Fine Ancient Art & Antiquities
The Prince Collection - Day 1
Saturday , October 4th, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. BST
Apollo Art Auctions is delighted to present the “Fine Ancient Art & Antiquities – The Prince Collection” sale, opening on Saturday, 4th October at 1:00 p.m. GMT.
This extraordinary auction highlights a remarkable selection of antiquities representing the rich artistic and cultural traditions of Medieval Europe, Asia, South America, and Western Asia.
Each piece has been carefully curated to showcase the craftsmanship and historical significance of civilizations spanning centuries and continents, offering collectors and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire rare treasures of enduring value.
The sale will take place live at our Central London showroom at 63–64 Margaret Street, W1W 8SW, with global bidding available simultaneously through the Apollo Art Auctions online platform.
In advance of the auction, all lots will be available for private viewing by appointment only at our showroom.
Our experienced, white-gloved team carefully handles each item and prepares all acquisitions for secure in-house shipping, ensuring that every piece reaches its new destination with the utmost care.
For further details, private viewings, or assistance with registration, please contact us at enquiries@apolloauctions.com or call (+44) 7424 994167.
Consultants:
Dr. Ivan Bonchev (General Antiquities) Dott. Alessandro Neri (General Antiquities) Carol. R. Andrews (Ancient Egypt)
James Brenchley (Classical & Ancient Egypt) Clive Sawyer (Numismatics & General Antiquities)
Sami Fortune (Ancient Jewellery) Prof. Dr. Peter Van Der Veen (Ancient Cylinder Seals and Near Eastern) Ralf Kotalla (Glass and Terracotta) Raymond Bove (Stone and Metal) Simone Musso (Ancient Egypt)
1. BYZANTINE HIGH KARAT GOLD CROSS PENDANT WITH PALM BRANCHES
Ca. AD 600 - 800
Starting Price: £1000
A gold cross pendant formed of four joined circular lobes. The front is decorated with a symmetrical design of stylised palmettes and foliate scrolls arranged around a central cross motif, all within a hatched border. A rolled suspension loop is attached above. The reverse remains plain.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on London art market, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 40mm x 35mm; Weight: 3.7g
2. BYZANTINE HIGH KARAT GOLD CROSS WITH CENTRAL RED GARNET CABOCHON AND FOUR QUADRUPEDS
Ca. AD 600 - 800
Starting Price: £3000
A gold pendant in the form of a cross with rounded arms, each composed of a repoussé medallion enclosing a beaded border and a quadruped with curled tail and head turned back. A garnet cabochon is set in a raised circular bezel at the centre, surrounded by four applied gold spheres and a border of fine granulation. The suspension loop is positioned above, and the reverse is plain.
Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 45mm x 35mm; Weight: 5.2g
3. MEROVINGIAN SILVER-GILT BISHOP’S NECKLACE WITH CROSS PENDANT
Ca. AD 400 - 600
Starting Price: £3000
A silver-gilt necklace comprising a woven chain terminating in cylindrical collars and joined to two large discoid elements, each with a central garnet cabochon and punched decorative border. Suspended below is a cross-shaped pendant with concave sides and broad, rounded terminals, similarly decorated with a central garnet and raised circular motifs surrounded by punched ornamentation. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 2007,8001.1 (cross shape).
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 400/800mm x 50mm; Weight: 85g
4. OUTSTANDING LATE ROMAN / BYZANTINE GOLD LEAF MEDALLION DEPICTING BUST OF A SAINT IN HIGH KARAT GOLD
Ca. AD 300 - 500
Starting Price: £3000
A circular medallion formed of translucent glass with gold leaf, depicting a bust of a saint flanked by two rosettes. The medallion is set in a 21 kt gold pendant mount with a beaded edge and a tubular suspension loop at the top. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 18.145.8.
Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 45mm x 36mm; Weight: 11g
Starting Price: £15000
Ca. 500 - 300 BC
A gold plaque in the shape of a recumbent stag shown in profile to the left, the legs folded beneath the body and the head raised. Above the animal, two rows of coiled volutes ending in two confronting animal heads. The ground is ornamented with spiral motifs. Comes with a presentation box. For similar see: Museuam L’Hermitage, L’Or des Scythes, 1975, p. 52-53, Cat. 92; Museum of UFA, Filippovka, Treasure of the Kurgan I, 4th Century; Christie’s, Live Auction 21909, Antiquities, Lot. 64.
Provenance: Private London collection; acquired on the London art market in 1999.
