TWO BRONZE CICADA BROOCHES Circa 3rd - 5th Century A.D. Both of deltoid form with diagonal incisions on the bodies to indicate the wings, the impression of insect eyes also indicated by incised triangles, both 7.5cm long, (2) Provenance: From an i mportant London collection, acquired in the 1970s.

A GALLO-ROMAN LONG PLATE BROOCH Circa 2nd - 3rd Century A.D. The central hollow disc is decorated with a band of alternate black and white enamel surrounding an inner ring of bright blue. It is flanked by inlaid terminals of adorsed crescentic lun ettes set with white enamel terminating in a small disc of red enamel with a bright blue area of enamel between, 4.9cm high, Provenance: UK collection, acquired 1992, Literature: Richard Hattatt, 'Iron Age and Roman Brooches' (Oxford, 1985) pp. 168-169, nos. 600-601 shows similar examples. A close parallel can be seen in 'Antiken aus Rheinischem Privatbesitz' (Bonn, 1973) tafel 191, Nr. 420/3, pp. 260-261.

FOUR EUROPEAN BRONZE FIBULAE AND A ROMAN BRONZE RING Circa 1st-5th Century A.D. Including a Romano-British bronze fibula, with central rib with leaves design on the arch, 6cm long; a Gallo-Roman bronze fibula in the shape of a phallus, with traces of enamel remaining, 3.2cm long; a Gallo-Roman bronze fibula in the form of a cicada, 2.7cm long; a European bronze disc fibula with enamel, 3.3cm diam, and a bronze ring with a circular bezel, (5) Provenance: The Romano-British fibula, found in Piercebridge, County Durham; the fibula in the shape of a phallus from a UK private collection; the cicada fibula from a UK private collection, acquired in 1991; the bronze disc fibula from a UK private collection, acquired in 1988,

A GROUP OF BRONZE FIBULAE Circa 1st - 3rd Century A.D. Including a Romano-British umbonate brooch, 3.5cm diameter; a Romano-Celtic bronze wheel fibula with decorative enamelling, 3.2cm diamter; a Roman fibula with lettering reading MARS, 3.4cm hig h; a Gallo-Roman bronze crescent fibula with enamel inlays, 4.3cm long; a Gallo-Roman silver fibula of an urn, 2.7cm long; a Gallo-Roman bronze lunular fibula with enamel inlays, 3.9cm long, (6) Provenance: The umbonate brooch, Ex private UK collection, acquired by current owner in 1990; the Roman MARS fibula, Private collection Austria acquired prior to 1997, Ex Dorotheum 22nd April 1997, lot 144; the other four fibulae all ex private UK collection.

A ROMAN BRONZE FOOT FRAGMENT Circa 2nd - 3rd Century A.D. Probably from a larger than life-size hollow cast statue, the fragment of the foot with three elongated toes and defined toe nails, 8.3cm long 9.2cm wide, Provenance: Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nac hfolger, Auction 254, 13th February 2008, lot 343.

AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A WARRIOR Circa 5th - 3rd Century B.C. Possibly a depiction of Herakles, the figure stands nude in a typical combat pose, with his right arm raised originally holding a club, now missing, his left arm broken above the e lbow, his muscular body naturalistically moulded, 8.9cm high, 11.2cm high inc. base, Provenance: Private collection, Germany, acquired before 1980; Ex Gorny & Mosch Auction 163, 2007, lot 755 (part).

A ROMAN BRONZE CUPID PENDANT Circa 1st Century B.C. - 1st Century A.D Depicted as plump and youthful, Cupid sits nude with one arm raised above his head holding a curved object, he holds and skyphos to his chest in his right hand, with spread wing s, one of which survives with incised feather detail, wearing a diadem, the top of his head is pierced for suspension, 5.7cm high, Provenance: Collection of V. Hruby, acquired between the 1950s and 60s; Private collection, 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.

A GROUP OF MOSAIC BEADS Roman Period and later Including a dark blue ovoid bead with a repeated colourful face motif; a spherical blue and white bead with a red band running around the bead with faces within it; a multicoloured ovoid bead with deco rative black and white rosettes; and nine further colourful beads, (Qty) Provenance: Private UK collection.

A ROMAN GLASS PHIAL Circa 3rd - 4th Century A.D. Of pale blue glass, with a slender piriform body that tapers to a wide flaring mouth, 11cm long, Provenance: Private German Collection acquired in the 1970s.

