Relics Of Empire: Ancient And Islamic Art

Updated October 17, 2026

What's in this auction

289 lots, mostly jewelry & watches (71), fine art & prints (41), coins & currency (19), pottery, china & glass (16). 289 lots have photos. Pre-sale estimates $50–$3,000 across 289 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog.

Highest-estimated lots

• Apulian Red-Figure Pelike — Portrait of a Fashionable Lady, Magna Graecia, c. 350 BC — est. $2,000–$3,000
• Large Ancient Villanovan Etruscan Impasto Ware Urn, Etruria, Circa 9th-7th Century BC — est. $1,500–$2,500
• Fine 19th Century Turkish Ottoman Quran Manuscript with Illumination and Original Cover — est. $2,000–$2,500
• Collection of Ancient Egyptian Blue-Green Faience Mummy Beads, c. 1500–300 BC — est. $1,800–$2,500
• Ancient Roman Republic Aes Grave As, Circa 215-212 BC, Rome Mint — est. $1,800–$2,500

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In this auction (289 lots)

Categories: Jewelry & Watches (71) · Fine Art & Prints (41) · Coins & Currency (19) · Pottery, China & Glass (16) · Antiques & Furniture (4) · Stamps & Philately (3)

• Lot 1 — Apulian Red-Figure Pelike — Portrait of a Fashionable Lady, Magna Graecia, c. 350 BC
• Lot 2 — Apulian Red-Figure Lekanis — Lady of Fashion, Magna Graecia, c. 350 BC
• Lot 3 — Apulian Red-Figure Kylix with Swan, Magna Graecia, c. 350 BC
• Lot 4 — Apulian Black-Glaze Guttus with Medusa Head, Magna Graecia, c. 350 BC
• Lot 5 — Apulian Black-Glaze Oinochoe (Trefoil Jug), Magna Graecia, c. 350 BC
• Lot 6 — Holy Land Bronze Age Twin-Handled Pottery Vessel, c. 2000 BC
• Lot 7 — Holy Land Iron Age Footed Pottery Bowl, c. 1000 BC
• Lot 8 — Greco-Roman Terracotta Twin-Handled Vessel, c. 3rd Century BC
• Lot 9 — Pair of Chinese Pottery Jars with Pressed Decoration
• Lot 10 — Chinese Ming Dynasty Ceramic Horse
• Lot 11 — Pair of Southeast Asian Giltwood Buddhas with Glass Inlay
• Lot 12 — Pair of Asian Theatrical Polychrome Wood Masks, Possibly Japanese
• Lot 13 — Collection of Four Late Ming Dynasty Porcelain Bowls
• Lot 14 — Large Thai Bronze Seated Buddha
• Lot 15 — Lot of Two African Dan Wood Masks
• Lot 16 — Lot of Two African Ivory Coast Wood Masks
• Lot 17 — Lot of Two Ghanaian Akuaba Fertility Dolls
• Lot 18 — Lot of Four African Dan and Cameroon Wood Masks
• Lot 19 — Large African Congo Wood Figure of a Warrior
• Lot 20 — African Yaka Mukoko Slit Drum with Figural Animal Carving
• Lot 21 — East Asian Traditional Ink on Paper Hanging Scroll
• Lot 22 — 19th Century French Bronze Clock
• Lot 23 — Japanese Vintage Pagoda-Style Lantern
• Lot 24 — Chinese Vintage Hand-Knotted Pink and Brown Wool Rug
• Lot 25 — Chinese Vintage Hand-Knotted Pink and Brown Wool Rug
• Lot 26 — Kilim Wool Saddle Bag
• Lot 27 — Antique Caucasian Soumak Wool Saddle Bag
• Lot 28 — Chinese Han Dynasty-Style Bronze Ding
• Lot 29 — Chinese Han Dynasty-Style Bronze Gu
• Lot 30 — Large Mesopotamian-Style Cuneiform Clay Tablet
• Lot 31 — Lot of Two Native American Stone Effigy Pipes
