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'.

Heater-shaped openwork plaque with ropework border, opposed horses against a median staff; three loops to the upper edge. 121 grams, 11.1 cm



with Tajan Auctions, Paris, France, 15th April 2005, no.135. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of the Tajan Auctions invoice.

Shallow discoid vessel with thick loop handles, central panel with meander detailing, concentric bands and outer radiating ring of ivy leaves on tendrils. 233 grams, 16.5 cm



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

Comprising a broad crescentic plate with incised border and radiating hatched triangles respecting the concave curve of the blade; knop below the inner edge, short handle with stem and ring formed as addorsed birds; Grotta Gramicella Type A. 22 grams, 10.7 cm



Acquired on the European art market, 1990s. English private collection. with Bertolami Fine Arts Ltd, Auction 43, no.71.

Bulbous in profile with scooped spout, loop handle, spurs to the junction, painted geometric ornament. 123 grams, 13.5 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.

Comprising: dipper cup with loop handle; juglet with scooped spout; biconvex jar with carinated profile. 386 grams total, 7.3-10.9 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.

Comprising a hollow basal ring and four vertical posts terminating in conical cups joined at the rim. 1.36 kg, 17 cm wide



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.

Comprising a plain hoop and rectangular plaque with incised hatching. 3.33 grams, 22.36 mm overall, 18.88 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)



Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

Biconical with a tapering cylindrical neck and two handles, raised ribbing around the shoulder. 550 grams, 15 cm wide



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

Modelled in the round, wearing a low crested helmet, stylised facial detailing; socket to the neck. 40.1 grams, 29 mm



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

Comprising: one globular with loop handles to the shoulder, pointillé decoration and funicular mouth; two globular with loop handle and trumpet-shaped mouth. 490 grams total, 9.2-16.5 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.

Globular in profile with tall tubular neck and slightly everted rim, loop handle to the reverse. 319 grams, 15.5 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.

Columnar in form with lateral lugs pierced at the lower edge and impressed eyes; painted ings above and below; with old inked label to verso: '215'. 21.4 grams, 76 mm



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.