ART OF ANTIQUITY - 28 JUNE 2022

A pair of gold earrings made from a circular thick wire which forms a circular loop closed with two hooks. The outside wire is decorated with five...

The tridimensional carved amethyst in form of the famous owl of Athens. This mythological sculpture is characterised by a horizontal elongated hea...

A Near Eastern rock crystal bull reclining with its legs folded under the body with head turned left to the viewer. Drilled through from both side...

With a combat scene showing a central bearded hero, wearing a long robe, holding the forepaws of two flanking human-headed sphinxes reared up on t...

A pair of Byzantine gold drop shaped earrings. The central opening has a suspended amethyst bead which is surrounded by an open work relief showin...

A Byzantine gold pendant cross made from gold sheet. The cross is formed from hollow tubes which expand towards the finials. At the centre of the ...

A Byzantine gold pendant cross made from gold sheet. The cross is formed from hollow tubes which expand towards the finials. At the centre of the ...

Engraved with a winged griffin at bay, having four paws, with a spiked crest and upright ears, the beak slightly open, the tail downwards. Size:...

A seal decorated with a reclining mountain goat, palm and monogram. 28 by 24 mm. 18.95 grams.CONDITION Very good condition. PROVENANCE Previ...

Two Neo-Babylonian octagonal pyramid chalcedony stamp seals, each engraved with a man standing in front of an altar or podium. Attribute of the go...

A hard limestone engraved with an Aramaic inscription which is Sh’K’L weight. It will be one shekel weight. 20 mm. diam., 12 mm. height 8.10 g...

A roman carnelian oval shape intaglio with portrait of an emperor probably Septimius Severus(?) or Macrinus(?) and the reverse is convex. 17 by ...

A Sassanian carnelian stamp seal, oval form intaglio engraved with bust of Sassanian nobleman with profile to the right, under another smaller hea...

A finely engraved intaglio of impressive proportions in a rich dark orange coloured carnelian of a draped bust of Apollo holding in front of him a...

A Roman gold ring, with a flat oval carnelian stone, collet set and intaglio decorated with a nobleman standing full length, slightly turned to hi...

A heavy gold ring with a raised square bezel engraved with the portraits of the emperor Leo the first and his wife Verina. A cross is placed abov...

The bust has been fashioned from gold sheet which has been probably made with a two sided mould and soldered at the seams. With two loops on the r...

An Anatolian cast silver lunate pendant with the front covered in gold. The pendant has a loop for suspension with the facing head of a lioness be...

The banded agate scaraboid engraved with great skill, the two herons facing each other and one grabbing a mouse(?) in it’s beak. The heron motif i...

A Roman oval garnet engraved with an eagle on a tree branch. 14 by 7 mm.CONDITION Fine condition.PROVENANCE Previously in British antique ma...

A Roman green mottled jasper cabochon intaglio with squatting Anubis on two entwined snakes with two falcons on each sides. Reverse eight lines ma...

A Roman garnet cameo of facing head of Zeus. 14 by 10 mm.CONDITION The stone has a crack which runs through to the middle. PROVENANCE British ...

A roman agate cameo engraved in two layers, white on beige, the goat reclining in repose.15 by 12 mm.CONDITION Fair condition. PROVENANCE West S...

A roman garnet cabochon intaglio of standing Apollo leaning on a column. 14 by 11 mm.CONDITION One chip on the left side edge otherwise intact....

An agate cameo portrait of a middle aged man with draped shoulders. 28 by 20 mm.CONDITION It has small chips on the right side at 4 o'clock. PR...

An oval cameo of agate showing a standing man holding a sceptre in his left hand and indeterminate object in his right. He is wearing a diadem and...

A carved onyx cameo with face of Medusa, slightly turned in 3/4. On top of the head, presence of the wings. (protective subject). Size: 18 by 16...

A Renaissance intaglio in carnelian, engraved with a portrait of the emperor Hadrian shown to the left. The ring is with open design ring shoulder...

An eastern Greek carnelian scaraboid seal of a standing lion with his paw on a deer(?). 12 by 9 by 5 mm.CONDITION Very fine condition. PROVENAN...

