A very finely carved late- to Neo-Assyrian red stone cylinder seal, depicting a human headed, winged demon with Scorpios tail and a large Bull. In between them a tree and above star and crescent.

Interesting and beautiful composition, probably depicting Pazuzu. Beautiful jasper -like stone, quite hard.

Size: 25 mm. tall and 12 mm...

A beautiful high quality early Mesopotamian cylinder seal, Isin Larsa period, (c. 2025 BC – c. 1763 BC).

The haematite cylinder seal showing the introduction to God with a worshipper, a deity and the prince in Syrian clothing, in between a bull standing on it's hind legs. To be researched! Size: 20-21 mm. tall and 11 mm. wide.

Condition: About Extremely fine. Not much wear and quite sharp for type.

Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977...

An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 400 BC. It is 9/16” long (14 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 500 BC. It is 9/16” long (14 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

A lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1500 BC, XVIII Dynasty, 5/8” long (16 mm) and made of violet-blue 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

A wonderful head of a stargazer idol in a rare hard greyish stone for this type, a female idols of Kiliya type, Anatolia, c. 3000-2500 BC.

The type with a triancular head, pronounced ridge and protuding eyes.

Size: 53 mm. tall.

Condition: Very fine, some white deposits uncleaned.

Ex Old Munich collection.

A larger black serpentine cylinder seal, showing a the Great King battling a winged griffin with bird-like features, star and other symbols in the fields. Achaemenid, c. 550-332 BC.

Nice core Persian style for the medium.

Height: 34-35 mm and with a diameter of 12 mm.

Condition: Very fine for the type and basically intact with minor chips and smooth wear.

Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977...

A wonderful style large black serpentine cylinder seal, showing a mounted King hunting a Bull in full freight, a bird in the top and symbols of the Sun and Moon, Middle-assyrian, 14th - 11th century BC.

The scene is quite rare with the detailed bearded mounted king.

Height: 35 mm. tall. and with a diameter of 11 mm.

Condition: Very fine, extremely fine details, but with a repaired hairline crack through the middle (professionally done)...

A late period Neo-Assyrian cylinder seal in a fine blue Lapis Lazuli, dating to the 8th.-7th. century BC.

Nice core style Assyrian seal depicting the great king hunting a winged beast. His right leg raised of a Peacock bird, with the winged emblem of Ashur above and the crescent and Sun in the fields. Very thick and impressive for a seal in Lapis!

Size: 27 mm. tall and 14-15 mm...

A lovely core-style cylinder seal in an agate type of stone probably calchedony, Achaemenid Empire, 550-331 BC.

The seal in a very beautiful realistic style depicting e Kneeling archer (The Great Persian King) aiming at an ibex, a hunting dog is helping him catching the prey and there's an alter for Ahura Mazda behind below a crescent moon above star.

Size: 30 mm. tall and 13 mm...

Interesting and massive cylinder seal in a beige-white attractive stone, Mesopotamia, probably 2nd. millenium BC, provincial manifacture.

A rare depiction of a seated main deity or king at the table and a servant or lesser deity in front. A large fish is placed on the table and there's a three below and a crescent above.

Size: 38 mm. tall and 15 mm...

A set of two very decorative Islamic tiles with floral motifs in fine colours, Qajar or earlier, c. 17th.-19th. cent. AD.

Unresearched but guaranteed at least from the 19th. century, probably older. With fine crackles in the glaze and a wonderful brownish patina on the backside.

Size: Each c. 14,7 cm. tall and 9 cm. wide.

Condition: Extremely fine! An intact pair.

Provenance: P. Treffz-Eichhöfer collection, Stuttgart.

Scarce and attractive steatite scarab of the New Kingdom period, inscribed with the royal name / cartouche of Seti I, 1294-1279 BC.

Carved in greyish steatite with fine details of the beetle and inscribed with 'men ka re'. Thanks to a good collector friend reassigned from Thutmosis (men kheper re)

Size: c. 15 mm. long.

Condition: Extremely fine, particularly sharp and finely preserved specimen, patina with web-like crackles.

Ex. P...

