Etruscan Villanovan Black-Glazed Vase with Decorated HandlesEarly Iron Age, 8th-6th century BC. A ceramic black-glazed vase of biconical profile with slightly ribbed shoulders, broad funicular neck and two strap handles; impressed point detailing to the upper faces of the handles and below the junction with the shoulders; to the underside an impressed point cross maker`s mark. 1.2 kg, 19 cm (7 1/2"). Ex Bowyer collection, Wiltshire, UK. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5
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Etruscan Terracotta Lion`s Mask Mount1st century BC. A ceramic modelled lion`s mask mount or protome, D-shaped in profile with detailed mane and facial features; hollow to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made perspex display frame. 804 grams, 18 cm including frame (7"). Acquired on the London art market in the 1980s. Fine condition.Starting Price: £150
Roman Ceramic Redware Oil Lamp5th century AD. A decorated oil lamp in redware with lug handle to the rear, lozenge panel to the discus bearing geometric ornament, radiating rosettes and sprigs to the outer border; North African workmanship. 157 grams, 14 cm (5 1/2"). Private collection, Nottinghamshire, UK; acquired late 1980s-early 1990s, with a copy of the original Seaby catalogue entry (V101). Extremely fine condition.Starting Price: £150
Roman Harpokrates Oil Lamp2nd century AD. A ceramic oil lamp of provincial workmanship, with small nozzle and loop handle to the rear; the discus with raised motif of the god Harpokrates standing with one finger raised to his lips; with old collector`s label marked `Ephesu[s]` to the side. 58 grams, 98 mm (3 3/4"). Ex Peter Brecknell collection. Harpokrates (or Harpocrates) was the god of silence, derived by the Greeks from the Egyptian god Harpa-Khruti Horus the Child who was portrayed as a boy with one finger held to his lips. In Egyptian culture this gesture symbolised childhood, but the Greeks interpreted it as a call for silence. Fine condition.Starting Price: £100
Roman Ceramic Wolf Oil Lamp2nd-3rd century AD. A cast terracotta oil lamp with broad nozzle and triangular lug handle to the rear; to the discus a border of volute scrolls and central motif of an advancing wolf. 106 grams, 10.5 cm (4"). Ex Steinberg collection, acquired 1940s-1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Roman Ceramic Lion Oil Lamp1st-2nd century AD. A moulded oil lamp with squat nozzle and triangular flange handle to the rear; the discus with moulded scene of a lion advancing through foliage; to the underside within a double ring, the impressed text `QNVMICLL`. 85 grams, 11.5 cm (4 1/2"). From an old Warwickshire collection. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Roman Ceramic Male Bust Oil Lamp1st-2nd century AD. A moulded oil lamp with rounded nozzle, triangular flange handle to the rear; the discus ornamented with a band of stamped chevrons and pellets surrounding a profile bust of a helmetted and cuirassed warrior; to the underside an annular band encircling a rectilinear maker`s mark. 164 grams, 13 cm (5"). From an old Warwickshire collection. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Near Eastern Collection of Mesopotamian Jemdet-Nasr Type Stamp SealsLate 4th-3rd millennium BC. A group of six stone stamp seals of Jemdet-Nasr type, comprising a white soapstone circular seal with domed upper face, the face depicting two running antelopes; a similarly shaped seal in buff ceramic, the face with an incised wave pattern; a similarly shaped seal in brown banded agate, the face with an abstract pattern of roundels; a smaller similarly shaped seal in red breccia, the face depicting two stylised creatures; a brown stone ovoid seal with domed upper face, the face depicting two stylised ibexes; a large square-shaped veined grey stone seal, the face with an abstract pattern of groups of conjoined roundels. 147 grams total, 20-38 mm (3/4 - 1 1/2"). Ex Campbell collection. [6] Fine condition.Starting Price: £350
Near Eastern Trans-Jordan Ceramic JarEarly Bronze Age, 3000-2700 BC. A tall buffware ceramic jar with bulbous body, flat base, slightly everted rim to the neck; a band of pricked dot decoration below the rim; two lug handles to the equator. 1.4 kg, 26 cm (10 1/4"). Ex Rihani family collection. Fine condition.Starting Price: £180
