Carved in the half-round in three-quarter view, youthful male head with stern features, hair gathered in a browband, horns to the brow; from a frieze or relief; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Carved in the round with thick wreath of laurel leaves to the brow, short tousled hair, stern face with thick jaw; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Standing contrapposto with his weight on his right leg and the left leg brought slightly forward; the musculature of the torso displaying well-defined pectoral muscles, prominent abdominal muscles and wide shoulders, the back with equally toned musculature and well-formed rounded buttocks; the veining of the marble accentuating the idealised anatomy; the now-absent head was most probably turned towards the supporting leg and the left arm would have been raised; mounted on a custom-made display stand.

A high-status green chalcedony seal with frieze depicting a seated figure in horned headdress facing a standing figure with arms outstretched, small monkey to the legs; six columns of Akkadian cuneiform text transliterated as: 1. ki-di-nu UGULA KUŠ-MEŠ 2. GAL šà tan-dru-hu- 3. ra-te-er EŠŠANA šu-ši 4. u an-za-an ARAD 5. šà dha-te-ri-iš 6. šak(?) ì-lí-šu 'Kidinu, chief overseer of the equerries(?) of Tan-Ruhurater, King of Susa and Anzan, servant of Haterishshak, his god'. The seal's owner was an official of King Tan-Ruhurater II (circa 1450 B.C.), king of Susa and Anzan. The title used to describe Kidinu is sometimes translated 'high official', elsewhere 'horse groom' or 'animal trainer'; the Elamite deity Haterish is otherwise unknown.

A substantial torch bearer depicting a male lion or panther standing with legs firmly planted on a rectangular base, tail extending to the ground, with a massive circular shaped armature or candelabra issuing from its back and wearing an elaborate muzzle, the eyes retaining shell inlay with a circular hollow for the pupils; to the right of the beast a kneeling nude male wearing a large belt-armour and a diadem, eyes inlaid, left hand extended to the side and holding the lion's leash.

Irregular fragment depicting the face of a man, possibly St Peter, in three-quarter view with luxuriant fair hair and beard on a blue field. 81 grams, 12.6 cm



De Baecque Vente, Paris, France, 5 March 2022, no.57. Ex central London gallery.

Discoid panel in a lead frame showing two workmen cutting back brushwood with sickles; posts and staves to the rear and two more men in the background landscape, repaired. 296 grams, 24 cm



George Wigley, Monastery Glass, Towcester. Klaus Tiedemann Collection, inv.100. Acquired from the above, 2016. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12075-217451.

Ellipsoid plaque in a lead frame depicting two bearded men tied to posts with other figures around picking up stones to throw at them, discarded weapons on the ground; city wall in the background. 351 grams, 27.5 cm wide



De Baecque Vente, Paris, France, 5 March 2022, no.46. Ex central London gallery.

Rectangular glazed panel in lead frame, depicting two heraldic devices side-by-side against a background of flanking columns and hunting scenes; rectangular panel below with German text. 1.26 kg, 39.5 x 31 cm



UK auction, circa 1995. Ex central London gallery.

Ellipsoid panel with green field enclosing a painted panel showing a male head in three-quarter view, the hair tonsured, beard and hair untrimmed. 298 grams, 18.5 cm



De Baecque Vente, Paris, France, 5 March 2022, no.52 (Part). Ex central London gallery. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12132-217456.

Rectangular panel in a lead frame; painted scene depicting an architectural feature with male and female herms, each on a tapering square-section stand and bare-chested. 254 grams, 25.5 cm



De Baecque Vente, Paris, France, 5 March 2022, no.52 (Part). Ex central London gallery.

With lead came surround, painted glass panel depicting a nimbate female holding a feather or quill in a landscape; probably St. Lucy; repaired. 613 grams, 29.5 cm wide



with Nesbits Auction, Portsmouth, 1 August 2018, no.58. Private collection, Suffolk, UK.

Large rectangle with linear upper border and three pendant medallions: St. Peter with book and key, angels supporting the communion cup, St. Paul with sword and book; flanking blocks of dense flowers, leaves and tendrils above incipit 'IN XPI NOMINE AMEN' (in the name of Christ let it be so); similar lateral floral ornament flanking the central block of text in a fine italic hand with red-inked titles and name of the issuing authority (PAVLVS); folded lower edge with cord for attachment of an authenticating seal (absent); witnessed at bottom left corner by Franciscus Caesariensis Ep[iscopu]s (Bishop Francis of Caesaria) and credited at bottom right 'gratis in omnibus amore dei / Marius Cappocinus secretarius' (with thanks to the love of God in all things, Marius the Capuchin, Secretary); some usage wear, faded Italian-language notation to reverse. 137 grams, 74 x 62 cm



Collection of Victor Spark, UK, 2007. Ex central London gallery.

Pope Paul III was the commissioner of the painting of the Last Judgement on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City.

With scrolled capital supported by a human bust above a tapering column ornamented with egg-and-reel detailing and a festoon of fruit and leaves, flared foot; the human bust a male, possibly King Charles I, with shoulder-length hair and goatee beard, the arms crossed at the chest and hands clasped to the body; mounted on a later wooden stand. 50 kg total, 146.5 cm high including stand



Acquired from an antiques shop in Southwold, UK. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.

Modelled in the round figure of a male wearing a short-sleeved tunica and with a toga draped carefully around the body; seated on a bench with a cushion, and with the folds of the toga arranged to the sides and rear; scroll in the right hand; mounted on a substantial marble base. 4.6 kg total, 24.5 cm including stand



Old collection of M.A. From the estate of Mr William Nicholas Roos, c. 1980. with Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, USA, 5 December 2010. Property of a French collector.

The spine section comprising sixteen large, perfectly lined dorsal vertebrae with transverse processes with another at each end lying flat, various other vertebrae and rib sections resting next to the spine; on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 60 kg, 1.79 m



From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.

An impressive display containing multiple intact Scyphocrinus elegans specimens showing detailed crowns and stalks. 90.5 kg, 1.73 m



From Erfoud, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Crinoids are filter feeding sea animals, which attach themselves to the bottom of the ocean with a stalk. They are echinoderms related to starfish, sea urchins, and brittle stars. Today they are referred to as ‘Sea Lilies’, and are virtually identical to their fossil relatives, making them living fossils.