A wonderful quality carnelien and agate cylinder seal, Neo-Assyrian, 9th.-7th. cent...

An interesting and quite attractive small limestone figure of a Noble Lady, New Kingdom, ca. 1300–1200 B.C.

The lady’s attire and hairstyle are typical of the fashion after the second half of the 18th Dynasty. She wears an elaborate envelopping wig and a wrap-around garment, pectorial on the neck.

The sculpture’s quality, combined with the body’s morphology, suggest a date in the late 18th Dynasty, but a slighty posterior date in the early 19th Dynasty is also possi...

A large black serpentine cylinder seal, showing a horseman in infight with a rearing Bull and an eight-pointed star in the fields. Middle-assyrian, 14th - 10th century BC.

The scene is quite rare with the detailed horseman!

Height: close to 40 mm and thick with a diameter of 15 mm. – quite impressive in hand.

Condition: Good Very fine for the type. Couple of small dings to the lower edge but outside the motif. Interestingly, the interior is filled with bronze...

A large collection of 28 Roman clay vessels, 1st.-4th. cent. AD.

Many nice types, incl. a decorated jar with handles which is probably earlier, c 1st. mill BC!

Height 6 - 19,5cm.

Condition: F-VF, some with smaller missing fragments, overall well preserved.

Ex. 1970s-80s. German collectionm

Green serpentine cylinder seal, Mesopotamia c. early 2nd. mill. BC. Adoration or presentation scene before an alter.

Height: 2 cm, diameter 0.8 cm.

Condition: VF, intact with surface corrosion. Better than imprint indicates.

Ex. Private Collection of Karl Müller, 1950-1977. Comes with his imprint and COA.

An Egyptian amulet of animal headed deity in green faience, Late Period, c. 660-332 BC.

Size: c. 33 mm. long.

Condition: Fine, repaired through the midsection.

Provenance: Old German Collection, comes with the Original Certificate of Authenticity from a Cairo Antiquites dealer in the 1950s-1960s - the Ding Dong Bazaar, no less! In this period and up to the early 70s, it was quite legal to sell antiquities in Egypt and the cert. comes with official stamp in arabic...

Double side Udjat and Wedjat amulet - eye of both RA and Horus, Late Period, c. 660-332 bC.

Size: c. 16 mm. long.

Condition: Good VF, completely intact with finely preserved glaze.

Provenance: Old German Collection, comes with the Original Certificate of Authenticity from a Cairo Antiquites dealer in the 1950s-1960s - the Ding Dong Bazaar, no less! In this period and up to the early 70s, it was quite legal to sell antiquities in Egypt and the cert. comes with of...

This is a fascinating ancient Egyptian alabaster vase, c. 1200 BC, 4" tall. It's intact and made from a rough piece of alabaster, with its cracks filled in while it was still forming underground. It was purchased at an antique market in Marin, CA.

An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1550 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 7/16” long (11 mm) and made of milky amethyst. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1450 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is a beautiful piece of blue steatite, 3/8” long (10 mm), 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

Attractive Greek Campanian red-figure squat lekythos with palmette. Late 4th century BC.

Height 10,8cm, ø corpus 5,1cm.

Condition: The jug intact, with minor ancient chip to the rim and encrustations. The decorations are finely preserved on this vessel. Small pinhole drilled in antiquity in the base rim.

A very rare depiction of a birdman with bird-like facial features and a Dove tail, holding a small animal in his humanoid arms, Syro-Hittite, 2nd. millenium BC.

Interesting terracotta figure with finely handbuilt details.

Size: 10,5 cm. tall.

Condition: F-VF, nice for the type with losses to head of animal and his feet.

Ex. Jens Knudsen, Hamburg, 1970-1999.

An ancient Egyptian carnelian Scarab, c. 1200 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 3/8” long (9.5 mm). Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

A fascinating ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1200 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 11/16” long (17 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

An exciting ancient Egyptian Scarab,c. 1500 BC, 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. The bottoms of many scarabs were made to suggest human faces. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1000 BC, 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. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

A stunning terracotta figure of Horse and Rider, Parthian Empire, 1st-3rd. cent. AD.

