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A ROMAN PALE GREEN GLASS FLASK
Circa 3rd-5th Century A.D.
With piriform body and flaring neck, 18cm high
Provenance: Michael Poulson (1947-1997) Collection, member of the Glass Circle, acquired in London in the 1980s-1990s.
£100-£150
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A ROMAN GLASS DIMPLED BEAKER
Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D.
Of almost colourless glass, the long cylindrical body impressed with three dimples, 12.5cm high
Provenance: Michael Poulson (1947-1997) Collection, member of the Glass Circle, acquired in London in the 1980s-1990s.
£150-£200
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A ROMAN PALE GREEN GLASS BOWL
Circa 2nd-4th Century A.D.
Of hemispherical shape with slight indentation on the base, 10cm diam
Provenance: English private collection, purchased at Bonhams, London, 24 June 1998, lot 173.
£150-£200
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TWO ROMAN PALE GREEN GLASS CANDLESTICK UNGUENTARIA
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Including a bell unguentarium, 17cm high; and a another with wide base, 18cm high (2)
Provenance: Michael Poulson (1947-1997) Collection, member of the Glass Circle, acquired in London in the 1980s.
£250-£350
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TWO ROMAN CLEAR GLASS VESSELS
Circa 2nd-4th Century A.D.
Including a juglet with applied handle and spiral trail decoration, 8cm high; and a sprinkler of ribbed pomegranate shape, 7.5cm high (2)
Provenance: the juglet purchased at Bonhams, London, 25 November 1998, lot 117. The sprinkler, Michael Poulson (1947-1997) Collection, member of the Glass Circle, acquired in London in the 1980s-1990s.
£200-£300
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TWO ROMAN GLASS VESSELS
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Including a pale green glass aryballos with applied twin handles, 7cm high; and a juglet with trefoil lip and misshapen round body, 9.5cm high (2)
Provenance: Michael Poulson (1947-1997) Collection, member of the Glass Circle, purchased at Phillips, London, 9 December 1996, lot 3 and lot 8.
£200-£300
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TWO ROMAN PALE GREEN GLASS DOUBLE BALSAMARIA
Circa 4th Century A.D.
Including an example with loop handle, 14.5cm high; and another with applied twin handles, 11.5cm high (2)
Provenance: the one with overhead handle, purchased at Phillips, London, 3 December 1997, lot 261, ex Dr Stresnek Collection. The other example, purchased at Phillips, London, 27 November 2001, lot 56.
£250-£350
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TWO ROMAN GLASS VESSELS
Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D.
including an amber glass flask, with globular body and funnel mouth, 11.5cm high; and a green glass flask with long vertical pinched ribs on the body, 7.5cm high (2)
Provenance: Rudolf Birtel Collection, Neunkirchen, well-known German architect, purchased in 1977. The ribbed flask accompanied by a certificate of expertise from Galerie Gunter Puhze, Freiburg.
£300-£500
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FOUR ROMAN GLASS VESSELS
Circa 2nd-4th Century A.D.
Including two unguentaria, 12cm-13.3cm high; a jarlet with spherical body decorated with pincered decoration, 6.5cm high; and a phial with piriform body, 9.5cm high (4)
Provenance: the phial, purchased at Bonhams, London, 24 June 1998, lot 179. The rest, Michael Poulson (1947-1997) Collection, member of the Glass Circle, acquired in London in the 1980s-1990s.
£200-£300
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SEVEN ROMAN GREEN GLASS VESSELS
Circa 2nd-4th Century A.D.
Including a squat jar with applied dark blue glass handles, and six unguentaria, 5.5cm-15cm high (7)
Provenance: English private collection, Mr & Mrs Balfour-Paul, acquired whilst working in the Middle East between the 1960s and the early 1970s.
£150-£250
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AN ISLAMIC GREEN GLASS JUG
Persia, circa 10th-13th Century
The body mould-blown with a criss-cross pattern, with added trailed handle, 9.5cm high
Provenance: Michael Poulson (1947-1997) Collection, member of the Glass Circle, acquired in London in the 1980s-1990s.
£100-£150
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AN OTTOMAN BEYKOZ BLUE GLASS BIRD
Turkey, 19th Century
Decorated with polychrome and gilt flowers, 17cm long
£100-£150
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FIVE POST-MEDIEVAL GLASS APOTHECARY PHIALS
England, circa 17th-18th Century
With cylindrical bodies, 6cm-15cm high (5)
Provenance: the largest found in the river Thames. The others excavated in Worcester in the 1960s.
£100-£150
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A CYPRIOT RED POLISHED WARE JUG
Early Bronze Age, circa 2600-2300 B.C.
With long cut-out spout and impressed decoration, 48cm high
Provenance: German private collection, acquired between 1972 and 1974.
