TimeLine Auctions Antiquities Sale

New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BC. A carved wooden figure modelled as a standing female wearing a wig and ankle-length garment; arms attached by tenons; t...

New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BC. A carved wood figure modelled as a striding noble with detachable arms; the shaven head and face naturalistically model...

1st century AD. A cylindrical mould-blown opaque glass or glazed composition pyxis with small everted cut rim, decorated in low relief with images...

12th-18th Dynasty, 2134-1292 BC. A set of four alabaster canopic jars with human-headed stoppers, each individually modelled with exposed ears and...

Middle Kingdom, 2050-1652 BC. A diorite bust of a male dignitary wearing a khat headdress; eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth executed in varying degr...

Late New Kingdom, 1292-1069 BC. A carved granite fragment depicting a seated male figure, possibly an official, wearing a kilt, arms resting on hi...

1st-3rd Dynasty, 3218-3035 BC. A speckled granite piriform vessel with flat rim, short neck; rounded shoulder with tapering body, flat base.See el...

Late Period, 664-332 BC. A green schist heart scarab with detailed carapace, the suture of the elytra indicated by three lines and the division of...

26th Dynasty, 664-525 BC. A bronze figure of seated Nehemet-aui modelled in the round, crowned with circlet of sacred serpent uraei, and an unclea...

30th Dynasty, 380-343 BC. A substantial pale green glazed composition shabti with tripartite wig and false beard holding agricultural tools, a hoe...

30th Dynasty, 380-343 BC. A substantial pale green glazed composition shabti with tripartite wig and false beard holding agricultural tools, a hoe...

6th-4th century BC. A bronze figure of a male wearing a calf-length robe belted at the waist, hands drawn up to the sides of the head, with stylis...

1st century BC. A white marble table support formed as a standing sphinx with erect body, prominent chest pushed gracefully forward, the female he...

Late 6th century BC. The central part of an aegis from a marble statue of Athena, depicting a brutal gorgoneion with triangular head, prominent ch...

520-500 BC. An Attic black-figure amphora fragment decorated with a scene of Herakles at a symposium, a young boy, possibly Iolaus or Dionysus, st...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A large Samian ware beaker in light brown clay with moulded relief decoration in the Barbotine technique, globular ...

3rd-2nd century BC. A large ‘Megarian’ ware beaker in light brown clay with moulded relief decoration, the hemispherical body resting upon a flat ...

7th-6th century BC. A Corinthian alabastron, perfume bottle or oil flask, formed using red earthenware covered with a white slip and painted in bl...

8th-6th century BC. A ceramic aryballos with spherical body, short neck, broad wheel-shaped rim with painted black pellets, knurled band below the...

2nd century AD. A sheet-silver bowl with splayed foot, the body with scenes of hunting animals on a mountainous background, one with a wolf huntin...

2nd-1st century BC. A bronze figure of a grotesque hunchback, modelled in the round in a dancing posture; the figure has disproportionate anatomic...

5th-4th century BC. A bronze handled mirror comprising a discoid plaque with raised rim, a bifacial fluted columnar handle surmounted by a standin...

4th-3rd century BC. A silver dress pin with ribbed corrugation to the upper end of the shank, large finial formed as peony.Cf. Yavtushenko, I. (ed...

3rd-1st century BC. A sheet-silver pendant formed as a pair of sandals, hatched decoration to the borders of the main straps, suspension loop betw...

3rd-1st century BC. A substantial ceramic bull's head from a rhyton with naturalistic features; modelled with short horns, ears, frowning face, ey...

3rd-1st century BC. A grey ceramic token (symbolon) with a roughly oval-shaped face bearing four lines of Greek text: 'for the servants...and of E...

2nd-3rd century AD. A substantial bronze figurine, finely modelled as the god Mars, bearded and clothed in a military tunic and muscled cuirass; t...

2nd-3rd century AD. A pair of substantial bronze door knockers or furniture handles comprising a large circular appliqué with central high-relief ...

1st-2nd century AD. A hollow-formed fragmentary bronze left foot from a small statue, dressed in a heavy solea sandal with broad strapping; locati...

