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Click here to subscribeCERAMICS & GLASS - a boxed 4 glass snuff bottles in a 'Great Wall & Panda Set' (one lid a/f), a boxed Chinese Zodiac set of miniature cups, a Chinese ceramic planter, 2 Italian Alabaster lidded pots, a Royal Copenhagen Chicken, a Lladro goose, dog and cat along with a Royal Crown Derby Penelope figure.
3rd-1st century BC. A mixed group of ceramic figurines comprising: a Parthian(?) horseman with beard and floppy hat; a goddess standing with draped robes and bicorn headdress; a plaque with reclining bearded and crowned male banqueteer. 362 grams total, 11-14cm (4 1/4 - 5 1/2"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [3, No Reserve]. Fair condition.
12th-6th century BC. A mixed group of unburnished ceramic jugs, each a bulbous body with flared base and rim, strap handle, white painted cross-hatching to the body. Cf. Amiran, R. Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land, Jerusalem, 1963, item 308 for type. 1.5 kg total, 22-29cm (8 3/4 - 11 1/2"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [3, No Reserve]. Fine condition, repaired.
Early 2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of ceramic vessels comprising: a piriform jug ornamented with red burnished slip with trefoil rim, round-section strap handle; a drum-shaped jug with deep shoulder, trumpet-shaped neck, everted rim, strap handle; a bowl with everted rim. Cf. Amiran, R. Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land, Jerusalem, 1963, plate 33, item 4 (ewer"). 1.2 kg total, 12-24cm (4 3/4 - 9 1/2"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [3, No Reserve]. Fine condition, usage wear.
8th-10th century AD. A ceramic jar with bulbous body, tapering shoulder, flared mouth, two round-section handles to the shoulder; painted with geometric ornament in red and black. 1.1 kg, 18.5cm (7 1/4"). Property of an Austrian collector; acquired in the 1970s. . Fine condition, rim chipped.
7th-6th century BC. A ceramic alabastron with rounded body, discoid mouth with loop below, painted radiating strokes to the mouth and neck, pellets to the chamfered edge, opposed pair of gryphons with rosettes; Corinthian workmanship. 50 grams, 81mm (3 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his grandfather in the 1920s; thence by descent. . Fair condition.
Early 2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of ceramic vessels ornamented with red burnished slip comprising: a piriform jug with trefoil rim, round-section strap handle; one similar, partial slip, ovoid-section neck and rim; an ovoid ewer jug with everted rim, bifid handle. Cf. Amiran, R. Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land, Jerusalem, 1963, plate 3, item 4 (ewer"). 1.4 kg, 14.5-24cm (5 3/4 - 9 1/2"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [3, No Reserve]. Fine condition, usage wear.
8th-7th century BC. An unglazed ceramic jug with basal ring, globular body, trumpet-shaped neck with chamfered rim, round-section handle to the shoulder, concentric red and black rings to each broad face, red and black strokes to the rim and handle, chevrons to the shoulder. Cf. Amiran, R. Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land, Jerusalem, 1963, item 276. 1.2 kg, 24.5cm (9 1/4"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [No Reserve]. Fine condition.
4th-3rd millennium BC. A ceramic figurine of a seated female with tufts to the shoulders, multi-strand collar, arms beneath the breasts, sitting on a four-legged basketwork chair 19 grams, 60mm (2 1/2"). Property of a London collector, acquired early 1990s. . Fine condition, lower legs absent.
Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium BC. A ceramic figurine of a standing female with prominent nose and hair, stub arms extended, incised detail to face and body; arms and crest pierced. See Villes, A & Luci, K. Dieux des Balkans. Figurines Néolithiques du Kosovo, Paris, 2015, fig.20 for type. 171 grams, 13cm (5"). From an old German collection; acquired in Munich in the 1970s. . Fine condition.
8th-10th century AD. A ceramic ewer with flared base bulbous body, bell-shaped shoulder, funicular mouth with extended pouring lip, strap handle to the rear; raised linear bands to the neck, shoulder and body; red painted rosette, scrolled tendril and other motifs. 660 grams, 24cm (9 1/2"). Property of an Austrian collector; acquired in the 1970s. . Fine condition, minor abrasions.
8th-10th century AD. A large white ceramic jar with piriform body, wide neck and everted rim, two strap handles to the shoulders; painted circumferential bands with floral and tendril panels between. 2.5 kg, 26cm (10 1/4"). Property of an Austrian collector; acquired in the 1970s. . Fine condition.
4th-3rd century BC. A rectangular-shaped slightly curved ceramic mask with two eye-holes and incised stylised facial details; pierced at the outer edges for attachment. See discussion of ceramics in Mijares, A.S.B. The Archaeology of Peñablanca Cave Sites, Northern Luzon, Philippines in Journal of Austronesian Studies 1(2), December 2005; and Thiel, B. Excavations at Musang Cave, Northeast Luzon, Philippines, in Asian Perspectives Vol. 28, no. 1. 229 grams, 16cm (6 1/2"). Property of a gentleman; acquired on the Asian art market. . Fine condition.
