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TWO ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
A large example decorated with a rosette in the tondo, 11.5cm long; and a fragmentary lamp decorated with an erotic scene, 8cm long (2)
Provenance: James Chesterman Collection (1926-2014), formed in the UK in the 1970s-2000. With C. J. Martin, London, acquired in August 1990.
£300-£500
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FIVE ALEXANDRIAN TERRACOTTA HEADS AND A TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF BAUBO
Circa 1st Century B.C./A.D.
Including two heads of Harpocrates, 3.5cm and 5.5cm high, a head of an old man, 3cm high, a head of a woman, with a large coiffure, 7cm high, a head of a grotesque, 5cm high, and a small figure of Baubo, 4cm high, (6)
Provenance: James Chesterman Collection (1926-2014), formed in the UK in the 1970s-2000. The baubo with Charles Ede Ltd, London, acquired in March 1985; the head of a woman with La Reine Margot, Paris, acquired in December 1986; the Harpocrates with Faustus Fine Art, London, acquired in November 1989; the old man with Charles Ede Ltd, London, acquired in January 1992; the smaller Harpocrates with Andre Munter, Brussels, acquired in November 1995; and the grotesque head with Galerie Serres, Paris, acquired in April 1996. Ex Fouquet Collection. Ex Madame de Mengin Collection, Paris.
£500-£700
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THREE CLASSICAL BRONZES
Circa 4th Century B.C.-2nd Century A.D.
Including an Etruscan bronze handle, 10cm long; and two similar Roman bronze sandalled cista feet with engraved detail to the toes and sandal straps, 5.7cm long (3)
Provenance: James Chesterman Collection (1926-2014), formed in the UK in the 1970s-2000. The handle with Robin Symes Ltd, London, acquired in November 1989; and the cista feet with Charles Ede Ltd, London, Antiquities 149, no.11, acquired in November 1989.
£400-£600
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A ROMAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A RECLINING EROS
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
The winged god depicted asleep resting on a bed, 9cm long
Provenance: James Chesterman Collection (1926-2014), formed in the UK in the 1970s-2000. With Charles Ede Ltd, London, acquired in August 1988.
£350-£450
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FIVE ROMAN GLASS VESSELS
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Including a candlestick unguentarium, 19cm high; an oinochoe, 13cm high; a dimpled bottle, 16cm high; a dimpled jar, 8cm high; and an aubergine bottle with applied blue handle, 14cm high (5)
Provenance: James Chesterman Collection (1926-2014), formed in the UK in the 1970s-2000. The first item, with Charles Ede Ltd, London, acquired in November 1980; the dimpled bottle, acquired at Sotheby's, London, Antiquities, 16 February 1981, lot 76; the dimpled jar, acquired at Sotheby's, London, Antiquities, 10 December 1984, lot 18; the oinochoe, acquired in 1996; and the amber vessel, with C. J Martin, London, acquired in September 1998.
£400-£600
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FIVE CARVED ROMAN BONE PINS
Circa 3rd-5th Century A.D.
Three examples with the terminal in the shape of a female head with high coiffure, one decorated with the figure of a satyr, pierced at the shoulders, and another, 9.2cm-12.5cm long (5)
Provenance: James Chesterman Collection (1926-2014), formed in the UK in the 1970s-2000. Acquired at Christie's, London, 11 July 1984, lot 251.
£400-£500
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FOUR TANAGRA-STYLE TERRACOTTA FIGURES
18cm-22.5cm, Not Ancient (4)
Provenance: James Chesterman Collection (1926-2014), formed in the UK in the 1970s-2000. Three of them acquired at Christie's South Kensington, Antiquities, 4 November 1992, lot 82; and the other acquired in October 1997.
