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An Eastern Mediterranean core-formed glass alabastron Circa 4th-2nd Century B.C.Of dark blue glass, the cylindrical body with vertical ribs, decorated with yellow and white zig-zag pattern, the white trail extending from the disc rim, and spiralling down to the rounded base, with a pair of blue lug handles, 9cm highFootnotes:Provenance:with Pars Antiques, London. Private collection, USA, acquired from the above pre-1999.Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Late Roman marble mosaic panel Circa 4th-6th Century A.D.Depicting a bird, probably a duck, composed of white, green, brown and black tesserae on a white background, 60cm high, 82.5cm longFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, New York, acquired prior to 1988.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Bactrian banded agate necklace Circa late 3rd-early 2nd Millennium B.C. Composed of 41 small convex rectangular beads, graduated in size, interspersed with small gold fluted beads, likely modern, restrung with a modern S-hook enclosure, 49.5cm longFootnotes:Provenance:with Fortuna Fine Art, New York. Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above 1990.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman pale green glass feeder flask Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.The body modelled in the shape of a bird, the extended tubular spout forming the tail, pinched in at the base of the neck, with a folded-in rim, 7.7cm high, 10cm longFootnotes:Provenance:German art market.Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 November 1997, lot 71. Private collection, USA, acquired at the above sale.There is another example of a feeder/pourer flask of similar proportions in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, acc. no. 74.51.81.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A pair of Roman eagle-headed bronze chariot guides Circa 2nd Century A.D.Each in the form of a tapering octogonal shaft surmounted by an eagle head finial, the eyes articulated, the feathers enhanced by incision, with an arm on either side of the shaft in the form of an arching duck's head, details finely incised, 18cm and 18.5cm wide, 13cm and 13.5cm high (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Private collection, Austria, acquired in 1970 in Vienna.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman green glass lidded pyxis Circa 1st Century A.D.The cylindrical body with hollow tubular flanges at the top and bottom, with shallow shoulder sloping towards the circular opening, the lid with conical knopped finial, 8.5cm high incl. the lid, 6.2cm max diam.Footnotes:Provenance:with Antiquarium Ltd, New York. Private collection, USA, acquired from the above 14 February 1992.For a discussion of an example made in blue glass in The Corning Museum of Glass and other parallels cf. D. B. Whitehouse, Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, vol. 1, Corning, 1997, p. 209, no. 360.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Mesopotamian agate and gold bead necklace Circa early 2nd Millennium B.C.Composed of 34 agate cylindrical beads, with a central large fluted spherical gold bead, interspersed with 34 small gold beads, likely modern, restrung and with a modern S-hook enclosure, 43.5cm longFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, USA, 1980s. Private collection, Europe.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Four Byzantine marble mosaic panels Circa 4th-6th Century A.D.All panels with four lines of Greek text on a white background, one with red text with a white, black, ochre and pale grey border, the second also with red text and a pink, white, pale grey and black border, the third with black text and a black, pink, white and pale grey border, the fourth also with black text and a black, pink and white border, largest 64cm high, 68.5cm long (4)Footnotes:Provenance:Private collection, New York, acquired prior to 1988.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Eastern Mediterranean core-formed glass amphoriskos Hellenistic Period, circa 1st Century B.C.The dark blue piriform body decorated with alternating opaque white and brick red applied and mavered trailing, the body with feathered trails flanked by spiral decoration around the neck, shoulder and base, with applied amber coloured handles and peg base, 13.4cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, London. with Antiquarium Ltd, New York, acquired from the above 1998. Private collection, USA, acquired from the above 1999. For a similar amphoriskos from the Cesnola Collection see V. Karageorghis, Ancient Art from Cyprus. The Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2000, p.286, no. 467. Such late Hellenistic core-formed amphoriskae, typified by the use of translucent glass for the handles and knob base, are found throughout the Eastern Mediterranean region.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman pale green glass grape flask Circa 3rd Century A.D.The funnel mouth with infolded rim, the cylindrical neck with tooled flange at the shoulders, the ovoid body mould-blown with ten rows of stylised grape pattern and two opposing triangular leaves below the shoulder, 13.3cm highFootnotes:Provenance:London art market.Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 November 1997, lot 73. Private collection, USA, acquired from the above sale.For a similar purple grape flask with distinctive collar see S. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1980, p.104, no. 279. The usual choice of green or purple glass for these mould-blown flasks was intended to emulate the natural grape colours. The above lot belongs to the Stylised Grape Bottle Series A classification, which is typified by ten rows of stylised grapes and a triangular leaf in the centre of each mould half. For a discussion of the stylised grape bottle classification and a type A example cf. E. Marianne Stern, The Toledo Museum of Art, Roman Mold-blown Glass, Toledo, 1995, p.191, fig. 120.