Rare bag-shaped glass vessel with a rod handle arching over the flared rim. The shoulder decorated with spiral trails. The concave base with a pontil scar.
Semi-transparent light green glass with layers of silvery iridescence.
Glass
Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 3rd-4th century AD
H. 6.6 cm (2.6 in)
Intact and fine. Rare shape.
Swiss private collection Edgar A. Mills, prior to 1956...

Translucent, pale green glass with seven vertical ribs along the piriform body.
Small constriction at the join to the cylindrical neck. The flared mouth with inward folded rim...

Egyptian Faience White and Yellow Lotus Petal Amulet 4,0 cm

Lotus flowers were very popular among the Egyptians and were frequently found in households and gardens. The lotus flower held strong symbolisation, white lotus flowers opened during the day and closed at night representing rebirth and creation while blue lotus flowers opened at night and closed during the day representing the renewal of life...

Egyptian Faience Amarna Taweret Amulet / hippopotamus 1,5cm

Date: 1353-1336 BC

Period: Armana Period

Provenance: Old German collection befor 1983

Condition: look at pictures

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Egyptian Faience Green Monflower Amulet 1,7 cm

Faience is a glazed ceramic known for producing bright colours, especially blues, turquoises and greens. It is produced from quartz or sand crystals mixed with other compounds and can be cast into moulds to create beads or amulets like these ones. Faience gimmers in the light and was believed by the Egyptians to represent rebirth and immortality...

Egyptian Faience Blue Floral Amulet 1,6 cm

Faience is a glazed ceramic known for producing bright colours, especially blues, turquoises and greens. It is produced from quartz or sand crystals mixed with other compounds and can be cast into moulds to create beads or amulets like these ones. Faience gimmers in the light and was believed by the Egyptians to represent rebirth and immortality. The colours had different symbolisms for example, blue was thought to reflect fertility and life...

Beautiful Byzantine silver ring, ca. 10th.-12th. century AD.

The ring very attractive with a high set bezel with an elaborate cross design.

Condition: Choice and wearable.

Ring-size: c. 15 mm.

Ex. Collection of a German Goldsmith, 1960-1995.

Egyptian Faience White and Yellow Lotus Petal Amulet 3,2 cm

Lotus flowers were very popular among the Egyptians and were frequently found in households and gardens. The lotus flower held strong symbolisation, white lotus flowers opened during the day and closed at night representing rebirth and creation while blue lotus flowers opened at night and closed during the day representing the renewal of life...

Material: Faience, Canelian, Stone

Bastet or Bast was a goddess of ancient Egyptian religion, worshiped as early as the Second Dynasty (2890 BCE).

Her name also is rendered as Baast, Ubaste, and Baset.

Condition: look at pictures.

Provenance: Old German collection for 1983

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A nice and rare pottery lamp of a late Roman / Byzantine type, with inscriptions on the body, ca. 5th.-7th. century AD.

Interesting and intact lamp with only minor wear and small chips.

Size: 9 cm.

Condition: Choice and intact.

Private US Collection 1974-1994.

A very rare and exceptionally large Islamic Vase, ca. 12th.-14th. century.

The vase very impressive in size and beautiful classic tulip form. Green-glazed red ceramic.

Size: 26,5 cm. tall and ca. 26 cm. wide. Very heavy construction.

Condition: Choice and intact, with some loss to glaze in parts. Fine iridescent patina.

Provenance: Dr. Günther Marschall collection (1913-1997).

Attractive Etruscan bronze handle possible from a large jug, ca. 7th.-4th. century BC.

A handle with a very nice patina and style.

Size: 17 cm. long!

Ex. Collection Paul Braun, Baden-Württemberg, before 1989.

A huge bronzeage Torc, mid-European bronzeage, ca. 1200-800 BC.

An impressive piece of bronzeage jevellery, a warriors neck-ring, likely from Austria or Hungary. Desined with hook and eye and spiral decoration.

Size: 21,7 cm. in diameter and nearly round.

Condition: Choice and intact with wonderful vivid green and blue patina with a few lighter rough spots.

Ex South-German collection, formerly in an Austrian private collection, 1980s and ex...

An interesting large and heavy applique, likely from furniture in bronze, with 4 masks protruding, early Roman style ca. 1st.-2nd. century AD.

