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Flat-section equal-arm cross pendant with integral loop. 8.68 grams, 48 mm



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

Piriform in profile with flared base, strap handle, triangular pouring lip, hinged lid; to the equator a circumferential band with reserved scroll ornament and inset agate cabochon; above, a pounced tondo with reserved 'IHS' monogram and rosette border; lid with thumb-pad and cross on stepped base. 2.32 kg, 48 cm



From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.

Each an openwork trefoil handle and disc base; motifs comprising 'IW between asterisks', 'ID'flanking a plant, 'IW' flanking a plant, 'LI' retrograde) flanking a plant, each supplied with an impression. 15.44 grams total, 22-28 mm



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

Osiris represented in his most usual form in a closely fitting cloak as a swathed mummy, holding the crook and the flail in his hands, the long beard neatly braided, wearing the Atef crown with incised plumes on either side; standing on a high integral base inscribed in hieroglyphs with a prayer addressed to the god: 'Osiris, who is (in the West), may he give life (to) Amen-en-Nyut, son of Ipa-dy-su, born of the Mistress of the House, Ta-Horbes'. 6.2 kg, 43.5 cm high



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by a copy of the sales booklet, which, in Peter's hand, reads: 'Written and illustrated by Peter Clayton'.

The original of this high-quality bronze casting is a black basalt figure of the Egyptian god Osiris, beautifully carved in the 26th Dynasty in the reign of the Pharaoh Psammetichus I (664-610 BC).

Comprising seven bifacial clasps showing Classical motifs, including Alexander the Great, Colossus of Rhodes, a Greek warship, and others. 874 grams total, 82-83 mm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.

Composed of small, annular turquoise, green and other beads. 4.71 grams, 36 cm



Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Comprising: a single-edged knife with a ring handle; a copper-alloy spoon, with partially silvered handle marked AmeΛbku; a substantial bronze ladle with segmented handle, bulbous bowl with pouring lip and body decorated by lozenges, finial of a sitting male with arms folded across the knees, trapezoidal panel to the rear with suspension ring. 346 grams total, 23.5-34 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.

Two miniature carvings worked from fruit stones, one extensively carved with scrolling foliage and floral ornament, creating an openwork pattern across its surface, an integral bridge behind forming a loop; the other carved in relief with a bird among foliage. 1.41 grams total, 20-22 mm



Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.

Comprising: sturdy hardwood shaft with ferrule and two brass collars; balustered socket to head with flat-section cross bearing restrained geometric decoration to both faces, domed studs, reserved 'IHS' monogram on a pounced tondo to obverse. 4.9 kg, 242 cm long



Donated by Anne Read 17th May 1889. Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.

Including piriform vase with ribbed decoration, and other items. 1.7 kg total, 16.5 - 16 cm



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

Comprising four large domed gaming pieces with carved linear decoration, three with a flower motif at the top of the dome and one with two opposing pelta motifs. 290 grams total, 33-43 mm



Private collection, London, UK.

Slender tubular glazed ceramic vessel with ribbed neck and base, loop handle; applied vertical columns decorated in typical North European Renaissance manner with low-relief floral, foliate and tendril ornaments and medallions; the upper medallion with double-headed Imperial eagle ('Reichsadler'), the medallion in the centre depicting Charlemagne, first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, bearded and in armour, holding the globus cruciger in his left and a sceptre in his right; monogram of the potter 'E.K.' on the left, 'CAROLVS' on the right, the lower monogram showing a coat of arms with fleurs de lis, above '1581'. 1.41 kg, 32.7 cm



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

High-quality reproduction of a 16th-century Siegburg (near Cologne, Germany) stoneware beer drinking vessel.