TWO GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTIS Including a Late Dynastic pale green shabti holding a pick and an adze; a miniature green shabti; and another shabti, not ancient, 5.3 - 15.1cm long, (3) Provenance: UK private collection.

A BRONZE LURISTAN AXEHEAD Circa 1st Millennium B.C. With a cylindrical hollow shaft for attachment to a longer handle, the axehead has a flat rectangular blade, the blade is 12.6cm long, Provenance: Private UK collection.

TWO JEMDET NASR STAMP SEALS Circa 3rd Millennium B.C. Including a calcite couchant ox, vertically pierced through the centre of the body, with drilled dots on the reverse 3.2cm long; and a black limestone figure of a seated animal with long ears, d rilled dot eyes and defined haunches, pierced horizontally, 4.6cm long, (2) Provenance: Property from the collection of Dr Sabah Al-Salihi, acquired between 1970 and 2000.

TWO JEMDET NASR STAMP SEALS Circa 3rd Millennium B.C. Including a black limestone of a recumbant cow, with defined haunches and two opposing stylised quadrapeds on the reverse, 3.8cm long; and a couchant ox in brown limestone with a circular desig n on the reverse, 3.2cm long, (2) Provenance: Property from the collection of Dr Sabah Al-Salihi, acquired between 1970 and 2000.

TWO JEMDET NASR STAMP SEALS Circa 3rd Millennium B.C. Including a black limestone recumbant animal, with a long muzzle and a drilled circular pattern on the reverse, 3.4cm long; and a seated animal in pale veined limestone, with a drilled circular pattern on the reverse, 3.9cm long, (2) Provenance: Property from the collection of Dr Sabah Al-Salihi, acquired between 1970 and 2000.

FOUR MESOPOTAMIAN CYLINDER SEALS Circa 3rd - 2nd Millennium B.C. Including a serpentine seal with a goddess and a worshipper and an inscription, 2.5cm long; a black stone seal, possibly haematite, depicting a sign of figures fighting animals, 2cm l ong; another black hardstone seal with a geometric pattern of circle and dot and linear motifs, 2.2cm long; and a large black stone Akkadian seal with a scene of figures and lions and an inscription, 3.2cm long, (4) Provenance: Property from the collection of Dr Sabah Al-Salihi, acquired between 1970 and 2000.

THREE MESOPOTAMIAN CYLINDER SEALS Circa 3rd Millennium B.C. Including a black stone seal depicting a goddess leading a worshipper with an inscription, 3.2cm long; a pale stone seal depicting feline and quadrupeds fighting, 3.1cm long; and a Akkadia n black stone seal depciting two men fighting lions and a water buffalo, 2.9cm long, (3) Provenance: Property from the collection of Dr Sabah Al-Salihi, acquired between 1970 and 2000.

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 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 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.

AN EXCEPTIONAL SONGYE MALE COMMUNITY POWER FIGURE, DRC This large figure is highly decorated, with a copperplate mask, animal horn and teeth, with a tuft of feathers on his head and several necklaces, 104cm high, Provenance: Ex private collection, London; property from the collection of Prof. Tassilo Erhardt.

A SONGYE MALE COMMUNITY POWER FIGURE, DRC Mounted on a wood base the figure is decorated with a metal nails and original bishimba and paraphernalia, including animal horns, teeth, and a large piece of fur in front of his body, with pheasant feathers emerging from the head, 126cm high, 138cm high inc. base. Provenance: Ex private collection, London; property from the collection of Prof. Tassilo Erhardt.

AN UNUSUAL MEXICAN CLAY HEAD OF A DUCK Modelled with inverted janiform duck heads, one of which is more naturalistic with curved incisions to indicate feathers, the second head with an upturned beak and large eyes, with a read ink collection label w hich reads: "Lot 131 Sotheby Ju 93 Bateman Cl", 7cm long, Literature: Published in Pitt Rivers Catalogue, 'Second' Collection - Volume 3 p.933, Provenance: Bateman collection; Sold Sotheby’s, London, 14 June 1893, lot 131; Lt-Gen. Augustus Pitt Rivers (1827-1900); thence by descent.

AN ASMAT SHIELD, PAPUA NEW GUINEA A large oblong ochre shield, with a geometric motif highlighted in white pigment, 170cm high, Footnotes: Such shields are used as practical weapons in fighting but are also thought to embody the spirit and strengt h of ancestors who would bestow their power onto the warrior.