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A pair of strictly museum quality massive gothic candlesticks, probably Nuremberg / Nürnberg, renaissance, c. 1500-1550 AD.

These very large pricket canbelabras, probably for ecclesiastical use, doesn't come much better than this present pair. Stepped domed feet, baluster-shaped stems with flaring sockets. The prickets in iron.

Size: The candlesticks measure impressive 36 cm. in height and the bases are 14 cm. wide...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1491418
A large Greek amphora handle, Rhodes, c. 3rd.-2nd. century BC.

The handle inscribed with a two line makers name / mark in Greek, fully readable.

Size: 10 cm. long and substantial.

Ex. Old European collection.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1491414
A finely polished and fully symethric Egyptian stone jar made of a type of beautiful chlorite stone, 3rd.-2nd. mill. BC.

The jar was used to hold cosmethics in the 3rd.-2nd. millenium BC. Nice marks of drill inside, recessed footring and a tiny rim also carved!

Size: 35 mm. wide.

Condition: Good Very fine, fine quality jar.

Ex. Cristian Spinu collection, Ex. Timeline originals (UK), comes with their COA! Ex Dr. Beekmans collection, Germany.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1491413
A finely polished and fully symethric Egyptian stone jar made of hard black stone, 3rd.-2nd. mill. BC.

The jar was used to hold cosmethics in the 3rd.-2nd. millenium BC.

Size: 43 mm. wide and 35 mm. tall.

Condition: Good Very fine, fine quality jar.

Ex. Old European collection, Ex. Liveauctioners.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491408
An attractive large unpolished, thinbladed Danish neolithic axe dating to late 4th-early 3rd mill BC.

Very good knapping details on the sides and several old collection tags - found in Korsør By 1939!

Size: c. 21,7 cm. in length.

Condition: Nice VF! Choice axe with edges and a lovely light brown marsh patina, small chip only visible at one side, othervise near EF.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491406
An attractive large fishtail type of dagger, made in the late neolithic period, Daggertime-bronzeage, c. 2000-1600 BC.

A type with an elaborately knapped handle, stiched in the sides and full size for a grown hand. The blade chipped and resized in later periods. Looks originally like a type IV-V to us. Comes with with very old collection tags and another tag written directly in black ink - found at Sorø 1909!

Size: c. 18 cm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491404
A fully polished axe with a slightly 'hanging' edge, scarce type of the 4th. millenium BC.

The axe is greyish patinated silex with fine fossils included. 19th. century paper tag on the undeveloped rear end as well as number in white ink.

Attractive and with a very sharp edge / bit!

Size: 16,1 cm.

Condition: Good Very fine, fine old patina.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491402
An impressive polished greystone axe, from the great buriel mounts of Denmark, in the later 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

The axe carved by micro-crushing and polishing the surface into the large curving broadsides towards the edge and butt. The axe with old tags, found at the island Lolland.

Size: 23,7 cm. long and 9,4 cm. wide. Heavy axe weighing c...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491401
An attractive childs dagger, made in the late neolithic period, Daggertime-bronzeage, c. 2000-1600 BC.

Finely knapped in in a silex with a rare pinkish patina! Comes with a 19th. century collection tag and another tag written directly in white ink from a pre-WWII collection.

Size: 12,9 cm. long

Condition: Very fine, intact with a few tiny losses.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491400
An attractive unpolished, thinbladed Danish neolithic axe dating to late 4th-early 3rd mill BC.

Very nicely knapping details on the sides and old collection tag - Found at Mols, Jylland.

Size: c. 17,4 cm. in length.

Condition: Good VF, choice axe with a lovely brown patina. a few minor chips.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491375
A nice bronzeage paalstaff type of mid bronzeage axe, dating to the mid-late 2nd. millenium BC.

The axe was cat with a long ridge to secure it to the pole / shaft and out-swayed edge.

Size: 16,4 cm. long.

Condition: Near VF and intact, some corrosion and the axe was cleaned at one point.

Provenance: Collection of Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI and WWII at Sværdborg mose (eng. marsh) and Køng mose at So...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491374
A very attractive unpolished Danish neolithic axe of the Single Grave slender type, dating c. 2800-2400 BC.

Very nicely knapping details on the sides and several old collection tags! The axe has finding date in black ink given as 4. september 1924, found in 'Hestehave'.

Size: c. 17,7 cm. in length.

Condition: Near EF. Choice axe with near perfect edges and a nice frosty bluish-grey patina.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–19...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491373
An attractive unpolished, thinbladed Danish neolithic axe dating to late 4th-early 3rd mill BC.

