Western Asiatic Large Terracotta Chalice

A steel helmet comprising a domed cap and mail curtain; the cap with five radiating applied ribs from the central bronze rosette with hollow bulb finial, applied brow-band, pair of applied plume-holders and bracket for a falling nasal guard; curtain of substantial (1.83-195mm thick) rings forming a mail curtain with triangular extensions flanking the face and protecting the rear of the neck. 1.6 kg, 40 cm high

Some damage to the rear including cracking and deformation, probably due to battle damage.

UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.

The plume-holders are placed beside two pairs of holes, possibly replacing a previous pair which were removed. Attachment of the mail to the browband is by means of smaller rings which are placed intermittently round the lower edge (or possibly some rings have been lost due to wear-and-tear).

A group of two similar crescentic gold earrings with slender hook-and-eye hoop, bifacial ornament with gold bulbs to the lower perimeter of both faces and top edges, adorned with pyramid and flower head granules to front face, granule clusters to the inner edge to front face, plain, beaded and striptwist filigree wire crescents to the body, with alternating granulates triangles and rectangles below, repeated on the reverse. 9.61 grams total, 32 mm wide each



Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

A piriform ceramic vessel painted with a monochrome zoomorphic frieze around the upper body, composed of alternating stylised birds and leaves. 441 grams, 12 cm wide



English collection formed in the 1990s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman.