed within a double circular frame with a dashed border. Flanking the rosette are volutes and palmettes arranged symmetrically. Mounted in a modern display frame. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.3551
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market, pre-2000. Accompanied by a German 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: 65mm x 105mm; Weight: 90g
642. GREEK HIGH KARAT GOLD DIADEM WITH GEOMETRIC MOTIF
Ca. 500 - 470 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A rhomboid sheet of thin gold with punched decoration arranged in two triangular fields, each filled with rows of dots and circles. The design is framed by a narrow border of horseshoe motifs. Mounted in a modern display frame. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.3551
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market; Ex. private property GS, Lower Saxony, in family ownership since 1966. Accompanied by a German 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: 75mm x 125mm; Weight: 95g
643. LARGE GRAND TOUR GLASS IMPRESSION WITH FOUR DEITIES INSIDE THE ZODIACAL CIRCLE SET IN HIGH KARAT GOLD
Ca. AD 1800 - 1900
Starting Price: £2000
A glass impression after a large carnelian intaglio executed in the 16th century from the French Royal collection (Collection de Louis XIV, Cabinet du Roi; actually Paris BNF - Cabinet des médailles). The scene is composed by a central area with enthroned Zeus, standing Apollo and Hermes with Neptune, surrounded by the twelve zodiacal signs. This intaglio, the so-called “Zodiaque”, is after a drawing of Raphael engraved by Marcantonio Raimondi (1480-1534). This dark glass cast impression is taken after this stone during the Grand Tour Era, and it is mounted in a solid gold pendant. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: Clifford Malcolm Brown, Engraved Gems. Survivals and Revivals, Washington: 1997, pp. 199 and 221, no. 101; Anatole Chabouillet, Catalogue général et raisonné des camées et pierres gravées de la Bibliothèque
impériale, Paris: 1858, no. 2391; Pierre-Jean Mariette, Traité des Pierres gravées, Paris: 1750, vol. II, pl. I. BNF Médailles et Antiques Archive: inv. 58.2391 for the original stone intaglio (model).
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: 80mm x 60mm; Weight: 65g
645. LARGE GREEK HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT WITH SUN MOTIF
Ca. 800 - 600 BC
Starting Price: £800
A circular gold sheet pendant worked in chased and repoussé technique, centred on a prominent raised omphalos encircled by a narrow plain band. Radiating from the omphalos are thirteen evenly spaced triangular rays, each flanked by a raised boss, forming a structured solar pattern. The composition is enclosed by a triple dotted border, culminating in a raised outer edge. A small suspension tab projects from the upper edge. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: I. A. Nigahban, Marlik: The Complete Excavation Report. v. 2: Illustrations, Plate 54-55.
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: 68mm x 64mm; Weight: 6g
652. MATCHED PAIR OF HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD EARRINGS WITH RED GARNET EROS FIGURINES
Ca. 300 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £1500
A matched pair of gold earrings, each composed of a twisted gold hoop that tapers towards the top into an ear wire passed through a small loop. Each hoop supports a garnet pendant carved in the form of a standing winged Eros. The figurines are affixed vertically at the lower end of the hoop, facing forward. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: E. M. De Juliis, Gli Ori di Taranto in età Ellenistica, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1984, Cat. 128, 130, 131.
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: 28-30mm x 20-20mm; Weight: 9.5g
653. MATCHED PAIR OF HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD EARRINGS
Ca. 300 - 200 BC
Starting Price: £800
A matched pair of gold earrings, each with a crescent-shaped hollow body embellished with a flattened rosette-shaped appliqué attached to one side. One upper terminal is fitted with a loop, while the other extends into a curved wire for suspension through the ear. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: E. M De Juliis, Gli Ori di Taranto in età Ellenistica, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1984, Cat. 66, 67.
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: 20-21mm x 20-20mm; Weight: 7g
656. PARTHIAN BRONZE GILT BRACELET
Ca. 100 BC - AD 100
Starting Price: £2000
A gilt bronze bracelet formed from a single circular rod, bent into an open hoop. The body is plain and undecorated, except for a clasp formed of two short tubular collars set side-by-side, with projecting tabs.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market, 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: 110mm x 105mm; Weight: 24g
657. GREEK HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT WITH CABOCHON
Ca. 300 - 1 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A circular gold pendant composed of a central cabochon stone set within a raised collar, encircled by a ring of closely coiled S-shapes. Surrounding the inner field is a broad outer zone formed of radiating drop-shaped lobes, each delineated by fine filigree wire. A small tubular suspension loop is attached at the top. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist.For similar see: I. A. Nigahban, Marlik: The Complete Excavation Report. v. 2: Illustrations, Plate 54-55.
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: 45mm x 43mm; Weight: 9g
658. LARGE GREEK HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT WITH SUN MOTIF
Ca. 800 - 600 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A circular gold sheet pendant worked in chased and repoussé technique, centred on a prominent raised omphalos surmounted by a separately applied spiral wire. The omphalos is encircled by a narrow plain band. Eleven alternating triangular rays and rounded bosses radiate from the centre, enclosed within a dotted border and framed by a plain raised edge. A tubular suspension loop is attached at the top. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: I. A. Nigahban, Marlik: The Complete Excavation Report. v. 2: Illustrations, Plate 54-55.
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: 64mm x 59mm; Weight: 8g
659. LARGE GREEK HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT WITH MACEDONIAN SUN MOTIF
Ca. 800 - 600 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A circular pendant formed from a thin sheet of gold, worked in chased and repoussé technique, with a raised central omphalos bordered by a double beaded ring. Ten tapering rays extend radially from the centre, alternating with small punched dots, while larger applied bosses are interspersed around the perimeter. The outer edge is defined by a single dotted border, and a tubular suspension loop is attached at the top. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: I. A. Nigahban, Marlik: The Complete Excavation Report. v. 2: Illustrations, Plate 54-55.
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: 55mm x 50mm; Weight: 7g
660. HELLENISTIC GLASS AND HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH RAM
Ca. 200 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £3000
A finger ring composed of a dark translucent glass hoop with a broad oval bezel inset with a gold-framed plaque engraved with the figure of a ram facing left, rendered with finely stippled wool. For similar see: MET Museum Object Number: 74.51.4294
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: D:14.07mm / US: 2 7/8 / UK: F; Weight: 11g
663. HELLENISTIC BANDED AGATE
SHALLOW BOWL
Ca. 300 - 1 BC
Starting Price: £2000
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
666.
GREEK TERRACOTTA
FEMALE FIGURINE
Starting Price: £1000
Ca. 400 - 200 BC
A terracotta figurine of a standing female, shown with both arms draped across the chest. She wears a long, belted garment falling in deep vertical folds and a mantle drawn over her right shoulder. The hair is arranged in a voluminous coiffure with circular ornaments at the sides and crown. A vent hole is present at the back. For similar see: M. Rubinich, Ceramica e coroplastica dalla Magna Grecia nella collezione De Brandis, Eritreg, 2006, Cat. 245.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market; Ex. Galerie Pierre-Eric Becker, Cannes, on December 12, 1998. Accompanied by a German Export license.
