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Ostracon Ancient Art
$890.00
$890.00
Campanian squat lekythos decorated with the head of a woman wearing a segmented sakkos sparing a tuft at the temple. The Campanian headdress is stitched along the joins and leaves a bun at rear.
Eye and eyebrow are indicated with short lines, mouth and nostrils with tiny dots.
Tiny lines to extend the round chin. The woman wears a necklace and an earring.
The sideward tendril with scrolls that frame vestigial blossoms...
Eye and eyebrow are indicated with short lines, mouth and nostrils with tiny dots.
Tiny lines to extend the round chin. The woman wears a necklace and an earring.
The sideward tendril with scrolls that frame vestigial blossoms...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1474346
Senatus Consulto
$495.00
$495.00
A very interesting and rare motif on a massive cylinder seal in white stone (marble?), Mesoopotamia, c. 3000-2700 BC.
The seal artfully engraved with an animal fight between an elephant, Lion and gazelle. Very thick seal that gives an impressive imprint.
Size: 28 mm. tall and c. 17 mm. wide.
Condition: Near Very fine, intact, but with some corr. to c. 1/3 of the engraving...
The seal artfully engraved with an animal fight between an elephant, Lion and gazelle. Very thick seal that gives an impressive imprint.
Size: 28 mm. tall and c. 17 mm. wide.
Condition: Near Very fine, intact, but with some corr. to c. 1/3 of the engraving...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$1,350.00
$1,350.00
Large tan colored kantharos decorated with ivy tendrils ending in corymbs. A checkerboard band with circular incisions underneath. Bands of brownish glaze at the rim, the rounded bowl and the flared foot...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Pre AD 1000
item #1474239
Senatus Consulto
$195.00
$195.00
Choice intact Lion Amulet, New Kingdom-late period, 1070-330 BC.
Depicting a crouching lion with large mane in torquise faiance. Superbly detailed for the type.
Size: 26 x 19 mm. long.
Ex Old 1960's-1970s private collection
Depicting a crouching lion with large mane in torquise faiance. Superbly detailed for the type.
Size: 26 x 19 mm. long.
Ex Old 1960's-1970s private collection
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1474173
Senatus Consulto
$450.00
$450.00
A fine larger stamp seal with an engraved handle in cream stone marble or alabast (?), made during Hittite expansion in the Hittite style, c. 2nd. millenium BC.
The seal plate is round and depicts a kneeling human or deity struggling with a large snake, another animal behind. The handle engraved with a deep relief motif of an animal.
Size: 24 mm. in diameter and 24 mm. tall...
The seal plate is round and depicts a kneeling human or deity struggling with a large snake, another animal behind. The handle engraved with a deep relief motif of an animal.
Size: 24 mm. in diameter and 24 mm. tall...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1474171
Senatus Consulto
$425.00
$425.00
A fine larger stamp seal with a handle in cream stone, made during Hittite expansion in the Hittite style, c. 2nd. millenium BC.
The seal plate is round and depicts a pair of animals and the handle engraved with a drilled male with sword! Probably a warrior.
Size: 26 mm. in diameter and 28 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine.
Comes with the original hard clay impression from below collection...
The seal plate is round and depicts a pair of animals and the handle engraved with a drilled male with sword! Probably a warrior.
Size: 26 mm. in diameter and 28 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine.
Comes with the original hard clay impression from below collection...
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item #1474167
Senatus Consulto
$175.00
$175.00
A finely carved black stone seal with a scarce oval high dome shape, probably an animal form, Anatolia or Syria, c. late 4th.-early 3rd. millenium BC.
Carved with an interesting pattern with three drilled round pellets in a grit. Aquired by the collector in 2003.
Size: 27 mm. long and 13 mm. tall...
Carved with an interesting pattern with three drilled round pellets in a grit. Aquired by the collector in 2003.
Size: 27 mm. long and 13 mm. tall...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1474166
A fine large brown stone stamp seal with high relief, Ancient Near East, probably Mesopotamia, Uruk period, 4th...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1474098
Senatus Consulto
$325.00
$325.00
Interesting late neolithic - early bronzeage stamp seal in attractive dark green stone, finely engraved, East Anatolia/West Mesopotamia, c. 3rd. millenium bC.
The seal finely made with a handle and sort of 'Hat-shaped' like these pre-Hittite seals often are. The engraving shows a pair of horned animals with very long curved horns and with the small triangular spearpoint-forms in the fields, typical for Anatolian seals.
Size: 24 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Good ...
The seal finely made with a handle and sort of 'Hat-shaped' like these pre-Hittite seals often are. The engraving shows a pair of horned animals with very long curved horns and with the small triangular spearpoint-forms in the fields, typical for Anatolian seals.
Size: 24 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Good ...
Explorer Ancient Art
$690.00
$690.00
Chief god of the underworld. Depicted mummiform, he is wearing the atef crown, fronted with an ureas, wearing the false beard and with hands emerging from tightly fitting garment and grasping the crook and flail. 26th Dynasty 672-525 B.C. 4 3/8 inches high. From a Maryland estate.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1473902
Senatus Consulto
$395.00
$395.00
A large marple seal with a very interesting engraving, probably Bactria Achaeological Complex (BMAC), c. 3rd.-2nd. mill. BC.
