TimeLine Auctions MayFair Hotel Antiquities Sale

Roman Period, 30 B.C.-323 A.D. A conical lapis lazuli vessel with rounded rim and flared base. 445 grams, 13.2 cm high (5 1/8 in). Acquired 1960-...

Late Period, 664-332 B.C. A carved red jasper lioness-headed Sekhmet; mounted on a later oval gold-coloured collar. 2.49 grams, 13 mm (1/2 in). A...

New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C. A restrung necklace composed of amuletic red jasper mandrake fruit beads, interspersed with tubular agate beads and la...

6th-4th century B.C. A gold finger ring comprising: a jasper scaraboid with profile intaglio of a crouching sphynx with tail raised; a penannular ...

Late Period, 664-332 B.C. A gold-over-composition Bastet cat amulet, modelled seated on an arch-shaped base, detailing to the ears, face and colla...

1st millennium B.C. A bifacial gold amulet formed as a vulture, with detailing to the head, closed wings, tail and feet; pierced for suspension. ...

10th-4th century B.C. A sheet-gold appliqué, triangular in plan with rounded edges bearing repoussé figure of a 'lady in a window' (Jezebel?), wit...

Roman Period, 30 B.C.-323 A.D. A mixed group of terracotta heads, each hollow to the reverse, comprising: female with tripartite wig, segmented co...

Mainly Late Period, 664-332 B.C. A group of nine restrung necklaces and other items comprising: facetted carnelian beads with interstitial knots; ...

6th-4th century B.C. A spherical polychrome glass bead with integral suspension lug, decorated with millefiori face murrini slices and geometric m...

6th-3rd century B.C. A polychrome glass pendant formed as a stylised human face, applied eye, dressed hair and suspension loop above. 2.1 grams, ...

6th century B.C. A piriform terracotta alabastron, with rounded base, broad lip and pierced lug handle, the neck decorated with tears and the body...

6th century B.C. A pair of miniature aryballoi: one with a squat bulbous body, slender neck, broad lip, strap handle and basal ring, painted with ...

3rd-1st century B.C. A matched pair of substantial gold earrings, each composed of a gold crescentic hoop with looped terminals, filigree ornament...

5th-3rd century B.C. A matched pair of gold earrings, each composed of a tapering penannular hoop, one half of the body formed as a ribbed tube, t...

5th-3rd century B.C. A matched pair of gold earrings, each composed of a tapering round-section hoop and inverted conical dangle set with a polish...

5th-3rd century B.C. A gold earring composed of a tapering twisted wire hoop and stylised antelope head with curved horns, filigree ornament at th...

5th-3rd century B.C. A substantial gold earring composed of a D-shaped body with granulated collars and beads, piriform gold frame below with two ...

4th-3rd century B.C. A gold child's ring with Artemis of Ephesus in high relief within filigree border to bezel. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Ali...

5th-3rd century B.C. An amphora-shaped pendant composed of a jasper body, sheet-gold neck, two handles formed as leaping dolphins, ribbed loop bet...

2nd-1st century B.C. and later. A restrung necklace of fusiform carnelian beads with oblate carnelian beads between and two double-waisted spool-s...

2nd-1st century B.C. A restrung necklace of cylindrical carnelian beads with turquoise-coloured oblate glass spacers, centrepiece of two gold dang...

c.5th-4th century B.C. A restrung necklace composed of carinated carnelian beads interspersed with sheet-gold beads of plain and granulated types,...

6th century B.C.-3rd century A.D. A sheet-silver animal head modelled in the half-round as a roaring feline with large pricked ears, stylised faci...

5th-4th century B.C. A bronze mirror composed of a discoid head and handle with rectangular-section upper body, collar and round-section lower bod...

1st century B.C. A green chalcedony gemstone engraved with young naked Harpokrates seated upon a massive plant surrounded by foliage, wearing a pi...

5th-3rd century B.C. or later. A nude terracotta female figure modelled in the round kneeling, supporting her body on her toes and one hand, hair ...

2nd-3rd century A.D. A gold ring composed of a hollow D-section body with expanding arms and oval bezel, set with a carnelian intaglio gemstone be...

1st century B.C., cameo c.200 A.D. A gold ring with D-section hoop and oval bezel set with an onyx cameo of a woman facing right, hair held in a c...

