TimeLine Auctions Mayfair Hotel Antiquities Sale

1st millennium BC. A carved schist stamp seal with handle formed as a lion's head with ribbed mane and collar below; intaglio to the underside of ...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A domed limestone stamp seal with engraved motif of a facing calf-headed man, grasping two large birds by their necks; pier...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A discoid schist(?) stamp seal with pierced knop handle, intaglio profile image of a standing kilted figure of Anu the Crea...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A carved lapis lazuli stamp seal depicting a janiform beast head, engraved to the underside with a stylised leaping animal,...

1st millennium BC. A red jasper pyramidal stamp seal with pierced apex, intaglio gryphon to the underside with S-curved tail and triangular wing. ...

7th-6th century BC. A carved lavender chalcedony stamp seal with three lobes to the upper face, piriform body, two lines of incuse text to the und...

3rd-7th century AD. A large banded agate stamp seal showing intaglio foreparts of a leaping lion with forelegs extended, short Pahlavi text above....

3rd-7th century AD. A large plano-convex agate stamp seal with intaglio bearded figure inclined on a throne or chair-frame, starburst behind the h...

7th-6th century BC. A carnelian intaglio with engraved image of a robed and bearded figure in profile; mounted in a later silver ring. 14.11 gra...

2nd century BC-1st century AD. A rectangular limestone stele with carved male face of a dignitary and three-character inscription below; the face ...

2nd century BC-1st century AD. A rectangular limestone stele with carved male face of a dignitary and six-character inscription below; the face st...

2nd century BC-1st century AD. A rectangular limestone stele with carved male face of a dignitary and three-character inscription below; the face ...

2nd century BC-1st century AD. A rectangular limestone stele with chamfered edges, carved male face of a dignitary and three-character inscription...

2nd century BC-2nd century AD. A carved alabaster drum-shaped vessel with three stub feet to the underside, discoid lid with lip and large lug han...

7th-6th century BC. A sheet bronze roundel with fine repoussé detailing, concentric pelleted rings flanking a band of rosettes, central image of a...

1st millennium BC. A sheet bronze rectangular panel with crenellated upper edge, incised frieze of a standing robed male figure with crown and fou...

1st millennium BC. A sheet bronze rectangular panel fragment with crenellated upper edge, incised frieze of a standing robed and hooded male figur...

8th-6th century BC. A votive Urartian plaque of hammered manufacture formed as a male figure with raised hands, represented in mirrored format fro...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A bronze mount or plaque, rectangular in form with high-relief image of facing Anzû, with its wings and legs spread. 38.7...

2nd century BC-2nd century AD. A rectangular bronze plaque in fragments with raised border rows of raised Nabatean text, two fixing holes. 3 kg ...

Mid 2nd millennium BC. A bronze statuette of a standing figure on a four-legged base with ring-and-dot detailing, with tall conical headdress and ...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze figure of a male worshipper standing nude with hands folded across the chest, bald head with pointed beard and incised...

Later 2nd millennium BC. A bronze figurine of an advancing warrior in conical helmet and tunic, the right arms raised and hand pierced to accept a...

13th-6th century BC. A bronze figure of a standing horse with applied bridle and harness, rider with conical headgear, disc to the horse's neck; m...

1st millennium BC. A bronze master of animals sceptre finial depicting two facing human heads gripping a pair of addorsed animals, bird heads belo...

7th-6th century BC. A bronze figurine of standing mother cradling a baby across her body, both with large incised eyes; suspension loop to the rea...

5th-4th century BC. A bronze figurine of a reclining lion with erect head and extended forepaws, tail curled to the side, cross-hatched mane, lent...

2nd century BC-2nd century AD. A bronze scraper of roughly oblong shape, design of nineteen lines of short pointed rods; handle formed as an advan...

1st millennium BC. A hollow-formed bronze stag's head with rivetted lateral lobes, incised eye and other detail, antlers with socket finials. 66...

Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium BC. A bronze figure of a stylised bird with hooked beak and disc eye, long ribbed neck and piriform body, feather de...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze weight formed as a duck with its neck and head resting along the spine. 387 grams, 52mm (2"). Property of a Mayfair ...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze tripod stand comprising a circular collar and three legs with support struts and teardrop feet, at the top of each leg...

810-786 BC. A shallow bronze bowl with a band of text and pictograms to the centre; the inscription is in Urartian and is a property label: 'Belon...

Late 2nd millennium BC. A bronze bowl with central discoid pad, frieze of two tiers of advancing animals in low-relief, oxen and lions(?"). 429 ...

1st millennium BC. A sheet bronze bowl with central disc and beaded band, frieze depicting two archers in a chariot shooting at a procession of (m...

5th-4th century BC. A bronze phiale with flanged rim, central mesomphalos boss surrounded by concentric circles and circlets, a border of lotus-fl...

11th-8th century BC. A bronze situla with rounded end and impressed cuneiform inscription; accompanied by a museum-quality impression and typed an...

2nd millennium BC. A substantial bronze mortar comprising a tubular body with two flanges to the rim and domed base, the sidewall with radiating d...

4th-3rd century BC. A sheet-silver hemispherical bowl with chamfered rim, lotus-petal detailing to the outer face and central rosette. 334 grams...

4th-1st century BC. A silver phiale with slightly flared rim, the body with a series of repoussé petals forming a sun-burst, radiating from a cent...

2nd-4th century AD. A sheet-silver shallow bowl with chamfered rim, central repoussé panel with rim surrounding a pair of opposed animals with rai...

4th-3rd century BC. A sheet-silver phiale mesomphalos with central dome and rosette, carinated profile with fluting. 247 grams, 15.5cm (6"). Pro...

6th century AD. A bronze oval bowl with rounded body and base; gilt inner face with reserved repoussé figure of a peacock with detailed plumage to...

6th-7th century AD. A sheet silver boat-shaped bowl, elliptical in plan with rounded underside, thickened rim; hammered texture, to the centre a p...

8th century BC. A substantial silver statuette of a human-headed bull divinity with head turned to the left, wearing a ribbed headdress, hanks of ...

1st millennium AD. A silver mount in the shape of a leaping panther with gently curved body, forepaws extended to each side of the head, ears pull...

1st millennium BC. A substantial silver stamp with incuse image of Pazuzu standing with human body, wings and an eagle's head in profile, short ba...

8th-7th century BC. A group of six silver pins comprising: a long round-section pin with hatched lines to the top, finial formed as standing bird;...

2nd century BC. A gold ring comprising a hollow-formed D-shaped hoop and ellipsoid plaque with central cell, inset garnet cabochon with profile fe...

Mid 1st millennium BC. A heavy gold bar coiled upon itself in three loops for use as a ring or hair ornament, the finials hammered with incised ch...

1st millennium AD. A gold round-section penannular bracelet with finials formed as stylised lion's heads, with grinning face and detailed mane. ...

6th-4th century BC. A gold penannular bracelet with slender shank, broad clubbed terminals; 94.8% gold by X-ray fluorescence. 48.05 grams, 60mm ...

18th-19th century AD. A gold necklace with hook-and-eye fastener, four spherical garnet beads with gold filigree caps, three ellipsoid plaques wit...

1st millennium BC. A gold necklace of coiled sheet gold with conical sheet gold disc amulet and row of three banded agate square beads in a frame ...

2nd-1st millennium BC. A restrung necklace of tubular lapis lazuli beads with three central long ovoid beads, all with later gold collars; with mo...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A restrung necklace of fusiform tubular carnelian beads with heavy gold interstitial panels each formed as three rings with...

2nd millennium BC. A restrung necklace composed of gold rectangular tubes, interspersed with later brown and white biconical glass beads; modern c...

1st millennium AD. A restrung necklace composed of gold biconical beads, interspersed with biconical collared rock crystal beads; gold pendant wit...

1st millennium BC. A substantial restrung necklace of graduated barrel-shaped gold and irregular garnet beads with five pendants each formed as si...

1st millennium BC. A restrung necklace composed of spherical garnet beads, interspersed with later waisted and granulated gold beads; five large t...