£300-£400
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FOUR REFERENCE BOOKS ON ANCIENT BROOCHES BY RICHARD HATTATT
Including Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, 1982; Iron Age and Roman Brooches, 1985; Brooches of Antiquity, 1987; Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, 1989 (4)
£150-£250
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A GROUP OF ANTIQUITIES REFERENCE BOOKS
Including C.C. Vermeule, Greek and Roman Sculpture in America, 1981; B.S. Ridgway, Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design Classical Sculpture, 1972; A. MacGregor, Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, 1987; S. Haynes, Etruscan Bronzes, 1985; P.R.S. Moorey, Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Adam Collection, 1974; and others (45)
£100-£200
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A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF ANCIENT ARTEFACTS
Including an Egyptian basalt weight, 5cm diam, a Bronze Age bronze dagger blade, 17.3cm long, a Bronze Age spear head, 15cm long, and two other iron spear heads, 22.5 and 27cm, a terracotta hollow-backed head, a group of pottery fragments and three small vessels, three coins and other items, including bronze and iron items, some Not Ancient (a lot)
Provenance: English private collection, Leicester, 1970s.
£100-£120
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A MISCELLANOUS GROUP OF ANTIQUITIES
Circa 2nd Millennium B.C. to Islamic Period
Including two Anatolian pottery vessels, 8cm-9cm high; a Roman amber glass jar, together with a pale blue glass piriform flask, 6.5cm-9.5cm high; and an Islamic core-formed unguentarium, 11cm long (5)
Provenance: English private collection of Bernard Buckman (1910-1991).
£100-£200
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FOUR MISCELLANEOUS ANCIENT ARTEFACTS
Circa 1st Millennium B.C.-8th Century A.D.
Including a Levantine shell amulet, 8cm long and an Ancient Near Eastern haematite amulet or game-piece, 3.8cm high; a Roman wheel-cut green glass bottle, 18.5cm high; and a Byzantine bronze eagle, 4.5cm long (4)
Provenance: Hayford Peirce (1885-1946) Collection, Paris and Bangor, Maine, formed in the 1910s-1930s, thence by descent.
£300-£500
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AN ANATOLIAN POTTERY TRIPOD VESSEL
Circa 3rd Millennium B.C.
The bulbous body on three small legs, with a cylindrical neck and flaring mouth, 15cm high
Provenance: Property from a Dutch private collection, The Netherlands, formed in the 1960s-70s. Purchased at Paul Brandt Auctions, Amsterdam, December 1969. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from 1970 discussing the vessel.
£500-£800
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AN ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN POTTERY VESSEL
Possibly Hittite, circa late 2nd Millennium B.C.
With small handle and large funnel neck, 13.5cm high
Provenance: Nikos Paschalis (1918-1948) Collection, Greece, Egypt and the Middle East, thence by descent to the family in Australia.
£200-£300
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A GROUP OF FRAGMENTARY ANATOLIAN MARBLE IDOLS
Kusura Type, circa 2700-2100 B.C.
With typical rounded head and spade-shaped body, 3cm-13cm long (9)
Provenance: Mr and Mrs S. Broukal Collection, formed in the 1950s, in the UK since 1956. Thence by descent.
£400-£600
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TWO ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STONE VESSELS
Circa 2nd-1st Millennium B.C.
Including a black steatite cosmetic vessel, of rectangular shape with concave interior, decorated with geometric incised motifs on the exterior, the handle in the shape of a stylised human head, 9cm long; and a Mesopotamian calcite round tripod dish, the shallow bowl supported by three stump feet, 8cm diam
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£200-£300
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A GROUP OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN BRONZE AND BONE WEAPONS AND TOOLS
Circa 1st Millennium B.C. to Roman Period
Including a bronze Hittite mace head and two Persian axe heads, 4.5cm-12cm long; and a selection of Roman bronze and bone doctor's tools and pins, 6cm-17cm long (25)
Provenance: Mr and Mrs S. Broukal Collection, formed in the 1950s, in the UK since 1956. Thence by descent.
