TimeLine Auctions - 6 Day Antiquities and Coin Sale

1st millennium BC. An agate cylinder seal with frieze depicting standing robed figures, winged lamb, rampant bull and inverted calf, objects in th...

1st millennium AD. A bifacial lead plaque formed as a fish with hooked tail, scale detailing to the obverse, group of punched pellets to the rever...

20th century AD. A restrung necklace of graduated irregular glass beads with metallic glass centrepiece. 66 grams, 59cm (23"). From a private Be...

2nd millennium BC. A fluorite cylinder seal with three tiers of fish. 6.81 grams, 20mm (3/4"). Property of a Bristol collector; formerly part of...

1st millennium BC. A carnelian cylinder seal divided into four panels: one with an advancing lion, the other with a leaping antelope before a tree...

1st millennium BC. A haematite cylinder seal with frieze depicting a figure in wolfskin cape holding the tail of a griffin attacking a fleeing ibe...

2nd millennium BC. A serpentine cylinder seal with designs including quadrupeds in various poses. 21 grams, 32mm (1 1/4"). Property of a Bristol...

2nd millennium BC. A plano-convex black limestone bead with roundel and radiating leaves to the upper face, recumbent stag to the underside with f...

2nd millennium BC. A black agate cylinder seal with frieze of robed figures and three columns of cuneiform text. 7.58 grams, 27mm (1"). Property o...

1st millennium BC. A carved rectangular black limestone stamp seal with intaglio profile bust and cuneiform(?) inscription; set into a later silve...

2nd millennium BC. A banded agate cylinder seal with court scene, seated figure facing two standing robed figures; accompanied by a museum-quality...

2nd millennium BC. A limestone cylinder seal with frieze including a winged figure, altar, serpent and other items. 6.25 grams, 27mm (1"). Prope...

19th century AD or earlier. A ceramic jar with trumpet-shaped mouth, sidewall with foreparts of a stag and a hind in low relief. 291 grams. 14cm...

1st millennium BC. A marble cylinder seal with running guilloche pattern with pellets forming a repeating 'eye' pattern; accompanied by a museum-q...

Early 2nd millennium AD. A terracotta discoid flask with central roundel and concentric rings to each face, loop handles to the shoulders and ribb...

1st millennium BC. A mixed group of twenty-six bronze animal amuletic pendants. 77.7 grams total, 16-22.6mm (1/2 - 3/4"). From an important cent...

23rd-20th century BC. A bronze discoid seal with handle to the reverse, accompanied by a typed and signed note by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of ...

2nd millennium BC. A carved haematite cuboid stamp seal with integral loop, intaglio figures to the faces including ibex, bird, horse; accompanied...

2nd millennium BC. An alabaster bowl with indented rim; curving body to a small flat base. 179 grams, 83mm (3 1/4"). Property of a North London ...

1st millennium BC. A bronze seal matrix with loop to the reverse, image of a lioness with head turned to the rear facing a serpent biting the neck...

4th century BC. A rhyolite idol with bulbous head and body, low-relief facial features, arms forming a horizontal chevron across the chest. See Th...

Song Dynasty, 960-1127 AD. A green, part-glazed vessel with piecrust band at the shoulder, and a spiralling, ribbed neck with dragon appliqué. 1...

10th-13th century AD. A carved grey sandstone female figure (Lakshmi?) wearing a sampot pleated vertically, broad belt slung from the hips; mounte...

Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD. A green-glazed ceramic roof tile pair, depicting a fenghuang in flight among foliage. 28.3 kg total, 63-64cm (25"). ...

19th century AD. A matched pair of carved composite bone skull beads showing much detail; each pierced vertically. See Veleanu, M., Tibetan Artifa...

Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD. A glazed ceramic blue and white tomb pillow with floral design, incorporating piercings. 3.5 grams, 32cm (12 1/2"). ...

Qing Dynasty, 19th century AD. A shallow ceramic bowl with painted border below the rim; old auction sticker to the base. 119 grams, 11cm (4 1/4...

Northern Wei Dynasty, 386-534 AD. A ceramic rectangular brick with ogee recess; Buddha in high relief, standing on a lotus dais; right hand held i...

19th century AD. A large hollow-formed bronze stupa with tiered segmented collars, florid flange rim with leaf-shaped pendants, bell-shaped lotus-...

Han Dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD. A large discoid bronze mirror with one polished face, reverse with central pierced lug, three tiers of figural scenes ...