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: 315mm x 120mm; Weight: 575g
667. ATTIC RED-FIGURE SKYPHOS WITH OWL
Ca. 450 - 400 BC
Starting Price: £800
A red-figure skyphos with deep body, horizontal handles, and a ring foot. Each side features an owl depicted frontally with circular eyes and incised feather details, positioned between upright laurel sprays. For similar see: Musée Saint-Raymond, Inventory Number 26138.
Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgium art market; Daniel Bogaerts, Brussels, 1995.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 70mm x 135mm; Weight: 114g
668. GREEK
Ca. 500 BC
LAPIS
LAZULI LION AMULET
Starting Price: £800
A small amulet carved from deep blue lapis lazuli in the form of a seated lion on an integral rectangular base. The mane is rendered with incised striations encircling the face and neck, and the facial features are carefully defined. A pierced suspension loop projects from the back. For similar see: Ancient Art from the collection of Barbara Lawrence Fleischman, 1994, Cat. 22. (Lion shape)
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: 30mm x 25mm; Weight: 15.3g
670. GREEK CORE-FORMED BLUE GLASS AMPHORISKOS
Ca. 525 - 400 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A core-formed amphoriskos in blue glass with an inverted piriform body, short cylindrical neck, wide flaring rim, and rounded knob base. Two handles are applied horizontally at the shoulder and drawn up to the neck. The body is decorated with a marvered trail pattern in opaque yellow and blue glass, including horizontal bands and a central zigzag motif. The rim is edged with a yellow trail. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 7161, Antiquities, 20 April 2005, Lot 160.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 75mm x 50mm; Weight: 34g
671. GREEK CORE-FORMED BLUE GLASS ALABASTRON
Ca. 550 - 375 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A core-formed alabastron in deep cobalt blue glass with tapering cylindrical body, rounded base, short neck, and flaring rim. The body is decorated with horizontal trails of opaque white and yellow glass, marvered into a zigzag pattern around the midsection. Two small applied handles in matching blue glass are affixed at the shoulder. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1856,1226.1157.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 85mm x 30mm; Weight: 46g
672. GREEK CORE-FORMED BLUE GLASS AMPHORISKOS
Ca. 525 - 400 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A core-formed amphoriskos in blue glass with an inverted piriform body, short cylindrical neck, flared rim, and pointed base with applied base-knob. Two handles are applied at the shoulders, drawn up and attached to the neck. The body is decorated with horizontal bands of yellow trailing, flanking a register of marvered zigzag pattern in alternating yellow and turquoise threads. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 7161, Antiquities, 20 April 2005, Lot 160.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 80mm x 50mm; Weight: 64g
673. GREEK CORE-FORMED GLASS ALABASTRON
Ca. 600 - 400 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A core-formed glass alabastron with a cylindrical body, rounded bottom, a short neck, and a broad disc rim. The vessel is made of translucent brown glass with trailing decoration in yellow and pale blue threads, marvered into a zigzag pattern. Two horizontal handles are applied on either side of the shoulder. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1864,1007.1225.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 85mm x 30mm; Weight: 110g
674. GREEK CORE-FORMED GLASS
ALABASTRON
Ca. 600 - 400 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A core-formed glass alabastron with a cylindrical body tapering to a rounded base, short neck, and broad flaring rim. The body is formed in opaque white glass and decorated with horizontal yellow and black threads marvered into a continuous zigzag pattern. Twin applied handles in dark glass are affixed at the shoulder. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 91.1.1381.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 100mm x 35mm; Weight: 57g
675. GREEK CORE-FORMED GLASS
ALABASTRON
Ca. 600 - 400 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A core-formed glass alabastron with a cylindrical body, short neck, and wide flat rim. The surface is decorated with applied horizontal threads in white, light blue, and yellow, spaced around the opaque brown body. Two small applied handles in the same brown glass are looped at the shoulder. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1864,1007.1225.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 110mm x 30mm; Weight: 54g
676. GREEK PERIOD SILVER GOAT WITH GOLD HORNS AND EYE
Ca. 600 - 500 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A silver figure of a leaping goat depicted with elongated legs and a curving neck. Incised lines define the musculature along the haunches and shoulders, while the head features prominent horns and a sharply contoured snout. One horn and both eyes are inlaid with sheet gold. For similar see: A. Harmatta, History of Civilization of Central Asia,The development of sedentary and nomadic civilizations: 700 B.C. to A.D. 250, Unesco Publishing, Fig. 19 - Silver vase handle
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. GdB fine art, January 2003.
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: 115mm x 25mm; Weight: 70g
679. GREEK HELLENISTIC AGATE TAZA VESSEL
Ca. 300 - 1 BC
Starting Price: £2000
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
684. ATTIC RED-FIGURE SKYPHOS WITH OWL
Ca. 450 - 400 BC
Starting Price: £800
A red-figure skyphos with deep body, horizontal handles, and a ring foot. Each side features an owl depicted frontally with circular eyes and incised feather details, positioned between upright laurel sprays. For similar see: Musée Saint-Raymond, Inventory Number 26138.
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: 70mm x 140mm; Weight: 135g
695.
GREEK HEAD OF APHRODITE
Ca. 300 - 1 BC
Starting Price: £800
A marble head of a female figure, with softly contoured features and a broad, rounded face. The eyes are deeply set beneath a smooth brow. The hair is centrally parted and arranged in thick, wavy strands. Likely from a larger statue of Aphrodite. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 2012.477.1.
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: 110mm x 70mm; Weight: 625g
696. GREEK TANAGRA FEMALE FIGURINE
Ca. 400 - 200 BC
Starting Price: £800
A terracotta statuette of a standing female figure draped in a himation over a chiton, the weight resting on the right leg, the left bent slightly at the knee. The folds of the garments are modelled in shallow relief, cascading down the body in parallel lines and gathered around the waist. Her head is gently tilted to one side, with hair arranged in a chignon. Vent hole at the back. For similar see: M. Rubinich, Ceramica e coroplastica dalla Magna Grecia nella collezione De Brandis, Eritreg, 2006, Cat. 245, 246.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market; Ex. French private collection, acquired in 1983 from Alain Sineau, Auxerre. Accompanied by a German Export license.
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: 180mm x 70mm; Weight: 180g
697. ROMAN TERRACOTTA FIGURINE OF ISIS-APHRODITE
Ca. 30 BC - AD 200
Starting Price: £1000
A mould-made terracotta figure of Isis-Aphrodite standing in frontal pose with arms at her sides and legs joined, depicted nude with finely modelled facial features and articulated hair arranged beneath a high modius. Mounted on a custom base. For similar see: The Museo Egizio, inv. C. 7213; The Louvre Museum, Main number: E 20733.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the US art market; acquired by the previous owner on the US art market; Ex. Jytte Soelberg, Copenhagen, Denmark, collection formed in the 1970s and 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: 340mm x 90mm; Weight: 545g
698. RARE ROMAN ROSSOANTICO MARBLE HEAD OF APHRODITE OF KNIDOS
Ca. AD 1 - 100
Starting Price: £5000
A finely carved head in Rosso Antico marble depicting a female deity. The face has soft, idealised features, including deeply set almond-shaped eyes, arched brows, and a full mouth with a defined philtrum. The hair is arranged in thick, wavy locks drawn back from the brow. The back is worked flat, and the head is set on a modern base. For similar see: C. Gasparri, M. A. Tomei, Museo palatino, le collezioni, Electa Editore, 2014, Cat. 97, p. 280.