Attractive large seal carved in a fine-grained white marple, with oval seal plate and a tall, pierced handle. The seal is engraved with a king or main deity seated on the throne, receiving tribute from a lesser king or minor deity. The tribute looks like a trident, but could be a sceptre. Both are wearing strange pointed helmets or perhaps partly animal heads ...
Attractive large seal carved in a fine-grained white marple, with oval seal plate and a tall, pierced handle. The seal is engraved with a king or main deity seated on the throne, receiving tribute from a lesser king or minor deity. The tribute looks like a trident, but could be a sceptre. Both are wearing strange pointed helmets or perhaps partly animal heads ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1473901
Senatus Consulto
$375.00
$375.00
A lovely Pre-Dynastic / late Neolithic gable seal with a an artful engraving, Mesopotamia, 3rd.-2nd. millenium BC.
Carved in a beautiful mottled grey stone, gable shape almost scaraboid shape, hence the late dating. The seal carved with an animal fighting a snake - probably a Manguster or a fox, above a Lizzard. Really nice, lively carving!
Size: 26-27 mm. long.
Condition: Good very fine, completely intact with a nice smooth wear and patina.
Comes with...
Carved in a beautiful mottled grey stone, gable shape almost scaraboid shape, hence the late dating. The seal carved with an animal fighting a snake - probably a Manguster or a fox, above a Lizzard. Really nice, lively carving!
Size: 26-27 mm. long.
Condition: Good very fine, completely intact with a nice smooth wear and patina.
Comes with...
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item #1473900
Senatus Consulto
$185.00
$185.00
A finely carved and poslished square stamp seal, Anatolian / Levantine, c. 2nd.-1st. millenium BC.
Engraved with an archaic style 4-legged animal and probably from the Hittite / Neo-Hittite colonies of the later 2nd. mill. BC. Attractive with elaborately carved handle.
Size: Square, c. 15-16 mm.
Condition: Extremely fine, intact with fine smooth wear and earthern deposits.
Comes with hard impression.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-20...
Engraved with an archaic style 4-legged animal and probably from the Hittite / Neo-Hittite colonies of the later 2nd. mill. BC. Attractive with elaborately carved handle.
Size: Square, c. 15-16 mm.
Condition: Extremely fine, intact with fine smooth wear and earthern deposits.
Comes with hard impression.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-20...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1473897
Senatus Consulto
$95.00
$95.00
An attractive and affordable Babylonian cylinder seal in a scarce stone for a cylinder seal (Jasper), c. 1900-1700 BC.
The roll-out became bad actual seal is better and depicts seated deities.
Size: 19 mm.
Comes with hard impression.
Condition: Fine.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberlände...
The roll-out became bad actual seal is better and depicts seated deities.
Size: 19 mm.
Comes with hard impression.
Condition: Fine.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberlände...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pottery : Pre AD 1000
item #1473868
Senatus Consulto
$95.00
$95.00
Interesting bead or perhaps a spindle weight, carved with geomethric patterns, c. 3rd.-2nd. millenium BC.
Exceptionally large bead that would have been impossible to use in a necklace. In hard burnt stoneware and it that came to us as part of an Egyptian collection. Guaranteed authentic as everything we sell.
Size: 45 mm. in diameter and 42 mm. tall
Ex. Old German collection, aquired in the 1980s.
Exceptionally large bead that would have been impossible to use in a necklace. In hard burnt stoneware and it that came to us as part of an Egyptian collection. Guaranteed authentic as everything we sell.
Size: 45 mm. in diameter and 42 mm. tall
Ex. Old German collection, aquired in the 1980s.
Senatus Consulto
$175.00
$175.00
Fine Egyptian bone carving of a Fish with nice details of scales and head, Egypt, 1st. millenium BC.
Size: c. 5 cm. long.
Condition: Fine-VF, with minor losses to tip of tail and head.
Ex. Old German collection, aquired in the 1980s.
Size: c. 5 cm. long.
Condition: Fine-VF, with minor losses to tip of tail and head.
Ex. Old German collection, aquired in the 1980s.
Senatus Consulto
$375.00
$375.00
A beautiful & large Indus Valley pottery jar, dating to c. 3rd mill. BC. Probably Mehrgarh-civilisation.
The jar is designed beautifully as a large beaker with a wide mouth, a concave body on a narrow base. The jar is decorated with several concentric rings and an animal and a flower. The other decorations could be some sort of writing (?).
Size: ca 14 cm each 8-9 cm. wide - nice pieces from Indus Valley.
Condition: Superb for age and type. Intact with very fe...
The jar is designed beautifully as a large beaker with a wide mouth, a concave body on a narrow base. The jar is decorated with several concentric rings and an animal and a flower. The other decorations could be some sort of writing (?).
Size: ca 14 cm each 8-9 cm. wide - nice pieces from Indus Valley.
