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WOODEN STELE OF HERES-IB, DAUGHTER OF PADI-AMUN, SON OF HOR Third Intermediate Period Dynasty 22, ca. 945-900 BC. Egypt, Thebes 25 x 22.5 x 2 cm Without base: 15.3 cm PROVENANCE Co...

IMILAC METEORITE Stony-iron, Pallasite - PMG Circa 4.5 billion y/o Height: 25 cm Weight: 372 g PROVENANCE Discovered in the Atacama Desert, Chile, in 1822. A complete cross section...

FOSSILISED TYRANNOSAURUS REX TOOTH Circa 67 million years ago H. 12.5 cm x W. 4.2 cm PROVENANCE Found in Butte County, South Dakota, USA, Summer 2021. An extremely large and extrao...

ALETAI METEORITE SPHERE IRON - IIIE Circa 4.5 billion y/o Weight: 676 g Diameter: 5.4 cm PROVENANCE Discovered in Xinjiang Province, China. A magnificent meteorite sphere, cut from...

Stony-iron, pallasite - PMG Circa 4.5 Billion y/o Weight: 34.68 kg Height (including base): 53 cm Width: 29 cm A magnificent and extremely sculptural specimen of the Seymchan meteor...

A beautiful section of the lunar meteorite Gadamis 003, discovered in the oasis Berber town of Ghadames, Libya, and revealing a magnificent greyish-white spotted interior, evoking th...

Erotic Drinking Cup Archaic Greece, c.530 BC Black-figure pottery 29 cm wide A rare, erotic cup exemplifying the revelry and humour of ancient Greek culture, particularly within the...

Gallo-Roman Quernstone Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, France Circa 2nd century BC - mid-4th century AD Carved puddingstone Diameter: 43 cm The lower grinding stone from a late Iron Age, ea...

An exquisite example of the artistic heights achieved by the most talented Greek painters of the Classical Period. A precious fragment from the centre of a wine cup, detailing a fine...

Head of a Satyr Roman, circa 2nd - 3rd century AD Carved and highly polished marble An extremely fine marble head of a satyr, depicted with ivy wreath, curly hair and pointed goat’s ear, the full lips slightly parted to reveal the creature’s clenched teeth. The head was once part of a relief with visible fragmentation on the left side. Almost completely worked in the round and carefully polished, the skill of the sculptor is particularly remarkable given the confined working space available for a relief carving, such as this. The Roman Imperial Period marked the expansion of the political and cultural influence of the Roman Empire. The period began with the reign of Augustus in 27 BC, immediately following Caesar’s assassination which ultimately ended Rome’s time as a republic. Soon after, Augustus’ defeat of Anthony and...

A pair of monumental limestone sphinxes of Pharaoh Nectanebo I, from the processional avenue of the Serapeum of Memphis, 30th Dynasty, circa 379 - 360 BC. The sphinxes of the Serapeum have captivated travellers since Roman times. However, despite their significance, they are conspicuously absent from the collections of most major museums. Indeed, their existence in private hands is so improbable, and their imitations so numerous, that the present sphinxes were assumed to be modern copies throughout their recent ownership history. Finally recognised and conserved after an extraordinary chance discovery at a garden furniture sale...

Fossilised Colla Wood Cross-Section Miocene, circa 23-5 Million years before present Recovered near the town of Zile, Turkey Fossilised wood fragment displ...