Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins

Chessman type with domed base and pierced lug handle, tondo with two lines of naskh script. 22.1 grams, 34 mm



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

Roughly triangular fragment with impressed cuneiform text to one side. 85 grams, 63 mm



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

With design in two registers divided by a median band; each with combat scene of a hero beset by rearing beasts. 14.73 grams, 43 mm



Private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK.

Rectangular in plan with raised and moulded design: facing bearded figure with headdress and weapons gripped in his hands on his chest, joined at his waist to a three-tier band of pellets, and flanked by undulating flames; beneath the band a smaller facing bust above a line of four figures on a dais; mounted on a custom-made stand. 655 grams total, 15.6 cm high including stand



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

Shallow bowl with wide rim, painted central flower and the rim decorated with alternating floral and annulet motifs joined together with a double line decoration. 120 grams, 12.5 cm



Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.

Comprising a large discoid base with a stylised frog with its head raised and back legs extended towards the rim. 123 grams, 87 mm wide



Mayfair gallery, early 1990s. Ex North American gentleman collection.

Border of segments with scrolled foliage detailing; central aquatic design with fish-tailed monster and bird reserved against a turquoise field; low foot to underside. 530 grams, 21.7 cm



Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.

Featuring a round-section shaft with an openwork finial formed as a vertical bar with beast-head finials supported by two opposing birds. 118 grams, 15 cm



Acquired on the UK art market since the 1960s. From the private collection of Mr J.P.H., a Woolwich, UK, collector, his collection formed since the 1960s.

Plano-convex in section with incised profile bust to the underside, hatching to the hair and shoulders, pellets to the border; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.6 grams, 12 mm



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

Comprising plano-convex, T-shaped, tongue-shaped and other types with hatched, pointillé and other motifs. 8.63 grams total, 7-16 mm



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

Plano-convex in section with incuse sleeping lion; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.55 grams, 10 mm



Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.

Scaraboid type with intaglio scene of a winged figure advancing while holding a staff with crescent finial, starburst to each side; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 3.16 grams, 17 mm



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