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

D-section pouch-shaped body with trumpet-shaped mouth and one remaining lateral loop handle. 730 grams, 18 cm



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

Comprising a ring formed from a golden twisted wire; a golden hollow tear-shaped pendant with three dangles formed from a twisted wire; a silver pennanular earring fragment with a coiled rod at each end; a round-section shaft with tapering ends and ribbed bar; a small plano-convex bead with an unfinished engraving, pierced longitudinally. 13.38 grams total, 11-25 mm



Private collection, Switzerland.

Comprising a discoid mirror with concentric rings to one face, a round-section ribbed shaft with triangular mount; tubular bone handle with two incised lines. 205 grams total, 9.2-14 cm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

The nude goddess modelled facing with her right hand resting on her left breast. 885 grams, 33.3 cm



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

Restrung group of fluted melon and other beads with three later hollow-formed gold drum-shaped panels, each with an inset cabochon garnet to the upper face, and granule clusters. 46.45 grams, 34 cm



Private collection, Jerusalem, assembled in the 1960s. with Holy Land Antiquities, Jerusalem. European private collection, acquired 2001. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13141-246774.

In the Hellenistic and Roman periods there was a strong formal and chromatic diversity of glass beads used for necklaces and bracelets. The most common beads in forms were small biconical (lenticular), barrel-shaped, spherical and annular; the most common colours were dark blue, followed by green and yellow, and red. The succession of glass beads often imitates jewellery made of costly materials (gold, silver, semi-precious and precious stones).

Discoid in plan with intaglio scene of a seated sculptor in profile working on a herm; chipped; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.16 grams, 15 mm



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

Discoid bezel with deeply incuse image of Tyche standing in profile on a baseline wearing a chiton, supporting a ship in her extended hands. 5.48 grams, 22 mm



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

Mammiform body with pedestal base and two loop handles below the everted rim. 170 grams, 16.5 cm



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

Cylindrical with stepped foot, five palmettes above the shoulder, dynamic frieze of two men visiting two hetairai, each of the figures dressed in long pleated garments, at the centre of the scene, a hetaira on the right reaching towards the bearded male and gently touching his chin with her open hand, a tall draped table behind her with an amphora underneath and a standing bird on the top. 459 grams, 26.4 cm



H.A.C. (Herbert A. Cahn), 19 October 1979. Private collection, Bern, Switzerland. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N125q45 by Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12644-236376.

The Athena Painter is known as the painter who designed several Greek black-figure pottery works using the 5th-century BC white-ground technique. He specialised in lekythoi and refers to Athena as the main subject in his works. Together with the Theseus Painter, they continued the tradition of painting large lekythoi. His black figures are of high quality, and in addition to lekythoi, he decorated other potteries such as oenochoai. Some archaeologists say that he may have been the same person as the Bowdoin Painter of red-figure pottery, although they may have just worked in the same workshop.

Featuring a slender round-section hoop and a large lentoid bezel with a seated figure holding a staff. 3.41 grams, 25.02 mm overall, 15.70 x 20.51 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.

Comprising: a juglet with a bulbous body and a narrow neck, small strap handle to the rear; a squat vessel with flared neck; a round oil lamp with a short nozzle. 197 grams total, 59-78 mm



Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. The juglet accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip.

Biconvex in profile with short nozzle and impressed 'ear of wheat' motif; with old collector's ticket 'Ancient Greek Very pretty lamp of fine style in red glaze. 1st century. Quite perfect: a cabinet specimen.' 85 grams, 83 mm



From Alexandria. From the estate of a deceased Sussex private collector since the early 20th century. Accompanied by an old original handwritten collector's ticket.