Condition: Superb for age and type. Intact with very fe...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1473788
A fine thick and large cylinder seal, Mesopotamia Uruk-Pre-Dynastic, 4th.-3rd. mill. BC
Very vividly engraved in a black stone with what looks like a human holding a bulls eye or sun symbol and perhaps about to climb a latter. Interesting symbols in the fields as well.
Size: 25 mm. tall and 15 mm. thick.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with fine patina and deposits in the details.
Comes with the original Id card.
Provenance: Gustav OberlÃ...
Very vividly engraved in a black stone with what looks like a human holding a bulls eye or sun symbol and perhaps about to climb a latter. Interesting symbols in the fields as well.
Size: 25 mm. tall and 15 mm. thick.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with fine patina and deposits in the details.
Comes with the original Id card.
Provenance: Gustav OberlÃ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1473785
Senatus Consulto
$350.00
$350.00
A very early stone cylinder of the group of massive Uruk seals, Uruk-Jemdet Nasr, probably late 4th. mill. BC. in Mesopotamia.
A very thick seal engraved in a fine black stone with symethric eye symbols in the drill style.
Size: 22 mm. thick and 27 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, with even Wear and fine patina with deposits.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, ...
A very thick seal engraved in a fine black stone with symethric eye symbols in the drill style.
Size: 22 mm. thick and 27 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, with even Wear and fine patina with deposits.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, ...
Senatus Consulto
$275.00
$275.00
A large uninscribed heart scarab, Rameside to Late Kingdom, c. 12th.-6th. century BC.
The scarab carved in a greyish type of stone, stylized type made to be placed at the heart of the body. The details of the head and front faintly incised.
Size: 55 mm. long and 34 mm. wide. Made of a heavy type of stone.
Condition: Good very fine for type, finely patinated.
Ex Old 1960's-1970s private collection
The scarab carved in a greyish type of stone, stylized type made to be placed at the heart of the body. The details of the head and front faintly incised.
Size: 55 mm. long and 34 mm. wide. Made of a heavy type of stone.
Condition: Good very fine for type, finely patinated.
Ex Old 1960's-1970s private collection
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1473755
An accomplished and very interesting larger stone cylinder seal, from the Uruk period of Mesopotamia, c. 3500-3000 BC.
The fine drill-style carved shows thick vertical bars, and some strange creatures behind and around these bars. Attractive high relief seal carved in a black stone, with loop at the top instead of the usual vertical drilling.
Size: c. 27 mm. tall, and 13 mm. wide.
Condition: Good Very fine, finely preserved with nice patina and deposits.
The fine drill-style carved shows thick vertical bars, and some strange creatures behind and around these bars. Attractive high relief seal carved in a black stone, with loop at the top instead of the usual vertical drilling.
Size: c. 27 mm. tall, and 13 mm. wide.
Condition: Good Very fine, finely preserved with nice patina and deposits.
Ostracon Ancient Art
$650.00
$650.00
Corinthian black-figure aryballos with three warriors walking right. The helmeted hoplites carry spears and large round shields.
Cursory incisions for the helmets and the center of the shields, which show faint remains of applied red color.
The vase belongs to the ‘Group of the Round Shielded Warriors’.
For a closely related example, cf. Beazley Archive vase no. 1010203.
Ceramic
Late Corinthian I, 575-550BC
H. 6.2 cm (2.4 in)
Reconstituted fr...
Cursory incisions for the helmets and the center of the shields, which show faint remains of applied red color.
The vase belongs to the ‘Group of the Round Shielded Warriors’.
For a closely related example, cf. Beazley Archive vase no. 1010203.
Ceramic
Late Corinthian I, 575-550BC
H. 6.2 cm (2.4 in)
Reconstituted fr...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$360.00
$360.00
Group of three Byzantine belt buckles with kidney-shaped, high-sided frames and lateral ridges at the resting point of the pronge.
The heavy pronges are fixed between lugs, their tops are provided with rectangular shields. Some pronges decorated with concentric circles.
The frames correspond to type R (fig. 1, pp. 4-5) in the classification of Schulze-Dörrlamm.
Literature: Mechthild Schulze-Dörrlamm. Byzantinische Gürtelschnallen und Gürtelbeschläge. Kataloge vor- und f...
The heavy pronges are fixed between lugs, their tops are provided with rectangular shields. Some pronges decorated with concentric circles.
The frames correspond to type R (fig. 1, pp. 4-5) in the classification of Schulze-Dörrlamm.
Literature: Mechthild Schulze-Dörrlamm. Byzantinische Gürtelschnallen und Gürtelbeschläge. Kataloge vor- und f...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$440.00
$440.00
Nice Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos decorated with red-brown bands and lines. Two bands below the shoulder enhanced with lines in applied red. Tongue pattern on the shoulder. The base with a small cavity below.
For a related example, cf. Beazley Pottery database no. 1009975 (vase no. 1)
Ceramic
Etruscan, 620-580 BC
H. 9.3 cm (3.7 in)
Strap handle and small area of the disk rim restored. Otherwise intact, light surface wear.