Publications / Reports : This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 160mm x 123mm
6. EXTRAORDINARY SCYTHIAN HIGH KARAT GOLD STAG PLAQUE
7. STUNNING SCYTHIAN GOLD AND TURQUOISE BELT FITTING DEPICTING HORNED STAG
Ca. 400 - 100 BC
A gold belt fitting in the form of a recumbent stag with exaggerated, branching antlers extending along the back. The body is ornamented with turquoise inserts set into recessed cells at the eye, shoulder, flank, and haunch. The reverse is hollowed and fitted with attachment lugs. For similar see: L’or des Scythes, Trésors de l’Ermitage, Leningrad, 1991, Cat. 17, p. 134.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the French art market in the 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 57mm x 35mm; Weight: 10g Starting
8. STUNNING SCYTHIAN GOLD AND TURQUOISE BELT FITTING DEPICTING STAG IN FRAME
Ca. 400 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A gold belt fitting cast as a rectangular openwork frame enclosing a recumbent stag with branching antlers. The body is decorated with turquoise inlays, including circular and teardrop-shaped elements along the border. The reverse is fitted with three integral studs for attachment. For similar see: L’or des Scythes, Trésors de l’Ermitage, Leningrad, 1991, Cat. 17, p. 134.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the French art market in the 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 90mm x 57mm; Weight: 45g
9. STUNNING SCYTHIAN GOLD AND TURQUOISE BELT FITTING DEPICTING STAG
Ca. 400 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A gold belt fitting cast in the form of a recumbent stag with an elongated body and stylised, branching antlers extending along the back. The body is decorated with turquoise inserts, including circular and teardrop shapes inlaid along the eye, shoulder, flank, and haunch. The reverse is hollowed and fitted with attachment lugs. For similar see: L’or des Scythes, Trésors de l’Ermitage, Leningrad, 1991, Cat. 17, p. 134.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the French art market in the 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 77mm x 45mm; Weight: 40g
12. BACTRIAN HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT WITH LARGE AGATE BEAD
Ca. 1300 - 900 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A barrel-shaped banded agate bead encircled by three gold bands decorated with punched dots and herringbone motifs, set within a gold mount with a suspension loop formed of arched wire embellished with granulated clusters. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 2770, Ancient Jewelry, Lot. 302.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Private Collection, Bergen County, New Jersey, formed in the 1970s-2000s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 41mm x 48mm; Weight: 23.63g
14. BYZANTINE HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH LAPIS LAZULI INTAGLIO DEPICTING CHRIST
Ca. AD 400 - 700
Starting Price: £2000
A blue lapis lazuli intaglio engraved with a frontal portrait of Christ with a beard, long hair, and nimbus, enclosed within a circular border. The bezel is set within a stepped, conical-shaped gold mount and is joined to a plain gold hoop. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: H. C. Evans and W. D. Wixom, The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, Cats. 127, 128, 131; The British Museum, Museum number AF.224.
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in the collection of T.A. 1980s-1990s, London.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:16.1mm / US: 5 1/2 / UK: K 1/2; Weight: 6.6g
15. PAIR OF BYZANTINE OPENWORK HIGH KARAT GOLD EARRINGS WITH PEARLS
Ca. AD 500 - 600
Starting Price: £2000
A matched pair of gold earrings, each formed from a circular hoop supporting a crescent-shaped openwork panel decorated with intricate filigree and bordered along the lower edge with a row of fine spirals. Suspended below are seed pearls, each mounted on a loop and attached with coiled gold wire. For similar see: A. Bollok, Byzantine Jewellery of the Hungarian Conquest Period: A View from the Balkans, Plates 2-5.
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in a 1980s-1990s London collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 43-45mm x 40-42mm; Weight: 12g
16. MATCHED PAIR OF BYZANTINE HIGH KARAT GOLD AND PEARL EARRINGS
Ca. AD 400 - 600
Starting Price: £2000
A matched pair of gold earrings, each formed from a crescent-shaped hoop supporting three suspended chains. Each chain is composed of twisted links terminating in a conical gold finial and a spherical pearl. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 2770, Ancient Jewelry, Lot 449.
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in a 1980s-1990s London collection.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 175-185mm x 20-22mm; Weight: 18g
20. STUNNING HEAVY JAVANESE HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH AMETHYST CABOCHON
Ca. AD 600 - 900
Starting Price: £1000
A gold ring with gold pellets. The stepped hoop widens on the shoulders to form a floral-shaped bezel that secures the amethyst cabochon with four triangular points. For similar see: Magnificent Lustre: Southeast Asian Gold Jewellery and Ornaments from an Asian Private Collection, Sotheby’s, Online Auction, 1-8 September 2022, n. 15, 16.
