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...

POTTERY WINE MEASURING JUGLET WITH A SHAPED MOUTH
HOLY LAND, Iron Age, Israelite, 1200 - 900 BC
First temple period - Time of King David

Dimensions:
Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 9 cm
Height on stand: 16 cm

Condition: Minor chip at the rim as shown otherwise intact, not repaired and not restored

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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#05908

This is a pair of ancient Chinese bronze cheek pieces from a horse harness. They are strikingly similar to ones excavated in Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province, and currently on display at the Shaanxi Provincial Zhouyan Museum. Cheek pieces such as these are generally attributed to the Western Zhou Dynasty (1100-771 BC). The pieces are decorated with simple linear decorations. The circular holes in the center are where the now-missing mouthpiece would have been attached...

PAINTED POTTERY JAR
"Canaanite" Early Bronze Age, 3100 - 2000 BC

Globular body, net design painting all around the body, two loop handles and a funnel-shaped neck

Dimensions:
Height: 12.5 cm
Diameter: 10.5 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm

Condition: Minor repair at the body otherwise intact

Nicely mounted on an acrylic "Plexi-glass display stand

Found in Jericho "Jordan valley", Holy Land

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A superb quality Islamic bowl, Islamic, 12th century A.D. (494 AH – 597 AH). Ancient near East / Western Asia.

Cream, blue and black glazed pottery dish on a short foot. The center decorated with faint floral patterns in relief in the manor of the Seljuqs.

Condition: Very fine, completely original surfaces, a hairline crack restored. Exceptional silverish iridescence patina that is difficult to picture.

Size: ca. 15 cm. wide (diameter)

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A nicely decorated Indus Valley pottery vase, dating to c. 3rd mill. BC. Probably Mehrgarh-civilisation.

The beautiful vase-form decorated with fish swimming and geomethric decoration.

Size: ca 15 cm. tall and 8-9 cm. wide - a substantial piece from Indus Valley

Condition: Choice for age and type. Intact with a few smaller chips to the rim.

Ex. Danish Private collection.

A nice and affordable chisel / axe, Danish Neolithic period 3rd. millenium BC.

Though some chisels are made as late as Daggertime just before the bronzeage, this unpolished attractive chisel was likely made during the Singlegrave period, 2800-2400 BC.

Size: 165 mm. (16,8 cm.)

Condition: Very fine, a few minor chips to the edge, light greyish patina with some brown iron oxide spots.

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A fine and large Egyptian bronze figure of Osiris in mummyform, Late Period, 26th Dynasty (Saite Period), about 627 - 525 B.C.

The large figure depicts the mummiform Osiris wearing the Atef-crown holding crook and flail. Interestingly, there's remains of ancient gilt on the body in many places.

Size: c. 17 cm.

Condition: Choice and intact...

A superb quality Islamic bowl, Islamic, 12th century A.D. (494 AH – 597 AH).

Pearly white glaze with Sgraffito decoration (relief), pottery bowl with flaring body rising from a short foot. The sides decorated with a beautiful Sgraffito pattern of ovals and center and rim decorated with splashes of brown.

Condition: Superb, fine patina.

Size: 9,4 cm. wide and approx 4,8 cm. high.

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Large ancient biblical painted pottery wine pitcher
Biblical, Canaanite, Late Bronze Age, 1550 - 1200 BC
Time of Moses

Highly painted terracotta wine pitcher, high base, shaped neck with a tri-foil mouth and typical late bronze age brown paint decoration around the neck, body and handle

Measurements:
Height: 28 cm
Width: 17 cm
Height on stand: 30 cm

Condition: Minor repair at the rim otherwise intact

Found in Hebron "City of Abraham" south...

ANCIENT BURNISHED POTTERY JUGLET
EARLY CYPRIOT, 3rd - 2nd Millennium BC

The juglet in nicely made in a globular body, cylindrical neck with flared funnel-like rim and highly decorated with incised decoration all around the neck and the entire body.

Measurements:
Height:11 cm
Diameter: 7.5 cm
Height on stand: 13 cm

Condition: Neck and handle re-attached as shown otherwise intact

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Here's 4 nice pendant in Carnelian and glass, 1st. millenium BC - 100 AD.

Note the nice pair of glass birds with iridescence and also the carnelian floral bead.

Size: 1,6 cm. max.

