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

Ellipsoid in plan with two lines of Kufic script text and a star. 0.6 grams, 11 mm



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

Scaraboid type with intaglio scene depicting a standing robed figure on a baseline with arms raised towards a crescent moon above two altars; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.64 grams, 22 mm



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

Plano-convex type with incuse design of a seated robed figure in profile with hound, starburst above, hatched border; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.82 grams, 20 mm



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

Broad and squat with low sidewall, ring of punched ring-and-dot motifs surrounding rosette clusters. 635 grams, 24.3 cm



Ex Abelita collection, 1990s.

Modelled in the round in resting (couchant) pose with forelegs extended and head erect; transverse piercing behind the shoulder and the rear of the body tubular. 605 grams, 13.7 cm



Acquired from Atigh Gallery (UK), 23 February 1984.

Comprising: a conical seal with a stylised animal on the base; a rectangular seal with a motif on each face. 6.97 grams total, 12-18 mm



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

Modelled in the round on a rectangular plaque with incuse image to the underside: figure in ankle-length robe plucking a fruit from a tree. 3.28 grams, 18 mm



Old private French collection. Anonymous sale, Beaussant Lefevre, Paris, 2015. Private European collection, acquired in 2015.

Composed mainly of oblate, annular and other beads, restrung. 6.4 grams, 36 cm



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

Hollow-formed piriform body with three columnar legs, strap handle with applied detailing and applied collar, tapering neck and strigine head with applied loops to the eyes. 442 grams, 17 cm high



UK collection, 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000. Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman.

Composed mainly of annular and oblate beads with larger beads as a central feature, restrung. 7.96 grams, 37 cm



Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Including plano-convex type with incuse figure and hatching, ovoid type with two profile busts, and others. 12.6 grams total, 16-24 mm



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

With flange rim, flared base, stem with collars, and some painted decoration to the rim and neck. 1.67 kg, 21.5 cm high



Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.