C-section appliqué mask with suspension loop to the brow, voided mouth. 19.6 grams, 48 mm

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

With piriform body, narrow dimpled base, tubular neck with pinched and everted rolled rim. 72 grams, 17.5 cm

Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 1990s-2000s.
From an important collection of glass, the property of a London gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 236, for type.

Latchlifter-type with broad shank and cut wards to the bit. 37.5 grams, 80 mm

Acquired on the UK art market during the late 20th century.
From the private collection of David King (1940-2024), Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

A mixed group of two hundred and fifty single tesserae of various colours and sizes, mostly cuboid. 340 grams total, 7-14 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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

For similar tesserae see Gabucci, A., Pejrani Baricco, L., Ratto, S., Per il Museo di Ivrea, La sezione archeologica del Museo Civico P.A. Garda, Sesto Fiorentino, 2014, cover, mosaic from a Domus of Eporedia.

Roman mosaics were made from small cubes of natural stone and terracotta possibly cut from tile or brick. Each of these small cubes was called a tessera (plural tesserae) from the Latin word for dice.

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.

1st May 2013 (Antiquities); 8th May 2013 (Antiquities); 22nd October 2013 (Antiquities); 23rd October 2013 (Antiquities); 1st April 2014 (Antiquities); 3rd April 2014 (Antiquities); 30th September 2014 (Antiquities); 2nd October 2014 (Antiquities); 16th April 2015 (Antiquities); 30th September 2015 (Antiquities); 7th July 2016 (Antiquities); 30 November 2016 (Antiquities); 6th July 2017 (Antiquities); 28th November 2017 (Antiquities); 5th July 2018 (Antiquities); 28th November 2018 (Antiquities); 3rd July 2019 (Antiquities); 28th November 2019 (Antiquities); 23rd July 2020 (Antiquities); 1st December 2020 (Antiquities); 7 October 2021 (The Antiquities sales, voyage d’un passionné); 7th December 2021 (Antiquities); 7th July 2022 (Antiquities); 6th July 2023 (Antiquities). 15.9 kg total, 26.5 x 21 cm each

Property of a North West London gentleman.

16th December 1982 (Fine Antiquities); 13th July 1983 (Fine Antiquities); 11th July 1984 (Fine Antiquities); 12th December 1984 (Fine Antiquities); 16th July 1985 (Fine Antiquities); 10th December 1985 (Fine Antiquities); 16th July 1986 (Fine Antiquities); 10th July 1987 (Fine Antiquities); 10th July 1987 (Classical Sculpture, Formerly from Marbury Hall); 11th December 1987 (Fine Antiquities, including the collection of the late Wilhelm Horn); June 1988 (Fine Antiquities); 8th June 1988 (Fine Antiquities); 8th June 1988 (the collection of the late Henning Throne-Holst); 13th December 1988 (Ancient Near Eastern Texts from the Erlenmeyer collection); 13th December 1988 (Fine Antiquities); 5th June 1989 (The Erlenmeyer collection of Cretan Seals); 6th June 1989 (The Erlenmeyer collection of Ancient Near Eastern Stamp seals and amulets); 6th June 1989 (Fine Antiquities); 12th December 1989 (Fine Antiquities); 11th July 1990 (Fine Antiquities); 12th December 1990 (Fine Antiquities, including the Mrs Albert D. Lasker Collection); 10th July 1991 (Fine Antiquities); 2nd December 1991 (Fine Antiquities); 8th July 1992 (Fine Antiquities); 9th December 1992 (Fine Antiquities); 28th April 1993 (Antiquities and Souvenirs of the Grand Tour); 7th July 1993 (Ancient Egyptian Glass Inlays, part II); 7th July 1993 (Fine Antiquities); 27th October 1993 (Antiquities and Souvenirs of the Grand Tour); 27th April 1994 (Antiquities and Souvenirs of the Grand Tour); 6th July 1994 (The ‘Canford’ Assyrian Reliefs); 6th July 1994 (Fine Antiquities); 7th December 1994 (Fine Antiquities). 10.7 kg total, 24 x 18 - 27 x 21 cm

Property of a North West London gentleman.

