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

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.

Tubular type with voids to the sidewall, open underside, twisted loop finial. 4.1 grams, 31 mm



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

Piriform body and funicular neck; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 28.5 grams, 10.6 cm (91.1 grams total, 13.2 cm including stand)



From an important London, UK, collection 1980-2020.

These small flasks are typical in shape and dimensions, produced by the Egyptian or Syrian workshops of the Fatimid Empire. They were realised in ultramarine blue, slightly translucent glass, free-blown, and with a snapped-off base.

D-shaped in plan with incuse motif to underside of helmeted figure advancing with bow; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 12.1 grams, 24 mm



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

Including a mushroom-shaped drop, reef knot, melon and other types. 6.17 grams total, 8-16 mm



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

Including lentoid-section fusiform type, and oblate types. 96 grams total, 26-51 mm



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

Pillow-shaped with cuneiform text to both flat faces and one edge; accompanied by an old handwritten slip: 'Old Babylonian legal document, c.1800-1600 B.C.'. 101 grams, 66 mm



Private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten note by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.

With frieze depicting two male figures in profile, one wearing a short and one a long skirt, both harvesting a wheat field; a horned quadruple animal between the men; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.22 grams, 17 mm



London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.