Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History & Coins

Featuring a slender round-section hoop and a large lentoid bezel with a warrior riding a lion(?). 3.69 grams, 23.07 mm overall, 18.79x18.55 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Including pomegranates, apples and a gourd. 989 grams total, 4.5-18.7 cm



Estate of Mr Bruno Fellinger (1926-2016), Küsnacht, Switzerland. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.

Fluted body tapering to a narrow foot, the shoulders decorated with tiered bosses, short neck with flared mouth; wide handle perforated with a triangle. 1.18 kg, 25 cm wide



Estate of Mr Bruno Fellinger (1926-2016), Küsnacht, Switzerland. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12648-236390.

Buccheroid impasto is the name attributed by modern archaeologists to wheel thrown pottery. The clay in these specimens is less refined, and the firing techniques less precise than in the later bucchero ware.

Modelled with an elongated body and raised tail, a small head with pricked ears, and pierced through the body. 17 grams, 44 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Formed as a crouching stag with its legs tucked underneath the body, head turned back and resting against the body, scrolled horns. 23.6 grams, 40.8 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Comprising a slender hoop and a lentoid bezel with a leaping quadruped. 1.89 grams, 18.18 mm overal, 16.29 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Standing with arms held straight at the sides, short hair with neck-ring to rear, short-sleeved tunic with pleats to centre-front and rear, wide belt; perhaps a monumental fitting; gas permeation to rear right leg; mounted on a custom-made stand. 77.8 grams total, 10 cm including stand



Private collection, Paris, France, assembled in the 1950s-1960s. with Tessier-Sarrou & Associés, Paris, 2015. European private collection. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00107108. Accompanied by a copy of French cultural export passport no.167803. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12651-234613.

Comprising a slender hoop and a large oval bezel with a piecrust edge. 5.06 grams, 23.24 mm overall, 20.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)



Acquired on the UK art market in 2013 Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman.

Stylised head with large annular eyes and pinched nose, conical headdress with horizontal striations. 17 grams total, 38 mm (60 mm including stand)



Acquired from Ancient Art, London, UK. From the collection of a Nottingham, UK, collector, established from the early 2000s.

Comprising a slender round-section hoop and an oval bezel. 2.53 grams, 25.76 mm overall, 19.02x21.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Round body with raised rim on the filler hole, long tubular nozzle, and gently flaring foot; collection label on the base '4th c. BC, M6'. 60.5 grams, 80 mm



Private collection, Oxfordshire, UK, by direct descent from the collection of Judge George Cyril Griffith-Williams (1893-1983), Supreme Court Judge of the Colony of Cyprus; items having been collected in the 1930s and 1940s in Cyprus during his tenure there.

A section showing tightly wrapped lotus petals. 492 grams, 95 mm



From the late collection of a Cornish couple formed from the early 1990s.