Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History & Coins

Plano-convex in section with drilled motifs to the underside, two horses placed tête-bêche; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 12.98 grams, 32.28 mm



From the private collection of the late Mr W. Magee, Hartlepool, County Durham, UK, 1960s-1990s, thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous cataloguing information card.

Indurate limestone vessel with squat profile, broad flat base, carinated shoulder and broad rounded rim. 405 grams, 88 mm wide



From a London, UK, gentleman's collection of ancient pottery and artefacts, 1990s.

Comprising a sharply tapering lower body, parallel-sided upper body and rounded rim; decorated in dark brown with thirteen square panels with central saltire on a hatched field; repaired. 17 kg, 64 cm high



with Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK, 1974. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12972-245238.

Carved with an advancing horse with elongated legs, a teardrop-shaped motif above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.48 grams, 32 mm



From the collection of a Hertfordshire, UK, gentleman. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.

Plano-convex in section with lightly incised geometric motif to underside. 18.52 grams, 27.58 mm



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

A large fragment of a pillow-shaped tablet with dense columns of cuneiform text on two sides. 105 grams, 71 mm



Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.

Pillow-shaped ceramic section with impressed design: obverse with rolled cuneiform impression from a cylinder seal and cuneiform text alongside; reverse with faintly impressed cylinder seal design and flanking cuneiform text. 31.8 grams, 41 mm



Acquired at a London antiques fair in the 1990s. From the private collection of a Devon, UK, lady.

Comprising an openwork conical mount with ring at the apex, short chain and a conical bell attached. 28.79 grams, 81.33 mm



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

Bulbous body with narrow foot and flared mouth. 238 grams, 10 cm



From the collection of a Yorkshire, UK gentleman, items collected in the Holy Land in the 1960s.

Restrung designer necklace of three strands connected by a median vertical column; comprising mainly gold tubular beads with ribbing to the outer face, polyhedral carnelian beads, irregular green glass beads, square-section lapis lazuli beads and other types; the lower node a larger polyhedral lapis lazuli bead with a loop of barrel-shaped gold beads and other types. 78 grams, 57 cm



Acquired in the 1980s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Biconvex bezel with petal detailing to the lower body, inset facetted cabochon. 3.04 grams, 25.80 mm overall, 18.32 x 16.08mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)



Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.

Comprising leaf-shaped and triangular tanged arrowheads, two with barbed blades. 283 grams total, 8.1-12.8 cm



London, UK, collection, 1990s.

One of the categories of arrowheads coming from Marlik shows a large triangular blade with barbed shoulders and has been ascribed by Negahban to the subtype C of the type V of Luristan or North Persian arrowheads.