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Just released from my personal collection is this fantastic set of three pieces that date circa ancient China's Western Zhou period; a decorated bronze dagger axe with and accompanying horse bridle fitting decorated with coiled snakes, and a bird finial. All three pieces were purportedly uncovered together. The bridle fitting was partially cleaned to reveal the magnificent coiled snake decor. The bird finial appears to have originally been inlaid but the material is now gone...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000
item #1486630
Senatus Consulto
$115.00
$115.00
Extremely fine specimen of the earliest metal daggers known, BMAC / Indus, Chalcolithic period, 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.
Large and impressive dagger in hand. Flat, leafshaped blade and very long, straight tang.
Size: 23,7 cm long.
Condition: Extremely fine, choice green patina and great metal. Uncleaned with earthern deposits.
Ex. Danish private Collection, aquired at the Copenhagen antiques market in the 1990s.
Large and impressive dagger in hand. Flat, leafshaped blade and very long, straight tang.
Size: 23,7 cm long.
Condition: Extremely fine, choice green patina and great metal. Uncleaned with earthern deposits.
Ex. Danish private Collection, aquired at the Copenhagen antiques market in the 1990s.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000
item #1489033
(stock #R472)
Horizon Ancient Arts
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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.
Ostracon Ancient Art
$4800.00
$4800.00
Flat-bottomed aryballos with two neatly incised male busts showing big eyes and pointed chins. The hair is tied in a tuft (krobylos) by a fillet and falls gently along the shoulder.
The busts alternate with geese. Rosettes in the field. Radiating strokes on shoulder and rim.
Best parallel for the style is Utrecht Univ. 60, Male sirens facing swan, in: D.A. Amyx, Corinthian Vase-Painting of the Archaic Period (1988), 180:B-7.
Reconstituted from fragments...
The busts alternate with geese. Rosettes in the field. Radiating strokes on shoulder and rim.
Best parallel for the style is Utrecht Univ. 60, Male sirens facing swan, in: D.A. Amyx, Corinthian Vase-Painting of the Archaic Period (1988), 180:B-7.
Reconstituted from fragments...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$860.00
$860.00
Greek protome with nicely rendered late archaic features. The female head is showing small almond-shaped eyes, a prominent nose and lips drawn into a slight archaic smile. She wears a stephane and a veil.
Probably from Sicily, following an Eastern Greek model.
Published with Cahn Auktionen AG, Auktion 2, 21. September 2007, lot no. 351a.
Terracotta
Western Greek, Archaic Period, around 500 BC
H. 10.3 cm (4.1 in)
W. 5.9 cm (2.3 in)
H...
Probably from Sicily, following an Eastern Greek model.
Published with Cahn Auktionen AG, Auktion 2, 21. September 2007, lot no. 351a.
Terracotta
Western Greek, Archaic Period, around 500 BC
H. 10.3 cm (4.1 in)
W. 5.9 cm (2.3 in)
H...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Prehistorical
item #1441398
(stock #DH21548)
Museum quality!!
Egyptian Heart Scarab classical chapter 30 B / 20-22 dynasties period.
Material: Basalt
Condition: look at pictures.
Provenance: Old German collection befor 1983
Background: The heart scarab, which first appears in Dynasty XIII, played an important role in the funerary accessories of the deceased.
Not only was it the medium for magical text, it was also a symbol of self-generation and rebirth...
Egyptian Heart Scarab classical chapter 30 B / 20-22 dynasties period.
Material: Basalt
Condition: look at pictures.
Provenance: Old German collection befor 1983
Background: The heart scarab, which first appears in Dynasty XIII, played an important role in the funerary accessories of the deceased.
Not only was it the medium for magical text, it was also a symbol of self-generation and rebirth...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Pre AD 1000
item #1490905
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A beautiful and intact torquise faience ushabti, Late Period, ca. 664 to 500 BC.
A mold-formed faience ushabti standing in mummiform with fused legs, holding implements, and with 8 rows of sharp hieroglyphs wrapping around the legs. The face presents with almond eyes, a prominent nose, and a petite chin, all beneath the lappets of the tripartite wig...
A mold-formed faience ushabti standing in mummiform with fused legs, holding implements, and with 8 rows of sharp hieroglyphs wrapping around the legs. The face presents with almond eyes, a prominent nose, and a petite chin, all beneath the lappets of the tripartite wig...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000
item #1375978
(stock #1371)
AWEIDAH GALLERY - JERUSALEM BASED GALLERY
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POTTERY WINE JUG WITH A LONG SPOUT AND A STRAINER
HOLY LAND, Iron Age, Israelite, 1200 – 900 BC
HOLY LAND, Iron Age, Israelite, 1200 – 900 BC
Time of the Kings of ancient Israel
Beautifully made in a globular body with long spout and a strainer
Very little is known about vessels used for drinking beer, those we know of are generally characterised by a spout and a strainer. Since the remains of straw and chaff usually floated along the surface of the beer, it was necessary to strain the liquid before drinking it...
Senatus Consulto
$295.00
$295.00
Attractive Etruscan bronze handle possible from a large jug, ca. 7th.-4th. century BC.
A handle with a very nice patina and style.
Size: 17 cm. long!
Ex. Collection Paul Braun, Baden-Württemberg, before 1989.
A handle with a very nice patina and style.
Size: 17 cm. long!
