This is another in a series of interesting ancient bronze axes recently acquired from a private collection. It has a deep red patina typically associated with early, high copper content tools and weapons. It is very solid and stable with only minor losses to the surface. Axes of this type are often associated with Amlash or Luristan cultures but this one has some interesting features not found on most...

A set of very finely carved wooden panels with extremely high relief portraits of a man and woman, Mid-European, probably Flemish / Dutch, dating to the 16th. century AD.

Interesting well-defined portraits of an upperclass couple, perhaps a wealthy trader or banker and his wife, both clad in high fashion of the 16th. century. The panels are carved with beautiful floral decoration.

Size: Both panels are c. 44 cm. tall.

Ex...

A very attractive pottery bowl, in a nice fairly original state for type with caligraphy, Islamic Samenid Dynasty, ca. 9th.-10th. century.

A larger bowl both wide and tall and decorated with wonderful caligraphy in black on cream glaze with red drops added.

Size: 24 cm. wide and 9 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice for type with original crackled glaze with much patina...

A superb bronze mace head decorated with faceted knobs around the swollen head and flanked by grooved bands with a tubular shaft, later bronzeage, ca. 1200-800 BC.

Size: Ca. 10,4 cm.

Condition: Superb for type, wonderful even green patina.

Ex. Danish Collection of ancient weapons, bought at the Danish Antiquities market in the 1980-90s.

A very impressive and extremely rare sculptural plaque in pottery, Greek, ca. 2nd. century BC.

Gorgoneion is depicted in 3D on top with wings and a lovely expression, the round Aegis below.

Size: 18 cm. wide and the head 4,5 cm. deep and 7-8 cm. tall.

Condition: Intact in all it's parts. The Aegis reassembled from fragments.

Ex Old Collection, aquired before 1980.

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.

Lovely large vessel with twin, horizontal handles, in a fine style with decorated base, very impresive size, Attic / Corinthian c. 4th. century BC.

Size: 20,8 cm. in diameter over the handles and 11,2 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice Very fine, intact with lightly irridescent glaze, minor dings and wear to glaze.

Ex. Old German Collection

An large accomplisheed Two-finger amulet, Egypt, Late Period, 664 - 322 B.C.

The amulet well-modelled in a fine glossy black obsidian

Size: 73 mm. mm. long.

Condition: Very fine, loss to part of the smaller right fnger.

Two-finger amulets were used for the dead and were often found on the lower left of the torso. This is the area of the incision that was made during the mummification process in order to remove the internal organs...

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

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 bronze mace head decorated with faceted knobs around the swollen head and flanked by grooved bands with a tubular shaft, later bronzeage, ca. 1200-800 BC.

Size: Ca. 10,5 cm.

Condition: Superb for type, wonderful even green patina.

Ex. Danish Collection of ancient weapons, bought at the Danish Antiquities market in the 1980-90s.

A lovely somewhat pear-shaped stone mace head, carved in a fine speckled dark diorite stone, Egyptian Pre-Dynastic period, c. 3rd. mill. BC.

Finely polished and symethrically drilled and measuring 5,5 cm. in diameter.

Condition: Good very fine, intact with minor wear and patina.

Ex. Cristian Spinu collection, Old European collection purchased 1972, comes with COA from 'Ancient Art - the gallery, London.

A massive, solid cast silver bracelet of the finest workmanship of the Achaimenid period, 5th-4th century BC.

The bracelet or armring would have been made for a very highranking / rich costumer in antiquity, since these are usually hollowcast, when this thickness and size. The silver bracelet with faux-twist and twisted wire details to the body, finials with serpent- or Lion head detailing.

Weight: ca. 410 grams...

A lovely large Assyro-Babylonian stamp seal with a particlarly interesting shape, carved of fine smoky grey calchedony, c. 9th.-7th. cent. BC.

The scaraboid is carved almost like an oval hat with a pointy raised center and sides tappering inwards. The engraving on the base is of a large seated winged animal in the drill style.

Size: 22 mm. long and 19 mm. wide. c. 12 mm...

This is an extraordinarily rare bronze arrow point from ancient China. Textual references for this type are scarce as well which is a testament to the rarity of the object itself. The point has very intricately cast details and finely ground edges and points. The extra long tang is intact and appears to be as straight as the day it was made. The arrow point dates to the Warring States period of ancient China.

A high quality earthenware bowl with incised decoration in green and painted in green and manganese on the exterior (Bamiyan type), afghanistan, c. 12th. century (Pre 1221 A.D.).

With carinated walls, and a beautiful Islamic symethric pattern in high relief in the interior. As typical for the most boldest specimens, the green and manganese colours are sort of splashed on the exterior side.

Size: 16 cm. in diameter, 8,5 cm...

A very beautiful and rare bronze mace head, Western Asian, dating to the 2nd. millenium BC

A rare Luristan bronze mace head. The upper body with a segmented swelling, bordered by bands, interesting large discus at each end, makes it a very rare type.

Size: ca. 129 mm. high and massive.

Condition: Superb, with excellent brown and green patina - a gem!

Provenance: Old Danish private Collection (Hans Henningsen), bought in the 1980s in London.

A large & heavy Western Asian tanged bronze short Sword dating to 2000-1000 BC. 'Luristan' Turkmenistan / Uzbekistan bronze age.

The sword is massive, and heavy in hand. The tang is bend and the blade with rounded, raised shoulders and a flat central midrib. The edges are still sharp, with only slight roughness.

Size is 46,5 cm.

Condition: Superb - very sligh edge roughness and beautiful green and azurite patination.

Ex. Danish private collection. ...