FINE ANCIENT ART - THE PRINCE COLLECTION Auction on Feb 01, 2026 by Apollo Art Auctions in London
LARGE EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD ANTHROPOID COFFIN LIDSTUNNING CORINTHIAN BRONZE HELMETAPULIAN RED-FIGURE TERRACOTTA FISH PLATE
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FINE ANCIENT ART - THE PRINCE COLLECTION

A continuation of important sales, Apollo Art Auctions presents an outstanding assemblage of over 500 lots of ancient art and antiquities, featuring one of the strongest and diverse sales to date: Important Ancient Art & Antiquities. The auction holds impressive proevanances comprising of pieces coming from the Prince Collection, distinguished by its royal associations, the Leo Mildenberg Collection, a prominent German numismatist and antiquities collector, Arther M. Sackeler (1913 - 1987), a major collector known for his collection of ancient art from the Near East and South Asia, Jean Marais (1913 - 1998), a well known French actor and artist, John Kluge (1914 - 2010), art collector and philanthropist who held a significant collection of Classical antiquities, and Emile Brugsch (1842 - 1930), a German Egyptologist known for having found the tomb of Djer, which the Egyptians believed was the tomb of Osiris. Featuring an excellent selection of Egyptian antiquities followed by exceptional Roman marbles, each accompanied by authentication reports. Further highlights include striking ancient weaponry including helmets, swords and daggers. Notable highlights in the Classical selection include over 20 large Greek pottery vases. Furthermore, the sale holds a wide range of Western Asiatic and Near Eastern seals, idols, stone reliefs and works from the Gandharan, Buddhist and Chinese cultures. Commencing on the 1st of February 2026 at 1pm G.M.T. The auction stands as one of the most comprehensive ancient art sales Apollo has presented, appealing to collectors, institutions, and investors worldwide.
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WOODEN COFFIN FOR OSIRIAN CORN-MUMMY: Ca. 400 - 200 BC This mummiform bivalve wooden coffin, provided with rectangular plinth beneath the feet, shows a falcon head with human hears, framed by a striated tripartite wig. The falcon head is
0500: WOODEN COFFIN FOR OSIRIAN CORN-MUMMYEst. £15,000-£30,000£10,000(1 bid)
EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD SARCOPHAGUS MASK: Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC A polychrome wood sarcophagus mask with a pale face framed by a tripartite wig, the face with broad brows, large almond-shaped eyes with black cosmetic lines and pupils,
0501: EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD SARCOPHAGUS MASKEst. £4,500-£9,000£5,000(2 bids)
EGYPTIAN GREYWACKE ZOOMORPHIC COSMETIC PALETTE: Predynastic, Naqada I, Ca. 3900 - 3500 BCA greywacke cosmetic palette in the form of a stylised ram standing on short legs, with a rounded body and elongated muzzle. One side shows a drilled circular
0502: EGYPTIAN GREYWACKE ZOOMORPHIC COSMETIC PALETTEEst. £1,500-£3,500£1,000
EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF WITH WORSHIPPER: Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC. A sandstone relief carved in sunk relief with a bust-length figure in profile to the left, the head shaven and both forearms raised with open hands before the face,
0503: EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF WITH WORSHIPPEREst. £3,000-£5,000£2,000(1 bid)
EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE SLAB FRAGMENT WITH RELIEF OF NOBLEMAN: Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, 2345-2181 BC) This relief fragment shows part of the chest and the head of the figure of a nobleman in the act of fishing with the harpoon, of which only a portion of the
0504: EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE SLAB FRAGMENT WITH RELIEF OF NOBLEMANEst. £12,000-£20,000£8,000
EGYPTIAN BLACK STONE SEATED FIGURE OF SEKHMET: New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BCA black stone figure of Sekhmet seated on a block throne with a low back pillar and cross-hatched side panels, her legs together and feet resting on an integral base.