Provenance: Property of a London art gallery, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Private Collection (1926-2019), Chicago, formed in the 1970s-2000s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:14.07mm / US: 2 7/8 / UK: F; Weight: 14g
23. RARE BYZANTINE GLASS BOTTLE IN BRONZE OPENWORK SUSPENSION MOUNT
Ca. AD 500 - 700
Starting Price: £3000
A cylindrical glass bottle set within an openwork bronze mount, suspended by three chains joined at the top by a hook and converging through a pierced rosette terminal. The clear glass body is enclosed in a cage of bronze cross-shaped mounts, each arm decorated with concentric circles and terminating in rounded lobes. The crosses extend from a ring at the shoulder to another at the base, which rests on three ball feet. A domed bronze lid covers the mouth of the bottle.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the London art market in the 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 450mm x 80mm; Weight: 310g
24. SASANIAN SILVER-GILT SHALLOW BOWL WITH PHEASANT
Ca. AD 400 - 600
Starting Price: £2000
A shallow silver bowl with gently curving walls and a central decorative medallion depicting a gold repoussé pheasant shown in left profile, with finely incised plumage and a long tail extending in a graceful arc. A crescent crowns the bird’s crest, and it stands within a circular border formed of twin concentric braided bands. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 5054, Islamic, 19 October 1993, Lot 281.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the UK art market, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 30mm x 200mm; Weight: 470g
27. LARGE BYZANTINE IRON PROCESSIONAL CROSS
Ca. AD 900 - 1000
Starting Price: £3000
A large iron processional cross with flaring arms, each terminating in rounded knobs at the corners, the ends slightly widened and arched. The vertical shaft tapers towards a bulbous knop and faceted baluster. Mounted on a modern stand. Mounted on a modern stand. For similar see: H. C. Evans, and W. D. Wixom, The Glory of Byzantium, Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997, Cat. 232, p. 344.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the Dutch art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 575mm x 275mm; Weight: 1.17kg
28. MEROVINGIAN OR LOMBARD HIGH KARAT GOLD MEDALLION WITH CENTRAL DECORATION OF CABOCHONS
Ca. AD 600 - 800
Starting Price: £1000
A circular gold medallion, featuring a central cabochon garnet surrounded by a ring of smaller garnet cabochons set in raised collets. The outer field is decorated with alternating applied gold elements in the form of stylised stars, all set against a textured ground. Fine beaded wire borders define the central and peripheral zones. Two loop attachments are soldered to the edge on opposite sides for suspension. The reverse is plain and slightly concave.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously Denier collection, France 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 48mm x 40mm; Weight: 8g
30. MEROVINGIAN HIGH KARAT GOLD AND GARNET STONE RING
Western Europe, Merovingian, Ca. AD 500 - 700
Starting Price: £1000
A beautiful gold ring with a circular band and an inset garnet cabochon gem in a concave, elliptical bezel. For more information on Merovingian art, see Effros, B. & Moreira, I. (2020). The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World. Oxford University Press, 916ff.
Provenance: Private London collection; UK art market early 2000s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:16.31mm / US: 5 3/4 / UK: L; Weight: 9g
36.
LARGE
MEROVINGIAN INLAID BRONZE BELT BUCKLE WITH CENTRAL CABOCHON
Ca. AD 450 - 525
Starting Price: £1000
A bronze belt buckle with a rectangular plate framed by a border of alternating square cells enclosing punched Xs and ring motifs. The central field is executed in cloisonné, with an oval dark blue cabochon set within a matrix of irregular compartments filled with yellow and red inlays. A matching oval cabochon, smaller in size, is set into the prong extending from the fastening loop. The loop itself is decorated with shallow crescent-shaped incisions and joined to the plate by a simple bar secured with rivets. For similar see: V. Bierbrauer, Goti dell’Oriente e dell’Occidente Europeo tra la fine del V e la prima metà del VI secolo alla luce delle fonti archeologiche, Fibula tipo Udine Planis variante 2.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the London art market in the 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 53mm x 117mm; Weight: 145g
37. MEROVINGIAN OR SAXON SILVER-GILT APPLIQUÉ WITH CENTRAL RED
GARNET
Ca. AD 500 - 600
Starting Price: £2000
A circular silver-gilt appliqué with a flat profile, pierced at four points along the perimeter. The central raised section is decorated with a quatrefoil cut-out and inlaid with a red garnet, encircled by a punched border. Four radial bands divide the field into quadrants filled with gilded decoration, bordered by a slightly raised outer edge. The reverse is undecorated. For similar see: T. D. Kendrik, Anglo Saxon Art, Plate XXXI, n.5.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 70mm x 70mm; Weight: 54.9g
41.
MEROVINGIAN SILVER-GILT RADIANT BROOCH
Ca. AD 480 - 530
Starting Price: £1000
A silver-gilt brooch with engraved motifs on its main section. The brooch has a rectangular central part with a prominent ridge and meander patterns. The bottom of the design is shaped like a stylised animal muzzle, while the top is hemispherical and adorned with a geometric line pattern. The brooch is topped with five protruding knots. For similar see: Early Merovingian Women’s Brooches, Max Martin, n. 20.7 , p. 229.
