TimeLine Auctions Mayfair Hotel Antiquities Sale

5th century BC. A set of gold fittings for a rhyton-shaped vessel comprising: tubular mouthpiece in two sections with braided filigree band to bot...

2nd century BC-1st century AD. A sheet silver phiale with ten broad flanges, flared rim, central repoussé gilt panel with beaded border and hexafo...

4th-1st century BC. A large heavy silver cup with gilt frieze to the inside of the rim with repeating wave pattern; slightly flared rim, body slop...

4th-1st century BC. A small silver phiale mesomphalos with flared rim; body with a series of tight repoussé petals radiating from a central raised...

Late 1st millennium BC. An electrum sleeve with applied filigree band to the rear edge, frieze of four horse-heads(?) on arched necks modelled in ...

1st century BC. A bronze ladle with deep bowl, triangular plaque, round-section balustered handle with loop finial; reverse of the plaque with fac...

5th-4th century BC. A carved rock crystal skyphos with domed foot, two lateral loop handles with ledge above and spur below. 101 grams, 95mm (4"...

4th-1st century AD. A rock crystal vessel in the form of an amphoriskos with right-angled handles, chamfered rim to the mouth, facetted body. 70...

3rd-1st century BC. A substantial moulded translucent aqua glass flask with broad flat base, domed body, collar and chamfered everted rim. 232 g...

5th-4th century BC. A bronze mirror, Scythian-Olbian type, with oval face with reflective surface; handle with reclining stag with large antlers b...

1st millennium BC. A bronze hand-mirror comprising: a broad leaf-shaped plaque with raised rim to one face; heater-shaped plaque with scrolled ten...

Later 1st millennium BC. A mixed group of bronze bridle and harness mounts comprising: a plaque with herring bone border, volute scrolls, loops to...

Late 1st millennium BC. A mixed group of bronze bridle and harness mounts comprising: a plaque with scooped long edges, loops to the reverse; a pl...

4th-1st century BC. A carnelian intaglio engraved with the jugate busts of Apollo with laurel wreath to hair, bow to the front; and Artemis, wreat...

4th-7th century AD. A red jasper gemstone with two carved faces: intaglio Anguiped (Abrasax) with serpent-legs, shield and whip, enigmatic legend ...

4th-7th century AD. An agate gemstone with one convex face, coiled serpent with horns between reversed letters '??'; chamfered rim with reversed e...

1st-2nd century AD. A glazed ceramic vessel with piriform body, four stub legs, arched neck with filler hole above, applied bridle and mane detail...

4th-2nd century BC. A ceramic Boeotian statuette of a comic actor wearing the mask of an elderly man and a cap in the shape of a phallus with phal...

2nd-1st century BC. A matched pair of gold socket collars, each a short tube with broad flange above and narrow below; the underside with repoussé...

2nd-1st century BC. A gold finial comprising an ibex head with applied ears and ribbed horns with bracket between, filigree collar, triangular dag...

5th-3rd century BC. A gold rectangular plate consisting of two rectangular plates hinged together in the middle; plaited rope work border to the e...

6th-2nd century BC or later. A gold plaque of an ibex standing with head slightly lowered, outlined with beaded wire to the horn, eye, shoulder, h...

6th-2nd century BC or later. A gold plaque of a feline standing with tail extended, outlined with beaded wire to the mouth, eye, shoulder, hip and...

6th-2nd century BC or later. A gold plaque of a bird standing with claws open, outlined with beaded wire to the beak, eye, wing and body. See Vida...

3rd-2nd century BC. A matched pair of gold hollow-formed pins, each a tapering shank with ribs and collars, ribbed bulb finial, attachment loop. ...

5th-4th century BC. A gold chain with hook-and-eye closure, pendant with pelta-shaped plaque and ribbed border, inset cloison to each upper corner...

5th-3rd century BC. A restrung group of carnelian fusiform beads with later gold caps and hollow bulb links, crescent pendant, hook-and-eye closur...

3rd-7th century AD. A restrung necklace of etched carnelian tubular beads with biconvex spacers, hollow-formed gold disc and barrel-shaped element...

5th-4th century BC. A restrung necklace of columnar banded agate beads each with later gold caps and linking chains, median D-shaped plaque, hook-...