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A large Late Roman blue-green glass amphora Circa 4th-5th Century A.D.With a band of trail decoration around the funnel neck, ribbed strap handles and piriform body, 24cm highFootnotes:Provenance: Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13-14 July 1981, lot 462. with Barakat Galleries, Beverly Hills (A Catalogue of the Collection, vol. 1, 1985, GF3). Private collection, USA, acquired from the above.For another example in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, cf. V. Arveiller-Dulong and M.-D. Nenna, Les Verres Antiques du Musée du Louvre, vol. II, Paris, 2005, p. 388, no. 1041, pl. 90.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Egyptian granite bust of an official New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period, circa 1550-655 B.C.Wearing a shoulder-length striated bag wig, with prominent ears, the eye-brows carved in raised relief, the finely delineated eyes with extended cosmetic lines, with full lips and soft rounded jawline, 19.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Mrs W. Elias-Vaes (1908-2002) collection, Netherlands, reputedly acquired in 1970, at Sotheby's-Mak van Waay, Amsterdam. Property from the Private Collection of the late Mrs Elias-Vaes; Christie's, Amsterdam, 29 April 2010, lot 998.Private collection, Europe. Exhibited:Het Kralings Museum, 20 Rooms, the private collection of Mr Elias Vaes, 1990-2002.There is a similar black granite head of an official at the British Museum, acc. no. EA66836, of comparable dimensions and also dated from the New Kingdom - Third Intermediate Period. The features of the officials bear a close resemblance, both having eyebrows carved in raised relief, strong cosmetic lines, broad nostrils and full lips. The rendering of the bag wig, which is striated and set low on the forehead, is also similar.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Egyptian mosaic glass griffin inlay Ptolemaic Period, circa 332-30 B.C.The beast depicted with right forepaw raised, tongue extended, with elaborate feathered wings, wearing a thick collar, details in opaque yellow, red, turquoise, dark blue and white in a translucent cobalt blue matrix, 1.6cm high, 1.9cm longFootnotes:Provenance:The Groppi Collection, Switzerland; acquired in the 1920s-1940s. The Groppi Collection; Christie's, London, 26 April 2012, lot 105. Exhibited: Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, 2008-9 (cat. p. 73, no. 22). Published:Treasures from the Al Thani Collection, Beijing, 2018, vol. II, no. 19, p. 72-3.Griffins are mythical creatures that typically combine the head and wings of an eagle with the body of a lion; this example, however, combines the forepart of a lion with the wings and tail of an eagle. Thought to have originated in the Near East and Egypt simultaneously around the 4th Century B.C., images of the griffin spread across the Mediterranean and into Western Asia, and conveyed ideas of power and divine majesty.For other examples see the Corning Museum, Corning, New York, acc. no. 59.1.99 (formerly in the Ray Winfield Smith collection), and E. M. Stern and B. Schlick-Nolte, Early Glass of the Ancient World, 1600 B.C.-A.D. 50, Ernesto Wolf Collection, Ostfildern, 1994, no. 137. The Wolf example is symmetrical with another identical plaque facing it, suggesting that the above lot likely also originally formed part of a pair.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Egyptian brilliant blue faience amulet of Nefertum Third Intermediate Period-26th Dynasty, circa 1069-525 B.C.The short-kilted god striding forth wearing the lotus crown with tall feathers, with tripartite wig detail in black, 7cm highFootnotes:Provenance:A. Indjoudjian collection, formed ca. 1910s. M. collection.Anonymous sale; François de Ricqlès, Drouot, Paris,30 September - 1 October 1996, lot 325. with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York. Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above 15 December 2014.Along with Ptah and Sekhmet, Nefertum was part of the divine family of the Memphite area and represented youthful power. Nefertum was closely associated with the lotus flower, symbol of regeneration. He was linked with the creation myth in which the newborn sun god rose from the petals of the blue lotus. There is another example of a similarly dated Nefertum amulet with dark wig in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acc. no. 72.1926.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cycladic marble bowl Early Cycladic II, circa 2700-2200 B.C.With a slightly flattened base, the flaring sides with an inward-sloping tooled rim, 20.6cm diam. Footnotes:Provenance: Mrs G. Landois collection, Lugano, received as a gift from Dr Böttger, Germany and Switzerland, ca. 1960. Private collection, Europe.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Egyptian turquoise faience falcon head terminal Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-735 B.C.Flat backed, the crown of the head perforated, the eye indicated in black glaze, with three bands of wing feathers, four perforations beneath, 3.7cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Dr. Jacques Schotte (1928 – 2007) collection, Leuven, formed 1960's–1970's. Dr. Jan Beekmans (1927 – 2008) collection, Borken.Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above 2002. This terminal would have formed one of a pair from the upper part of a broad collar, with the four perforations being for the attachment of beaded strings.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Western Asiatic gold disc pendant Circa mid-late 2nd Millennium B.C.With a large central boss encircled by concentric rings of impressed dots and smaller bosses, a curled tang forming a suspension loop at the top, 6.6cm diam.Footnotes:Provenance:Private collection, Europe, acquired in 1980 on the London art market.For a discussion of this type of gold pendant, see E.O. Negahban, 'Pendants from Marlik', Iranica Antiqua, vol. XXIV, pp.175-198; see pl. VI for some closely related examples.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman pale olive-brown glass goblet Circa 4th-5th Century A.D.The bowl with moulded vertical ribbing, set on a short hollowed stem on a circular folded foot, formed from a single paraison of glass, 7.4cm high, 7.4cm diam.Footnotes:Provenance:Private collection, UK.Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 November 1997, lot 84. Private collection, USA, acquired at the above sale.For examples with faint ribbing in The Corning Museum of Glass and the Ernesto Wolf Collection, cf. K. A. Larson, Ancient and Islamic Glass from The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, pp. 90-1, no. 36, and E. M. Stern, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass, 10 BCE - 700 CE. Ernesto Wolf Collection, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2001, p. 309, no. 172.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Late Roman glass lamp or cup Circa 4th-5th Century A.D.Of conical form, tapering to a rounded base, decorated with three encircling bands of wheel cut decoration flanking four applied and marvered turquoise oval blobs, with cut-off and ground rim, 17cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, USA, formed from the 1980s onwards.Such vessels have been excavated in contexts suggesting that they were used as lamps and found with traces of oil remaining inside. The lamp would have contained water with oil and a wick floating on top, and would have been suspended in a metal stand. Glasses of this type are in numerous museum collections; see an example in A. Oliver Jr, Ancient Glass in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 1980, no. 176.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Egyptian lapis lazuli vulture amulet and an Egyptian miniature iridescent glass Osiris amulet Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.The seated bird probably representing either the goddess Nekhbet or Mut, perched on an oval base, 1.5cm high; the Osiris depicted mummiform, holding crook and flail and wearing the atef crown, 3.5cm high, together with an Egyptian or Eastern Mediterranean feldspar phallus amulet, Ptolemaic-Roman Period, circa 3rd-1st Century B.C., the tip pierced for attachment, 1.2cm high (3)Footnotes:Provenance:Private collection, USA, formed from the 1980s onwards. Such vulture amulets had an apotropaic power, as these carrion fowl posed a threat to any corpse, yet were also associated with the protective vulture goddess, Nekhbet (see C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994). There is a similar lapis lazuli example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 22.1.60, dated to the Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom, 12–18th Dynasty, circa 1981–1640 B.C.Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Three Egyptian rings with swivel scarabs Early New Kingdom, circa 1550-1400 B.C.Comprising a lapis lazuli and gold ring, the lapis scarab engraved with an ankh and a neb-sign, the tubular shank bound with wire with spherical terminals to either side of the scarab; a steatite scarab bound in gold and engraved with a repeat scroll motif, with separate 'U' shaped silver shank; and a green glazed steatite scarab, the underside with the cartouche for Thutmosis III with epithet 'the Lower Egyptian King is established', set on a bronze shank, 2.5cm-2.7cm wide (3)Footnotes:Provenance:Lapis scarab: Dr. Jan Beekmans (1927 – 2008) collection, Borken. Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above October 2001. Steatite scarab: Gaston Maspero (1846-1916) collection. Anonymous sale; François de Ricqlès, Paris, 29-30 September 1997, lot 324 (part). Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above sale. Green steatite scarab: Fürsten von Hohenzollern collection, Germany. London art market.Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 8 November 2001, lot 268 (part). Private collection, Europe, acquired at the above sale.Published: C.A.R. Andrews and J. van Dijk (eds), Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, p. 93-95, no. 214 a, d and e.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Cycladic marble female idol Early Precanonical Type, Early Cycladic I/II, circa 2800 B.C.The long neck emerging from angular shoulders and elbows, the arms folded beneath the breasts, a softly swollen stomach above the incised pubic triangle, a groove separating the thighs to the front and reverse, 9.4cm highFootnotes:Provenance:W. Rosenbaum collection, Ascona, prior to 1984. with Galleria Serodine SA, Ascona. Private collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1988. Private collection, Europe.A comprehensive expertise report from Dr. Pat Getz-Preziosi dated 13 September 1988 accompanies this important Cycladic female idol.The upper portion of this figure is carved in the Plastiras style, which is characterised by the figures' long necks and arms whose fingertips touched where they met on the chest. However, the lower portion more closely resembles that of a Louros type idol, as the legs are carved as a single unit and not separate like the Plastiras type. For further examples of Plastiras type idols with long necks see J. Thimme, Art and Culture of the Cyclades in the Third Millennium B.C., Chicago, 1977, figs. 72 and 74, and figs 80 and 81 for the Louros type.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Minoan serpentine blossom bowl Middle Minoan III-Late Minoan I, circa 1750-1450 B.C.With squat piriform body, the broad shoulders tapering to a flat base, the outer walls carved in low relief with six petals, each centrally ribbed, 12cm diam., 6.3cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, Austria, acquired in the 1960s in Vienna.For a similar example, see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 26.31.436.Stone carving developed on Crete as early as the 3rd Millennium B.C., when stone vessels are thought to have functioned primarily as tomb goods. With the development of the Minoan palace complex and surrounding settlements, which ignited a societal drive for luxury and refinement, it is likely their usage extended into the domestic and religious spheres. Blossom bowls have been found in both domestic and funerary contexts, and are presumed to have held precious commodities such as perfumes, ointments or spices.Trade connections with Egypt, which were particularly strong during the New Kingdom (16th-15th Century B.C.), likely inspired Minoan stone vessels, as the Egyptian tradition for such was already well-established, and Egyptian examples from as early as the Predynastic Period have been discovered on Crete. Conversely, Minoan stone vessels are believed to have been exported as far east as Byblos and Troy, and blossom bowls were a particularly popular prestige object for use as gift exchange in support of local trading arrangements around the Aegean (Greek Art of the Aegean Islands, exhibition catalogue, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1979, p. 90; see also P.M. Warren, 'Stone Vessels in Minoan Crete' in Minoan and Greek Civilization from the Mitsotakis Collection, Athens, 1992, p. 151-155).