DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD
Dimensions:
Length: 8.5 cm
Width: 6 cm
Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel
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#810228
GLASS PERFUME FLASK
ROMAN PERIOD, 1st - 2nd Cent. AD
Yellowish color, roundel flat body with a little cylindrical shape neck.
Dimensions:
Height: 7 cm
Diameter: 3.5 cm
Condition: Very good condition.
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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940687
DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, Samaritan, 3rd Cent. AD
Dimensions:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 6 cm
Condition: Good condition with some chips and age weathering as shown
Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel
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#930579
This is a 2nd Century Roman Glass, hand blown 2nd century AD. It is thick and heavy, unflawed, no chips or cracks, no hairlines,it has impressed squares
on the body for about two third of the way down. Unguentaria used to hold poisonous, caustic oils or ointments and
were never smooth sided, to prevent the Roman from grabbing the dangerous oil by mistake. It is certainly one of the earliest poison bottles ever made.
Measurements: 4 inches tall and 2 1/4 wide at its widest point...
Ancient Roman red terracotta ware from the 2nd-3rd centuries A.D. "Terra sigillata," an offering bowl of typical rounded form, with averted rim, incised with circular lines, resting on a low ring base. This type of red terracotta ware was made throughout the Roman Empire between the 1st and 5th centuries A.D.
"Terra sigillata" is a fine type of Roman ceramic, coveted for its smooth, red slipped finish that emerged around 40 B.C...
This is an extremely rare Carthaginian glass head pendant, circa 5th-4th century B.C. It is 1 1/2 inches long. This is a Mediterranean core-formed glass bead. It is intact, in perfect condition with no repair or restoration. The patina on it is beautiful. Please view my youtube video on this item at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsF5COeUByw.
Ancient Roman red terracotta ware from the 2nd-3rd centuries A.D. "Terra sigillata," an offering bowl of typical rounded form, with averted rim, incised with circular lines, resting on a low ring base. This type of red terracotta ware was made throughout the Roman Empire between the 1st and 5th centuries A.D.
"Terra sigillata" is a fine type of Roman ceramic, coveted for its smooth, red slipped finish that emerged around 40 B.C...
Scarce and beautiful early type of pottery Oil lamp, Roman 1st.-2nd. century AD.
The lamp is of the Loeschcke Typus VIII and displays a scene with Hermes in very high relief. The lamp is stamped with a known scarce makers name: COPPI.RES
Size: 10 cm.
Condition: Choice and completely intact, thus rare!
Provenance: From a Rheinland-Pfalz collection, 1970-1999.
A superb very sharp Oil lamp, Roman, late 1st. century AD.
Roman figural terracotta oil lamp with single handle. The discus is framed by two concentric rings, in the middle is a high profile head of a woman or godess. Maker's mark on the bottom: MNOVIVSI. He was a lamp maker, known as M. Novius Justus, with a workshop situated in North Africa and produced oil lamps from 120 – 180 AD.
Size: 10,4 cm. long...
An authentic and ancient fine handled ROMAN Glass Bottle, excavated in Syria, ca. 3rd-5th Century A.D. Surface etched, muddy, iron stained with an open pontil base. Most likely used for Perfume or Precious Oils. Condition: intact, no damage. Size: 3.75" H. ( ca. 9.5 cm.) Provenance: From an antiquity dealer's estate. A delicate and very fine collector's piece.
POTTERY PERFUME JAR
ROMAN PERIOD, 1st - rd Cent. A.D...
ROMAN GLASS FLASK
Roman period, 100 – 300 AD
Globular body with a concave base
“Would have been used to carry perfumed oils and ointments”
Dimensions:
Height: 7.5 cm
Diameter: 5.5 cm
Condition: Good condition with beautiful patina as found
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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Discus fragment of a lamp decorated with the half-figure of a satyr holding a thyrsus and blowing a flute. The youthful figure wears a deer skin with the hooves of the animal knotted behind his shoulder.
Rare depiction. Detailed rendering of the head and the anatomical details. Covered with an orange-brown slip.
For a related example, cf. Q3250 in the British Museum database.
According to Bailey, the lamp was probably designed as a pair together with Q3292 (pp. 9-10 and p...
Choice red-ware rim fragment featuring a beautifully detailed lion. The feline approaches with a forward-turned front body.
The head with delicate detail and a shaggy mane. Shaggy strands on the elbow joint.
Excellent modeling of the musculature and great rendering of the panther-like fur pattern depicted with tiny circles.
For almost the same lion on an Orpheus bowl, cf. 1981.658 in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
For a discussion of the bowl, cf. pp. 230-231, pl...
Translucent, pale green glass with seven vertical ribs along the piriform body.
Small constriction at the join to the cylindrical neck...
BONE FRAGMENT DEPICTING FACE OF CUPID
ROMAN PERIOD, 1ST - 3RD CENTURY AD
Measurements:
Length: 7.5 cm
Height: 4 cm
Condition: Intact, untouched as found with natural patina
Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel
Mounted on a plexi-glass disply stand.
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Scarce and beautiful early type of pottery Oil lamp, Roman 1st. century AD.
The lamp is of the Loeschcke Typus VIII and displays Juno on a Crescent moon in high relief! The lamp is sharply stamped with a known scarce makers name: COPPI.RES
Size: 9,3 cm.
Condition: Choice and completely intact with fine patination
Provenance: From a Rheinland-Pfalz collection, 1970-1999.
A massive high quality unguentaria bottle made of greenish glass. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
The bottle of impressive height and very solidly constructed, sound glass.
Size: c. 15,4 cm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine, unusually solid and sound green glass vessel with beautiful mild irridescence.
Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!