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: 45mm x 30mm; Weight: 90g
699. ROMANO-JEWISH STONE ALTAR WITH MENORAH
Ca. AD 1 - 300
Starting Price: £10000
A limestone altar of rectangular form, finely carved in high relief on all four sides; the principal face with a seven-branched menorah set upon a stepped altar, rendered in a beaded style; the reverse with a prominent pomegranate framed by curling leaves; the flanking sides each adorned with symbolic vegetation, one bearing a grapevine laden with fruit, the other with a stylised sheaf of wheat. The rim is bordered with a continuous row of triangular dentils; the base supported by four arched feet, the underside deeply recessed in a cruciform pattern. With an even light brown surface and minor wear consistent with age.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the UK art market; Ex. A. Kotlar collection, acquired 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 340mm x 150mm; Weight: 17.5kg
699A. ROMANO-JEWISH BRONZE RING WITH AGATE CAMEO WITH MENORAH
Ca. AD 50 - 250
Starting Price: £1000
A bronze ring with a broad, tapering hoop, set with an oval agate cameo engraved with a stylised menorah. The stone exhibits layered brown and white banding, with the design cut in shallow relief. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 1163, Antiquities, Lot 336 (glass).
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: D:15.09mm / US: 4 / UK: H 1/2; Weight: 11g
700. ROMAN MOSAIC DEPICTING A FLORAL MOTIF
Ca. AD 1 - 100
Starting Price: £1000
A square mosaic panel composed of small tesserae in red, black, green, beige, and ochre, arranged in a symmetrical floral design. The central rosette is formed by overlapping pointed petals, enclosed within a black field. Stylised leaf scrolls emerge from each corner, and the composition is framed by multiple borders in red, black, and white. The panel is mounted on a square support. Set in a modern frame.
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: 400mm x 390mm; Weight: 9.8kg
701. ROMAN MOSAIC DEPICTING THEATRE MASK
Ca. AD 1 - 100
Starting Price: £2000
A circular mosaic panel with a central depiction of a male theatrical mask rendered in polychrome tesserae in shades of red, brown, beige, and black. The face is framed by a stylised headdress with defined folds extending over the forehead and sides, outlined in darker tesserae. The background is filled with densely set red tesserae bordered by concentric rings in black, cream, and ochre, set into a circular support. Set in a modern frame.
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: 600mm x 600mm; Weight: 5.3kg
702. RARE ROMANO-JEWISH SEAL WITH THE NAME OF THE KING AGRIPPA
Ca. AD 1 - 100
Starting Price: £3000
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 “אגריפס”, 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
703.
ROMAN AMETHYST CAMEO DEPICTING THE HEAD OF MEDUSA IN HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT
Ca. AD 1 - 100
Starting Price: £3000
An amethyst cameo finely carved in high relief with the frontal head of Medusa. The face is framed by deeply incised, flowing hair with curling locks extending to either side. The eyes are wide-set and almond-shaped, the brows prominent, and the mouth rendered with slightly parted lips. The stone is set within a circular 23.5 kt gold mount composed of a plain inner bezel bordered by a ridged outer frame, with a suspension loop positioned above. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1923,0401.1149; 1867,0507.396.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 35mm x 30mm; Weight: 17g
704. OUTSTANDING LATE ROMAN / BYZANTINE GOLD LEAF GLASS MEDALLION DEPICTING BUST OF SAINT IN HIGH KARAT GOLD
Ca. AD 300 - 500
Starting Price: £3000
A circular medallion formed of translucent glass with gold leaf, depicting a bust of a saint flanked by two rosettes. The medallion is set in a 21 kt gold pendant mount with a beaded edge and a tubular suspension loop at the top. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 18.145.8.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 45mm x 36mm; Weight: 11g
705. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH DOUBLE BEZEL WITH SCRIPT ΕΥΤΥΧΕΙ
Ca. AD 300
Starting Price: £5000
A heavy 21 kt gold ring with two opposed navette-shaped bezels, each set with a nicolo engraved with Greek inscriptions. The bezels read ΕΥΤΥΧΕΙ and ΕΝΔΕΛΕΧΙ, framed within a finely detailed gold mount of radiating and scroll-shaped elements. The thick hoop is ridged with fluted ribs. Translation: May happiness attend you without end. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: Venezia, Palazzo Ducale, 1989, I Traci: Arte e cultura nelle terre di Bulgaria dalle Origini alla tarda Romanità, Cat. 375.1; J. Bagot, El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, no. 489 (ring).
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.
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: 22.8g
706. ROMAN RED GARNET INTAGLIO DEPICTING HADRIAN IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. AD 130
Starting Price: £1500
A garnet intaglio engraved with a left-facing laureate bust of the emperor Hadrian, with wavy hair, prominent facial features, and a draped garment. The stone is slightly convex and set within an oval stepped bezel. The 21.5 kt gold hoop flares gradually into the wide bezel, forming a smooth profile. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 332.
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:17.93mm / US: 7 3/4 / UK: P; Weight: 11.42g
707. ROMAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING AENEAS IN FRONT OF AN ALTAR IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. AD 200 - 300
Starting Price: £2000
A dark red intaglio depicting a heroic male figure, identified as Aeneas, shown nude and standing in profile before an altar. He holds two arrows in his left hand. The altar is surmounted by a small statue and flanked by drapery and a pair of animal heads. The intaglio is set in an oval bezel mounted on a broad 21.5 kt gold hoop with flat shoulders. The ring is possibly later. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:21.18mm / US: 11 5/8 / UK: X; Weight: 13g
708. ROMAN GOLD SNAKE BRACELET WITH RED GARNET EYES
Ca. 100 BC - AD 100
Starting Price: £5000
A coiled gold bracelet in the form of a snake, its body formed from a single tapered wire wound into tight spirals. Finely incised scale patterning extends along the entire length of the body. The head is modelled with rigid detailing and features two cabochon garnet eyes set in recessed sockets. A small projecting element at the tip represents the tongue. At the opposite end, the tail curls outward into a narrow loop from the base of the spiral. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 18.2.20.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 70mm x 70mm; Weight: 54g
709. SUPERB ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD DOUBLE SNAKE RING
Ca. 100 BC - AD 100
Starting Price: £1000
A 23.5 kt gold ring composed of a hoop with raised edges and a recessed, grooved centre. The bezel is formed by two confronting snake heads, each modelled with incised details for the eyes and scales. A rounded gold disc is placed between the heads. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 10.130.1509.