A pair of Roman Egyptian earrings made from gold wire with two faience amulets of BES. 26 mm. height Weight: 1.30 grams CONDITION Fair condit...

A red carnelian intaglio with bust of the emperor Antoninus Pius. Set in a modern ring. Size: USA 8, Europe 17. Weight: 9.60 grams.CONDITION ...

A roman gold hollow ring with a high mount made from gold sheet depicting a bust of a lady facing right. USA 5.5, Europe 11. Weight: 4.68 gra...

Late Roman cast and chased gold ring with a cabouchon intaglio of a panther holding a thyrsus of Bacchus in its mouth. USA 8.5, Europe 18.5. 11...

The oval amethyst cabochon intaglio engraved with a portrait bust facing right, wearing draped clothing, likely to be the portrait of the young Ca...

A seated Persian woman with a flower. Engraved on the underside with a woman seated on a chair, wearing a long pleated chiton and a crown(?), her ...

Incised design depicting a falcon facing a pedestal altar with square on top, and a band of six circles in the shape of a crescent. Possibly with ...

A Roman oval chalcedony intaglio, domed top engraved with Hercules standing full length turned to the left with a star in the field in front of hi...

A banded agate dome-shaped seal, the underside engraved with rabbits and inscriptions. 20 by 11 by 16 mm. 4.82 grams.CONDITION Very good cond...

A pair of cast bronze chariot fittings surmounted by a panther. The ferocious heads have been rendered in a fashion characteristic of Roman feline...

Of shallow hammered form with everted rim, the centre decorated with a lotus pattern with incised seven-petalled open lotus flowers and delicately...

Of shallow form with a bevelled rim with a flat base, the engraved motif around the raised central eight pointed star is decorated by incised thre...

A standing bronze figure pendant in form of an idol with a hollow-formed body with loops to the shoulders and attached stub arms, arms folded to t...

A bronze statuette, standing full length with arms both stretched and held open forward, small breasts and slender waist with a prominent aquiline...

The bowl hammered from a sheet-bronze repoussé work chased into the surface with an embossed circle at the centre. Stylised lotus flower design to...

With stylized features of an elongated form, the body and limb flat in section, standing with the legs together, the slender arms held in to the s...

A bronze cast figure of a man carrying an animal. The stylised naked figure with eyes and oversized nose with a goat ? on his back, and holding th...

Bronze male figure/deity holding a club in one hand and a snake in the other hand. Serpents have different symbolisms in ancient cultures, from s...

A cast bronze, decorated in relief with lotus pattern on the interior and incised round in the centre of the bowl. The thick-walled bowl with flat...

A bronze vase (ceremonial?) with a globular body and tapered neck. It has two lugs applied to the rim of the neck attached by three rivets each. T...

A large, beautiful bronze oil lamp cast by the lost wax process and designed so that it could hang from the original chains attached to three susp...

A life-size right hand cast and chased, broken off at the wrist. The back is open suggesting that the hand was up against the body of a togate sta...

An Elamite amulet of a stag made with solid cast silver. A seated stag with naturalistic facial features and turned on the right side with elabora...

A Roman cast bronze statuette of a bull, depicted in a striding position, with the tail formed. The animal’s anatomical features are finely render...

A free standing hollow cast representation of a mouflon or mountain goat, commonly used by the Achaemenids as a motif, especially for the protomes...

In the form of a female head, carved in high relief, her hair dressed in tiers of ringlets with two twisted locks falling over each side. She is w...

Typical stylised form, the bulbous face surmounted by a low polos headdress, with elongated neck, vestigial arms, small pointed breasts and exagge...

The bowl with a handle in the form of a lion grasping the rim of the shallow bowl, its open mouth serving as a tube, biting through the basin with...

A byzantine bronze candlestick with gilding and silver inlays. It is a very elaborate support for a candle or lamp. The composite nature of the st...

A bronze statue of Serapis, the god of fertility, robed and wearing a modius crown with engraved leaf design, full beard and curly hair, aquiline ...

A finely carved amulet of a cow or ox with legs folded beneath the body, head facing forward. 22.5 mm. length. 6.82 grams.CONDITION Very good ...