The tall bearded figure emerging from the body of the horse, wearing folded cap, the horse with applied disc eyes, traces of decoration. Their bodies is blending into a single, triangular form, with the head and upper body of the man directly behind the horse’s head. Finely detailed features of a mature Parthian horseman, probably nobility.

Size: 111 mm. tall.

Condition: Choice...

An attractive and substantial cylinder seal carved in blakc Haematite, Isin-Larsa period, Old Babylonian, ca. 2000 - 1800 BC.

The seal is carved with an introduction of the king to standing sun god with saw. Another worshipper or lesser deity is also depicted and there's and interesting large emblematic staff between them.

Height: 2.3cm, diameter: 1.1cm.

Condition: Nice VF for type and intact with even wear.

Ex. Private Collection of Karl Müller, 1...

An unsually large stone cylinder seal, carved in a glossy black green stone, Middle Assyrian period, c. 14th.-11th. cent. BC.

This cylinder is seal 48 mm. tall and c. 15 mm. thick - a seal that gives a huge imprint when rolled on clay. The seal showing an archer fighting a winged griffin. The archer is probably the Great King and he is kneeling shooting his bow into the face of the Griffin, which is lifting it's left paw. He has a quiver full of arrows on his back, and symbols of the ...

A very thick and massive gold ring with clasping right hands, Roman Imperial Period, 2nd - 3rd century AD.

Typical high shoulders and compressed design. 22+ carats gold.

The depiction of the dextrarum iunctio (handclasp) was highly popular in Roman art. In the Roman world, the right hand was sacred to Fides,the deity of fidelity. The clasping of the right hand was a solemn gesture of mutual fidelity and loyalty at the conclusion of an agreement or contract, the taking of a...

A very attractive large Udjat eye amulet, Egyptian, and probably Late period, mid 1st. millenium BC.

The amulet is vcarved in a hard Diorite stone, very beautiful in hand.

Size: 26-27 mm. wide and very thick.

Condition: Choice and as made, the drill went wrong, visible at the back so the artist drilled another hole just beside the first one.

Private Collection, ex Jürgen Haering, aquired at Galerie am Museum, Freiburg, 2008.

An ancient Egyptian Scarab, 3000 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. Notice that the bottom resembles a human face; this was done frequently. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1250 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). The bottom depicts 2 antelope heads. It is 1/2” long (12 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1615 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 1/2” long (12 mm) and made of crystal quartz. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

Exceptional bronze applique of a head of Dionysos with ivy wreath and with silver inlaid eyes, probably a furniture fitting, Roman, 2nd - 3rd century AD.

Very high quality work for the period and a real conversation piece!

Height 6.5cm, width 6.3cm. substantial and heavy in hand.

Condition: Choice Good very fine, preserved inlays and a lovely red and green patina.

Ex. Austrian Private Collection

The cylinder seal is carved in fine white-beige stone, and can be dated to Mesopotamia, Late Jemdet Nasr period, c. 3000-2900 BC. (Collon, period 1B).

The impressive seal is carved with 4 horned animals in very deep relief all the way around the thick cylinder.

Size: 30 mm. tall and 24 mm. wide.

Condition: Very fine, intact with some wear and corrosion and quite attractive.

Ex. Private Collection of Jens Knudsen, Hamburg, from c. 1980-1998. Comes with ...

Interesting cylinder seal in black stone with a warrior holding a spear in a running stance inside two rows of running animals, Old Assyrian, Early 2nd mill. BC.

Size: c. 17 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with fine wear and deposits.

Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with original imprint and COA.

An extremely rare scarab seal, carved as an Udjat eye in grey-brown steatite, Egypt, New Kingdom, c. 15th.-14th. cent.

The eye is carved with great artistry, to creat a perfect Udjat eye with fine details and on the base, three strong hieroglyphs of the Ankh for giving Life the Uraeus and erect Cobra and lastly the flat Sun-disc.

The Ureaeus was the symbol of the Godess Wadjet and was used as a sign of Royal authority associated with Pharaos and gods.

Size: 15-...

Attractive steatite scarab of the New Kingdom period, inscribed with the royal name / cartouche of Thutmosis III, 1504-1450 BC

Carved in greyish steatite with fine details of the beetle.

