Timeline Auction - Antiquities, Natural History and Coins

3rd-6th century AD. A stone stamp seal with dome-shaped body; underside engraved with crescent moon-shaped standard; Pahlavi script to the side. ...

3rd century BC-3rd century AD. A mixed group of stone stamp seals, two of carnelian, one of sard, one of agate, and one of hematite, with animal f...

3rd century BC-3rd century AD. A mixed group of plano-convex stone seal matrices, two in carnelian, one each in rock crystal, banded agate, and de...

3rd century BC-3rd century AD. A mixed group of five plano-convex stone seal matrices in carnelian, chalcedony, rock crystal, green jasper, and he...

6th-4th century BC. A group of two stamp seal matrices comprising: one D-shaped chalcedony in profile with geometric design carved and drilled; on...

3rd-7th century AD. A mixed group of stone stamp seals in carnelian (3), black agate (3), agate (2), and chalcedony (1), with various intaglio mot...

3rd-7th century AD. A group of four ceramic seal impressions comprising: one of an armoured horseman with spear, text above; one with small seal o...

3rd-7th century AD. A C-section gold hoop with expanding shoulders, flat plaque with central round cell, granule detailing; inset central carnelia...

3rd-4th century AD. A flat-section gold hoop supporting a rectangular-section tapering cell with granule detailing, inset carnelian(?) cloison. 5...

3rd-7th century AD. A hollow-formed gold hoop with expanding shoulders, flat plaque with inset cabochon garnet, intaglio hooded figure. 2.60 gram...

3rd-6th century AD. A plano convex gold ring with round bezel set with an amethyst engraved with the figure of a standing bird; Pahlavi script to ...

3rd-6th century AD. A plano convex gold ring set with a carnelian engraved with the bust of a bearded male; Pahlavi script to the edges. 2.49 gram...

3rd-7th century AD. A matched group of three hollow-formed gold beads, each with dense bands of applied gold conical spikes, filigree collar to ea...

6th-4th century BC. A matched pair of gold earrings, each a hollow-formed cusped body with cluster of hollow spheres and granules, filigree collar...

5th-4th century BC. A matched pair of gold hoop earrings, each a square-section penannular shank with facetted lozengiform cell and hardstone inse...

1st millennium AD. A round-section penannular rod with collared cell and turquoise insert, six openwork knops, applied wire coiled about the shank...

3rd-6th century AD. A pair of gold earrings consisting of a hinged wire hoop connected to a crescent with two teardrop-shaped shields set with gar...

12th-10th century BC. A sheet gold ornament comprising a D-shaped plaque and two parallel-sided lateral extensions forming a choker-length collar;...

1st-2nd century AD. A penannular gold hoop with loop terminals, small median flange, two fixed drops each with a turquoise bead, granulated collar...

1st-2nd century AD. A penannular gold earring with fastening loops to the terminals, flange collar to the lower edge flanked by rigid drops each c...

7th-6th century BC. A silver phiale mesompholos with intersecting bulbous petals to the base, flaring rim and to the centre a central boss decorat...

3rd century BC-2nd century AD. A deep silver bowl with rounded underside and thickened rim; incised parcel-gilt image of a bird with a frond in it...

3rd-6th century AD. A silver-gilt discoid plaque with border of raised domes, central feline mask with fluted border, rectangular mouth with four ...

2nd millennium BC. A silver vessel fragment with flared and chamfered rim, incised panel with four columns of cuneiform text. 65 grams, 15cm (6")...

1st millennium BC. A silver fork consisting of a long handle ending in a gilded horse head; round base with punched hole and leaf motif, two long ...

1st millennium BC. A substantial silver penannular bracelet, round in section with wire coils to the shank, two groups of three granules to the un...

2nd millennium BC. A pair of bronze figural plaques comprising: a standing figure in flared robe with crossover lapels and belt, headdress with la...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze figurine of a standing female carrying a baby, modelled in the half-round with pierced lug to the reverse. 38 grams, ...

3rd millennium BC. A bronze figurine of a standing nude male holding a lamb to his chest, on a rectangular base with peg beneath. 41 grams, 57mm ...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze figure of a standing female (?) wearing a small cap, face with hooked nose and small eyes; long neck to wide chest and...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze figure of a standing female (?), cap on top of head, long hair down the back; prominent nose with pellet eyes and wide...