Late 1st millennium BC. A globular ceramic jar with basal ring, ribbed band to the equator, broad shoulder, trumpet-shaped neck and lateral strap handles; painted red band and loops. Cf. Amiran, R. Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land, Jerusalem, 1963, item 240 for type. 1.4 kg, 26.5cm (10 1/2"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [No Reserve]. Fine condition.
5th-3rd century BC. A ceramic blackware lekythos with rounded base, barrel-shaped body, trumpet mouth and strap handle to the reverse; reserved image of a sphinx on a petal border between scrolled tendrils; Apulian workmanship. 70 grams, 92mm (3 3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his grandfather in the 1920s; thence by descent. . Fine condition, repaired.
4th-3rd century BC. A rectangular-shaped slightly curved ceramic mask with two eye-holes and incised stylised facial details; pierced at the outer edges for attachment. See discussion of ceramics in Mijares, A.S.B. The Archaeology of Peñablanca Cave Sites, Northern Luzon, Philippines in Journal of Austronesian Studies 1(2), December 2005; and Thiel, B. Excavations at Musang Cave, Northeast Luzon, Philippines, in Asian Perspectives Vol. 28, no. 1. 190 grams, 14.5cm (6"). Property of a gentleman; acquired on the Asian art market. . Fine condition.
5th-3rd century BC. A ceramic vessel with pierced pedestal foot, bulbous body, waisted neck, flared and chamfered rim, two lateral strap handles terminating in large gusseted discs; the inner surface with cream glaze; the body with painted decoration comprising: Side A - a laurel frond to the neck above a profile female bust with chignon and drop earrings outlined in cream within a pelleted frame; Side B - a profile bust with flowers to the neck, robed female standing in a doorway holding an oil lamp(?"). 1.2 kg, 33cm (13"). Property of a gentleman; previously from a German collection formed in the early 1980s. The volute krater formed part of the assemblage of drinking materials to be used at a symposium, such as cups, wine strainers, etc. The decoration on this example would suggest that it was manufactured in one of the Greek colonies of South Italy. . Fine condition.
19th-18th century BC. A mixed group of ceramic figural plaques comprising: a terracotta nude female with hands clasped beneath the breasts; one similar, greyware; one similar, creamware; a female in pleated skirt nursing an infant. Cf. examples in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, under accession number AN1924.497, etc. 290 grams total, 10-14cm (4 - 5 1/2"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [4, No Reserve]. Fair condition, repaired
15th-13th century BC. A ceramic cylinder seal with three lines of decoration; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of Faience, 22 x 10 mm. The surface is divided into three registers. In the top one is a simple guilloche, in the middle one a row of stylized human hands, in the lower one a criss-cross. This is a Mitanni seal, c. 1500-1200 B.C., from North Mesopotamia, Syria or Palestine'. 2.12 grams, 21mm (3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; part of his family collection since the 1970s. This lot is part of a single collection of cylinder seals which were examined in the 1980s by Professor Lambert and most are accompanied by his own detailed notes; the collection has recently been reviewed by Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. . Fine condition.
5th-3rd century AD. A ceramic blackware lekythos with flared base, barrel-shaped body, trumpet-shaped neck, strap handle to the reverse; band of radiating strokes to the shoulder, reserved image of a standing female wearing a chlamys holding a rod(?) in her extended hands, column behind; Apulian workmanship. 236 grams, 13cm (5"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his grandfather in the 1920s; thence by descent. . Fair condition, surface abraded.
4th-3rd century BC. A large T-shaped slightly curved ceramic mask with two eye-holes and incised stylised facial details; pierced at the outer edges for attachment. See discussion of ceramics in Mijares, A.S.B. The Archaeology of Peñablanca Cave Sites, Northern Luzon, Philippines in Journal of Austronesian Studies 1(2), December 2005; and Thiel, B. Excavations at Musang Cave, Northeast Luzon, Philippines, in Asian Perspectives Vol. 28, no. 1. 208 grams, 19cm (7 1/2"). Property of a gentleman; acquired on the Asian art market. . Fine condition.
1st-3rd century AD. A mixed ceramic vessel group comprising: two samian ware bowls each with rounded underside; a terracotta footed bowl; a miniature biconical jar. 742 grams total, 4.5-15cm (1 3/4 - 6"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [4, No Reserve]. Fine condition, some abrasion.
2nd millennium BC. A group of five ceramic vessels, each with bulbous body, flared base, tapering neck, flared rim, strap handle to the rear; white and cream hatching, radiating strokes and other detailing. 589 grams total, 14-15cm (5 1/2 - 6"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [5, No Reserve]. Fine condition, usage wear.
