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'.

Lentoid in section with narrow pointed butt and broad curved cutting edge; carefully knapped to a beautifully regular profile and wonderful patination; old inked inscription 'Abilly - 1926- / La Princerie'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 701 grams, 23.5 cm (898 grams total, 28 cm including stand)



Found Abilly la Princerie, France, 1926. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Abilly is in the region of Grand Pressigny, Indre et Loire département, France. It is the location of the famous Archéolab – Musée de site archéologique where excavation and interpretation of archaeological sites are presented to the public.

Lentoid in profile and rectangular in plan with curved butt sharpened to a second cutting edge, with superb colour. 854 grams, 21 cm



Acquired on the British art market. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.

Classic pointed handaxe from the type-site at Swanscombe, Kent; mainly hard hammer struck with two small areas of cortex remaining near the butt. 121 grams, 88 mm



Found Swanscombe, Kent, UK. From a private Norfolk, UK, collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.

The middle gravels from which this axe most likely came date to the Hoxnian Interglacial period at MIS 11 (425-362 B.C.) and are associated with the only known hominin remains from the Hoxnian which had features of both Neanderthal and modern humans. (Wymer 1999, p.77.)

Comprising two matched cheek pieces, each with a domed disc to each end, three tubular sockets to accepts leather straps and the mouth piece; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 220 grams total, 10.6-10.8 cm (325 grams total, 19.7 cm high including stand)



Ex Surrey, UK, collection, 1980s.

Broad convex plaque with central button finial, ring to the underside. 107 grams, 13.1 cm



Ex Surrey, UK, collection, 1980s.

Modelled as a sow or boar with alert ears and long snout, conical body with ferrous remains. 23.6 grams, 34 mm



Found Lincolnshire, UK. From the private collection of a Northern Irish gentleman.

Round in section with flattened centre and a ellipsoid slot to accept a strap; decorated along one face with reserved La Tène style comma-leaf swirls on recessed fields inlaid with red enamel, sinuous incised line connecting the cells at each end. 83 grams, 10.4 cm



Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Frampton, West Dorset, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.DOR-D0EAC4. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12285-219047.

Standing male figure with conical cap, exaggerated eyes, curved arms held before the chest, tab below the feet for mounting; supplied with a custom-made wooden stand. 92 grams total, 11.8 cm including stand



Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Broad leaf-shaped blade with a gusseted midrib, lateral holes for attachment. 88 grams, 14.5 cm



Acquired in Germany in 2000. Acquired by the present owner from the above.

With flared socket developing to a midrib with median gusset, leaf-shaped blade; casting seam to socket and opposed lateral holes to accept attachment pegs. 120 grams, 16.2 cm



Acquired in Germany in 2000. Acquired by the present owner from the above.

With flared socket developing to a midrib with lateral step, leaf-shaped blade with stepped profile; opposed lateral holes to accept attachment pegs. 112 grams, 14.5 cm



Ex Surrey, UK, collection, 1980s.

The blade of the palstave sub-triangular in plan, with convex expanding sides, and a convex cutting edge; the cutting edge slightly asymmetrical and blunt; the blade is sub-triangular in profile with the widest section being before the stop ridge; both faces presenting a triangle below the stop ridge and at the upper portion of the blade that points towards the blade; U-shaped septum and straight-sided open flanges for hafting; the butt end thins and is complete with a straight, blunt side; a single side loop on one side of the palstave; a casting seam present along both sides of the object. 319 grams, 12.7 cm



Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Audlem, Cheshire East, UK, in 2022. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) reference no.LVPL-4DD308.

The palstave fits within the Wilburton and Penard assemblages of the later Middle and earlier Late Bronze Age; this corresponds with Needham (1996) Period 5-6 fitting with Metalworking Assemblage X.