With two lion masks at the top and further down a pair of theatre masks also known in abbundance from the oil lamps. These four masks are graduately getting smaller with the first lion mask the largest.

Size: 11,3 cm. Weight: 113 grams.

Condition: Choice! Very nice brown patina.

Ex. German private collection.

A finely preserved pestle carved finger - hand-carved from fine white marble, Roman, 1st-3rd. cent AD.

The bent thumb pestle has a handle with stylized lines in the skin because of the bent position and a narrow tip with a carved nail bed. Round base, smooth from use.

A stunning and very detailed example of a well-known roman type.

Size: 5 cm. tall and ca. 4,5 cm. wide...

A lovely sculptured pottery head of a Roman lady with elaborate hairstyle, 1st.-3rd. century AD.

The head of a young woman with a slight smile and with head twisted slightly to the left.

Size: 47 mm. tall.

Provenance: German private collection from the 1960s to ca. 2000.

An large and exceptional bronze oil lamp with handle in shape of a leaf and pyramid-shaped, pierced lid. Byzantine, 5th - 6th century A.D.

The lamp is finely engraved and well built. A substantial and very elegant bronze lap with beautifully patinated surfaces. Interestingly, an openwork lid was chosen for it in antiquity, perhaps since it became to hot with a closed tight lid, due to the large size and construction.

Size: c. 16,5 cm...

A fine solid bronze figure of a Rooster / Cockerel, ca. 10th.-12th. century AD.

A beautiful figure, sculptured in the round in a naturalistic manor, very attractive and scarce.

The Rooster has finely engraved feathers on the body and tail. A hole at the top for the loose mohawk which is now missing.

Size: 8 cm. long and 7,8 cm. high. Dark green patina with redish highlights.

Condition: Very nice, some corrosion to the tail and feet but othervise so...

A scarce pottery of a female Deity, 1st.-3rd. century AD.

The head with impressive large hair, a hairnet at the back and young facial features, needs some more research.

Size: ca. 4 cm.

Ex. Collection of a German Goldsmith, 1960-1995.

A lovely greek pottery head of a female godess, likely Aphrodites, with intact neck and all detals preserved, Hellenistic period, 3rd.-2nd. century BC.

These heads was likely ritually broken in some cases and are not rare on the market, but this head are of much better quality and style than most heads for sale.

Size: ca. 4 cm.

Ex. Collection of a German Goldsmith, 1960-1995.

A nearly superb Danish neolithic Sickle dating to around Daggertime, 2400-2000 BC.

Beautifully knapped sickle with sharp edges and a glossy blade.

Size is 8,5 cm. - c. 3,5 inches.

Condition: Nearly superb - with only a few very small chips to the edges. Fantastic amber patina.

Ex. Private collection.

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An exquisite Danish neolithic Sickle dating to around Daggertime, 2400-2000 BC.

Beautifully knapped sickle with sharp edges and a glossy blade.

Size is 10,5 cm. - c. 4 inches.

Condition: Superb - as made. Fantastic amber/black patina.

Ex. Private collection.



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A very nice thinbutted Danish Neolithic Axe from the 4th. mill. BC.

The axe is polished on all four sides.

Size: c. 16 cm - 6,3 inches.

Condition: A choice axe with a few chips. Very nice blueish grey patination.

Ex. Private Collection.

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A larger thinbutted Danish neolithic axe from the 4th mill BC.

Symmetrically shaped blade, polished on all four sides with very smooth surfaces.

Size is 21,5 cm. - c. 8,5 inches.

Condition: A choice axe with a chip to the edge. Otherwise as made.

Ex. Private collection.

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A thickbutted Danish neolithic axe dating to 3rd. mill BC.

The axe is polished on the sides. The shape is slightly asymmetrical, indicating that it might have been mounted as an adze.

The edge is sharp and could be used even today if mounted on a shaft.

Size is 15 cm - c. 6 inches.

Condition: Nearly superb with just i tiny chip to edge. Very nice grey / beige patina.

Ex. Private collection.



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The seal is carved in rock-crystal and is very attractive, Sasanian, ca. 3rd.-6th. century AD.

