Timeline Auction - Antiquities, Natural History and Coins

2nd millennium BC. A pair of bronze finials, each with ribbed collar to the mouth, ram's head with curved horns. 62 grams total, 39mm (1 1/2"). F...

2nd millennium BC. A pair of bronze dress pins comprising: one tapering with rounded point, rosette finial; one tapering with balustered and ribbe...

13th-6th century BC. A bronze dress pin with tapering round-section shank, beast-head finial with short curved horns, inlaid gold fleck to each ey...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze sceptre top comprising: a waisted and balustered bronze tube with flared mouth and everted flange; an opposed pair of ...

Late 2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of bronze elements for a sceptre comprising: a flat-section panel with ram-head finial; a tapering tube with...

3rd-6th century AD and later. A squat bronze bowl with deep shoulder, raised rim, concentric lines to shoulder and inner face; later repair with b...

6th-4th century BC. A parcel-gilt bronze model wheel with hub and five expanding spokes. 14 grams, 32mm (1 1/4"). Private collection, London, UK;...

3rd-7th century AD. A bronze slider plaque from a belt or harness, slightly domed in profile with bar to the reverse, facing image of a female mod...

1st millennium BC. A bronze reclining lion with detailed mane and fur; lock hasp to the bottom and end. 67 grams, 60mm (2 1/4"). The property of ...

13th-6th century BC. A Bronze Age sword blade, narrow and lanceolate with flat central rib, and rounded end. 112 grams total, 36.6cm (14 1/2"). F...

13th-6th century BC. A mixed group of bronze items comprising: a squat spherical incense burner with flared basal ring, band of holes to the shoul...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A carved limestone amulet of addorsed animal-heads with forepaws below, pierced vertically for attachment. 23 grams, 51mm ...

Circa 3000 BC. A white steatite amulet in the shape of a reclining feline, possibly a lion, head held up and looking to one side, engraved details...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A pair of carved stone amulets pierced for suspension, one a sheep (?) with legs folded beneath the body, the other a bovin...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A carved steatite(?) sphere with ring-and-dot motifs on three flat faces, inset shell panels between. 6.57 grams, 18mm (3/...

1st millennium BC or later. An idar-oberstein banded agate two-holed component bead displaying eye design. 4.14 grams, 16mm (3/4"). From an impor...

1st millennium BC. A carved volcanic rhyolitic tufa male torso with emphasised abdominal muscles and thighs; mounted on a display stand. 7.3 kg, ...

2nd century BC-2nd century AD. The upper section of a rectangular alabaster stele, with stylised human face carved in the half-round with remains ...

1st millennium BC. A black basalt statuette of a naked female with necklace around thick neck; arms bent at elbow and hands below prominent breast...

2nd millennium BC. A hammer-handled haematite stamp seal with pierced suspension bulb, five intaglio designs comprising a zebu with fronds, a stan...

4th-6th century AD. A discoid lapis lazuli seal matrix with intaglio profile bust, bearded with cap and hair. Cf. Gyselen, R. Acta Iranica. Sassan...

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

2nd millennium BC. A carved alabaster disc with a median slot to each face. Cf. Linenthal, P. Columns, Discs and the Creation of the World, see ww...

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

2nd millennium BC. A carved alabaster idol with hands clasped to the chest, large lentoid eyes and small pursed mouth. 292 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). ...

2nd millennium BC. A carved serpentine cup with bands of twisted rope detailing to the outer face. 132 grams, 75mm (3"). Property of a North West...

2nd millennium BC. A carved stone jar with square body, raised tubular neck with flange rim. 1.6 kg, 13cm (5"). Private collection, Cambridgeshir...

2nd millennium BC. A carved stone jar with square body, raised tubular neck with flange rim. 1.5 kg, 13cm (5"). Private collection, Cambridgeshir...

2nd millennium BC. A carved alabaster jar with flat underside, tapering sidewall, chamfered rim. 668 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). From the Terence Eva c...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A rounded alabaster jar with discoid base. 278 grams, 80mm (3 1/4"). From the Terence Eva collection; acquired from Pars A...