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman bronze griffin leg Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.With four claws protruding from the padded paw of the anatomically rendered leg, a decorative band around the opening at the thigh, details of fur engraved at the toes, 29.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:D.D. collection, London, acquired 1975-1980.Anonymous sale; Gorny and Mosch, Munich, 17 June 2015, lot 18.Private collection, Paris, acquired from the above sale.This large bronze griffin leg likely once supported a luxurious piece of Roman furniture. Ancient Romans liked to decorate their furniture with 'griffins or lion's heads...a face or bust, often Bacchus or a Satyr, and occasionally (sic) a complete sculpture' (P. Roberts, Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, London, 2013, p. 86). For further discussion on Roman furniture see Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, especially pp. 86,103, 120-123.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Egyptian carnelian Eye of Horus Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-664 B.C.Convex on both faces, with engraved chevron eyebrows and stylised falcon markings, 3.2cm wideFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, Germany, acquired ca. 1955-1965; and thence by descent. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 June 2001, lot 174 (part). with Medusa Ancient Art, Montreal, 2001. Private collection, USA.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman green glass janiform head flask Circa 3rd Century A.D.The body blown into a two-part mould, with two similar cherubic faces with knobby-curly hair, on a flattened ovoid base with a cylindrical neck and flaring folded rim, 7.8cm highFootnotes:Provenance:with Antiquarium Ltd, New York. Private collection, USA, acquired from the above 13 October 1993.For a discussion on the different types of double headed jars see E. Stern, The Toledo Museum of Art, Roman Mold-blown Glass, the First through Sixth Centuries, Toledo, 1995, pp. 201-215. Stern notes that double-headed jars featuring child-like faces such as this example were popular in the Eastern Mediterranean (p. 203).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman yellow glass jug Circa 4th Century A.D.With flared mouth and infolded rim, the piriform body set on a tooled raised splayed foot, with a green trail handle folded beneath the rim and extending to the upper body, 15.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Montclair Art Museum collection, NJ, acquired in 1933. Property of the Montclair Art Museum; Sotheby's, New York, 2 December 1988, lot 362 (part). with Antiquarium Ltd, New York. Private collection, USA, acquired from the above in 1991.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Egyptian pale blue faience amulet of Nephthys Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.The goddess depicted wearing the crown of the hieroglyph of her name, a striated wig and a close-fitting dress, 4.2cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, Germany, ca. 1960s-1970s. with Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg. Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above 9 June 2006.Nephthys appears most frequently depicted as part of a triad amulet with Isis and Horus, making single figures of the goddess more unusual. She is also associated in a funerary context with Isis, Selket and Neith, protecting the canopic jars of the internal organs of the deceased with particular responsibility for the lungs.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Greek black figure stamnos Possibly Boeotia, circa 4th-3rd Century B.C.Decorated at the shoulder with a garlanded bucranium motif, flanked by trees, the body with three encircling bands, set on a pad foot, 30.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Anonymous sale; Cahn Auktionen AG, Basel, 22 September 2006, lot 319.Private collection, Switzerland, acquired at the above sale.It is unusual to see a bucranium depicted on a vase, however bucrania were often used as decorative devices in Greek temple architecture, the bull's skulls representing the garlanded oxen customarily offered for scarifice.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A large Roman pale yellow glass jug Circa 2nd-4th Century A.D.The bulbous body set on an applied thick green glass coiled base, with rope-twist amber handle, the base of the neck with a band of spiral decoration, the flared mouth with in-folded rim, 23cm highFootnotes:Provenance: with Aaron Gallery, London. Private collection, USA, acquired from the above 13 May 1994.This large and slightly bulky jug is highly unusual and probably reflects a local production, maybe in the Rhineland. To date, it has been possible to only identify two others examples. The first, a small example at 16.2 cm high and made in light olive-green glass was purchased from a dealer in Nijmegen by the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, in 1951 (inv. no. M 1951/5.1; W. Braat, 'The glass collection of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden at Leiden', Oudheidkundige Mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden 44, p. 109, no. 20, pl. XXXIX). It was subsequently published by Fritz Fremersdorf as 2nd-century CE and found in Cologne, and it possible that it could have been made in one of the glass-houses there (F. Fremersdorf, Das naturfarbene, sogenannte blaugrüne Glas in Köln, Die Denkmäler des Römischen Köln IV, Cologne, 1958, p. 34, pl. 52). The second example, without provenance, is the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (B. Caron & E. P. Zoïtopoúlou, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Mediterranean Antiquities, Vol. 1, The Ancient Glass, Leiden and Boston, 2008, pp. 86-7, no. 77). Slightly larger than the Leiden jug at 19 cm, it too is made in olive-green glass, although the Bonham's jug is the largest and has the remains of amber-coloured glass pontil.