FINE ANCIENT ART AND ANTIQUITIES

We are delighted to present the Fine Ancient Art & Antiquities – The Prince Collection sale. The sale will be held on the 4th of October 2026 at 1PM (BST) located at our Apollo Art Auctions Showroom, 63-64 Margaret Street, W1W 8SW. Bidding is available in-room and online via the Apollo Art Auctions platform as well as Invaluable, The Saleroom, LiveAuctioneers and Interencheres. Spanning from the prehistoric and pre-dynastic periods (c. 7000 BC) through the Bronze Age, Neo-Assyrian and wider Near Eastern civilisations, and onwards into the Egyptian, Greek, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine eras, the collection encompasses over eight millennia of ancient art, extending into the Renaissance period (c. AD 1600). Among the more significant provenances, lots come from Pierre Vérité (1900-1992), Sheikh Saud Bin Al-Thani (1966-2014), Elaine Lustig Cohen (1927–2016), Simone de Monbrison (1922–2015), Dr. Marcel Ebnöther (1920–2008) and Jean-Jacques Rotthier (1932–2009). Highlights of the sale include Lot 1013, a very large Egyptian bronze figure of a cat, sacred to Bastet, with gold earring; Lot 1027, an elegant Egyptian blue anidrythe flask trussed duck shaped; Lot 1070, a stunning rare Greek Attic black-figure lidded amphora with quafriga; Lot 1084, a very rare complete Boeotian bronze helmet; and Lot 1126, a rare Roman marble head of Livia. Selected lots are accompanied by additional reports from Lisa Sartini, Egyptologist PhD of Chimera Heritage Consultants, Alessandro Neri, an international cultural heritage expert based in Florence, and Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum in Florence and member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. Certain objects are further supported by German export licences, original gallery paperwork, Art Loss Register confirmation letters, and scientific XRF metal analyses confirming material consistency with the attributed historical periods.