• Lot 32 — Makonde Sculpture of Interlocking Surrealistic Figures
• Lot 33 — Nicaraguan-Style Pottery Seated Female Figure
• Lot 34 — Lot of Two Seated Ashanti-Style Figures
• Lot 35 — Ancient Etruscan Decorated Bucchero Kyathos, c. 7th Century BC
• Lot 36 — Chavín-Style Seated Figure Spouted Vessel
• Lot 37 — Chavín-Style Vessel Depicting Bird Slaying Serpent
• Lot 38 — Ancient Vicus Miniature Male Figure, c. 400–100 BC
• Lot 39 — Ancient Colima Standing Figure, c. 100 BC–250 AD
• Lot 40 — Himachal Pradesh Ritual Dance Mask, Kullu Valley
• Lot 41 — Nepalese Shaman's Dhyangro Drum
• Lot 42 — Ming Dynasty Bronze Mirror, c. 1368–1644
• Lot 43 — Pre-Columbian Ica-Style Standing Female Figure
• Lot 44 — Ancient Pre-Columbian Tlatilco Pottery Maskette, c. 1150–550 BC
• Lot 45 — Ancient Pre-Columbian Tlatilco Pottery Maskette, c. 1150–550 BC
• Lot 46 — A Collection of Five Figure, Heads and Stucco Fragments
• Lot 47 — Indian Brass/Bronze Lidded Container with Bird Finial
• Lot 48 — Ancient Pre-Columbian Nayarit Pottery House, c. 100 BC–250 AD
• Lot 159 — Ancient Etruscan Pottery Relief Fragment, Circa 4th Century BC
• Lot 180 — Ancient Egyptian Bronze and Limestone Mummy Mask Eyes, Circa 1000-300 BC
• Lot 181 — Ancient Phoenician Core-Formed Glass Amphoriskos, Circa 5th Century BC
• Lot 191 — Large Ancient Villanovan Etruscan Impasto Ware Urn, Etruria, Circa 9th-7th Century BC
• Lot 321 — Fine 19th Century Turkish Ottoman Quran Manuscript with Illumination and Original Cover
• Lot 49 — Recuay-Style Group Figural Vessel
• Lot 50 — Colima-Style Large Erotic Figural Vessel
• Lot 51 — Large Nayarit-Style Seated Warrior Holding Lance
• Lot 52 — Collection of Two Aymara-Style Cocoa Bags
• Lot 53 — Hellenistic Pottery Jar with Twisted Rope Handle, c. 350 BC
• Lot 54 — Collection of Chinese Stone Objects
• Lot 55 — Paracas-Style Figure Playing Pan Pipes
• Lot 56 — Paracas-Style Figure Playing Pan Pipes
• Lot 57 — Paracas-Style Figure Wielding a Mace
• Lot 58 — Hollow Molded Paracas-Style Figure with Trophy Head Necklace
• Lot 59 — Hollow Molded Salinar/Moche-Style Figure with Three-Crested Crown
• Lot 60 — Hollow Molded Paracas-Style Figure with Two-Chambered Flute
• Lot 61 — Hollow Molded Paracas-Style Figure with Serpent Headdress
• Lot 61A — Pre-Columbian Moche Style Stirrup Vessel with Figures
• Lot 62 — Lot of Twelve Ancient Pre-Columbian Vessel Fragments
• Lot 63 — Collection of Ancient Pre-Columbian Pottery Heads and Figures
• Lot 64 — Calima (Ilama Phase) Double-Spouted Vessel, Colombia, c. 200 AD
• Lot 64A — Calima (Ilama Phase) Double-Spouted Vessel, Colombia, c. 200 AD
• Lot 65 — Large Pre-Columbian Ameca-Style Seated Female Figure
• Lot 66 — Pre-Columbian Olmec-Style Blackware Duck Vessel, Las Bocas Style
• Lot 67 — Pre-Columbian Olmec-Style Pottery Acrobat Figure
• Lot 68 — Pre-Columbian Tlatilco-Style Double-Chambered Vessel
• Lot 69 — Pre-Columbian Michoacan-Style Squatting Female Figure
• Lot 70 — Pre-Columbian Tlatilco-Style Blackware Parrot Vessel