Ex. Old Private Collection, aquired before 1980s.

BLACK TERRACOTTA OIL JUGLET
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
"Time of King David"

Dimensions:
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 7 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm

Condition: Good condition untouched as found

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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RED SLIP POTTERY WINE PITCHER
CANAANITE, Early Bronze Age, 3100 – 2700 BC
Beautiful Abydos ware burnished wine jug with a long neck with a rim folded outwards and a flat base.

Dimensions: Height: 29 cm
Width: 13 cm

Found in Jericho, Israel

Abydos ware (a-BY-dos ware)
Pottery of Canaanite (Syro-Palestinian) origin found in the royal tombs of the First and Second Dynasties (The Old Kingdom) at Abydos, Saqqara, Abusir el-Melek, and other sites in Upp...

HIGHLY DECORATED SPOUTED POTTERY VESSEL
BYZANTINE EMPIRE, 5th CENTURY AD

Nicely decorated with circular lines around the body, concave base, cylindrical-shaped neck with a rim folded outwards.

Dimensions:
Height: 20 cm
Width: 15 cm
Height on stand: 25 cm

Condition: Professional hard to see reparation.

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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Nice suite of three faiance items, inc. two Djetpillar amulets in torquise and Egyptian blue pierced for suspension, together with a large faiance bead or fertility amulet (?), Late period, c. 660-332 BC.

Size: 23, 15 and 12 mm. long for each.

Condition: All are completely intact.

Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973)...

Ancient Pottery wine pitcher LATE BRONZE AGE, 1550 – 1200 B.C. good condition no apparent restoration good paint or slip traces as well as burial encrustation . Size H 7.25" W 6" Old East coast collection early 1970s

Relics of the Nile is pleased to present this fragmented, but still lovely Egyptian blue faience offering cup with cartouche. The back and part of the lower portion is missing, however the front containing the cartouche of the pharaoh is still intact. The cartouche is highlighted in black and appears to contain the cartouche of Amenhotep. The vessel measures 2" in height, plus the size of the base. Egypt, New Kingdom, from a U.S. Private Collection.

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE EYES
EGYPT, LATE PERIOD, 664 - 330 BC

A fine pair of ancient Egyptian bronze & alabaster almond-shaped eye inlays and eyebrows, the well-formed lid and cosmetic line crafted of bronze and inlaid with irises of alabaster; the pupils in black pigment...

POTTERY WINE PITCHER
Holy Land - "CANAANITE" Late Bronze Age;1550 - 1200 BC
Time of Moses

Long cylindrical neck with a rim folded outwards and a ring base!

Dimensions:
Height: 17 cm
Diameter: 12 cm
Height on stand: 19 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found Jericho "Jordan Valley" Holy Land

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#612157

PAINTED POTTERY PERFUME JAR
HOLY LAND, MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of patriarchs

Painted pottery jar “Chocolate on white ware” 'Chocolate-on-White' Ware is a ceramic type known from the region during the Middle Bronze Age II to the early Late Bronze Age I (ca 1600-1400 BC) The ware features elegant storage jars, platters and kraters painted with brown geometric motifs on a cream-coloured base...

BYZANTINE - EARLY ISLAMIC DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
7th Cent. AD

Circular body with fine ribbing, body tapering towards the top, wider at the lower part and narrower at the upper with a loop handle higher than the rim and a well-formed nozzle.

Dimensions:
Length: 9 cm
Width: 6.5 cm

Condition: Good condition as found

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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RED SLIP POTTERY VESSEL

CANAANITE, Early Bronze Age, 3100 – 2700 BC

Beautiful Abydos ware burnished vessel, funnel-shaped neck with two ledge handles on the shoulderS and a last base

Dimensions:
Height: 17.5 cm
Diameter: 10 cm

Found in Jericho, Israel

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Abydos ware (a-BY-dos ware)
Pottery of Canaanite (Syro-Palestinian) origin found in the royal tombs of the First and ...