4th-6th century AD. A bronze annular bracelet with adjustable flat-section hoop, decorated with floral motifs composed of stamped triangles; hollo...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A sheet-gold miniature mask depicting a bearded satyr (Silenus?) with open mouth and angry features with frowning b...

1st century AD. A substantial gold ring with wide semi-circular hoop, expanding shoulders with a pair of openwork volute scrolls extending towards...

2nd century AD. A heavy gold ring with ellipsoid hoop widening at the shoulders, the bezel with inset oval nicolo gemstone with a profile head of ...

1st century AD. A gold finger ring with recessed bezel, inset cameo of a sleeping dog or fox with brush curled round beside the body.Cf. Ruseva-Sl...

2nd-3rd century AD. A pair of life-size marble statues of nude children representing Harpocrates, the god of silence and secrecy, each presented s...

1st-2nd century AD. A life-size head of the divine child Harpocrates, his youthful face with rounded chin and chubby features, a coy smile on the ...

1st century BC-1st century AD. An imposing fresco fragment representing a young military commander dressed in high rank Roman uniform, standing wi...

1st century AD. A substantial terracotta oil lamp with ribbing to the discus and short nozzle with volute scrolls; low-relief image of two lovers ...

3rd-4th century AD. A cylindrical translucent glass lamp with rounded lip and almost vertical sides, decorated with three grotesque Bacchic satyr ...

6th-7th century AD. An articulated gold bracelet formed of hinged segments, each a group of three cells with scrolled filigree ornament between an...

6th-7th century AD. A spectacular gold ring with highly decorated D-section hoop, a cross at the base of the hoop with volute scrolls on each side...

6th-7th century AD. A gold finger ring with discoid bezel, niello-inlaid design of Mary Theotokos and infant Jesus enthroned with flanking stars.C...

15th century AD. A gold finger ring with carinated hoop, each shoulder with incuse heart-knot motif, hexagonal plaque with beaded border monogram ...

10th-11th century AD. A two-sided glass medallion comprising; Side A: bust of St George with dark hair and turquoise nimbus, holding a cross to hi...

Mid 6th-mid 4th millennium BC. A sealed spherical clay bulla envelope, containing clay tokens which can be heard rattling inside; impressed raised...

Circa 3000 BC. A bifacial lentoid-section rectangular clay tablet with impressed grid and pictograms to both faces.46.4 grams, 66mm (2 1/2"). Part...

19th-17th century BC. A ceramic tablet with cuneiform text to both faces; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, ...

19th-17th century BC. A ceramic tablet with cuneiform inscriptions to both broad faces; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by ...

3rd-7th century AD. A silver-gilt bowl with broad body, fluted outer face and trumpet-shaped foot; inner face with pointillé design of two concent...

6th-4th century BC. A silver bowl with broad base and carinated flange rim, fluted to the underside, central omphalos.235 grams, 19cm (7 1/2"). Pr...

6th-4th century BC. An ornamental dress pin with tapering iron shank and ribbed collar to the top, silver finial formed as a crouching lion with r...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A head of a nobleman or prince, carved in lapis lazuli; facial features formed in a stylised but semi-realistic fashion, fe...

2nd millennium BC. A carved stone bowl with straight walls, everted rim and convex base, decorated with a circumferential frieze of four intertwin...

6th century BC. A chalcedony cylinder seal engraved with a double register, the upper register showing Persian dignitaries and guardsmen in Median...

Ur III Period, 2112-2004 BC. A substantial red jasper cylinder seal with presentation scene, accompanied by a museum-quality impression and a scho...

3rd-7th century AD. A group of two substantial agate plano-convex stamp seals: one with scene depicting a bearded warrior advancing beneath a sunb...

6th century BC. A gold pin with tapering round-section shaft; finial with rounded neck below a cuboidal body, decorated with tripartite collars co...

13th century AD. A mixed group of gold sword belt fittings comprising: two large gold openwork bosses with high-relief scenes of deer, fawns and a...

1st millennium BC. A hollow-formed bronze figurine of a zebu with impressed eyes, crescent horns, socket between the shoulders with separate lid, ...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A copper-alloy figure of a zebu with prominent horns and dorsal hump, large dewlap and detailed almond-shaped eyes; mounted...