• Lot 71 — Pre-Columbian Pre-Classic Xochipala-Style Figural Vessel
• Lot 72 — Pre-Columbian Tlatilco-Style Double-Chambered Vessel with Bird Head
• Lot 73 — Collection of Twelve Native American Stone Arrowheads
• Lot 74 — Collection of Five Ancient Roman Glass Vials, c. 1st–2nd Century AD
• Lot 75 — Collection of Three Ancient Roman Green Glass Vials, c. 1st–2nd Century AD
• Lot 76 — Lot of Two Ancient Holy Land Roman Terracotta Oil Lamps, c. 2nd–4th Century AD
• Lot 77 — Ancient Holy Land Byzantine Empire Terracotta Oil Lamp with Cross, c. 6th Century AD
• Lot 78 — Ancient Holy Land Byzantine Empire Terracotta Oil Lamp with Cross, c. 6th Century AD
• Lot 79 — Near Eastern Babylonian-Style Clay Bullae
• Lot 80 — Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom Alabaster Ushabti Head, c. 1194–1188 BC
• Lot 81 — Collection of Ancient Egyptian Blue-Green Faience Mummy Beads, c. 1500–300 BC
• Lot 82 — Greek Magna Graecia Gnathia Ware Pottery Bowl, c. 4th Century BC
• Lot 83 — Ancient Roman Bronze Arrowhead, Circa 1st-2nd Century AD, Unique Form and Type
• Lot 84 — Ancient Roman Bronze Socketed Arrowhead, Circa 1st-2nd Century AD
• Lot 85 — Lot of Two Ancient Roman Bronze Arrowheads, Circa 1st-2nd Century AD
• Lot 86 — Lot of Two Ancient Roman Bronze Arrowheads with Iron Shafts, Circa 1st-2nd Century AD
• Lot 87 — Lot of Two Unusual Ancient Roman Bronze Arrowheads, Circa 1st-2nd Century AD
• Lot 88 — Ancient Roman Bronze Arrowhead with Bronze Shaft, Circa 1st Century AD
• Lot 89 — Ancient Roman Bronze Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead, Circa 1st Century BC-1st Century AD
• Lot 90 — Lot of Two Ancient Holy Land Byzantine Bronze Crosses, Circa 400-600 AD
• Lot 91 — Lot of Two Ancient Holy Land Byzantine Bronze Crosses, Circa 400-600 AD
• Lot 92 — Lot of Two Ancient Holy Land Byzantine Bronze Crosses, Circa 400-600 AD
• Lot 93 — Collection of Ancient Holy Land Byzantine Lead Amulets and Cross, Circa 6th-8th Century AD
• Lot 94 — Lot of 11 Ancient Roman Bronze Rings, Circa 2nd-3rd Century AD
• Lot 95 — Lot of Five Ancient Roman Bronze Rings, Circa 2nd-3rd Century AD
• Lot 96 — Lot of Five Ancient Roman Bronze Rings, Circa 2nd-3rd Century AD
• Lot 97 — Lot of Five Ancient Roman Bronze Rings, Circa 2nd-3rd Century AD
• Lot 98 — Lot of Five Ancient Roman Bronze Rings, Circa 2nd-3rd Century AD
• Lot 99 — Lot of Five Ancient Roman Bronze Coins
• Lot 100 — Lot of Five Ancient Roman Bronze Coins, Mixed Denomination
• Lot 101 — Lot of Three Ancient Ptolemaic Egypt Bronze Coins, Circa 2nd Century BC
• Lot 102 — Ancient Ptolemaic Egypt Bronze Coin, Circa 2nd Century BC, Ptolemy I / Isis
• Lot 103 — Lot of Ten Uncleaned Ancient Roman Bronze Coins
• Lot 104 — Lot of Three Uncleaned Ancient Greek Seleucid Bronze Coins, Circa 3rd-1st Century BC
• Lot 105 — Ancient Roman Republic Aes Grave As, Circa 215-212 BC, Rome Mint
• Lot 106 — Lot of Three Ancient Ptolemaic Egypt Bronze Coins, Circa 2nd Century BC
• Lot 107 — Ancient Byzantine Bronze Half Follis of Theophilus, Circa 829-842 AD
