Antiquities and African & Oceanic Art

SPOON SCULPTURE BERGAMO MOUNTAINS, ITALY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY carved wood 74cm high, 23cm wide, 9.5cm deep Provenance:  From the private collectio...

MASSIM LIME SPATULA PAPUA NEW GUINEA carved wood and lime, topped with a seated figure with a moustache and wearing a hat, with lime fill and whi...

CEREMONIAL OR WAR CLUB MALAITA, SOLOMON ISLES, MELANESIA, 19TH CENTURY carved & incised wood 69cm high, 15cm wide

VUNIKAU ANTIQUE ROOTSTOCK CLUB FIJI, POLYNESIA, EALRY 19TH CENTURY carved and incised wood 109cm high

FIJIAN THROWING CLUB, ULA TAVATAVA FIJI, 19TH CENTURY carved wood, with an incised geometrical design throughout the entirety of the handle leadi...

CEREMONIAL WOODEN PADDLE MARQUESAS ISLANDS, FRENCH POLYNESIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY the whole profusely carved, with the finial showing two tiki fig...

CAROLINE ISLANDS "TOLUK" DISH PALAU, EARLY 20TH CENTURY carved and polished turtle shell, the shallow dish with steep walls and a series of fourt...

BREASTPLATE ORNAMENT, KAPKAP NGGELA SULE, SOLOMON ISLANDS tridacna clam and turtle shell with coconut fibers, the disc-shaped ornament overlain w...

MAORI HEI-TIKI PENDANT NEW ZEALAND nephrite, the ornament with carved features, the head angled and arms shown held to the legs, eye inlaid with ...

MAORI HEI-TIKI PENDANT NEW ZEALAND nephrite, the ornament with carved features, the head angled and arms shown held to the legs 9.2cm high, 5cm w...

FISH TRAP NISSAN ISLAND wood and woven vegetal fibre, raised on a bespoke mount 51cm tall Provenance:  Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, Los AngelesC...

COLLECTION OF ITEMS RELATING TO THE WONENARA TRIBE EASTERN HIGHLANDS PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY comprising of a large paintin...

HUGE COLLECTION OF ZULU SPOONS SOUTH AFRICA carved wood and woven fabric, a large collection of fifty-five spoons and two fabric holders, each of...

GROUP OF LARGE ZULU BEER LADLES SOUTH AFRICA carved wood, each variously decorated with raised nodules and amasumpa (6) largest 89cm long Provena...

ZULU BEADWORK COLLECTION SOUTH AFRICA beads, metal and fibre string, a selection of Zulu beadwork presented within a bespoke wooden case 44.5cm h...

AMHARA SHIELD ETHIOPIA, 19TH CENTURY worked hide, of classic conical form with incised detailing and loop handle to the reverse, with incised and...

DOGON KANAGA MASK MALI carved wood, the face mask with a wooden superstructure above in the form of a double barred cross with short vertical ele...

ASHANTI STOOL GHANA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY carved wood, with a curved seat, four supporting pillars and a circular central supporting column standin...

BAMILEKE STOOL CAMEROON, EARLY - MID 20TH CENTURY carved wood, the circular seat supported by two rows of eight carved heads, accentuated with pi...

AFRICAN NEOLITHIC QUARTZITE MILLSTONE TENERIAN CULUTRE, C. 4TH – 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. sculpted quartzite, with elongated silhouette gracefully tap...

AFRICAN NEOLITHIC GREEN FELSITE POUNDER TENERIAN CULTURE, CENTRAL SAHARA, C. 4TH – 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. carved and polished green felsite, of cyli...

DINOSAUR TOOTH, AFRICAN "T-REX", CARCHARODONTOSAURUS SAHARICUS NORTHWESTERN AFRICA, CRETAEOUS PERIOD, 96 MYA a fine and large example from Carcha...

COLLECTION OF NORDIC FLINT TOOLS DENMARK, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, C. 4TH – 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. a small collection of Neolithic flint tools, consisting ...

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULET OF KHONSU AS A BABOON EGYPT, LATE PERIOD, 664 - 332 B.C. faience, depicted squatting, its paws on its knees, deta...