Chinese Ceramic Caparisoned Horse FigurineNorthern Qi Dynasty, 550-577 AD. A large ceramic greyware caparisoned horse figurine with flared saddle and saddle-blanket, with raised scroll motifs to the flanks; decorative banded halter and crupper with vertical straps to the crupper; the bridle plumed with rope pendants to the neck; the halter and crupper with moulded bosses and separate sheet bronze bells; the posture advancing on a rhomboidal base; red pigment on the saddle and saddle blanket, plume, bridle, mane and halter; the muscaluture finely modelled with expressive facial detailing. 3.5 kg, 43.5 cm (17"). From an important West London collection, formerly with Parthenon Gallery, London, UK. Very fine condition; minor repair to the plume. Accompanied by an Oxford Authentication thermoluminescence report certificate no.C111j65.Starting Price: £3000
Chinese Caparisoned Horse FigurineNorthern Qi Dynasty, 550-577 AD. A finely modelled ceramic caparisoned horse figurine with flared saddle and saddle blanket, decorative halter and crupper and plumed bridle; red pigment remaining on the saddle, plume, bridle and halter; hollow to the underside. 4.2 kg, 43 cm (17"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Accompanied by a Thermoluminescence certificate from Oxford Authentication. Fine condition, some restoration.Starting Price: £2500
Chinese Painted Horse FigurineTang Dynasty, 618-906 AD. A finely modelled ceramic horse figurine in advancing pose on a rhomboidal base; headband, saddle and saddle blanket modelled in place; pigment to the body, neck rump and head; the saddle blanket with painted leopardskin design. 5.3 kg, 44 cm (17 1/4"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition, chip to base.Starting Price: £1000
Chinese Ceramic Polo Player FigurineTang Dynasty, 618-906 AD. A ceramic greyware horse and rider figurine of a courtly lady playing polo on a galloping horse; the left arm bent, the right arm raised, the body twisted and head inclined; the horse in lively, extended pose with halter, saddle and saddle blanket directly modelled; red pigmentation to the horse`s body and rider`s coat; the rider`s hair and face finely detailed, with restrained black pigmentation; supplied on a custom-made display stand. 2.1kg., 34 cm including stand (13 1/4"). From an important West London collection, formerly with Parthenon Gallery, London, UK. Fine condition. One hand absent. Accompanied by an Oxford Authentication thermoluminescence report certificate no.C110n31.Starting Price: £2000
Chinese Horse and Rider FigurineTang Dynasty, 618-906 AD. A ceramic figurine of a standing horse and rider; the horse with head bowed, on a square base; the rider in hood and riding coat, hand drawn up to the chest, pierced; painted detailing to the reins, harness, saddle blanket and crupper; hollow to the underside. 1.8 kg, 32 cm (12 1/2"). Ex Steinberg collection, acquired 1940s-1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition, restored.Starting Price: £5
Chinese Horse and Rider FigurineTang Dynasty, 618-906 AD. A ceramic figurine of a standing horse and rider; the horse standing with head bowed on a square base; the rider in cap, coat and boots, left hand to the waist; painted detailing to the reins, saddle blanket and crupper; the coat in blue, blanket in ochre; hollow to the underside. 1 kg, 28 cm (11"). Ex Steinberg collection, acquired 1940s-1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition, restored.Starting Price: £5
Chinese Ceramic Bull FigurineTang Dynasty, 618-906 AD. A finely modelled bull figurine, standing on a rhomboidal base; the pose advancing with head raised; harness modelled to the rump, flanks and head, with domed bosses and gilded trefoil pendants; red pigment to the body. 5.3 kg, 42 cm (16 1/2"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition, minor restoration.Starting Price: £2250
Chinese Early Neolithic Ceramic JarNeolithic Period, 3rd millennium BC. A tall vase with conical lower body and bulbous upper, flat base and two loop handles to the equator; the neck broad and flared; black painted design to the upper body in chevrons and hatched discs, s-curves to the neck. 4.9 kg, 37.5 cm (14 3/4"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition.Starting Price: £150
Chinese Painted Cocoon JarHan Dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD. A ceramic greyware cocoon jar with original pigmentation, bands of red paint to the body and neck with orange and white geometric designs; foliate detail in white, red and ochre to the ends. 1.8 kg, 28 cm (11"). Exhibited `Land of the Dragons` exhibition 2004, 181 Piccadilly, London, W1. Fine condition.Starting Price: £240
