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

Square-section tall body with a pontil mark on the base and a tubular neck. 18.5 grams, 65 mm



Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s.

Compartmented seal shaped as a horned quadruped with a square body and curving horns, a loop on the reverse. 9.04 grams, 34 mm



Ex the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, acquired 1970-2000s, thence by descent. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance.

Frieze comprising a bowman aiming at a fleeing deer, with fish, sun and other objects in the field; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 13.82 grams, 33.6 mm



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

Model dagger with two-lobed pommel and similar guard, applied bands to the scabbard, two attachment points. 5.83 grams, 88 mm



Japanese private collection, assembled in the 1990s. Acquired from the above in 2010. European private collection.

Including trellis, standing figure, leaping stag and other designs. 19.6 grams total, 17-23 mm



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

Broad shallow bowl with carination and painted rings, supported by a sturdy shank on a stepped conical base. 1.76 kg, 27 cm



Ex North West London specialist collection of pottery, 1990s.

Rounded in profile and trilobed in plan with pierced lug to the reverse; three coils emanating from a common source; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 3.63 grams, 20 mm



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

Cylinder with a carved scene of three rampant animals engaged in a combat, pierced vertically; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 9.8 grams, 21 mm



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

Octagonal in plan with tongue-shaped body, incuse perching eagle motif. 5.2 grams, 19 mm



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

Including running hound, perching eagle and other types. 8.6 grams total, 12-22 mm



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

Comprising a hemispherical bowl with carination and a flaring foot. 838 grams, 19 cm



Ex Abelita collection, 1990s.

With conical body, the inner face bearing the remains of concentric rings of inked magical Aramaic text. 285 grams, 17.2 cm wide



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

Aramaic incantation bowls are particular to the Sasanian period and have been found in the regions of modern Iraq. These simple ceramic bowls, also known as magic bowls, each contain an Aramaic inscription, written in ink, which spirals from the centre. The bowls seem to have played an important part in domestic life. For example, during excavation in Nippur in 1889, one or more incantation bowls were found in each house together with domestic artefacts, most often in doorways or under floorboards in the corner of rooms. The bowls are predominantly apotropaic, and the inscriptions tend to protect their owners from misfortunes such as childbirth, illness and evil spirits.