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AN EGYPTIAN GESSO PAINTED WOOD PANEL Ptolemaic Period, circa 305 - 30 B.C. Possibly the footboard from a coffin, the top of the fragment with several columns of hierglyphs, the front is decorated with two Anubis jackals facing each other, seated on altars which flank a column of unintelligible text, 27 x 16cm, Provenance: Private collection of an Austrian diplomat, acquired from 1976-1981; Ex Bonham's Knightsbridge, 8th May 2013, lot 316.
A NEAR EASTERN FROG AMULET Circa 3rd - 2nd Millennium B.C. Carved in brown and cream banded agate, the animal sits with its rear legs neatly bent and head raised, the eyes are worked as small raised ovals one each side of a groove that runs down th e back from nose to tail, drilled lengthways for attachment, 2.1cm long, Provenance: Private European Collection.
A SOUTH ITALIAN DRINKING VESSEL Circa 4th Century B.C. The vessel of slightly carinated form with two small handles, with banded umber slip decoration on the exterior and interior of the vessel, 5.5cm high, 10.6cm diameter. Provenance: Ex collecti on of The Museum of History of Oenology of Messrs. Martini & Rossi at Pessione, Italy, the produces of Vermouth Martini, presented to the agent for Martini in Zimbabwe (as was Rhodesia) by Martini's Export Manager in 1962, and thence by descent. Old paperwork detailing the Martini provenance accompanies the piece.
AN APULIAN TREFOIL OINOCHOE Circa 4th - 3rd Century B.C. With a loop handle joining the body of the vessel at the shoulder, the body of the vessel is decorated with a red figure of a woman with her hair gathered in a chignon at the back of her head, the vessel stands on a small ring foot, 7.8cm high, Provenance: Private collection, France.
THREE GLAZED TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS Circa 3rd - 4th Century A.D. Each lamp with a pierced filler hole in bowl, with short circular nozzles and small stump handles, 8.7 - 10.5cm long, (3) Provenance: Acquired on the German art market in the 1990s by the current owner.
THREE ROMAN BRONZE MIRRORS Circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D. All three spherical mirrors are slightly convex and one side would have been highly polished to create a mirrored surface, 6.5 - 7.5cm diameter, Provenance: Private UK collection.
A ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP Circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D. The bowl of the lamp with a circular opening surrounded by a raised lip, with a pierces nozzle, the lamp stands on raised foot of concentric circles, with a modern chain, 10cm long, Provenance: Acq uired, H.D. Rauch, Auction 27th January 2007, lot. 663.
TWO ROMAN BRONZE MIRRORS Circa 2nd - 3rd Century A.D. Both mirrors with pierced borders and incised concentric circle designs on the reverse, 8.9cm and 9cm diameter, (2) Provenance: Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 265, 2010, lot 684; Private co llection, Germany.
A ROMAN BRONZE POMEGRANATE BUD Circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D. Hollow, the bud stands on an integral circular foot, with a bulbous body that tapers to a circular opening, the surface of which is decorated with an incised ribbed design, 8.1cm high, Pr ovenance: The collection of Mr Eastman, Shrewsbury acquired prior to 2000; Private UK collection.
AN ASHANTI DOLL, GHANA Late 19th - early 20th Century Depicted with the characteristic large circular head with stylised facial features, the figure stands on two legs slightly bent at the knee in a crouching position, the torso with protruding bre asts and naval surmounted by a cylindrical neck with a neck ring, 32cm high, Provenance: Property from the collection of Mr William Charleson, acquired between the 1960s and 1980s.
AN IGBO IKENGA SHRINE FIGURE, NIGERIA Circa 1940s The stylised wood figure sits on an integral stool with bent legs and short arms held out in front of the abdomen below the pendulous breasts, with a highly stylised face, the mouth in an almost grima ce, wearing a headdress with ovoid protruding attachments and a necklaces with notches, the figure has surviving rust coloured pigment all over, 86cm high.
A WOOD FIGURE With slightly bent knees, the figure stands with hands in front of the body, the face with raised eyebrows, slit eyes and bared teeth, with a tall rectangular headdress, covered in two-tone white and red pigment, 45cm high.
A WOOD KNOBKERRIE With a long narrow handle terminated in a bulbous finial, flattened on the underside with a circular concave depression on the top, decorated with a circular metal appliques, some in the form of rosettes, 48cm long.