Origin: Egypt
Material: faience
Dimension: 2,2 cm.
Origin: Egypt
Material: white steatite stone
Dimension: 1,1 cm.
Henuttawy A – Hnwt-tAwy A Overseer 2
Duat Hathor and Mistress of the Two Lands (Queen)
Deir el-Bahri - Cache I - Royal Cache DB320
Also known as Henouttawy, Honittaoui
It is assumed that Henuttawy is a daughter of Ramses XI, the last king of the 20th dynasty. She becomes Pinedjem I’s first wife, has many titles and plays an important role at court...
Ancient Egyptian carnelian cartouche for Ramesses II attached to a modern/antique ring.
The cartouche is incised with the king’s nomen, the last name in his titulary, reading
“Ramesses Beloved of Amun.”
It is a white stripe in the carnelian and no crack.
Date: Egypt, New Kingdom,19th Dynasty, Reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279 - 1213 B.C.
Material: carnelian
Size: cartouche: ca...
Origin: Egypt
Material: white stone
Dimension: 1,3 cm.
Origin: Egypt
Material: Faience
Dimension: 1,4 cm.
Djedptahiufankh – Dd-ptH-iwf-anx Worker 2
with inscription (without vertical lines) and prince title
Deir el-Bahri - Cache I - Royal Cache DB320
Also known as Djedptahiwfankh, Djedptahioufankh, Zadptahefonkhou
The name means ‘Ptah has spoken and he lives
Djedptahiufankh is only known from his burial and mummy...
Broad redware dish rim fragment depicting a very fine and detailed shrub with berries. The relief decoration was taken from a separate mold and applied to the almost flat rim.
The fragment belongs to the rim of a large dish with a calculated diameter of ca. 39 cm (15.4 in). A groove runs along the outer edge.
Ceramic
Roman, North Africa, 250-300 AD
L. 7.4 cm (2.9 in)
H. 5.1 cm (2 in)
D. (estimated) 39 cm (15.4 in)
Superb modeling...
Greek black-glazed juglet of bag-shaped body, splayed rim and strap handle. Ring foot missing. Late 4th century BC
Xenon ware nestoris with conical body, short flaring rim and delicate peaked handles. Shoulder and belly decorated with panels in applied red color. Foot missing. Xenon ware, 400-350 BC
Single-handled Apulian drinking cup, with steep wall, slightly everted rim and restored handle. Standing on a low ring foot...
Two dishes with rounded wall and slightly incurved rim. One with pitted black glaze, standing on a bulged foot. The other unglazed.
Two more unglazed dishes with straight floor and bulged rim.
Ceramic
Campanian, late 4th century BC
D. 7.2 cm (2.8 in) to 12 cm (4.7 in)
Intact. Black glaze with surface wear, all with surface wear.
Swiss private collection...
Djedptahiufankh – Dd-ptH-iwf-anx Worker 2
with inscription (without vertical lines) and prince title
Deir el-Bahri - Cache I - Royal Cache DB320
Also known as Djedptahiwfankh, Djedptahioufankh, Zadptahefonkhou
The name means ‘Ptah has spoken and he lives
Djedptahiufankh is only known from his burial and mummy...
Origin: Egypt
Period: New Kingdom, 18th Dynastie
Date: ca. 1539 - 1292 B.C.E.
Material: Faience
Dimension: 1,9 cm.
Shabti for Nes-Ta-Wedjat-Akhet
Exhibited:
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Drexel Institute Museum, 1895.
Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1916.
California, San Bernadino, University Art Gallery, 1992.
California, San Bernadino, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, 1997-2011.
Origin: Egypt
Period: Third Intermediate Period, 21st-22nd Dynasty,
Date: 1070-945 B.C...
Rare bronze and iron key, European, renaissance, c. 15th.-16th. century.
Very interesting bronze bow of a Gothic design and the stem and bit made of iron. Probably a cupboard key.
