With conical base, stub arms, pinched head, impressed eyes and collar. 19 grams, 70 mm



Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. London, UK, collection.

With rounded profile, low foot and rounded everted rim to the mouth, painted horizontal bands to the shoulder enclosing a frieze of zebus. 819 grams, 18 cm



Acquired 1990s-2000s. From the late David Gold (d.2015) collection of pottery.

David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous.

Carved serpentine plano-convex seal with intaglio of a bireme at sea beneath two opposed birds; set in a silver mount with ropework detailing, and kidney-shaped suspension loop. 3.1 grams, 23 mm



Acquired in the 1980s. From the collection of a London antiquarian.

Including a frieze corner fragment with high-relief mask, and other items. 5.45 kg total, 15-23 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.

Carinated hoop with panel to each shoulder, ellipsoid bezel with inscription in cursive script. 1.87 grams, 15.87 mm overall, 14.62 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4)



From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Drum-shaped and waisted with drilled scenes of insects, scrolled columns and profile figures. 11.13 grams, 20 mm



Ex 'S' collection, London, UK. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Restrung group of tubular beads with applied yellow glass trails. 9.15 grams, 22 cm



Acquired in London, 1985. Private collection, London.

Each a flat-section hoop with spiral-wound attachment. 4.67 grams total, 38-41 mm



UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.

A bifacial sceptre head formed as a Master of Animals atop a collared tubular stem with flared foot; slender crescentic arms to the sides, ribbed collars and janiform faces; waisted socket below; mounted on a custom-made stand. 141 grams, 17.7 cm including stand



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.

This type of standards (columnar figures) has a tubular shape, the tubular body shaped like a human figure with a pronounced height, front and back side of the body and head, with arms placed in several specific positions. In numerous cases the shoulders (or less frequently the chest) of this figure are complemented by a pair of animal protomes. Based on the indicated element, this type has been divided into two basic subtypes - 'columnar figurines with protomes' and 'columnar figurines without protomes' (our specimen).

Round-section columnar bar with tapering ends, pecked texturing. 4.6 kg, 46 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.

Modelled standing erect with the arms bent forwards, head tilted upwards, with incised lines for the belt; the head pear-shaped with square chin; mounted on a custom-made stand. 58.6 grams, 10 cm including stand



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 spherical, biconical, barrel-shaped and other types. 7.98 grams total, 5-12 mm



Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s-2000s.