TimeLine Auctions Mayfair Hotel Antiquities Sale

Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 BC. A recumbent ibis with carved ovoid wooden body with lateral folded wings, applied pigment to the rump; ca...

1st millennium BC and later. A restrung necklace composed of alternating globular gold beads and glass 'eye' beads, central element of glass comic...

4th century BC. A superb gold vessel of a conical shape, beaten from a single sheet with low-relief frieze; side A: an opposed pair of seated nobl...

3rd century BC-2nd century AD. A terracotta rhyton with flanged and stepped rim, tapering curved body, figural finial of the goddess Anahita with ...

2nd-4th century AD. A rectangular panel of mosaic tesserae depicting a tiger attacking a stag within a tangle of tendrils and fruit; mounted in a ...

2nd-4th century AD. A mosaic panel fragment of large (10-15mm width) tesserae depicting a fish and the oar of a boat; mounted in a matrix within a...

2nd century AD. The head of Emperor Antoninus Pius captured in marble; the stern features framed by a full head of curly tousled hair covering the...

1st-3rd century AD. A bronze figurine of a standing ram on a rectangular base, head erect with long curved horns, fleece detailing to the body and...

1st-3rd century AD. A bronze situla with bulbous body decorated with slender bands of wheel-cut decoration, the handle with central Herculean knot...

4th century AD. A large, finely detailed fragment of a dish depicting Hercules with a boar slung over his shoulders. 35 grams, 95mm (3 1/2"). Prop...

19th-18th century BC. A chert cylinder seal with two scenes that determine the picture: on the left a standing naked bearded man, facing left, fig...

20th-17th century BC. A carved green jasper cylinder seal with figures and objects in the field; accompanied by a museum-quality impression, and a...

Mainly 1st millennium BC. A mixed group of cylinder seals in agate, jasper, chalcedony and other stones with geometric and other ornament. 45.3 ...

2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of cylinder seals including three in marble, one in limestone and one in black agate, with mainly geometric motif...

2nd millennium BC and later. A mixed group of haematite, schist and other stone cylinder seals with mainly figural and geometric detailing; includ...

19th-16th century BC. A pillow-shaped ceramic tablet with incised cuneiform text to both broad faces, the reverse with a large incised 'X' probabl...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A domed limestone stamp seal with engraved motif of a facing calf-headed man, grasping two large birds by their necks; pier...

1st millennium BC. A sheet bronze rectangular panel with crenellated upper edge, incised frieze of a standing robed male figure with crown and fou...

Mid 2nd millennium BC. A bronze statuette of a standing figure on a four-legged base with ring-and-dot detailing, with tall conical headdress and ...

810-786 BC. A shallow bronze bowl with a band of text and pictograms to the centre; the inscription is in Urartian and is a property label: 'Belon...

4th-3rd century BC. A sheet-silver hemispherical bowl with chamfered rim, lotus-petal detailing to the outer face and central rosette. 334 grams...

1st millennium AD. A ceramic aquamanile formed as a standing feline with head inclined upwards, painted panels of decorative detailing to the flan...

1st millennium AD. A ceramic aquamanile formed as a standing caprid with head on a long arched neck, painted linear detailing to the flanks and ch...

1st millennium BC. A ceramic rhyton with bell-shaped body, bull-head finial with crescent horns and applied disc eyes, aperture to the mouth, appl...

4th-8th century AD. A ceramic round-based bowl, inscribed with exceptionally long and fine inscription in Aramaic, the inscription in spiral from ...

5th-4th century BC. A substantial carved bone pendant in the shape of a lotus flower, loop to the top, traces of gold leaf remaining; mounted on a...

3rd millennium BC. A ground and polished diorite axehead with large perforation, boat-shaped in plan with flat striking face to the rear. See Bria...

3rd millennium BC. A polished axehead with slightly convex blade, large perforation and flat striking face to the rear. See Briard, J. The Bronze ...

1st millennium BC. A good quality slender round-section gold penannular bracelet with trumpet-shaped terminals. 34 grams, 67mm (2 1/2"). Property ...

6th century AD. A matched pair of bronze disc appliqués, each a plaque with trilinear border surrounding a pattern of La Tène whirls and tendrils ...

9th century AD. A silvered and gilded cast copper-alloy sword belt mount, rectangular in plan and cross-section with reverse face rough-cast with ...

Mid 16th century AD. A substantial gold ring with swivelling bezel; the hoop D-shaped in section with high-relief foliage to the shoulders and dis...

13th-14th century AD. A gold stirrup ring comprising a round-section slender hoop, pie-dish bezel with inset sapphire cabochon. Cf. Oman, C.C. Vic...

18th century AD. A gold D-section ring with plain outer face, inscribed to the inner face in italic text '*I+like+my+choyse ', with long s. 5...

18th century AD. A gold posy ring with running foliage design to the outer face, legend in italics to the inner face 'Vertue passeth riches' (with...

13th-15th century AD. A bifacial bronze seal matrix with integral loop; a sword with crescent and star to each side with legend '+S' ROIERI DE WIN...