3rd-4th century A.D. A gold ring composed of a facetted hoop, volute scrolls at the shoulders, raised oval bezel set with an onyx intaglio with pr...

3rd century A.D. A gold ring of irregular ellipsoid shape, with trapezium-shaped section, widening toward the conical shoulders, hexagonal bezel; ...

3rd-4th century A.D. A gold ring composed of two slender hoops, openwork shoulders with single granule to each, expanded bezels set with oval carn...

4th-6th century A.D. A gold ring with rectangular-section hoop, rectangular bezel with openwork sides, u-section at the shorter ends, zigzags to t...

1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. A gold ring composed of a plaited hoop with pellet to each shoulder and oval bezel, set with a polished ruby cab...

3rd-4th century A.D. An openwork bezel, central cell with inset keeled garnet cabochon, later gold hoop. 2.41 grams, 23.40 mm overall, 18.60 mm i...

1st-2nd century A.D. A restrung necklace composed of biconical amethyst beads of graduated size interspersed with smaller biconvex gold beads deco...

1st century B.C.-3rd century A.D. A matched pair of Hellenistic or Roman gold hoop earrings, each composed of a hoop with faux-twisted and beaded ...

1st-3rd century A.D. An oval-shaped gold pendant set with agate, twisted wire frame, three dangles with pearl-coloured beads below, suspension loo...

2nd century A.D. A silver ring with D-shaped hoop, set with an oval glass gemstone incised with confronting busts of the divine twins Castor and P...

c.2nd-3rd century A.D. A gemstone engraved with a naked man wearing two branches of foliage upon his shoulders; set into a possibly later bronze r...

3rd century A.D. A finely preserved jasper intaglio representing a dolphin transporting a hare upon a flattened vessel; set into an iron ring with...

2nd-4th century A.D. An oval-shaped carnelian intaglio with hunting scene composed of an armoured and mounted horseman, Alexander the Great or an ...

Late 2nd-early 3rd century A.D. An empress or a noble lady depicted in profile on a layered agate cameo, her hair falling to just above the nape w...

6th-8th century A.D. and later. A gold ring composed of an early trumpet-shaped bezel surrounded by garnets; with later central blue glass cabocho...

6th-7th century A.D. A gold ring composed of a slender round-section hoop and discoid bezel with nimbate saint holding a sceptre in each hand. Cf....

6th-7th century A.D. A pair of openwork gold earrings with decorative motif composed of two peacocks facing a foliate cross, circular suspension l...

c.6th-7th century A.D. An enkolpion comprising a discoid lead mount with ropework and pellet borders, two suspension loops above, set with a rock ...

18th-15th century B.C. A banded agate 'eye' bead with plano-convex profile, central piercing and very slender drilled hole across the diameter ret...

Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C. A carved marble seal formed as a stylised vulture with large eye, pierced for suspension; drilled design compri...

3rd-7th century A.D. A plano-convex agate seal with domed upper face pierced for suspension, the underside with an image of an advancing quadruped...

2nd millennium B.C. A pair of differently sized white stone pendants formed as duck's heads, each with recessed circular eyes, one set with a dark...

1st millennium B.C. A carved agate tubular bead with each terminal formed as a stylised phallus, a single pair of testicles in raised relief betwe...

Mainly 1st millennium B.C. A restrung necklace composed of graduated carnelian and banded agate beads of mainly spherical, facetted and biconical ...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. A restrung designer necklace composed of carnelian and agate beads of various types and a banded agate central 'elbow' bea...

c.8th-7th century B.C. A bronze terminal formed as a ram's head, modelled in the round with short horns curled to the rear of the head, circular e...

13th-6th century B.C. A roughly hemispherical bronze bowl decorated with three circumferential engraved bands to the outer face, the upper and low...

23rd-20th century B.C. A group of ten bronze stamp seals including six accompanied by typed and signed notes by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor o...

2nd century B.C.-2nd century A.D. A group of ten rings including seven accompanied by typed and signed notes by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor o...

Early 1st millennium A.D. A gold discoid pendant ornamented with alternating bands of applied pellets and ropework, raised central cell set with a...

c.1st century A.D. A gold pendant formed as a lotus flower, four raised cells to the body set with turquoise stones, beaded border around, suspens...