A ROMAN INTAGLIO OF A LION Circa 1st - 4th Century A.D. Of brown stone, the figure of a maned lion facing left underneath a rayed sun, 1.2cm long, Provenance: H.D. Rauch, Auction 82. 2008, lot 1136

A THRACIAN SILVER GILT MOUNT OF TWO CONFRONTING EAGLES Circa 4th Century B.C. A silver gilt mount of two confronting eagles with hooked beaks, with the gilt providing accents and details to the two birds, the bodies and wings represented in a styl ised manner with incised loop shapes, the gilt on silver decoration is very much typical of Thracian pieces, with three small functional holes sit around the edges of the eagles, 4.6cm high, Provenance: Collection of James Bishop, acquired prior to 1970, Literature: For examples of the Thracian practice of gilt silver accoutrements, see I. Marazov (ed.), 'Ancient Gold: The Wealth of the Thracians' (New York, 1998), particularly the phalera now in the Museum of History, Lovech (inv. no. 591), p. 137, no. 62.

A GROUP OF BRONZE PIECES Including a Phrygian bronze brooch, circa 6th century B.C.; two bronze buckles and a hooked attachment, Dark Ages, 6th - 8th century A.D., 5.6 - 7.2cm long, Provenance: UK private collection.

A BYZANTINE 'GREEK FIRE' HAND GRENADE Circa 7th - 11th Century A.D. Of glazed terracotta, the mishapen spherical grenade has a indented band around the middle, with a short neck into which oil would have been poured, 11cm long, Provenance: Private UK collection.

THREE OSTROGOTHIC FIBULAE IN THE FORM OF CICADAS Circa 5th - 6th Century A.D. Including an example with a triangular body decorated with a series of punched circles and flanked by a pair of pointed wings, terminating in a triangular head with prot ruding rounded eyes, 2.5cm long; an example with a sharply pointed head with large triangular eyes in relief and short thorax decorated with three raised ribs and triangular wings, 4.7cm long; and an example with a short triangular body, pointed wings decorated by short incised lines, terminating in a rectangular head marked with a series of diagonal incisions representing the eyes, 4.7cm long (3) Provenance: The first from a UK collection, acquired 1989, the latter two from private UK collections.

A SUBSTANTIAL CELTIC TWISTED BRONZE TORC Late Bronze Age - Early Iron Age, circa 800 - 600 B.C. The large circular ring with a fine green patina is decorated with tightly spiralled raised ribs with square terminals are finished with raised mushroo m headed knobs bent to interlock, 20 cm diameter, Provenance: Private collection, Germany, acquired 1980s - 1990s; Ex Hermann Historica 14th April 2008, lot 227, Literature: For a similar type, though with different shaped terminals, see Richard Hattatt, 'Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts' (Oxford, 1989) pp. 408-409, fig. 3 no. 9.

A VIKING BRONZE SPIRAL AMULET Circa 9th - 12th Century A.D. The armlet is formed of single piece of coiled bronze, with a slightly raised midrib, 6.3cm long, Provenance: Private UK collection.

A NEOLITHIC IRISH STONE AXE HEAD Circa 3000 B.C. With a polished black surface, of elongated tear drop form tapering to a point, with a slightly curved cutting edge, 23.5cm long, Provenance: George Raphael (1850 - 1909)

A DANISH FLINT AXE HEAD Circa 4000 - 2500 B.C. Of trapezoidal form in pale grey flint, with a curved cutting edge and a squared-off butt, with old collection labels in black ink, 12.5cm long. Provenance: John William Wheway Collection, Hertfordsh ire, UK; 1897-1974; thence by family descent.

A WESTERN ASIATIC CARNELIAN BEAD NECKLACE Restrung with a modern clasp, composed of forty-six faceted and polished spherical beads, the central bead larger than the others, 71.5cm long, Provenance: Private collection, Germany, acquired 1960s - 19 80s.

A ROMAN BRONZE RING WITH A JASPER INTAGLIO Circa 2nd - 4th Century A.D. With a broad shank which tapers to a narrower band, the intaglio incised with crossed hands, ring size G 1/2, Provenance: Private collection, Munich, acquired before 2000.

FOUR MEDIEVAL BRONZE BANGLES Circa 9th - 13th Century A.D. Including three composed of twisting strands terminating in loops; and an example of a single piece of bronze with incised circular designs, 5.9 - 7.7cm wide, (4) Provenance: Acquired in the 1990s on the German Art market by the current owner.

TWO ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS Circa 2nd - 3rd Century A.D. One earring composed of an oval open work disc with a central cameo of a woman, three attachment pendants are suspended below, possibly added later, 3.2cm long; the other earring in the form of a hoop with applied decorative granules and strands, 2cm diameter; and a cameo, possibly not ancient, (3) Provenance: Earring with pendants, Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger., Auction 265, 9th February .2010, lot 1066; Gold earring, acquired 2000; Cameo, Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 252, 25th September 2007, lot 1537.