Swiss private collection Ticino,...
For a related example, cf. Beazley Pottery database no. 1009975 (vase no. 1)
Ceramic
Etruscan, 620-580 BC
H. 9.3 cm (3.7 in)
Strap handle and small area of the disk rim restored. Otherwise intact, light surface wear.
Swiss private collection Ticino,...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1473670
Senatus Consulto
$350.00
$350.00
An impressive large cone-shaped stamp seal with typical drill carvings, incl. what looks like the male phallos (?), Mesopotamia, c. 3300-2900 BC.
Very unusual Cone shape for the period.
Size: 32 mm. in diameter and c. 20 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with minor wear and fine thick patina.
Comes with hard impression and COA.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection bet...
Very unusual Cone shape for the period.
Size: 32 mm. in diameter and c. 20 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with minor wear and fine thick patina.
Comes with hard impression and COA.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection bet...
Senatus Consulto
$295.00
$295.00
Interesting cross hanger, carved in a dark steatite stone, with white slip or glazing. The white cross form is inlaid with another red cross form in sandstone or ceramics and done with an extra cross bar. Christian Egypt, 100-500 AD, probably Coptic.
Size: 11,7 cm. tall and 9,7 cm. wide.
Condition: Choice and intact with wear to the white glaze and extensive patination.
Ex. Old Danish Estate collection
Size: 11,7 cm. tall and 9,7 cm. wide.
Condition: Choice and intact with wear to the white glaze and extensive patination.
Ex. Old Danish Estate collection
JFF Ancient Art
€1,280.00
€1,280.00
Ancient Egyptian faience cartouche plaque. One side is incised with an imitation of „Men-Kheper-Re“, the prenomen of the Pharaoh Tuthmosis III. The keeper sign is replaced with the Neith sign. The other side is incised with an animal of Seth, in front a lotus plant.
This piece has a very rare old published provenance. It comes from the famous Amherst collection,
which was sold 1921 at Sotheby. This piece is described in the auction catalog of Sotheby more than
100 years ago unde...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pottery : Pre AD 1000
item #1473644
Senatus Consulto
$550.00
$550.00
An unusually large ceramic figure of a reclining animal, probably a Dog, in greish clay with painted details of necklace, eyes and claws in red.
A fine representation, perhaps made as tomb pottery.
Size: 11,3 cm. long and 9 cm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine, with tiny loss to it's ears or horns, othervise choice and with preserved pigments.
Ex Old 1980s private collection
A fine representation, perhaps made as tomb pottery.
Size: 11,3 cm. long and 9 cm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine, with tiny loss to it's ears or horns, othervise choice and with preserved pigments.
Ex Old 1980s private collection
Senatus Consulto
$950.00
$950.00
A rare and attractive early Egyptian vessel / beaker, dating to the Old Kingdom, 2649 - 2150 BC.
The conical beaker with a wide flat rim and craved in finely banded alabaster.
Size: 68 mm. tall. and 62 mm. wide over the rim.
Condition: Very fine for the very rare type, with small chip to the rim restored.
Ex. Old German collection, aquired 1960s-1970s.
The conical beaker with a wide flat rim and craved in finely banded alabaster.
Size: 68 mm. tall. and 62 mm. wide over the rim.
Condition: Very fine for the very rare type, with small chip to the rim restored.
Ex. Old German collection, aquired 1960s-1970s.
Senatus Consulto
$1,250.00
$1,250.00
Rectangular basalt mortar vessel with stand plate and domed depression inside. Middle Kingdom, 2137 - 1781 B.C.
A very attractive motar vessel with fine ancient patina and wear from use, but completely intact.
Size: 10,7 cm. long and 7 cm. wide.
Reff. Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels - Materials and Forms (1989), p. 144, #151.
Ex. Old German collection, aquired 1960s-1970s.
A very attractive motar vessel with fine ancient patina and wear from use, but completely intact.
Size: 10,7 cm. long and 7 cm. wide.
Reff. Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels - Materials and Forms (1989), p. 144, #151.
Ex. Old German collection, aquired 1960s-1970s.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Pre AD 1000
item #1473594
Senatus Consulto
$195.00
$195.00
A fine depiction of a Jackal on a larger amulet, probably from the The 26th Dynasty / Saite Period, 664 BC to 525 BC.
In light green faiance finely detailed on one side only as is typical for these.
Size: 26 mm. long.
Condition: Good Very fine, intact.
Ex Old 1960's-1970s private collection
In light green faiance finely detailed on one side only as is typical for these.
Size: 26 mm. long.
Condition: Good Very fine, intact.
Ex Old 1960's-1970s private collection
Senatus Consulto
$1,950.00
$1,950.00
A rare large inscribed heart scarab, Late Kingdom, after 660 BC.
The heart scarab carved in a redish type of sandstone or perhaps a type of red stoneware, glazed with an almost perfectly intact dark green gaze. Made as a somewhat cheaper alternative to the green basalt hardstone scarabs of the period. Finely inscribed on the base with 6 lines of hieroglyphs, tradionally with passages from the Book of Death, but untranslated by us.