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Egyptian rock crystal amulet of Bastet Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Of slightly flattened form, the cat depicted seated on an integral plinth, her tail curling around her left haunch, an ankh engraved on the chest, pierced at the top of the head for attachment of a small gold ring, 3.8cm highFootnotes:Provenance:with Charles Gillet (1879-1972), Lausanne. Property from the Collection of the Late Marion Schuster (1902-84), Lausanne; Sotheby's, New York, 7 December 2001, lot 5. Private collection, USA, acquired from the above sale.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Seven Islamic glass vessels Circa 7th-11th Century A.D.Comprising a blue glass unguentarium, the conical body tapering to a point, a pronounced ribbed collar at the base of the funnel neck, 13cm high; four miniature Islamic glass bottles, 4.3cm-6cm high; a miniature blue beaked flask, 8.7cm high; and a small glass jar with five trail handles and dimpled body, 5.2cm high (7)Footnotes:Provenance:Alabstron: Property of Muriel Katz; Sotheby's, New York, 12-13 December 1991, lot 359 (part). Bottle with facet-cut neck: with Antiquarium Ltd, New York, 14 July 1995. Spherical bottle: with Antiquarium Ltd, New York, 9 November 1991. Beaked flask: with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York. Private collection, USA, formed from the 1980s onwards and acquired from the above.Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Sardinian bronze boat-shaped lamp Nuragic Period, circa 8th Century B.C.The open vessel with a stylised bull's head prow, with a long muzzle, small ears and large curving horns, with four notched bands decorating the exterior of the vessel, a double-legged arching element forming a handle, surmounted by a suspension loop, 13cm long, 5.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, Austria, acquired in the 1960s in Vienna.For a similar lamp with bull's head prow and notched moulding on the exterior of the vessel, see Kunst Sardiniens, Baden State Museum catalogue, 1980, p. 403-4, fig. 180.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Two Egyptian uninscribed stone scarabs Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-664 B.C.The larger of dark speckled grey stone, naturalistically carved with incised wing-case details and plain underside, 5cm long; the smaller of green serpentine, with incised details, 3.8cm long (2)Footnotes:Provenance:The Property of a European Private Collector, mainly formed in the late 19th-early 20th Century; Christie's, London, 25 April 2001, lot 110 (part). Private collection, USA, acquired from the above sale.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman bronze lidded amphoriskos Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.The baluster-shaped body with short neck and collar rim, the spurred handles with palmettes at the shoulder, with a suspension loop at the top of each handle with linked chain rising to a central attachment ring, the lid attached to the same ring with a further suspension chain, concentric rings cast beneath the foot, the body 11.4cm high Footnotes:Provenance:Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1997, lot 131. Private collection, USA, acquired at the above sale.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Late Roman marble mosaic panel Circa 4th-5th Century A.D.Depicting an ostrich, composed of tesserae in various shades of pink, ochre, white, green, black and pale grey, on a white background with geometric designs, possibly representing flowers in the field, 107cm high, 96.5cm longFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, New York, acquired prior to 1988.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Egyptian gold and rock crystal scarab ring New Kingdom, circa 1550-1069 B.C.The underside of the scarab engraved with the standing figure of Bastet holding a sceptre acting as the determinative to the hieroglyph of her name, mounted in a gold swivel ring, the scarab 2cm long, ring size 'X'Footnotes:Provenance:Private collection, Scotland, acquired by the collector's great great grandmother, Mrs G.A., as a gift while working as a cook for an archaeological mission in Egypt towards the end of the 19th Century. Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 6 October 2010, lot 432 (part). Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above sale.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Byzantine amber rectangular glass jug Circa 6th-7th Century A.D.With funnel mouth with infolded rim and green strap handle, the four sides mould blown respectively with the Edicule with hanging lamp; a tabula ansata; a large cross; and a tabula ansata, with a rosette on the underside of the base, 22cm highFootnotes:Provenance: Private collection, USA.Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1997, lot 28. with Hadji Baba Ancient Art, London. Private collection, USA, acquired from the above 21 April 1998.This jug is a relic from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, part of the Shrine Series of vessels. The moulded decoration includes the Edicule, an ornate shrine in the church that encloses what is believed to be the tomb of Jesus Christ.The mould blowing technique continued to be used in the 7th Century in the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire and went on to influence Sasanian and early Islamic workshops. Many of these 7th Century flasks were mould blown with Christian and Judaic symbols, made for pilgrims visiting the holy places of Jerusalem. It is believed that pilgrims would purchase these bottles and fill them with earth that had been scantified overnight in the Tomb of Christ to place at a future date in their own graves. Other examples from this mould include a bluish-green handled bottle in the Shlomo Moussaieff Collection, London (M. Newby, Byzantine Mould-Blown Glass from the Holy Land with Jewish and Christian Symbols, The Shlomo Moussaieff Collection, London 2008, pp. 42-3, no. 5) and an olive-green example in the Erwin Oppenländer Collection (A. von Saldern et al. 1974, Gläser der Antike. Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer, Hamburg, p. 180, no. 500, fig. on p. 181).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A small Roman blue glass bottle Circa 1st Century A.D.With pear-shaped body, cylindrical neck, the everted mouth with rounded rim, 8.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance: with Barakat Galleries, Beverly Hills (A Catalogue of the Collection, vol. 1, 1985, G36). Private collection, USA, acquired from the above.Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman pale grey-green glass animal-headed rhyton Circa 1st Century A.D.The horn shaped body decorated with vertical ribs, the spout in the form of a creature with short pointed horns with perforated narrow mouth, 22cm long, rim 8.1cm diam.Footnotes:Provenance:with Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd, New York. Private collection, USA, formed from the 1980s onwards and acquired from the above.Rhyta in glass are rare. Such glass rhyta as the above lot were used as drinking horns or for libations. There are two main versions of rhyta with animal horns: those with or without standing bases. As drinking vessels, this meant that the contents of the latter version, like this example, had to be drunk in one go. A fresco in Pompeii shows how a banqueteer would have raised the rhyton high above the head and poured wine in a stream into the mouth, cf. Herculaneum Museum inv. no. 9024 in M. Beretta and G. di Pasquale (ed), Vitrum. Il vetro fra arte e scienza nel mondo romano, Florence, 2004, p. 275. It is possible that the head of this rhyton could represent a snail, since they were considered by the Romans to be an elite delicacy. The historian Pliny the Elder mentions a farmer harvesting snails, no doubt to provide dishes for wealthy banqueteers such as the one depicted in the fresco at Pompeii.For a similar rhyton cf. Mandruzzato & Marcante (eds), Vetri Antichi del Museo Archaeologico Nazionale de Aquileia Il vasellame de mensa, 2005, p. 51 and p. 113, no. 330. There is also a footed example with horned spout, dated to 75-125 A.D., in the Corning Museum of Glass, acc. no. 87.1.2.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman gilded glass, gold and faience bead necklace Circa 1st Century B.C.–1st Century A.D.Formed of 39 gilded glass cylindrical beads of varying sizes interspersed with 18 collared spherical gold beads and 56 blue and red Egyptian faience disc beads, with a central larger gilded glass bead, all restrung with a modern S-hook enclosure, 40cm longFootnotes:Provenance:with Fortuna Fine Art, New York. Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above 1990.Gilded glass was an especially popular choice for jewellery from the mid 1st Century B.C. to the mid 1st Century A.D.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman light green glass jug Circa 4th Century A.D.With trefoil lip and spiral trail decoration around the cylindrical neck, the turquoise trail handle folded beneath the rim, the spherical body with fifteen vertical pinched ribs, 16.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:with Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd, New York. Private collection, USA, formed from the 1980s onwards and acquired from the above.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Three Egyptian faience Djed pillars Late Period, 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C.Each with ribbed capital surmounted by four platforms, with back pillar pierced for suspension, each 2.6cm high (3)Footnotes:Provenance:Alex Anckonie II collection, a US Navy SEAL, acquired ca. 1960s-1970s; and thence by descent. Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 23 October 2012, lot 324 (part).Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above sale.The 'djed' is in the form of the hieroglyphic symbol for 'enduring,' and 'stable' and would thus confer these qualities on the owner of the amulet. The 'djed' was also considered a stylised representation of Osiris, god of the dead, depicting his backbone and ribs, promoting resurrection.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman amber glass tall amphoriskos Circa 5th Century A.D.The funnel neck with two bands of trail decoration, the angled twin trail handles starting beneath the lower band of decoration on the neck and descending to the shoulder, the elongated ovoid body mould blown with diagonal striations, tapering to a flat indented base, 19.2cm highFootnotes:Provenance:with Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd, New York (Shining Vessels, 1991, no. 36). Private collection, USA, acquired from the above in 1991.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman pale blue-green glass pilgrim flask and a Roman green glass amphoriskos Circa 2nd-4th Century A.D.The flask with circular flattened body blown into a mould with faint diagonal ribs, with long tapering neck and flaring rim, an applied trail wrapping around the rim to the top of the applied handles, 14.5cm high; the amphoriskos with spiral trail decoration around the funnel mouth and twin trail handles, the elongated piriform body with fluted vertical indentations, 17.5cm high (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Flask: Property from the Collection of Gerd Lester; Sotheby's, New York, 25 June 1992, lot 390 (part). Amphoriskos: with Barakat Galleries, Beverly Hills, 1980s.Private collection, USA.