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An Egyptian green glazed composition Shabti Late Period, Circa 664-332 B.C.

Of typical form, with tripartite wig and holding a pick and hoe and seed bag over the shoulder, with six vertical columns of hieroglyphs inscribed for 'Irthoreru', and includes the spell from The Book of the Dead Chapter 6. Set on an integral square base with back pillar. 6¾in (17.2cms ) high

Shabti; A Funnery figure, of mummiform appearance. The origin of the word Shabti is unknown but by the late period the term 'Shabti' meaning 'Answerer' was in general use. Shabtis were buried with the deceased and vary in style, material and hieroglyphic content; this would often be determined by the wealth of the person who commissioned it. Some of the best examples of Shabtis were composed of faience during the 26th to 30th Dynasty (as in the example shown here). The purpose of the Shabti was to carry out the duties that was asked of it from its' deceased owner in the afterlife.

From the New Kingdom onwards (1550-1070 BC), shabtis were shown holding agricultural implements, such as hoes and seed sacks. The tools were there to help them carry out the maintenance of the 'Field of Reeds' on behalf of their deceased master in the afterlife. Shabtis would normally have the owner's name inscribed upon it and would answer the call to this name when summuned to carry out its' master'/mistress's tasks.

'O Shabti (name of deceased-Irthoreru) be summoned to do any work which has to be done in the realm of the dead-to make arable the fields, to irrigate the land or to convey sand from east to west; "Here am I", you shall say, " I shall do it".'

Condition - Excellent apart from small chip to the nose, hieroglyphics very clear and visible. Intact, No restoration or repair

Provenance:
Property of a private English collector, Mr F. of Surrey (1909-1984), acquired in the 1960s

GBP £2,800 More Images Stock No;2002

Cypriot Poppy Flask Circa 1400-1200 B.C. Middle Bronze Age

Ring based with bulbous body, a double ridge where the strap handle joins the neck.

A "bil bil" or poppy flask with a fat body, long bottle neck with spreading lip and two moulded rings at junction with the neck and handle.

The name Base Ring Ware comes from the base of the vessel, which is made in the shape of a ring, and is added on after completion of the body. The ware is handbuilt, and usually has very thin walls. The monochrome fabric is fired to different shades of red and brown, often with a black core, and covered by a red, brown, or black slip which is usually burnished. It is often decorated with relief lines (Base Ring I), or painted with matt white linear decorations (Base Ring II), thought perhaps to imitate the white latex oozing from the cuts of an opium poppy head; a theory put forward first by Merrilees.

It is uniquely Cypriot, and as such, was extensively traded and highly valued in the ancient world. Its presence is diagnostic for the Late Cypriot period. Much of this ware actually comes from Egypt and nowadys more so from Syro-Palastine to which regions it was extensively exported. 14cms high

Condition - Good, intact, minor chip to rim. No restoration or repair

Provenance;
Property of an English private collector, Mr F of Surry ( 1909 - 1984 ), acquired in the 1960s

GBP £265.00 More Images Stock No;2003 SOLD

A Megarian bowl, Circa 2nd Century BC

With relief decoration of a rosette on the base with radiating palm fronds, a band of dots below the rim. Megarian ware was the Greek forerunner to the Roman 'Samian' ware, which was also known as Terra sigillata, (translates as 'sealed earth'). During the Hellenistic period, vessels of chased metals were greatly sought after and potters of the time tried to imitate the form and decoration. Relief or impressed designs were widely used, as was ribbing, to try and give a 'look and feel' of metal. Painted decoration was rare, using a technique where paint was applied over a thick black slip. The usual decoration for bowls, cups, dishes and plates would be naturalistic motifs, such as palmettes and rosettes. Hellenistic Megarian Ware (3rd-1st century) is found throughout the Aegean. A typical shape is the himespherical bowl as shown here with typical naturalistic decoration and black and brown slip.