1st millennium AD. A substantial bronze horse and rider figurine on an openwork rectangular base; the horse with reins, halter, crupper and incise...

1st millennium BC. A bronze sceptre group comprising: finial with tubular bulb with ribbed collar, round-section shank and discoid foot; bifacial ...

8th century BC. A domed bronze cap supporting a rectangular base with horse and rider figure, the rider with hands on hips, the horse with twisted...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze figure of a bull with long neck and small head, eye socket empty for inlay, small open mouth; hump on the back, wide b...

2nd millennium BC. A heavy bronze statuette of a standing bull with head raised, prominent horns, pellet eyes. 731 grams, 10.5cm (4"). Ex Bonhams...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A large bronze circular fitting with applied decoration of three knobs to the bottom and a pair of birds to the top; massiv...

5th-3rd century BC. A bronze square pedestal with tapering sides, the front decorated with a projecting bull's head with fan tailed headdress abov...

2nd millennium BC. A group of three bull statuettes, two zebus with the mound to the shoulders. 66 grams total, 34-56mm (1 1/4 - 2 1/4"). From a ...

2nd millennium BC. A hemispherical bronze bowl with flat rim and a tripod stand with round-section struts, claw feet and paired discs below the ri...

13th-6th century BC. A hollow-cast bronze tapering socket with folded leg detail to the underside, slender curved neck, triangular head with pelle...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A hollow-formed bronze tubular finial with calves' heads; the tube slightly expanding towards the socket with deep shoulder...

9th-7th century BC. A bronze phiale with flaring rim and ribbed petal decoration to the edges and a raised centre; decorated to the centre with a ...

Neo-Babylonian Empire, 626-539 BC. A shallow bronze bowl with chamfered rim, concentric bands of pointillé decoration including palmettes and adva...

2nd millennium BC. A shallow bronze dish with flared sidewall, frieze of opposed winged sphinxes each with tripartite wig and grasping a papyrus s...

1st millennium BC. A large and ornate openwork cast bronze plaque or mount depicting, to the centre, an anthropomorphic figure with shoulder-lengt...

20th-19th century BC. A cuneiform clay tablet with text to both broad faces and one edge; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed b...

Dated 8 February, 416 BC. A bifacial clay tablet with cuneiform text on four sides, two stamped seal impressions to an edge, accompanied by an old...

Dated 2028 BC. A clay pillow-shaped messenger tablet from an important palace archive of the Sumerian city Iri-Sa?rig, dated to 2028 BC, with cune...

2nd millennium BC. A piriform ceramic jug with tall tubular neck, braided handle with thumb-pad; painted with black check panels, scrolled bands, ...

3rd millennium BC. A carved stone offering vessel formed as a simulated wicker pannier supported on the back of four recumbent bovines on a gusset...

2nd millennium BC. A carved chlorite(?) jar with high-relief image of two oxen tied to a tree, inverted nude male between them. 222 grams, 64mm (...

1180-700 BC. A carved onyx(?) vessel from the Syro-Hittite States, formed as a D-shaped socket in the upper face of a block with bull-head detail ...

2nd millennium BC. A conical steatite(?) vase with flared rim; high-relief image of a kneeling figure in belted kilt supporting a banded arc, perc...

2nd millennium BC. A carved steatite miniature bowl with ribbed base and rim, radiating discoid panels to the equator. 652 grams, 89mm (3 1/2"). ...

2nd millennium BC. A carved alabaster vessel, waisted profile with rolled rim 3.2 kg, 26cm (10 1/4"). Property of a North London gentleman; acqui...

2nd millennium BC. A carved alabaster vase with slightly domed underside, waisted body, flared rim. 5.4 kg, 37cm (14 1/2"). Property of a Europea...

2nd millennium BC. A carved chlorite(?) jar with high-relief frieze to the exterior of six advancing quadrupeds between hatched bands. 1.6 kg, 15...

2nd millennium BC. A carved steatite(?) bowl with high-relief frieze to the exterior of four advancing rams. 689 grams, 13cm (5"). Property of a ...

Early 1st millennium BC. A carved chlorite vessel with frieze of winged lions crouching, the heads modelled in the half-round; basal ring, notched...