2nd millennium BC. An alabaster vessel with broad flared rim. 1.5 kg, 23cm (9"). Ex Terence Eva collection; formerly with Pars Gallery, London, W...

2nd millennium BC. An alabaster vessel with tapering sidewall and flat base. 671 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Ex Terence Eva collection; formerly with P...

2nd millennium BC. An alabaster vessel with waisted sidewall and everted rim. 1.4 kg, 14cm (5 1/2"). Ex Terence Eva collection; formerly with Par...

2nd millennium BC. A carved alabaster vessel, waisted profile with rolled rim. 1.94 kg, 21cm (8 1/4"). Ex Pars Antiques; formerly in the Terence ...

10th century BC. An alabaster vessel with square-section body, ledge shoulders, round-section neck and everted rim. 1.2 kg, 14.5cm (5 3/4"). From...

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

1st millennium BC. A squat alabaster jar with carinated body, broad flared rim, notched border. 610 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). The property of a Germa...

1st millennium BC. Two fragments of a carved limestone rosette within a bilinear circular border; possibly Assyrian workmanship. 5.3 kg total, 18...

2nd millennium BC. A carved agate plano-convex gaming piece. 29 grams, 26mm (1"). Property of an Essex, UK collector; acquired London art market,...

2nd millennium BC. A carved crystal(?) weight in the form of a duck with its head resting on its back, remains of gilding. 2.56 grams, 20mm (3/4"...

2nd century BC-2nd century AD. A rectangular limestone block fragment with four incised characters to one flat face. 2.1 kg, 20cm (8"). From a Ge...

16th-12th century BC. A mixed group of Late Bronze Age ceramic bowls comprising: two large, buff-coloured, with painted hatching, stirrup-shaped h...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A terracotta globular vessel with flat base, flared rim, two lateral ledge handles and single knop to the equator with two ...

2nd millennium BC. A cream ceramic vessel with convex lower body, flared basal ring, broad sloping shoulder, slender neck with chamfered rim, D-se...

16th-12th century BC. A mixed group of ceramic bowls comprising: one burnished terracotta with integral foot, curved stirrup handle; one similar, ...

12th-10th century BC. A terracotta globular jug with basal ring, trumpet -shaped neck with median fillet, everted and chamfered rim, strap handle ...

12th-10th century BC. A terracotta globular flask with trumpet -shaped neck with median carination, everted rim, bifid strap handle to the shoulde...

8th-7th century BC. An unglazed ceramic jug with basal ring, globular body, trumpet-shaped neck with chamfered rim, round-section handle to the sh...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A terracotta bulbous vessel with tubular neck, slightly flared rim, bifid strap handle to the rear and pierced suspension l...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A terracotta vessel with globular body, everted rim, single round-section loop handle. 493 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). Ex Mannio...

19th-18th century BC. A mixed group of ceramic figural plaques comprising: a terracotta nude female with hands clasped beneath the breasts; one si...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A mixed group of ceramic figurines, each with pierced flanges to the head, dimpled eyes, applied collar, stub arms, legs co...

2nd millennium BC. A mixed group comprising: a cover for a model cart with enclosed rear and rounded canopy; a biconvex wheel and a planoconvex wh...

3rd millennium BC and later. A mixed ceramic group comprising: a hollow-moulded figurine of a mother and infant; a Neolithic terracotta seated mot...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of ceramic animal figurines comprising: two birds on discoid bases; a horse with saddle; a sheep(?) with conj...

11th-6th century BC. A terracotta flask with biconvex body, trumpet -shaped neck with lateral loop handles. Cf. Amiran, R. Ancient Pottery of the ...

12th-6th century BC. A drum-shaped ceramic flask with domed faces, four stub legs, ribbed loop to each shoulder, broad neck with chamfered rim. Cf...

8th-10th century AD. A ceramic ewer with biconvex body, flared base, bell-shaped neck, broad neck with extended pouring lip, round-section handle ...

3rd millennium BC. An early Bronze Age broad hemispherical terracotta bowl with a band of pricked dot decoration below the rim, flat base and four...

2nd millennium BC. A tall ceramic jar or vase with basal ring, gently sloping shoulder, broad neck, chamfered everted rim, two strap handles; vert...