Dressed in voluminous robes with pleating to the undergarment, the figure depicted in contrapposto position with her weight on the left leg and right leg bent at the knee, a square pillar flanking the right leg; both arms raised with the open palms facing upwards; standing on a square pedestal; hollow form. 266 grams, 22 cm



Ex London gallery, UK, 1980s. Ex private UK collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

The figure represents a woman caught in the act of offering; originally, she probably had a patera and a gift in the other hand. The statuette has a plain back as it probably was intended to be placed in a shrine inside a votive deposit. In the now empty space there could have been a name and a painted dedication.

Comprising three terra sigillata rim fragments, each showing figural scenes comprising animals, buildings and flowers. 78 grams total, 6.6-11 cm



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.

Hollow-formed right hand with a rivet hole to the socket, holding up thumb and two fingers, a serpent coiled around the wrist with its head resting against the dorsal side of the hand, punched scale detailing to the body. 105 grams, 80 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.

Comprising ten rings with bezels, most with decorative motifs including pellets, lines, and cross. 42 grams total, 20-25 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 pear-shaped body and flat base, cylindrical neck, the rim folded out. 10.9 grams, 68 mm



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.

With intaglio profile figure of Mercury standing holding the caduceus and marsupium. 0.46 grams, 11 mm



Ex Geneva, Switzerland, collection, 1980s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

B. Hammond - British Artefacts Vol.1 - Early Anglo-Saxon - Witham, 2009, card covers, colour and monochrome; Vol 2 Middle Saxon & Viking - Witham, 2010, card covers, colour and monochrome; Vol.3 Late Saxon, Late Viking & Norman - Witham, 2013, card covers, colour and monochrome; Leena Pietila-Castren et al - Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Finland - Helsinki, 2003, hardback with cloth covers, 143 pp, 91 monochrome plates, line drawings; Houshang Mahboubian - The Art of the Medes - London, 1995, bound photocopy; Leila Aaron - A Discussion of Chinese Blue and White Porcelains of the Early Ming Period - BA thesis at SOAS London, 1996, vinyl folder, 32 pp, 14 plates. 4.07 kg total, 29.8 x 21 - 31.5 x 24 cm



Ex property of a UK gallery.

Carol Michaelson - London, 1999, card covers, 176 pp. 857 grams, 27.7 x 22 cm



Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Leena Pietila-Castren et al - Helsinki, 2003, hardback, 143 pp, 90 plates; new. 1.26 kg, 31.5 x 24 cm



Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Michael Mitchiner - London, 1986, hardback, 288 pp, black and white illustrations; new. 1.5 kg, 30.5 x 21.5 cm



Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Comprising: Sophie Makariou - Chefs d'œuvre Islamiques de l'Aga Khan Museum - Paris, 2007, card covers, 223 pp, colour images, maps; Miho Museum 1st Anniversary Exhibition - 1998, card covers, 135 pp, colour; Don Bacigalupi et al - Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks - Toledo, 209, hardback with dustwrapper, 359 pp, colour; Philipp von Zabern - ÄGYPTEN Augenblicke der Ewigkeit - 1997, hardback, 339 pp, colour; Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin - Fall 2008, card covers, 60pp colour. 5.9 kg total, 23.5 x 21.5 - 31.4 x 22.5 cm



Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Simon James & Valery Rigby - London, 1997, card covers, 90pp, monochrome and colour images. 328 grams, 24.5 x 19 cm



Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.