Timeline Auction - Antiquities, Natural History and Coins

2nd millennium BC. A carved alabaster bowl, elongated with raised rounded ends, flat base. 4 kg, 32cm (12 1/2"). Property of a European collector...

2nd millennium BC. A carved hardstone columnar idol with waisted body, transverse slot to each flat face. Cf. Linenthal, P. Columns, Discs and the...

2nd millennium BC. A carved limestone columnar idol with waisted body, convex underside, transverse slot to the upper face. Cf. Linenthal, P. Colu...

1st millennium AD. A carved limestone rosette within a rectangular frame with roundels to the border; possibly Gandharan workmanship. 11.5 kg, 26...

3rd-7th century AD. A restrung necklace of assorted decorated round glass beads including two cube-shaped, with small glass spacers; modern clasp....

1st millennium BC and later. A group of quartz beads of varying size and shapes including spherical, teardrop and hexagonal, one engraved on the b...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of agate beads comprising: two fusiform pierced longitudinally; one fusiform, triangular in section, pierced ...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A ceramic figure of a standing female wearing a peaked cap, lentoid eyes, large nose and applied lips, thick band around th...

2nd millennium BC. A ceramic hollow-formed bull figurine with holes to the rump, back and muzzle, pierced lug to the chest, each leg a pierced lug...

1st millennium BC. A hollow-formed ceramic vessel with bovine head to the forward end and pierced lug to the chest, bowl to the upper face with ve...

2nd millennium BC. A ceramic model wagon with arched cover, flat floor, panels of incised linear decoration to the outer face; the rear edge pierc...

2nd millennium BC. A rectangular ceramic cart with stepped parapet, vertical sides with incised herringbone motifs, tall rear wall with incised wo...

11th-6th century BC. A terracotta flask with drum-shaped body, trumpet -shaped neck with lateral loop handles; ring of rosettes and hexagram with ...

Iron Age, 12th-9th century BC. A bulbous ceramic vessel with basal ring, tubular neck with raised vertical rim, strap handle, U-section spout with...

8th-10th century AD. A ceramic jar with piriform body, raised rib to the shoulder, broad tubular neck with flared undulating rim, two chevron hand...

12th century BC. A cream-glazed terracotta jug with deep belly, flared basal ring, broad neck with flared rim, strap handle formed as two twisted ...

4th-6th century AD. A carved limestone plano-convex stamp seal with central hole for suspension, intaglio of a reclining quadruple facing backward...

3rd-6th century AD. A carved dark pink stone plano-convex stamp seal with a motif of a reclining antelope, pierced for suspension. 7.43 grams, 18...

3rd-6th century AD. A dark red stone carved plano-convex stamp seal with a central hole for suspension, intaglio motif of a standing bull to the u...

3rd-5th century AD. A dark grey stone stamp seal with pierced dome-shaped body; underside engraved with a quadruped, possibly an antelope. 9.32 g...

3rd-6th century AD. A carved black chert plano-convex stamp seal with a central hole for suspension, intaglio of a reclining quadruped. 13.41 gra...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A carved plano-convex black agate stamp seal bead with intaglio of a standing figure with outstretched arms and hands. 6.4...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A calcite stamp seal with roughly shaped handle, underside with four raised cuneiform symbols. 199 grams, 85mm (3 1/2"). E...

2nd millennium BC. A plano-convex black agate seal matrix with ibex and objects in the field. 24 grams, 30mm (1 1/4"). Property of a London, UK c...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A drum-shaped terracotta seal with beaded border to the upper face, motif of fruit and tendrils or vines. 41 grams...

3rd millennium BC. A carved black agate cylinder seal with frieze of standing figure and winged beasts rearing on their hindlegs. 6.14 grams, 22m...

3rd millennium BC. A carved hardstone cylinder seal with frieze of ibexes, each with a (solar?) disc above the shoulder. 7.36 grams, 24mm (1"). P...

3rd-6th century AD. A banded agate stamp seal with dome-shaped body; underside engraved with standing bull; Pahlavi script to the top edge. 6.52 ...

10th-7th century BC. A pale blue glazed composition cylinder seal with a motif of a standing antelope (?) and a figure wearing long dress and hat,...