Ex. Collection Paul Braun, Baden-Württemberg, before 1989.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000
item #1461293
A large and finely patinated silver omphalos libation bowl, Medes / early Achaemenid, 9th.-8th. century BC.
A stunning silver bowl of an early type with relief decoration in form of humps and central omphalos.
Size: 16,5 cm. in diameter.
Condition: Choice and intact with small closed scratch and two minor chips, otherwise superb. Attractive bluish-black patina.
Ex. Private collection, aquired in 1976 from Axel Weber, Cologne, Germany.
A stunning silver bowl of an early type with relief decoration in form of humps and central omphalos.
Size: 16,5 cm. in diameter.
Condition: Choice and intact with small closed scratch and two minor chips, otherwise superb. Attractive bluish-black patina.
Ex. Private collection, aquired in 1976 from Axel Weber, Cologne, Germany.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Pre AD 1000
item #1470675
Senatus Consulto
$195.00
$195.00
A finely detailed faiance figure, depicting Patake in Green-Torquise faiance, Late period Egypt, 525 - 341 BC.
Interesting scarce representation of the god naked.
Size: 33 mm. tall.
Condition: Choice, intact with some overall wear to the glaze.
Ex. Old Danish Private Collection.
Interesting scarce representation of the god naked.
Size: 33 mm. tall.
Condition: Choice, intact with some overall wear to the glaze.
Ex. Old Danish Private Collection.
JFF Ancient Art
€560.00
€560.00
Rare ancient Egyptian opaque blue glass pendant in the shape of a pomegranate with yellow and white details.
For comparable amulets see:
Louvre Museum, Paris, E 2284 ; AF 2600 and N 1850 ; AF 2312
British Museum, London, EA48064 and EA68538
Petrie Museum UC22890
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 11.215.446
Date: Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th - 20th Dynasty, ca. 1570 - 1070 B.C.
Material: Glass
Size: ca...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pre AD 1000
item #1376049
(stock #N.81282)
AWEIDAH GALLERY - JERUSALEM BASED GALLERY
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ANCIENT “Black & White” STONE BEADS NECKLACE
ROMAN PERIOD, 1ST – 2ND CENT...
ROMAN PERIOD, 1ST – 2ND CENT...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1487871
Senatus Consulto
$115.00
$115.00
Attractive seal, carved in green-black stone with a knob handle, Western Asia, Neo-Hittite states, c. 1200-800 BC
Triangular seal plate, engraved with a 4-legged animal, struck by an arrow. The knob handle engraved wioth grit-pattern.
Diameter: 19 mm. Height: 16 mm.
Condition: Good Very fine, intact with fine dessert patina.
Reff...
Triangular seal plate, engraved with a 4-legged animal, struck by an arrow. The knob handle engraved wioth grit-pattern.
Diameter: 19 mm. Height: 16 mm.
Condition: Good Very fine, intact with fine dessert patina.
Reff...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1480328
Senatus Consulto
$125.00
$125.00
A lovely small stamp seal with high loop handle and carved in a black and white stone, Urartu Kingdom, c. 9th.-7th. cent...
Senatus Consulto
$175.00
$175.00
A thickbutted Danish neolithic axe dating to 3rd. mill BC.
The axe is polished on the sides. The shape is slightly asymmetrical, indicating that it might have been mounted as an adze.
The edge is sharp and could be used even today if mounted on a shaft.
Size is 15 cm - c. 6 inches.
Condition: Nearly superb with just i tiny chip to edge. Very nice grey / beige patina.
Ex. Private collection.
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The axe is polished on the sides. The shape is slightly asymmetrical, indicating that it might have been mounted as an adze.
The edge is sharp and could be used even today if mounted on a shaft.
Size is 15 cm - c. 6 inches.
Condition: Nearly superb with just i tiny chip to edge. Very nice grey / beige patina.
Ex. Private collection.
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Senatus Consulto
$425.00
$425.00
An attractive two-tone silex / flint axe of the unpolished type with small butt and a wide blade, Time of the Great Buriel mounts, c. later 4th. mill. BC.
Size: 23,8 cm. long and quite heavy, so this would probably have been an offer or ritual axe.
Condition: Good Very fine, tiny ding to the edge, othervise perfect and with a nice specled colour with calcification.
Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI and WWII...
Size: 23,8 cm. long and quite heavy, so this would probably have been an offer or ritual axe.
Condition: Good Very fine, tiny ding to the edge, othervise perfect and with a nice specled colour with calcification.
Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI and WWII...
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Another substantial Roman silver seal ring with a red carnelian intaglio, 1st.-3rd. cent AD
The ring a typical compressed Roman design and the carnelian stone engraved with a depiction of the Dioskouroi.
Size: c. 24 mm. wide and weighing 8.1 grams. The ring-size is c. 19 mm. x 16 mm., so it fits the typical ring-finger of a smaller male or a female hand.
Condition: Very fine, intact, but the stone was reset and there's chips to the silver-setting. Stable and we...
The ring a typical compressed Roman design and the carnelian stone engraved with a depiction of the Dioskouroi.
Size: c. 24 mm. wide and weighing 8.1 grams. The ring-size is c. 19 mm. x 16 mm., so it fits the typical ring-finger of a smaller male or a female hand.
Condition: Very fine, intact, but the stone was reset and there's chips to the silver-setting. Stable and we...
