TimeLine Auctions - Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins Sale - Days 2 - 5

Late Period, 664-332 B.C. With integral square base and shallow socket to the top of the head; Bes shown standing nude with hands on hips, bearded...

Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Carved jasper poppy head amulets pierced at the narrow end. See Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, for...

Late Period, 664-332 B.C. or later. Lentoid in plan with addorsed goat-heads to the upper face, hieroglyphic text to the underside. Cf. Andrews, C...

Circa 100 B.C. Comprising fragments of papyrus manuscript with inked text in Demotic script. 32 grams, 29 x 21 cm (11 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.). Acquired...

Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Including red jasper heart ib, bunch of grapes, seated Hathor, Horus falcon, a sow, hand in 'fica' gesture, tilapia fish...

Circa 100 B.C. Fragments of a papyrus manuscript with text in Demotic script, remains of a painted grid or decorative figure. 35 grams, 26 x 14....

Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Wound construction with raised partially gilded decoration. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collectio...

Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. or later. Mixed group including millefiori and modelled types. 30.2 grams total, 26-42 mm (1 - 1 5/8 in.). Acquire...

Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Carved storage vessel with everted rim and strap handles. See Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, for d...

Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Carved and pierced at the stalk for threading. See Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, for discussion. ...

Circa 4th-3rd century B.C. C-section moulding with female face, pierced at the brow. Cf. similar in the collection of the British Museum under acc...

Circa 4th-3rd century B.C. Large D-shaped curved panel with female bust including detailed hairstyling. Cf. similar in the collection of the Briti...

Circa 4th-3rd century B.C. Three ceramic masks each moulded with a female face, pierced at the brow. Cf. similar in the collection of the British ...

Circa 4th-3rd century B.C. D-shaped ceramic panel with detailing moulding of a female bust with styled hair and soft facial features. Cf. similar ...

1st century A.D. Amphoriskos with flat disc-shaped body, tubular neck with flared rim, two lateral knee-shaped handles to the shoulder. Cf. Lightf...

1st-4th century A.D. Modelled in the round with curved neck, sitting on the lid of a balsamarium or other high-status vessel. 18.8 grams, 25 mm ...

1st-4th century A.D. Miniature vessels including unguentaria in various colours. 56 grams total, 42-83 mm (1 5/8 - 3 1/4 in.). Acquired 1970s-19...

1st-4th century A.D. Including a cobalt blue feeder bottle. 68 grams total, 46 -59 mm (1 3/4 - 2 3/8 in.). Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a No...

2nd-3rd century A.D. With long slender neck and everted rim. 37 grams, 12.5 cm (5 in.). Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collec...

1st-4th century A.D. Modelled in the round with naturalistic detailing, its hands covering its eyes. 22.7 grams, 32 mm (1 1/4 in.). ‘The Ancient...

Circa 1700 B.C. Steatite or talc D-section tablet with cuneiform text to the rounded face. See Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals i...

8th-10th century A.D. Comprising small vessels including a miniature plate. 104 grams total, 30-40 mm (1 1/8 - 1 1/2 in.). Acquired 1970s-1996. ...

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. With incised frieze depicting two leaping lions attacking antelopes. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Sea...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With frieze of antelopes and a tree. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Be...

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. With frieze of D-shaped figures and trees between. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopol...

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. With incised braided design forming diamond-shape hatching. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the...

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. Carved figure of a recumbent bull with headed turned, drilled eyes, legs folded beneath the body; drilled at the midriff...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. or later. Steatite or talc with two columns of cuneiform text, un-drilled: -num, son of Ad-da-al(?)-a/za(?); possibly unfi...

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. With incised design of interlaced parallel bands. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopol...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With incised frieze of figures and a frond or tree. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With frieze depicting a bird with wings spread above an advancing canine, tree and leaping goat. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient...

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. Comprising: bull in seated pose, quartz; nesting bird, steatite; crouching frog, serpentine. 7.71 grams total, 16-22 c...

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. Carved figure of a crouching cat with pricked ears; drilled at the shoulder for suspension. Cf. A Peaceable Kingdom/ The...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With incised frieze of a seated figure extending his hand to a standing figure in floor-length pleated garment, second fig...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Carved with a winged figure flanked by birds and animals. Cf. Collon, D., Near Eastern Seals, London, 1990, item 7, for ty...

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. With frieze of advancing figures. Cf. Collon, D., Near Eastern Seals, London, 1990, item 39, for type. 26.3 grams, 32 m...

Mid 1st millennium B.C. Carved with the head and neck draped over the back. 11.3 grams, 25 mm (1 in.). Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North ...

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. Carved image of a recumbent lion with socketted eyes, vertical hole for suspension. Cf. A Peaceable Kingdom/ The Leo Mil...

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. Plano-convex with drilled figurative zoomorphic design to the base; drilled for suspension. 9.62 grams, 24 mm (1 in.)....

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With frieze of two fighting scenes between a hero and a lion and a hero and an antelope, frond or tree between. Cf. Teissi...

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. With incised and drilled bird motifs. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection,...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With incised frieze of birds and animals in a landscape, guilloche borders above and below. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. With drilled frieze of antelopes grazing. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collectio...

Circa 1700 B.C. With two columns of cuneiform text, un-drilled: Nabi-Enlil, son of Ili-zi(?)nni; possibly unfinished. See Teissier, B., Ancient Ne...

8th-10th century A.D. Including two animal heads and a vessel with stopper. 44.8 grams total, 20-47 mm (3/4 - 1 7/8 in.). Acquired 1970s-1996. P...

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Formed as a bounding dog with stylised detailing to both faces; pierced for suspension. 4.24 grams, 25 mm (1 in.). Gabby...

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. With frieze of a hero fighting with two beasts. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli C...

19th century A.D. The round-section shaft with one tapered end and a pointed, bulbous head. 435 grams, 69 cm (27 1/8 in.). Acquired UK market. P...

10th-18th century A.D. Mainly comprising socketted axeheads and adzes, together with other items; including at least one stamped with maker's mark...

Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 2.6-1.7 million years B.P.. Basalt or similar natural stone pebble with crudely knapped cutting or chopping edge;...

2nd millennium B.C. Wedge-shaped cheeks with faceted upper and lower faces, roughly round-section socket with gently facetted collar and inverted ...

1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. La Tène Type I with integral pin and spring, expanding bow with integral catchplate and returned end with trumpe...

10th-11th century A.D. With tubular bronze handle and low-relief interlaced geometric designs. Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Sredne...

9th-11th century A.D. With domed profile to the distributor, three different beast-head finials to the strap-attachments. Cf. similar item in the ...

9th-11th century A.D. Mainly openwork plaques bird-shaped with voids and low-relief detailing. Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Sredne...

9th-11th century A.D. Composed of pelta-shaped cells and central circular dimple; lug to reverse. 18.2 grams, 42 mm (1 5/8 in.). From the collec...

Circa 15th-16th century A.D. In relief within a geometric border; pierced for attachment. 4.09 grams, 21 mm (3/4 in.). From the collection of a ...

20th century A.D. A Byzantine style cruciform pendant with suspension loop to top arm; bifacial engraving depicting saints, fish and geometric pan...

20th century A.D. Carved marble statuette of a nude male standing with arms extended laterally and legs together; socket to each shoulder and the ...

13th-14th century A.D. Comprising a decorated pot, four heads and a seated figure (head absent). 340 grams total, 31-63 mm (1 1/4 - 2 1/2 in.). ...