Very nicely knapping details on the sides and several old collection tags!

Size: c. 17,4 cm. in length.

Condition: Near EF! Choice axe with perfect edges and a lovely light brown marsh patina.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI and WWII at Sværdborg mose (eng. marsh) and Køng mose at Southern Zealand...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491370
Attractive boatshaped battle axe, from the battleaxe period, ca. mid 3rd. millenium BC.

A finely made battle axe with nice lines and curves, boat-shaped. One end thick and blunt to function as a hammer. Made in attractive brown-grey stone and with old collection tag in white ink (see below).

Size: 12,3 cm. long.

Condition: Choice VF, some minute surface corrosion.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491367
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...
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A lovely and scarce Italian closed combat helmet, with eye slits a come or ridge and a hinge at the side; it also have a produding iron guard that could also function as sunscreen, c. 1580-1610.

"Savoyard" helmets are a distinctive form of late Italian close-helmet worn by cuirassiers, the heavy cavalry outfitted with plate armor worn only to the knee and armed with pistols and swords. The term Savoyard is a reference to the large number of these helmets that the Swiss captured fro...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1491357
A pear-shaped stone mace head, carved in a nice cream-brown stone, Egyptian Pre-Dynastic period, c. 3rd. mill. BC.
Finely polished and symethrically drilled and measuring 4,7 cm. in diameter. Old black reg. number from collection or museum inventory, 'Æ27'.

Condition: Nice very fine, intact with minor spots of corrosion and fine patina.

Ex. Old European collection, comes with COA.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1491356
A lovely early Imperial pottery lamp in redish terracotta with makers name on the back and probably from a central Roman workshop.

Depicting a high relief Crescent moon and a star on the discus. Letters on the back reads IVN C and something.

Size: 10,5 cm.

Condition: Extremely fine, stunning crisp quality and perfect.

Ex. Collection of P. Treffz-Eichhöfer, Stuttgart, Germany, aquired 1980-2006.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1491355
A nicely moulded votive terracotta figure, Roman, early imperial style, c. 1st.-2nd. century AD.

A nice votive, quite detailed, depicting a mature and stately woman with headdress and wearing a dress.

Size: 10,3 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice, Nice Very Fine and basically intact with greyish deposits.

Old German collection of the Nordrhein-Westfallen, before 1980.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Wood : Pre AD 1000 item #1491279
A nice Egyptian wooden painted figure of a Falcon, Late period, c. 660-332 BC.

Comes with a low lucite base, total 6,3 cm. tall. Old black ink number on the head.

Condition: Very fine for the material, smaller losses, preserved pigments.

Provenance: P. Treffz-Eichhöfer, Stuttgart, 1980s collection.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1491277
A lovely somewhat pear-shaped stone mace head, carved in a fine speckled dark diorite stone, Egyptian Pre-Dynastic period, c. 3rd. mill. BC.

Finely polished and symethrically drilled and measuring 5,5 cm. in diameter.

Condition: Good very fine, intact with minor wear and patina.

Ex. Cristian Spinu collection, Old European collection purchased 1972, comes with COA from 'Ancient Art - the gallery, London.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1491276
Larger architectural Roman marble fragment, weighing c. 1000 grams.

A 15 cm. long and 11 cm. tall Roman marble from an architectural structure, showing a repeating vaseform or rhombic decoration on steps. A nice and inexpensive piece of Roman sculptural art in marble.

Provenance: Collection of Gunna Munkvad, Denmark, aquired from the 1950s-1980s.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1491275
Interesting 11 cm. tall Roman marble fragment, weighing c. 630 grams.

The piece could look like an animal ear, but is probably from folds on a toga. A nice and inexpensive Roman sculptural art in marble.

Provenance: Collection of Gunna Munkvad, Denmark, aquired from the 1950s-1980s.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1491263
An ancient Roman bronze leg from a large bronze vessel, depicting a feline, with short mane, mouth agape and with ferocious expression. 1 5/8 inches high. Purchased on the New York art market. Said to be from an old Dutch collection.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1491201
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A wonderful mounted fragment of a ceramic wall tile depicting a Maenad and a Satyr, Etruscan, 5th.-4th. cent. BC.

The piece in very thick stoneware with a high relief.

Size: 21,3 x 18,5 cm. as mounted.

Provenance: Private Collection of Bjørn De Roepstorff, an important Danish castle / mansion collection. The family lived in Italy in the 1970s and bought a few antiquities, like this nice relief.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1491200
Beautiful Etruscan votive terracotta head, c. 5th.-4th. cent. BC.