Provenance: London collection; Ex. Mayfair collection, acquired from an Ancient Art gallery; formerly acquired on the London art market pre-2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
42. PAIR OF SILVER-GILT BYZANTINE BRACELETS WITH CROSS AND GLASS CABOCHONS
Ca. AD 600
Starting Price: £1000
A pair of silver-gilt bracelets, each comprising an openwork cuff and a hinged square clasp. The cuffs are decorated with a row of three circular openwork medallions, each enclosing a six-petalled rosette with triangular piercings between the petals. The borders are framed by finely hatched bands. Each clasp is set with a central oval glass cabochon, surrounded by four teardrop-shaped inlays interspersed with small circular settings, all arranged around a cross motif. Raised studs are positioned along the edges of the clasps. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number AF.351.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 53-55mm x 60-63mm; Weight: 135g
43. COMPLETE BYZANTINE BRONZE BELT WITH CROSSES
Ca. AD 900 - 1000
Starting Price: £1000
A complete bronze belt composed of nine interlinked openwork plaques, each centred with a cross formed by four lobed arms enclosed within a circular frame. The plaques are linked by small rings and riveted hinges. The fastening mechanism includes a loop-andtongue buckle and an elongated strap-end. For similar see: A. Bosselmann-Ruickbie, The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and Culture, Fig. 37.3.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously French art market 1970s/1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 670mm x 50mm; Weight: 215g
44. BYZANTINE BRONZE BELT WITH CROSSES
Ca. AD 900 - 1000
Starting Price: £1000
A bronze belt composed of nine interlinked openwork plaques, each centred with a cross formed by four lobed arms enclosed within a circular frame. The surface of each cross is decorated with punched concentric rings and ring-and-dot motifs. The plaques are connected by looped links. For similar see: A. Bosselmann-Ruickbie, The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and Culture, Fig. 37.2.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously French art market 1970s/1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 700mm x 50mm; Weight: 270g
45. SASANIAN SILVER-GILT OVAL SHALLOW BOWL WITH PRINCE
Ca. AD 400 - 601
Starting Price: £1000
An oval-shaped shallow bowl hammered from silver, with gently convex sides and a rounded base. The exterior is plain, while the interior base is engraved and gilt with a standing male figure dressed in a long, patterned garment, hands raised in a gesture of reverence. His hair is arranged in a knotted coiffure with a diadem, and the facial features are rendered with minimal detail. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 20677, Antiquities, Lot 62.
Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 160mm x 125mm; Weight: 160g
46. RARE VIKING IRON SHIELD
Ca. AD 800 - 901
Starting Price: £2000
An iron shield comprising a domed boss, a pair of curved hand-grips, and a segmented rim composed of narrow sections. For similar see: A. M. Heen-Pattersen, Insular artefacts from Viking-Age burials from mid Norway. A review of contact between Trøndelag and Britain and Ireland, fig. 11; C. Cosma, Warriors, weapons and harness from the 5th to the 10th century in the Carpathian Basin, Taf. 19; I. Bugarski, f. 1 pg. 130.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 140-210mm x 5-140mm; Weight: 675g
48. SET OF VIKING EQUESTRIAN FITTINGS
Ca. AD 800 - 900
Starting Price: £1000
A set of four equestrian fittings, including a pair of iron stirrups with curved treadplates surmounted by rectangular openwork extensions; an iron bit with circular cheek rings at each end; and a domed circular bronze attachment with a central perforation for a forehead plume. For similar see: C. D. Stelter, The Horse and the Norse: Reconstructing the Equine in Viking Iceland, Fig. 5.2.2b; C. Cosma, Warriors, weapons and harness from the 5th to the 10th century in the Carpathian Basin, pl. 4; I. Bugarski, f. 10, pg. 138; J. Zabjnik, Taf. VII. Beigaben aus dem Grab 42/61. 10 Maßstab b. – sonst Maßstab a, pg. 168.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 125-295mm x 40-125mm; Weight: 685g
49. VIKING SCANDINAVIAN HIGH KARAT GOLD MEDALLION
Ca. AD 800 - 1000
Starting Price: £1000
A gold medallion decorated with a central raised boss surrounded by three rectangular cells filled with dense granulation. Scrolls of twisted wire extend across the surface, terminating in applied pellets, all framed by a plain raised rim bordered with a twisted wire fillet. The ribbed suspension loop is ornamented with heart-shaped motifs and applied granules. For similar see: A. Reynolds and L. Webster, Early Medieval Art and Archaeology in the Northern World, Brill, 2013, Fig. 3-7.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a Austrian collection (1980s-1990s).
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 30mm x 24mm; Weight: 8g
51. RARE VIKING SILVER-GILT MEDALLION WITH CENTRAL CABOCHON
Ca. AD 800 - 900
Starting Price: £2000
A circular medallion with a central field decorated with an interlaced motif, framed by a plain border and an outer ring incised with a repeating notched pattern. Three rounded bosses are arranged around the field, with a garnet cabochon set in the centre. A broad suspension loop is attached at the top. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1921,1101.139.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market, 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 57mm x 49mm; Weight: 30.3g
78. VIKING AGE SILVER SHIELD-MAIDEN PENDANT
Ca. AD 900 - 1000
Starting Price: £1000
A silver pendant in the form of a shield-maiden, shown in right profile, wearing a long robe with a ribbed lower section and a row of stamped squares along the hem. Her head is covered with a stylised helmet or headdress, with a long plait of hair extending down the back. She holds a large circular shield with a swirling segmented design in her right hand and raises a short sword in her left. A pierced lug is set on the reverse. For similar see: Vang Petersen, P., Valkyrier og Bersærker. Mytologien i Smykkekunsten, in Madsen, P.K. (ed.), Danefæ. Skatte fra den Danske Muld, Copenhagen, 2010; Gardeła, L., ‘Warrior-women’ in Viking Age Scandinavia, A preliminary archaeological study in Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia, vol.8, Rzeszów, 2013.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.; Ex. property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 38mm x 20mm; Weight: 8g
85. MEDIEVAL ICONOGRAPHIC RING DEPICTING SAINT BARBARA
Ca. AD 1400
Starting Price: £2000
A gold 21 ct ring with a polygonal section round hoop enlarged on the shoulders and adorned with engraved motifs to form a hexagonal bezel depicting St. Barbara close to the wall of a city.