A rare and good example. See - Greek, Etruscan and Roman pottery and small terracottas, Felicity Nicholson, (1965), pg 34. 11.2 cms diameter,

Condition - Very good, intact. No restoration or repair

Provenance;
Property of an English private collector, Mr F of Surry ( 1909 - 1984 ), acquired in the 1960s

GBP £550.00 More Images Stock No;2004

A Hellenistic lagynos, 1st Century BC

With bands of crimson decoration on the body, the handle twisted; 14cms high

Condition - Good, intact, No restoration or repair

Provenance;
Property of an English private collector, Mr F of Surry ( 1909 - 1984 ) , acquired in the 1960s

GBP £ 400.00 More Images Stock No;2005

Roman Terracotta oil lamp Circa 2nd-4th Century A.D

A facing bust of a female on the discus, flower heads in the field, ovolo on the shoulder, with a heart shaped nossle, loop handle and decoration on the underside, intact with only minor wear and sanding, Length 11.5 cms

Condition - Good, intact, minor wear. No restoration or repair

Provenance;
Property of an English private collector, Mr F of Surry ( 1909 - 1984 ) , acquired in the 1960s

GBP £ 225.00 More Images

Roman Terracotta oil lamp Circa 2nd-4th Century A.D.

The discus is decorated with a bull wrestling scene - 2 men wrestling the bull, 2 men tossed and in flight and 1 seated spectator. Flared volute nozzle and braid decoration on the shoulder. Intact with only minor wear and sanding.Length 12. cms

Condition - Good, intact, minor wear. No restoration or repair

Provenance;
Property of an English private collector, Mr F of Surry ( 1909 - 1984 ) , acquired in the 1960s

GBP £ 195.00 More Images Stock No;2006

Gnathian Ware Olpe Circa 4th Century B.C.

Black glazed with a ribbed body a band of ocre decoration around the neck, with a Herculean knot handle. The Gnathia style is so called after Egnazia in Southern Italy where many of these vases were found. 12.1 cms high.

Condition - Intact, some wear and soil deposits. No restoration or repair

Provenance;
Property of an English private collector, Mr F of Surry ( 1909 - 1984 ) , acquired in the 1960s

GBP £ 325.00 More Images Stock No;2007

Cypriot Juglet, middle Bronze age, Circa 2000 B.C.-1650 B.C.

Belongs to the Black-Drab polished ware tradition, possibly from the South or South West of the island where Drab polished wares occured widely in this period. These wares were hand-made giving a unique style to each pot. The nipple to the front was most likely made to assist in holding the jug being used to pour out its' contents. The jug is intact and still retains most of the original white painted decoration.

Condition - Very good, intact, a nice example, No restoration or repair

Provenance;
Property of an English private collector, Mr F of Surry ( 1909 - 1984 ), acquired in the 1960s

GBP £425.00 More Images Stock No;2008

A South Italian black-figure squat lekythos, 4th Century B.C.,

Decorated with a grazing ibex and a bird, rosettes in the field, Circa 4th Century B.C. (9.5cms ) high

Condition - Intact, chips to rim and foot, No restoration or repair

Provenance;
Property of an English private collector, Mr F of Surry ( 1909 - 1984 ) , acquired in the 1960s

GBP £ 250.00 More images Stock No; 2009 SOLD

A Roman skyphos, Circa 1st Century A.D.

Surface decorated with moulded dots, 6.1cms high

Condition - A nice example. Repairs to one side, soil deposits.

Provenance;
Property of an English private collector, Mr F of Surry ( 1909 - 1984 ) , acquired in the 1960s

GBP £ 50.00 More Images Stock No;2010 SOLD

Roman Terracotta oil lamp Circa 2nd-4th Century A.D.

