Catalogue
Mesopotamian, Ancient clay Mother Goddess, c.3000 B.C. supported on base. Good fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $130
Mesopotamia, cylinder seals from Mesopotamia region mostly of the period 4th-3rd millennium B.C. mostly sized about 30mm. all with intaglio images of figures, lines etc. (8); together with other flat seals mostly with animal heads (3), beatle scarab (1), all with holes for hanging. (12)
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Babylon, Sumerian clay cuniform tablet (ht 4.5 cm x 4.0 cm. x thickness 2.5cm), c.2000-1900 B.C. Scarce, slight fire damage and fair.
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Palestine, hand crafted pottery jar with handle, height 657mm, c.3200-2500 B.C. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Greek, protom, 5th century B.C., shows upper portion of female bust probably Hera, 108 mm. Fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Statue, bronze statue of athlete with discus in upright right hand on a pedestal, c.500 BC, height 14 cms. Fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $850
Luristan, spear head, bronze with tang, (to fix to spear), 15.5cms, another 11.5 cms, c.12th-8th century B.C. Fine. (2)
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
Greece, bronze short sword with tang, (to fix to handle), 25cms, c.8th-6th century B.C. Fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $360
Greece, bronze short sword with handle, 31cms, c.11h-10th century B.C. Fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $950
Greek, terracotta goddess Demeter, c.500 B.C., height 185 mm. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $320
Amphora, large terracotta amphora (c.500 BC) for grain storage, supported on metal stand, total height 110 cms. Missing one handle, otherwise fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $850
Greeks in Italy, Apulian ware, lekasis with lid, hand painted with 'Lady of fashion', height 83mm, width 90mm, c.300 B.C. Very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $560
Greeks in Italy, Xenon ware, hand crafted black ware glaze pottery jar with handle, made in Apulia and Egnathia, height 60mm, c.4th century B.C. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
Greek, terracotta lamp, 3rd - 2nd century B.C., width 95 mm. Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $140
Jug, large black ware jug with linear incised decoration, probably Central Europe c.500 BC, height 42 cms. Chips and abrasions otherwise fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Persia, alabaster vase, 2nd - 4th century A.D., height 100 mm. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Roman-Greek, small jug painted brown glaze terracotta ware, 80 mm high, c.4th century B.C. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
Roman-Greek, small facing head of hippopotamus from a large vessel. 80 mm high, c.2nd century B.C. or latter. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Roman, Roman oil lamp, mounted in silvered wooden frame c.1st-5th A.D. ready for wall hanging.
Estimate $80
SOLD $110
Roman, Bronze broach probably from Roman Britain,5th cent A.D., 55mm long c.2nd -4th century A.D. type utilised by female for hair. From a detector find and very scarce, fine.
Estimate $140
SOLD $180
Late Roman and early Byzantine 6th cent A.D., spherical commercial weight 350 grams (one pound Roman weight), with attached ring support, (S. Bendall Byzantine Weights 23, p.24-5). Green patina, very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
Late Roman and early Byzantine, 6th century A.D., lead eliptical shrapnel used in warfare as hurled by attackers in slingshot or catipult (appearance as sinkers as easily cast), one with cast raised lines around appearance of string. Fine - very fine and rare. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Late Roman and early Byzantine, 6th century B.C., spherical commercial weight 81.8 grams (three ounces weight), with letters raised X/**G* (S.Bendall Byzantine Weights 23, p.24 as illustrated p.25). Green patina, very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
Foot, a foot cast in clay on a base for support of the entire statue, uncertain possibly Chinese, length 23 cms, height 14 cms. Fair.
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
China, Tang Dynasty, c.618-917, Tang White Ware vase, large vase with bright white glaze over the body. Some minor base chipping, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
China, Ming Dynasty, c.1368-1643, large vase with ornamental painted decoration around the body in the form of flowers and foliage. Very fine with some dirt attached.
Estimate $200
SOLD $110
China, cylindrical vase with portholes, with delightful decoration of fowl, roosters and butterfly together with plants, Chinese seal character below, late Ch'ing Dynasty. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
China, cylindrical vase with delightful decoration of birds and plants, six Chinese characters below, late Ch'ing Dynasty. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Tibet, Tibetan Sutra page about 20 inches long, 17th century, framed within glass frame.
Estimate $70
SOLD $60