A finely carved seal in an attractive beige stone, dating to the late 3rd.- early 2nd. mill. BC.
The seal in the round gable form, looking much like a scaraboid, and engraved with a strong scene of a horned animal.
Size: 20 mm. in diameter and 8 mm...
Finely carved larger stone scaraboid with winged lion, Middle Assyrian, c. 14th.-12th. cent. BC.
The seal unusually detailed and carved in a black stone, probably serpentine.
Size: 20 x 19 mm. and 9 mm...
An impressive seal with a finely carved base in an attractive stone, dating to the late 3rd.- early 2nd. mill. BC.
The seal in the oval gable form, looking much like a scaraboid, and engraved with a strong scene of a deer with large antlers attacked by a feline and rearing it's head, screaming in agony or fear!
Size: 25 mm. by 22 mm. and 9 mm...
Interesting bronze seal of a cone shape with a small top without drill, Western Mesopotamia / Lake Van area, c. 2nd. mill. BC.
First time in stock for this type with is also decorated on the sides with a figure?.
Size: 19 mm. tall and 16 mm...
An interesting choice of a mottled glossy green stone with inclusions ffor a stamp seal, West-Mesopotamia, c. 2nd. mill. BC.
Lovely colour with a round base engraved with an image of a horse.
Size: 16 mm. tall and 15 mm...
Interesting stamp seal from the Urartu Kingdom of the bell-shaped type, in translucent Alabaster, very attractive! Seal is carved with a complicated pattern.
Size: 16 mm. tall. and 9 mm...
A massive high quality unguentaria bottle made of greenish glass. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
The bottle of impressive height and very solidly constructed, sound glass.
Size: c. 15,4 cm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine, unusually solid and sound green glass vessel with beautiful mild irridescence.
Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
A massive high quality unguentaria made of greenish glass. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
The bottle of impressive height and very solidly constructed, sound glass.
Size: c. 15 cm. tall and 7,7 cm. in diameter of the base.
Condition: Extremely fine, unusually solid and sound green glass vessel with beautiful mild irridescence.
Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
A lovely coloured Roman glass bottle. Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
The bottle with slightly tappering corpus and wide mouth.
Size: c. 96 mm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine, sound glass vessel of an aubergine-red colour with exceptional irridescence.
Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
A scarce and beautiful Roman glass bottle. Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
The bottle with cylindrical ribbed corpus and wide mouth.
Size: c. 110 mm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine, sound green glass vessel with beautiful mild irridescence.
Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
A substantial and attractive bronze figure of a coiled snake, Roman Imperial, 1st.-3rd. cent.
Size: 5,5 cm. in diameter and c. 4 cm. tall weighing 160 grams.
Ex. Saxony private collection, c. 1970.
An attractive Uruk Zoomorphic stamp seal pendant, c. late 4th.-early 3rd. millenium BC.
The seal carved in a wonderful transperant stone and depicts an animal rearing it's head. The base carved with a Grit pattern and central piercing.
Size: 20 mm. tall and 19 mm. wide...
Beautiful semi-transperant calchedony stone seal carved with a priest of Marduk in the base, Neo-Babylonian, 8th.-6th. cent. BC.
Attractive and finely polished seal.
Size: 17-18 mm. tall.
Condition: Near Extremely fine, thin light surface calcification.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
A fine scaraboid stamp seal, clearly inspired by New Kingdom Egyptian scaraboids, East Anatolia / West Mesopotamia, c...
A lovely and rare stamp seal depicting two horned animals mating, West-Mesopotamia, c. 2nd.-1st. mill. BC.
The seal is exceptionally well-carved for the type with a four-side and pierced handle atop of the rectangular base. The stone is even dark green. Rare depiction!
Size: 22 x 19 mm. and 13,5 mm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine for the type.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 2006. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and...
A really nice and impressive stamp seal wuth a tall handle, Western Mesopotamia, c. 2nd. mill. BC.
The seal is inspired by early Assyrian iconography and shows a finely carved Lion on it's hind legs grapping or fighting a monster with multible legs - here the Lion is probably the king or leading god, while the Lizzard creature is the evil one.
Size: c. 20 mm. wide and 20 mm. tall.
Condition: Near Extremely fine.
Comes with hard imprint!
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Attractive and interesting bronze seal where a Lion is fighting a Bull with long horns, Neo-Babylonian c. 8th.-6th. century BC.
The seal is round and looks to have been made without handle or drill.
Size: 17 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Very fine, intact with much patina!
Added to the Oberländer collection in 2002. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired...
Nice scarab shaped seal carved in black serpentine stone, Western Mesopotamia, c. mid 2nd. millenium BC.
Stylized scarab or scaraboid, engraved with demon-looking humanoid walking, probably a deity of sorts.
Size: 14 mm. x 12 mm.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 1995. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aqu...