Tang Dynasty, 618-906 AD. A piriform green jar glazed to the upper half, with concentric rings below the equator, flat base and low neck with ever...

14th-15th century AD. A shallow glazed ceramic bowl with basal ring, chamfered rim, blue outline panels to the exterior, band of concentric lines,...

Qing Dynasty, 19th century AD. A blue-glazed porcelain bowl with tall basal ring and flared rim; decorative rings to the inner and outer basal rin...

4th century BC. A rhyolite idol with bulbous head and body, low-relief facial features, arms forming a horizontal band across the chest. See The G...

Song Dynasty, 960-1127 AD. A celadon ceramic footed dish with low-relief impressed floral detailing. 300 grams, 19cm (7 1/2"). From the property...

Tang Dynasty, 618-907 AD. A terracotta standing groom figure, possibly Mongolian, on an integral rhomboidal base; wearing a jacket with lapels and...

Late Qing Dynasty, 19th century AD. A blue glazed Junyao ware plate stand in Song Dynasty style, flared rim and basal ring, darker splashes to the...

19th century AD or earlier. A carved serpentine bowl with everted rim, addorsed lion-head handles to the sidewall with open jaws. 241 grams, 142...

Song Dynasty, 960-1127 AD. A conical ceramic bowl covered in a mottled dark glaze once streaked with fine russet-coloured 'hare’s fur' markings. S...

20th century AD. A deep hemispherical famille rose ceramic bowl with basal ring, textured pointillé surface with reserved polychrome flowers, foli...

1st millennium AD. A carved bone tubular fragment from a figurine with female face and dressed hair and tall crowned headdress. 18.5 grams, 56mm...

Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD. A pair of ochre-glazed vessels with conical body, tall neck and everted rim, applied scrolled handles to the neck. 5...

Northern Wei Dynasty, 386-534 AD. A ceramic rectangular brick depicting a high relief Buddha figure seated beneath a curtain, hands held in a mudr...

20th century AD or earlier. A mixed group of carving fragments depicting nude females in various poses. 1 kg total, 7-11.4cm (2 3/4 - 4 1/2"). F...

Song Dynasty, 960-1127 AD. A ceramic jar with trumpet mouth, mottled dark glaze with vertical rib decoration. 579 grams, 15.5cm (6"). From the C...

17th-18th century AD. A bronze ritual dagger with central bulb forming the vajra three radiating grotesque heads with crowns forming the pommel, t...

14th-16th century AD. A stone shrine fragment with three recesses to the flat face, each with a bronze figure inserted, one a Buddha sitting cross...

Qing Dynasty, 1636-1911 AD. A large ceramic glazed teapot with foot, short neck, everted rim, strap handle and spout with decorative loop behind, ...

Song Dynasty, 960-1127 AD. A square ceramic tile with recess to the obverse, raised lip surrounding a scene with three facing robed figures around...

1st millennium AD. A tear-shaped stone plaque with central slot and suspension hole; mounted on a custom-made stand. 85.3 grams total, 86mm incl...

4th century BC. A tall rhyolite idol with conical head and squat body, low-relief facial features, arms forming a horizontal band holding a disc t...

18th-19th century AD. A penannular silver bracelet formed as a braided crescent of silver wire, each terminal a stylised animal head with open mou...

Late Qing Dynasty, 19th century AD. A blue glazed Junyao ware vessel in Song Dynasty style, with rounded shoulders supported by a gently flaring f...

14th-15th century AD. A glazed ceramic jar with basal ring, deep shoulder and raised rim, three small loops to the outer edge of the shoulder, pan...

6th-2nd century BC. A bronze fitting of a galloping horse in profile, recessed annulets to the flanks, detailed bridle and mane; two attachment pe...

Tang Dynasty, 618-906 AD or later. A bronze disc mirror with one polished face, the reverse with raised rim, central pierced lug, frieze of runnin...

Late Qing Dynasty, 19th century AD. A blue glazed ceramic Junyao ware bowl in Song Dynasty style, with basal ring and splash decoration. 798 gra...

Tang Dynasty, 618-907 AD. A glazed ceramic whiteware jar with short neck and rolled rim; glazed, discoid lid with knop handle. 2 kg, 27cm (10 1/...

4th-1st century BC. A bronze plaque mount of a standing horse, geometric roundels to the body, stylised head with recessed eye and nostril, floor-...

20th century AD. A carved statue of a coiled dragon with fierce expression and open jaws, scale detailing to the body. 224 grams, 73mm (3"). Fro...