Western Asiatic Macehead

Early Dynastic III, 2900 BC-2350 BC. A white fine grained stone macehead with vase-shaped body and pierced through the centre; to one side the lion-headed bird deity Imdugud with wings outstretched; t

3rd millennium BC. A spherical alabaster macehead with drilled hole to accept the shaft. 193 grams, 57mm (2 1/4"). Ex Richard Gill, Eternal Egypt, in the 1980s.

13th-6th century BC. A tubular bronze macehead with gusseted collar to the lower end, ropework bands with geometric infill below a frieze of profile standing figures in ropework cells with hands clasp

13th-7th century BC. A tubular bronze macehead with flanges to the sockets, collar with incised triangular decoration, bulb with applied pellets. 310 grams, 87mm (3 1/2") Property of a North West Lond

2nd millennium BC. A piriform macehead with band of bosses to the equator, each with central incised ring, flared and chamfered rim to the socket. 455 grams, 69mm (2 3/4"). Ex an important central Lon

2nd millennium BC. A hardstone globular macehead with polished and pecked surface. 165 grams, 48mm (2"). Property of a London W1 collector; formerly acquired between 1970 and the late 1999s.

2nd millennium BC. A tubular stone macehead with three incised circumferential bands, three radiating lobes. 320 grams, 76.5mm (3"). Property of a London gentleman; part of a Mayfair collection formed

10th-7th century BC. A substantial bronze tubular fitting with slightly flared segment, raised collars, ropework bands and columns of raised lugs, narrow neck and flared mouth above. 430 grams, 20cm (

2nd millennium BC. A bronze tubular macehead with ribbed sockets, two median bands of projecting lugs. 167 grams, 62mm (2 1/2"). Private collection, North London; acquired in the early 1990s.

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A bronze tubular macehead with barrel-shaped body, five radiating piriform flanges. 252 grams, 52mm (2"). From an important London collection; acquired on the UK art market in t

13th-6th century BC. A tubular bronze sleeve with flanged ends and rib, three rows of three triangular spikes. 113 grams, 82mm (3 1/4"). From an important private London collection; formed in the 1970

2nd millennium BC. A bronze macehead or sceptre fitting in the form of an elongated dome with series of striations to the surface, collar to the base with plain band below, pierced, and with flattened

2nd millennium BC. A carved alabaster ovoid mace head with central mounting hole. 336 grams, 72mm (2 3/4"). From an old Tokyo collection; previously the property of a Japanese gentleman since the earl

An undated archaistic hollow-formed bronze macehead with ribbed lower body. 319 grams, 67mm (2 3/4"). Private collection, Buckinghamshire, UK. [No Reserve]

1250-650 BC. A bronze cudgel or macehead with flared base, ribbed collar above and plain handle; above three panels with repeating palm frond pattern; ribbed collar to the top. 600 grams, 20.5cm (8").

1250-650 BC. A bronze tubular cudgel or macehead with flanges to the socket, ribbed collars and bulb. 340 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of a London collector; acquired in the 1970s.

A mixed group of undated archaistic group stone items comprising a stamp of a crouching dog, a plaque with two-headed standing figure and a macehead with decorated panels. 1.4 kg total, 8-16cm (3 - 6

Western Asiatic, Ca. 1200-700 BC. A cast bronze mace head featuring a cylindrical body that would have been affixed to a wooden or less ornamented metal staff via a socket located beneath the flat-tip

A Western Asiatic gold lion-headed bracelet Circa 5th-4th Century B.C. The penannular hoop of round cross-section, each terminal formed of a naturalistic lion's heads, with applied linked chain, rope

Ca. 560 BC A terracotta temple foundation brick of Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, rectangular with fourteen columns of cuneiform text mentioning the foundation of a temple by Nebuchadnezzar II. Tr

2nd millennium BC. A hollow-formed bronze male head with aquiline nose and deep eye-sockets (to accept inserts), radiating bands above the brow. 181 grams, 61mm (2 1/2"). Property of a London gentlema

13th-6th century B.C. A bronze axehead with ribbed openwork socket terminating in a butt formed of four cones, the blade expanding from the mouth of a growling lion with a flowing mane; mounted on a c

Ca. 560 BC A terracotta temple foundation brick of Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, rectangular with fourteen columns of cuneiform text mentioning the foundation of a temple by Nebuchadnezzar II. Bo

12th-7th century BC. A two-part annular bracelet comprising a sheet-gold tube over a core; on the longer, female section, the open rim strengthened and decorated with a guilloche in filigree gold wire