Size: 56 mm. long and rather massive in han...
The heart scarab carved in a redish type of sandstone or perhaps a type of red stoneware, glazed with an almost perfectly intact dark green gaze. Made as a somewhat cheaper alternative to the green basalt hardstone scarabs of the period. Finely inscribed on the base with 6 lines of hieroglyphs, tradionally with passages from the Book of Death, but untranslated by us.
Size: 56 mm. long and rather massive in han...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Pre AD 1000
item #1473355
Senatus Consulto
$250.00
$250.00
Attractive detailed Lion Amulet, New Kingdom-late period, 1070-330 BC.
Depicting a crouching lion with large mane in torquise faiance.
Size: 26 mm. long.
Ex Old 1960's-1970s private collection
Depicting a crouching lion with large mane in torquise faiance.
Size: 26 mm. long.
Ex Old 1960's-1970s private collection
Senatus Consulto
$495.00
$495.00
An large accomplisheed Two-finger amulet, Egypt, Late Period, 664 - 322 B.C.
The amulet well-modelled in a fine glossy black obsidian
Size: 73 mm. mm. long.
Condition: Very fine, loss to part of the smaller right fnger.
Two-finger amulets were used for the dead and were often found on the lower left of the torso. This is the area of the incision that was made during the mummification process in order to remove the internal organs. These amulets were m...
The amulet well-modelled in a fine glossy black obsidian
Size: 73 mm. mm. long.
Condition: Very fine, loss to part of the smaller right fnger.
Two-finger amulets were used for the dead and were often found on the lower left of the torso. This is the area of the incision that was made during the mummification process in order to remove the internal organs. These amulets were m...
Senatus Consulto
$1,425.00
$1,425.00
Conical striped alabaster mortar vessel with two handles on the upper rim. 3rd Intermediate Period, c. 1075-800 BC.
Very attractive sturdy motar in very beautiful banded stone. Finely sculptured with the twin handles and the perfect symethric shape.
Size: c. 10,4 cm. wide over the handles and c. 7 cm. tall.
Condition Intact with nice patina.
Reff. B. G. Aston, Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels - Materials and Forms (1989), S. 158 Nr. 200b.
Ex...
Very attractive sturdy motar in very beautiful banded stone. Finely sculptured with the twin handles and the perfect symethric shape.
Size: c. 10,4 cm. wide over the handles and c. 7 cm. tall.
Condition Intact with nice patina.
Reff. B. G. Aston, Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels - Materials and Forms (1989), S. 158 Nr. 200b.
Ex...
Senatus Consulto
$675.00
$675.00
A fine matching pair of pottery Kyathoi with finely preserved decoration, late archaic or early classic period of 550-525 BC.
Very attractive and in near perfect condition! No repair.
Size: H 10cm, ø 13,3cm & H 10,8cm, ø 10,6cm.
Ex. Swiss private collection 2002, aquired ex di Meglio Collection, Cambridgeshire, England; b) ex Clive Sawyer, England.
Very attractive and in near perfect condition! No repair.
Size: H 10cm, ø 13,3cm & H 10,8cm, ø 10,6cm.
Ex. Swiss private collection 2002, aquired ex di Meglio Collection, Cambridgeshire, England; b) ex Clive Sawyer, England.
Ostracon Ancient Art
$480.00
$480.00
Solid lion applique with rounded back. Deeply engraved beady eyes, slit mouth and incision along the forehead. The small ears protruding from the suggested mane.
H. 5.2 cm (2 in)
Terracotta
Eastern Mediterranean, 6th/5th century BC
Intact and rare.
Ex New York collection, acquired 1970s-1980s.
The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.
H. 5.2 cm (2 in)
Terracotta
Eastern Mediterranean, 6th/5th century BC
Intact and rare.
Ex New York collection, acquired 1970s-1980s.
The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.
Ostracon Ancient Art
$420.00
$420.00
Bust of a camel with protruding snout, slit mouth, pierced nostrils and applied eyes. On top of the head the typical cap of hair. Wide neck and chest area, the back side with a central rib.
Terracotta
Near Eastern, 1st millennium BC
H. 9.7 cm (3.8 in)
H. with stand 13.7 cm (5.4 in)
Fragmentary, rare and fine. Lime deposits and root marks. Old wood block mount.
Ex New York collection, acquired 1970s-1980s.
The authenticity of the object is u...
Terracotta
Near Eastern, 1st millennium BC
H. 9.7 cm (3.8 in)
H. with stand 13.7 cm (5.4 in)
Fragmentary, rare and fine. Lime deposits and root marks. Old wood block mount.
Ex New York collection, acquired 1970s-1980s.
The authenticity of the object is u...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$650.00
$650.00
Terracotta figure of a lion resting with crossed forepaws.
The raised head is modeled in great detail, mane and paws show the skilful use of modeling tool.
Fully hand modeled terracotta, part of a larger group, possibly with an additional figure mounted on the animal’s back. The surface with remains of an applied white wash.