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: D:15.49mm / US: 4 3/4 / UK: J; Weight: 7.7g
710. LARGE ROMAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING CAPITA JUGATA OF SERAPIS AND ISIS IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. AD 200 - 300
Starting Price: £2000
A layered black and white stone intaglio engraved with the jugate heads of Serapis and Isis, turned left. Serapis is shown with thick hair, a beard, and wearing a modius; Isis wears her distinctive crown. Star motifs appear in the background. The intaglio is set in a recessed oval bezel on a wide, tapering 20.5 kt gold hoop. The ring is possibly later. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: G. Sena Chiesa, Gemme Antiche, Carocci Editore, 2023, Gemma Claudia, Plate IX.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.
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: 17.8g
711. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD BRACELET WITH MEDALLION DEPICTING VENUS AND CUPID
Ca. 100 BC - AD 100
Starting Price: £2000
A gold bracelet composed of a hollow, ribbed hoop, joined at the front by a circular medallion in high relief depicting the bust of Venus looking down towards the figure of winged Cupid emerging from her right side.
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: 60mm x 55mm; Weight: 15g
712. ROMAN SILVER SNAKE BRACELET
Ca. 100 BC - AD 100
Starting Price: £1000
A solid silver bracelet formed from a flattened rod, terminating at one end in a stylised snake head and at the other in a looped tail. Stamped circular indentations cover the terminals, imitating scales. The head is rounded and subtly defined, with incised eyes and a slight ridge suggesting the snout. The tail coils into a tight double loop. For similar see: Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Item Number 21.171/20.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 70mm x 68mm; Weight: 28g
713. SCARCE ROMAN MAGICAL GNOSTIC RING WITH DOUBLE BEZEL INSCRIBED METATO(N) NOM(IN)E THLOE OM
Ca. AD 200
Starting Price: £1000
A silver ring with a wide hoop and a double oval bezel. One is engraved with a Greek inscription, the other with the Gnostic figure of Abraxas. Prominent spherical terminals flank both bezels. Translation: Thloe, assumed to the throne of God, is invoked by all. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist.
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: D:17.12mm / US: 6 3/4 / UK: N; Weight: 8.7g
714. ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING AN EROTIC SCENE IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. AD 50 - 300
Starting Price: £1000
A carnelian intaglio engraved with an erotic scene showing a woman reclining on a high-legged couch, her torso upright, left leg raised, and left arm lifted. In front of her stands a nude male figure with a visible erection, supporting her raised foot with his right hand. Below the couch, a winged figure, likely Cupid, crawls to the left. The intaglio is mounted in a wide, oval bezel set within a substantial tapering gold hoop. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.
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: 4.6g
716. ROMAN RED JASPER INTAGLIO WITH EROTIC SCENE IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. AD 200 - 400
Starting Price: £1000
A red jasper intaglio engraved with an erotic scene, depicting a nude male and female engaged in intercourse on a high-legged couch with a cushion at the head. The intaglio is set in a 20.5 kt gold ring with a circular bezel framed by protruding volutes. The shoulders are angular, and the hoop tapers smoothly towards the back.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the UK art market, 1990s.
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: 8.9g
718. ROMAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING THE IMPERIAL EAGLE BETWEEN STANDARDS IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. AD 100 - 200
Starting Price: £1500
A black stone intaglio engraved with a central eagle flanked by two military standards. The eagle stands with wings spread, head turned to its right, and is surrounded by celestial symbols, including a crescent and stars. The intaglio is set in a plain oval bezel, mounted in a 22 kt gold ring with a rounded hoop. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 370.
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: D:17.73mm / US: 7 1/2 / UK: O 1/2; Weight: 7.9g
719. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH STONE INTAGLIO DEPICTING EROTIC SCENE
Ca. AD 50 - 300
Starting Price: £800
A stone intaglio engraved with an intimate scene between two lovers. On the left stands a nude male figure, shown in profile and wearing a radiate crown. He leans slightly forward with one arm extended towards his female companion, who is seated on a low stool, facing him in a relaxed pose. She is also nude and wears a similar radiant crown. Her right arm is raised, holding a round mirror. The scene is enclosed within a plain oval bezel, set into a substantial gold hoop with a convex outer surface. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist.
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:19.56mm / US: 9 3/4 / UK: T; Weight: 7.6g
720. ROMAN AMETHYST INTAGLIO DEPICTING ASCLEPIUS IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Ca. AD 100 - 200
Starting Price: £800
An amethyst intaglio engraved with a standing figure of Asclepius, depicted with a bare torso and drapery falling from the waist down. He stands in a relaxed pose, leaning against a staff or column, likely representing the serpent-entwined rod associated with his cult. The intaglio is set in an oval gold bezel joined to a smooth, tapering hoop. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: British Museum Museum number 1928,1113.2
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:19.15mm / US: 9 1/4 / UK: S; Weight: 7.4g
722. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD SNAKE RING WITH RED GARNET CABOCHON
Ca. 332 BC - AD 200
Starting Price: £1000
A 23.5 kt gold ring formed from a tightly coiled round-sectioned rod, creating a broad band. The upper end terminates in a raised, stylised snake head, while the lower end finishes in a tapering, coiled tail. An applied oval gold cell with a beaded border is set into the band, enclosing a red garnet cabochon. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1872,0604.214.
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: D:16.31mm / US: 5 3/4 / UK: L; Weight: 8.8g
724. ROMAN GOLD CHAIN WITH A CARNELIAN INTAGLIO PENDANT DEPICTING MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS
Ca. AD 1 - 50
Starting Price: £1500
A gold pendant with a circular bezel enclosing a red carnelian intaglio engraved with a hybrid creature composed of four animal parts: the front of a unicorn, the head of a bird, the forequarters of a bull, and the head of a wild boar. The frame is encircled by a border of raised gold bosses, and three small gold pendants are suspended from the lower edge. The pendant is attached to a fine gold chain composed of tightly coiled wire sections joined by figure-eight links. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in a Belgian private collection of F. Artuner, Brussels 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 145mm x 20mm; Weight: 12g
725. LATE ROMAN OPENWORK HIGH KARAT GOLD DISC PENDANT WITH CENTRAL EMERALD
Ca. AD 400 - 600
Starting Price: £800
A gold pendant formed as a circular frame of openwork scrolls enclosing a symmetrical cross. At the centre, a circular green stone is mounted in a box setting. A plain suspension loop is affixed to the upper edge For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1904,1125.1.
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: 28mm x 22mm; Weight: 4.2g
729. ROMAN SOLID HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT WITH BANDED AGATE CAMEO WITH JANIFORM BUST
Ca. AD 1 - 200
Starting Price: £1000
A cameo carved from banded agate, depicting a janiform bust with conjoined male and female heads, each shown in profile facing opposite directions. The female head, with finely modelled features, elaborate curled hair, and draped garment, faces left. The male head, shown bearded, faces right. The layered stone reveals white and amber tones over a deep orange ground. Set within a 22 kt solid gold oval frame with stepped collar and a suspension loop.
