A copper-alloy ring composed of a slender hoop and oval bezel bearing an incuse stylised horse standing right. 6.94 grams, 23.20 mm overall, 19.51 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)

Early 1990s London collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.

A gold amphora style pendant composed of granulated beads alternating with facetted garnet, pearl and lentoid garnet beads, openwork granulated bead, gold suspension loop with leaping dolphin 'handles' engraved with anatomical and eye detailing; a marriage. 2.76 grams, 31 mm

Acquired 1970-2010.
Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.

A gold amphora pendant composed of a piriform stone body with gold cap to foot and granulated triangles around the shoulder, stone beads forming the neck, gold rim and hoop above, gold dolphin handles. 2.19 grams, 23 mm

Acquired 1970-2010.
Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.

A terracotta idol formed with pinched stub arms and a pinched head crowned with a headpiece; remains of geometric detailing in painted pigment; repaired. 122 grams, 16.5 cm

Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private Swiss collection since 1998.

A bucchero sottile kotyle, a deep drinking vessel of early type, decorated with a rouletted fan pattern above, incised triangles radiating from the base, with panels of geometric line decoration to the centre; skyphos-like handles to either side; some restoration. 213 grams, 10.5 cm high

American collector before 2000.
Property of a Spanish gentleman.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.

Accompanied by a copy of a Spanish cultural export licence.

Cf. National Museums Liverpool, accession number 1981.1112.26, Kotyle 630-600 B.C.; Rasmussen, T.B., Bucchero pottery from Southern Etruria,, Cambridge University Press, 1979, no.122, for the type.

This vessel was likely to have been made in a workshop in Cerveteri, belonging to the category of the so-called bucchero sottile, (thin bucchero, 675-625 B.C.) although some were produced at Tarquinia, and many distributed as far as Carthage and beyond. Decoration of this kind of kotyles (Rasmussen type c) are composed of simple groups of horizontal and vertical lines. Closed fans, whether horizontal or vertical, may be included at handle-level, below the usual pair of lines below the rim.

A copper-alloy ring composed of a round-section hoop and ellipsoidal bezel displaying an incuse leaping lion motif, collars to shoulders. 4.23 grams, 26.35 mm overall, 19.34 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)

Early 1990s London collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.

A copper-alloy ring composed of a slender hoop and elliptical bezel, engraved with a swan or other large standing bird. 3.57 grams, 21.24 mm overall, 19.57 x 17.46 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)

Acquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.

An aqua coloured amphoriskos with an elongated piriform shape and tubular neck with everted rim, handles and knop foot applied using a contrasting aubergine-coloured glass; decorative white trails and festooning to the body and neck; repaired. 124 grams, 14.4 cm high

Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 91.1.1240, for similar.

A terracotta standing bull with stylised anatomical detailing; hollow-formed. 274 grams, 12 cm highFine condition.

Acquired before 2000.
From the property of a Suffolk, UK, lady.

A bronze ladle with a deep hemispherical bowl and everted rim, long balustered handle with loop finial and bull’s head to the reverse of terminal, crowned female bust, crouching philosophers to the rim and winged sphinx between. 195 grams, 22 cmFine condition.

Ex central London gallery.
London collection, 2000s.

A bronze finger ring with inset carnelian gemstone, intaglio bee with legs splayed. 3.77 grams, 24.34 mm overall, 16.02 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)

Acquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 60, for type.

A ceramic lekythos oil flask composed of a piriform body, broad shoulder, narrow cylindrical neck, D-section handle and splayed foot, black glaze to body with band of polychrome radiating lines around the shoulder, geometric motifs below. 65 grams, 12.7 cm highFine condition, neck repaired.

Acquired 1970-1980s.
From the property of a German collector.