Terracotta
Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd/3rd century AD
L. 9.1 cm (3.6 in)
H. 6.8 cm (2.7 in)
Intact and rare.
Ex New ...
The raised head is modeled in great detail, mane and paws show the skilful use of modeling tool.
Fully hand modeled terracotta, part of a larger group, possibly with an additional figure mounted on the animal’s back. The surface with remains of an applied white wash.
Terracotta
Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd/3rd century AD
L. 9.1 cm (3.6 in)
H. 6.8 cm (2.7 in)
Intact and rare.
Ex New ...
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item #1472911
Senatus Consulto
$195.00
$195.00
The large seal of the hemispheric form and probably Parthian or early Sasanian, so like 0-500 AD, could be earlier though.
Done in a fantastic stone type - black with a spiders web of lighter colours. Attractive in hand. The shape of this stamp seal was probably invented by the Neo-Babylonians and continuued to be made in the near east until the end of the Sasanian period. The base is engraved with an unidentified cruciform symbol.
Size: c. 22 mm. wide.
Con...
Done in a fantastic stone type - black with a spiders web of lighter colours. Attractive in hand. The shape of this stamp seal was probably invented by the Neo-Babylonians and continuued to be made in the near east until the end of the Sasanian period. The base is engraved with an unidentified cruciform symbol.
Size: c. 22 mm. wide.
Con...
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item #1472906
Senatus Consulto
$225.00
$225.00
Ancient North Mesopotamian or Anatolian stamp seal of the round type, 4th.- early 3rd. millenium type of the later Ubaid / Uruk period.
Very attractive large seal in smooth dark serpentine and carved with a stylized zoomorphic depiction.
Size: 30 mm.
Condition: Very fine, light wear to the drilled holes from use, othervise intact with attractive smooth patina.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important...
Very attractive large seal in smooth dark serpentine and carved with a stylized zoomorphic depiction.
Size: 30 mm.
Condition: Very fine, light wear to the drilled holes from use, othervise intact with attractive smooth patina.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important...
Senatus Consulto
$245.00
$245.00
A huge collection of 19 flint blades and flakes dating to around 5th-4th mill B.C. Some could also be earlier since blades like these were used through both Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. They were easy to make and very sharp and efficient tools.
Many from this collection still have sharp edges, and could be used today.
Sizes up to ca. 10-12 cm.
Condition: A very fine collection with nice patinas.
Ex Private collection - many with tags.
Many from this collection still have sharp edges, and could be used today.
Sizes up to ca. 10-12 cm.
Condition: A very fine collection with nice patinas.
Ex Private collection - many with tags.
Senatus Consulto
$100.00
$100.00
Nice lot of two wearable finger rings, one typical Roman with wide shoulders, the other probably also Roman and of silver. The bronze ring with intaglio of a Lion.
Ringsize: 17-20 mm.
Condition: Very fine.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early stamp and cylinder seals from the p...
Ringsize: 17-20 mm.
Condition: Very fine.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early stamp and cylinder seals from the p...
Senatus Consulto
$95.00
$95.00
A highly attractive massive finger ring with a high round bezel, with elaborate cross design, Byzantine, c. 10th. cent.
Interesting hexagonal shape of the ring itself.
Size: The ring is 30 mm. tall, and the ringsize is c. 19 mm.
Condition: Extremely fine for this type, of exceptionally metal, very sharp and wearable. Brown patina.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985...
Interesting hexagonal shape of the ring itself.
Size: The ring is 30 mm. tall, and the ringsize is c. 19 mm.
Condition: Extremely fine for this type, of exceptionally metal, very sharp and wearable. Brown patina.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985...
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item #1472832
Senatus Consulto
$85.00
$85.00
A choice broad bronze ring, Ancient near Eat 2nd. part of the 1st. millenium AD.
Looks like a caligraphic ring and very early as such.
Ringsize: c. 19 mm. (max).
Condition: Very Fine for this type, nice metal and brown patina.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early ...
Looks like a caligraphic ring and very early as such.
Ringsize: c. 19 mm. (max).
Condition: Very Fine for this type, nice metal and brown patina.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early ...
Senatus Consulto
$95.00
$95.00
A very nice and very large bronze seal ring in excellent condition, Roman, c. 2nd.-4th. cent. AD.
The ring of the typical ancient D-shape with high shoulders.
Size: The ring is 27-28 mm. wide and the ringsize is c. 21 mm.(max).
Condition: Extremely Fine for this type, lovely metal and brown patina.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable deal...
The ring of the typical ancient D-shape with high shoulders.
Size: The ring is 27-28 mm. wide and the ringsize is c. 21 mm.(max).
Condition: Extremely Fine for this type, lovely metal and brown patina.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable deal...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$420.00
$420.00
Small hand modeled Villanova vessel with rounded shoulder and short neck. The handles arching from the rim to the edge of the shoulder.
Light vertical ribbing on the shoulder. Standing on a flat base. Lustrous surface with traces of the modeling stick.
