Attractive and rare type of biconical vessel / vase with rim slightly outward, Roman 1st.-3rd cent. AD.
The vase with beautiful irridescence!
Size: 12,2 cm.
Condition: Superb. Perfectly preserved.
Provenance: Old family Collection, 1900-1970.
A wonderful lot of 8 fibulas, incl. two of silver, Roman to Merovingian period, c. 1st.- 6th. cent. AD.
Roman Imperial, 1st.-4th...
DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD
Dimensions:
Length: 9 cm
Width: 6 cm
Condition: Handle missing otherwise intact and in good condition
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Israel
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#929156
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...
Attractive thick cylinder seal in brownish black stone, Mesopotamia, 4th. mill. BC.
Finely carved with raised details with a cruciform / millsail pattern within a dotted border.
Size: 18 mm. wide and 20 mm.
Condition: Nice VF, some even wear.
This seal was aquired 1992 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection...
A nice late type of dagger, Danish Neolithic period, Daggertime, ca. 2100-1800 BC.
A fine type with a distinct flat handle, dating to the end of the neolithic period in Scandinavia.
Size: ca. 17 cm.
Condition: Choice!. A few minimal ancient losses, othervise perfect, ancient greyish patina.
This item comes with a standard export license, when shipped outside Denmark...
A very interesting large stamp seal with a knob handle, Western Mesopotamian, 1st. mill. BC.
Finely worked and polished seal in a glossy dark stone. The base in engraved with a detailed depiction of a horned animal, crescent above.
Size: 27 mm. tall and 24 mm...
A large and unusual bifacial stamp seal, Ubaid-Uruk period, Late 5th.-4th. mill. BC.
The seal is round and relatively flat with central piercing and engraved with a symethrical Cruciform pattern on one side and a horned animal on the other side.
Size: c.30 mm...
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.
Relics of the Nile is pleased to present this large kneeling boat figure with original pigment. This figure has nicely rendered facial features with original pigments of black, red and yellow remaining. The figure's hair has significant pigment remaining with a band around the head. One arm is missing and a partial portion of the right arm remains. The figure measures a large 4" in height and 2.75" in depth...
Relics of the Nile is pleased to present this large seated boat figure with original pigment. This figure has nicely rendered facial features with original pigments of black, red and white remaining. The facial features are presented with black cosmetic details with black hair. One arm is missing, however the right arm remains. The figure measures a large 4.75" in height and 2.25" in depth...
A beautiful & large Indus Valley pottery jar, dating to c...
A finely patinated large Danish Neolithic sicle, dating back to later neolithic period, ca. 2600-2200 B.C.
Wonderful sicle of a good size, measuring c. 14,5 cm. long and 4,6 cm. wide. Very broad and not crescentic. Nice workmanship have resulted in a thinbladed and exquisite flint artifact that will enhance most collections.
Fine deep brown marsh patina!
Condition: Near Extremely fine.
Ex. Danish Collection
This item comes with a standard ex...
Nice small collection of 7 miniature stone axes and tools, Egyptian, 4th. millenium BC.
A selection of different tools in greystone, diorite and perhaps jadeite, mainly small axe shapes for grinding spices and cosmetics.
A nice small selection of scarce neolithic tools from Egypt.
Sizes: 2,3 - 3,3 cm.
Condition: Intact, some with minor surface corrosion.
Ex Steen Stroemberg 1950-1977.
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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DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, 3rd Cent. AD
Dimensions:
Length: 7.5 cm
Width: 6 cm
Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored
Found in Jerusalem, Israel
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#431098
A choice and elaborate bottle made of yellowish glass. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
Interesting style!
Size: c. 8,2 cm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine with beautiful irridescence.
Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
A rare and interesting bronze spear butt for a large lance for hand-to-hand combat, probably Median-Achaemenid, c. 7th.-5th. cent. BC.
The use of this fine spearbutt was known all over the Greco-Persian world in the mid 1st. millenium BC. A spear-butt covers the end of a spear that touches the ground and it would have been used as a weapon also in close combat.
Reff. see a very similar but inscribed Greek spearbutt on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 155 and dated t...