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: 35mm x 21mm; Weight: 8.6g
730. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT WITH CARNELIAN CAMEO DEPICTING MEDUSA
Ca. AD 200 - 300
Starting Price: £3000
A carved carnelian cameo depicting the head of Medusa in high relief. Her face is framed by curling serpent tresses and paired wings that extend from the brow. The cameo is enclosed within a gold pendant with a raised rim. A flat gold backplate supports the setting, with hingelike projections at the sides for suspension. For similar see: Christie’s Live Auction 17695, masterpieces in Miniature: Ancient Engraved Gems formerly in the G. Sangiorgi Collection, Lot. 36.
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: 47mm x 32mm; Weight: 22g
733. ROMAN ROCK CRYSTAL FISH VESSEL WITH GOLD STOPPER AND CHAIN
Ca. AD 100 - 300
Starting Price: £2000
A pendant carved from transparent rock crystal in the form of a stylised fish, with incised fins, lateral grooves along the body, and a notched tail. A gold fitting is inserted through the open mouth, and additional perforations at the fins secure the attachment to a plaited gold chain. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction, 9666; Antiquities, Lot. 271; The British Museum, Museum number 1772,0311.69 (fish).
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: 60mm x 25mm; Weight: 18.2g
734. ROMAN SOLID HIGH KARAT GOLD SPOON WITH TWISTED HANDLE
Ca. AD 200 - 400
Starting Price: £1000
A solid gold spoon composed of a shallow hemispherical bowl with a small scroll at the junction with the handle. The handle itself is long and slender, transitioning into a twisted section along its length before ending in a terminal formed by four conjoined pellets. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1872,0725.5.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the UK 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: 115mm x 15mm; Weight: 7.95g
738. MATCHED PAIR OF LATE ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD EARRINGS WITH PEARLS AND AMETHYST PENDANTS
Ca. AD 300 - 500
Starting Price: £1000
A matched pair of gold earrings, each consisting of a circular openwork plate with a radiating pattern of stylised pelta-shaped motifs and a centrally mounted pearl. Attached at the back is a narrow wire hoop for suspension. Below the main plate, an openwork horizontal bar supports four descending loops, each bearing a short vertical link that terminates in a small gold sphere and a spherical amethyst bead. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 2491, Ancient Jewelry, 7 December 2011, Lot 439.
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: 30-31mm x 19-20mm; Weight: 8.4g
739. MATCHED PAIR OF LATE ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD EARRINGS WITH DROP-SHAPED RED GARNET CABOCHONS
Ca. AD 300 - 500
Starting Price: £800
A matched pair of gold earrings, each composed of a gold hoop suspending a short vertical chain of ribbed links. At the base of each chain is a gold setting with a small circular blue stone above a larger teardrop-shaped red garnet cabochon. A decorative openwork gold element is attached below each pendant. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist.
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: 64-65mm x 15-16mm; Weight: 5.6g
741. ROMAN SILVER GROTESQUE HEAD PENDANT
Ca. AD 50
Starting Price: £1000
A silver pendant sculpted as a grotesque male head with exaggerated features. The face displays a sharply hooked nose, deeply set eyes beneath heavy, arched brows, and a furrowed brow line. The mouth is slightly open, revealing rows of individually rendered teeth. The ears are large, point- ed, and extend laterally from the sides of the head. At the back, a curled lock of hair descends from the crown, pierced at its tip for suspension. An additional perforation is drilled through the tip of the nose. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 97.22.6 (iconography).
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 35mm x 24mm; Weight: 38g
742. ROMAN TERRACOTTA PATERA
Ca. AD 1 - 100
Starting Price: £1000
A terracotta vessel with a flat-bottomed bowl, tapered sides, and a long, flat handle with a flared terminal. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 2565, Antiquities, Lot 199 (shape).
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the UK art market, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 65mm x 215mm; Weight: 240g
743. ROMAN BRONZE OLPE WITH EAGLE
Ca. AD 1 - 100
Starting Price: £1000
A bronze olpe with a tall body tapering towards a low ring foot and a flaring mouth with a flat rim. A high-arching handle with a raised thumb rest rises from the rim and descends vertically to the shoulder, terminating in a stylised eagle in relief with outstretched wings. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 12239, Antiquities, 6 July 2016, Lot 93.
Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International 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: 325mm x 200mm; Weight: 1.56kg
744. LATE ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP WITH DECORATED HANDLE AND STAND
Ca. AD 300 - 400
Starting Price: £1000
A bronze oil lamp mounted on a tall stand with a flat circular tray and a broad tripod base. The stand is composed of a columnar shaft with raised collars at intervals. The lamp has an elongated oval body with a rounded spout and central filling hole, and is fitted with an elaborate openwork handle formed of scrolling volutes and curving tendrils. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 98929.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.
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: 370mm x 140mm; Weight: 1.17kg
746. MASSIVE ROMAN BRONZE YOUNG SATYR APPLIQUE
Ca. AD 100 - 300
Starting Price: £800
A bronze appliqué in the form of a youthful male bust with stylised facial features, short curly hair, and defined pectorals. The figure is draped with a garment rendered in raised, textured folds crossing diagonally across the chest. The reverse is hollow and roughly finished, indicating attachment. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 5488, Antiquities, Lot. 167.;J . E. Bonnet, Les bronzes antiques de Paris, Musee carnevalet, 1989, Cat. 44, p.110
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: 120mm x 75mm; Weight: 305g
747. ROMAN BRONZE FIGURINE OF ATHLETE
Ca. AD 100 - 200
Starting Price: £800
A bronze statuette representing a standing nude male figure, likely an athlete, with his right hand raised to the head and the left arm lowered and bent at the elbow. The musculature is carefully rendered, and the figure stands in a relaxed contrapposto stance. His hair is short and tightly curled, with facial features delicately modelled. The figure stands on an integral bronze base, now mounted on a modern plinth. For similar see: Collection of the Musee Carnevalet, Les Bronzes Antiques de Paris, Cat. 8.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the French 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: 120mm x 30mm; Weight: 105g
749.
NORTH AFRICAN TERRA SIGILLATA FLASK DECORATED WITH LIONS
Ca. AD 300
Starting Price: £1000
A terra sigillata rounded flask with a tall, conical neck and twin loop handles. The body is decorated in relief with lions interspersed with vertical leafy branches. The piece rests on a flat, flaring foot. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1997,0402.3.
Provenance: Private collection of a California attorney, acquired from Tetragon Gallery, London, 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 150mm x 100mm; Weight: 175g
750. NORTH AFRICAN TERRA SIGILLATA FLASK DECORATED WITH HUNTING SCENE
Ca. AD 300
Starting Price: £1000
A terra sigillata mould-made flask with a globular body, tall tapering neck, flaring rim and twin handles. The body is decorated in relief with a dynamic hunting scene depicting a lion attacking its prey and a laurel wreath motif on the opposite side. Palm branches are applied vertically between the handles. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1997,0402.3.