Literature: for a similar jug of the Cypriot Philia Culture now in the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia, cf. inv. no. 73.214.8.
£700-£900
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A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE FRAGMENT OF HERAKLES AND THE NEMEAN LION
Circa 6th Century B.C.
Showing the nude torso of the hero in the act of wrestling the snarling lion, rearing up on its hind legs, 10cm high
Provenance: with Galerie Samarcande, Paris. Acquired on the German art market in 2000. Bonhams, London, 28 October 2009, lot 355.
£600-£800
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TWO CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA VESSELS
Circa 1300-400 B.C.
Including a Cypro-Myceanean jar decorated with bands of umber slip, 10cm high; and another Cypro-Classical elongated jug, 17.5cm high (2)
Provenance: English private collection of Mr Brian G. Pearson, acquired in the 1970s.
£100-£200
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE SKYPHOS
Circa 6th-5th Century B.C.
Decorated on both sides with three draped men in conversation, flanked by palmettes, 13cm diam excl. handles
Provenance: property of a British nobleman, from a deceased estate from the West Country.
£400-£600
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FIVE GREEK TERRACOTTA ITEMS
Circa 6th-5th Century B.C.
Including a miniature Corinthian exaleiptron decorated in crimson and umber, and a skyphos decorated with birds, now faded, both 8cm diam; a small draped figurine, 6.5cm high; an Attic black-figure lekythos decorated with draped figures, and a squat red-figure lekythos with tongues around the neck and the figure of a lyre player, 13cm high (5)
Provenance: purchased by Elizabeth Cominos, née Papastratos, in Athens in the late 1940s, then in Paris and London.
£300-£500
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A GREEK TERRACOTTA PROTOME
Archaic Period, circa 6th-5th Century B.C.
Hollow-backed, with typical archaic features, pierced at the top for suspension, 10.5cm high
Provenance: English private collection, acquired on the London art market in the early 1990s.
£80-£120
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A PAIR OF GREEK BRONZE KANTHAROI
Circa 4th Century B.C.
With flaring mouth on raised foot, the two upturned handles with finely cast leaf attachment plates, the handles partially restored, 11cm high (2)
Provenance: Horatio and Patsy Melas Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967. Thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
£500-£700
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A GROUP OF CLASSICAL TERRACOTTA ARTEFACTS
Circa 6th Century B.C. - 5th Century A.D.
Including a Greek black glazed salt-cellar dish, 9.5cm dim; an Apulian lekanis lid decorated with profile heads, 9.5cm diam; a small Etrusco-Corinthian alabastron with running hounds, 7.5cm high; a Roman red slip ware dish with potter's stamp and applied dogs and rosettes over the rim, 18.2cm diam; two Roman terracotta heads, 4.5cm-5cm high; two Roman bottles, one with red slip, 13cm-16cm high; and three fragments; together with a miniature nestoris, Not Ancient (12)
Provenance: English private collection, Mr M. Vaughan, London, formed in the 1970s-1980s.
£400-£600
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TWO GREEK TERRACOTTA VESSELS
Circa 6th-5th Century B.C.
Including and Italo-Corinthian grey terracotta exaleiptron, with infolded rim and broad ribbon handle, 17.5cm diam excl. handle; and an Attic lekythos, decorated with rays over the shoulder, 13.5cm high (2)
Provenance: English private collection, purchased from Gerhard Hirsch nachfolger, Munich, in the 1990s.
£200-£300
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THIRTY ANCIENT TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS AND OTHER VESSELS
Circa 1st-4th Century A.D.
Including Syro-Palestinian oil lamps, two bottles and a small jar, 6cm-11cm long (29)
Provenance: American private collection, Colorado, acquired by Major Blinkinsop while serving with the United Nations in the Middle East in the 1960s. Thence by descent.
£200-£300
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THIRTY ANCIENT TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS AND OTHER VESSELS
Circa 1st-4th Century A.D.
Including Syro-Palestinian oil lamps, and vessel with globular body, 6cm-10cm long (29)
Provenance: American private collection, Colorado, acquired by Major Blinkinsop while serving with the United Nations in the Middle East in the 1960s. Thence by descent.
£200-£300
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EIGHT ANCIENT TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS
1st Millennium B.C. to 8th Century A.D.
Including a Bronze Age pinched oil lamp, three Roman oil lamps decorated with an eagle, a bear and a theatre mask, and four Byzantine examples, one a miniature lamp, 5cm-11cm long (8)
Provenance: English private collection, Mr M. Vaughan, London, formed in the 1970s-1980s.
£100-£200
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SIX ROMAN AND BYZANTINE TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS
Circa 4th-8th Century A.D.
Four examples with molded decoration on the tondo, including one with a chi-rho cross, a date palm tree, a bunch of grapes, and geometric motifs, together with two more plain oil lamps, 12cm-15cm long (6)
Provenance: English private collection, Mr M. Vaughan, London, formed in the 1970s-1980s.