A substantial terractotta in a fine condition and quality.

Size. c. 13 cm. tall and 10 cm. wide.

Condition: Near Extremely fine for the type.

Provenance: Private Collection of Bjørn De Roepstorff, an important Danish castle / mansion collection. The family lived in Italy in the 1970s and bought a few antiquities, like this nice head.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1491194 (stock #m.7)
A.v.d.B Egyptian Artefacts
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Tall mummiform servant of the dead in superb glossy green faience, hands held to chest holding crook and flail, wearing royal beard, pillar up reverse side which helps us date this to the 27th/30th Dynasty, and glypthic text that can be seen on the picture.

Origin: Egypt

Period: Late Period, 27th/30th Dynasty

Date: 554 - 332 B.C.

Material: Fayence

Dimension: 12,0 cm.

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1491192 (stock #S.18)
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Shabti for Padihoremheb

Oushebti présentant les instruments aratoires en relief. Il porte une inscription en T au nom de Neferka, fils de Isetrechti, prêtre scribe dans le château de Ptah Faïence verdâtre.

Bibliographie:

Hans D. Schneider, "A Catalogue of the collection of shabtis in the national museum of antiquities at Leiden"1975, ref 3.2.25 J.F Aubert et L. Aubert, Statuettes égyptiennes, Paris, 1974, p 254

Origin: Egypt, Saqqara

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1491187 (stock #2)
ROMAN GLASS RIBBED BOWL
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

Beautifully preserved ribbed bowl of blue-green color with a magnificent iridescene.It is not known whether ribbed bowl was used for drinking, but it was used for washing hands during meals.
11.5cm diameter

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Pre AD 1000 item #1491183
An ancient Egyptian faience shabti for Psamtik. Standing on an integral plinth against an inscribed back pillar, with prominent facial details, depicted mummiform with the arms crossing his chest, his hands emerging from his tightly fitting garment, holding hoes, a seed sack over his left shoulder, wearing a tripartite headcloth and a braided beard. 4 inches high. Repaired. Purchased on the Belgian art market. Said to be from an old German collection.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1491156 (stock #R503)
This is a lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1400 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). 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 help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1491153
The long, conical shaped, tapering body with prominent horizontal bands and lug handles. Late Period, 26th-30th DYNASTY, 688-343 B.C. 6 1/4 inches high. Two small chips on top. Mounted. Some photos illuminated. Purchased on the Paris art market. Said to be from an old French collection.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1491109
Finely detailed bust of Herakles, with well defined, strong facial details, thick curly beard, thick wavy hair and wearing the lion skin across his chest. 1st Century BC/1st Century AD. 3 3/4 inches high. Mounted. NYC art market. Purchased in a prominent NYC auction, said to be from an old NYC collection.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1491079
An ancient Egyptian alabaster plumb-bob with suspension holes on the sides and on top. New Kingdom, 1570-1070 BC. 1 5/8 inches high. From an old NYC scholarly collection. A plumb bob is a weight, with a pointed tip on the bottom, suspended from a string and used as a vertical direction as a reference point. Plumb bobs were appreciated for their ability to furnish a true vertical line. The ancient Egyptians used plumb tools for leveling and as a way to continue distances vertically. They a...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1490997 (stock #m.6)
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Origin: Egypt

Period: Third Intermediat Period, 21th/22th Dynasty

Date: 1075 - 712 B.C

Material: Fayence

Dimension: 6,5 cm.

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Wood : Prehistorical item #1490996 (stock #S.17)
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Shabti for Padihoremheb

Petit chaouabti portant les instruments aratoires peints, la perruque tripartite ceinte d'un bandeau blanc. Il présente une colonne ventrale au nom de Mout-em-Wouia Bois polychrome à pigments noirs, rouges et blancs.

Origin: Egypt

Period: New Kingdom, 18. – 20. Dynastie

Date: 1550 - 1069 B.C.

Material: Wood

Dimension: 12,3 cm.

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1490972
JFF Ancient Art
€3,200.00

Extremely rare shabti of the Prince Hor-Nakht.