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly with R. A.; since the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by full authentication report by Sami Fortune, ancient jewellery specialist.
Size: D:16.1mm / US: 5 1/2 / UK: K 1/2; Weight: 9g.
86. BYZANTINE / SELJUK HEAVY HIGH KARAT GOLD BRACELET WITH THREE CABOCHONS
Ca. AD 900 - 1100
Starting Price: £1000
A heavy gold bracelet with a carinated hoop adorned with an incised stylised Kufic inscription and hammered surfaces close to the hinge. It has a high bezel securing a round stone, flanked at the shoulders by two red garnets.
Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 70mm x 75mm; Weight: 24g
87. BYZANTINE HIGH KARAT GOLD OPENWORK BRACELET WITH CENTRAL EMERALD
Ca. AD 800 - 1000
Starting Price: £3000
A bracelet composed of interlaced loop-in-loop gold chains forming an openwork band, secured at the centre by a large cruciform mount with raised granulation and applied spheres. Set at the centre of the mount is a green cabochon emerald in a plain circular bezel. For similar see: M. Jenkins, M. Keneen, Islamic Jewelry in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cat. 44.
Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 61.2mm x 66mm; Weight: 30.4g
88. PAIR OF BYZANTINE OPENWORK HIGH KARAT GOLD EARRINGS WITH AMETHYSTS
Ca. AD 500 - 600
Starting Price: £2000
A matched pair of gold earrings composed of circular hoops supporting crescent-shaped panels adorned with granulated and twisted wire decoration. Each is fitted with five teardrop-shaped amethyst beads, individually mounted on fine gold wires and suspended from looped elements along the lower edge of the crescent.
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in a 1980s-1990s London collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 62-62mm x 42-42mm; Weight: 21g
89. BYZANTINE HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH CROSS AND SAPPHIRE
Ca. AD 700 - 900
Starting Price: £1000
A gold ring with an openwork bezel formed of fine filigree scrolls arranged in a symmetrical pattern around a centrally set sapphire cabochon. The bezel is flanked by raised granules and volute-shaped extensions that merge into the shoulders. The hoop is plain with shallow incised lines.
Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in South German private collection 1980s-early1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:18.75mm / US: 8 3/4 / UK: R; Weight: 7g
98. BYZANTINE HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH IMPERIAL EAGLE ENGRAVING AND NIELLO MONOGRAM
Ca. AD 600
Starting Price: £1000
A gold ring with a plain, circular hoop supporting a broad bezel engraved with a frontal eagle, wings outstretched and head turned to the left. Above the eagle’s head is a monogram inlaid with niello, composed of a vertical shaft with crossbars and Greek letters. For similar see: The Benaki Museum, ΓΕ 1829.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:18.75mm / US: 8 3/4 / UK: R; Weight: 5g
99. BYZANTINE HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH OMONOIA INSCRIPTION
Ca. AD 600
Starting Price: £1000
A gold ring with a plain hoop and circular bezel, engraved with two facing busts. A star is placed between the heads, and the Greek inscription ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ is positioned below. For similar see: J. Spier, Byzantium and the West, Jewelry in the First Millennium, Cat. 17.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:17.32mm / US: 7 / UK: N 1/2; Weight: 4g
102. BYZANTINE HIGH KARAT GOLD AND NIELLO RING WITH THE VIRGIN MARY AND THE CHILD
Ca. AD 800 - 900
Starting Price: £1000
A solid gold hoop that broadens slightly at the shoulders, decorated with irregular circular elements. The flat bezel is engraved with the standing figure of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, both filled with niello. The figures are rendered in simplified linear silhouette, with the Virgin shown in frontal posture and the Child positioned to her left. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 10.130.1511.
