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Sumerian Calcite Feet, around 2100-1700 BC Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000 item# 841322
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 240
Small pair of feet with incised details of the footwear. Rendered as amulets or pendants with drilled suspension holes at the ankles. Calcite. Sumerian, around 2100-1700 BC. L. 1.9 cm (0.75 in) and 1.6 cm (0.6 in) Good quality objects with neat incisions. One suspension hole broken off, the surface of the second foot slightly worn. Swiss public auction.

Protosumerian Amulet, Early 3rd Millennium BC Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000 item# 841320
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 280
Calcite amulet in the shape of a miniature mace with three stylized heads. The eyes rendered with drilled holes, the faces framed with incised lines. Djemdet Nasr is a Mesopotamian site located north-east of Babylon and Kish. Calcite. Protosumerian, Djemdet Nasr Period, early 3rd millennium BC W. 2.7 cm (1.1 in). Two heads partially worn. Swiss public auction.

Luristan Bronze Dagger with Felines, around 1000 BC Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Metalwork: Pre AD 1000 item# 809918
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 1950
Superb Luristan dagger with rare handle showing a pair of recumbent felines holding an ibex in their mouths. The predators with prominent eyes and ears, their tails with raised tags resting on their backs. Bronze. Luristan Bronze Dagger with Felines, around 1000 BC. L. 19.5 cm (7.7 in). Intact and of pristine quality. Ex Prof. E.J. Gübeling, Lucerne (Switzerland).

Kusura Anatolian Marble Idol, 2700-2400 BC Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000 item# 809451
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 1350
Rare miniature size Anatolian Kusura marble idol. The idol with a vestigial head on an elongated neck and a pouch-like body with arm stumps. Kusura-type, cf. item 520 in: Jürgen Thimme. Kunst der Kykladen. Karlsruhe 1976. Marble. Anatolian, Early Bronze Age II, 2700 to 2400 BC. H. 3 cm (1.2 in). Intact. Sinter and root marks; back side heavily encrusted. Swiss private collection.

Anatolian Female Sphinx, circa 1000 BC Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000 item# 778920
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 1800
Very expressive Anatolian female sphinx with the body of a recumbent lion with short forepaws, the tail turning over the right haunch. The female head showing a receding forehead, large eyes, heavy asymmetric cheeks and full lips. Tresses to both sides of face and queue down the neck. For a related example in bronze cf. Hermann Historica Auktionen, Munich (Germany), April 2008 sale, lot no. 19. Shell limestone. Anatolian, early 1st millennium BC. H. 6.4 cm (2.5 in), L. 8 cm (3.1 in). Sma ...click for details

Gandhara Head of Buddha, 3rd Century AD Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000 item# 743285
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 480
Ghandara stucco head of Buddha with elegant featured visage. The heavy lidded eyes below arched brows, an aquiline nose and bow shaped mouth. The spotted hairdo is gathered in a topknot. Pakistan, Gandhara style, 3rd century AD. H. 13.7 cm (5.4 in), H. with stand 19.5 cm (7.66 in). Superb modeling. Broken at the neck level. Surface pitted in places. Very expressive and of excellent quality. Ex German art market.

Luristan Votive Pin with Decorated Disk Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Metalwork: Pre AD 1000 item# 740519
click for details		Ostracon Ancient Art Zurich, Switzerland $ 850
Embossed disk with a central protrusion surrounded by a chain of buds. Small chiseled flowers in the field. Luristan, 8th-7th Century BC. H. 23 cm (9 in), W. disk 9.7 cm (3.8 in). Very good condition with nice patina. Two small corroded holes on the disk, otherwise intact. Point of the pin bent for suspension. Ex Swiss art market.

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