Size: 16 mm. long.

Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with a microscopic chip to the edge, patina with web-like crackles.

Ex. G. D. collection, Berlin and Bavaria, aquired between 1930 and 1970.

Comes with COA and hard imprint!

An interesting and beautiful bifacial seal, New Kingdom, reign of Amenhoteb the III, 14th. century BC.

The seal carved in brown steatite. A commemorative seal with one side dedicated to father of Amenhoteb II, Thutmosis III and engraved with his cartouche and throne name. The other side engraved with the name of Amenhoteb twice.

Size: 20 x 16 mm.

Condition: Extremely fine, nice patina and light deposits in the devices.

Ex. G. D. collection, Berlin and...

Interesting solid silver Encolpion cross with loop Early European, probably Lombard Kingdom, c. 7th.-8th. century.

The cross engraved with a standing nimbate figure holding a crucifix in his left hand, and on the reberse another small nimbate figure; No less than four Cross pattées, and the symbols of the Sun and the Moon on the reverse as well.

A Byzantine type, but a very unusual decoration which points to Darkage Europe and probably the Kingdom of the Lombards, who inv...

Ancient Egyptian large black-topped Redware Vase, pre-Dynastic Naqada I period, c. 3750 BC. It's intact but shows signs of use, especially inside, from contents being stirred. It is 10" (25.4 cm) tall. It is authentic and nearly 6,000 years old.

A lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1800 BC, 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. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup. This scarab depicts Goddess Hathor

A concave cylinder seal in white-beige stone. The seal is carved with an elaborate pattern of Cruciforms and lines, Mesopotamia 3300-2900 BC.

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. These seals guaranteed the authenticity of marked ownership: as such, they were instr...

An ancient Egyptian Scaraboid, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 3/8” long (9 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

An ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 2,300 years old, 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

An ancient Egyptian Scarab for Tuthmosis III, c. 1450 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 5/16” long (8 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

An interesting ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1200. It is 7/16” long (11 mm) and made of Jasper, 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

Carved and polished square stone seal with winged lion or Griffin, Middle Assyrian, c. 15th.-12th. cent. BC.

The seal nicely detailed and carved in a black stone.

Size: 16 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Very fine, some uncleaned deposits.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 ...

A very large and impressive Neolithic period stamp seal, provenanced to Amüg-Ebene near Antioch in Western Mesopotamia / Eastern Anatolia, c. 6th. millenium BC of even earlier.

Rectangular seal of grey stone with a long ridged pierced handle and a grit pattern in the base.

Size: 40 mm. long and 23 mm. wide, c. 12 mm. tall.

Condition: Near VF, one corner chipped, lightly affecting the imprint. With earthern deposits.

Comes with the original 1995 ID ca...

An ancient Egyptian Scarab for Tuthmosis III, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 11/16” long (17 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

An ancient Egyptian Scaraboid, c. 1200 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is X” long (X 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1200 BC. It is 9/16” long (14 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

A terracotta idol figurine of astarte, Syro-Hittite, dating to the mid-later period of the 3rd. millenium BC.

The pillar figure of Astarte with large round eyes and a bird-like presence. Angular shoulders and a monolithic body with her hands and delineated fingers placed over her breasts.

Size: 13,5 cm.

Condition: Good Very fine for type, the details still present with no losses, a profesionally repaired crack through the midsection is barely noticable, othervi...

An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1200 BC, 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup. Mitry: "Glory and devotion to the beautiful god. XIX Dynasty."

An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 500 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 1/2” (13 mm) long 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup. Mitry, scarab bottom: "King Hethes, Maat (feather of Justice), Ra (Sun)." The mongoose kills cobras.

A very nice and fine condition larger bronze dagger, dating to the 2nd. millenium BC.

Attractive greater Mesopotamian type of dagger with a short tang and two rivets in each top side of the triangular blade with a diamond shaped crossection.

Size: 28,6 cm. long.

Condition: Near Extremely fine for type excellent light green patina and fine metal.

Ex. Danish Private Collection, bought in the Copenhagen antique market in the early 1990s.