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Egyptian jasper grasshopper amulet bracelet New Kingdom, circa 1550-1069 B.C.Each of the fourteen amulets with linear notches at the heads and the legs indicated by a double inverted 'V' form and pierced at either end, interspersed with two rows of small yellow faience disc beads, with button clasp, re-strung as a bracelet, 20cm longFootnotes:Provenance:French art market.Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 November 1997, lot 105. Private collection, Europe. Exhibited: APM, Archaeological Museum of the University of Amsterdam, 17 November 2006-25 March 2007. Published: C.A.R. Andrews and J. van Dijk (eds), Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, p. 89, no. 2.11.For a discussion of the funerary symbolism of locust/grasshopper amulets cf. C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.66; the Pyramid Texts refer to the ascent to heaven in the form of grasshoppers. Grasshoppers, due to their fecundity, may also have been associated with fertility, while their plentiful swarming activities could have been linked to abundance and wealth.There is a New Kingdom necklace composed of almost identical carnelian grasshopper amulets on view at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, acc. no. 1987.105.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Roman green glass amphoriskos and a Roman green glass balsamarium Circa 1st-4th Century A.D.The amphoriskos with one green and one blue trail handle folded upwards above the disc rim, the body of baluster form, flared at the foot, 8cm; and a balsamarium with short twin trail handles, the body with spiral ribbing, set on tripod feet, 12cm high (2)Footnotes:Provenance: Amphoriskos: with Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd, New York. Private collection, USA, acquired from the above 17 June 1991.Balsamarium: with Antiquarium Ltd, New York. Private collection, USA, acquired from the above 7 December 1990.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Egyptian electrum amulet of Thoth New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period, circa 1550-715 B.C.The god squatting on his haunches with paws resting on the knees, the tail drawn around the right side of the body, crowned by a moon and crescent, the fur indicated by stippling, a suspension loop on the reverse, 3.1cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, USA, 1978. Us art market.Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 7 December 2006, lot 218. Private collection, USA, acquired from the above sale.For a similar example in solid silver, see C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, The British Museum, p. 27, no. 24c. The full moon within a crescent is a visual image of the god's lunar connections.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

The Glenlivet Cellar Collection French Oak Finish-1983Bottled 2003. Distilled and bottled by The Glenlivet Distillery.Sample code: 2L7F801. In wooden presentation case. Good labelling. Level: very top shoulder. 750 ml. Single malt, 46% volume The Glenlivet French Oak Reserve-15 year oldDistilled and bottled by The Glenlivet Distillery.In original carton. Level: very top shoulder. 750 ml. Single malt, 40% volume2 bottlesThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: †† VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Glenfiddich Goodwood-42 year old-1979Exclusively Selected for the 79th Goodwood Members' Meeting to Raise Monies for Race Against Dementia.Distilled 18-04-1979, bottled 01-09-2021. American Oak Hogshead Cask No. 11136. Exclusive Limited Edition Hand-Blown Baccarat Crystal Decanter 1 of 3. Selected by Malt Master Brian Kinsman. Distilled and Matured at the Glenfiddich Distillery. Presented in exclusive, expertly designed presentation case. Transfer printed and paper labelling. Level: very top shoulder. 700ml. Single malt, 47.1% volumeIncluding, 'Sir Jackie with Jim Clare between qualifying sessions at the Italian Grand Prix, Monza 1967', framed and glazed photographic print, Rainer Schlegelmilch, signed by Sir Jackie Stewart, OBE and photographer.1 Baccarat crystal decanter and 1 photographic printFootnotes:Tasting Notes:Colour: AmberNose: Rich fruit notes with vibrant vanilla oak and creamy caramel. A drop of water releases a softer side with orchard spring blossom, delicate citrus and freshly grated nutmeg. Taste: Silky smooth, mellow and sweet. Rich in Glenfiddich's trademark ripe pear Fruitiness underpinned with oak tannin, woody spices and treacle toffee.Finish: Oaky, sweet and long lasting. Included in this lot is an exclusive VIP experience at Goodwood's 79th Members' MeetingExclusive to members of the Goodwood Road Racing Club, the Members' Meeting presented by Audrain Motorsport is a weekend of exceptional racing, thrilling high-speed demonstrations, and spectacular off-track festivities, including fireworks. The successful bidder of the Members' Meeting lot will have access, along with a guest, to The Duke of Richmond's private hospitality in the 'Old Control Tower' at the April 2022 event, as well as undertaking a paddock tour, private whisky tasting, and a passenger ride around the famous Goodwood Motor Circuit.The Goodwood Members' Meeting is an epic weekend of motor racing founded by the Duke of Richmond, which aims to recreate the atmosphere and camaraderie of the original BARC Members' Meetings held at Goodwood throughout the 1950s and 1960s.As well as a full programme of racing, the Members' Meeting features all kinds of cars from classic tin-tops and GTs, to motorcycles and open wheeled Formula 3 and F1 machines, offering visitors a friendly and intimate atmosphere with no crowds, thanks to being exclusively available to GRRC Members and Fellowship. A winning formula of spectacular cars, high-speed track demonstrations, fun-packed festivities and great entertainment; along with the very best food and drink. Joining the GRRC Fellowship is the only way to become a full GRRC Member.79th Members' Meeting presented by Audrain Motorsport, Saturday 9 - Sunday 10 April 2022This lot has been specially created and auctioned to raise monies for Race against Dementia, set up by three-time Formula 1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart, OBE, this charity supports pioneering research into the prevention and cure of dementia.