£200-£300
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FIVE PERSIAN BRONZE ANIMALS AND A LURISTAN 'MASTER OF ANIMALS' FINIAL
Iran, circa 1st Millennium B.C. or later
Provenance: Acquired on the London art market in the 1980s.
£180-£250
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TWO ANCIENT POTTERY VESSELS
Including a large Persian globular jar with a tapered base and a small handle, circa 1st Millennium B.C., 34cm high; and a Roman amphora with short neck and small handles, circa 4th Century A.D., 21cm high (2)
Provenance: UK private collection, acquired from Bonhams, 22 April 1999; the globular jar, lot 375 (part), previously UK deceased estate, and the amphora, lot 248 (part).
£200-£300
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A LURISTAN BRONZE SWORD
Iran, circa 10th-8th Century B.C.
With tapering blade, the grip decorated in relief with three zig-zag lines separated by ridges, terminating in a crescent guard and attached to the blade with a raised circular design, 51.5cm long
Provenance: German private collection, Cologne, Mr.S, acquired in the 1980s.
£500-£600
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A LURISTAN BRONZE BLADE
Iran, circa 10th-8th B.C.
The leaf-shaped blade tapers to a point, with pronounced rib design, rounded shoulders and tang for decoration, 42cm long
Provenance: German private collection, Cologne, Mr.S, acquired in the 1980s.
£300-£400
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER SHALLOW BOWL
With flattened base and flat-cut rim, 29cm diam
Provenance: Nikos Paschalis (1918-1948) Collection, Greece, Egypt and the Middle East, thence by descent to the family in Australia.
£400-£600
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER JAR
Old Kingdom, circa 2649-2150 B.C.
The vessel flaring out at the rim and the base, 21.5cm high
Provenance: English private collection, acquired in London in the 1990s.
£800-£1,200
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AN EGYPTIAN LIGHT GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI FOR PADIWESIR
Late Period, 30th Dynasty, circa 360-342 B.C.
Holding a pick and hoe, with a seed bag hanging from the left shoulder, with impressed hieroglyphs in a T-shape on the front, describing Padiwesir as the Priest of 'Semeneq(?)' and born of Stjat-irt-bint, 14.1cm high
Provenance: French private collection of Mr. S.D., 1970s.
£400-£600
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF OSIRIS
Late Period, circa 664-30 B.C.
Depicted in typical mummiform posture, his hands emerging from a tightly-wrapped long cloak to hold a crook and flail, wearing a beard, uraeus and atef crown, details of the collar incised on the back, with a tang beneath, 14cm high
Provenance: American private collection, Mr J.A., New Jersey, formed in the last 50 years.
£400-£500
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THREE EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTIS
Ramesside Period - Late Period, circa 1292-332 B.C.
Including one light green glazed composition shabti, with details added in black, carrying two hoes, wearing a sidelock of youth, with a frontal column of text, 13.5cm high; a light blue glazed composition shabti with moulded details, carrying two picks, wearing a seed bag over the left shoulder, and with impressed hieroglyphs in a T-shape on the front, 13.5cm high; and a light green glazed composition shabti, with moulded details, carrying a pick and a hoe, wearing a seed bag over the left shoulder, and a frontal column of text, 12cm high (3)
Provenance: English private collection of Mr A.B., formed in the 1920s-1940s.
£350-£450
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TEN EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARABS
Second Intermediate Period - 26th Dynasty, circa 1650 B.C.-525 B.C.
Including one example engraved with the divine triad, Min, Horus and Isis, another with good luck signs, another reading 'Khonsu, beautiful of form', another with a Sphinx wearing a sun disk, and others, 1.2cm-2.1cm long (10)
Provenance: Gustave Mustaki Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, formed in the mid-20th Century.
£350-£450
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A LARGE EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB
Early 18th Dynasty, circa 1500-1425 B.C.
Anatomically carved with details of face, legs and wings, the underside carved with incised concentric circles and two dancing baboons facing each other, 3.7cm long
Provenance: Gustave Mustaki Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, formed in the mid-20th Century.
