Ellipsoid in plan and plano-convex in section with low-relief dolphin modelled in the half-round. 2.75 grams, 26 mm

Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995.
with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003.
Property of a London based academic, 2003 to present.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Restrung group of lapis lazuli seed beads with seven dangles, each a gold cell with three-petalled flower. 18.42 grams, 43 cm

Private collection of a London, UK, gentleman, acquired between 1965-2020.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Map of Greece and adjacent portion of the coast of Asia Minor with regional names in blackletter script; with title 'La Nouvelle Grece Selon Toutes les Regions & Provinces d'icelle tant de ca que de la 'Hellespont'; title page to reverse. 9 grams, 39.6 x 31.5 cm

Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Bulbous vessel with short neck and lateral handles; possibly used as a weight. 43.41 grams, 28 mm

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

With pronounced shoulder and narrow foot. 154 grams, 80 mm

Acquired in the 1990s.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Comprising a tapering bow with median cluster of an elongated bulb with collar either side, one arm extending to a single-loop spring and pin, the other widening to a flat catchplate. 47 grams, 96 mm

Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Cf. Hattatt, R., Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 712, for type.

With a slender piriform body and two lug handles, conical neck with everted rim. 72 grams, 11 cm

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no.74.51.5120, for similar; cf. also Bissing, F.W., Studien zur ältesten Kultur Italiens. IV. Alabastra. Studi Etruschi 13, pp. 131– 78, pls.XII-XIII for similar examples.

An example of the greater variability in form is the stone type with alabastron body and anthropomorphic top, sculpted with the upper body of a female. These types have been found in the eastern Mediterranean and Italy dating from the 7th century to the mid to late 6th century and can be divided into two groups: an eastern group beginning in the seventh century, based on Mesopotamian prototypes, and probably produced on Cyprus, as evidenced by its close relation to contemporary Cypriot sculpture; and a western group dating to the first half of the sixth century and produced in Etruria, probably in imitation of eastern examples.

Comprising a slender hoop and scaphoid bezel, intaglio image of a man in profile sitting with one hand raised; enigmatic legend (Aramaic?). 3.57 grams, 18.76 mm overall, 15.19 x 16.36 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)

Private collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Comprising an ellipsoid bow with lateral knops (one absent) and applied collars, longitudinal band of applied filigree braid, knop finial with collar, perpendicular two-coil spring and long pin; footplate with incised saltire with reversed-loop finial, square catchplate with pointillé gammadion and frame. 6.86 grams, 42 mm

Private European collection, 1994, thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

With fusiform body, slender neck and broad flange rim, circumferential incised rings. 540 grams, 21 cm

Acquired in Germany, 1993.
Private collection, Europe.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Cf. Berlev, O. and Hodjash, S., Catalogue of Monuments of Ancient Egypt: From the Museums of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Bielorussia, Caucasus, Middle Asia and the Baltic States, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 17, Zurich, 1998, pl. 145, VIII.46, for a similar vessel.

A votive plaque with a standing nude figure of Astarte in raised relief. 152 grams, 11.7 cm

Swiss private collection, before 1970.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Restrung necklace of biconvex lapis lazuli beads with annular gold spacers, four large hexagonal-section fusiform beads as the centrepiece. 48.83 grams, 45 cm

Private collection of a London gentleman, acquired between 1965-2020.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.