TimeLine Auctions Antiquities and Coin Sale

3rd-1st century BC. A good-size ceramic mask with exaggerated smile, beard, fleshy nose, pronounced cheeks and wart, wrinkled lentoid-shaped eyes ...

4th-3rd century BC. A hollow-formed ceramic standing horse, head held aloft, long, full tail and cropped mane; phalera disc between erect ears and...

5th-4th century BC. A bronze Scythian-Olbian type handled mirror, formed with discoid head with raised rim and bifacial fluted columnar handle sur...

2nd century BC. A hollow-form gold mount depicting a reclining lion with an emphasised erect head, annular inlayed eyes (one absent) and slit mout...

4th-6th century AD. A pair of wooden scribe's tools comprising: a rectangular scribal palette with five ink holes and two rectangular pen slots, t...

1st-2nd century AD. A bronze discoid mirror with one polished face, the reverse with chamfered rim and concentric ring detailing; mounted on a cus...

2nd-3rd century AD. A substantial hollow-formed chariot ornament depicting the bust of god Bacchus (Greek Dionysus) with clean-shaven face, wearin...

1st-2nd century AD. A substantial bronze figure of Jupiter copying an original Greek work, standing nude in contrapposto pose, left leg flexed and...

2nd-3rd century AD. A finely detailed bronze figure of Hercules standing, resting his right hand on his club and with lion-skin draped over left a...

3rd century AD. A group of three lead votive trapezoidal and round plaques showing scenes associated with the Danubian cult: on two plaques the go...

3rd century AD. A group of four lead votive trapezoidal and round plaques showing scenes associated with the Danubian cult: on three plaques the g...

6th-7th century AD. A gold finger ring with ellipsoid plaque, intaglio facing nimbate bust of Christ flanked by two smaller busts above a cross wi...

Late 10th-early 11th century AD. A circular gold cloisonné mount with a facing nimbate bust, traces of enamel to the cells, 'IC XC' for Jesus Chri...

10th-11th century AD. A large bronze enkolpion reliquary cross pendant, comprising two narrow hinged plates and articulated suspension loop with t...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A large clay tablet with cuneiform script to both sides, one side with tight lines of script, the other side with an empty ...

Early 1st millennium BC. A standing female idol with exaggerated broad hips and short legs tapering to small feet, the arms formed as stumps held ...

6th-5th century BC. A sheet-gold figure of a bull with the legs folded beneath the body; the head is that of a human male with detailed beard and ...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A copper-alloy figure of a zebu with prominent horns and dorsal hump; mounted on a custom-made stand. 370 grams total, 12cm...

7th-6th century BC. A bronze bowl with the outer face divided into two decorative low-relief scenes; the upper frieze with five war chariots drawn...

2nd millennium BC. A characterful bronze male bust with elongated bald head, asymmetrical ears, slender brows and straight nose above closed, down...

6th century BC. A silver figure of a bird perching on a tiered socle base; the hollow-formed body S-shaped in profile with repoussé detailing to t...

25th-22nd century BC. A carved hardstone vessel with bull's head, supplied with a signed scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyrio...

3rd millennium BC. A well-carved white stone monkey statuette, with lower body absent, pierced through the shoulders to accept separately made arm...

Eastern Wei, early 5th century AD. A bronze figure, likely in the style of the Gandharan or Uddiyana regions, of Shakyamuni Buddha in loose robes ...

2nd-3rd century AD. An outstanding statue of Buddha, seated in a padm?sana or lotus position on a low throne, covered by a pillow and drapery, sup...

2nd-4th century AD. A carved schist panel comprising: a scene with standing Buddha with left hand raised to the shoulder, the right hand holding a...

2nd-4th century AD. A schist frieze panel depicting three poses of the seated Buddha comprising: central Buddha figure with aureole behind, seated...

2nd-4th century AD. A schist panel depicting Buddha seated on a throne with aureole behind, wearing monastic robes, hair pulled up into ushnisha, ...

2nd-4th century AD. A carved schist frieze fragment with nimbate Buddha standing with right hand raised flanked by attendants and kneeling worship...

2nd-1st century BC. A piriform ceramic vessel with flared rim with branches of leaves; to the body an elaborate frieze of standing gods and goddes...