£200-£300
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THREE EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARABS WITH CARTOUCHES FOR TUTHMOSIS III
Early 18th Dynasty, circa 1500-1425 B.C.
Including one example with the cartouche, flanked by two uraei, 2.6cm long, the other two examples inscribed with concentric circles surrounding the cartouche, 2.5cm-3cm long (3)
Provenance: Gustave Mustaki Collection, Alexandria, Egypt, formed in the mid-20th Century.
£300-£400
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A SMALL EGYPTIAN LIGHT BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION VESSEL
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
Depicting three deities, wearing beards and holding Ma'at feathers, with lotus designs on the rounded base, 6.5cm high
Provenance: English private collection of Mr A.B., formed in the 1920s-1940s.
£400-£600
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AN ANCIENT PALE GREEN STONE SHALLOW DISH
Possibly Egypt or Mesopotamia
Round and shallow, with thick walls, 9cm diam
Provenance: from the estate of the late Christopher Sheppard, London, acquired pre-1988.
£200-£300
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE CARVED COMPARTMENTAL VESSEL
Late Period, circa 600 B.C.
Composed of two rectangular compartments, the lids decorated later with a scarab in black paint, 12cm long
Provenance: Nikos Paschalis (1918-1948) Collection, Greece, Egypt and the Middle East, thence by descent to the family in Australia.
£300-£500
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THREE EGYPTIAN ARTEFACTS
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
Including a bronze figure of Osiris, with incised details of the broad collar and the plumed headdress, 16.5cm high; a small turquoise glazed composition shabti, 6.2cm high; and a mummy bead necklace, restrung (3)
Provenance: English private collection, Mr M. Vaughan, London, formed in the 1970s-1980s.
£400-£600
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AN EGYPTIAN STONE FIGURE OF TUTU
Late Ptolemaic - Roman Period, circa 100 B.C.-A.D. 100
Depicted striding, wearing a striated wig and false beard, with a ram's head on the back of his head, a hole in the top of the head for the insertion of a separate crown, the details of the muscles incised on the lion's legs and a zig-zag pattern on his chest denoting the mane, 4.5cm high
Provenance: UK private collection of Miss Ann Louise Grainger (1900-1984). Reputedly acquired by one of Miss Grainger's older brothers, Charles or Fred, who were officers in the army in the early 20th Century, thence by descent. Published: O.E. Kaper, The Egyptian God Tutu: A Study of the Sphinx-God and Master of Demons with a corpus of monuments, Leuven, 2003, p.371, no.T-11.
£500-£700
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TWO ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURES
Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.
Including Harpocrates depicted as a naked child, holding a jar, his right index finger extended to his lips, 16cm; and a seated figure of Baubo wearing a short tunic, with raised arms and legs drawn inwards, both bases with typed collection labels: 'Miss E Reid, who travelled with her friend, Sir Ernest Wallis Budge to Egypt circa 1898-1901,' 12cm high (2)
Provenance: Fritz M. Gross (1895-1969) Collection. Thence by descent. The Viennese-trained architect and artist formed his collection of antiquities in the UK during the 1950s. He was also a renowned collector of Impressionist paintings and in 1990 the Ashmolean, Oxford, exhibited 'Impressionist and Modern: The Art and Collection of Fritz Gross' which displayed parts of his collection alongside some of his own work. Collection of Miss E. Reid, circa 1898-1901.
£500-£700
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TWO COPTIC BONE ARTEFACTS
Circa 5th-6th Century A.D.
Including a whistle decorated with dot-and-circles, 7cm long, and an open-work plaque with a row of stylised birds, 4.8cm long; together with a Roman silver fibula, circa 2nd Century A.D., the catchplate decorated with incised triangles, the terminal of the bow looped back and formed into the protome of a horse's head, 4.5cm long; and a piece of amber (4)
Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) Collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.
£150-£250
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