SPOUTED POTTERY VESSEL "POT"
"Canaanite" Early Bronze Age, 3100 - 2000 BC

Nicely made in a globular body with a spout, funnel-shaped neck, two small handles and a flat base

Dimensions:
Height: 16 cm
Diameter: 18 cm
Height on stand: 21 cm

Condition: Good condition with beautiful heavy calcified earthy patina

Found in Jericho east of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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POTTERY JAR WITH A HIGH LOOPED HANDLE
HOLY LAND, Chalcholithic Age, 4000 - 3100 BC

Dimensions:
Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 12 cm
Height on stand: 17 cm

Condition: Handle repaired as shown otherwise intact

Found in Jericho "Jordan Valley", Holy Land

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"LARGE" POTTERY WINE PITCHER
Canaanite, Middle Bronze Age, 1850 – 1550 B.C.
Time of Abraham

Dimensions:
Height: 28 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Condition: Neck professionally repaired as shown otherwise intact

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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#31638

POTTERY JAR WITH A HIGH LOOPED HANDLE
HOLY LAND, Chalcholithic Age, 4000 - 3100 BC

Dimensions: Height: 9.5 cm Width: 8 cm
Height on stand: 13 cm

Condition: Handle re-attached otherwise intact

Found in Jericho "Jordan Valley", Holy Land

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SPOUTED POTTERY OIL VESSEL
BIBLICAL, IRON AGE, 1200 – 1000 BC
“Time of King David”

Nicely made with two handles and little spout o the side. Would have been used to carry olive oil.

Measurements:
Length: 12 cm
Width: 13 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm

Condition: Minor repair at the rim as shown otherwise intact.

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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BLACK POTTERY JUG
PHOENICIAN BURNISHED POTTERY PITCHER IRON AGE, 1000 – 700 BC

Nicely made with a globular body, flat base and a funnel-shaped neck with a rim folded outwards.

Dimensions:
Height: 15 cm
Diameter: 19 cm
Height on stand: 19 cm

Condition: Good condition with nice earthy patina

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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# 9467

TERRACOTTA HEAD OF AN ASTARTE
Fertility Goddess
Iron Age II, Israelite: 1000-586 BC.
Time of the kings of ancient Israel"

Terracotta figurines of Astarte (Ashtoret), were prominent in daily Israelite religious practice, and were worshiped probably by women. They have been excavated in Judean sites, particularly in Jerusalem, from where the finest examples come, dating mostly to the eighth and seventh centuries BCE.

Measurements: Height: 6.5 cm - Width: 4.5 cm - Height ...

FRAGMENTARY HEAD OF AN ANIMAL
Holy Land - Philistine Period; Circa, 1000 BC

Probably a part of a Kernos!

Dimensions:
Length: 7 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Height on stand: 9 cm

Condition: Good condition as found

Found near Samaria northern Israel

Beautifully mounted on a acrylic plexi-glass display stand of high quality

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#62826

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RED SLIP POTTERY OIL LAMP
CRUSADER PERIOD, 11TH CENT. AD

This type is referred to as “saucer lamps” or “beehive lamps”. The lamp is made from a wheel made bowl slightly pinched where the wick was placed with a small shallow bowl in the middle.

Dimensions:
Length: 9 cm
Width: 8.5 cm
Hight: 4 cm

Condition: Intact as found, not repaired and not restored with remains of ancient paint pigments.

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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POTTERY WINE PITCHER
Holy Land - "CANAANITE" Late Bronze Age;1550 - 1200 BC
Time of Moses

Globular body with a ring base, ring base and a double-shaped loop handle.

Dimensions:
Height: 24 cm
Diameter: 24 cm

Condition: Neck repaired as shown otherwise intact

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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#63908

BURNISHED POTTERY SPOUTED VESSEL
“Canaanite” Early Bronze Age, 3100 – 2000 BC

Red slip, globular body with a two loop handles, rim folded outward and a flat base

Dimensions:
Height: 10 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Height on stand: 13.5 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found in Jericho “Jordan valley”, Holy Land

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BLACK TERRACOTTA OIL JUGLET
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
"Time of King David"

Dimensions:
Height: 9 cm
Width: 6 cm
Height on stand: 12 cm Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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BRONZE COIN OF HELMETED CONSTANTINOPOLIS
ROMAN PERIOD; 337 - 347 AD

Obverse: Bust of Constan-tinopolis, wearing imperial mantle, crested helmet and holding sceptre over left shoulder

Reverse: Victory standing facing, head left, holding transverse sceptre and resting left hand on shield. Mintmark SMANI.

Nicely set in sterling silver pendant

Dimensions:
Length: 2.5 cm

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Israel

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