15th-13th century BC. A composition cylinder seal with a central motif of an antelope facing backwards to a structure or a tree. 4.3 grams, 27mm ...

2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of cylinder seals in marble, haematite and other stone with figural, geometric and other motifs. 97 grams total,...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A group of three cylinder seals comprising: one in orange limestone depicting a king shooting a lion; one in black agate wi...

17th-18th century AD. A restrung necklace of lapis lazuli beads, tubular and serrated in shape with two animal-shaped beads and one hour glass-sha...

2nd millennium BC. A mixed group comprising: a glazed ceramic partial impression from a Babylonian cylinder seal with winged figure to one face wi...

17th-18th century AD. A restrung necklace of lapis lazuli effect glass beads and stamp seals depicting reclining animals and male busts; with gold...

1st millennium BC. A gold hoop with coiled wire finial, pearl, amethyst and turquoise beads, granulated collars. 3.20 grams, 22mm (1"). Property ...

1st millennium BC. A gold hoop earring with filigree band, two wire fillets with glass beads, rosette cell with granules (stone absent"). 1.91 gr...

1st millennium BC. A discoid gold plaque with dentilled edge, granulated border, three hollow bosses; three cells with later turquoise(?) cabochon...

3rd-5th century AD. A matched pair of round-section silver penannular temple rings, each with applied beaded collars and coiled beaded wire. 22 g...

1st millennium BC. A group of silver hair rings, three coiled, two U-shaped with bent decorated terminals. 25 grams total, 20-25mm (3/4 - 1"). Pr...

Mid 1st millennium BC. A pair of silver bracelets with rounded bodies and flat terminal ends decorated with leaf pattern. 182 grams total, 67mm (...

18th-19th century AD. A silver brooch pin with tapering shank, rectangular head with reserved arabesque motif on an enamelled field, split triangu...

2nd millennium BC. A small silver spoon with shallow piriform bowl, round-section shank, ribbed collar with standing robed figure modelled in the ...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A silver dress pin with thick tapering shank, punched herringbone detail to the upper section, biconvex discoid head. 27 g...

6th-4th century BC. A rectangular silver sheet with repoussé motif of a centaur raising an ox(?) above his head, within a pelletted border. 1.81 ...

1st millennium BC. A group of four parcel-gilt silver mounts, each a heater-shaped scooped panel between two bulbs. 1.75 grams, 30-32mm (1 1/4")....

Mid 2nd millennium BC. A bronze stylised ram's head with pellet eyes, coiled lateral horns, two billeted bands to the muzzle and brow, suspension ...

10th-8th century BC. A large penannular bracelet formed from a triangular rod with applied pellets; possibly from Luristan workmanship. 1.8kg, 14...

4th-2nd millennium BC. A bronze figure of a kilted male kneeling on a square base, right hand gripping a tool(?) resting on the left knee. 22 gra...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A bronze figure of a standing male with oversized head with large nose, eyes and ears; upper torso bare with left arm held ...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze figurine of an ibex standing erect on a rectangular base. 48 grams, 55mm (2 1/4"). From a German collection; acquired...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A bronze figure of a crouching lion with wide open mouth, forelegs stretched forward, tail curling over the back. 29 grams...

18th-19th century AD. A bronze statuette of a ram with its legs folded beneath its body, head raised, horns curved to the shoulders and neck. 343...

2nd millennium BC. A mixed bronze group comprising: three ibex figurines, each on a flared rectangular base with attachment holes and pierced body...

2nd millennium BC. A group of bronze antelope figurines, each on a flared rectangular base with attachment holes and pierced body. 42 grams total...

5th-4th century BC. A mixed group of four zoomorphic mounts comprising: a raven's head with square mounting loop to reverse; two plumed bird's hea...

6th-4th century BC. A flat-section bronze plaque of a stylised boar's head in profile with pelleted border to the rear, slender snout and projecti...

6th century BC-3rd century AD. A bronze mount comprising a facing fish with hatched detailing, lateral fins, pellet eyes, loop forming the open mo...

1st millennium BC. A bronze flat-section mount with raised spiral and radiating bars, S-shaped motifs with radiating crests; loop to the reverse. ...

2nd millennium BC. A hollow-formed bronze tubular finial with flared base, addorsed bird-head finials each with pellet eyes, raised comb, median p...