The cross centre formed as a rosette and the arms as tear-shaped cells with three lobes to each perimeter, set with facetted garnet gemstones, suspension loop to apex; once used as a brooch. 4.86 grams, 40 mm

Acquired from 1st Dibs.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, lady.

With pierced suspension block, applied gold filigree frame and scene of two birds in a tree with inset central diamond with emeralds, rubies and spinel. 20.57 grams, 51 mm

Acquired in Delhi, India, before 1987.
Rogers collection, Suffolk, UK.

With extended neck and head bent forward, mouth open to chew the grass, ears pinned back; saddle and saddle-rug modelled integrally; tail cropped and bound; salmon-pink pigment to the saddle. 13.35 kg, 61 cm wide

Ex West Country collection, Bath, 1990s.

Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.CJ182522022 from Laboratory Kotalla.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11913-207699.

On a rectangular base, modelled standing with head erect and slightly turned. with integral saddlecloth and saddle; remains of coral pink, black and ochre detailing. 10.4 kg, 64.5 cm

Ex West Country collection, Bath, 1990s.

Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.CJ172522022 from Laboratory Kotalla.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11914-207698.

Worn smooth on the upper face; the substantial rectangular 'brick' stamped to the side edges: '大一甲 袁洪德造 da yi jia, Yuan Hongde zao (size of the brick, made by Yuan Hongde) 督造官江南蘇州府知府魁元 (under the supervisor Kui Yuan of Jiangnang, Suzhou) 乾隆十八年成造细料二尺二寸見方金磚 (18th year of Qianlong (1754), square gold brick)'; accompanied by a low wooden table frame. 104.3 kg total, 72 x 72 x 37 cm

with the owner's family since the early 1990s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11916-204597.

Also known as jinzhuan, Golden Bricks are produced from a finite iron-rich soil, crafted by a team of people over a period of 2-3 years, using a process involving 29 distinct procedures. The bricks produce a metallic sound when induced to do so and have an internal structure which is so fine that the pores of the clay can hardly be seen. Historically, golden bricks were reserved for the use of emperors and the construction of their palaces, first appearing during the reign of Emperor Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), produced in Suzhou under imperial order to be used for paving the floors of the imperial palaces, monasteries and mausoleums in Beijing; they are witnesses to history and embody the wisdom of the ancients.

Painted on stone in vibrant polychrome; on a wooden display base. 3.55 kg total, 38 x 33 cm

Ex London gallery stock.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11917-206181.

A magnificent, full three-dimensional fossil skull of Mosasaur Prognathodon with upper and lower mandibles, eye sockets and brain cavity; including jaw teeth and throat teeth; some restoration; with custom-made display stand. 26.45 kg total, 95 cm wide (76 cm high including stand)

Previously in a French collection.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.

Displaying an example of Eparietites sp. with sutures in a free-standing matrix; from the Frodingham Ironstone Member. 6 kg, 26 cm wide

From the exhausted Coningsby Quarry, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK.

Displayed in a free-standing matrix; from the Frodingham Ironstone Member. 2 kg, 18 cm

From the exhausted Coningsby Quarry, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK.

On a rectangular limestone matrix, the poplar leaf with good detailing and showing clear midrib and veins; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.5 kg total, 35 cm high including stand

From the Green River Formation, Parachute Creek, Bonanza, Utah, USA.

Comprising a large seabed matrix panel showing many fossil superimposed specimens of Kosmoceras sp. ammonites in situ; with custom-made stand for display. 8.45 kg total, 38 cm including stand

From Wiltshire, UK.

Formed as a very large crystalline form of iron pyrites (fool's gold) with large main pyritohedral crystals rising from a complex base of smaller intersecting crystals. 15.3 kg, 20.5 cm

From Peru.