A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS Circa 2nd - 3rd Century A.D. Both composed of two openwork convex rosettes with a central green glass bead, 1.5cm diameter each, (2) Provenance: Collection of V. Hruby, acquired between the 1950s and 60s; Private coll ection, Germany.

A GROUP OF GOLD EARRINGS Including a pair of Western Asiatic small penannular earrings, circa 2nd century B.C.; two similar Roman earrings both with a circular disc with granular border decoration, one with a central knop surrounded by granular deco ration, the discs surmount clusters of hollow spheres in both examples, circa 2nd - 4th century A.D.; a pair of penannular earrings with twisted wire decoration; and a single penannular earring, 1.3 - 5cm long, (7) Provenance: Property from the collection of Dr Sabah Al-Salihi, acquired between 1970 and 2000.

A SASSANIAN GOLD RING WITH ISLAMIC INTAGLIO Persian, circa 9th-10th century A.D. A Sassanian gold ring, consisting of a solid-cast hoop, with hammered ends soldered to the underside of the bezel, the bezel decorated with a border of gold dots and a larger gold ball at one end, with a slightly later oval carnelian with Kufic engraving, which reads as an inscription for 'Ali bin al-Husayn', ring size: P. Literature: For a similar, though less attractive example of an Islamic ring complete with Kufic inscription, see one now housed in the Ashmolean Museum (Acc. no. EAX.3100), Provenance: Private collection UK, acquired between 1960 and 1980.

A GREEK SOLID SILVER RING Circa 4th- 3rd Century B.C. The stirrup-shaped ring with thick hoop semi-circular in section and flat oval bezel carved in intaglio with a profile bust of Athena wearing a helmet and chiton, ring size: N, Literature: A si lver ring of similar shape in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is decorated with an image of Eros playing the double flute (acc. no. 01.8184), while a gold ring in the State Hermitage Museums in St. Petersburg shows a seated Athena Nikephoros (inv. no. Х.1899-9). Provenance: Collection of Mr and Mrs S. Broukal, formed in the 1950s, in the UK since 1956, and thence by descent.

A BYZANTINE GLASS BRACELET Probably made for a child, this small bracelet is formed of dark glass with pale yellow green mottling, 6cm diam, Provenance: Mr and Mrs S. Broukal Collection, formed in the 1950s, in the UK since 1956, and thence by des cent.

A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS Circa 2nd - 3rd Century A.D. Formed of two ridged concentric circles surrounding a green stone with a curved cross bar surmounted another green stone, 1.9cm long each, (2) Provenance: Collection of V. Hruby, acquired between the 1950s and 60s; Private collection, Germany.

A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS Circa 2nd - 3rd Century A.D. Formed of two openwork slightly convex rosettes, with a central green glass bead, with three green glass beads suspended below, 3.1cm long each, (2) Provenance: Collection of V. Hruby, acq uired between the 1950s and 60s; Private collection, Germany.

A MENDE HELMET MASK, SIERRA LEONE Early 20th Century With thick neck rings surmounted by a small face with a large smooth forehead, depicted with raised eyebrows, slit eyes and linear scarification marks on the cheeks, with a headdress covered in i ncised decoration indicating gathered braids, and two curved horns, 35cm high, Provenance: Property from the collection of Mr William Charleson, acquired between the 1960s and 1980s, Footnotes: This mask would have been worn by young female initiates into the 'Bundu' society.

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 ESKIMO STONE FIGURE Mid 20th Century From Provungkatuck, Baffin Island, carved in grey soapstone, the squat figure is depicted seated on a rock wearing thick clothing, his mittened hands rest on his lap, 11cm high, Provenance: Deaccessioned fr om the American Indian Art Gallery, Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Property from the collection of Mr William Charleson, acquired in 1963.

AN ESKIMO STONE FIGURE Mid 20th Century Formed of grey soapstone, the figure from Provungkatuck, Baffin Island, is depicted standing on a rock wrapped in several layers of thick clothing holding a large fish, with stylised facial features, 18cm hig h, Provenance: Deaccessioned from the American Indian Art Gallery, Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Property from the collection of Mr William Charleson, acquired in 1963.

A FANTI DOLL, GHANA Early - mid 20th Century With a tall cylindrical body surmounting an integral base, with projecting breasts and a crosshatched square on the lower torso, the flat trapezoidal head with stylised facial features, 39cm high. Prove nance: Property from the collection of Dr William Charleson, acquired between between the 1960s and 1980s.

A COSTA RICAN STONE HEAD Circa 1400 - 1500 A.D. Carved in volcanic rock, the large bald head is depicted with slit eyes, slightly raised eyebrows, a long nose with flared nostrils and a linear mouth with lips in shallow raised relief, 14cm high, Provenance: Property from the collection of Dr William Charleson acquired between the 1960s and 1980s.

