Ellipsoid in plan; high-relief profile bust with floral wreath to the brow and the hair drawn back in a chignon; chipped. 5.28 grams, 25 mm



London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

Each with a gold surface and red-brown cinnabar colouration; the spools are discoid with raised bands and a capped and pierced central cylindrical neck to the reverse; the discs present almost identical scenes of a standing warrior wearing a headdress and holding a club and shield; in the style of the Lambayeque Valley, circa 200-500 A.D. 173 grams total, 10.7 cm each



Formerly acquired before 1950. From the collection of Mr Razeto, acquired in the 1950s-1960s. Ex private American collection, circa 1960s. Acquired from Gloria Lisset Reyes Garcia, Florida, USA. From the private collection of Mr Michael J. Vaupel, Miami, USA.

The age of the Moche people has been lauded as the 'Master Craftsman Period' by archaeologists. Alongside other developments and innovations, the Moche excelled at metalwork, such as this pair of earrings, which may have been worn by high-status men or women. The pair would likely have been deposited as grave goods. The Moche culture existed between 200 and 850 AD, before the advent of the Inca. Although they never formed a single centralised political entity, they built thriving cultural regional centres stretching from the Nepeña River Valley in the south to the Piura River, close to the modern border with Ecuador, developing coastal regions into fertile farmlands and exploiting the maritime resources of the Pacific Ocean's Humboldt Current.

Each with a cell to the bezel, inset stone with incuse design. 97 grams total, 26-31 mm



Ex North West London, UK, collection, 2000s.

Including scarab with figural scene and legend to underside, plano-convex type with wreath, perching bird and legend, and other types; after the antique. 78 grams total, 15-33 mm



From the late S M collection, London, UK, 1969-1999.

Flat-section hoop with inner sleeve; voided cross to each shoulder and incised blackletter script legend 'AD TE LEVAVI ANIMAM MEAM' ('To You Lord I Lift Up My Soul'); discoid bezel with beaded rim, high-relief triskele of bent legs with mask to the centre. 12.5 grams, 29.44 mm overall, 21.23 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X, USA 11 1/2, Europe 26.29, Japan 25)



Ex Arundel, East Sussex, UK, private collection, 1970s-2000.

The text is the intro from the first Sunday of Advent. The triskele with central gorgoneion is the heraldic badge of the island of Sicily.

Including a carved bone bearded mask with diadem; terracotta figurine head mounted on a stand, sardonyx gaming piece with incuse hand to the underside, and other items. 94 grams total, 14-87 mm



Acquired on the UK art market.

Comprising a rectangular-section hoop with the shoulders formed as opposing bird-heads, the edge of the bezel decorated with similar motifs and set with a blue cabochon, likely sodalite. 8.44 grams, 29.83 mm overall, 19.82 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)



Prior English collection of Mr A.H.D. Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by an Ancient Art certificate of authenticity.

Designer necklace composed of cornerless cube beads interspersed with barley twist beads; restrung. 50 grams, 53 cm



Ex London, UK, art market 1990s.

Triangular-section single-edged blade with scooped forward edge, short baluster, trapezoidal grip with low-relief foliage design; the final formed as a musician playing a wind instrument, with both hands on the chanter with fingers spread and blowpipe in the mouth. 56.3 grams, 21 mm



From an old English collection formed since 1960.

Domed body carved from transparent quartz, underside engraved with a standing lion holding a curved sword in its raised paw with a rising sun behind and an inscription below. 32.15 grams, 31 mm



Private collection, UK.

Bifacial low-relief design; obverse: Corpus Christi amid scrolls on foliate cross; reverse: nimbate bishop in three-quarter view with crozier, legend to the circular band. 6 grams, 33 mm



From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.

Modelled in the round wearing a long tunic and a palla draped over his left shoulder, leather sandals with straps on his exposed feet. 87 kg, 100 cm



Private collection, France. Private collection, London. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13083-246798.

The statue, certainly intended for ecclesiastical decoration, most likely represents one of the apostles or prophets, or an Evangelist. These are Mannerist statues, executed with great sculptural skill, intended to adorn the large tomb complexes of wealthy families housed in the Catholic cathedrals of Renaissance Europe.