All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1491881
A finely made and substantial glass flask, Roman Emperial, 1st.-3rd. century AD.

In green glass with a wide folded mouth and slightly curving walls.

Size: c. 10,3 cm. tall and 4,4 cm. wide.

Condition: Extremely fine, intact with fine silver irridescence and sound.

Ex. European Collection, comes with COA.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1491878
Large fragment of a Greek red figure Crater, c. 4th. cent. BC.

Figural decoration with part of a female.

Size: c. 15 cm. long and 8 cm. wide.

Ex. Old private Collection, comes with COA from Clive Sawyer 'Antiquities and Ancient Coins'
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Pre AD 1000 item #1491828
A very rare and interesting large fragment of a sculptural torquise blue faience vessel with moulded decoration, Egypt, probably Amarna period, 14th. century BC.

The fragment represent up to 40% of what was once a hemispheric low bowl with pseudo handles and black and torquise glaze. Moulded decoration of large snake and the tail of another which would have adorned the other side.

Size: 13-14 cm. long.

Ex. Cristian Spinu collection, ex old European collection...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1491824
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$1,750.00
Lovely bronze figure of Hercules in a typical youthful Etruscan style with no beard, Late Etruscan or Gallo-Etruscan, c. 4th.-2nd. century BC.

Herakles, the mythological hero, is depicted standing in contrapposto, his weight resting on his right leg while his left leg is slightly bent...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Prehistorical item #1491811 (stock #m.10)
A.v.d.B Egyptian Artefacts
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An ancient Egyptian white steatite scarab, with finely engraved anatomical features such as clypeus, prothorax and elytra. The reverse is detailed with hieroglyphs, including the engraved depiction of a beetle scarab with the sun disk, a basket, a feather of Maat and a papyrus stem. The amulet is pierced longitudinally for suspension.

Origin: Egypt

Period: 1539 - 664 B.C.

Date: 18th - 25th Dynastie

Material: Steatite

Dimension: 1,3 cm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pottery : Prehistorical item #1491809 (stock #m.9)
A.v.d.B Egyptian Artefacts
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Painting on Egyptian pottery is not very common before the New Kingdom (1550-1069 BC), but appears often in the late 18th Dynasty. This blue-decorated pottery was first recognised on a bigger scale at the palace of king Amenhotep III (1388-1351/50 BC)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1491808 (stock #S.20)
A.v.d.B Egyptian Artefacts
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Shabti for The Beloved God's Father, the wab-priest, the Chief of the Scribes, Amen-hotep

A parallel was sold by Puhze Gallery cat. 16 no 282. There is also a similar example in the Louvre

Origin: Egypt

Period: New Kingdom, 21th Dynasty,

Date: c. 1075 - 945 B.C

Material: Fayence

Dimension: 12,5 cm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1491755
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!
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1491734
A massive high quality unguentaria bottle made of clear glass with a blue-green tones. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.

The bottle of impressive height and very solidly constructed, sound glass.

Size: c. 16,8 cm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine, unusually solid and sound green glass vessel with beautiful mild irridescence and deposits.

Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1491733
A very large unguentarium made of slightly green clear glass Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.

The bottle of impressive height and with broad base and tappering neck, sound glass.

Size: c. 17,5 cm. tall and 8,7 cm. in diameter at the base!

Condition: Extremely fine, sound almost clear glass vessel with beautiful silverish and rainbow irridescence and deposits inside.

Provenance: Formerly in the property of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1491720 (stock #R515)
This ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1250 BC, is from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 7/16” long (11 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup. Glyphs include White Crown of Upper Egypt
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1491719 (stock #R519)
This ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1550, is from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 7/16” long (11 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1491710 (stock #R508)
This is a lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 3,000 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 1/2” long (13 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Glyphs appear to include a Red Crown. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
Such and early European iron key is not something you will see on the market every day. A complicated slot with a cross and a round bow, typical for the medieval period.

The key can be dated to the 13th.-14th. century, Northern European.

Size: 13,5 cm.

Condition:_ Choice and nice metal, hairline crack at the bow, but sound.

Ex. Private collection of the art dealer and collector, Jens Larsen, with gallery in Møntergade, Copenhagen, 1950s-2012.
The attractive large upperpart of a very early Gothic incense burner, openwork style, c. 14th.-15th. century.

Impresive medieval antiquity! Dark bronze patina with signs of use inside. Lowerpart missing. Very rare!

Size: 14 cm. tall.

Ex. Private collection of the art dealer and collector, Jens Larsen, with gallery in Møntergade, Copenhagen, 1950s-2012.
A rare stoneware pitcher with salt glaze. Full-bellied shape with wide conical neck and flat handle. The base is festooned with “thumb” marks. The body is decorated with three medallions depicting a woman. A type called Trichterhalskrug in German. This stoneware pitcher was made in the Siegburg region in the 15th/16th century. It is covered with a fine salt glaze.

Size: 12,7 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice for the type...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : European Medieval : Pre 1837 VR item #1491667
A lovely finial of an Eagles head, European, Gothic style, renaissance, c. 16th. century or earlier, mounted as a part of an attractive double iron coat hook and plate, dated 1823.

The substantial finial still with remnants of old gilt and the iron coat hook, finely dated and initialized in the late 18th. century manor. A nice marriage, probably made in the late 18th.-early 19th. century.

Size: The finial measure c. 11 cm. in length. The coathook measure 24,5 cm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1491666
A late period, finely carved stone mortar in black basalt, Egypt, 664-332 BC.

A lovely piece with pyramidal tappering sides to a short rectangular base. Hollowed from extensive use.

Size: 116 mm. long and 76 mm. wide. c. 28-29 mm. tall.

Condition: Good Very fine and intact with tiny nicks and ancient wear.

Ex. Timeline Auctions, London, and formerly in the private collection of a British doctor.