£250-£350
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A GREEK BLACK GLAZED THISTLE MUG
Apulia, circa 4th Century B.C.
With flaring mouth and loop handle, 10cm high
Provenance: English private collection, purchased from Gerhard Hirsch nachfolger, Munich, in the 1990s.
£200-£300
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TWO GREEK BLACK GLAZED DISHES
Apulia, circa 4th Century B.C.
Both on raised foot, the larger example with scalloped decoration around the rim, 11.5cm diam; the other one with ribbed rim and stamped rosette at the centre of the interior, 8.3cm diam
Provenance: English private collection, purchased from Gerhard Hirsch nachfolger, Munich, in the 1990s.
£200-£300
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURE VESSEL FRAGMENT
Circa 5th-4th Century B.C.
Showing the lower section of legs from three different figures, one pair partially covered by a tunic, a band of rays emanating from below, 16.5cm long
Provenance: English private collection, acquired on the Paris art market in the 1980s.
£80-£120
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A GREEK RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER
Apulia, circa 4th Century B.C.
Enlivened with white slip, showing on side (a) a seated nude male figure holding a spear, facing a draped young woman proffering a patera, and on side (b) a couple of conversing draped youths, one holding a staff, both scenes on a ground line of waves, with palmettes below the handles, a band a laurel below the rim, 29cm high
Provenance: with John A. Badman, The Monarch, Glastonbury, in the 1970s.
£2,000-£3,000
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A GREEK RED-FIGURE LEKANIS
Apulian, circa 4th Century B.C.
The lid showing two female profile heads separated by palmettes, the knop at the top decorated with rays, lid and body not belonging, 23.5cm diam incl. handles
Provenance: English private collection, Sussex, acquired in the 1990s.
£100-£200
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A GREEK LEKANIS BODY
Circa 4th Century B.C.
Black glazed, with old collection label 'Bateman Collection P.I. 63', 20.5cm diam excl. handles
Provenance: UK private collection, acquired in the 1930s by the owner's grandfather, H.G. Ramsell (d.1960), Wolverhampton, thence by descent.
£100-£200
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A ROMAN LIMESTONE MALE PORTRAIT HEAD
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Possibly from a large relief, the back flat and unworked, depicting a man with full beard, pronounced cheekbones and curly hair falling over the forehead, 23cm high
Provenance: John Marriott (1921-2007) Collection, London, formed prior to 1980. Accompanied by an invoice from Asprey London for mounting the head on the green calf leather plinth, dated 13 June 1975, and by a photograph of the head displayed in John Marriott's house dated 1 September 1991.
£800-£1,200
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THREE ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURES
Circa 1st Century B.C./A.D.
Including a figure of squatting Harpocrates holding a jar, another bust of Harpocrates with a crown holding a jar, and a head of Isis-Aphrodite, 7cm-9cm high; together with an After the Antique terracotta theatre mask, 11.5cm high (4)
Provenance: John Marriott (1921-2007) Collection, London, formed prior to 1980.
£150-£200
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A CANOSAN TERRACOTTA PATERA
Circa 4th Century B.C.
The handle in the shape of a nude caryatid, the arms raised to support the shallow bowl, 40cm long incl. handle
Provenance: Bonhams, 25 November 1998, lot 92 (part)
£200-£300
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A ROMAN RED SLIP WARE DISH
Circa 4th-5th Century A.D.
The tondo decorated a five-pointed star within a series of concentric circles, 32cm diam
Provenance: English private collection, Cambridgeshire, acquire prior to 2000.
£200-£300
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A GROUP OF GREEK TERRACOTTA VESSELS
South Italy, circa 5th-3rd Century B.C.
Including a Gnathian krater, decorated in white slip with a swan, the foot missing, and a black-glazed dish; a Hellenistic krater and a double-handled jar; a Daunian trozella and a fragmentary olla; and a fragmentary terracotta boar figurine, 7.5cm-27cm high (7)
Provenance: English private family collection, Mr R. E., acquired in the 1970s.
£300-£500
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A ROMAN BRONZE CHARIOT REIN GUIDE
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
In the shape of two panthers, each resting its paw on a roundel decorated with a male head in relief wearing the Phrygian cap, with incised details of the panthers' fur, the large eyes hollow for now-missing inlays, 14cm long
Provenance: English private collection, purchased from Artemission, London, in 2011. Previously on the London art market in 2000.
£2,000-£3,000
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A ROMAN BRONZE CHARIOT FITTING
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
In the shape of a bust of male slave, the rein guide projecting from the back in the shape of a thumb, 7.5cm high
Provenance: English private collection, London, acquired in the 1990s.