The base of this hemispheric seal is engraved with a firealter that gives a very high relief impression in wax.

Size: 16 mm. wide.

Condition: Very fine and intact.

Ex. Danish Private Collection

A rare and lovely Scaraboid stamp seal in a pink stone, Assyrian, ca. 12th.-10th. century AD.

The shape emulates the Egyptian scarabs from the period, but made in a rare pink hardstone and with a typical later Assyrian stylized design of the seal plate.

Size: 15 mm.

Condition: Superb for type, very hard stone.

Ex. Danish Private Collection

A very interesting and rare Scaraboid seal of the Phoenician type, ca. 800-600 BC.

The seal of perfect high scaraboid shape with a low relief stamp of a war elephant engraved in the seal plate. Horisontically pierced for mounting. Extremely rare shiny greenstone used, perhaps a Fluorite, semi-transperant with cloudy green inclusions. Finely patinated and weathered.

Size: 15 x 13 x 10 mm.

Condition: Choice.

Ex. Danish Private Collection

Egyptian nacklace with faience beads and Shu amulet. - c. 19,89 inches - ca. 50cm

Condition: look at pictures

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A lovely large bronze ring of the Byzantine and early Islamic type, 6th.-8th. cent. AD.

The ring with a thick ring and oval bezel, which is engraved with an interesting relief engraving of structures or perhaps an ancient form of writing.

Ring-Size: 21-22 mm. Weight: 12.67 grams.

Condition: Superb! Very attractive dark green patina.

Ex. Collection of a German Goldsmith, 1960-1995.

The panels with extraordinary depictions of a gender-based division of labor.
The hunting scene shows a naked man with a spear grasping at a bird hidden behind a large ivy leaf which may represent the forest grove.
On the other side a woman with diminutive head and outstretched arms. Assuming that plants are denoted by contouring dots, she is standing next to three trees in her garden.
Figural depictions on this type of pottery are rare. Ingenuous style in silhouette techni...

Native Apulian jug of globular body with tapering neck, everted rim and strap handle. The body, the neck and the outside of the base with circumferential bands of brown glaze. Top of the rim and outside of the handle also glazed. Standing on a flat disk base.
The Messapians were a South Italian tribe settled in the Salento area. Related to the Peucetes and the Daunians they belonged to the group of the Iapyges. These populations created important urban centers and had rather difficult rel...

Wonderful large pottery head, perhaps a theatre head, Roman Egypt, 1st.-3rd. century AD.

The human head with grotesque features.

Size: 87 mm. x 85 mm.

Condition: Very fine, missing one ear othervise completely intact and choice! Nice old brownish patina.

Ex. German Private Collection, 1925-1979.

Eros leans on an oval shield which rests on a square altar. The chubby god of love is shown with crossed leg, both arms rest on an oval shield with broad border.
The oval face absorbed in thought, parted hair with wavy strands, all surmounted by a stippled wreath. The wings are omitted. Superb modeling. Traces of a white coat remain.
For a body taken from the same mold, cf. item no. 1867,0508.657 in the British Museum database.
Unlike the London example, our figure shows a ...

Interesting European, perhaps Swedish Foundation brick from a building, 17th. century.

With Coat Of Arms and dating.

Size: 13,3 x 9,5 x 7,5 cm. Ca. 2kg.

Ex. Danish Private Collection

Shallow bowl redware fragment showing a fierce lion with the head turned towards the viewer.
The finely modeled lion was taken from a separate mold and applied to the bowl. The procedure was characteristic of Roman North African ceramic workshops.
The motif may belong to the realm of Roman hunt scenes or relate to Christians thrown to the beasts like St. Thecla or Daniel. Apart from that the lion may represent Christ or Marcus the evangelist.
Ceramic
Roman, North Afri...

A fine lot of Roman bronze antiquities, dating 1st.-3rd. century AD.

Collection comprice of four nice bronze keys or clasps for locks with animal finials, (sizes max 7 cm.), a large Lunar pendant with loop (size ca. 4,5 cm. x 4 cm.), a large clasp for a lock with openwork design (8,8 cm. length) and a finely patinated fibula.

All in all 7 fine items.

Condition: Choice!

