A brown glass oval intaglio decorated with a standing naked youth pouring wine from an amphora slung over his shoulder.
Roman, c. 1st Century BC - 1st Century AD
Intact as shown
Size: 1.2 x 0.9 cms
Ex. private collection, Sussex, UK; acquired early 20th Century
A cream slip glazed pottery bowl decorated to the interior with brown glazed pseudo-calligraphic script arranged in a cruciform pattern.
Eastern Iran, 10th to 12th Century AD
Expertly repaired from five large pieces.
Size: 10.9 x 4.3 cms
Ex. private collection, Denmark; acquired early 20th Century.
A fine white slip ware pottery flask with grey painted decoration around the shoulder, handle and rim. Either side of the mouth is decorated with an eye which gives the jug a zoomorphic appearance.
Cyprus, Early Iron Age, 1050-650 BC
Intact
Size: 13.2 x 9.3 cms
Ex. Montagnon collection, Paris, France.
A fine carved steatite scarab decorated with various designs arranged in a symmetrical pattern.
Egypt, Middle Kingdom, early 2nd Millennium BC
Intact as seen in the photographs, some minor cracks
Size: 1.5 x 1 cms
Ex. private collection, London, UK; acquired between the 1960's and 1980's.
A pottery storage vessel with a squat globular body and wide funnel shaped mouth.
Egypt, Middle Kingdom or Second Intermediate Period, early to mid 2nd Millennium BC
A few minor surface chips otherwise intact
Size: 10.8 x 10.5 cms
Ex. collection: Mrs. Mary Pearman, (1909-1999); acquired in Egypt between 1936-1944.
A thin green glass oval intaglio seal decorated with a standing naked figure.
Roman, 1st Century BC - 1st Century AD
Surface pitted as seen in the photographs.
Size: 1.4 x 1.1 cms
Ex. Private Collection, Sussex, UK; acquired early 20th Century.
A small carved steatite scarab decorated with an interlinking spiral pattern on the base.
Egypt, mid 2nd Millennium BC
Some small chips around the edges
Size: 1.3 x 1 cms
Ex. private collection, London, UK; acquired between the 1960's and 1980's.
A blue glazed faience amulet depicting the goddess Isis seated on a throne and nursing the infant Horus.
Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 730-332 BC
Crown lost, otherwise intact.
Size: 4.1 x 2.2 cms
Ex. private collection, UK; acquired in London during the early 1980's.
A carved black steatite scarab decorated on the base with a striding figure holding a vessel.
Palestinian or Phoenician, mid 1st Millennium BC
Minor chipping around the edges
Size: 1.9 x 1.2 cms
Ex. private collection, London, UK; acquired between the 1960's and 1980's.
A fine quality buff pottery trefoil lipped oinochoe decorated with grey painted bands and groups of concentric circles.
Cyprus, Early Iron Age, 1050-650 BC
Intact apart from a few minute surface chips
Size: 21.3 x 13.7 cms
Ex. private collection, Northampton, UK.