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in a 1980s-1990s London collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:14.88mm / US: 3 3/4 / UK: H; Weight: 6g
103. RARE BYZANTINE HIGH KARAT GOLD MARRIAGE RING
Ca. AD 600
Starting Price: £1000
A gold ring with a plain hoop and broad circular bezel engraved with two confronting busts flanking a central cross. A two-line Greek inscription is engraved beneath the busts. For similar see: J. Spier, Byzantium and the West, Jewelry in the First Millennium, Cat. 17.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:14.48mm / US: 3 1/4 / UK: G; Weight: 3g
125. BYZANTINE BRONZE POLYCANDELON
Ca. AD 600
Starting Price: £2000
A bronze polycandelon formed of a flat, openwork disc with six evenly spaced large round apertures, interspersed with triangular projections with circular terminals. Suspension chains are attached at three points around the inner ring, converging in a central hook for hanging.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market, pre 2000.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 275mm x 265mm; Weight: 755g
143. MEDIEVAL HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH RED GARNET CABOCHON
Ca. AD 1400 - 1600
Starting Price: £2000
A gold ring set with a red garnet cabochon. The gem is secured in a closed setting within a broad, collar-type bezel, slightly domed and smoothly contoured around the stone. The hoop is slender and circular in section, broadening slightly at the shoulders. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number AF.1743.
Provenance: Property of a London Ancient Art Gallery; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between the early 1960s to 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D: 19.56mm / US: 9 3/4 / UK: T; Weight: 3.91g
147. MEDIEVAL HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH SPIRALS
Ca. AD 700 - 1100
Starting Price: £1000
A gold ring with a broad, tapering hoop rising to form a trapezoidal bezel topped with a circular gold plate bordered with a row of pellets and engraved with a swirling motif. For similar see: Sotheby’s, Magnificent Lustre. Southeast Asian Gold Jewellery and Ornaments from an Asian Private Collection, Cat. 73.
Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:12.4mm / US: 1 / UK: B; Weight: 10g
162. LATE MEDIEVAL CABASSET HELMET
Ca. AD 1600
Starting Price: £1000
A cabasset helmet forged from a single sheet of metal with a broad, downturned brim and a high-pointed conical crown. Small circular rivet holes are distributed around the base to attach a lining. Mounted on a modern stand.For similar see: The Wallace Collection, Inv. A150 (shape).
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the French art market, pre 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 275mm x 180mm; Weight: 1.26kg
163. POST-MEDIEVAL HIGH KARAT GOLD POSY RING
Ca. AD 1600 - 1700
Starting Price: £1000
A D-section gold posy ring with a smoothly polished exterior, the inner surface engraved in cursive script with the inscription: “I fancy none but thee alone”. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1961,1202.469 (Inscription)
Provenance: Property of a London Ancient Art Gallery; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between the early 1960s to 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:16.92mm / US: 6 1/2 / UK: M 1/2; Weight: 7.5g
168. AN OTTOMAN OR INDO-PERSIAN MAIL AND PLATE ARMOUR, KRUG, WITH CALLIGRAPHIC INSCRIPTIONS
Ottoman Turkey, Ca. 18th century AD
Starting Price: £3000
A finely crafted Ottoman or Indo-Persian char-aina (“four mirrors”) cuirass, or Krug, consists of four intricately inscribed steel plates connected by iron chainmail, offering both flexibility and robust protection. The front plate is adorned with a raised circular medallion featuring elegantly engraved Qur’anic inscriptions, surrounded by intricate calligraphic bands and geometric motifs. The additional plates, similarly etched with religious invocations and floral arabesques, demonstrate the high level of craftsmanship associated with the elite Islamic armor of the period.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK based Islamic art professional, Oxford 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 550mm x 420mm; Weight: 6.1kg
172. JAVANESE HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH INSCRIBED SAPPHIRE INTAGLIO
Ca. AD 700 - 900
Starting Price: £1000
A gold ring with a round hoop widening in the middle, connected to an oval decorated bezel securing a sapphire inscribed intaglio. The hoop is adorned with a geometric motif, while the bezel bears a phytomorphic/wave pattern. For similar see: Magnificent Lustre: Southeast Asian Gold Jewellery and Ornaments from an Asian Private Collection, Sotheby’s, Online Auction, 1-8 September 2022, n. 57.
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:mm / US: 7 1/4 / UK: O; Weight: 5.9g
175. SELJUK HIGH KARAT GOLD RING SET WITH RECTANGULAR GLASS BEZEL
Ca. AD 1000 - 1200
Starting Price: £1000
A substantial gold ring with a tall rectangular setting housing a flat glass insert. Granulated beading borders the upper edge, while symmetrical scrollwork and pellets embellish the sides. The hoop flares gently at the junctions and tapers towards the back, with decorative elements continuing along the exterior. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 5030, Indian and Islamic Works of Art and Textiles, Lot 244.
Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in Austrian private collection 1980s-early1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: D:17.93mm / US: 7 3/4 / UK: P; Weight: 10g
183. A FRAMED GESSO ALHAMBRA ARCHITECTURAL MODEL WITH MIRROR
Granada, Spain, Ca. 19th century AD
Starting Price: £1200
An architectural model depicting a facade with a triple mihrab and three windows above, decorated in gilt and polychrome with Nasrid-style decoration and inscriptions, with mirror behind, mounted in a wood frame. The relief replicates one of the architectural facades of Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain. The Alhambra Palace is considered to be one of the most prominent 15th-century Moorish Nasrid Dynasty palaces in Andalusia, Spain.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 590mm x 480mm; Weight: 4.13kg
188. A FRAMED ALHAMBRA
GESSO ARCHITECTURAL MODEL
Granada, Spain, Ca. 19th century AD
Starting Price: £1600
A finely detailed gesso architectural model depicting a section of the Alhambra’s intricate Nasrid-style plasterwork, framed within a 19th/early 20th-century mount. The model showcases elaborate arabesques, geometric patterns, and Kufic calligraphy characteristic of Andalusian Islamic art, with a row of blind horseshoe arches set within richly ornamented panels. The upper section is adorned with repeating inscriptions, while the lower part features a trompe-l’œil alcove framing a mounted figure. Likely created as a souvenir or study piece during the period, this model reflects the enduring fascination with the architectural grandeur of the Alhambra. In a later giltwood frame.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK based Islamic art professional.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 440mm x 320mm; Weight: 4.5kg
190. LATE NEOLITHIC HACILAR PAINTED
TERRACOTTA VESSEL OR IDOL
Ca. 5900 - 5600 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A terracotta vessel shaped as a stylised human figure, with a broad ovoid body forming the torso rising from a short ring foot. The neck is elongated and supports a rounded head surmounted by a flaring, crown-like element. The facial features include pierced eyes, a prominent nose, and an open, incised mouth. Short, raised arms are modelled at the sides, with the hands placed on the abdomen. Decorated in red slip with concentric circles, curved bands, and linear motifs applied across the torso, arms, and face, with radiating strokes encircling the crown. For similar see: S. Kurtulus-Kivanc, Human-Shaped Vessels from the Neolithic to the end of the EBA in Anatolia, f. 6.
Provenance: Private London collection.; previously with a London gallery; formerly acquired in France between 2000 - 2005, ex. Alan Kotlar collection, formed in Paris in the 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 315mm x 190mm; Weight: 1.7kg
196. SUMERIAN CLAY TABLET WITH PROTO-CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTION
Ca. 3300 - 3100 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A clay tablet inscribed in six registers of pictographic proto-cuneiform, most likely recording quantities of livestock and other goods. The reverse bears a similar inscription divided by vertical and horizontal lines. Proto-cuneiform is one of the earliest forms of writing; it consists of wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets used to record economic transactions, administrative data, and temple activities in ancient Mesopotamia. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 1988.433.1.
Provenance: Property of a North London gentleman; previously acquired by A.O. on the UK/European art market in the 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 65mm x 40mm; Weight: 40g
197. MESOPOTAMIAN LAPIS LAZULI RAM-SHAPED VESSEL
Ca. 3000 - 2500 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A small lapis lazuli carving in the form of a reclining ram. Its body is marked with incised vertical striations suggesting fleece. Two cylindrical receptacles with flat rims and rounded sides are set on the animal’s back. The head is framed by curving horns and features alert, forward-facing eyes and a rounded muzzle. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 62.70.4.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French Art market, 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 65mm x 60mm; Weight: 118g
202. PAIR OF MESOPOTAMIAN INLAID STONE EYES
Ca. 3000 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A pair of inlaid eyes with almond-shaped sclerae set into grey stone frames, each centred with a raised dark stone pupil. The left pupil is smoothly polished with bevelled edges, while the right one is slightly pointed and incised with fine lines. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 120654.
Provenance: Private London collection; previously Denier collection, France 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 26-28mm x 16-21mm; Weight: 15g
203. LARGE BACTRIAN STONE HEAD OF IDOL
Ca. 2500 - 1800 BC
Starting Price: £800
A monumental stone head carved from pale beige stone, with a smooth oval form. The facial features are abstracted and boldly rendered: the nose long and prominent, flanked by recessed almond-shaped eyes beneath defined brows, and a small horizontal mouth set close to the base of the nose. The ears are shallowly carved and set high on the sides. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1989.281.41a, b.
Provenance: Private London collection of H.G.; Formerly acquired from Sultani Antiques, Mayfair before 1999.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 160mm x 90mm; Weight: 2.01kg
206. LARGE BACTRIAN STONE CHALICE
Ca. 2200 - 1700 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A stone chalice carved from mottled beige stone with a wide flaring bowl, sharply offset at the base and supported on a tall, tapering conical stem. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 9540, Antiquities, 7 December 2001, Lot 681.
Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in the early 2000s in Belgium; previously in 1970s European collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 225mm x 120mm; Weight: 1.79kg
211. MONUMENTAL BACTRIAN STONE CHALICE
Ca. 2200 - 1700 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A chalice carved from stone with a broad, domed foot, rising into a tall, cylindrical stem with flaring profile. The bowl is sharply offset, with vertical sides expanding into a wide, thickened rim. For similar see: The Louvre Museum, Main number: AO 28527 (type).