£200-£300
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A ROMAN TINNED BRONZE MIRROR
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Decorated on one side with concentric grooves, body and handle possibly not belonging, 23cm high
Provenance: English private collection, purchased from Gerhard Hirsch nachfolger, Munich, in the 1990s.
£250-£350
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TWELVE ROMAN BRONZE BROOCHES
Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.
Including two disc brooches with millefiori enamel inlay, one in the shape of a horse, a double-crossbow fibula, and other openwork examples, 2.2cm-3.6cm long (12)
Provenance: German private collection of Mr V.K., Munich, acquired prior 2000.
£300-£400
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A GROUP OF ROMAN AND BYZANTINE BRONZE, LEAD AND IRON ARTEFACTS
Circa 1st-8th Century A.D.
Including a Romano-British appliqué in the shape of a theatre mask found near Bath, a cross-bow fibula, a round brooch with blue enamel decoration, two cylindrical furniture attachments, an iron blade found at Owmby, Lincolnshire, two Roman lead seals, five other Roman bronze items; and a Byzantine oil lamps with a square weight, 3cm-15cm long (15)
Provenance: English private collection, Mr M. Vaughan, London, formed in the 1970s-1980s.
£200-£300
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THREE MISCELLANEOUS ANTIQUITIES
Circa 1st Millennium B.C. - 2nd Century A.D.
Including a Celtic bronze torque, of twisted form, the terminals in the shape of hooves, Central European, circa early 1st Millennium B.C., 9.2cm wide; a Greek terracotta figurine of a bull, Boeotian, circa 6th Century B.C., 7.5cm long; and a small Roman marble female head, circa 1st-2nd Century A.D., 5.3cm high (3)
Provenance: the Celtic torque, Michael Poulson (1947-1997) Collection, member of the Glass Circle, acquired in Berlin circa 1992-1995. The other two, English private collection, purchased at Phillips, London, circa 1990.
£200-£300
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A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF ANCIENT ARTEFACTS
Circa 1st Millennium B.C. - 5th Century A.D.
Including a bronze Luristan vessel, a Palestinian pinched oil lamp, a Roman oil lamp moulded with a grotesque face and a Byzantine oil lamp, 7cm-9.5cm long; together with three Roman coins, three weights, a ring and a Chinese pottery incense burner (13)
Provenance: English private deceased estate, formed in the 1960s.
£100-£200
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT COINS
Including a silver Athenian tetradrachm impressed with the city's owl, a large number of Roman and Byzantine bronze coins and some later examples (a lot)
Provenance: English private collection, Mr & Mrs Balfour-Paul, acquired whilst working in the Middle East between the 1960s and the early 1970s.
£100-£200
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A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF ANCIENT ARTEFACTS
Including two Roman bronze fibulae, one decorated with enamel inlays, circa 2nd Century A.D., 5cm-9.5cm; a small Greek terracotta seated goddess, circa 4th Century B.C., 8.5cm high; a Chinese glazed pottery figure, Tang Period, 19.5cm high; two Pre Columbian terracotta heads, 3cm-5.5cm high; a Trilobite fossil, 7.5cm long; and a terracotta oil lamp and female figure, Not Ancient (9)
Provenance: English private collection, acquired on the London market in the 1990s.
£100-£200
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FOUR MARBLE FRAGMENTS
Including two architectural fragments, a tight possibly from an Eros, and another, 6.5cm-13cm long (4)
Provenance: acquired on the London market in the 1980s.
£50-£80
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A GROUP OF MISCELLANEOUS ANCIENT ARTEFACTS
Including a group of Roman red slip ware terracotta fragments, circa 3rd-4th Century A.D.; a Romano-Egyptian terracotta horse figure, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D., 16cm long; two Egyptian bronze fragments of Osiris, Late Period, 7.5cm-15cm long; and various other terracotta, bronze and glass items and fragments, some Not Ancient (a lot)
Provenance: English private collection, London, acquired between the 1980s and early 2000s.
£50-£80
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A GROUP OF MISCELLANEOUS AUCTION CATALOGUES
Including assorted Bonhams Antiquities catalogues between 2003-2015; ten various Tribal Art sale catalogues from Bonhams, Sotheby's and Christie's; and various other sale catalogues including Sotheby's 18 November 1991, The William E. Wiltshire Collection; Sotheby's 13 May 1994, Photographic Images; Sotheby's 18 December 1990, Japanese Prints (58)
£20-£30
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AN ETRUSCAN AGATE SCARAB
Circa 4th Century B.C.
Naturalistically carved with detailed wing-case, pierced vertically, the underside engraved with a satyr resting underneath a tree over a mound of rocks, playing the aulos in front of a herm with horned head, within a rope-twist border, the carving possibly added later, 18mm long
Provenance: English private family collection, London, acquired in the 1970s.
£300-£500
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