A very large and superb carving in an rectangular gable form, Anatolia, later style of the 3rd.- millenium BC.
The seal carved in a light brown stone with mirrored horned animals with a star between their legs.
Size: 39 mm...
A fine stamp seal in beige-brown stone, Levantine, c. 3rd. millenium BC.
The seal engraved with cross pattern.
Size: 20 mm.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early stamp seals from the pre-historic and Dynastic civilizations in the Near East / Mesopotamia, Anatolia and Bactrian.
A fine and substantial bronze stamp seal with tall handle and a round base, engraved with an interesting archaic image, Ancient Near East, likely Levantine, c. late 2nd.-1st. millenium BC.
Size: 23 mm. tall and 21-22 mm. wide.
Condition: Good Very Fine, olive patina.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
A fine large oval stamp seal in green black stone, Uruk period, later 4th. mill. BC.
The seal is carved with a wonderful image of 6 centopedes in high relief, drilled horisontically.
Size: 37 mm...
A very large stamp seal in green-black stone depicting a horned animal, Anatolia 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.
A late Gable seal type with an advanced rendering of the animal, that shows the Pre-Hittite or old hittite style. The large seal plate also leaves for the long tail and a crescent above.
Size: 45 mm. long and 33 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very Fine, with moderate ancient wear to the corners...
A thick early cylinder seal in white-yellow marple, carved with the 'eye' or circle/rhomboid form - a characteristic and significant design for the Period.
The Jemdet Nassr Period in seal manifacturing,3300-2900 BC, were spreading from Southern Mesopotamia, where a great number of administrative cuneiform tablets and seals came from. Such seals was used to impress pictures or descriptions into soft, prepared clay...
A very nice early cylinder seal in white marple, carved with a characterestic and significant geomethric design for the Period.
A nice thick cylinder in a high quality white marple stone!
The Jemdet Nassr Period in seal manifacturing,3300-2900 BC, were spreading from Southern Mesopotamia, where a great number of administrative cuneiform tablets and seals came from. Such seals was used to impress pictures or descriptions into soft, prepared clay...
A nice early cylinder seal in white marple, carved with the 'eye' or circle/rhomboid form - a characteristic and significant design for the Period.
The Jemdet Nassr Period in seal manifacturing,3300-2900 BC, were spreading from Southern Mesopotamia, where a great number of administrative cuneiform tablets and seals came from. Such seals was used to impress pictures or descriptions into soft, prepared clay...
A choice and beautiful red carnelian Cylinder seal, dating to the Achaemenid Empire, 7th.-4th. century BC.
Finely carved and polished barrel-shaped, carved with two animals at the sides of a tree. The clay impression, we made is not the best, but the seal is really sharp and attractive in hand.
Size: 19-20 mm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Provenance: Gert Cleff, Wuppertal, aquired in 1989 at Kölner Münzkabinett Tyll Kroha
A wonderful and very elaborate larger fragment of a bronze belt plaque, Northern Europe, 9th.-11th. cent. AD
Nice Darkage-Viking style, made with multible twisted wires and held by a triangular and nicely decorated finial, two loops at the end.
Size: 42 mm.
Ex. Hafnia Coins inventory (Copenhagen), aquired in the late 1990s.
A fine bronze seal ring, Sasanian, c. 3rd.-6th. cent. AD.
With wide shoulders and oval seal bezel, engraved seal depicting a horse with symbols(?) above.
A better ring and fully wearable.
Size: 19 mm. (inner-diameter)
Condition: Nice VF, redish and green patina.
Provenance: Collection of Gert Cleff, Wuppertal, and ex Münzzentrum Rheinland, Solingen Auction 121, 2004.
A massive and highly attractive bronze ring with winged horse and rabbit(?) below, Parthian Empire, 247 BC - 224 AD.
A deeply engraved oval bezel and oval ring ring with broad shoulders.
Ring-Size: 53-54 - male size with inner diameter of c. 20 mm.
Condition: Extremely fine for type, sound metal, wearable with a nice olive patina.
A pair of nice gold beads for a necklace, Roman Empire, c. 2nd.-4th. cent. AD.
Size: c. 10 mm. / 0.60 grams.
Ex. Old Estate collection of Northern German, c. 1900-1970
A very large and scarce round gable stamp seal in black serpentine stone, Anatolia, c. 4th. millenium BC.
The fine seal with central drilling and carved with an animal on the base.
Size: 35 mm...
A wonderful large round stone seal with loop at the back and a fine square cross-line design on the seal, Mesopotamia, 6th.-5th. millenium BC.
Size: 33 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Nice VF, some wear, especially to the loop from ancient use.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
Interesting pair of horse straps in bronze with thick silver plating, c. 9th-10th. century.
Size: c. 3 cm.
Ex. Hafnia Coins inventory (Copenhagen), aquired in the late 1990s.
A pair of very large and elaborate silver temple rings, Viking settlers from Scandinavia (Kingdom of the Rus or Kievan Rus), present day Ukraine, c. 800-1000 AD.
The bow temple rings with globular decoration on crescents and with globular hangers on 4 skilfully made chains. These rings were worn from a headband around the temples by Viking Rus women, hence the name Temple rings.
Size: 63 mm...
Ancient Egyptian blue faience scarab ensemble. Comprising of the beetle scarab in the center, flanked by the faïence wings. Late Period, 600-400 B.C. Scarab measures 2 inches long X 1 1/4-inch wide, left-wing measures 2 inches wide, right-wing measures 1 3/4 inches wide with small chip on tip. Scarab and wings not part of an original set. From an old French collection.