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.

Hexagonal-section handle with scooped blade at one end, lentoid-section probe at the other. 11.7 grams, 14.1 cm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Comprising a thick, elongated body with lateral testes, large suspension loop above. 12.2 grams, 33 mm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Including hooked tags, cloth seals, keys, a spur rowel, milled coins, mounts and other items. 854 grams total, 9-67 mm



Found Suffolk, UK.

Including fusiform, oblate, tubular, mosaic and other types 60 grams total, 2-22 mm



Acquired from Silk Road Heritage, LLC, Virginia, USA. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

Comprising plano-convex, discoid and other types in bone and glass. 20 grams total, 17-23 mm



Found on the Thames foreshore, UK. Acquired from Red House Antiques, York, 2009. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.

Piriform mount with stylised facial features, broad band of hair with incised zigzag and roundels, hollow to the reverse. 71.6 grams, 66 mm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Plano-convex with intaglio goatherd kneeling beside a goat on a baseline; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.4 grams, 16 mm



From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.

A restrung designer necklace including oblate, biconvex and other types. 22.7 grams, 41.5 cm



Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery.

Penannular D-section in form with three raised rectangular panels, incised hatching. 16.70 grams, 52 mm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Second style, painted in red, blue and cream, one with leaf motifs. 622 grams total, 5.7-11.6 cm



Acquired in the 19th century. Ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.

These small fragments, showing similarities with fragments of Pompeii, seem to belong to the second style of Roman painting, red panels profiled with black lines representing highlight and shadow. The panels were probably framed by a green fillet. A couple of fragments show two fields in alternated red and blue.

With a flat-section crescentic body and applied ribbed suspension loop. 2.31 grams, 21 mm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.

With piriform body, short neck, everted rim and strap handle, circumferential bands to the body. 10.9 grams, 42 mm



Acquired from Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK, 2010. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.

The small size of this bronze container suggests that it was intended as a toilette object, or as an oil vessel for athletes, generally associated with a strigil. Its could also have been used as a balsamarium.