Ended

Antiquities

24 October 2012 | starting at 10:30 BST

Live Auction

London, New Bond Street

Print Results

How to buy

FILTER BY

Lot gallery

330 lots available

Specialist contacts

Antiquities (UK)

Tel: +44 20 7468 8332

antiquities@bonhams.com

Client Services (UK)

Tel: +44 20 7447 7447

info@bonhams.com

Shipping (UK)

Tel: +44 20 7468 8302

shipping@bonhams.com

Additional information

This auction is now finished. If you are interested in consigning in future auctions, please contact the specialist department. If you have queries about lots purchased in this auction, please contact customer services.
Buyers' Obligations
ALL BIDDERS MUST AGREE THAT THEY HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD BONHAMS' CONDITIONS OF SALE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM, AND AGREE TO PAY THE BUYER'S PREMIUM AND ANY OTHER CHARGES MENTIONED IN THE NOTICE TO BIDDERS. THIS AFFECTS THE BIDDERS LEGAL RIGHTS.
If you have any questions about the Conditions of Sale, please contact your nearest client services team.
From 28 June 2025, the import into the EU of non-EU property of a certain age (and in some categories above a certain value) is subject to additional requirements. Under the relevant EU Regulation, it is the Buyer's sole responsibility to assess whether any Lot meets the criteria for import into the EU. The refusal of any required Import Licence or Importer Statement, or any delay in obtaining such Licence or Statement shall not give rise to the rescission or cancellation of any Sale, nor allow any delay in making full payment for the Lot.
Buyers' Premium and Charges
For all Sales categories, buyer's premium excluding Cars, Motorbikes, Wine, Whisky and Coin & Medal sales, will be as follows:
Buyer's Premium Rates
28% on the first £40,000 of the hammer price;
27% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £40,000 up to and including £800,000;
21% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £800,000 up to and including £4,500,000;
and 14.5% of the hammer price of any amounts in excess of £4,500,000.
A 3rd party bidding platform fee of 4% of the Hammer Price for Buyers using the following bidding platforms will be added to the invoices of successful Buyers for auctions starting on or after 6th July 2024 – Invaluable; Live Auctioneers; The Saleroom; Lot-tissimo.
VAT at the current rate of 20% will be added to the Buyer's Premium and charges excluding Artists Resale Right.
Payment Notices
For payment information please refer to the sale catalog.
Shipping Notices
For information and estimates on domestic and international shipping as well as export licenses please contact Bonhams Shipping Department.

- Antiquities

*	Import low rate
	VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.
W	Shipping & handling restrictions apply
	Lot is located in the Bonhams Warehouse and will only be available for collection from this location.

