All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1476435
An interesting high-relief cylinder seal of bronze, Western Mesopotamia, c. 4th. mill. BC.

A thick cylinder with 5 deep reliefs of animals, very unusual and attractive!

Size: 25 mm. tall and 14 mm. thick...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1492309
An interesting amulethic stamp seal, dating back to the Neolithic period of Mesopotamia/Anatolia, c. 7th.-6th. millenium BC.

Shaped as a triangular amulet with a grit-pattern carved in the base.

Size: 26 x 23 mm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1492054
A nice larger hemispheric stamp seal engraved in the base with a Cruciform design and pierced through the top, Mesopotamian, Ubad, c. 5th. millenium BC.

Size: c. 21 mm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1487867
A nice lot of two provenanced stamp seals, Mesopotamia, Halaf period, c. 6th.-5th...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1489454 (stock #G210)
This exquisite Near Eastern artifact is a cylindrical seal skillfully crafted from a smooth and creamy beige stone, believed to be either marble or alabaster. The seal's surface is adorned with a stunning linear pattern, intricately carved to create an intricate design that has stood the test of time...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1492051
A fine hemispheric gable stamp seal with piercing and engraved in the base with a nice image of the Sun, Uruk Period, Mesopotamia, 4th. millenium BC.

Size: c. 20 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Nice very fine, smooth wear and patina.

Comes with imprint.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1484521
A scaraboid stamp seal in black stone, made in the Assyrian client states in Western Mesopotamia, c. late 2nd. millenium BC.

Interesting carving of stylized warrior with shield and sword. Stylized scarab carved in black stone.

Size: 22 mm. long and 20 mm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1486481
Finely carved stamp seal with elaborate handle, Neo-Hittite states of the Levante, c. 1200-900 BC.

The seal depicts a horse moving right with another animal above. Scarce representation of a horse for Mesopotamia.

Size: 14 x 13 mm. and 11 mm. tall.

Condition: EF...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1479190
A lovely large gable form stamp seal, with finding place given as Amúng Ebene (Antioch) in the eastern-most Anatolia / Western Mesopotamia.

Finely engraved in high relief with a Mountain Goat in high relief among symbols and birds.

Size: 27 mm. wide and 25 mm. tall, 9 mm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1467731
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A scarce, seldomly offered, hemispheric stamp seal, probably Luristan or Susa area, pre-historic period, 5th.-4th. millenium BC.

The seal of an excellent style and nice carved in a serpentine black stone with a star radiating from a circular borders and a central dot.

Size: c. 20 mm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1479881
A fine intact stone wig / separate hair, BACTRIA-MARGIANA COMPLEX, late 3RD- early 2ND mill B.C.

Separately made hair of green chlorite for a large composite stone figure. These have often lost their hair, since they were not tightly fixated and would have fallen off and cracked.

A very detailed and elaborate wig or hair carved with groves.

Size: 32 x 25 mm.

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1483779
An attractive and scarce oval stamp seal carved with an animal inside a border and symbols, Early Hittite, 2nd. mill. BC.

Carved in greyish green stone, quite nice.

Size: 22 mm. long and 18 mm. wide, 10-11 mm tall.



Condition: Nice very fine, intact with slight wear.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massi...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1468196
A very unusual and attractive, larger stamp seal, round and conical, the back with a large high relief cross, North Mesopotamia or Syria, c. 4th. millenium BC.

Carved in a black stone and the face of the seal, engraved with crossed line design.

Size: 27 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Good Very fine for the elaborate type, fine wear and patina, basically intact.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important coll...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1484264
A very attractive seal of an impressive size for a hemispheric stamp, Mesopotamia, c. 4th. mill. BC.

Interesting Ubad-early Uruk stamp seal from Mesopotamia. The seal round with drilling to the back, quite flat and carved with geomethric lines.

Size: 31 mm. in dianeter - large for this type.

Condition: About Very fine, attractive with some even wear from extensive use.

Added to the Oberländer collection in 2006. Comes with original ID card from the ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1484560
Very attractive larger stamp seal in fine polished green stone, Ubaid-Uruk period of Mesopotamia, c. 4th. mill. BC.

Oval seal with tall handle rounded edges and carved with interesting depiction of small globes in different sizes.

Size: 29 mm x 23 mm and 15 mm. tall.



Condition: Extremely fine.

Comes with imprint and original Id card.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collecti...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1476773
A lovely larger stamp seal in form of a stepped Pyramid, Neo-Hittite Kingdoms of the East Anatolia and West Mesopotamia, 1st. mill. BC.

finely carved and pierced at the top in a light brown stone. The top also engraved. The base engraved with a mythical winged animal.

Size: 21 mm x 21 mm. and 14 mm. tall.

Condition: Near Extremely fine, intact with nice patina.

This seal was aquired 2002 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below c...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1484195
Interesting rectangular seal engraved on all 4 sides with human figures and stars, central drilling, North-West Mesopotamia, c. 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

Size: 21 x 12 x 9 mm.

Condition: Very fine, some deposits and small ancient chip to a corner.

Added to the Oberländer collection in 1994. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important colle...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1480926
A triangular stamp seal with handle, Western Mesopotamia, c. 3rd. millenium BC.

Large for type and with the base engraved with a reclining animal with a branch of tree below and a bull upside down. Carved in a lovely green stone.

Size: 27 x 26 mm. 15 mm. tall.

Condition: Very fine, intact and very attractive, with fine uncleaned earthern deposits.

Added to the Oberländer collection in 1993. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection a...