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Egypt, pottery oil lamp, 'frog type' stylized frog around cupped discus, incuse palm leaf as the manufacturer's mark on the underside, Ptolemaic Period 3-1st century B.C., 63x48 mm; another 'frog type' palm leaf on either side of the discus, ladder at the nozzle, manufacturer's mark on the underside, Ptolemaic Period 3-1st century B.C., 82x71 mm. Fine, scarce. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Egypt, faience Udjat eye, Late Dynastic Period, (c.660-320 B.C.), length 30mm; another, stone, 26th Dynasty, length 35mm; pottery head of a goat, c.700 B.C., length 35mm; pottery head of a man, c.800 B.C., height 50mm; Middle East, collection of pottery, stone and glass beads, c.1st millenium B.C., (7); female figure, fragmentary, mould cast, c.200 B.C, length 90mm; Roman, bronze brooch, fragmentary, c.1st century A.D., length 40mm; group of various fragments, faience, bronze, pottery, glass and wood, various periods, many described and listed. Poor-fine. (approx 30)
Estimate $150
SOLD $70
Etruscan, 6th century B.C., Bucchero earthenware, large oinochoe of bulbous form, (height 220mm). Slight damage and repair to spout, otherwise intact.
Estimate $250
SOLD $380
Greece, Athens, small redware Lekythos (oil vase) (c.475-425 B.C.), decorated with black floral designs to the stem, missing handle, (height 110mm); black ceramic bowl, possibly Iranian, (c.16th-17th century), with Koranic inscription to the inside rim, floarl design to the interior base, (width 140mm, height 60mm), broken and repaired with iron pins; small bowl, possibly Indian, (c.19th century), of green soapstone carved with floral designs to the exterior, (width 100mm, height 60mm). Some damage and repairs, otherwise good-very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Greeks in Southern Italy, Apulia, black glazed double handled stemless Skyphos (wine cup), c.300 B.C., (height 70mm, width 190mm). A few light chips and minor glaze repair, otherwise very fine and complete.
Estimate $150
SOLD $270
Antiquities, Roman and Roman North Africa, (c.1st-2nd century B.C.), heads and busts of various godesses in marble (3) and terracotta (5) surrounding a central plaque in terracotta and stucco depicting a winged cupid leading a chariot drawn by two lions. All mounted on a wooden board (40x30cm). Some in fine style, damaged, otherwise fine and an interesting collection.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Antiquities, Roman, bronze fibula, (c.75 B.C.), length 54mm, with iron two spiral spring fibula, complete, (Lucien Lerat 15); another fibula, (c.1st century B.C.), length 26mm, with iron hinged fibula, complete; Greece, bronze arrowhead, (c.5th-4th century B.C.), length 20mm. Patinated, very fine and rare. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Roman, bronze fibula, (c.1st - 2nd century A.D.), length 75mm, with iron pin, complete with ball end attachments (cf.Lucien Lerat 113, Etlinder 21); another fibula, (c.1st century A.D.), length 40mm, pin damaged; bronze seal, (c.16th-17th century), Dorset area, matrix cut with a device of the Paschal lamb, filigree above. Fine - very fine and scarce. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Roman, 1st century A.D., pottery ash shovel, 150x110 mm, uncovered in the Columbarium of the Freedmen of Augustus on the Appian Way. Ex Bateman collecion, presented by Miss Rhoda Hope, 1857. Very fine with labels.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Spain, Hispano-Moresque, copper lustre ceramic bowl, (c.18th-19th century), central decoration of a stylsed bird, flowers surrounding, underside decorated with floral patterns, (diameter 205mm, height 30mm). A few chips, cracks and repairs, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
North Africa, Islamic war arrows, combining bamboo shafts with woven ties, culminating in barbed iron tips, c.18th century, length 600mm, (2); Ethiopia, base silver Coptic Cross, 19th century A.D., with eye for apending, size 45x40mm; another in base silver with eye for appending, size 25x20mm, (2); East Africa, brass wedding rings of various sizes, early 20th century A.D. (3). Fine, intact. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50