Archaic satyr with protruding almond-shaped eyes, enormous snub nose, and full lips with slight archaic smile.
The prominent forehead with a receding hairline and animal ears. The smooth beard with a tiny mustache.
The satyr carries a krater whose volute handle and rim appear close to the left ear. The rim of the vessel is partially missing, as is the second handle.
The pectoral muscle is clearly visible, including the preserved right hand.
The figure of a satyr runni...

Interesting figure of a kneeling man with black African features. The naked man leans forward a little and looks thoughtful. He shows a furrowed brow, receding hairline and puffed up hair.
Nice anatomic detail of the upper body. Right arm missing, a garment covers the partially preserved left.
Superb modeling. Old collection’s tag on the back.
Terracotta
Greek, Hellenistic Period, 2nd-1st Century BC
H. 6.2 cm (2.4 in)
H. with stand 8.8 cm (3.5 in)

Greek protome with nicely rendered late archaic features. The female head is showing small almond-shaped eyes, a prominent nose and lips drawn into a slight archaic smile. She wears a stephane and a veil.
Probably from Sicily, following an Eastern Greek model.
Published with Cahn Auktionen AG, Auktion 2, 21. September 2007, lot no. 351a.
Terracotta
Western Greek, Archaic Period, around 500 BC
H. 10.3 cm (4.1 in)
W. 5.9 cm (2.3 in)
H. with stand 15...

Tall glazed skyphos with swelling wall, the lower part tapers towards a torus foot.
The horseshoe-shaped handles attached just below the slightly flared rim.
Resting surface and underside reserved; the bottom with applied red wash. Extraordinary silvery glaze.
For a slightly smaller example, cf. 4373c1 in: Jean-Paul Morel. Céramique Campanienne: Les Formes. Rome 1981.
Ceramic
Apulian, 300-280 BC
H. 12 cm
D. 11.4 cm
W. over handles 18.6 cm...

A very interesting and wonderful bust of a male god in silver, Ancient Near East, ca. 1st. millenium BC.

A pre-roman figure from the Ancient Near or middle East, unresearched for culture.

The finial depicts a divine figure likely a god, bald-headed with fine facial features, halo behind. Rivet holes for attaching it to a shaft of bone or wood now lost.

Size: 6 cm. tall.

Condition: Superb, completely intact with a very deep and smooth black silver pat...

Ancient egyptian faience shabti for Hor 9,8 cm.

Inscription: "jt n Tr n Jmn Hr mAa-xrw" means " Godfather of Amun, Hor, Justified"

THe title "Godfather of Amun" describe a permanent member of Priestly community from the Amun temple from Karnak.

From an old German collection.

Condition: look at pictures.

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Ancient egyptian faience shabti for Nes-Amun 7,5 cm published.

Potemaic Dynasty 332-30 B. C.

Inscription: "The Illuminate; Osiris, Nes Amun."

published in the Book: "Uschebti – agyptische Dienerfiguren einer deutschen Privatsammlung" Site: 126/127 for more Details.

From an old German collection.

Condition: look at pictures.

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Ancient egyptian fayence shabti of Gemshu 11,3cm

Late Period, 26th to 30th Dynasty c. 664-332 B.C

Inscription: "Gm-Sw ms, Hr-m-Axt" means "Gemshu, born by, Horemakhet" Both Gemshu "the one whom the god Shu has found" and Horemakhet "Horus is at the horizon" are personal names typical for the Late period. On personal names formed in the same manner as Gemshu see.

From an old German collection.

Condition: look at pictures.

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Ancient egyptian fayence shabti for Prince Khaemwaset 15,5cm.

Mummiform votive ushabti, faience with details in black, wearing a short wig, curls modeled into the wig, with sidelock (wick of youth) and a small goatee, adorned with a broad usekh collar, holding agricultural implements in each hand, wrist bracelets, seed sack on back, and a column of hieroglyphic inscriptions on front naming “Khaemwaset” as the owner, using the hallowed Khamuas formula.

The Khamuas form...

Ancient egyptian carnelian scarab amulet 2,6 cm

Scarab amulets were used for their magical rejuvenating properties by both the living and the dead. Scarabs were used by living individuals as seals from the start of the Middle Kingdom (ca. 2055 BCE) onwards. These scarabs, like JHUAM 3757 and 3778, had inscriptions on their flat bottoms and could be impressed into mud or clay. The most common inscription for these scarabs was the owner’s name. However, as on both of these objects, t...

