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'.

Ovoid in plan with triangular plate fittings; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 473 grams total, 14-18 cm



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

Including a nimbate figure with frond clasped to the lower body and other types. 1.34 kg total, 21-25.6 cm



From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

With fluted shoulders and scooped edges to the bezel, pointillé border and Greek monogram of a cross with 'MHNλ' finials. 6.72 grams, 21.82 mm overall, 18.19 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2 , USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)



Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the collection of the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

Modelled in the half-round with hollowed reverse, goat passant on a wreath. 17.5 grams, 38 mm



Ex Yorkshire, UK, collection, 1990s.

Including types with a disc or spur heel, rouletted band beneath the rim, high-relief tendrils, scallop detailing and other types. 1.14 kg total, 4-17 cm



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

Of conical profile with broad rounded shoulder, trumpet-shaped neck with carinated sidewall; two square pierced lugs to the shoulder, zoomorphic spout and handle; band of interlocking 'wine-glass' motifs to the equator. 2.2 kg, 34 cm



Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.

Comprising: a rectangular panel with applied facial features; a carved antler fragment with seated figure; a stylised human bust with spiral to the underside. 109 grams total, 35-89 mm



Acquired from Drout, Paris, in the 1990s. Ex Paris collection.

With waisted body, bulbous shoulder, everted rim, collared stem and tiered splayed foot, ornamented in repoussé bulbs and ogival ribs; lid with openwork rim of palmettes and foliate forms, central domes, finial with basket of palmettes, oval bulb above ornamented in pellets between spiral band, surmounted by a statuette, modelled in the round as Saint George, clad in armour, driving a spear into the dragon, with naturalistic detailing to the saint's features; various stamps to base; finial repaired. 613 grams, 43.6cm

Fine condition, finial repaired.

From the Deutsch collection, Germany. Ex central London gallery.

Piriform ewer with fluted rosette base, scrolled handle and hinged lid with cross motif; band of hatched scrolls to the neck, inscribed band to the equator on a hatched field ' + pascha * nostrum * immolatus * est * christus' citation from the anthem for Easter; underside stamped '328' and with old collector's label '10729178'. 677 grams, 28 cm



Ex central London gallery.

Comprising polychrome tiles displaying sailing vessels, figural scenes, perching bird, landscapes and foliate compositions. 4.6 kg total, 11 x 12 - 13 x 13.5 cm



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

Composed mainly of blue and white glazed tiles displaying sailing vessels, still life scenes, figural vignettes, animals, polychrome floral motifs and others. 3.4 kg total, 12.5 x 13 - 13 x 13.3 cm



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

Portrait cameo of a facing bearded male bust with carefully executed collar-length wavy hair, short beard, deep-set eyes, wearing a jacket with drop-collar tight to the throat. 21 grams, 39 mm



Private collection, England.