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

Including moulded glass vase fragment with standing Herakles figure, oil lamp with dolphin and triton, moulded female bust with earring, and other items. 465 grams total, 33-95 mm



Private collection, Switzerland.

Ellipsoid bezel with incuse crouching gryphon motif. 0.89 grams, 14.41 mm overall, 10.74 mm internal diameter



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

With rounded underside, carination to the shoulder, flared and rounded mouth, strap handle; rim partly absent. 1.57 kg, 24 cm



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

D-section hoop with expanding shoulders and discoid bezel, finely engraved two upper parts of horses joined as one into 'S' shape. 6.79 grams, 25.48 mm overall, 21.72 x 21.92 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Y, USA 12, Europe 27.51, Japan 26)



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

Each a trapezoidal plaque with a thick mounting loop on the reverse; incised design of scrolled and looped tendrils and notched panels, all symmetrically and regularly placed. 67 grams total, 54 mm each



Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.

The design includes elements that appear to represent a horse's head in profile with a notched mane and looped eye; the designs are deliberately ambiguous.

Comprising a sheet-gold hollow-formed avian figure with applied filigree detailing, and a separate beaked head; accompanied by a rectangular blue glass fragment. 0.57 grams, bird: 19 mm



Private collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent.

Bulbous in profile with a short neck and a broad rim to the mouth, a short strap handle to the rear; painted with sirens facing left; vertical lines to the rim, shoulders and bottom. 100 grams, 80 cm high



Ex Lotti Hohl, Switzerland; acquired before 1987.

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).