Provenance: Private collection of a California attorney, acquired from Tetragon Gallery, London, 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 145mm x 100mm; Weight: 150g
751. 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
752. LARGE ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP WITH MASK HANDLE
Ca. AD 100 - 200
Starting Price: £1000
A bronze oil lamp with a drop-shaped body supported by a square plinth standing on four claw feet. The recessed tondo has a circular filling hole, and the spout is long and pointed, flanked by two projecting volutes emerging from stylised floral motifs at the point where the body begins to taper. The arched handle terminates in a cast male mask framed by an elaborate radiate leaf border. For similar see: M Conticello de Spagnolis and E De Carolis, Le Lucerne di bronzo di Ercolano e Pompei, Erma di Bretsnaider, Tav VIII - IX.
Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International 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 200mm; Weight: 1.2kg
755. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH INTAGLIO DEPICTING A PARROT
Ca. AD 100 - 300
Starting Price: £1000
A dark green intaglio engraved with a parrot shown in profile with its tail extended, set within a plain oval bezel. The gold ring has a broad, tapering band that thickens at the shoulders. For similar see: Christie’s, Online Auction 19618, Masterpieces in Miniature: Ancient Engraved gems formerly in the Sangiorgi Collection part II, Lot 233.
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:17.73mm / US: 7 1/2 / UK: O 1/2; Weight: 5.3g
756. ROMAN BLUE GLASS BEAKER
Ca. AD 1 - 50
Starting Price: £2000
A pale blue glass beaker with a flaring rim and conical body. The surface is decorated with a pattern of large oval medallions surrounded by concentric bands and raised circular bosses near the base. For similar see: MET Museum Object Number: 74.51.228; X.21.186
Provenance: Ex. Russkin collection, formed in 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: 95mm x 90mm; Weight: 130g
757. ROMAN AUBERGINE GLASS VESSEL
Ca. 100 BC - AD 100
Starting Price: £2000
A glass vessel with aubergine-coloured body, formed with a broad everted rim, concave neck, and rounded body tapering to a low, flaring foot. The thickened rim is accentuated by a horizontal ridge on the exterior. The surface displays areas of iridescence and weathering. For similar see:
Christie’s, Live Auction 5951, Antiquities including the Plesch Collection of Ancient Glass, Lot 62.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 106mm x 60mm; Weight: 160g
758. HUGE ROMAN GLASS PEAR-SHAPED UNGUENTARIUM
Ca. AD 1 - 200
Starting Price: £1000
A translucent pale green glass unguentarium. Its pear-shaped body tapers towards a concave base and continues into a tall cylindrical neck with a flared, outward-folded rim. For similar see: The Cesnola collection of Cypriot Art, Glass, Cat. 336.
Provenance: Ex. Russkin 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: 230mm x 115mm; Weight: 230g
759. ROMAN GLASS PEAR-SHAPED UNGUENTARIUM
Ca. AD 1 - 200
Starting Price: £1000
A translucent yellowish glass unguentarium. Its pear-shaped body tapers towards a concave base and continues into a tall cylindrical neck with a flared, outward-folded rim. For similar see: The Cesnola collection of Cypriot Art, Glass, Cat. 333.
Provenance: Ex. Russkin 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: 190mm x 115mm; Weight: 140g
760.
LARGE GALLO-ROMAN PEAR-SHAPED
UNGUENTARIUM
Ca. AD 1 - 200
Starting Price: £1000
A translucent greenish glass unguentarium. Its pear-shaped body tapers towards a concave base and continues into a tall cylindrical neck with a flared, outward-folded rim. For similar see: The Cesnola collection of Cypriot Art, Glass, Cat. 336.
Provenance: Ex. Russkin 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: 220mm x 120mm; Weight: 245g
761. HUGE ROMAN GLASS APPLE-SHAPED UNGUENTARIUM
Ca. AD 100 - 200
Starting Price: £2000
A translucent pale green glass unguentarium with a broad, apple-shaped body and a long cylindrical neck that expands into a wide, flaring rim with a rounded lip. For similar see: Lightfoot C. S.,bThe Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art, Ancient Glass, Cat. 169.
Provenance: Ex. Russkin 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: 210mm x 160mm; Weight: 270g
762. SUPERB ROMAN GLASS DISH ON PEDESTAL
Ca. AD 300
Starting Price: £2000
A glass dish on a low pedestal foot. The bowl has a wide, shallow body with slightly flaring sides and a rounded rim. For similar see: Lightfoot C. S., The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art, Ancient Glass, Cat. 117; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 17.194.96.
Provenance: Ex. Russkin 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: 235mm x 55mm; Weight: 265g
763. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH INTAGLIO
DEPICTING PAN PLAYING DOUBLE FLUTE
Ca. AD 300 - 500
Starting Price: £800
A red carnelian intaglio engraved with a standing figure of Pan in profile, playing a double flute (aulos). The figure has animalistic features, including goat-like legs and hooves. The intaglio is set in a wide oval bezel mounted on a flat 22 kt gold hoop with clusters of filigree flanking the bezel. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist.
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in the collection of T.A. 1980s-1990s, London
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: 4.9g
764. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING A BIRD
Ca. AD 1 - 300
Starting Price: £800
A red intaglio engraved with a parrot in profile with a distinctive crest and marked plumage. The stone is set in a raised oval bezel mounted within a gold hoop decorated with a braided motif. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist.
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in the collection of T.A. 1980s-1990s, London
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:15.49mm / US: 4 3/4 / UK: J; Weight: 4g
766. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH RED GARNET INTAGLIO DEPICTING A THEATRICAL MASK
Ca. AD 200 - 300
Starting Price: £800
A red garnet intaglio engraved with a theatrical mask with deeply carved features, bulging eyes, and stylised hair. The stone is set in a circular bezel with a ropework border. The hoop is round with raised shoulders accentuated by granulated decoration. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1799,0521.27.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.
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: 5.3g
767. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING A BUCOLIC SCENE
Ca. AD 50 - 200
Starting Price: £1000
A carnelian intaglio engraved with a bucolic scene showing a reclining goat beneath a tree with incised branches and foliage. The intaglio is framed by a stepped oval bezel with a double border, set in a wide gold hoop with flat shoulders. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: I. Sagiv, Representation of Animals on Greek and Roman Engraved Gems, 2018, Archeo Press Publishing Ltd, Fig. 11a, 11b; The British Museum, Museum number 1856,0425.10.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.
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: 9g
768. LATE ROMAN OPENWORK HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH BEZEL DEPICTING AN EMPEROR
Ca. AD 300 - 400
Starting Price: £1000
A gold ring with a central medallion in relief showing a youthful male bust facing left, wearing a wreath. The hoop is openwork and decorated with symmetrical foliate scrolls extending towards the bezel. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 392 (ring), 338 (bezel).
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in the collection of T.A. 1980s-1990s, London
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: 5.8g
769. ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING A ROOSTER AND A MOUSE
Ca. AD 1 - 100
IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING
Starting Price: £1500
A carnelian intaglio engraved with a scene showing a rooster in profile, grasping a mouse by the tail. The intaglio is set in a plain oval bezel with a bevelled rim, mounted in a gold ring with a broad, flat hoop that tapers gradually towards the back. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto:A Memorial to a Private Collection ofAncient Rings and Glyptics, n. 401.
