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Including a barrel-shaped banded agate bead, two teardrop-shaped pendants with engraved motifs, and others. 40 grams total, 4-27 mm



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

Comprising seven rings, each with a decorative bezel. 36.6 grams total, 22-27 mm



Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.

Ovate body with ring foot, tall neck with carinated collar and flared mouth, strap handle. 750 grams, 21.3 cm



Acquired by the vendor's father in London, circa 1960. Acquired Cheffins Auctions, UK.

Scaraboid type with intaglio image of a goddess advancing with one leg extended, six radiating panels or wings to her upper body, each tipped with a pellet; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 3.6 grams, 17 mm



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

Roughly rectangular section with faint remains of impressed text. 11.46 grams, 35 mm



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

Modelled in the round with an elongated curving neck, narrow eyes and pulled-back ears, mouth held open. 8.3 grams, 24 mm



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

Comprising a slender shank tapering to a point with circumferential ribbing and median flange collar pierced to accept a ring; ribbed melon finial. 25.2 grams, 13.8 cm



Ex John L. Homan, S. Humberside, UK, 1990. Ex West Yorkshire, UK, collection. Accompanied by an original invoice no.A61, dated 3 May 1990.

Frieze with four concentric circles around a motif comprising a central circle and four radiating arms; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.22 grams, 39 mm



Private European collection, 1990s.

Ellipsoid in plan with incuse profile bust wearing a diadem in the thick curly hair; repaired. 3.75 grams, 34 mm



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

Showing a planoconvex wheel with a flat back side and striated external surface, imitating spokes around the central hole. 117 grams, 78 mm



From a private UK collection formed in the 1960s.

Comprising one irregular with a net motif to the underside, one plano-convex with a start motif to the underside; two rectangular with incised geometric motives to both faces. 9.74 grams total, 12-19 mm



From the deceased estate of a specialist collector of seals, Woodbury, Connecticut, U.S.A. From a private collection, acquired in 2006.

Fragment of a carved zoomorphic plaque with a suspension hole at the shoulder and ring-and-dot motifs along the flank; old collector's card 'Sumerian 3rd millennium B.C. Shell amulet in form of a stylised recumbant [sic] animal. Eyes represented by roundels similar on body & drilled for suspension. 60 x 35 mm (max). Similar amulets have occured [sic] at Tel Hadidi & have been dated to 2300 BC. Last auction prices £300-370 each)'. 13.1 grams, 52 mm



Acquired from John L.Homan, Lincolnshire, UK, 1990s. Accompanied by an original, old handwritten collector's information card.