Restrung designer necklace string of tubular, oblate and other types with pendant centrepiece. 17.45 grams, 42.5 cm



London, UK, collection, 2000s.

Comprising a D-section hoop (split), and an oval bezel with standing goddess, possibly Venus. 3.39 grams, 21.26 mm overall, 18.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)



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

Comprising twelve rings of different types and sizes, some with an incuse motif on the bezel. 57.7 grams total, 19-26 mm



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

Restrung designer necklace string of fusiform, oblate and other types with facetted centrepiece. 25 grams, 35.8 cm



London, UK, collection, 2000s.

Restrung designer necklace string of tubular, oblate and other types with barrel-shaped pendant centrepiece. 31.8 grams, 36 cm



London, UK, collection, 2000s.

Hollow-formed, no handle, but the rear bulging tubular part of the basin may have served as such; body in the shape of a comic theater mask with large open mouth; filling-hole on forehead, knit eyebrows with jolly expression and large open mouth functioning as a wick-hole; crown of foliage and fruits; flat raised oval base. 38 grams, 67 mm



From the collection of Mr W.A. Stewart, Director of School of Arts and Crafts, Cairo, 1919-1929. Acquired Christie's, London, Antiquities, Works of Art and Important Renaissance Bronzes, Plaquettes and Limoges Enamels, 8 July 1981, no.126 (part). From a private Wiltshire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Christie's catalogue page.

Lamps with figurines first appeared in the Hellenistic period, possibly originating in Athens, since the 2nd century B.C. Found in all parts of the Mediterranean basin, they were particularly popular during the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D. The Silenus face types were linked to the Bacchic cult. The crown of leaves and fruit across the forehead alludes to Bacchus or one of his followers.

Round-section with iridescent surface. 9.1 grams, 52 mm



From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999.

Carved in the round figure of a cat crouching, mounted on a wooden base, and a mouse on an ellipsoid integral base. 19 grams total, 25-32 mm



From the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s.

Discoid with a raised bar on the reverse, on the upper face a large menorah flanked by lulav and shofar. 0.75 grams, 9 mm



UK collection since the 1990s.

Ferrous hoop with inset cloison to the bezel, profile female bust with laurel wreath to the brow. 6.13 grams, 27.23 mm overall, 16.19x18.91 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)



with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016.

D-section hoop expanding at the shoulders, oval plaque bezel with a leaping lion facing left. 5.08 grams, 25.61 mm overall, 22.15 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)



Ex Norri collection, Milton Keynes, UK, 1980s-1990s.

With oblate body and dimple base, tubular neck with rolled rim, two lateral knee-shaped handles to the shoulder; applied trail to the lower neck. 64 grams, 12.3 cm



Ex London, UK, gentleman, 1990s.