BICHROME GLAZED ROYAL TILE FRAGMENTS OF " Seti II" 4,2cm.

New Kingdom, late Dynasty 19, reign of Seti II, c.1237-1200 B.C.E.

Originally from a palace, probably in the delta capital of Piramessu.

From an old German collection.

Condition: look at pictures.

Look at the Bonhams Auktion.

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/16853/lot/59/?category=list&length=401&page=1

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Ancient egyptian faience shabti for Pa-shed-meref 9cm.

Dynasty 21st/22nd.

An interesting Third Intermediate Period faience ushabti which rather unusually for this period, has two columns of hieroglyphs.

Inscription: sHD wsir it-nTr n Imn, pA-Sd-mr.f mAa xrw

The illuminated, the Osiris, Gods father of Amun, Pa-shed-meref, true of voice

From an old German collection.

Condition: look at pictures.

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Ancient egyptian faience shabti of Suensachmet 13cm.

New Kingdom Dynasty 19th

inscription: Wsjr Sw-n-Sxm.t "Osiris; Suensachmet".

The personal name of Suensachmet means "He belongs to goddess Sachmet".

From an old German collection.

Condition: look at pictures.

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Egypt, Coptic culture, later 1st. millenioum BC

A delightful female idol carved from bone. The face is dominated by huge, round eyes and a small nose and mouth. Incised lines form bands around the head, neck, and waist, female genitals outlined.

Size: 5,2 cm.

Ex. Dr. Beck Collection, Bonn. In Germany since 1980s.

A large pendant (?) usage unknown, but perhaps verification or ownership, Byzantine, 5th.-7th. century AD.

A lead pendant (amulet?) in form of a round disc with bar and monogram and greek letters.

Massive piece weighing 43,8 grams and 4,1 cm. long.

Ex. German Private Collection, 1925-1979.

A superb and large Roman Necklace of spherical gold, amethyst, garnet and emerald beads of different sizes, some amethyst beads also biconical, in the centre a triangular banded agate set in gold.

Roman, 1st - 3rd century A.D.

Modern stringing on gold wire, gold beads modern, intact. Wearable and strong with modern closure.

Lots of fine gold and ancient gems!

Lenght: 49,5 cm.

Ex. Switzerland Private Collection, 1992.

A large and very beautiful cloudy Chalcedony stamp seal, Neo-babylonian period of Mesopotamia, 9th.-7th. century BC. A large and very beautiful cloudy Chalcedony stamp seal, Neo-babylonian period of Mesopotamia, 9th.-7th. century BC.

Pyramidal shape. Decorated with a stylized image, hole through the top.

Very nice stone quality.

Size: ca. 36-37 mm.

Ex. German Private Collection

A beautiful gold earring with a three-layered agate. Roman, 2nd - 3rd century AD.

Very attractive and in a fine condition, with nice patina.

Size: Diameter c. 1,3cm, weight 0,73gr.

Ex Collection Chierroni, Paris, since 1980s and sold at auction Germany.

A massive ancient Chlorite stone Chalice with handle, Intercultural style of ancient near East / Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.

The vessel carved in a massive chlorite stone with thick walls and high stemmed foot. It has a large handle going from the top to the foot and with a nsculptured rams head at the top. The vessel is decorated with palm trees with small Scorpios on them. Scorpios and snakes are often seen on Southern Kerman and Bactrian stone carvings in the 3rd. millenium, with s...

Scarab for Thutmosis III / Reign 1479–1425 BC / 19mm

Condition: look at pictures

From an old German collection

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Scarab Thutmosis III / Reign 1479–1425 BC / 11mm

Comparison: Skarabäen und andere Siegelamulette aus Baseler Sammung. Page 246 n.277

Condition: look at pictures.

From an old German collection.

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Moto Scarab 2,2cm.

Condition: look at pictures.

From an old German collection.

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Scarab Thutmosis III / Reign 1479–1425 BC / 14mm

Comparison: Skarabäen und andere Siegelamulette aus Baseler Sammung. Page 246 n.276

Condition: look at pictures.

From an old German collection.

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