The slightly sunken discus decorated with a flower head surrounded by chevrons leading to the raised rim, the shoulder with dot decoration between the thumb shaped handle and circular spout,with circular flat base. Length 12 cms

Condition - Good, intact, minor wear. No restoration or repair

Provenance;
Property of an English private collector, Mr F of Surry ( 1909 - 1984 ) , acquired in the 1960s

GBP £185.00 More Images Stock No;2011

A Canosan terracotta hollow pomegranate, Circa 250 B.C.,

A Greek terracotta hollow pomegranate with remnants of white gesso and pierced at either end. The gesso (chalk) would have been applied first and then painted with an appropriate colour to represent the fruit. Because of its role in the Greek legend of Persephone, the pomegranate came to symbolize fertility, death, and eternity and was an emblem of the Eleusinian Mysteries. In Greek mythology Persephone, goddess of the underworld, was tricked by Hades to eat 6 seeds of the pomegranate, forcing her to spend six months a year in the underworld. Pomegranate; also known as the food for the dead. 8.6cms high,

Condition, Intact, No restoration or repair

Provenance, Mrs A Davis collection acquired from the late 1960s to 90s

GBP £100.00 More Images Stock No;2012

A Hellenistic buff terracotta bell krater, Circa 3rd Century B.C.,

With upturned handles and a pedestal foot, decorated in umber with encirculing bands on the body and foot, a band of laurel beneath the flaring rim and a line of scrolling below, 24cms high.

Condition - Some firing faults, section of rim repaired. A nice example that displays well.

Provenance , Mrs A Davis collection acquired from the late 1960s to 90s

GBP £ 790.00 More Images Stock No;2013

A South Italian red-on-black ware Kylix Apulia, Circa 350 B.C.

Set on a ridged base, with upturned handles, the decoration in added red, with a band of laurel and a central palmette within encirculing borders, 21.7cms diameter between handles.

Condition - Very good with only very minor wear, intact. Some repair to left side

Provenance , Mrs A Davis collection acquired from the late 1960s to 90s

GBP £ 625.00 More Images Stock No;2014

Roman Terracotta oil lamp Circa 2nd-4th Century A.D.

The central discus with raised relief of a roaming bear, the shoulder with chevron decoration between the thumb shaped handle and circular spout, flat base with incised circular ring. Length 12 cms

Condition - Good, intact, No restoration or repair

Provenance;
Property of an English private collector, Mr F of Surry ( 1909 - 1984 ) , acquired in the 1960s

GBP £145.00 More Images Stock No;2014

Roman Terracotta oil lamp Circa 2nd-4th Century A.D.

The central discus with raised relief of the profile of a lady, linked buds on the shoulder, a heart shaped nozzle, loop handle and decoration on the underside. 11 cms

Condition - Good, intact, No restoration or repair

Provenance;
Property of an English private collector, Mr F of Surry ( 1909 - 1984 ) , acquired in the 1960s

GBP £145.00More Images Stock No;2015

Roman Terracotta oil lamp Circa 2nd-4th Century A.D.

Redware lamp with the profile of a lady on the discus, with vine tendrils on the shoulder. Length, 11.5 cms

Condition - Good, intact, No restoration or repair

Provenance;
Property of an English private collector, Mr F of Surry ( 1909 - 1984 ) , acquired in the 1960s

GBP £145.00More Images Stock No;2016

Roman Terracotta oil lamp Circa 2nd-4th Century A.D.

Discus with raised relief of a male thrusting a spear, decorated with radiating striations on the underside. Length, 11.5 cms

Condition - Good, intact, No restoration or repair

Provenance;
Property of an English private collector, Mr F of Surry ( 1909 - 1984 ) , acquired in the 1960s

GBP £150.00Mores Images Stock No;2017

A Cypriot black-on-red ware jug Cypro-Archaic, 750-600 BC

With trefoil lip, the handle with zig-zag decoration, with horizontal bands around the neck and shoulder, the spherical body decorated with four concentric circles, 15 cms

Condition - Very good, minor chip to foot rim, intact. No restoration or repair

Provenance: Part of a Cypriot private collection brought to the UK in 1951.

GBP £1,350 More Images Stock No;2018