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'.

Tall and bell-shaped with rows of piercings. 175 grams, 11 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.

Including fragments of storage vessel, bowl and other items, some with handle and rim elements. 5.35 kg total, 1.4-27 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.

Group of discoid clay moulds for casting contemporary counterfeit coins. 57 grams total, 25-30 mm



Private collection formed in the 1990s. Acquired from a central London gallery. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Dark maroon in colour with black strokes; broad shoulder with raised rim to the central vent, squat nozzle, lobe handle to the rear; accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Ancient Art at Fortnum & Mason stating 'Hellenistic Greek terracotta oil lamp with unusual knopped handle, dating to c. 300 Bc. Formerly in the collection of the German royal family.' 57 grams, 10 cm



Ex Ancient Art at Fortnum & Mason, London, UK. Acquired 2005. From the private collection of Ms Tucker, London, UK. Accompanied by the original Fortnum & Mason certificate of authenticity and Ancient Art invoice dated 6 December 2005.

Hemispherical in profile with slightly inverted rim, band of circumferential incised lines beneath the rim and concentric zigzags below, roundels to the underside; single small pierced bulb for suspension. 289 grams, 14 cm



Ex Ian Auld collection, 1970s-1990s. Acquired from Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009, no.315 (part). From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.

Including fragments of storage vessel, cup, bowl and other items, some with handle and spout elements. 4.2 kg total, 2.3-16.5 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.

Female head from an effigy, moulded with a segmented conical cap and lateral upturned flaps on the brim. earrings visible beneath; the head slightly turned and tilted downwards on a long slender neck. 32 mm, 63 mm



Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Of approximately pyramidal form with stub arms, pinched head, suggestion of incised belt or girdle to the midriff. 165 grams, 89 mm



From the collection of a late London, UK, gentleman, 1979-1999.

The ovoid body decorated with cross-hatching, solid band to the shoulder and vertical bands to the slender neck, trumpet-shaped mouth, strap handle and discoid foot; repaired. 72 grams, 91 mm



Ex Mister X. (1931-2017) private collection. Sold in the benefit of the 'Croix-Rouge of Monaco'.

Including rim and sidewall fragments, handles and painted band detailing. 10 kg total, 1.9-30 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.

Silver tetradrachm with profile bust to obverse, seated figure with bird to reverse; clasp-mounted in a modern silver frame with ring and baile. 21.9 grams, 46 mm



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

Of slender tubular form with rounded foot; pierced at the equator. 368 grams, 17 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.