A lot of 4 very nice to choice silex axes, dating to the Singlegrave and Daggertime periods, 2800-2000 BC.
Mostly polished axes with a attractive brown and grey patinations and in choice conditions with only minimal edge damage.
Size: ca. 9-10,5 cm. long each.
Ex. Danish Collection, comes with COA.
This item comes with a standard export license, when shipped outside Denmark...
PHOENICIAN style Fused glass bead necklace with six white fang-like beads two tubular beads with colored dots and a large bearded mask face bead. This necklace came from Sadigh Gallery on 5th ave Ny Ny and listed as original Phoenician. Condition good with calcification, a few beads have minor chips. size 17" the face bead is 2.25" by 1.25" wide . We were not the original buyers so we feel the piece is old but cant say for certain that the attributed age from them is correct.
A nice large/thick faience Ushabti, Third Intermediate Period, 21/22th dynasty (ca 1085-713BC)
A blue-green faience shabti, wearing the headband and two hoes. Inscribed with clear hieroglyphs at the lower front. Details are added in black.
Size: 128 mm. tall.
Condition: Near very fine, intact but with hairline reattached feet and some minor losses and corrosion with much uncleaned deposits.
Ex. Cristian Spinu Collection, Ex...
Fine head of Harpocrates, wearing the sidelock, with prominent facial details, strong nose, creased forehead, and pleasant facial expression. 1st/2nd Century AD. 2 5/8 inches high. Intact as shown. Ex. old New Jersey art market.
Interesting heavy and large silver crest from a Roman helmeted figure, 1st.-3rd. cent. BC.
Finely carved with feathers in nice high quality silver.
Size: 55 mm. long and weighing 24 grams, so it's quite solid.
Ex. German Collection.
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...
The vessel features a reel-shaped body with stepped foot and a flange. The doomed top with the head of Medusa at center. Medusa is rendered with a round face and curls ending in snake heads.
The pyxis is made in one piece and open at the bottom. The piece was not intended for concrete use and served as richly decorated burial object.
The surface shows remains of the original white engobe with gilded areas.
For a related example, cf...
Relics of the Nile is pleased to present this choice ancient Holyland oil lamp. The lam remains intact with excellent color and form. The peak of the oil lamp features a figure that appears to be the head of a bird. The lamp measures 3.75" in length and 1.5" tall. 2nd - 1st Century B.C. Ex-McInnis collection.
A pair of ancient pendant from the Egyptian late-Ptolemaic Period, after 600 BC.
Both amulets are pierced horisontically to be worn as pendants. One is of the seated Bastet as a Cat (2,1 cm.), the other is a head of a human god or Pharao (2,5 cm.).
Wonderful small lot!
Ex. Old Private Collection
A pair of attractively patinated and larger axes, both dating to the Time of the Great Burielmounts, 4th. millenium BC.
The lot includes larger axes, sizes are 18 cm. and 17 cm. in length respectively
Condition: Nice, average for type with minor chips to the edges, exceptional marsh patina on both - brown and amber colours.
This lot comes with a standard export license, when shipped outside Denmark...
A fine condition bronze key of the typical Roman design, c. 1st.-3rd. century AD.
Size: 63-64 mm. long.
Condition: Extremely fine, superb with even green patina.
Ex. Important old Danish collection of keys.
A very nice rectangular gable seal engraved with stylized birds (?), Ubaid period of Mesopotamia, 4th. mill BC.
Size: 21 x 18 mm.
Condition: Attractive Very fine specimen, intact with even smooth wear.
Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
A LIMESTONE VEILED FEMALE BUST CARVED IN HIGH RELIEF
ROMAN - PALMYRA, CIRCA, 1ST - 2ND CENTURY A.D...
Attractive Djet pillar amulet in green faience, late period, c. 7th.-3rd. century BC.
Size: 28 mm. tall.
Condition: Very fine, small loss at the top right.
Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973). He was a famous German Art director and head of the Berlin National Gallery as well as other higher positions. Educated as Art Historian. Comes with COA.
A wonderful large stamp seal with stag and perhaps a young stag below, Anatolia, c. 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.
A thick seal deeply engraved with a vivid motif in a serpentine stone.
Size: c. 34-35 mm...
ANCIENT BRONZE COIN PENDANT OF EMPEROR CONSTANTINE II
ROMAN PERIOD, 322 – 325 AD
Obverse:
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C
Reverse:
DOMINOR - NOSTROR - CAESS around laurel wreath containing VOT X (crescent).
Nicely set on sterling silver pendant
Dimensions:
Length: 3 cm
Diameter: 2
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel
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An attractive ancient silver seal ring, Parthian Kingdom, c. 200 BC-200 AD.
The ring finely made in high grade silver and engraved with a bird on the oval bezel.
Ringsize: 48-49 (EU - France, Germany), equals to US size 4.5-5.
Ex. Gert Clef collection, aquired in the 1990s.
Fine red-figure lekythos decorated with a woman clad in a heavy himation, her wrapped hands in front of her chest. The finely pleated chiton underneath rendered with dilute glaze.
The woman stands in front of a column with prominent capital and base, on the right a suspended sash.
The frieze with a key pattern and top and a reserved ground line. Two bands of (faded) tongues on the shoulder. Outer edge and bottom of the foot reserved.
Published with H.H...