0505: EGYPTIAN BLACK STONE SEATED FIGURE OF SEKHMETEst. £1,500-£3,500£1,000
EGYPTIAN WOOD AND PLASTER SARCOPHAGUS MASK: Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 3o BCA wood and plaster sarcophagus mask modelled as an oval face with smooth planes and slightly rounded cheeks, the features formed in relief with
0506: EGYPTIAN WOOD AND PLASTER SARCOPHAGUS MASKEst. £1,500-£3,500£1,000
LARGE EGYPTIAN PAINTED SARCOPHAGUS PANEL WITH MASK: Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC. A carved wooden sarcophagus panel with a mask with painted detail, depicting a stylised face with large, almond-shaped eyes outlined in black, arched
0507: LARGE EGYPTIAN PAINTED SARCOPHAGUS PANEL WITH MASKEst. £2,000-£4,000£1,500
RARE EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT FIGURE WITH GOLD EARRINGS: Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC A fine bronze figure of a seated cat with an elongated body and slender forelegs set close together, the tail drawn forward along the right haunch. The small head is
0508: RARE EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT FIGURE WITH GOLD EARRINGSEst. £12,000-£20,000£15,000(2 bids)
EGYPTIAN WOODEN PTAH-SOKAR-OSIRIS: Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC A composite wooden statuette of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris in three parts, showing the mummiform god standing above a rectangular platform and fixed at the rear. He wears an atef
0509: EGYPTIAN WOODEN PTAH-SOKAR-OSIRISEst. £10,000-£20,000£5,000
EGYPTIAN MULTI STONE LOTUS CUP: Late Predynastic Period to Early Dynastic Period, Ca. 3325 - 2575 BCA travertine and argillite vessel in the form of a lotus flower, with a tapering body rising to a flat shoulder and a short
0510: EGYPTIAN MULTI STONE LOTUS CUPEst. £30,000-£50,000£10,000
EGYPTIAN WOODEN PTAH-SOKAR-OSIRIS: Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC A wooden Ptah-Sokar-Osiris statuette, shown mummiform beneath a tripartite wig, the face modelled in low relief. The body tapers to a rounded base with a projecting
0511: EGYPTIAN WOODEN PTAH-SOKAR-OSIRISEst. £3,000-£6,000£1,000
EGYPTIAN GRANITE HEAD AND TORSO OF QUEEN: New Kingdom, Ca. 1478 - 1458 BC An Egyptian granite bust of a queen, Early Eighteenth Dynasty, New Kingdom, carved from red granite and originally conceived as part of a life-size seated figure. The
0512: EGYPTIAN GRANITE HEAD AND TORSO OF QUEENEst. £30,000-£50,000£20,000
EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF OSIRIS: Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 1069 - 664 BC A painted wood figure of Osiris shown mummiform, with a long tapering body set on a rectangular base and the arms bent at the elbows with the forearms
0513: EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF OSIRISEst. £3,000-£6,000£2,000
LARGE EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD ANTHROPOID COFFIN LID: Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BCA large painted wooden anthropoid coffin lid, carved with a rounded head and shoulders and a flat body panel. The face is modelled with arched brows,
0514: LARGE EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD ANTHROPOID COFFIN LIDEst. £7,500-£15,000£5,000
ROMANO-EGYPTIAN WOODEN FUNERARY PORTRAIT OF NOBLEWOMAN: Ca. AD 100 - 300 A wooden funerary portrait panel painted with the frontal bust of a noblewoman, with large eyes and arched brows, the hair arranged beneath a wreath of leaves in applied gold leaf.
0515: ROMANO-EGYPTIAN WOODEN FUNERARY PORTRAIT OF NOBLEWOMANEst. £7,500-£15,000£5,000
EGYPTIAN NAQADA BLACK-TOPPED VESSEL: Ca. 4000 - 3500 BC. A cylindrical vessel with a tapering body and flat base, the exterior in reddish-brown with the upper section in black. For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, 1973.1.366.
0516: EGYPTIAN NAQADA BLACK-TOPPED VESSELEst. £2,000-£3,000£2,000
HUGE EGYPTIAN WOODEN MODEL BOAT WITH ROWERS AND OARS - 1.5 meters: Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BCA large wooden model boat under oars, the long narrow hull carved from a single piece with a pointed bow and a slightly raised stern, the interior hollowed. Fourteen
0517: HUGE EGYPTIAN WOODEN MODEL BOAT WITH ROWERS AND OARS - 1.5 metersEst. £40,000-£60,000£20,000
EGYPTIAN AMARNA PERIOD RELIEF OF WORSHIPPERS: Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC. A sandstone relief fragment carved with two pairs of bust-length worshippers, each shown in profile, one pair facing right and the other facing left. All figures
0518: EGYPTIAN AMARNA PERIOD RELIEF OF WORSHIPPERSEst. £3,000-£5,000£2,000
MONUMENTAL EGYPTIAN GRANITE RELIEF WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTION AND CARTHOUCHE: New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BCA rectangular stone relief fragment carved in sunk relief with hieroglyphs arranged in vertical registers separated by incised dividing lines.Size: 250mm x 570mm;
0519: MONUMENTAL EGYPTIAN GRANITE RELIEF WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTION AND CARTHOUCHEEst. £12,000-£20,000£8,500(2 bids)
EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTION WITH CARTOUCHE: New Kingdom, XIXth Dynasty (Ca. 1293-1185 BC). A sandstone relief fragment of rectangular form, carved in sunk relief with a cartouche enclosing a hieroglyphic inscription [...he made (it) as his
0520: EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTION WITH CARTOUCHEEst. £40,000-£60,000£20,000
EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF WITH PRIESTS: Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC. A sandstone relief carved in sunk relief with four shaven-headed male heads set close together and shown in profile to the left, each with a large, rounded cranium,
0522: EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF WITH PRIESTSEst. £2,000-£3,000£2,000
EGYPTIAN FRAGMENT OF SANDSTONE FUNERARY STELA: XXV Dynasty 747-664 BC. An Egyptian fragment of a funerary stela. This is likely the second register of the stela: the offerings for the deceased and part of his son's face performing funerary
0523: EGYPTIAN FRAGMENT OF SANDSTONE FUNERARY STELAEst. £2,000-£3,000£2,000