Graeco-Roman Silver Frog Amulet

A mixed group of sheet-gold funerary appliqués comprising: two swords with repoussé pellets; a lily flower; a bull-horns' motif; a pair of leaves with notched edges. 2.31 grams total, 17-43 mm



Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.

A ceramic burnished ware zoomorphic jug with a piriform body, slender cylindrical neck with tapering U-section spout with integral handle to rear and perforated lug to the base of the neck at the front; decorated with a shallow incised geometric motifs composed of clusters of horizontal lines and bands of lozenges with hatched fill, chevrons along the spine of the handle; accompanied by a display stand; some restoration. 667 grams total, 33 cm high including stand



Acquired in the 1990s. From a North Yorkshire private collection, UK.

Red burnished ware pottery became the dominant pottery ware lasting into the Middle Bronze Age on the island of Cyprus. Vessels were handmade and covered with a slip, which was burnished and often decorated with patterns incised with a sharp cutting edge before being fired. Potters were able to produce vessels that were either mottled or painted in two colours, often red outside and black inside and on the exterior of the rim.

A bronze ladle with a deep hemispherical bowl and everted rim, long balustered handle with loop finial and bull’s head to the reverse of terminal, crowned female bust, crouching philosophers to the rim and winged sphinx between. 195 grams, 22 cm

Fine condition.

Ex central London gallery. London collection, 2000s.