Ceramic, Impasto ware
Etruscan, Villanova Culture, 750-650 BC
H. to rim 7.4 cm (2.9 in)
H. to handle 8.4 cm (3.3 in)
Fine condition with light surface wear. One handle restored.
Ex Galeria Serodine...
Light vertical ribbing on the shoulder. Standing on a flat base. Lustrous surface with traces of the modeling stick.
Ceramic, Impasto ware
Etruscan, Villanova Culture, 750-650 BC
H. to rim 7.4 cm (2.9 in)
H. to handle 8.4 cm (3.3 in)
Fine condition with light surface wear. One handle restored.
Ex Galeria Serodine...
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item #1472638
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$195.00
$195.00
Scarce Anatolian or Syrian square stone seal with tall handle and a depiction of a Griffin or Sphinx, Neo-Hittite states, Early 1st. millenium BC.
Finely carved seal with an elaborate handle and some great details.
Size: 16 mm. wide and 11-12 mm. tall
Condition: Extremely fine.
Comes with a hard wax impression.
Reff. See Ashmolean collection AN1913.58 for a similar style seal, attributed to Aleppo, Syria. Hogarth, D.G., Hittite seals - with...
Finely carved seal with an elaborate handle and some great details.
Size: 16 mm. wide and 11-12 mm. tall
Condition: Extremely fine.
Comes with a hard wax impression.
Reff. See Ashmolean collection AN1913.58 for a similar style seal, attributed to Aleppo, Syria. Hogarth, D.G., Hittite seals - with...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$850.00
$850.00
Full cast roe deer with elongated body, the curved neck slightly prone. Pointed tail. The head small and pointed, horns and ears cut out in an X-shape. Thin legs with kinked hooves. Right hind leg broken off.
Bronze
Greek, late 8th century BC
L. 4.9 cm (1.9 in)
H. 4.3 cm (1.7 in)
H. with stand 5.5 cm (2.2 in)
Fine condition. Right hind leg missing.
Published with: Jean-David Cahn. Katalog 13. Tiere und Mischwesen II. Basel, December 2001, lot no. ...
Bronze
Greek, late 8th century BC
L. 4.9 cm (1.9 in)
H. 4.3 cm (1.7 in)
H. with stand 5.5 cm (2.2 in)
Fine condition. Right hind leg missing.
Published with: Jean-David Cahn. Katalog 13. Tiere und Mischwesen II. Basel, December 2001, lot no. ...
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item #1472551
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$235.00
$235.00
Ancient North Mesopotamian or Anatolian stamp seal of a oblong gable stype with rounded top, probably a late 4th.- early 3rd. millenium type of the Uruk period.
Very attractive large seal in smooth dark green chlorite and carved with a lovely style rampant Gazelle or Ibex with super long horns.
Size: 31 x 28 mm.
Condition: Choice Very fine, light wear to the drilled hole from use, othervise intact with attractive smooth patina.
**Comes with hard impr...
Very attractive large seal in smooth dark green chlorite and carved with a lovely style rampant Gazelle or Ibex with super long horns.
Size: 31 x 28 mm.
Condition: Choice Very fine, light wear to the drilled hole from use, othervise intact with attractive smooth patina.
**Comes with hard impr...
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item #1472547
A huge and very impressive stamp seal of Northern Anatolia, Ubaid period, early 4th. mill. BC.
The base engraved with two horned animals with an arrow symbol behind the largest animal and a severed head between them, it's carved with a low rounded gable, drilled through.
Size: 54 mm. long and 42 mm. tall, one of the largest we've handled of the type and one of the largest in the Oberländer collection.
Condition: Near Very fine, smaller losses to corners and even...
The base engraved with two horned animals with an arrow symbol behind the largest animal and a severed head between them, it's carved with a low rounded gable, drilled through.
Size: 54 mm. long and 42 mm. tall, one of the largest we've handled of the type and one of the largest in the Oberländer collection.
Condition: Near Very fine, smaller losses to corners and even...
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item #1472530
A finely large engraved gable type seal in black serpentine, Anatolia, 4th. millenium BC.
Attractive seal, carved with Goats horns a bove symbols, could be pre-Hittite or Hattite period.
Size: 32 mm.
Condition: Good Very Fine.
**Comes with hard impression and the original Id card!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from ...
Attractive seal, carved with Goats horns a bove symbols, could be pre-Hittite or Hattite period.
Size: 32 mm.
Condition: Good Very Fine.
**Comes with hard impression and the original Id card!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from ...
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item #1472528
Interesting gable seal, probably North-Mesopotamian, 4th. millenium BC.
The seal engraved with a finely carved filled cross, elongated in form. Probably in a black chlorite stone.
Size: 22 x 17 cm.
Condition: Nice VF, some wear to the drill from use.
**Comes with hard impression and the original collection ID card from 1992!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between...
The seal engraved with a finely carved filled cross, elongated in form. Probably in a black chlorite stone.
Size: 22 x 17 cm.
Condition: Nice VF, some wear to the drill from use.
**Comes with hard impression and the original collection ID card from 1992!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between...
