Carved with soft facial features and carefully executed cosmetic lines around the eye, earring, and carefully detailed duplex wig with gently wavy curls; likely from the Ramesside Period; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Modelled in the round with a muscular nude body, his club resting on his shoulder and the hair dressed in rows of tight, close-set curls underneath the Nemean lionskin hood with cloak billowing over his left arm, the paws tied across his chest; mounted on a custom-made display stand.

Carved head of a prepubescent worshipper of Isis, with soft facial features, long nose, small downturned mouth, heavy-lidded eyes, the whole giving the face a sombre or mournful appearance; the hair textured to indicate a short cut and combed forward across the scalp, sidelock above the right ear; mounted on a 16th century carved breccia upper body with leather cuirass and pteruges to right shoulder, cloak draped across the shoulders and fastened at the clavicle on the right side with a disc-brooch; socle base; some restoration.

Modelled in the round and originally part of a monumental statue, the naturalistic right foot encased in a trochades leather sandal with median reversed tongue secured with side straps and thick looped laces; the thick platform sole slightly curved, toes and nails well defined; mounted on a substantial custom-made display stand.

Modelled in the half-round, nude with eyelids half-closed in sleep; a drapery partly covering the head and wrapping around the lower body under the hips; the hairstyle similar to those of the Antonine Dynasty, the peaceful face supported by the hands and the ear pierced to accept an earring; iron reinforcing rod to the feet and the right arm's armilla a later replacement; upper head restored in Parian marble.

An imposing panel divided to four sections by a central cross on a stepped pedestal, the lower and upper arm with branch-like extensions; the upper quadrants with a circlet surrounding a palm tree-shaped motif; each lower quadrant with a bird in profile facing back; mounted on a custom-made display stand.

Carved skull on a short neck with musculature and blood vessels; mandible in place with some teeth in sockets, wisps of hair adhering to the dome of the skull; one zygomatic bone partly absent; square-section socle base.

Carved in the half-round head of a Bodhisattva (probably Maitreya) with fine detailing to the arched brow, aquiline nose, neat moustache and full lips; the eyes heavily lidded, urna to the forehead, long open lobes to the ears; the hair in multi-stranded curling locks gathered into an ushnisha with brow-band below; heavily cleaned, conserved, and mounted on a custom-made stand; supplied with original old wooden base with collector's label: 'Head of Bodhisattva / Fine grain schist / Gandhara, Northwest Pakistan / 4th century'.

With flat oval cross-section stem, tapering very slightly from the bowl and ending in a simple ball seal knop; a maker's mark in the form of a Tudor rose within a circular border stamped within the bowl, adjacent to the stem. 48 grams, 17 cm



From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

Spoons with this type of knop date from the 16th century A.D. The knop, when bearing an owner's initial, could be used as a seal. The bronze spoons of the Tudor era were inexpensive and not mentioned in wills, but if silvered or in silver they were often listed among their owner’s property.

Group of graduated amethyst coin type beads. 149 grams, 52 cm



Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Discoid plaque with intaglio scene of Venus seated on a tree-stump holding a bow in its quiver above the head of Cupid playing at her feet; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.8 grams, 20 mm



with Bertolami, Auction 56, London, 11 March 2018, no.88. Private collection, England.

Modelled in the round. squatting with a nut in its forepaws, detailed fur texture, tail raised and coiled. 23.6 grams, 31 mm



Ex property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, private collector.

Comprising blue and white glazed tiles displaying figural vignettes, animals and wildlife, buildings in landscape settings and floral motifs. 3.19 kg total, 13 x 13 - 13.5 x 13.5 cm



Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.

The tapering blade with a single cutting edge; replica leather scabbard decorated with 'fleur de lys' and wooden handle with bulbous guard and pommel. 229 grams, 36.5 cm long



From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

The term 'ballock dagger' was used in medieval times to describe a dagger with a grip bearing a considerable resemblance to a phallic symbol. It was also called 'kidney dagger' during the Victorian times. The constant characteristic is the presence of two roundish and symmetrical bulbs at the guard, with the grip itself emerging upward between them and flaring slightly towards the top, sometimes being surmounted by a cap.

Each modelled in a floor-length gown with bell sleeves; white-painted body and black hair, blusher to the cheeks. 395 grams total, 13-13.2 cm



From the family collection of a Maidervale lady, UK.

Comprising a D-section hoop, facetted shoulders, integral octagonal bezel with pointillé border enclosing an incuse fleur-de-lys motif. 2.73 grams, 21.28 mm overall, 17.83 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)



Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Three matrices featuring discoid dies and openwork stems; one with an oval die and columnar stem with tapering finial; each engraved with calligraphic Arabic script or initials to the base. 24.8 grams total, 21-23 mm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.

Comprising: with raised rim, profile portrait of von Cheron by Gianlorenzo Bernini; with band of pellets to border, legend '. DVX . LVDOVICVS . XII . DEI . G . FRAN . REX . MEDIOLANI -- ' and reverse ' SEMPER . AVGVSTVS . VICTOR . TRIVMPHATOR .'; ellipsoid with high-relief bust and legend 'GABRIEL SCHEVRL ÆTAT 67' and 'VIVAT POST FVNERA VIRTVS'. 211 grams total, 52-74 mm



Austrian private collection for at least 90 years. Ex central London gallery.

Designer necklace of mainly square-section and polyhedral types with square-section tapering dangles. 38.4 grams, 41 cm



Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

Discoid with intaglio motifs, two figures on a baseline. one with a cornucopia and the other with a wreath; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.55 grams, 12 mm



Private collection, England.