11th July 1967 (Catalogue of Egyptian, Irish Bronze Age, Greek Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, also Islamic pottery, the Property of the Countess Adelheid Lanckoronska, the property of the late John Dawkins and other Owners); 29th January 1968 (Catalogue of Egyptian, Western Asiatic, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, the Property of the Countess Adelheid Lanckoronska, the property of Miss Minet and other Owners); 12th July 1971 (Catalogue of Egyptian, Irish Bronze Age, Western Asiatic, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Frankish and Viking Antiquities, the property of H.J.P. Bomford, Esq., The property of the late Mrs. D.Samuels and other owners); 12th July 1971 (Catalogue of Egyptian, Irish Bronze Age, Western Asiatic, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Frankish and Viking Antiquities, the property of H.J.P. Bomford, Esq., The property of the late Mrs. D.Samuels and other owners, illustrated catalogue); 10th April 1978 (Catalogue of Antiquities, the property of the late Dr.A.F.Philips, the Property of Sir Brian Young, the property of Dr.Joachim Von Guilleaume, the Property of J.Van Lier, Esq., and K.B. Kremer, Esq. and other owners); 4th September 1979 (Catalogue of two Assyrian Palace Reliefs); 4th December 1979 (Catalogue of the Antiquities, the property of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Constable-Maxwell, the property of Mrs.Stella Pitt-Rivers from the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Dorset, the Property of the late H.J.P. Bomford, Esq. and other owners); 15th July 1980 (Catalogue of the Antiquities, the property of the late Dr.Dr. h.c.S. Schweizer, Arlesheim and Breganzona, Switzerland, the property of William Meyer, Esq.of New York City, the Property of the late H.J.P. Bomford, Esq. and other owners); 8th December 1980 (Antiquities); 14th-15th December 1981 (Antiquities); 6th-7th May 1982 (Antiquities); 13th-14th December 1982 (Antiquities); 17thMay 1983 (Antiquities); 11th July 1983 (Antiquities, the property of the Lord Astor of Hever, Lord Amherst of Hackney, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Constable-Maxwell and other owners); 12th -13th December 1983 (Antiquities, the property of the Rt. Hon.Lord Methuen, the Rt. Hon.Lord Amherst of Hackney, Mrs. Charles Robertson from the Thomas F.Flannery Collection and other owners); 9th July 1984 (Antiquities); 10th December 1984 (Antiquities); 17th -18th July 1985 (Antiquities); 9th December 1985 (Antiquities); 19th May 1986 (Antiquities); 14th July 1986 (Antiquities); 8th December 1986 (Antiquities); 13th July 1987 (Antiquities); 14th December 1987 (Antiquities); 23rd May 1988 (Antiquities); 11th July 1988 (Antiquities); 12th December 1988 (Antiquities); 22nd May 1989 (Antiquities); 11th July 1989 (Antiquities); 11th December 1989 (Antiquities); 10th December 1996 (Antiquities). 13.55 kg total, 25 x 15 - 27 x 21 cm

Property of a North West London gentleman.