Antiquities

Lot gallery

1* — A Cypriot limestone male votive head

2* — A Cypriot limestone male votive head

3* — A Cypriot limestone votive cow

4* — A Cypriot pottery base ring ware jug

5* — An Apulian red-figure trefoil oinochoe

6* — An Attic black-figure lekythos

7* — A Greek terracotta female figure

8*,W — A Hellenistic Hadra ware pottery hydria

9* — A Greek marble votive double stele

10* — A Roman marble Nereid riding a Hippocamp

11* — A Hellenistic stone vessel fragment of Silenus

12* — A Roman marble torso of Diana

13* — A Roman marble herm head of Dionysus

14* — A Roman marble portrait head of a man

15* — A Roman marble fragmentary head of a boy

16* — A Hellenistic bronze figure of an African man

17* — A Roman bronze furniture attachment

18* — A Roman bronze balsamarium of Dionysus

19* — A Roman bronze herm bust of Mercury

20* — Six Roman mosaic glass fragments 6

21* — A Roman mosaic glass inlay of a female theatre mask

22* — A Roman blue-green glass cinerary urn with lid 2

23*,W — A Roman marble relief fragment

24* — A Roman marble relief fragment

25*,W — A Roman marble draped female figure

26* — A Roman marble draped figure of Aphrodite

27* — A Roman marble votive relief fragment

28* — A Roman marble head of a man

29* — A large Egyptian Predynastic green schist palette

30* — An Egyptian Predynastic green schist palette

31* — An Egyptian granite bowl

32* — An Egyptian indurated limestone vessel

33*,W — An Egyptian wood figure of a female offering-bearer

34*,W — An Egyptian wood figure of a female offering-bearer

35* — Four Egyptian glazed composition 'Sons of Horus' 4

36* — An Egyptian brown stone statue of a woman

37* — An Egyptian polychrome limestone shabti

38* — An Egyptian white glazed composition shabti

39* — Two Egyptian turquoise glazed composition shabtis 2

40* — An Egyptian bright blue glazed composition shabti

41* — An Egyptian limestone statue base

42* — An Egyptian banded alabaster canopic jar

43* — An Egyptian alabaster canopic jar with stopper

44*,W — An Egyptian polychrome and gilt cartonnage mummy cover

45* — An Egyptian wood polychrome and gilt stele for Meresamun

46* — An Egyptian alabaster vessel

47* — A small Egyptian green glazed composition jar for Amenophis I

48* — An Egyptian gilt bronze stirrup ring

Specialist contacts

Antiquities (UK)

Client Services (UK)

Shipping (UK)

Additional information

Auction information

Lot Symbols

Related Departments

Conditions of Sale

1^* —
A Cypriot limestone male votive head

2^* —
A Cypriot limestone male votive head

3^* —
A Cypriot limestone votive cow

4^* —
A Cypriot pottery base ring ware jug

5^* —
An Apulian red-figure trefoil oinochoe

6^* —
An Attic black-figure lekythos

7^* —
A Greek terracotta female figure

8^*,W —
A Hellenistic Hadra ware pottery hydria

9^* —
A Greek marble votive double stele

10^* —
A Roman marble Nereid riding a Hippocamp

11^* —
A Hellenistic stone vessel fragment of Silenus

12^* —
A Roman marble torso of Diana

13^* —
A Roman marble herm head of Dionysus

14^* —
A Roman marble portrait head of a man

15^* —
A Roman marble fragmentary head of a boy

16^* —
A Hellenistic bronze figure of an African man

17^* —
A Roman bronze furniture attachment

18^* —
A Roman bronze balsamarium of Dionysus

19^* —
A Roman bronze herm bust of Mercury

20^* —
Six Roman mosaic glass fragments
6

21^* —
A Roman mosaic glass inlay of a female theatre mask

22^* —
A Roman blue-green glass cinerary urn with lid
2

23^*,W —
A Roman marble relief fragment

24^* —
A Roman marble relief fragment

25^*,W —
A Roman marble draped female figure

26^* —
A Roman marble draped figure of Aphrodite

27^* —
A Roman marble votive relief fragment

28^* —
A Roman marble head of a man

29^* —
A large Egyptian Predynastic green schist palette

30^* —
An Egyptian Predynastic green schist palette

31^* —
An Egyptian granite bowl

32^* —
An Egyptian indurated limestone vessel

33^*,W —
An Egyptian wood figure of a female offering-bearer

34^*,W —
An Egyptian wood figure of a female offering-bearer

35^* —
Four Egyptian glazed composition 'Sons of Horus'
4

36^* —
An Egyptian brown stone statue of a woman

37^* —
An Egyptian polychrome limestone shabti

38^* —
An Egyptian white glazed composition shabti

39^* —
Two Egyptian turquoise glazed composition shabtis
2

40^* —
An Egyptian bright blue glazed composition shabti

41^* —
An Egyptian limestone statue base

42^* —
An Egyptian banded alabaster canopic jar

43^* —
An Egyptian alabaster canopic jar with stopper

44^*,W —
An Egyptian polychrome and gilt cartonnage mummy cover

45^* —
An Egyptian wood polychrome and gilt stele for Meresamun

46^* —
An Egyptian alabaster vessel

47^* —
A small Egyptian green glazed composition jar for Amenophis I

48^* —
An Egyptian gilt bronze stirrup ring