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item #1472524
A fine large cylinder seal of the early Jemdet Nasr barrel shaped design, Mesopotamia, 3300-2900 BC. The seal is carved in a hard and dense material either a marple type or perhaps shell (?).
Seal very large for the period and craved with a fine grit-pattern and concenthric lines at each end. A string-carved round line at one side would have been made in antiquity.
Size: 31 mm. tall and 20 mm. thick.
Condition: VF and intact, string-carved line at one side fro...
Seal very large for the period and craved with a fine grit-pattern and concenthric lines at each end. A string-carved round line at one side would have been made in antiquity.
Size: 31 mm. tall and 20 mm. thick.
Condition: VF and intact, string-carved line at one side fro...
Senatus Consulto
$250.00
$250.00
Interesting stoneage artifact, probably a massive weight of sorts or alternatively, a mace-like weapon.
It's shape is oval, almost like a melon, and it's made in a light grey granite stone. It has 4 symethric ridges for some kind of binding, but we're not certain of it's usage - you're welcome to e-mail if you have seen this artifact before / have got a litterary refference for it. It comes from a Neolithic collection and we will date it roughly 2500-1500 BC with some uncertainty!
It's shape is oval, almost like a melon, and it's made in a light grey granite stone. It has 4 symethric ridges for some kind of binding, but we're not certain of it's usage - you're welcome to e-mail if you have seen this artifact before / have got a litterary refference for it. It comes from a Neolithic collection and we will date it roughly 2500-1500 BC with some uncertainty!
JFF Ancient Art
€560.00
€560.00
Rare ancient Egyptian opaque blue glass pendant in the shape of a pomegranate with yellow and white details.
For comparable amulets see:
Louvre Museum, Paris, E 2284 ; AF 2600 and N 1850 ; AF 2312
British Museum, London, EA48064 and EA68538
Petrie Museum UC22890
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 11.215.446
Date: Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th - 20th Dynasty, ca. 1570 - 1070 B.C.
Material: Glass
Size: ca. 2,3 cm
Condition: intact
P...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$580.00
$580.00
Amuletic figure of the canine god Wepwawet depicted on the bar of a standard. The front of the sledge is curved like a billowing sail and integrates a couple of rearing uraeus cobras.
The jackal wears a dog collar, the suspension loop behind is partially preserved. This small example was intended as a protective amulet.
For a related example, cf. acc. no. 23.6.6 in the Metropolitan Museum database.
The jackal god Wepwawet, also known as ‘Opener of Paths’, helped the dece...
The jackal wears a dog collar, the suspension loop behind is partially preserved. This small example was intended as a protective amulet.
For a related example, cf. acc. no. 23.6.6 in the Metropolitan Museum database.
The jackal god Wepwawet, also known as ‘Opener of Paths’, helped the dece...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$850.00
$850.00
Hand-modeled bowl of hemispherical body with a single handle at the rim. The base rounded.
The burnished surface with a red-brown slip and purple-red bands of wavy lines that form a cross on both the inner and outer surface. Purple-red lines on the handle.
For a related example, cf. British Museum database no. 1884,1210.103.
Ceramic
Middle Cypriot ,1850 BC-1550 BC
D. 15.4 cm (6.1 in)
W. over handle 18.4 cm (7.2 in)
H. bowl 7 cm (2.8 in)
Fin...
The burnished surface with a red-brown slip and purple-red bands of wavy lines that form a cross on both the inner and outer surface. Purple-red lines on the handle.
For a related example, cf. British Museum database no. 1884,1210.103.
Ceramic
Middle Cypriot ,1850 BC-1550 BC
D. 15.4 cm (6.1 in)
W. over handle 18.4 cm (7.2 in)
H. bowl 7 cm (2.8 in)
Fin...
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item #1471882
A very attractive and scarce Tabloid seal, Northern Mesopotamia, c. later 4th. millenium BC.
The serpentine seal engraved with cruciform and stylized scorpio pattern. Fine thick drill.
Size: 20 x 17 mm.
Condition: Good VF Smooth wear and intact with nice earthern patination.
Comes with original Id card from 1991!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bo...
The serpentine seal engraved with cruciform and stylized scorpio pattern. Fine thick drill.
Size: 20 x 17 mm.
Condition: Good VF Smooth wear and intact with nice earthern patination.
Comes with original Id card from 1991!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bo...
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item #1471881
A larger hemispheric stone seal with a dome and elaborate line below the drilling on the top, Mesopotamian, Uruk period c. 4000-3000 BC.
The seal is carved with a later version of the archaic 'grit' pattern, where it looks like horisontical script-lines. Very nicely made in an attractive and very hard green-black stone.
Size: 28 mm. in diameter, 14-15 mm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine, wonderful earthern patina.
Comes with imprint and original Id ...
The seal is carved with a later version of the archaic 'grit' pattern, where it looks like horisontical script-lines. Very nicely made in an attractive and very hard green-black stone.
Size: 28 mm. in diameter, 14-15 mm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine, wonderful earthern patina.
Comes with imprint and original Id ...