4th-2nd century BC. A mixed ceramic group comprising: a female head fragment with covered hair; a banqueter holding a cup, accentuating red pigment strokes; two lovers embracing. 332 grams, 6.5-11.5cm (2 3/4 - 4 1/2"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [3, No Reserve]. Fine condition.
Late 1st millennium BC. A ceramic jar with basal ring, barrel-shaped body, broad shoulder, neck with chamfered rim, two D-section strap handles; bands of painted geometric ornament to the shoulder. 1.3 kg, 26cm (10 1/4"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [No Reserve]. Fine condition.
Song Dynasty, 960-1127 AD. A cream-glazed ceramic granary jar with rosette appliqués and undulating dragon to the neck above a row of facing guardian figure appliqués; bulb with piecrust rim and four loops below. 2.2 kg, 51cm (20"). From the Cheuk family collection; formed before 1970. . Fine condition, light abrasion.
4th-3rd century BC. A D-shaped slightly curved ceramic mask with two eye-holes and incised stylised facial details; pierced at the outer edges for attachment. See discussion of ceramics in Mijares, A.S.B. The Archaeology of Peñablanca Cave Sites, Northern Luzon, Philippines in Journal of Austronesian Studies 1(2), December 2005; and Thiel, B. Excavations at Musang Cave, Northeast Luzon, Philippines, in Asian Perspectives Vol. 28, no. 1. 258 grams, 17.5cm (7"). Property of a gentleman; acquired on the Asian art market. . Fine condition.
2nd-1st millennium BC. A mixed ceramic group comprising: a jug with flared base and rim, bulbous body, strap handle; a squat jar with pierced lugs below the rim, pinched decoration; a jug with red slip hatching to the shoulder; an ovoid jar with red linear detailing; a round-bottomed juglet with red and black linear ornament. 1.3 kg total, 7-12cm (2 3/4 - 8 1/4"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [5, No Reserve]. Fine condition, usage wear.
10th-11th century AD. A complex bronze ornament comprising: one larger and one smaller dress pin each with round-section tapering shaft and cruciform finial of four lobes, the larger with conical bosses and the smaller with incised ring-and-dot motifs; a pair of trapezoidal openwork plaques each with conical bosses, the plaque attached to the smaller pin modified after loss of the upper lobe; three substantial double-link chains attached to the rear of each plaque, extending to the central waisted plaque with tremolier ladder pattern motif; the chains supporting a variety of embellishments and pendants comprising: two lengths of coiled rod, a disc pendant with hook, a small conical bell, two larger conical bells, a spherical rumbler bell, a silver disc fragment, a Roman(?) hand pendant in the 'figa' gesture, two flat-section triangular pendants, a fragment of green-glazed ceramic, Baltic workmanship. Cf. Griciuviene, E. Žiemgaliai. The Semigallians, Vilnius, 2005, items 474, 478. 684 grams total, 87cm overall (34 1/4"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. . Fine condition.
5th-3rd century BC. A ceramic blackware lekythos with barrel-shaped body, trumpet-shaped neck and mouth, inturned rim, strap handle to the reverse; vertical strokes to the neck, reserved image of a girl in a peplos dress, sitting, holding a casket in the extended right hand, flanked by scrolled tendrils; Apulian workmanship. 113 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his grandfather in the 1920s; thence by descent. . Fine condition, repaired.
8th-10th century AD. A ceramic flask formed as a pair of addorsed animals with strap handle between, flared base, hole to the chest of one animal; white upper body with bands of geometric patterns in black. 502 grams, 13cm (5"). Property of an Austrian collector; acquired in the 1970s. . Fair condition.
4th-3rd century BC. A triangular-shaped slightly curved ceramic mask with two eye-holes and incised stylised facial details; pierced at the outer edges for attachment. See discussion of ceramics in Mijares, A.S.B. The Archaeology of Peñablanca Cave Sites, Northern Luzon, Philippines in Journal of Austronesian Studies 1(2), December 2005; and Thiel, B. Excavations at Musang Cave, Northeast Luzon, Philippines, in Asian Perspectives Vol. 28, no. 1. 182 grams, 17cm (6 1/2"). Property of a gentleman; acquired on the Asian art market. . Fine condition.
1180-700 BC. A ceramic idol figurine with lozengiform lower body rising to flat-section upper body, depicting a standing female with arms outspread; ribbed collar to the neck, elaborate headdress and stylised facial features, incised chevron detail to the midriff. 81 grams, 18cm (7"). Ex Terence Eva collection; formerly with Pars Gallery, London, W1, in the 1990s. . Fine condition.