• Lot 108 — Lot of Two Ancient Byzantine Bronze Folles of Maurice Tiberius
• Lot 109 — Lot of Two Ancient Byzantine Bronze Folles of Anastasius I
• Lot 110 — Lot of Two Different Ancient Byzantine Bronze Folles
• Lot 111 — Lot of Five North African Morocco Copper Tokens with Star of David
• Lot 112 — Lot of Five Uncleaned Ancient Greek Bronze Coins, Circa 3rd-1st Century BC
• Lot 113 — Lot of Two Ancient Byzantine Bronze Folles of Maurice Tiberius
• Lot 114 — Lot of Two Ancient Judean Bronze Prutot of Mattathias Antigonus
• Lot 115 — Ancient Judean Bronze Prutah, Jewish War, Year Three (68/69 AD)
• Lot 116 — Lot of Five Ancient Holy Land Widow's Mite Bronze Prutot
• Lot 117 — Lot of Five Ancient Holy Land Widow's Mite Bronze Prutot
• Lot 118 — Ancient Greek Thrace Thasos Silver Tetradrachm, Circa 2nd-1st Century BC
• Lot 119 — Lot of Two Ancient Holy Land Herodian Bronze Coins, Circa 37-4 BC
• Lot 120 — Lot of Two Ancient Judean Bronze Prutot, Jewish War (66-70 AD)
• Lot 121 — Collection of Seven Ancient Judean Procurators Bronze Prutot, Mixed Types, Circa 37-62 AD
• Lot 122 — Lot of Two Ancient Judean Procurators Bronze Prutot, Pontius Pilate and Judean Type
• Lot 123 — Collection of Six Ancient Judean Procurators Bronze Prutot, Porcius Festus, Circa 59-62 AD
• Lot 124 — Lot of Thirteen Uncleaned Late Roman Bronze Coins, Circa 3rd-4th Century AD
• Lot 125 — Lot of Six Ancient Byzantine Bronze Coins, High Grade, 5th-10th Century AD
• Lot 126 — Lot of Six Ancient Islamic Umayyad Dynasty Bronze Fulus
• Lot 127 — Lot of Ancient Roman Bronze Coins: Titus, Domitian, Julian II, and Helena
• Lot 128 — Ancient Byzantine Bronze Coin of Justin I with Chi-Rho
• Lot 129 — Lot of Three Ancient Roman Provincial Bronze Coins of Gallienus, Alexandria Troas
• Lot 130 — Lot of Eight Small Ancient Greek Bronze Coins, Circa 3rd Century BC
• Lot 131 — Lot of Six Small Ancient Greek Bronze Coins, Circa 3rd Century BC
• Lot 132 — Lot of Eleven Uncleaned Late Roman Bronze Coins, Circa 3rd-4th Century AD
• Lot 133 — Lot of Six Ancient Roman Bronze Antoniniani, Mixed Emperors, 3rd Century AD
• Lot 134 — Ancient Sasanian Billon Tetradrachm of Ardashir I, 224-241 AD
• Lot 135 — Lot of Two Ancient Indo-Scythian Silver Drachms of Azes II, Circa 35 BC-12 AD
• Lot 136 — Lot of Five Ancient Roman Imperial and Republic Silver Denarii
• Lot 137 — Lot of Seven Ancient Roman Imperial Silver Antoniniani, Mixed Rulers
• Lot 138 — Lot of Two Ancient Roman Republic Silver Denarii
• Lot 139 — Lot of Six Ancient Islamic Abbasid and Medieval Armenian Bronze Coins
• Lot 140 — Lot of 10 Ancient Biblical Widow's Mite Bronze Leptons, Time of Jesus Christ
• Lot 141 — Lot of Ten Islamic Medieval Mamluk Dynasty Bronze Coins, Circa 1250-1517 AD
• Lot 142 — Ancient Greek Thrace Thasos Silver Tetradrachm, Circa 2nd-1st Century BC
• Lot 143 — Kings of Elymais, Kamnaskires III and Anzaze, Silver Tetradrachm, Circa 82/1-72/1 BC
• … and 139 more lots

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