TimeLine Auctions 5 Day Antiquities and Coin Sale

28th-24th century BC. A Mesopotamian carved alabaster squat bowl with handle formed as a goat's head; accompanied by an old handwritten scholarly ...

3rd millennium BC. A black glass(?) hollow bead with columnar body flanked by two advancing bulls to the base, horns supporting a wreath of two en...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze model of a proto-war chariot, formed as a squared box, the axle attached underneath with a gauge extending to full dis...

2nd millennium BC. A model four-wheeled cart of sheet bronze with scooped profile, internal frame and floor, sheet bronze wheels, bronze Y-shaped ...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze figure standing upright on a rectangular base wearing a close-fitting helmet, tight wrap-over shirt with cap sleeves, ...

Early 1st millennium BC. A matched pair of bronze bridle cheek-pieces, each a standing stag with erect antlers and head modelled in the half-round...

13th-6th century BC. A matched pair of bridle cheek panels, each an advancing horse on a base line with loop to the neck and central hole with rei...

13th-7th century BC. A bronze pin formed with a horned animal-head finial and round-section tapering collared shaft; another quadruped stands betw...

8th-9th century AD. A substantial hollow-formed bronze standing stag figure, head erect, antlers poised horizontally each with four tines and a bi...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A bronze figure of a standing Bactrian camel, the animal's second hump formed as a narrow tube with flat rim; detailing to ...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A bronze figure of a standing male goat with substantial curving horns, detailing to ears, eyes, mouth and mane; a narrow t...

6th-4th century BC. A bronze bowl with squat carinated body, flared rim and central omphalos with fluted border. 394 grams, 19.5cm (7 3/4"). Prope...

6th-4th century BC. A bronze shallow carinated bowl with broad flared rim; repoussé tear-shaped bosses within arches arranged around a central sha...

5th-4th century BC. A bronze bowl with lotiform underside comprising radiating flanges to the body and base, broad flared rim; omphalos to the int...

1st millennium BC. A bronze vessel with globular body, broad neck, everted rim, shallow circular foot and handle. 1.2 kg, 15cm (6"). From the coll...

1st millennium BC. A bronze vessel with drum-shaped body with collars and flared base, conical trumpet-shaped mouth and deep U-section spout; shal...

10th-7th century BC. A substantial bronze pouring vessel with drum-shaped body, broad neck, everted rim and convex base; long, deep U-sectioned in...

6th-5th century BC. A substantial ring formed from a single tapering sheet of bronze; incuse design comprising a central tree flanked by fish and ...

2nd millennium BC. A matched group of gold lotus flower jewellery comprising: a matched pair of earrings shaped as lotus flowers, each with oval-s...

2nd millennium BC. A set of three square sheet gold plaques each with a billeted border, repoussé scene of a standing human or divine hero with ha...

1st millennium BC. A matched pair of sheet-gold earrings with integral 'hooks', each formed as a crescentic leaf with two folded sides creating a ...

2nd millennium BC. A substantial gold tapering coil with clubbed ends forming an adornment for the hair. 8.99 grams, 15mm (1/2"). Property of a No...

1st millennium BC. A restrung necklace of lapis lazuli biconvex and oblate beads with gold spacer beads, centrepiece a large fusiform agate bead w...

1st millennium BC. A restrung necklace of annular carnelian and lapis lazuli melon beads, four lapis lazuli ribbed tubular beads and three curved ...

1st millennium BC. A restrung necklace of irregular garnet beads, sheet gold bulbs with dangles, centrepiece a fusiform banded agate bead with gol...

1st millennium BC. A restrung necklace with six sheet gold lozengiform pendants, each with repoussé floral motif; the centrepiece a ribbed sheet g...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A restrung necklace comprising tubular lapis lazuli beads, each with a sheet-gold sleeve wrapped around the centre. 23.6 gr...

6th-4th century BC. A group of carnelian facetted fusiform beads with biconvex spacer beads. 72 grams, 54cm (21 1/4"). From the important collecti...

1st millennium BC. A restrung necklace of fusiform and and oval carnelian beads with centrepiece a silver cloisonné pendant quatrefoil with discs ...