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: †† VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Coilltean-1975[Glen Garioch]. Bottled 1990 by R. W. Duthie & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen. Bottled for and imported by S. Samaroli.Bottle number 113 of 480. Good labelling. Level: very top shoulder. 75 cl. Single malt, 57% volume1 bottleThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: †† VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Glen Grant Straight 1922 Scotch WhiskyBy Appointment. Bottled by Rutherford & Kay, Edinburgh. Product of Scotland.Driven cork, lead capsule embossed on top 'Rutherford & Kay, Edinburgh'. 'Liqueur Scotch Whisky, Rutherford & Kay, Edinburgh, London & Birmingham' around neck. Label very slightly discoloured and stained. Level: low/mid shoulder. Shoulder of bottle embossed 'Rutherford & Kay'. 4/5 quart. Single malt, 100 degrees proof1 bottleThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: †† VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Johnnie Walker SwingBlended and bottled by John Walker & Sons, Kilmarnock.Stopper cork, embossed lead capsule. Neck label, embossed bottle. Level: high/mid shoulder. No spirit strength or capacity stated1 bottleThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: †† VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

The Macallan Lalique-55 year old Distilled and bottled by The Macallan Distillers Ltd.Decanter 412 of 420. In presentation case accompanied by crystal stopper. Copper collar with damages - soldering of fastening bolt snapped resulting in loose, but present, collar (see additional images). Engraved labelling. Filled to 700ml. Single malt, 40.1% volume1 crystal decanterFootnotes:The second Macallan in a Lalique decanter, celebrating The Macallan's Natural colour.Tasting Profile:Colour: Dark rosewoodNose: Rich, polished oak with exotic, sweet dried fruits, citrus and a hint of peat smoke.Palate: Spicy with sun dried raisins and orange zest.Finish: Wonderfully soft, smooth and spicy with lingering touches of citrus and peat smoke.The six pillars are the foundation stones for the character and excellence of The MacallanThe Spiritual Home, the distillery is watched over by Easter Elchies House, the first of the six pillarsWithin the distillery the then Curiously Small Copper Stills help to concentrate the flavour of the new make spiritThe Macallan takes one of the Finest Cuts of any Scottish Distillery, the best of the bestIt is an unfaltering obsession with Exceptional Oak Casks which delivers the wonderful diversity evident throughout The Macallan range. Each cask affects the 'new make' spirit in slightly different ways to create variations in colour, aroma and flavourSignificantly The Macallan insists on Natural ColourIt is the interaction of spirit and wood alone which delivers the Peerless SpiritThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: †† VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Coin:  A 1976 Russian gold 10 Roubles Coin or "Chervonets" (the Central Bank produced them to compete with the Krugerrand), the obverse with Russian figure in typical attire, the reverse hammer and sytrical emblem. (1)

Rare Confederate Revolver A rare and scarce Confederate Navy Contract LeMat and Girard's patent London two barrel Revolver, Sn. 8712. A fine example of this London, England made LeMat Revolver manufactured about 1865. This was the last percussion revolver manufactured under LeMat's patent. Caliber 42 rifled barrel & 16 gauge smoothbore. Serial Number 8712. In the book on LeMats by Doug Adams, Adams states the London LeMats serial numbered 8000 - 9000 were a Confederate Navy contract made by Tipping & Co. in England. Late London made LeMat with 6-9/16" octagon barrel with block letter address on top flat "LeMat & Girard's patent London". It has the tall LeMat front sight & has the serial number on right flat in front of cylinder. Serial number also appears on right front side of frame and barrel near the breech. No serial number was observed on smooth bore barrel near the breech. No serial number was observed on smooth bore barrel but it does have two Birmingham proofs & number "18" which probably refers to bore diameter. It has left side rammer that operates in a channel between barrel and rear barrel boss and the serial number on inside of rammer handle. It has a single pin barrel assembly lock with knurled head. It has a centre mounted articulated hammer nose & 9 shot cylinder that pivots around smooth bore barrel and has serial number with Birmingham proofs around perimeter. It has integral solid butt cap & lanyard loop without ring. This revolver represents one of the important models in the string of variations produced in this revolver. With documentation in Adam's book, it is highly likely that this revolver was manufactured on contract for the Confederacy. This LeMat retains much of its original finish. The remaining metal parts have a nice dark, uncleaned brown patina., some pitting, as a weapon, w.a.f. (1) Provenance:   Important Private Irish Collection.

Whitehurst, Hook & Spike wall clock, with octagonal white dial, 8 day movement, striking on a bell, movement serial numbered 5747. Date approx 1840 (bell hammer is a replacement), two weights, chain and two counter balance weights, original pendulums, stamped with matching serial number on BOB, pendulum damaged (broken off stem)

Isidore Jules BonheurSow and piglets group, late 1800sBronze.13.5 cm highProduced by Peyrol, Paris, France. Incised I BONHEUR and reverse with foundry stamp PEYROL.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Franz SeifertTennis player, circa 1920Bronze, marble base.40 cm highIncised FR. SEIFERT 11/116.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Bernard LeachSmall vase, circa 1963Porcelain, celadon glaze with speckles, the body with broad cutsided facets.15 cm highUnderside impressed with artist's and Leach Pottery seals.Footnotes:ProvenanceJ.W.N. van Achterbergh, AmstelveenThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com