Size: 96 mm.
Condition: Very fine, lovely metal.
Ex. Important old Danish collection of keys.
Interesting early 16th. century renaissance / Gothic iron key with cut out sluts for a money cheast, c. 1500 AD.
The key with enforced bit with slots, decorated hollow stem with a thick collar and an oval gothic bow.
Size: 110 mm.
Condition: Nice Very fine with interesting cuphrite surfaces from coppering.
Ex. Important old Danish collection of keys.
A nice and substantial Late Gothic type of chest or cupboard key, European, probably German, c. 1550 AD.
The key with enforced bit with slots, decorated hollow stem with fluted collar and an oval bow.
Size: 120 mm.
Condition: Very fine with interesting cuphrite surfaces from coppering, some light bend.
Ex. Important old Danish collection of keys.
A nice and substantial Late Gothic type of chest key, European, probably German, c. 1550 AD.
The key with enforced bit with slots, decorated hollow stem with fluted collar and an oval bow.
Size: 126 mm.
Condition: Nice Very fine with interesting cuphrite surfaces from coppering.
Ex. Important old Danish collection of keys.
A nice and substantial Late Gothic type of chest key, European, probably German, c. 1550 AD.
The key with enforced bit with slots, decorated hollow stem with fluted collar and an oval bow.
Size: 100 mm.
Ex. Important old Danish collection of keys.
An interesting selection of substantial examples of mid-late Gothic period Europe, c. 14th.-16th. century.
The selection consists of a North-Scandinavian iron door handle (18.5 cm.) in a fine elaborate style, and two large finials or handles (27.3 cm. nearly 23 cm. long) finely decorated in Gothic style, Europe.
Condition: Fine intact condition, with nice patinas.
Ex. Danish Collection of keys - from the Roman period to the 17th. century.
Origin: Egypt
Material: Faience
Dimension: 1,0 cm.
Origin: Egypt
Material: Faience
Dimension: 1,6 cm.
Shabti for Padihoremheb
Oushebti inscrit sur une colonne ventrale au nom de Padihoremheb, fils de Isetherti, général. Il porte la perruque tripartite, la barbe postiche et les instruments aratoires en relief. Exemplaire atypique Faïence verte pâle sans glaçure incrusté de faïence mauve.
Origin: Egypt
Period: Late Period, 30. Dynastie
Date: 382-340 B.C...
An ancient Egyptian alabaster torso of a striding man. Wearing a kilt and with arms depicted on each side. 5.5 inches high. Late Period, 600-30 B.C. Purchased on the Paris art market. Said to be originally purchased a long time ago at the Paris flea market.
A bracelet or arm ring, Ancient Near East, Median or early Achaemenid, c. 800-600 BC.
A nice somewhat cleaned bracelet of fine high quality silver with two stag heads as finials.
Size: c. 60 mm. in diameter and weighing 33.54 grams.
Ex. Cristian Spinu Private Collection, aquired at Artemission, London 2014.
A scarce set of four Danish Neolithic silex blades. Two daggers and two spear points, dating to Daggertime, 2200-2000 BC.
The blades are all very thin and skillfully knapped in antiquity. Two blades of lancet dagger type and two spear points / javelins.
Collectors tags on three of the blades!
Sizes: c. 8,6 -12,7 cm
Condition: Fine-Very fine. A nice lot with beautiful patinas. One of the spearpoints is repaired, as seen on pictures.
Provena...
A small set of three Danish Neolithic Axes, dating to 3rd-4th mill BC.
Lot consist of two polished and an unpolished axe.
The larger axe is a thinbutted type from the late 4th / early 3rd mill BC. The axe is almost completely polished on all four sides, which is a scarce feature. It also has writing in pencil the side - hard to read, though.
The two other axes are thinbladed in size and design.
Sizes: 12,5 - 15 cm
Condition: Nice Very fi...
