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

Hollow-form figure modelled standing and dressed in long garments tied at the waist, wearing a tall headgear. 490 grams, 22.4 cm



From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990-2000.

Comprising a leaf-shaped blade with a lozenge-section socket and a bent tang below. 930 grams, 51 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.

Comprising three cone finials, two with identical hieroglyphs and decoration, and one with five vertical lines of raised text. 1.18 kg total, 9.5-10.6 cm



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

A cylindrical keyless letter-combination padlock composed of four rotatable discs joined by a bow shackle above; the discs each bearing eleven letters in punched letter type. 67 grams, 40 mm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Berkshire, UK, gentleman collector. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Rectangular with broad upper and lateral borders, court scene with seated female holding a frond and facing robed figure with cup, behind her Hermes in winged petasos and sandals carrying a ram; traces of pigment, one corner broken. 694 grams total, 12-23.5 cm



Acquired at auction in Geneva or Basel circa 1989. From the private collection of a Swiss gentleman collector, thence by decent 2018.

Comprising: a mouse standing on its hind legs with a prominent snout; a man wearing a low-crowned hat and sporting curly hair. 12.8 grams total, 29 mm each



From the collection of archaeologist Frederick William Robins.

Comprising: a shabti figure with garbled hieroglyphic text, a reclining Anubis figurine, a carnelian intaglio with a bearded bust, and a large heart scarab with seven lines of hieroglyphic text. 570 grams total, 22-98 mm



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. The shabti purchased at Deit el Bahai in March 1975.

Disc bezel with pointillé border enclosing a three-masted sailing ship in profile. 6.33 grams, 22.13 mm overall, 17.98 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)



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

Pendant with four lozengiform arms each pierced by a cruciform void. 9.9 grams, 49 mm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Comprising: two with openwork cage handle and one with inset seal in a cell; one motif a two-headed spread eagle, one a crown with cross of thorns, the third copperplate script initials 'JW', each supplied with an impression. 21 grams total, 17-32 mm



Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Rectangular wooden block with rounded edges; gesso-covered obverse with painted image of a mosaic portrait of Michael in three-quarter view. 511 grams, 21 x 16.7 cm



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

Comprising a rectangular-section facetted hoop and a rectangular bezel with an eight-petalled flower in red and blue enamel. 3.77 grams, 21.01 mm overall, 18.49 x 16.26 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)



Private collection, England until 2012. Ex Dick Meijer, Amsterdam. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.