All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1450614
A large and massive thinbutted Danish neolithic offeraxe, dating to Time of the Great Burial Mounts, c. 3500-3000 BC.

An unpolished axe, made with defined seams on the edges. Well proportioned design and attractive, very broad. In Greyish brown Danien flint.

The thinbutted axes were introduced along with the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture. The axes were used to clear the woods and prepare the ground for crops...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1450611
A large and massive thinbutted Danish neolithic offeraxe, dating to Time of the Great Burial Mounts, c. 3500-3000 BC.

An unpolished axe, made with defined seams on the edges. Well proportioned design and attractive, very broad. In Greyish brown Danien flint.

The thinbutted axes were introduced along with the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture. The axes were used to clear the woods and prepare the ground for crops...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1450468
Rare pouring vessel in the form of a sphinx shown recumbent on a raised base.
The fantastic creature shows a beautiful female head with chubby facial features. The curly hair is entwined with ivy leaves.
The imposing lion body with powerful clawed paws and short wings attached to the sides. The cord around the neck is knotted between the breasts.
The figure is conceived as a pouring vessel. Next to the wing and the rear handle is a raised ridge with a sieve-like inlet...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1450083
A large and massive thinbutted Danish neolithic offeraxe, dating to Time of the Great Burial Mounts, c. 3500-3000 BC.

A unpolished axe, made with defined seams on the edges. Well proportioned design and attractive.

The thinbutted axes were introduced along with the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture. The axes were used to clear the woods and prepare the ground for crops...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1450070
A pair of very rare and historical interesting pottery oillamps, 1st.-2nd. century AD.

1) Oillamp with it's discus decorated with a rearing panther over a Vase, with a three in the background. Very beautiful scene in good style and high relief, single handle. Part of base missing.
2) Oillamp with a very rare decorations of arms and armor! The decoration includes a Roman Cuirass, Battleaxe, different shields, helmet, shield w. spear etc. Loss of handle and holes in the base...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1449443
Senatus Consulto
$395.00
Reduced was 450.00
A large and beautiful green/torquise coloured tanged bronze sword, Ancient Near East dating to the early 1st. mill BC.

Commonly termed 'Luristani' by dealers and collectors.

An elaborate sword blade with shiny light green to torquise patina. Round shoulders and three prominent central midribs forming a lovely pattern running in the full length of the blade, a construction which points to the later manifacturing date of ca. 1100-700 BC.

Size is c...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Pre AD 1000 item #1449140
Bow adornment of a fibula in the shape of an elongated bird.
The animal is shown in alert pose with outstretched head. It shows a pointed beak, donut-like eyes, and a body carved with parallel lines to render the plumage.
For a related example, cf. Christie’s East New York, sale no. 200A (06 June 1981), part of lot no...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1449112 (stock #m280421.2)
Egyptian Amarna blue Faience Ring 1,7 cm.

Provenance: Old German collection befor 1983

Condition: look at pictures

If you are interested, feel free to send me a offer a.v.d.b@egyptian-artefacts.de

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1448821
An intact and attractive pottery bowl,9th.-10th. century AD.

The bowl decorated with in black pseudo-caligraphy in crossform on a beige ground.

Size: 21,5 cm. wide and 6,5 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice, with much original glaze, lightly restored, but difficult to spot.

Provenance: Important Danish-French Private collection, (aquired 1970- c. 2007) of Islamic pottery ware from the 9th.-12th. century. Comes with COA.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1448820
An nice earthenware bowl with incised decoration in a white slip and painted in green and manganese in a yellowish glaze (Bamiyan type), afghanistan, 12th. century (Pre 1221 A.D.).

With carinated walls, pseudo-caligraphy and symethric decorations in high relief. As typical for the most boldest specimens, the green colours are sort of splashed on.

Size: 17 cm. in diameter, 8 cm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1448819
An attractive pottery bowl with old repair from 1960s collection, Abbasid (?), 8th.-9th. century AD.

The bowl decorated with stylized caligraphy on a beige ground.

Size: 19 cm. wide and 7,5 cm. tall.

Condition: Very fine, typical visible repair of the old Islamic Collections!

Provenance: Important Danish-French Private collection, (aquired 1970- c. 2007) of Islamic pottery ware from the 9th.-12th. century. Comes with COA.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1448818
A sbeautiful and exceptionally condition pottery bowl with torquoise glaze, black markings and a finely decorated pattern on the interior. Seljug period, 11th.-12th...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1448817
An intact and attractive pottery bowl, 9th.-10th. century AD.

The bowl decorated with stylized caligraphy in green-brown on a beige ground.

Size: 12,8 cm. wide and 5 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice, original glaze, perhaps a chip restored, but difficult to spot.

Provenance: Important Danish-French Private collection, (aquired 1970- c. 2007) of Islamic pottery ware from the 9th.-12th. century. Comes with COA.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1448811
A superb quality and large for type Islamic pottery bowl, ca. 12th century A.D. (494 AH – 597 AH).

Turquoise glazed, pottery bowl with flaring body rising from a short foot. The sides and center carved with a Lotus pattern black markings, all in high relief in the manor of the Seljuqs.

Condition: Superb. Fully iridescent patina in silver and rainbow. Completely intact and uncleaned. Exceptional in hand

Size: 16 cm. wide and approx 9 cm. high.

Proven...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Ceramics : Pre 1492 item #1448774
A very fine pottery bowl with interesting design, Islamic Samenid Dynasty, ca. 9th.-10th. century.

A larger round bowl decorated with with ornaments, incl. a chain-like decoration in red and floral ornaments in green as well as decorative bands in black, all on a cream-white ground glaze.

Size: 24,7 cm. wide and ca. 8,5 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice! Much original crackled glaze, very honest bowl, restoration of a few larger fragments with some repaint, wear and pa...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1448472
Senatus Consulto
$1,250.00
A massive ceramic dish with caligraphy very rare for this exceptional size, Samenid Dynasty, 9th.-10th. century AD.

Nice quality for the type with fine black cufic caligraphy on a cream-white ground.

Size: 34 cm. in diameter! Among the largest dishes we've handled.

Condition: Good very fine, very intact for the large size! Intact but for a restored break at the side. Very large part of the original crackled glaze preserved. Some antique wear to glaze. See the clo...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1448471
A high quality earthenware bowl with incised decoration in green and painted in green and manganese on the exterior (Bamiyan type), afghanistan, c. 12th. century (Pre 1221 A.D.).

With carinated walls, and a beautiful Islamic symethric pattern in high relief in the interior. As typical for the most boldest specimens, the green and manganese colours are sort of splashed on the exterior side.

Size: 16 cm. in diameter, 8,5 cm. high.

Condition: Choice with completely ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1448469
A rare pottery bowl with white caligraphy on red glaze, Islamic, Samenid Dynasty, ca. 9th.-10th. century.

A beautiful conical bowl decorated with wonderful style Cufic caligraphy and decorations in cream-white glaze on redish ground.

Size: c. 25 cm. wide and c. 9 cm. tall.

Condition: Intact and very fine for the type. Assembled from larger fragments and repainted in the joint areas, very professionally done! Looks unrestored. See the closeups for the condition o...