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 nicely decorated Indus Valley pottery beaker or cup, dating to c. 3rd mill. BC. Probably Mehrgarh-civilisation.
The vessel with high walls on a narrow base, painted zoomorphic motif of a cow and some geometrical patterns.
Size is 9,5 x 10 cm.
Condition: Choice for age and type. Intact with a few smaller chips.
Ex. Danish Private collection.
An early pale yellow-green mold blown bottle of mallet shape. The conical neck with two narrow rings at the top and a knop-like bulge at the bottom. At the shoulder of the bottle is a molded brown tinted circle. The bottle body is decorated with three raised circular reserves, each with a flower within, and surrounded by radiating leaves.
This very rare bottle has survived its long burial without damage...
Very large and impressive early Dynastic or pre-dynastic stamp seal, Mesopotamia, ca. late 4th.-early 3rd. millenium BC.
The seal hemispheric, drilled through the top in a greenish-black stone with a high relief engraving of a 4-legged animal.
Size: 30 mm. in diameter and 16,5 mm. high.
Condition: Choice, fine patina and wear but intact.
Ex. German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards...
A scarce Sumerian stamp seal in greenish black stone, Mesopotamia, ca. 4th. millenium BC.
The seal predynastic and very interesting in that it has a double image of animals and a labyrint.
Size: 28 mm. long and 19 mm. wide.
Condition: Choice, fine patina and wear but intact.
Ex. German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards.
Comes with collectors own notes and photos mounted on filt with a hard wax impression.
A beautiful and rare stone stamp seal, carved in black serpentine with a high handle, Western Asia, Neo-Hittite states, c. 1000-700 BC
Triangular seal plate, engraved with a reclining 4-legged animal, finely made knob handle with piercing and engravings on the top!
Diameter: 20 x 20 mm. height 12,5 mm.
Condition: Superb.
Ex. German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards.
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Rare Anatolian (costal region) stone seal with handle and a depiction of a Ram or Goat, Neo-Hittite States, 1st. millenium BC.
Finely carved seal with an elaborate handle and some great details. The Goat is a symbol or personification of the storm god in the Hititte Pantheon.
Height 16 mm., the square seal-plate, 17,5 x 16,5 mm.
Condition: Superb.
Ex. Important German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards...
A massive and rare excarvated bronze vessel, likely for the storage of liquids, Byzantine, 6th.-9th. century AD.
Horisontically ribbed body and carinated vertically ribbed shoulder with funnel mouth.
Made in solid metal in a fine vase-like shape, with holes for attaching it to chains. A utility vessel, used for containing foods or liquids.
Size: 34-35 cm. wide and around 35,5 cm...
Burnished Yortan jug of globular body and narrow neck. The beaked spout is connected to the body with an arched handle.
Six raised knobs around the belly and one at the bottom to the handle.
Ceramic
Anatolian, Yortan Culture, 2700-2500 BC
H. 24 cm (9.4 in)
Spout and handle reattached, otherwise choice condition. Carefully polished surface...
Authentic ancient Luristan, Babylonian type bronze sword circa 1200 -1000 BC. A flanged hilt and blade finely cast in one piece. A very fine example of an authentic Ancient Luristan bronze dagger, of elegant form, from the Bronze Age circa 1200 -1000 BC. A tapering double-edged blade, a shaped hilt with an elliptical pommel, hollowed on each face for a pair of grip-scales...
Authentic ancient Luristan Babylonian Type bronze Sword circa 1200 -1000 BC. A flanged hilt and blade finely cast in one piece. A very fine example of an authentic Ancient Luristan bronze dagger, of elegant form, from the Bronze Age circa 1200 -1000 BC...
Ancient circa 1000 B.C. Western Asiatic, South Caspian Sea region, bronze pendant in the form of a bull with suspension loop.
MEASUREMENTS
Overall length: 5.3 cm (2.09 inches)
CONDITION: In good condition considering its age, showing its age and usage with dark patina and earthen and mineral deposits.
Alabaster amulet finely carved to represent a falcon with a tiger head protruding from its tail. Two holes on top of the falcon wings allow attachment to a necklace. Mesopotamia, ca. 2000 B.C. Height: 7.5 cm. Old accident on its top, restored since, slight abrasion, otherwise very good condition
This large disk-shaped ritual object from central Asia - the Bactrian-Margiana Archaeological Complex - is made of marble. Dated in the 3rd to 2nd millennium century BC, it has a smooth, curved-in side, and the concave surface of the face is well-polished. The abstract vein pattern in the marble offers colours of pink-purple, beige, and grey. The use of this kind of object is still uncertain. Some believe these are purely ritual objects. Other theories suggest they might have also been used fo...
Important silver alloy plate, with an embossed décoration representing two women facing each other. Bactria, Ca. 500 BC. Diameter: 20.2 cm. Very good condition.
An exceptional and rare collection of Carnelian beads, stringed as a Necklace, Asia Near East, ca. 2nd. mill. BC BC.
The necklace strung with a large number of beautiful flat and some fewer hemispheric beads, each very precious and with a larger central hanger. Very colourful and wearable.
Length: ca. 46 cm. in a single row, 23 cm. in a double row.
Condition: Choice, a perfect selection. Note that nearly all beads have ancient glossy patinas of white calcifica...
A centerpiece agate stone bead from over a thousand year
A very large and rare Amlash grey ware zoomophic pottery vessel.
A huge piece for type and culture. Ancient Near East, Amlash or neighboring cultures, 1300-1100 BC.
Finely sculptured to look like a large bird with the beak as the sprout of the vessel.
Size: A massive vessel!. Around 33 cm. wide and ca. 23-24 cm. high.
Ex. Old Danish Private Collection, in Denmark 40-50 years.
Condition: Nice, restored from large shreds and complete with no ...