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28 November 2017 | starting at 10:30 GMT

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An Attic black-figure amphora (Type B). Sold for £68,750 inc. premium

A Roman bronze figure of Hermaphroditos. Sold for £40,000 inc. premium

A Roman marble portrait head of a young man. Sold for £32,500 inc. premium

An Egyptian limestone relief with hieroglyphs. Sold for £31,250 inc. premium

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- Antiquities

Antiquities

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49* — An Amlash buff and umber burnished pottery hollow ring vessel

50* — An Amlash pottery steatophygous figure

51* — An Iranian buff pottery bridge-spouted vessel

52 — A South Arabian alabaster female figure

53 — A Cypriot terracotta female figure

54 — A large Cypriot relief-decorated red polished ware flagon

55 — Two Cypriot white-slip ware milk bowls 2

56 — A Mycenaean pottery stirrup jar

57 — A Cypriot terracotta horse and rider

58 — A Cypriot bichrome-ware pottery jug

59 — Four Cypriot terracotta male figures 4

60 — A Cypriot base-ring ware terracotta bull

61 — A Cypriot bichrome ware pottery kylix

62 — A group of eleven small Cypriot pottery vessels 11

63 — A small Cypriot bichrome ware pottery amphora

64 — A group of ten Cypriot pottery vessels 10

65 — A Cypriot limestone head of a male votary

66 — Ten Cypriot sheet gold earrings

67 — A Greek terracotta kourotrophos figure

68TP — A Roman marble table top

69* — A Cycladic marble head

70 — A large Greek terracotta pitcher

71 — A Greek bone, gold and carnelian pin finial

72 — A Greek terracotta figure of a sphinx

73 — A Greek terracotta altar

74 — A Greek terracotta female bust

75 — An Etrusco-Corinthian alabastron

76* — A Greek polychrome terracotta antefix

77* — An Attic black-figure lekythos

78* — An Attic black-figure skyphos

79* — An Attic black-figure amphora (Type B)

80* — An Attic red-figure kylix

81* — An Attic red-figure tripod pyxis

82* — An Etruscan bronze kouros

83 — A Greek terracotta female head

84 — A Greek bronze Pseudo-Corinthian helmet

85 — An Italic bronze muscle cuirass

86 — A Greek bronze Chalcidian helmet

87* — An Etruscan bronze Herakles

88 — A Faliscan red-figure beak-spouted oinochoe and an Etruscan skyphos 2

89* — An Etruscan bronze group of Hermes and Persephone

90 — A Greek red-figure owl skyphos

91*,TP — A Greek marble funerary stele

92* — A Greek marble head of a man

93 — Two Canosan terracotta horses and riders

94* — An Etruscan terracotta votive foot

95* — A Greek parcel gilt silver goblet

96 — A Greek terracotta figure of Aphrodite

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49^* —
An Amlash buff and umber burnished pottery hollow ring vessel

50^* —
An Amlash pottery steatophygous figure

51^* —
An Iranian buff pottery bridge-spouted vessel

52 —
A South Arabian alabaster female figure

53 —
A Cypriot terracotta female figure

54 —
A large Cypriot relief-decorated red polished ware flagon

55 —
Two Cypriot white-slip ware milk bowls
2

56 —
A Mycenaean pottery stirrup jar

57 —
A Cypriot terracotta horse and rider

58 —
A Cypriot bichrome-ware pottery jug

59 —
Four Cypriot terracotta male figures
4

60 —
A Cypriot base-ring ware terracotta bull

61 —
A Cypriot bichrome ware pottery kylix

62 —
A group of eleven small Cypriot pottery vessels
11

63 —
A small Cypriot bichrome ware pottery amphora

64 —
A group of ten Cypriot pottery vessels
10

65 —
A Cypriot limestone head of a male votary

66 —
Ten Cypriot sheet gold earrings

67 —
A Greek terracotta kourotrophos figure

68^TP —
A Roman marble table top

69^* —
A Cycladic marble head

70 —
A large Greek terracotta pitcher

71 —
A Greek bone, gold and carnelian pin finial

72 —
A Greek terracotta figure of a sphinx

73 —
A Greek terracotta altar

74 —
A Greek terracotta female bust

75 —
An Etrusco-Corinthian alabastron

76^* —
A Greek polychrome terracotta antefix

77^* —
An Attic black-figure lekythos

78^* —
An Attic black-figure skyphos

79^* —
An Attic black-figure amphora (Type B)

80^* —
An Attic red-figure kylix

81^* —
An Attic red-figure tripod pyxis

82^* —
An Etruscan bronze kouros

83 —
A Greek terracotta female head

84 —
A Greek bronze Pseudo-Corinthian helmet

85 —
An Italic bronze muscle cuirass

86 —
A Greek bronze Chalcidian helmet

87^* —
An Etruscan bronze Herakles

88 —
A Faliscan red-figure beak-spouted oinochoe and an Etruscan skyphos
2

89^* —
An Etruscan bronze group of Hermes and Persephone

90 —
A Greek red-figure owl skyphos

91^*,TP —
A Greek marble funerary stele

92^* —
A Greek marble head of a man

93 —
Two Canosan terracotta horses and riders

94^* —
An Etruscan terracotta votive foot

95^* —
A Greek parcel gilt silver goblet

96 —
A Greek terracotta figure of Aphrodite