The Fine Sale, Auction 159 10th & 11th October 2018

141 1485 Crusaders Silver Ring with Monogram, ca. 1300 AD; Medieval Holy Land silver signet ring with a Christian monogram; intact in wearable condition; 16mm; Obtained from and old British collection; formerly in 1970s collection of Ancient jewellry. £125 - £150 1486 Crusaders Star of Bethelehm Ring , ca. 1300 AD; Medieval Holu land ring with Christian motifs; Intact and wearable 15mm; Obtained from and old British collection; formerly in 1970s collection of Ancient jewellry. £30 - £40 1487 Early Bronze Age Copper Flat Axe, ca. 1500 BC; Early European Bronze Age period; cast flat axe with convex cutting edge; nice patina and details. 90mmm; Property of a Private London collector; previously acquired in teh 1990s £75 - £150 1488 Early Medieval Cut Glass, ca. 700 AD; Sassanian flask with beautiful iridescence; unusual decoration / 90mm; Property of a gentleman from Oxford; aquired from a private collector in the 1980s. £100 - £120 1489 Early Medieval Cut Glass, ca. 700 AD; Sassanian flask with beautiful irridesence ; 70 mm Property of a gentleman from Oxford; aquired from a private collector in the 1980s. £60 - £80 1490 Egyptian Wooden Figurine , Circa 664 - 525 B.C. Wooden figure of a woman from a domestic tomb model. In the Middle Kingdom, tomb walls were not decorated. Instead wooden models of boats, houses and domestic scenes such as bakeries were placed with the burial to work as servants for the deceased in the afterlife. You can tell this is a female household domestic servant by the yellow painted skin. male figures are painted a brick-red colour, showing the division between indoor and outdoor labour. 130mm. From an old British collection; aquired in London in the 1990s. £175 - £225 1491 Greek Cypriot Bronze Age Terracotta Bowl, ca. 1600 BC; Ancient Greek bowl with geometric decoration; ideal for interior design or decoration; 180x60mm; Property of an Oxford collector; previously acquired in the 1990s. £175 - £225 1492 Greek Hoplite Spear, ca. 1600 - 1000 BC; Ancient Greek spear head with fine blade and nice dark green patina; 400mm; From an old British collection, formed in the 1990s from British and European art markets. £250 - £350