Prince Hor-Nakht was a son of Pharao Osorkon II, who ruled Egypt from Tanis in the 22nd Dynasty. Osorkon II
tried to control the entire country so he appointed his son Hor-Nakht as High Priest of Amun of Thebes.
Unfortunately, Hor-Nakht died already at the age of nine. He was buried in the same tomb as his father in the
royal necropolis in Tanis (Hor-Nakht was placed in the same Chamber as his father Osorkon II). Circa ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1490835
Attic red-figure cup with a nude athlete standing between a stele and an altar.
The right arm is outstretched towards the altar in front of him, with the left hand he holds a strigil close to his body.
The young man wears a purple fillet with a vertical spike at the front. The eye is depicted in profile. The hair over the forehead with a row of dangling dots. Thin relief lines, much preliminary sketch, graceful style.
The scene may portray a prayer or an oath ceremony perfo...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1490834
Fine Western Greek head fragment with calm expression and appealing Early Classical facial features. The face shows a prominent nose, full lips and a heavy chin. The beautifully arched brows span over indistinct eyes that were originally painted. The hairline above the forehead with heavy curls.
The Severe Style marks the transition from Late Archaic to Early Classical art. It is defined by the simplicity or severity of forms, visible in both facial features and treatment of the clothes. ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1490833
Discus fragment of a lamp decorated with the half-figure of a satyr holding a thyrsus and blowing a flute. The youthful figure wears a deer skin with the hooves of the animal knotted behind his shoulder.
Rare depiction. Detailed rendering of the head and the anatomical details. Covered with an orange-brown slip.
For a related example, cf. Q3250 in the British Museum database.
According to Bailey, the lamp was probably designed as a pair together with Q3292 (pp. 9-10 and p. 4...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1490832
Black glazed drinking cup with steep wall, slightly everted rim and single horizontal handle. Standing on a low ring foot. Covered with fine quality black gloss inside and out.
Common Apulian type. For a similar example, cf. item no. 101, p. 61 in: John W. Hayes. Greek and Italian Black-Gloss Wares and Related Wares in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, 1984.
Ceramic
Apulian, around 350 BC
Size: H. 5.2 cm (2 in)
D. 9.5 cm (3.7 in)
W. over handle 12.3 cm ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1490831
Greek Campanian Black-glazed Dishes, 350-300 BC Black-glazed dishes of shallow form with thick wall and slightly flared base. One with a small offset between the rounded lip and the foot. Shallow rounded floors.
Traces of fingertips around the bases, where held during dipping into the glaze.
Ceramic
Campanian, 350-300 BC
D. 6.3 cm (2.5 in) to 8.1 cm (3.2 in)
Intact. Black glaze with minor surface wear, one dish with peeled off glaze.
Ex Swiss privat...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1490830
Black glazed dishes with rounded wall and slightly incurved rim. One standing on a conical foot, the other on disk feet. Two dishes with brilliant black glaze.
Ceramic
Campanian, late 4th century BC
D. 6.9 cm (2.7 in) to 8.7 cm (3.4 in)
H. 3.3 cm (1.3 in) to 5.2 cm (2 in)
Intact. Black glaze with minor surface wear, one dish with peeled off glaze.
Ex Swiss private collection.

The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1490819 (stock #R6)
Horizon Ancient Arts
USD $140.00
This is a lovely blue ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1800 BC). 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 help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pottery : Pre 1700 item #1490793 (stock #IS287)
Scarce authentic antique medieval Islamic ceramic bowl, Syria or Egypt from the 14th-15th century, Mamluk period. It rests on a disc-shaped short foot and is decorated with black and blue painted underglaze. The interior features a central medallion with a scrolling lotus flower, while the walls have a band of lotus petal lappets enclosing cloud-like rings. The exterior of the bowl is painted with interlaced scrolling vegetation motifs. The Mamluk ceramic bowls, crafted during the Mamluk Sul...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1490773
An attractive large and intact terracotta jug with strap handle, Roman, Carthage, c. 2nd.-4th. cent. AD.

Very finely made with remnants of pigments.

Size: 22 cm. tall.

Condition: Nice Very fine, intact and unrepaired, with medium wear as pictured.

Ex. German private Collection
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1490747
A 'Nishapur' type of ware, probably made in the Samenid period, c. 10th. century AD.

Highly attractive and rare seen type of vessel with a lovely torquise glaze and two handles.

Size: 14 cm. tall and 13 cm. wide.

Condition: Choice and basically intact with a chip to the footring restored and some minor chips to the glaze of the rim and short hairlines.

Ex. Old Bavarian collection, aquired between 1930s-1970s.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pre AD 1000 item #1490736
Interesting and attractive gold Quatrefoil openwork pendant with small loop at one side and an engraved cross in the center, Roman-Darkage c. 4th.-6th. cent. BC.

A heavy hanger, very attractive. The gold is almost pure and around 22 carats or so. The central cross was deliberately erased at one point in antiquity, which could have been done by pagans / romans in the late antiquity.