12th-6th century BC. A mixed group of ceramic jugs comprising: one burnished red slip ware with everted rim and base, bands of white linear markings to the neck and shoulder; one similar, grey ware; one similar with funicular neck, hatching to the body. Cf. Amiran, R. Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land, Jerusalem, 1963, item 308 for type. 1.4 kg total, 22-28cm (8 3/4 - 11"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [3, No Reserve]. Fine condition.
3rd millennium BC and later. A mixed ceramic group comprising: a hollow-moulded figurine of a mother and infant; a Neolithic terracotta seated mother nursing her child; a tongue-shaped plaque fragment with bust of a youthful female with long hair, glazed composition finish. 573 grams total, 9.5-17cm (3 3/4 - 6 3/4"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [3, No Reserve]. Fine condition.
Apulian, 5th-3rd century BC. A ceramic blackware lidded pyxis with integrally moulded faux handles to the shoulder and neck; the lid with radiating black strokes, central rings; the jar with palmettes beneath the handles, radiating black strokes to the shoulder, two profile ladies of fashion between scrolled tendrils. 110 grams, 82mm (3 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his grandfather in the 1920s; thence by descent. . Fine condition.
2nd millennium BC. A piriform ceramic jug with tall tubular neck, braided handle with thumb-pad; painted with black check panels, scrolled bands, guilloche, meander and other patterns. 1.3 kg, 24cm (9 1/2"). Property of an Austrian collector; acquired in the 1970s. . Fine condition; marked '23' to the shoulder.
10th-12th century AD. A bell-shaped ceramic bowl with cream glaze, basal ring, scene to the inner face of a frieze of advancing birds amid foliage larger bird to the centre. See Lane, A. Early Islamic Pottery: Mesopotamia, Egypt & Persia, London, 1947 for discussion. 446 grams, 21.5cm (8 1/2"). Property of a European collector living in London; acquired before 2000. This type of pottery is typical of that produced at Nishapur, Iran, capital of the Tahirid dynasty. Wares of several distinct types were made here, the most distinctive of which have a red of buff body and designs in several colours, black, green, red and bright yellow being the most usual, under a colourless glaze. The pottery is mostly thin, with widely flaring sides. It was exported as far as Central Asia, notably Samarkand. . Fine condition, restored.
3rd-1st century BC. A mixed group of ceramic figurines comprising: a reclining female banqueter with piled hairstyle, holding a cup in her left hand; a standing figure in Thracian cap holding a lamb to his chest; a female bust with radiate crown and peplos dress. 371 grams total, 11-15cm (4 1/4 - 6"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [3, No Reserve]. Fine condition.
5th century AD. A D-shaped ceramic panel depicting a sacrifice ritual; standing male to the left in long robe; female above with arms extending to the raised frame, male extending across her lower body with a second female in a flounced skirt in the foreground, another skirted female to the right side. 29 kg, 46cm (18"). Private collection, Lincolnshire, UK; acquired before 1960. [No Reserve]. Fair condition.
1st millennium BC. A hollow-formed ceramic vessel with bovine head to the forward end and pierced lug to the chest, bowl to the upper face with vent below, waisted tube to the rear, four stub legs each pierced to accept an axle; four ceramic wheels each with a with flared hub. Cf. Serhal, C.D. Near Eastern Terracotta Models and Figurines: The Klat Collection, London, 1995, item 52 for type. 936 grams total, 17cm (6 3/4"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [No Reserve]. Fine condition, some usage wear.
8th-10th century AD. A ceramic ewer with flared base and piriform body, funicular neck with extended pouring lip, raised circumferential bands, strap handle to the rear; bands of painted guilloche, rosette and geometric detail. 513 grams, 19cm (7 1/2"). Property of an Austrian collector; acquired in the 1970s. . Fine condition.
14th-15th century AD. A glazed ceramic jar with basal ring, deep shoulder and raised rim, four small loops to the outer edge of the shoulder, panels of blue floral motifs to the outer face and rosette to the shoulder. 224 grams, 87mm (3 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; salvaged by Oxford University; sunk off the coast of Hoi An in about 1490 AD. Annamese Hoi An pottery was made in what is now modern day Vietnam, in the kilns at Chu Dou, being the largest and most important kilns in the fourteenth to fifteenth century in kingdom of Annam. . Fine condition.
1st millennium BC. A flat-backed ceramic figurine depicting a female with two heads; the eyes and breasts formed with round recesses, the headdresses and necklaces separately applied, formed with vertical strokes; the legs combined extending to a conical base. 109 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). Ex Terence Eva collection; formerly with Pars Gallery, London, W1, in the 1990s. . Fine condition.
Apulian, 5th-3rd century BC. A ceramic blackware kylix with pedestal base and square handles, shallow bowl; reserved band of laurel leaves and berries to the border, tripod stand with scrolled tendrils and rings. 232 grams, 22.5cm (9"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his grandfather in the 1920s; thence by descent. . Fine condition, repainted.
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