ANCIENT ART & ANTIQUITIES - DAY 1

Circa 3rd millennium BC.A pottery vase with a hemispherical lower body displaying dark painted concentric circle patterns. The neck tubular in for...

Circa 3rd millennium BC.A pottery vase rising from a low ring foot. The vessel has a rounded lower body transitioning to a funnel-shaped neck with...

Circa 3rd millennium BC.A pottery vessel crafted with a biconical profile and broad corsetted shoulder. The mouth is distinguished by a thick pron...

Circa 3rd millennium BC.A pottery vase with a hemispherical body and a funnel-shaped neck leading to a flared rim. At the midsection of the neck, ...

Ca. 3rd millennium BC.A pottery bowl with a small circular foot and a tapered base, leading up to straight walls culminating in a thin rim. The ex...

Ca. 3rd millennium BC.A pottery vessel featuring a bulbous lower body with an upward-protruding tubular neck and everted rim. The exterior is ador...

Ca. 3rd millennium BC.A pottery bowl featuring a tapered base with gently flaring walls and a slightly everted rim. The exterior is adorned with a...

Ca. 3rd millennium BC.A pottery bowl resting on a low ring foot, with a flaring upward bowl. The decoration consists of black-painted, stylised de...

Ca. 3rd millennium BC.A biconical pottery vessel featuring a broad, tapered base and a sloped shoulder with an everted rim. The exterior is adorne...

Ca. 3rd millennium BC.A group of three pottery vessels. The largest is a deep, rounded bowl rising from a ring foot. The second is a smaller round...

Ca. 3rd millennium BC.A group of three pottery bowls presenting a variety of forms and decorations. The first bowl is broad, with a band of ibexes...

Ca. 2500 - 2000 BC.An earthenware jar in light brownish-grey with a rough texture and biconical profile. It has a flat, tapered base and a broad, ...

Ca. 300 BC - AD 400.A pottery jar with a bulbous body supported by an elevated foot. Its surface is adorned with a mesmerising decorative pattern ...

Ca. AD 100 - 200 or later.A grey schist seated figure depicting the emaciated Siddhartha, intricately carved to capture the profound intensity of ...

Ca. AD 200 or later.A finely carved Yakshi figure sculpted from grey schist, rendered in a one-sided carving. The figure stands barefoot with her ...

Ca. AD 100 - 400.A fragment of a stuccco frieze featuring a relief figure of a putto turned to the side and flanked by an intricately designed gar...

Ca. AD 200 - 500A Gandharan stone oil lamp with a leaf shaped body and a rim decorated with a geometric motif. Three handles are connected to the ...

Ca. 4th-6th century AD.A clay brick, rectangular in shape, distinguished by its meticulously carved facade. Within the recessed panel, the figure ...

Early Western Zhou Dynasty, Ca. 11th - 10th century BCThe body of the vessel is bulbous in shape, containing a band of elaborately cast scrolling ...

Possibly Ming Dynasty, Ca. AD 1368 - 1644.A bronze ritual pouring vessel with a squat body resting on four slender legs. The finely decorated main...

Ca. AD 600 -700.A pottery figure representing a seated female musician playing a string instrument. The woman is depicted seated on a square mat, ...

Ca. AD 400 - 500.A pottery figure of a male official depicted as a free-standing hollow-moulded sculpture. The figure stands with arms along the b...

Ca. AD 618 - 906.A cast mingqi terracotta sculpture, shown seated upright on a square base, with large muscular forepaws together, depicted with l...

Ca. 1st century BC.A beautiful pottery duck standing on meticulously detailed bronze legs. The hollow-moulded body tapers gracefully towards the t...

Ca. 1st century BC.An interesting pottery duck adorned with vibrant polychromy, standing gracefully on meticulously detailed bronze legs. The holl...

Ca. AD 1368 - 1644 or later.A sheep figure elegantly posed atop an integral rectangular base. The animal, save for its hooves, which are painted b...

Ca. AD 1368 - 1644 or later.A pottery pig figure is poised atop a rectangular base left unglazed. The pig itself is adorned with a lustrous green ...

Ca. AD 1368 - 1644 or later.A hollow moulded rooster figure poised in a standing position, emerging from an oval base. The bird exhibits layers of...

Ca. 206 BC - AD 220.A bronze mirror circular in form with a decorated upper face. The flat underside, left unadorned, was polished to achieve a re...

Ca. AD 618 - 907 or later.A round-shaped bronze mirror with a pierced central knob. The flat underside, left unadorned, was polished to achieve a ...

Qing Dynasty, Ca. AD 1644 - 1912.A bronze tripod censer standing proudly on three feet, each one adorned with intricately detailed zoomorphic attr...

Ca. AD 1368 - 1644 or later.A pottery figure portraying a female attendant standing on an integral two-stepped base, clad in a heavy and voluminou...

Ca. 19th century AD or later.A jade-carved censer featuring a deep, rounded bowl supported by three short, bent legs. The pronounced rim is fitted...

Ca. AD 1600.A jade carving in the shape of a flat-section axe head. The upper section features a rectangular tang designed for attaching the axe t...

Ca. 19th century AD or later.A pair of hardstone-carved figures representing animals in reclining positions. The finely rendered details in the ca...

Ca. 19th century AD.A finely carved recumbent horse with its head slightly lowered and an elaborate saddle on its back. The animal's hoofs, tail a...

Ca. AD 618 - 907.A pair of earthenware tiles, each rectangular in shape, and adorned on its upper face with a high-relief depiction of two facing ...

Ca. AD 618 - 907 or later.A pair of bronze mirrors, one circular and the other with a decorative edge, each features a slightly recessed upper fac...

Ca. AD 618 - 907 or later.A pair of bronze mirrors, each circular in form, and with a slightly recessed upper face and a flat, unadorned underside...