Fine art

1st-2nd century A.D. Standing in contrapposto pose, wearing a cloak draped from the right shoulder and tucked around the left arm supporting a cad...

2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D. Each with saddle-shaped body, hatched bands, bulbous head, two with scooped beak and two with pointed beak; all ...

17th century A.D. Leaf from a vellum manuscript with hand-coloured image: Mary, right, nimbate in red floor-length robe and blue mantle holding al...

Circa 9th-7th century B.C. Comprising: a square-section bar with the ends scrolled in opposite directions; matched pair of outward-facing detailed...

2nd-3rd century A.D. Modelled in the round, Eos (The Dawn) standing nude with left leg slightly flexed; the head with finely detailed face and hai...

1st millennium B.C. Plain shank with a pointed end and a heavy, bulbous terminal atop a ribbed baluster collar; surface worn, the pin repaired at ...

Circa 600-500 B.C. or later. Trapezoidal in profile with transverse piercing, one lateral face with intaglio scene of a rampant lion and an ibex l...

2nd-7th century A.D. Including D-shaped plaque type, rounded type with slit facial features, grotesque lined type and others; each mounted on a cu...

Coptic, 4th century A.D. Comprising: square panel with border of repeated motif of an amphora and vine issuing from the top, guilloche, radiating ...

Germany, 18th century A.D. Hand-tinted figure of a 16th century soldier advancing on a green base with raised shield and drawn sword, basket-hilte...

1st-3rd century A.D. Carved in the round with carinated diadem in the hair, heavily lidded eyes, small mouth with pursed lips. 620 grams, 95 mm (...

2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D. or later. Sub-rectangular carved head with mount to the rear, elongated facial features, reserved disc eyes and ...

1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Each a youthful male head with slit mouth and socketed eyes to accept organic inlay; stub neck developing to a s...

6th-7th century A.D. Comprising twelve rectangular plaques and a garnet inlaid buckle, each of the plaques with a pair of low-relief emperor's bus...

Late Period, 664-525 B.C. Each in pale blue composition, the larger a bust with bale to rear of the neck, the smaller the full nude form (minus th...

1st-2nd century A.D. Modelled in the round nude male with arms bent, the left arm supporting a bundle; discoid pad to the rump, probably the point...

17th-18th century A.D. Comprising: landscape with farm buildings, cows and horses; accompanied by a portrait, an impression of Rembrandt by Thomas...

Early 17th century A.D. Rectangular with openwork mouldings to each short edge depicting opposed seated putti, low-relief heart-shaped motifs with...

3rd century A.D. and later. The coin of emperor Septimius Severus (193-211 A.D.) mounted on 22 carat gold foil, framed with an art print signed by...

3rd-2nd century B.C. Head and torso of a young male with emphasised pectoral muscles and bowl-cut hairstyle; tapering body; attachment loop to rea...

2nd millennium B.C. Group of two pillow-shaped clay tablets each with cuneiform text to both broad faces; repaired. 123 grams total, 55-58 mm (2 ...

20th century A.D. Comprising: portrait-format tapestry depicting a riverside landscape with houses in the distance, animals in the middle distance...

Circa 11th-7th century B.C. Comprising a pair of ram-shaped cheek-pieces with a hole through the body for the straight mouthpiece with looped term...

Circa 7th-6th century B.C. Statue or frieze fragment, male head with flat-topped cap, long face with beard, remains of pigment. 96 grams, 63 mm (...

1st-4th century A.D. Rectangular with two supporting bars to the underside, extended loop above; enigmatic (Greek) letters to all faces. Cf. Willi...

Circa 1st century A.D. Comprising a substantial ring mounted on a short neck with tiered collars and facetted flared flange below; three radiating...

Circa 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Standing nude and supporting a rearing uraeus on his left arm, remains of his side-lock on the right shoul...

2nd-7th century A.D. Including grotesque masks and figural panels; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. 360 grams total, 72-92 mm (2 7/8 ...

3rd century A.D. and later. The barbarous radiate coin of emperor Victorinus (c.268-c.271 A.D.) mounted on 22 carat gold foil, framed with an art ...

2nd millennium B.C. Group of two pillow-shaped clay tablets each with cuneiform text to one broad face; repaired. 93.8 grams total, 48-61 mm (1 7...