A pair of nicely patinated Thinbladed Danish neolithic axes dating to the Singlegrave period, 3rd mill BC.
Lot consist of an unpolished, thinbutted type, and polished thickbutted type. But the smaller size indicates, that they were for a specific purpose in Antiquity, probably for precision wood-working.
Comes with old collection tag on the grey axe.
Sizes: c. 13 - 14 cm in length.
Condition: Nice Very fine, with beautiful patinas. Some minor chips as...
A pair of rare thin-bladed Danish Danish neolithic axes dating to 3rd mill BC.
Both axes have long, slim blades and sharp edges, almost like chisels but they are axes.
One axe is fully polished on the sides, the other is unpolished. Comes with old collection tag, and finding places written on the side. (Kirke Stillinge, 1938, and Moen)
Sizes: c. 14 - 14,3 cm in length.
Condition: Nice Very fine, with beautiful orange-brown patinas. Some chips as seen o...
An interesting selection of four Danish Neolithic axes, all dating to the 3rd. mill BC.
All axes are of the smaller, thinbladed type, that began to emerge and refine during the early 3rd mill. BC. Two axes / adzes with hollow edge and two nearly perfectly symmetrical. All are very nice examples of the neolithic toolbox.
Three axes come with old collection tags the one without has the finding date written (6/7 '38).
Sizes: up to 9,7 cm.
Condition: V...
An attractive large unpolished, thinbutted Danish neolithic axe dating to late 4th-early 3rd mill BC.
The axe is fully polished on the sides. The edge has been reknapped in Antiquity. Comes with old collection tag, and finding place/year witten on the side. (Kirke Stillinge, 1938)
Size: c. 20 cm. in length.
Condition: Very fine, re-sharpened in antiquity. An impressive axe with nice grey patination.
Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1...
Egyptian bronze Osiris standing mammiform on integral plinth with suspension loop, hands folded holding scepter and flail, and wearing the Atef crown with Uraeus serpent. Nice green patina.
Height 4 inches
Plinth 1x1 inch
Item was tested by 3rd party and shown to be authentic. Report can be requested. Purchased from a US collector in 1999.
Egyptian bronze striding of the jackal god Anubis wit 2 Uraeus cobras at his feet. Broken at the ankles and glued.
Height 3 3/8 inches
Base 1 5/8 x 5/8 inch
Purchased from a private collector in the US in 1999.
Item was tested and was found to be authentic. A copy of the report can be requested.
An ancient fragment of a Roman Mosaic floor, complete with poly-coloured bricks forming a nice pattern, probably Late Roman 3rd.-4th. century AD.
Size: 10 cm. x 7,7 cm.
Ex. Old Private Collection.
Interesting stone roundel that we're researching at the moment, don't hesitate to send us your comments.
The roundel is flat and thick and carved in white crystalized marble. The obverse depicts a general or emperor, wearing an impressive helmet of ancient style, greek or Roman. The portrait style is probably late Roman, perhaps constantinian, but we're not certain.
Greek inscription in low relief all around the portrait, most of it quite worn but the letters 'NSTA' can easily be r...
A very rare and large limestone sculptural head of Christ, French Scool, probably 11th. century to 12th. century, early in the period! This piece was bought in Albi and is reportedly from Tolouse.
Lovely archaic medieval features of the dead or suffering christ with his eyes closed. He is looking almost peacefully, with his head slightly twisted to a side and pronounced lips, a thin / hungry look and a short beard. The piece probably from a niche, with the reverse half-finished.
Authentic Ancient Holy Land. The Age of the Patriarch Abraham circa. 2000 B.C. Terracotta Oil lamp with four pinched sides to use for 4 wicks. Each spout would have held a wick which, soaked in combustible would have been lit to provide the brighter light in the house.
Provenance: Ex Private old Canadian collection of antiques and antiquities formed in the 1980s.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
MEASUREMENTS:
Width Approximately: 13 cm. (5.12 inches).
Height...