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Antiquities

7 July 2016 | starting at 10:30 BST

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London, New Bond Street

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A South Arabian alabaster head of a woman. Sold for £122,500 inc. premium

A large Egyptian wood mummy mask. Sold for £116,500 inc. premium

An Egyptian black stone pair statue. Sold for £18,750 inc. premium

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Antiquities

Auction highlights

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49 — An Etruscan bronze figure of a votary

50* — A Greek marble stele fragment

51 — A Greek limestone relief fragment

52* — A Hellenistic bronze figure of Artemis Bendis

53 — A Greek marble torso of Aphrodite

54* — A Greek core-formed glass aryballos

55* — A Greek core-formed glass aryballos

56* — A Greek core-formed glass oinochoe

57* — A Greek core-formed glass aryballos

58* — A Greek core-formed glass aryballos

59* — A Hellenistic core-formed glass alabastron

60* — A Hellenistic core-formed glass amphoriskos

61* — A late Roman bluish-green glass basket

62* — A Roman green glass rectangular bottle

63* — A Roman glass lotus bud beaker

64* — A late Roman blue-green glass double balsamarium

65* — A late Roman blue-green glass double balsamarium

66 — A large Roman pale bluish green glass double balsamarium

67 — A late Roman yellow glass jug

68 — A late Roman olive green glass pitcher

69* — A large Roman amber glass aryballos

70* — A late Roman green glass conical beaker or lamp

71 — A Byzantine gold in sandwich glass tile

73* — A Roman pale green glass handled jar

74* — A Roman pale blue glass carchesium

75 — A group of Egyptian and Roman glass fragments 15

76 — A Roman marbled glass bowl

77 — A late Roman fragment of a pale green engraved glass dish

78• — Sangiorgi, Giorgi, Collezione di Vetri Antichi

79* — A Roman gold and glass cameo brooch

80 — Two pairs of Classical gold earrings 4

81 — A rock crystal duck

82 — A Roman amethyst intaglio ringstone

83 — A Roman obsidian intaglio ringstone

84 — A Roman banded agate intaglio ringstone

85 — A Roman carnelian intaglio ringstone

86 — A Roman carnelian intaglio ringstone

87 — Three Egyptian garnet bead necklaces 3

88 — An Egyptian wood and gilt mummy mask

89 — A group of ten Egyptian glazed composition scarabs and plaque 10

90 — A Western Asiatic twisted gold torc

91 — Two Irish bronze torcs 2

92 — A Geometric Greek bone, carnelian and gold pin

93 — A Roman bronze figure of Herakles

94 — An Anatolian pottery tripod vessel

95 — A Syro-Hittite terracotta horse and rider

96 — A Mycenaean pottery pithos jar

97 — An Etruscan bronze mirror

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49 —
An Etruscan bronze figure of a votary

50^* —
A Greek marble stele fragment

51 —
A Greek limestone relief fragment

52^* —
A Hellenistic bronze figure of Artemis Bendis

53 —
A Greek marble torso of Aphrodite

54^* —
A Greek core-formed glass aryballos

55^* —
A Greek core-formed glass aryballos

56^* —
A Greek core-formed glass oinochoe

57^* —
A Greek core-formed glass aryballos

58^* —
A Greek core-formed glass aryballos

59^* —
A Hellenistic core-formed glass alabastron

60^* —
A Hellenistic core-formed glass amphoriskos

61^* —
A late Roman bluish-green glass basket

62^* —
A Roman green glass rectangular bottle

63^* —
A Roman glass lotus bud beaker

64^* —
A late Roman blue-green glass double balsamarium

65^* —
A late Roman blue-green glass double balsamarium

66 —
A large Roman pale bluish green glass double balsamarium

67 —
A late Roman yellow glass jug

68 —
A late Roman olive green glass pitcher

69^* —
A large Roman amber glass aryballos

70^* —
A late Roman green glass conical beaker or lamp

71 —
A Byzantine gold in sandwich glass tile

73^* —
A Roman pale green glass handled jar

74^* —
A Roman pale blue glass carchesium

75 —
A group of Egyptian and Roman glass fragments
15

76 —
A Roman marbled glass bowl

77 —
A late Roman fragment of a pale green engraved glass dish

78^• —
Sangiorgi, Giorgi, Collezione di Vetri Antichi

79^* —
A Roman gold and glass cameo brooch

80 —
Two pairs of Classical gold earrings
4

81 —
A rock crystal duck

82 —
A Roman amethyst intaglio ringstone

83 —
A Roman obsidian intaglio ringstone

84 —
A Roman banded agate intaglio ringstone

85 —
A Roman carnelian intaglio ringstone

86 —
A Roman carnelian intaglio ringstone

87 —
Three Egyptian garnet bead necklaces
3

88 —
An Egyptian wood and gilt mummy mask

89 —
A group of ten Egyptian glazed composition scarabs and plaque
10

90 —
A Western Asiatic twisted gold torc

91 —
Two Irish bronze torcs
2

92 —
A Geometric Greek bone, carnelian and gold pin

93 —
A Roman bronze figure of Herakles

94 —
An Anatolian pottery tripod vessel

95 —
A Syro-Hittite terracotta horse and rider

96 —
A Mycenaean pottery pithos jar

97 —
An Etruscan bronze mirror