5th century AD. A gilt silver vessel formed as a standing wild boar with exaggerated muscular legs and chest with a bulging gut; detailed facial f...

2nd millennium BC. A silver mount of an eagle with hollow-formed head and body, applied foot with claws remaining, recessed panels to the wings an...

2nd millennium BC. A hollow-formed silver model of a dove with folded wings, dished underside, repoussé detailing. 26.8 grams, 58mm (2 1/4"). Prop...

2nd millennium BC. A hollow-formed silver model of a swan with folded wings, repoussé detailing, applied feet, suspension loop behind the neck, cl...

4th-3rd century BC. A sheet-silver hemispherical cup or small bowl with chamfered rim, convex base with rosette enclosed in a roundel and surround...

6th-5th century BC. A silver phiale, the body with a series of repoussé petals forming a sun-burst, radiating from a central flat panel with incis...

6th-4th century BC. A sheet-silver phiale mesomphalos with broad everted rim, carinated body, two circumferential raised ribs to the outer face, a...

3rd-7th century AD. An elliptical bowl with rounded base and engraved gilt fish to the interior base. See Grabar, O., Sasanian silver: Late Antiqu...

1st millennium BC. A substantial silver bracelet with tapering ends coiled about the shank. 142 grams, 71mm (2 3/4"). Property of a London gentlem...

1st millennium BC. A silver penannular bracelet, round in section with opposed beast-head finials. 78 grams, 80mm (3"). From the private collectio...

2nd-4th century AD. A substantial silver spoon comprising a shallow heart-shaped bowl, columnar handle and lobed finial with incised scroll detail...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A bifacial lead discoid ceremonial pendant or weight with a bull's head at the centre; sub-rectangular handle above; series...

3rd millennium BC. A substantial carved limestone figure of a mouflon ram with prominent ribbed horns, lentoid eyes and slit mouth, raised panels ...

3rd-7th century AD. A rectangular stucco tile with high-relief image of a standing female with hands raised holding sprays of flowers, facing with...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A dark grey-black steatite vessel with everted rim and circular foot with surrounding basal ring; outer face with three sta...

2nd millennium BC. A carved serpentine jar with flat shoulder and flange to the mouth, frieze of reserved high-relief scorpions. 545 grams, 11.5cm...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A polished blue-green alabaster pillar idol of cylindrical form with flange finial, shallow transverse slot to each flat fa...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A polished blue-green alabaster pillar idol of cylindrical form with flange finial, shallow transverse slot to each flat fa...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A substantial polished alabaster pillar idol of waisted cylindrical form with shallow transverse slot to each flat face. Cf...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A substantial polished marble pillar idol of waisted cylindrical form with shallow transverse slot to each flat face. 10 kg...

Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium BC. A group of three carved limestone columnar idols each with waisted body, transverse slot to each flat face. Cf. ...

Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium BC. A group of three carved limestone columnar idols each with waisted body, transverse slot to each flat face. Cf. ...

2nd millennium BC. A large carved alabaster discoid idol with shallow channel around the waist. See Linenthal, P., Columns, Discs and the Creation...

2nd millennium BC. A large carved alabaster discoid idol with shallow channel around the waist. See Linenthal, P., Columns, Discs and the Creation...

3rd millennium BC. A conical ceramic statue of a female shown with a voluminous skirt, ropework detailing to the collar, waist and bust, hands hel...

1st millennium BC. A ceramic altar comprising a rectangular base with couchant juvenile lions or lionesses flanking a square-section tower with in...

9th-8th century BC. A ceramic zoomorphic vessel formed as a recumbent lion; rear legs tucked beneath body, forepaws outstretched to front, curled ...

1st millennium BC. A ceramic zoomorphic vessel formed as a ram; exaggerated spherical body with conical legs, integral neck and head with horns, b...

14th-4th century BC. A ceramic vessel formed as a standing 'tiger', tail curled around one side of body, with erect ears, alert eyes, muzzle, open...

Early 6th millennium BC. A ceramic figure formed as a seated mother goddess; pinched triangular-profile head, arms held to the body cupping promin...

9th-8th century BC. A ceramic vessel with hemispherical bowl, short U-section spout, integral round-section handle and three conical feet. 1.6 kg,...