Chinese Ceramic Funerary Table and Food Item GroupHan Dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD. A modelled ceramic funerary table with green-glazed surface, and a group of seven separate ceramic food offerings including a bowl, five stacks of baked items, a pig`s head on a platter. 2.9 kg, 28.5 cm (11 1/4"). Ex Steinberg collection, acquired 1940s-1990s. [8, No Reserve] Fine condition, old repair to table.Starting Price: £5
Chinese Glazed Dragon Granary JarSong Dynasty, 960-1127 AD. A tall ceramic pale-green glazed model of a granary without lid, decorated on the neck with a dragon above a frieze of robed figures; bulb above with pie-crust rim and three loops below. 1.4 kg, 49.5 cm (19 1/2"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition.Starting Price: £100
Chinese Ceramic Glazed JarMing Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD. A tall greyware jar with flat base and low rolled rim; the surface with painted decoration of clouds in black on a white field; circumferential band of black-painted roundels. kg, 26 cm (10 1/4"). Exhibited `Land of the Dragons` exhibition 2004. [No Reserve] Fine condition; some surface abrasion. Very rare.Starting Price: £5
Chinese Glazed `House` ShrineMing dynasty, 1450-1600 AD. A hollow ceramic shrine in the form of a house with pitched roof, door and small side windows, green-glazed to the main face, two circular lateral holes and two more to the underside. 5.1 kg, 41 cm (16"). Ex Steinberg collection, acquired 1940s-1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Iron Age Celtic Ceramic Blackware Urn4th-1st century BC. A coarse blackware biconical urn with small flattened base, broad shoulder and everted rim; to the upper shoulder two horizontal lines and a series of shallow scrolls. 1.2 kg, 19 cm (7 1/2"). Ex Bowyer collection, Wiltshire, UK. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Post Medieval Bronze Heraldic Seal Matrix Group18th century AD. A mixed group of bronze seal matrices comprising: one with elliptical head and pierced lozenge stem, the design an armorial bearing with elliptical shield charged with fess and estoile, facing helmet with crest of male torso, initials `IST` flanking; one square in plan, a ducal crown with draped mantle framing a shield with lion supporters, the shield quartered, two with bends and two with chevrons and pellets; supplied with ceramic impressions 21 grams total, 24-25 mm (1"). Property of a European Gentleman living in the UK; ex private collection formed in the 1990s. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
A late Victorian mahogany Davenport, the piano top housing a rising stationery rack, the hinged lid enclosing a sliding pen tray with paper well behind, over a sliding tooled leather hinged writing slope four drawers with turned wood handles and four opposing false drawers, supported on ceramic castors, 91cm (h) by 58cm (w) by 53cm (d) .
Tiziano Galli for Capodimonte; a large ceramic figure of a naked young girl with long flowing hair, and with exotic fish laid upon her chest, overall set upon a shaped base decorated with a crab conch shell and further fish, script marks to the reverse, height 47cm (af). CONDITION REPORT: There has been extensive restoration to the base where it has been broken in at least two sections, the restoration spreads round to the reverse of the coral trunk, also to where her feet meet the fish to the base and also through the base itself. Her little finger on the right hand has also been restored as have the tips of one of the fish's dorsal and tail fins. This lot is not suitable for posting by Adam Partridge Auctioneers.
Attributed to J. Van Schwarz and Carl Sigmund Luber A Jugendstil pewter mounted turquoise ceramic jug, circa 1904, pierced sinuous foliate mount, numbered 8686, 9 1/2" high. Illustrated: see Claus Pese, Jugendstil aus Nurnberg, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, p.254 for a similar example.
A PERUVIAN CAFE-AU-LAIT SET, mid 20th century, stamped Sterling, of inverted baluster form and comprising a pair of coffee pots with hinged covers and loop handles with animal mask terminals and ceramic "stops", two handled sucrier and cover, cream jug, hot milk jug and small sugar basin, together with a two handled tray of lobed oblong form with triple reel and bobbin rim, tray 24 1/2" wide, 166ozs approx.

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