Auction Highlights
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Egyptian Rhyolite Shabti for King Senkamanisken
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,955
A rhyolite shabti with mummiform body, arms crossed over the chest, the right hand holding a narrow-bladed hoe, the left hand holding a broad hoe, seed bag with tassel slung over the left shoulder; wearing a nemes headdress, double uraeus and false plaited beard with chin straps; six incised horizontal registers of hieroglyphs from Chapter Six of the Book of the Dead; incised 'footmarks' to the base. -
Large Egyptian Osiris Statue
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,430
A substantial bronze statue of Osiris standing wearing Atef crown of Upper Egypt with lateral ostrich feathers, frontal uraeus, false beard, crossed hands holding crook and flail, standing on a square base; mounted on a marble stand. -
Large Egyptian Statue of Khnum
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27,940
A substantial bronze figure of the ram-headed god Khnum advancing, wearing a pleated kilt, with an Atef crown with horizontal ram's horns surmounted by rearing ureai crowned with sun discs, a flail in his raised right hand, feet absent; mounted on a custom-made stand. -
Graeco-Roman Marble Bust of a Noble
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,620
An expressive bust of a mature nobleman with curly hair gracefully framing his face, the sides falling on the shoulders of the pleated toga, furrowed forehead and prominent nasolabial folds; mounted on custom-made stand. -
Sarmatian Gold Goddess Riding Leocampus Mount
Sold for (Inc. bp): £12,700
A gold 'Sarmatian Animal Style' disc mount with band of inset turquoise triangular inserts to the rim; a goddess, possibly Artemis, riding sidesaddle on the back of a leocampus with its fish-tail raised and mouth gaping, piriform cell before the face; four loops to the reverse. -
Romano-Etruscan Openwork Stool Panel
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,715
A bronze element from a seat frame comprising a rectangular openwork panel with two lateral legs and square tiered bases, transverse band with openwork wave-pattern, upper section with facing female bust and openwork scrolled tendrils; mounted on a custom-made stand. -
Roman Jug with Figural Handle
Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,240
A patinated bronze jug with bulbous piriform body, narrow neck with rolled rim and open spout; handle with figure of Juno standing robed holding a goose to her chest; below a facing putto mask with frame of curls. -
Roman Statuette of Juno
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,970
A substantial bronze figure of Juno (Greek Hera) standing with right hand in gripping pose, left hand extended palm-upwards, engraved collar to the neck and diadem to the hair, palla gathered at the waist, slipping from the right shoulder; mounted on a custom-made stand. -
Roman Mosaic with Mountain Lion Attacking Chamois
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,890
A large irregular reconstituted mosaic panel set into a matrix within a rectangular frame; mosaic of stone tesserae mostly of 8mm-11mm size depicting a cream field with a lioness pouncing on two fleeing chamois mountain goats, with vegetation and leaves in the field. -
Large Western Asiatic Old Babylonian Cuneiform Letter
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,032
A pillow-shaped terracotta tablet letter with nineteen lines of cuneiform text, the reverse with five lines of cuneiform text and a circular recess to the plain part. -
Western Asiatic Elamite King Shihak-Insusinak I Royal Cuneiform Brick
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,620
A fired clay brick with seven lines of cuneiform text referring to King Shihak-Insusinak I; accompanied by a scholarly note by Dr. Manuel Ceccarelli, phD earned at the University of Tübingen, Germany, which states: 'Brick with Elamite cuneiform inscription of Shilhak-lnshushinak, king of Elam (South-West Iran), ca. 1150 –1120 BCE. This royal inscription celebrates the restoration of the temple of the goddess Kirisha. The inscription can be reconstructed thanks to similar bricks.'I, Shilhak-lnshushinak, son of Shutruk-Nahhunte, beloved servant of Kiririsha and Inshushinak, King of Anzan and Susa: Humbanumena built the temple of Kiririsha-of-Liyan with unbacked mudbricks, and, as it threatened ruin, I restored it to its original state: with backed bricks, I (re)built it, and for my life, for the life of Nahhunte-Utu, of Hutelutush-lnshushinak, of Shilhina-hamru-Lakamar, of Kutir-Huban, of lshnikarab-huhun, of Urutuk -EI-halahu and of Utu-ehihi-Pinigir, with this intention,for our sake(?), I gave it to Kiririsha, my goddess.'';mounted on a custom-made stand. -
Chinese Wei Buddha in Aureole with Attendants
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,125
A carved sandstone architectural panel comprising an aureole with flying deva figures to the upper edge, central standing robed Buddha with hands raised in the gesture of reassurance; flanked by two smaller bodhisattva figures in similar pose; mounted on an orb attached to a rectangular base with (later?) inscription to the reverse reading "Made by Xing Changzhen in memory of his two sisters deceased, Eastern Wei Dynasty, (April 22nd 536)". -
Gandharan Head of Emaciated Buddha
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,320
A schist statue fragment with bust of Buddha with large aureole behind the head, emaciated face with hollow cheeks and sunken eye sockets, ushishna covered by wavy hair, urna flanked by raised veins; mounted on a custom-made stand. -
Anglo-Saxon 'The Oving' Great Square-Headed Brooch
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,842
A gilt-bronze great square-headed brooch comprising a rectangular headplate with two panels of chip-carved Style I ornament flanking a beast-head with triangular muzzle and two pellet eyes, raised three-sided frame and outer band of pellets above beast-heads with lentoid eyes; the shallow bow with raised median rib, flanges to the edges and punched pellet detailing; footplate with beast-head between curved pellet lines, pierced horse-head lappets, lozengiform central panel with knot of Style I limbs; two lateral discs, one pierced to accept a stud and the other with a domed stud in place; the finial a disc with human mask inverted; pin-lug and part of catch to the reverse. -
Medieval Silver Hexagonal Chalice
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,255
A chased silver chalice comprising a bowl with six D-shaped panels decorated with foliate motifs, framed by raised swags and tear-shaped bosses; the conical pedestal stepped; on the rim three attachment points for a cover, removed and repaired in antiquity. -
Gandharan Multi-Tier Stele
Sold for (Inc. bp): £16,510
A carved schist stele with figural ornament in five tiers; lower row with facing cross-legged figures, profile and facing animals; second row with frieze depicting a nursing mother with infant and a female in animated pose among a group of standing figures; third row with facing robed figure on a horse supported by a crouching man, flanked by tiered ranks of robed attendants; fourth row a seated facing figure of Buddha on lotus-flower dais with attendants; top row with Buddha, reclining attendant and nude male; birds and other details to the rim; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BC
Lot No. 0002
Sold for (Inc. premium): £4,572
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1550-1292 BC
Lot No. 0003
Sold for (Inc. premium): £5,842
19th-20th Dynasty, 1295-1077 BC
Lot No. 0004
Sold for (Inc. premium): £1,397
25th Dynasty, 744-656 BC
Lot No. 0006
Sold for (Inc. premium): £5,588
Napatan Period, 643-623 BC
Lot No. 0007
Sold for (Inc. premium): £20,955
Late Period, 664-332 BC
Lot No. 0009
Sold for (Inc. premium): £1,143
New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BC
Lot No. 0010
Sold for (Inc. premium): £1,016
Early Dynastic Period, 3rd millennium BC
Lot No. 0011
Sold for (Inc. premium): £5,842
Late New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BC
Lot No. 0015
Sold for (Inc. premium): £3,556
Late New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BC
Lot No. 0018
Sold for (Inc. premium): £953
Late New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BC and later
Lot No. 0020
Sold for (Inc. premium): £1,143
New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BC
Lot No. 0025
Sold for (Inc. premium): £508