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: D:18.95mm / US: 9 / UK: R 1/2; Weight: 12g
776. ROMAN SILVER LEGIONARY RING WITH INSCRIPTION ‘VTERE FELIX’
Ca. AD 100 - 400
Starting Price: £1000
A silver ring with a thickened, faceted hoop bearing incised Latin lettering on the outer surface. Each facet contains a single letter, which together form the inscription VTERE FELIX, meaning ‘use [this] with luck’.
Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 482.
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: D:20.37mm / US: 10 5/8 / UK: V; Weight: 10g
777. SUPERB ROMAN BLUE GLASS BOWL ON PEDESTAL
Ca. AD 300
Starting Price: £800
A translucent pale blue glass bowl with a rounded body that tapers towards a flared pedestal base. The broad rim is everted, and a double horizontal groove encircles the upper exterior wall. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 81.10.85.
Provenance: Ex. Russkin 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: 160mm x 95mm; Weight: 170g
778. ROMAN GLASS BEAKER ON PEDESTAL
Ca. AD 300
Starting Price: £800
A translucent amber glass beaker with a deep body that widens slightly towards the rounded rim. The vessel stands on a low, disc-shaped pedestal with a concave underside.
Provenance: Ex. Russkin 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: 155mm x 110mm; Weight: 290g
779. SUPERB ROMAN GLASS DISH ON PEDESTAL
Ca. AD 300
Starting Price: £2000
A shallow, transparent bluish-green glass dish with a broad basin supported on a low, circular pedestal. The sides rise gently with a subtle outward curve and terminate in a slightly thickened rim. For similar see: Lightfoot C. S., The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art, Ancient Glass, Cat. 116; Object Number: 17.194.96.
Provenance: Ex. Russkin 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: 200mm x 45mm; Weight: 220g
780. RARE ROMAN GLASS DISH ON PEDESTAL
Ca. AD 300
Starting Price: £2000
A translucent green glass dish with a shallow, circular bowl. The walls taper down to a wide, circular pedestal base with a thickened profile. For similar see: Lightfoot C. S., The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art, Ancient Glass, Cat. 117.
Provenance: Ex. Russkin 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: 245mm x 60mm; Weight: 355g
781. LATE ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP ON STAND
Ca. AD 200 - 500
Starting Price: £1000
A cast bronze oil lamp with elongated body and rounded shoulders, mounted on a tall stand with a flaring support tray and tripod base terminating in paw feet. The lamp is surmounted by an elaborate openwork handle in the form of two voluted scrolls flanking a central finial. For similar see: Christie’s, Online Auction 19058, Ancient Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Lot 61.
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: 430mm x 180mm; Weight: 1.9kg
782. SUPERB ROMAN BRONZE LION FIGURINE
Ca. AD 1 - 200
Starting Price: £800
A bronze figurine of a lion in a crouching stance with forelegs extended and hind legs bent beneath the body. The head is turned slightly to the side with an open mouth, prominent brows, and well-defined facial features. The thick mane is rendered in radiating locks, and the musculature is indicated across the chest and flanks. The figure is set on an integral rectangular base. For similar see: Collection du Musee Carnevalet, Les Bronzes Antiques des Paris, Cat. 246.
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: 54mm x 44mm; Weight: 94g
785.
ROMAN
GLASS INLAYS WITH FIGURE AND INSCRIPTION
Ca. AD 1 - 200
Starting Price: £800
A group of three mosaic glass inlays, each fragment composed of brightly coloured opaque glass fused within a dark matrix. The largest includes the upper body of a ram, positioned beside a decorated orb and a band with inscription. One smaller fragment preserves a frontal human face with stylised red hair, while the third contains a floral motif in white, yellow, and green. For similar see: C. S. Lightfoot, The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art, The Glass, Cat. 443.
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: 20-100mm x 15-20mm; Weight: 12g
787. ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT WITH SPIRALS
Ca. AD 1 - 300
Starting Price: £500
A gold pendant with three evenly spaced spirals formed from a single continuous gold wire,arranged vertically against a recessed plain ground. The central panel is flanked by braided borders and a large cylindrical suspension loop is affixed to the top. The reverse is flat and undecorated.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the UK art market, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 27mm x 12mm; Weight: 4.3g
797. EGYPTIAN RED TERRACOTTA VASE
Predynastic Period, Ca. 3200 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A red terracotta vessel with a broad, convex shoulder tapering sharply towards a narrow, flat base. The upper surface is marked by two distinct calcined patches. The vessel has a wide circular mouth, and the external surface is evenly burnished.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Pierre Berge & Associes, Archaeologie 26 May 2011, Lot 84.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 200mm x 140mm; Weight: 1.13kg
798. EGYPTIAN BLUE LOTUS FLOWER TERMINAL
Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 1069 - 664 BC
Starting Price: £1000
An Egyptian blue lotus flower terminal modelled as an open blossom with flaring, incised petals and voluted side lobes. The decoration is identical on both faces. Three circular drill holes are present along the upper edge. Mounted on a modern stand.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Rupert Wace, 14 November, 2007.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 55mm x 50mm; Weight: 45g
799. EGYPTIAN FAIENCE IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF EYEBROW-SHAPED INLAY
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, Ca. 1292 - 1185 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A large curved inlay element in turquoise-glazed faience, modelled in the stylised form of an eyebrow, likely once belonging to a monumental composition of a wedjat eye.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Jacques Billen (Guerlind Corporation) 21 November, 2009.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 220mm x 35mm; Weight: 290g
800. EGYPTIAN FRAGMENTARY
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
FAIENCE VASE
Starting Price: £1000
A fragmentary faience vase preserving the lower section of an ovoid body covered in a pale green glaze, inscribed with a cartouche bearing the throne name of Psamtik II. For similar see: Earthenware. Earthenware of Antiquity. From Egypt to Iran, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 2005, p. 157, no. 419.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Horiuchi, 2007.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 65mm x 50mm; Weight: 35g
801. EGYPTIAN BASE OF A STONE STELE OF HORUS ON CROCODILES
Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 332 - 30 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A base of a stele carved from greenish stone with a high relief depiction of the feet of the child Horus standing atop two crocodiles positioned head-to-tail, their bodies rendered with grid-incised patterning. The front, back, and underside are inscribed with vertical and horizontal registers of hieroglyphic text comprising formulaic and magical signs. For similar see: Egypt. A. Gasse, Steles of Horus on Crocodiles, Paris, Musée du Louvre, 2004.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Eric Strobel 2007.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 130mm x 60mm; Weight: 480g
803. EGYPTIAN ALABASTER DUCK-SHAPED VASE
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A zoomorphic vase carved from alabaster in the form of a duck. The head and arched neck rise from the rim and curve downward to join the shoulder. The body is elongated and tapers to a pointed base, with shallow contours along the sides suggesting folded wings.
