Lot of mainly very early stone- and bronzeage amulets and seals Mesopotamia - dating 7th.-1th. mill. BC
These are all from the Gustav Oberländer and comes with his ID-Cards included in the sale.
Interesting group including some very early Pre-Halaf amulets to later amulets 7th.-1th. mill. BC.
Size: The largest amulet in Jet-Black stone is 35 mm...
Lot of three very attractive and massive Sasanian stamp seals in beautiful stones, all with engravings relative to the Gilgamesh myth in low relief, 3th.-6th. cent. AD.
A nice lot that we bundle to safe listing time!
Diameter: 30, 31 and 26 mm.!
Condition: Fine to Very Fine.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
A lovely coloured Roman glass bottle. Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
The bottle with slightly tappering corpus and wide mouth.
Size: c. 96 mm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine, sound glass vessel of an aubergine-red colour with exceptional irridescence.
Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
Highly interesting scaraboid seal of the earliest style and type we've seen, probably inspired by Egyptian scarab seals, Middle bronze age of the Levant, c. 2200-1600 BC.
The seal is very large and carved in a greenish black stone. Interestingly, there's remnants of the metal mount, probably a chain in iron or bronze (looks like iron!). The seal is carved with Capride with a bird above...
An interesting very large Grey-Ware vessel, with three handles, Amlash, ca. 1100-900 AD.
The vessel from the ancient makers of the famous spouted jars in the region (city) of Amlash.
Finely sculptured vessel with three large handles and a full body and narrow base. With small Spout.
Size: 27,5 cm. high and 25 cm. wide...
A very large stamp seal in green-black stone depicting a horned animal, Anatolia 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.
A late Gable seal type with an advanced rendering of the animal, that shows the Pre-Hittite or old hittite style. The large seal plate also leaves for the long tail and a crescent above.
Size: 45 mm. long and 33 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very Fine, with moderate ancient wear to the corners...
A deeply engraved cylinder seal in beige stone, depicting the 4-winged Pazuzu as the Master of Animals, between winged erect bulls. Neo-Assyrian period, c. 9th.-7th. cent. BC.
Height: 2 cm, ø 1cm.
Condition: Nice Very fine, very sharp with small chip below.
Ex. Private Collection of Karl Müller, 1950-1977. Comes with hard imprint and COA.
An ancient-medieval bronze bowl of the high tin content 'white bronze' type with engravings of the Gaznavids, dating to c. 10th-11th. century AD.
A massive bowl and perhaps our finest, likely a food bowl for really large parties...
A finely polished and fully symethric Egyptian stone jar made of hard black stone, 3rd.-2nd. mill. BC.
The jar was used to hold cosmethics in the 3rd.-2nd. millenium BC.
Size: 43 mm. wide and 35 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine, fine quality jar.
Ex. Old European collection, Ex. Liveauctioners.
A superbly excuted and polished battle axe, from the late battleaxe period, ca. 2400-2000 BC.
Very symethric with sharp lines and edges, superbly polishing, with a mounting hole near the butt / rear end.
Size: 15,5 cm. long
Condition: Superb near mint
Ex. Danish Collection, comes with COA.
This item comes with a standard export license, when shipped outside Denmark...
Ancient Near Eastern Bronze 4 Leg Kohl Makeup bottle, 4 legs with bent feet the body has 4 rings interspersed between the legs the bottles neck having a geometric band decoration . Great condition size h 4.25" by 2.75" w
Fine Egyptian Cosmetic vessel, c. 25th.-30th. dynasty, 712-332 BC.
The vessel of slender form and beautifully polished, the vessel tapering to a rounded base and circular disc rim, probably a cosmetic vessel.
Size: 52 mm...
This is a wonderful but plain little copper alloy or bronze axe head from the ancient middle East. Types like this are often associated with either the Amlash or Luristan cultures. This piece has three raised ridges on the socket. It is intact, solid and stable with no repair or restoration. It weighs 230 grams and measures 12.5 cm across. This is a fine example of ancient craftsmanship at a very low price. Don't miss it!!!!
Rare Egyptian pottery jar or beaker, NAQADA I - II, c. 4000 - 3200 BC.
Attractive conical jar in fine hardburnt redish and darker pottery.
Size: 6,8 cm. tall and 9 cm. wide.
Condition: Very fine, a couple of small chips to rim nicely restored, intact with no cracks. Pencil number from older collection on the side.
From French Collection, Ex Bonhams Auktion 23.10.2021, Lot 285. Ex Joseph Klein collection, formed in New York between 1941 - 1980.
Rare Egyptian pottery jar or beaker, NAQADA I - II, c. 4000 - 3200 BC.
Attractive conical jar in fine hardburnt redish and darker pottery.
Size: 9 cm. wide and 6,8 cm. tall.
Condition: Very fine, very small chips to rim nicely restored, small chip to the base. Pencil number from older collection on the side.
From French Collection, Ex Bonhams Auktion 23.10.2021, Lot 285. Ex Joseph Klein collection, formed in New York between 1941 - 1980.
A very rare and interesting Early Christian / Coptic drinking cup, Egypt, 1st. cent. BC-4th. century AD.
Attractive cup, shaped much like the greek Kylix, low with twin handles. Finely decorated in torquise and black line decor. The motif includes a large cross, a flower, a podium? and arrow symbols.
Size: 14 cm. in diameter incl. handles and 4,8 cm. tall.
Condition: Choice, looks intact, but we think there's a restoration of a crack, very professionally made. ...
Interesting and very impressive massive armring, the bronze mixed with some silver to make a whiter alloy, Achaemenid or pre-Achaemenid period, ancient near east, 1st. mill. BC.
Thick and massive bracelet with complicated bimetalic design with twisted copper-wire, and larger twisted rods and ending in stylised animal heads. The bracelet with a lovely warm brown find patina.
Size: 83 mm. wide, weighing 407 grams.
Condition: Choice and intact.
Ex. Old ...
A large and beautiful dark green patinated tanged bronze short sword from Ancient Near East dating to the early 1st. mill BC. Commonly termed 'Luristani' by dealers and collectors.
An elaborate and cast sword blade in a quite broad design. Round shoulders and two prominent central midribs running in the full length of the blade.
Size is c. 37,4 cm.
Condition: Choice - some roughness to the edges. The patina is nice and smooth, dark green.
Ex. Danish P...