A COSTA RICAN ANCESTOR FIGURE Circa 900 - 100 A.D. From the Diquis region in the Lowlands of Costa Rica, the limestone figure is of highly stylised form with broad squared shoulders and thick limbs with defined figures and toes, with a narrow torso terminating in an inverted triangular pelvis, the face of the figure with a heavy brow, large nose and wide linear mouth, 21cm high, Provenance: Property from the collection of Dr William Charleson, acquired in 1965.

AN EXCEPTIONAL BAGA D'MBA FEMALE BUST HEADDRESS Of elegant proportions, with an elongated face and protruding eyes, with deep carved decoration, the face, neck, and feet embellished with intricate metal sheets which are seamlessly integrated, with r emnants of red pigment, particularly on the eyes, 81cm high. Provenance: Property from the collection of Major Ian Kelsey. Kelsey retired from the army in 1898 to become an explorer, collecting in African tribal art between 1898 and 1920; thence by descent; property from the collection of Prof. Tassilo Erhardt.

A LARGE SENUFO DEBLE RHYTHM POUNDER, IVORY COAST With slender elongated torso and arms, the figure stands on short legs with large rounded buttocks, with large pendulous breasts with linear scarification marks, with a stylised face with slit eyes, a long linear nose and a small crest headdress, 114cm high, Provenance: Property from the collection of Major Ian Kelsey. Kelsey retired from the army in 1898 to become an explorer, collecting in African tribal art between 1898 and 1920; thence by descent; property from the collection of Prof. Tassilo Erhardt.

A HEMBA KABEJA JANIFORM MALE AND FEMALE FIGURE, DRC Of unusual small scale form, the two figures stand with their shoulders adjoined but with a hollow space between the backs and legs, the figures wear a tall conical headdress with incised linear de coration, on metal base, 23.5cm high, Provenance: Property from the collection of Major Ian Kelsey. Kelsey retired from the army in 1898 to become an explorer, collecting in African tribal art between 1898 and 1920; thence by descent; property from the collection of Prof. Tassilo Erhardt.

A KOTA RELIQUARY FIGURE, GABON Of typical form, with an oval face, crescent-shaped eyes and mouth, curved coiffure and lateral flanges, covered in decorative metal sheets, 52cm high, Provenance: Property from the collection of Dr Karl Schadler; ac quired in the 1970s from the above; thence by descent to Prof. Tassilo Erhardt.

A SANGO RELIQUARY GUARDIAN FIGURE, GABON The tall cylindrical shaft terminates in the highly stylised janiform head, with protruding eyes, open mouth and loop ears, with original leather wrapping and bones, 36cm high, Provenance: Property from the collection of Dr Karl Schadler; acquired in the 1970s from the above; thence by descent to Prof. Tassilo Erhardt.

A FINELY CARVED YAURE MASK, IVORY COAST The mask with slender features, wears a curved headdress surmounted by a figure of a bird with a long pointed beak, with two old collection labels, 38cm high, Provenance: Property from the collection of Dr Ka rl Schadler; acquired in the 1970s from the above; thence by descent to Prof. Tassilo Erhardt.

A POLYCHROME IBO MASK, NIGERIA With large protruding circular eyes, raised eyebrows and an open mouth with individually defined teeth, the mask wears a headdress covered in black coloured pigment, with three protrusions decorated with linear incisio ns, the 38cm high, Provenance: Property from the collection of Dr Karl Schadler; acquired in the 1970s from the above; thence by descen to Prof. Tassilo Erhardt.

A KWELE EKUK MASK, GABON With a heart-shaped face covered in white pigment, with raised eyebrows and slit eyes both highlighted in black, the mask has two large downward curving horns also highlighted in black, 42cm high, Provenance: Property from the collection of Dr Karl Schadler; acquired in the 1970s from the above; thence by descent to Prof. Tassilo Erhardt.

AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE KURUMBA ADONE HEADDRESS, BURKINA FASO Of highly sculptural form, with elongated stylised horns and ears, with geometric designs covering the surface in red, white, yellow, and black pigments, with an old collection label, 177c m high, Provenance: Ex private collection, London; property from the collection of Prof. Tassilo Erhardt, Footnotes: Such headdresses are worn in ritual contexts, particularly in funerary ceremonies.

A POLYCHROME BEMBE JANIFORM HELMET MASK, DRC From the Alunga society, decorated with red, white and yellow pigments, 44cm high. Provenance: Ex private collection, London; property from the collection of Prof. Tassilo Erhardt.

A LARGE LOBI MALE BATEBA TI PUO FIGURE, BURKINA FASO With surviving feather decoration, 104cm high, 114cm high inc. base, Provenance: Ex private collection, London; property from the collection of Prof. Tassilo Erhardt.