Large Etruscan/Campanian impasto ware amphora of biconical shape. The bulbous body with pairs of vertical ribs on each side. The tall neck strongly tapered in the middle.
The handles span from the slightly flared mouth to the shoulder.
Impressive vase in the Villanovan pottery tradition.
Hand-built dark brown impasto with carefully smoothed surface.
Ceramic, impasto ware
Etruscan/Campanian, Villanovan Period, late 8th century BC
H...
Naked, pot-bellied satyr playing a double-aulos. Possibly the snapshot of a satyr play.
The artist stands narrow-legged, one shoulder slightly turned to his right, and wears a dummy belly and artificial genitals.
The prominent forehead with receding hairline, almond-shaped eyes, blown out cheeks, and a mighty upper lip. The hair reworked with modeling tool.
The back side with a slit-like vent hole. Made of two halves...
Nice ancient Egyptian cartonnage fragments with column of hieroglyphic text.
These three cartonnage fragments have an interesting and old provenance. They come from the Commandeur Marius Cazeneuve (1839-1913, he was a French stage magician,
who became a close friend of the queen of Madagascar, Ranavalona III) collection;
he got a lot of antiquities from his friend, the noted Egyptologist and Director of the
Cairo Museum, Gaston Maspero...
A superb bronze battle adze-axe, South Caspian Sea type (Eastern region), early 2nd. millenium BC.
An elaborate type with a very sharp depiction of a Human Eye on each side of the rilled socket. Long slender adze and axe blades with wider edges. Rare and exceptional so nice!
Size: c. 14 cm. long.
Condition: Extremely fine, a gem of an axe with lovely red and green patina.
Ex. Private Collection in Denmark, aquired in the 1990s.
Excellent and rare two-coloured and two-sided Egyptian faience open-worked Wedjat Eye.
Date: Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st - 25th Dynasty, ca. 1069 - 525 B.C.
Material: Faience
Size: ca. 2,7 cm; c. 1.06 inches
Condition: intact
Provenance: old French collection, formed before 1960
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This item is accompanied with an illustrated Certificate of Authenticity
Large and rare two-coloured and two-sided Egyptian faience Wedjat Eye.
The Wedjat Eye is open-worked, the two-coloured side is convex and the other flat.
There is an old collection label on the wooden stand, which is inscribed with PE 40.
For comparable one see:
British Museum, Accession Number: EA7321 or
Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt (1994): fig.46
Date: Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st - 25th Dynasty, ca...
Interesting collection of a faience Shu amulet and a book from the property of Lord Grenfell...
PAINTED POTTERY SHALLOW BOWL
Greek - Hellenistic period; 300 - 100 BC
Time of Alexander the Great
With a ring base and two shaped handles on the side.
Dimensions:
Height: 7.5 cm
Diameter: 18 cm
Condition: Minor chip as shown otherwise intact
Found Jericho "Jordan Valley" Holy Land
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#643287
GLAZED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Islamic period, 12th Century AD
Nicely decorated with a long open nozzle, loop handle and a lozeng-form reflector
Dimensions:
Length: 15.5 cm
Width: 8.5 cm
Height: 8 cm
Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored
Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel
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#87228
Extremely rare early discus shaped type of pottery Oil lamp, Roman late 1st. century AD.
The lamp is of the Loeschcke Type IV and displays a scene with Hercules fighting the Hydra on it's discus.
An awesome motif and an important lamp for the historically interested collector or scolar.
Size: 11,5 cm.
Condition: Nice for the rare type, a few cracks restored nicely and intact with nothing missing...
Extremely rare early type of pottery Oil lamp, Roman, 1st. century AD.
The lamp is of the Loeschcke Type IV and displays a scene from the the Education of Achilles by Chiron.
An awesome motif and an important lamp for the historically interested collector or scholar.
Size: 10,7 cm...
BIBLICAL POTTERY COOKING POT
HOLY LAND – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great
Short cylindrical neck with two handles and circular lines around the entire body and base
Dimensions:
Height: 11 cm
Diameter: 16.5 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm
Condition: Good condition
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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Interesting large amuletic seal in marble, probably crusader period, 11th.-13th. cent.
The seal was found in Eastern Anatolia / Western Mesopotamia - old crusader land. It was described in the large collection as a 'mystery seal', due to it's strange form and depiction on the seals base.
Finely carved in white marble with uncleaned parts of brown enbedded sand. The amulet in itself had the shape of a veiled Virgin Mary...
PHOENICIAN BURNISHED POTTERY PITCHER
IRON AGE, 1000 – 700 BC
Nicely made and highly burnished in metallic gray color, with an elegant funnel-shaped neck and a flat base.
Dimensions:
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 9 cm
Height on stand: 18 cm
Condition: Neck repaired as shown otherwise intact
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel
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# 9147
POTTERY OIL LAMP
ISLAMIC PERIOD, 8TH CENT. AD
Highly decorated with clusters of grapes and vine leaves all around the shoulders
Measurements:
Length: 11 cm
Width: 8 cm
Condition: Good condition as shown
Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land
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A very attractive and rare box-lock with large engraved plate, German or North-Italian (?), early baroque 17th. century.
Exceptional quality workmanship with a finely engraved box and carved decorations in the openwork style.
Size: 31 cm. long and 15,5 cm. wide.
Condition: Choice! A very tight lock of great uncorroded metal with a finely maintained greyish and black patina...
BIBLICAL POTTERY JAR
HOLY LAND- BIBLICAL – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great
Ribbed body with circular lines all around and a short cylindrical-shaped neck with two handles
Dimensions:
Height: 17 cm
Diameter: 20cm
Condition: One side of the rim is professionally repaired as shown otherwise intact
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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Relics fo the Nile is pleased to present this rare and interesting large carved wood shabti for a scribe. The shabti is carved from sycamore wood and is presented mammiform with a tripartite wig with arms crossed over the chest. A seed sack is painted on the back. The figure is heavily coated in a shiny black resin on the back and the details of the seed sack are presented in yellow...