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN STYLE ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR WITH HAPI LID the lid sculpted in the form of a baboon head in depiction of one of the Four Sons of...

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC RED-POLISHED POTTERY JAR NAQADA II-III, C. 3500-3000 B.C. red terracotta, of ovoid form with pointed base and small ...

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC BLACK-TOPPED POTTERY JAR NAQADA I-II, C. 3900 – 3300 B.C. fired ceramic, of ovoid form with tapering base and rounde...

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC RED POTTERY JAR NAQADA I-II, C. 3900 – 3300 B.C.  fired ceramic, of ovoid form with tapering base and rounded lip, w...

ANCIENT ROMANO-EGYPTIAN FEMALE FIGURE EGYPT, C. 2ND CENTURY A.D. hollow-moulded red terracotta, the figure shown with her long chiton hiked up to...

ANCIENT CYPRIOT BICHROME WARE AMPHORA CYPRUS, CYPRO-ARCHAIC PERIOD, C. 600-475 B.C. painted terracotta, standing on a disc base, the rounded body...

ETRUSCAN ASKOS IN THE FORM OF A DUCK NORTHERN ITALY, C. 330 B.C. painted terracotta, standing on a disc base, in the manner of a small duck, the ...

ANCIENT CYPRIOT ZOOMORPHIC AKSOS VESSEL CYPRUS, MIDDLE CYPRIOT, 1900 – 1600 B.C. painted terracotta, in the form of a quadruped, with loop handle...

CAMPANIAN LEKYTHOS ATTRIBUTED TO THE BRANICKI PAINTER SOUTHERN ITALY, C. 330 - 320 B.C. painted ceramic, standing on a ring base, the ovoid body ...

ETRUSCAN RED FIGURE OLPE NORTHERN ITALY, C. 340 B.C. the globular body decorated with a seated woman in a chiton and a single palmette underneath...

THREE APULIAN POTTERY VESSELS SOUTH ITALIAN, 4TH CENTURY B.C. the first a black figure squat lekythos, showing a running figure between a man and...

CANOSIAN TERRACOTTA DOLPHIN HELLENISTIC, 4TH CENTURY B. C. naturalistically modelled, with some remnants of white slip and blue paint, two attach...

BOETIAN GODDESS IDOL GREECE, 6TH CENTURY B.C. painted terracotta, hand-moulded, standing on an oval base, the avian-like face features a beak-sha...

BOETIAN GODDESS IDOL GREECE, 6TH CENTURY B.C. painted terracotta, hand-moulded, standing on an oval base, the contours of the flattened body hidd...

GROUP OF SYRO-HITTITE TERRACOTTA FIGURES CIRCA 2000 B.C. comprising two goddesses with small heads with pointed noses and long necks wearing neck...

PARTHIAN FEMALE BONE DOLL CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D. carved with a belted tunic, long neck with pronounced venus wrinkles, hair tied in a chignon...

SMALL SABAEAN ALABASTER STELE SOUTHERN ARABIA, C. 200 B.C. carved alabaster, the unadorned stele with rounded corners, the base with inscription ...

SABAEAN ALTAR FRIEZE SOUTHERN ARABIA, 4TH - 3RD CENTURY B.C. carved banded alabaster, forming part of the decorative edge of a table or altar, ad...

BACTRIAN ALABASTER VESSEL CENTRAL ASIA, C. LATE 3RD/EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. .1522 carved alabaster, cylindrical in form, flaring to the slightl...

BACTRIAN ALABASTER VESSEL CENTRAL ASIA, C. LATE 3RD/EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. bactrian alabaster vase  15cm tall Note: Though for centuries the ...

ANCIENT BACTRIAN ALABASTER CUP BACTRIA–MARGIANA, C. LATE 3RD/EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. carved and polished alabaster, standing on a flat base, th...

GROUP OF SIX ROMAN GLASS BOTTLES 3RD CENTURY A. D. three with funnel-shaped necks over globular bodies, the largest 16.5cm high; together with a ...