Old Kingdom, 4th-early 5th Dynasty, circa 2640-2480 B.C. Wearing a short wig, the eyes with incised cosmetic lines; mounted on a custom-made displ...

Circa 2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D. or later. Sturdy carved stone head with almond-shaped face, incised disc eyes and slotted mouth, rectangul...

2nd-7th century A.D. Of squat profile with modelled head, forelegs, hindlegs and tail; socket to the centre with lateral holes; mounted on a custo...

1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Modelled in the round as a nude horseman with legs spread, musculature suggested to the chest and abdomen, shoul...

1st century B.C. Second style, painted in red, blue and cream, one with leaf motifs. Cf. Hakanen, V., 'VI Wall Plaster Fragments' in Berg, R., Kui...

2nd-3rd century A.D. Standing nude with winged petasos to the head, in contrapposto pose; mounted on a custom-made display stand. Cf. Boucher, S. ...

Naples, late 19th-early 20th century A.D. A metal statue of Narcissus standing nude looking down, with goatskin mantle draped on the left shoulder...

1963-1984 A.D. Irmgard Woldering - The Art of Egypt. The Time of the Pharaohs - New York, 1963, hardback with dustwrapper, 256 pp; J.P. Palmer & M...

Late Period or Ptolemaic Period, 664-31 B.C. Rectangular frieze fragment with low-relief profile bust wearing the double crown; sa symbol (of prot...

Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P. Large sub-triangular form with square butt and tip absent, heavily patinated. Cf. MacGregor,...

2nd millennium B.C. Comprising: columnar figure with arms raised; similar with stub arms and applied mouth and ears; tabular figure with hands hel...

Ptolemaic Period, 3rd-2nd century B.C. With ellipsoid plaque, low-relief profile bust of a male with tousled hair and aquiline nose. Cf. Chadour, ...

1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Hollow-formed figurine fragment depicting a bare-chested female with a tight-fitting cap placed over her hair an...

13th-14th century A.D. Scaphoid matrix with strap and pierced lug to the reverse; median image of Mary enthroned beneath a canopy with infant Jesu...

3rd century A.D. Standing nude with both arms supporting a scallop shell, the hair dressed in the manner of a putto; mounted on a custom-made disp...

Circa 2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D. Carved stone male head with almond-shaped eyes, snub nose, prominent moustache; surface abraded due to pro...

8th-7th century B.C. Bifacial round seal with mythical creatures, likely winged ibexes; pierced hole for suspension. Cf. for the iconography Sass,...

1st century A.D. Fragment of wall plaster with rendered surface painted red with yellow and white detailing to the edge; impression of timber lath...

2nd-7th century A.D. Mixed group, mostly D-shaped in section with detailed hair; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. 190 grams total, 59...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. or later. Including two white clay figures with applied details to the hair, collar, arms and breasts, both with one arm a...

2nd-4th century A.D. Male head with finely modelled facial features, urna to the brow, horizontal band to secure the hair, long earlobe with stud;...

1st-2nd century A.D. Modelled in the round figure of Faunus (Pan) in active pose with one leg raised, right arm bent in front of his chest, hair a...

1st-3rd century A.D. Modelled in the round with crested helmet. 12.9 grams, 42 mm (1 5/8 in.). Found whilst searching with a metal detector in ...

20th century A.D. or earlier. Rectangular head, D-shaped in plan with thick brow and nose, reserved lentoid eyes, slit mouth; mounted on a custom-...

20th century A.D. or earlier. Carved with the hair drawn back from the face and tied in a chignon, the face soft and youthful with lentoid eyes, w...

18th-20th century A.D. Mixed group including transparent glass, polychrome, opaque and other types in various sizes. 341 grams total, 11-24 mm (1...

Neolithic Period, circa 2500 B.C. Long and slender blade, lentoid in section with partly polished finish; old collector's label 'Colchester 1974'....

4th-2nd century B.C. Including one with tongue-shaped headdress and painted detailing, one with radiating hair and chignon to the rear, and other ...

Circa 5th-3rd century B.C. With lateral piercing at the knee for attachment or suspension. Cf. life-size votive leg in the British Museum under ac...

6th-7th century A.D. Comprising a narrow hoop and raised bezel with three line inscription, remains of gilding to the lettering. 3.83 grams, 27.2...