Western Asiatic Sumerian Miniature Mask

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A ceramic mask with bands of incised rings to the throat and brow, hollow to the reverse. 15 grams, 47mm (1 3/4") Property of a North London gentleman; formerly with a Mayfair g

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

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A triangular terracotta tag with holes to two corners, the broad surfaces with impressions from the scribe's cylinder seal, overwritten with cuneiform text to two faces and one

2200-2100 BC. A limestone cylinder seal with figural frieze; accompanied by a museum-quality impression and typed and signed scholarly note issued by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the

Limestone c. 3000-2800 BCE. Largest one measuring 37 mm.,Lifelong collection from the estate of a gentleman seal collector

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A discoid schist(?) stamp seal with pierced knop handle, intaglio profile image of a standing kilted figure of Anu the Creator with wings to the shoulders, hooked frond in each

Limestone quartz and hardstone c. 3000-2800 BCE. Largest one measuring 32 mm.,Lifelong collection from the estate of a gentleman seal collector

Limestone c. 3000-2800 BCE. Largest one measuring 34 mm.,Lifelong collection from the estate of a gentleman seal collector

3rd millennium BC. A plano-convex opaque chalcedony stamp seal with drilled design of four zoomorphs; pierced for suspension. 3.97 grams, 18mm (3/4"). Ex Rihani Family Collection; acquired before 1980

1st millennium BC. A miniature bronze axehead with square socket ribbed to each face, triangular blade with spur to the upper edge; old collector's label '274' to one face. 70 grams, 74mm (3") Propert

20th century AD. A carved alabaster figure with hands clasped to the chest, panelled kilt, discoid base, bald head and long beard; pierced lug to the reverse. 506 grams, 18cm (7"). Ex Swiss collection

2nd millennium BC. A flat-section bronze axehead with rectangular tang, trapezoidal body and flared blade with curved cutting edge. 46 grams, 96mm (3 3/4") UK art market, acquired prior to 2000.

13th-6th century BC. A bronze tubular element from a sceptre with ribbed collars, band of human masks with horse-heads(?) between, finial of two lion masks. 68 grams, 11cm (4 1/4") Private collection,

A group of three miniature Dan masks, Western Africa, mid-20th Century, each nicely carved with short or no hair, narrow eyes and jutting chin. Sometimes referred to as 'Passport Marks' and worn or se

A group of three miniature Dan masks, Western Africa, mid-20th Century, each nicely carved with short or no hair, narrow eyes and jutting chin. Sometimes referred to as 'Passport Marks' and worn or se

1st century BC. A rectangular gesso plaque depicting a feline deity mask, modelled in the half-round with orange-red pigment to surfaces; mounted on a custom-made stand. 8.9 kg, 37cm including stand (

19th-16th century BC. A terracotta plaque formed as L-shaped throne with two miniature feet to the bottom; low-relief motif of a seated goddess dressed in long loose robe wearing horned tiara, holding

Ca. 2141-2122 BC A fine Mesopotamian Neo-Sumerian clay foundation cone with roughly four-fifths of its conical body wrapped in lines of dense cuneiform text. The body tapers to a rounded point and has

Ca. 2000 BC An ancient Sumerian temple foundation cone of clay with a flat base on the broadside and a rounded tip on the opposite side. The body inscribed with vertical lines of cuneiform script. The

1st millennium BC. A bronze disc with repoussé detail of a central facing mask with ropework border supported on a leafy stem, flanked by opposed pairs of running goats(?) each with a crouching human

9th-7th century BC. A bronze jar with squat body, broad tubular neck, flared rim, deep shoulder, ring of domed bosses to the obverse surrounding a short spout formed as a female mask with deep eye soc

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of glass and other amuletic heads comprising: a schist head on plaque with diagonal piercing; a marble mask with diagonal piercing, pierced ears and small holes to

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. Property of a North American collector. London collectio

12th-13th century A.D. A miniature moulded glass bottle composed of a broadly cylindrical body and flared neck, the body decorated with swirls and fluting. 45.6 grams, 61 mm high (2 3/8 in.). Acquired