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: 205mm x 95mm; Weight: 750g
808. EGYPTIAN METEORITE RELIEF OF THE GOD THOTH
Ca. 1st millennium BC
Starting Price: £1000
A sculpted fragment in black meteoritic stone, carved in shallow relief with the figure of an ibis-headed god Thoth facing right. A short hieroglyphic inscription beneath the beak reads: ‘The lord of divine words.
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: 105mm x 90mm; Weight: 1.02kg
810. EGYPTIAN FAIENCE HEMISPHERICAL DISH WITH A SHORT PIERCED HANDLE
Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 332 - 30 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A faience hemispherical dish with a dark blue glaze. The body is evenly rounded and culminates in a thick rim. A small, horizontal lug projects from one side and is pierced for suspension or attachment.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Charles Ede, March 2007.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 100mm x 50mm; Weight: 100g
816. COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN PYRIFORM ALABASTER VESSELS
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, Ca. 2345 - 2181 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A collection of six truncated conical vessels carved from alabaster, each with an elongated, tapering body and a wide, concave lip. All share a consistent form, with variations in height and surface tone. The vessels are mounted on custom bases for display. For similar see: The Art Institute of Chicago, Reference Number 1894.435; The Musée Rodin of Paris, Inventory number Co.05682.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Harmakhis (Jaques Billen) 28 April 2003.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 480mm x 200mm; Weight: 1.66kg
820. EGYPTIAN AMETHYST HIPPOPOTAMUS
Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2050 - 1650 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A stylised figurine sculpted from translucent purple amethyst, representing a hippopotamus. The body is compact with a prominent head, short legs, and curved back, while the facial features are minimally indicated. A vertical perforation is drilled from the top through the base of the body. For similar see: MET Museum Object Number: 17.9.1 (shape).
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 30mm; Weight: 30g
822. EGYPTIAN FAIENCE RING
Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 1069 - 664 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A thick ring made of greenish-blue faience, forming a near-toroidal profile with a flattened inner surface and a smoothly rounded exterior.
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: 75mm x 75mm; Weight: 85g
831. EGYPTIAN FAIENCE GOD BES PENDANT
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A faience pendant in the form of the dwarf god Bes, shown squatting on an integral base with bent knees and hands resting on the thighs. The figure wears a tall, plumed headdress with a central perforation for suspension. The reverse side is unworked. For similar see: The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, Museum purchase, 1981.15.10.
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: 45mm x 23mm; Weight: 5g
849. EGYPTIAN RED STONE RECTANGULAR GRINDING PALETTE
Predynastic Period, Ca. 3200 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A rectangular palette cut from fine-grained red stone with a smooth, flat working surface and slightly rounded edges. The stone displays a homogenous red hue with occasional natural inclusions.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Rupert Wace 31 March 2008.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 115mm x 70mm; Weight: 130g
851. EGYPTIAN SERPENTINE KOHL VESSEL WITH REMOVABLE LIP AND LID
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A small vessel carved from dark green and brown-veined serpentine, with a lentoid body tapering to a ring base. The neck is fitted with a separately worked annular lip, and the vessel is closed with a flat, circular lid. For similar see: A. Bevan, Stone Vessel and Values in The Bronze Age Mediterranean, Cambridge, University college London, Institute of Archaeology, 2007; p.105.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Goedian Weber Kunsthandrel, 21 March 2007.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 35mm x 15mm; Weight: 35g
856. EGYPTIAN FAIENCE FISH-SHAPED OFFERING SPOON AND ACHAEMENID EGYPTIAN BLUE COSMETIC DISH
Starting Price: £1000
Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 1069 - 664 BC (tilapia), Ca. 500 - 400 BC (cup)
A pair of artefacts, comprising a circular cup formed from Egyptian blue with a broad lip outlined by a white inlaid band, and a fragmentary offering spoon in the form of a Tilapia nilotica carved from faience with green and brown glaze. The body is shaped as a fish on both sides, with a projecting mouth and rounded eye; one side displays incised scales, while the other is recessed.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s. Piece on the right side: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Pierre Berge, 29 May 2008, Lot 456.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 75-80mm x 50-75mm; Weight: 135g
861. EGYPTIAN SERPENTINE KOHL VESSEL WITH LID
Old Kingdom, Ca. 2700 - 2000 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A serpentine kohl vessel with a concave body flaring towards a flat, projecting rim. The vessel is fitted with a flat lid. For similar see: A. Bevan, Stone Vessel and Values in The Bronze Age Mediterranean, Cambridge, University college London, Institute of Archaeology, 2007; p.101.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Rupert Wace, 28 October 2003.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 55mm x 45mm; Weight: 70g
870. EGYPTIAN BLACK STONE KOHL POT
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A black stone kohl container composed of three parts. The lenticular body has a flattened base and a short neck, surmounted by a separately carved annular lip and sealed with a flat discoidal lid featuring a central plug. For similar see: Turin Museum, Inventory Number: Cat. 3247.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Hans Humbel 2008.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 55mm x 40mm; Weight: 150g
872. EGYPTIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A collection of terracotta fragments with painted decoration in red, blue, and black on a light buff ground. The sherds preserve elements of radial rosettes, lotus flowers, and banded ornaments. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 55.92.2.
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: 35-210mm x 20-155mm; Weight: 4.23kg
873. EGYPTIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A large collection of terracotta sherds from various vessels, each preserving painted decoration in red, black, and blue on buff-coloured fabric, with visible traces of horizontal banding. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 55.92.2.
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: 40-170mm x 20-130mm; Weight: 5.72kg
874. EGYPTIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A collection of terracotta sherds preserving painted decoration in red, blue, and black on a buff surface. The fragments include elements of stylised lotus flowers and linear bands. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 55.92.2.
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: 35-170mm x 25-125mm; Weight: 4.97kg
875. EGYPTIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A collection of terracotta sherds preserving painted decoration in red, blue, and black on a buff surface. The fragments include elements of stylised flowers and linear bands. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 55.92.2.
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: 50-170mm x 30-90mm; Weight: 5.84kg
876. EGYPTIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A collection of terracotta sherds preserving painted decoration in red, blue, and black on a buff surface. The fragments include elements of stylised lotus flowers and linear bands. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 55.92.2.
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: 35-155mm x 15-130mm; Weight: 5.73kg
891. EGYPTIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A collection of terracotta fragments with painted decoration in red, blue, and black on a light buff ground. The sherds preserve elements of radial rosettes, spiral scrolls, and banded ornaments. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 55.92.2.
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: 30-145mm x 15-115mm; Weight: 1.02kg
892. LARGE COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A large collection of terracotta sherds from various vessels, each preserving painted decoration in red, black, and blue on buff-coloured fabric, with visible traces of horizontal banding. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 55.92.2.
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: 35-130mm x 20-90mm; Weight: 2.57kg
894. LARGE COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTS
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A large collection of terracotta sherds from various vessels, each preserving painted decoration in red, black, and blue on buff-coloured fabric, with visible traces of horizontal banding. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 55.92.2.
Provenance: 2Prince 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: 30-270mm x 25-200mm; Weight: 6kg