22 mai 1980 (Bronzes du Louristan, terres cuites de la Caspienne); 26 septembre 1980 (Bronzes et terres cuites de Louristan et de la Caspienne); 15 decembre 1980 (Bronzes et terres cuites de Louristan et de la Caspienne); 24 Juin 1981 (Succession K.Essayan); 7-8 juillet 1981 (Bronzes et terres cuites de Louristan et de la Caspienne, Glyptique); 8 juillet 1981 (Art d’Orient); 24 septembre 1981 (Bronzes et terres cuites de Louristan et de la Caspienne, orfevrerie et joaillerie iraniennes); 2 Decembre 1981 (Art d’Orient); 15-16 decembre 1981 (Bronzes et terres cuites de Louristan et de la Caspienne, joaillerie iranienne); 16 decembre 1981 (Art d’Orient); 4 mai 1982 (Art Musulman); 21-22 septembre 1982 (Bronzes et terres cuites de Louristan et de la Caspienne, glyptique); 20-21 Mars 1986 (collection Dreyfus); 12 octobre 1987 (archeologie); 27 novembre 1987 (archeologie, art musulman); 10-11th Octobre 1988 (archeologie); 24th October 1989 (Antiques Arts de l’Islam); 12 Octobre 1992 (Arts d’Orient); 16 decembre 1992 (la collection Virginia E.Bailey); 16 decembre 1992 (Arts d’Orient); 6 april 1993 (archeologie, glyptique); 30 juin-1st juillet 1993 (archeologie, Islam); 21 november 1993 (archeologie); 23 avril 2001 (archeologie); 26 fevrier 2003 (Arts d’Orient); 26 juin 2003 (Collection Bouvier Textile d’Egypte A Divers Arts d’Orient); 19 octobre 2003 (Arts d’Orient); 19 mars 2004 (Collection Evrard de Rouvre); 7-8 octobre 2004 (Arts d’Orient); 13-14 fevrier 2005 (Arts d’Orient); 16-17 juin 2005 (Arts d’Orient); 28 novembre 2005 (Archeologie, Arts de l’Islam); 7-8-9 juin 2006 (Arts d’Orient, Archeologie, Islam); 16 decembre 2006 (Arts d’Orient); 1st juin 2007 (Arts d’Orient); 16 novembre 2007 (Arts d’Orient); 22 mai 2008 (Arts d’Orient); 17 decembre 2008 (Arts d’Orient); 18 juin 2009 (Arts d’Orient); 27 novembre 2009 (Arts d’Orient); 4 juin 2010 (Arts d’Orient); 15 decembre 2010 (Arts d’Orient); 27 mai 2011 (Arts d’Orient); 7th decembre 2012 (Archeologie, Arts d’Orient); 5 juin 2013 (Archeologie, Arts d’Orient); 28 Novembre 2013 (Archeologie, Arts d’Orient); 18 juin 2014 (Archeologie, Arts d’Orient). 15.65 kg total, 18 x 24 - 27 x 21 cm

Property of a North West London gentleman.

24th-25th April 1970 (Antiquities); 7th December 1973 (Antiquities); 22nd November 1974 (Antiquities); 2nd May 1975 (Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art Glass from the Ray Winfield Smith Collection); 20th and 21st November 1975 (Fine Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art); 8th May 1976 (Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art); 11th December 1976 (Antiquities); 17th February 1978 (Fine Antiquities); 14th December 1978 (Important Egyptian, Classical and Western Asiatic Antiquities); 19th May 1979 (Important Classical, Egyptian and Western Asiatic Antiquities); 13th December 1979 (Important Ancient and Islamic Glass, Classical, Egyptian and Near Eastern Antiquities); 9th December 1981 (Important Antiquities); 20th May 1982 (Fine Antiquities); 10th-11th June 1983 (Egyptian, Classical and Near Eastern Antiquities); 1st-2nd March 1984 (Antiquities and Islamic Art, including the Collection of the Late Lester Wolfe, New York); 8th-9th February 1985 (Antiquities and Islamic Art); 21-22nd November 1985 (Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art); 30th May 1986 (Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art); 24th November 1986 (Antiquities and Islamic Art); 29th May 1987 (Antiquities and Islamic Art); 24-25th November, 1987 (Antiquities and Islamic Art); 15th June 1988 (Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art); 23rd June 1989 (Antiquities and Islamic Art); 29th November 1989 (Antiquities and Islamic Art); 20th June 1990 (Antiquities and Islamic Art); 20th June 1990 (The Breitbart Collection of Antiquities and Ancient Glass, New York); 17th December 1998 (The J.L.Theodor Collection). 11.6 kg total, 22 x 23.5 - 27 x 21 cm

Property of a North West London gentleman.

Christie's sale 7017 catalogue, card covers, 316pp, 419 lots including figurines, jewellery and images of animals, etc. 1.25 kg, 26.5 x 21 cm

Property of a North West London gentleman.

Richard Hattatt, Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, 1994, cover cards, hardback, 224 pp, black and white illustrations; good condition. 697 grams, 25 x 19.5 cm

From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.