6th-3rd century BC. A pair of gold finials formed as wolf-heads, collars with crystal, turquoise and amethyst cabochons; attached to a possibly la...

3rd century BC-3rd century AD. A matched pair of gold earrings, each a teardrop-shaped hollow-formed block with angular panels to the underside, f...

2nd-1st century BC. A pair of matching gold earrings, each with a pan-shaped disc, the upturned edge decorated with beaded wire, the disc centred ...

1st-2nd century AD. The goddess of love depicted with youthful idealising features on a slender neck, hair dressed in a chignon to the rear, two t...

Early 1st century AD. An early Imperial marble bust of a youthful male, stern expression, slender face with short hair combed forward; probably Ca...

1st-2nd century AD. A carved limestone statue female head with folded vitta covering the top, sides and rear, hair visible above the brow in centr...

1st-2nd century AD. A carved limestone female head with folded vitta and ringlets to the sides, long oval face with fleshy features, large lentoid...

Late 2nd century AD. A marble bust of a male with hair swept up from the brow in a series of locks; lightly engraved eyebrows, moustache and short...

1st-2nd century AD. A life-size marble portrait head of a nobleman with finely modelled features, thin lips, simply carved almond-shaped eyes, def...

2nd-4th century AD. A carved chalcedony head of a charioteer with longitudinal piercing, youthful features and short hair beneath a composite armi...

3rd-4th century AD. A carved marble bust of a male with laurel-leaf wreath, possibly an emperor; with short curly hair, forked beard, paenula held...

1st-2nd century AD. A carved marble statue fragment depicting the torso of an infantry soldier wearing a pleated tunic tied with a knotted belt; t...

1st-2nd century AD. A carved marble statue fragment with draped palla and folded hood, left arm raised; mounted on a custom-made stand. 18.8 kg,...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze statuette of Diana with companion stag on a stepped rectangular base; the goddess in advancing pose with r...

1st-2nd century AD. A dynamic bronze statue of a young satyr wearing an animal skin around the waist and an ivy wreath to the head; right leg bent...

2nd-3rd century AD. A bronze statuette of Jupiter (Greek Zeus) standing nude with left leg slightly bent atop a pedestal, right arm lowered holdin...

2nd-3rd century AD. A bronze draped statuette of a youthful female standing wearing a peplos dress tied beneath the bust and covered by a loose ma...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A very large bronze figure of Fortuna (Greek Tyche) standing wearing a peplos and a loosely draped mantle thrown ov...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A large hollow-formed bronze figure of Cupid (Greek Eros) advancing nude with left upper arm extended forward and r...

2nd century AD. A bronze statuette of standing nude Venus (Greek Aphrodite) modelled in the round, the head slightly turned to the right, wearing ...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze figure of Venus (Greek Aphrodite) standing on a tiered discoid base; the goddess standing nude with her we...

2nd century AD. A bronze statuette of Venus (Greek Aphrodite), standing nude on a tiered pedestal base; her head turned slightly to the right; her...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze statuette of Jupiter standing nude with left hand cupped to hold a patera(?) and right hand raised grippin...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze statuette of Hercules (Greek Herakles) standing nude with wine-cup in the extended right hand, wreath to t...

1st-2nd century AD. A bronze statuette of Venus, standing nude and holding a mirror in her left hand, her hair dressed in loose curls falling on h...

1st-2nd century AD or later. A hollow-cast bronze statuette of Cybele seated with legs crossed on a throne in a loosely draped mantle; panel detai...

2nd-3rd century AD. A bronze figural attachment depicting a young military commander with dressed hair and paludamentum secured at the right shoul...

1st-2nd century AD. A bronze figurine of the infant Hercules strangling two snakes coiled about his arms, modelled in the round. 62 grams, 49mm ...

1st-3rd century AD. A bronze mount of an actor's mask with segmented hair, comma-shaped brows, holes to the eyes and scooped lower lip with C-shap...

4th century AD. A substantial gold ring comprising a D-section hoop with deeply modelled scroll detailing and voids between, flat plaque with hear...

3rd century AD. A gold ring comprising a D-section hoop with angled shoulders, columnar detailing terminating in scrolled ends surrounding the pla...