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'.

A substantial decorative designer stele with high-relief standing figure of Hathor in profile wearing a headdress with solar disc flanked by bovine horns, wesekh segmented collar and tight-fitting ankle-length skirt; in her right hand, the ankh symbol of life, her left hand supporting a papyrus stalk; low-relief cartouche and hieroglyphs in the field; mounted on a custom-made stand; after the antique. 74.05 kg total, 1.01 m high including stand



From a French collection, Paris. Ex Parisian gallery, France; latterly with a London, UK, gallery.

With squat, bell-shaped bowl, everted rim and tapering cylindrical stem. 1.93 kg, 25.5 cm



Ex London, UK, art market, 1990s.

A carved agate facing bust within a lapis lazuli plaque, held in a silver canatille frame comprising elaborate filigree foliage and with suspension loop; image of Pope Alexander VII. 500 grams, 28.5 cm



Private collection, England.

Pope Alexander VII was born Fabio Chigi and took the role of head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 April 1655 to his death, in May 1667. He held a number of diplomatic positions in the Holy See, was ordained in 1634, and became bishop of Nardo in 1635. Pope Innocent X elevated him to the role of secretary of state in 1651, and in the following year he was appointed a cardinal. Alexander VII supported various construction projects in Rome, wrote poetry and patronized artists working on the decoration of churches.

Composed of coin-shaped beads with a hook-and-eye clasp. 104 grams, 44 cm long



UK gallery, early 2000s.

Plaque with floral design comprising inset glass cabochons, synthetic rubies and gold-coloured wire frond detailing. 65 grams, pendant height: 78 mm



Property of a South West London gentleman.

Comprising a group of oval banded agate beads; each pierced for stringing. 162 grams total, 25-39 mm



UK gallery, early 2000s.

With two servants bringing lidded chafing dishes of food to the crouching male wearing a helmet and cuirass with a shield at his feet; below, an attendant in helmet and riding coat holds the reins of the horse; panels of nastaliq text above and below; mounted in a glazed wooden frame. 1.16 kg, 47.5 x 32.3 cm

Very fine condition.

Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.

An indenture: handwritten in English in ink over forty-four ruled lines; with multiple signatures; red wax seals bearing impressions. 187 grams, 59.5 x 42 cm



Acquired 1970s onwards. Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK. Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.

With black detailing to the tripartite wig, bands of hieroglyphic text to the lower body. 153 grams, 15.5 cm

Fine condition.

Property of a Devon, UK collector, acquired at auction; previously in a private UK collection.

Shabtis have been a popular tourist souvenir for centuries. Perhaps the earliest example is a reproduction shabti of the Renaissance period that was once part of the collection of Archbishop William Laud (1573-1645). While most reproduction shabtis originate from Egypt, some figurines were made in Europe. For instance, in the late 19th century, the Sèvres factory in France produced soft-paste porcelain shabtis with a beautiful bright turquoise glaze.

Restrung; composed of translucent blue glass beads formed of re-used bangle sections, interspersed with clear glass spacer beads. 5.7 grams, 62 cm long



UK gallery, early 2000s.

Carved in the half-round with head tilted and separately carved arms extended, crown of thorns to the brow and loincloth gathered at the hip; feet crossed and pierced with a mounting pin. 21.4 grams, 10 cm



From the private collection of the late Victor Brox.

Irregular rectangular fragment from a manuscript with Coptic text; painted images including an arcaded domed temple, a camel rider with staff, an agricultural worker with sieve and part of a tree. 14.3 grams, 27.5 cm



New York trade, 2016. Ex central London gallery.