Size: 19-20 mm. in diameter and weighing a solid 3.45 grams.

Ex. West German Priva...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1490734
A finely carved late- to Neo-Assyrian black stone cylinder seal, depicting running animal in a fine style and very high relief, above is star and crescent, mid-to late Assyrian.

Size: 27-28 mm. tall and 10 mm. wide.

Condition: Good Very fine and glossy, better than imprint indicates.

Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with COA and his hard imprint.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1490733
A nice and very early Mesopotamian cylinder seal in a scarce stone type of Aragonite, Early dynastic 2600 - 2340 BC.

The seal engraved with an animal fight.

Size: 25 x 12 mm.

Condition: About Very fine.

Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with COA and his hard imprint.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1490732
A nice yellowish patinated shell seal Akkadian, ca. 2340 - 2193 BC.

Interesting and rare depiction of two enthroned deities with attendant or worshipper between them.

Size: 30 x 19 mm.

Condition: Very fine and intact, with some wear and low relief to the top of the image.

Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with COA and his hard imprint.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1490621 (stock #m.5)
A.v.d.B Egyptian Artefacts
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Shabti figures were placed with ancient Egyptian burials to act as servants in the afterlife, to undertake menial tasks and produce food for the deceased. The hieroglyphics on this shabti, from Memphis, are an extract from the Book of the Dead.

This ushabti figurine is depicted as a worker holding two hoes for work in the fields of Osiris in the afterlife. He is wearing a tripartite wig which falls down between the shoulders. He has an Osiris-type beard which ends in a tight forward ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1490620 (stock #S.16)
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Shabti for Undjebauendjed

Wearing a round wig covering her ears, this funerary statuette is of proportions balanced despite its small size. The Face is expressionless. Chin Wears a goatee hairpiece. The forearms are crossed over the chest, the right over the left and were to hold the stick and the classic whip, symbol of this character's Charge, now missing. The costume of living with which this shabty is covered presents a significant starched front loincloth; this one covers the th...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1490618
JFF Ancient Art
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Ancient Italic Bronze Quatrefoil Fibula

The fibula consists of two bronze wires whose ends are twisted against each other to form tightly rolled spirals. Both double spiral wires are forged into short flat sheets in the middle and riveted together with an additional
long strip of sheet metal. Another circular decorative plate is riveted to the front. This plate has a punched dot
pattern around the edge and intersecting chains of dots in the two bars. The metal strip on the back for...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pre AD 1000 item #1490613
Roman Gold Lion appliqué, 1st.-3rd. century AD.

Nicely patinated emblem or amulet in pure 22+ gold.

Weight: 0,70 grams. Size: c. 17 mm. wide.

Ex. German private collection, 1960s-2000.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pre AD 1000 item #1490611
Interesting heavy and large silver crest from a Roman helmeted figure, 1st.-3rd. cent. BC.

Finely carved with feathers in nice high quality silver.

Size: 55 mm. long and weighing 24 grams, so it's quite solid.

Ex. German Collection.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1490564
Lovely large vessel with twin, horizontal handles, in a fine style with decorated base, very impresive size, Attic / Corinthian c. 4th. century BC.

Size: 20,8 cm. in diameter over the handles and 11,2 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice Very fine, intact with lightly irridescent glaze, minor dings and wear to glaze.

Ex. Old German Collection
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1490563
With spherical body on short foot, the tubular neck with traces of engravings, the handle with beading and pomegranate thumb-rest, minor dents, hairline crack and a couple of small holes to body, but intact, overall patination to surface.

A substantial and interesting type of early Islamic vessel.

Height: 27,3 cm.

Ex. Reff. See Christies's auction ''Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets'', 27 October 2021 / lot 9 for a similar vesse...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1490562
A nice and intact Roman terracotta jug or pitcher, c. 2nd.-4th. century AD.

Choice and perfect condition with calcky patina and strap handle.

Height: 18,5 cm.

Ex Hermann Historica, Auction 77, 2018, formerly in Austrian Private Collection.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1490561
A fine and substantial Roman terra sigillata pitcher, probably Nothern Africa, c. 4th. cent. AD.

Attractive vessel in a nice redish colour, low slung discus-shaped type, probably for wine.

Size: 16 cm. tall and 15,5 cm. wide of the fat belly.

Condition: Good Very fine, much preserved red slip and only a few tiny chips to the very rim.

Ex. Dr. Heim Collection (1950s-1980s), ex Hirsch auctions 2019