2nd-1st century BC. A piriform ceramic vessel with flared rim surmounted by stars; to the body an elaborate frieze of dancing goddesses in various...

2nd-1st century BC. A squat ceramic vessel with flared rim with birds and rosettes; to the body an elaborate frieze of sitting gods in various pos...

2nd-1st century BC. A bulbous ceramic vessel with elaborate frieze of standing goddesses in various poses on a field of mythical stars and rosette...

3rd millennium BC. A large terracotta seated goddess, naked apart from a large banded collar; elaborate headdress, pinched nose and indented eyes;...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze figure formed as a rider with legs spread as though seated on horseback, right arm raised, crested helmet ...

7th-9th century AD or earlier. A skilfully carved antler mount of discoid form with pelletted border, central motif of advancing warrior on horseb...

11th-12th century AD. A bronze openwork appliqué or brooch frame formed as two figures standing side-by-side, one male with short tunic and one ha...

14th century AD. An evocative and substantial sandstone carving of a group of three beast-headed demons crouched together, each with a human body ...

12th-15th century AD. A carved limestone capital with cylindrical base with circumferential foliate frieze; four acanthus leaves would have origin...

Circa 1520 AD. A group of two carved limestone figures representing naked souls in purgatory, enveloped in purifying flames; one a 'cherubic' chil...

Late 13th-14th century AD. A glazed ceramic tile depicting an advancing knight on horseback, holding a sword in his raised right hand. 7.30 grams,...

12th-13th century AD. A substantial gilt-bronze Corpus Christi figure with inclined head, knee-length loincloth, feet resting on a rectangular pla...

Circa 1530 AD. A stained leaded window glass roundel depicting finely detailed and nimbate St Francis at centre, kneeling before a vision of the c...

16th century AD. A rectangular painted and gilt icon of the Virgin Hodigitria, with nimbate Mary Theotokos supporting the infant Jesus who holds a...

Late 17th century AD. A parchment page with tempera illustrations of Miracles of Mary with explanatory text: (top left) 'This is Abba Yeshag, abbo...

1700-1720 AD. A large folding polyptych icon, one side with the crucifixion and the Resurrection of Christ, on the other side Saint George (Bet Go...

Dated 1861 AD. A wooden board with painted and gold leaf icon depicting a scene from the life of Jesus; a group of disciples placed within an arca...

Dated 1698 AD. A rectangular wooden icon with moulded frame, painted figure of Madonna and Child to the centre with nimbate worshippers holding un...

18th century AD. A pair of wooden diptych doors with mounting hinges to one edge; applied metal strip frames with pointillé running scrolls and fo...

17th century AD. A wooden icon with gilt border and recessed centre, painted image of nimbate Cambria Madonna holding the infant Jesus, executed o...

15th century AD. A bronze processional cross finial with ribbed socket, flanking bird-head motifs and dense block of tendrils and wheels with cros...

Pre-Classical Period, 12th-2nd century BC. A substantial nude male figure in jade, sitting with crossed legs and cylindrical vase upon his knees, ...

Pre-Classical Period, 12th-2nd century BC. An anthropomorphic carved jade statuette of a semi-seated nude character with right leg in front, the l...

Pre-Classical Period, 12th-2nd century BC. An amethyst figure modelled as a nude male contortionist or acrobat, supported by his forearms which re...

Pre-Classical Period, 12th-2nd century BC. A nude male figure, kneeling in ritualistic reverence; holding an offering bowl and wearing bracelets o...

Pre-Classical Period, 12th-2nd century BC. A jade statuette of a kneeling naked male figure with an unnaturally elongated bald head, around his fo...

Pre-Classical Period, 12th-2nd century BC. A jade figure modelled as a contortionist or acrobat, with forearms resting on the ground, vertical bod...

10th-early 16th century AD. A stylised human skull carved from rock crystal. See Instituto Geologico de M?xico, Catalogo Geográfico de las especie...

Classical Period, 10th-11th century AD. A jade dagger with the handle shaped as the stylised head of a jaguar, jaws open wide, the blade decorated...

1470-1532 AD. A ritual offering conopa vessel formed as an alpaca; hand-carved from a fine-grained black stone and polished with sand and water, w...