Provenance: Private London collection.; previously with a London gallery; formerly acquired in France between 2000 - 2005, ex. Alan Kotlar collection, formed in Paris in the 1970s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 350mm x 150mm; Weight: 6.5kg
215. ELAMITE GLAZED TERRACOTTA INSCRIBED PEG
Ca. 1340 - 1300 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A glazed terracotta peg with a tapering cylindrical shaft, terminating at one end in a circular mouth and at the other in a broad moulded collar formed by two projecting annular ridges. Below, the body expands into a convex lenticular terminal with a line of Elamite cuneiform script. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 57.66.2.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Boisgirard, 30 Sep 2002, Lot 179.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 280mm x 290mm; Weight: 4.6kg
216.
SOUTH ARABIAN
MONUMENTAL MARBLE FRAGMENT WITH INSCRIPTION
Ca. 300 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A fragment of a monumental marble slab inscribed with two partially preserved lines of South Arabian script, the letters deeply and evenly cut. A section of a raised decorative border is preserved along the upper right edge. For similar see: M. Maraqten, Some Women’s Inscriptions from Ancient Yemen f. 4.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on London art market, 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 370mm x 355mm; Weight: 11.49kg
217. SOUTH ARABIAN STELA WITH STANDING FIGURE
Ca. 300 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £2000
A tapered alabaster stela with a standing female figure carved in high relief. The abstract figure displays a broad face with recessed eyes, a straight nose, and a small mouth. Both arms are bent at the elbows, with the hands meeting at the centre of the chest. The feet are rendered schematically along the lower edge. The reverse bears a South Arabian inscription carved in large, angular script. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 141543.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on London art market, 1980s.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 190mm x 110mm; Weight: 2.08kg
218. SOUTH ARABIAN STONE BULL ALTAR
Ca. 300 - 100 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A rectangular limestone altar with a flat upper surface and a central longitudinal channel. The front projects in the form of a stylised bull’s head with circular eyes, flaring snout, and short conical horns. Mounted on a modern stand. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 141580.
Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the UK art market; Ex. A. Kotlar collection, acquired in 2003.
Publications / Reports: This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 290mm x 205mm; Weight: 7.49kg
224. ASSYRO-BABYLONIAN CARNELIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH WEATHER GOD
Ca. 8th - 6th century BC
Starting Price: £1000
A reddish stone cylinder seal depicting the weather god (Adad) and a worshipper, standing in front of an offering table. The spade of Marduk (patron deity of Babylon), the Pleiades, a lunar standard (of the god Sin) and a winged sun disc (the god Shamash) are shown in the exergue. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. European collection formed in France in the 1960s to 1980s; Ex. Bachmann collection.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 35mm x 18mm; Weight: 21.50g
229. OLD BABYLONIAN CYLINDER SEAL
DEPICTING A KING AND INSCRIPTIONS
Ca. 1900 - 1600 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A cylinder seal of banded brown-grey stone, the surface engraved with a robed king in a tall headdress standing before a tiered altar surmounted by a crescent; robed figures to the side, with two vertical columns of cuneiform script in the field. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1999.325.45.
Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collections 1990s; Suggested to be examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.; ex. 1970s/early80s UK art market.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 25.4mm x 12mm; Weight: 7.11g
240. KASSITE BANDED AGATE CYLINDER
SEAL WITH DEITY AND WORSHIPPER
Ca. 1500 - 1200 BC
Starting Price: £1500
A banded agate cylinder seal engraved with a vertical panel divided into three registers. The upper part shows two confronting bulls flanking a central plant motif. The central register depicts a seated figure wearing a long garment and a rounded cap, facing a smaller kneeling figure with one hand raised and a dog at his feet. Between them are a cross-shaped motif and a star-like symbol, with a tree beneath the throne. Cuneiform inscriptions fill the space to the left and right of the central field. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. For similar see: British Museum, Museum number 89001.
Provenance: Property of a London gallery; formerly with a Mayfair Art dealer S.A.; Ex. 1990s London collections, suggested to be studied by professor Lambert in the early 90s. Previously in an old British collection formed since the 1960s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 52mm x 15mm; Weight: 23.5g
241. NEO-ASSYRIAN AMETHYST LION PENDANT
Ca. 700 - 600 BC
Starting Price: £800
A translucent amethyst pendant carved in the form of a stylised Lion head, with furrowed brows and a broad snout framed by flaring nostrils and curling beard-like details. Large rounded ears project laterally from the sides, and a vertically ribbed suspension loop rises from the crown. For similar see: J. P. Getty Museum Cat. 76.AO.80
Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in Swinkels Collection, Holland before 2000.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 26.4mm x 24.1mm; Weight: 5.92g
286. LARGE ASSYRIAN BRONZE PAZUZU PENDANT
Ca. 800 - 600 BC
Starting Price: £1000
A bronze pendant depicting the head of Pazuzu with bulging eyes, ridged brows, flared nostrils, and a gaping mouth with bared teeth. The cylindrical neck extends below the chin, and a suspension loop is fitted at the top. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1993.181.
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Belgian art market in the 1990s.
Publications / Reports: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 47.2mm x 17mm; Weight: 105g
