A very impressive and extremely rare sculptural plaque in pottery, Greek, ca. 2nd. century BC.
Gorgoneion is depicted in 3D on top with wings and a lovely expression, the round Aegis below.
Size: 18 cm. wide and the head 4,5 cm. deep and 7-8 cm. tall.
Condition: Intact in all it's parts. The Aegis reassembled from fragments.
Ex Old Collection, aquired before 1980.
Cypriot, Late Bronze Age burnished pottery jug, 1550 - 1200 BC, wonderful tint pitcher with a nice little foot , seem to be in original condition, size about 3" by 3" no stand. Old East coast collection prior to 1970S
An authentic and ancient fine handled ROMAN Glass Bottle, excavated in Syria, ca. 3rd-5th Century A.D. Surface etched, muddy, iron stained with an open pontil base. Most likely used for Perfume or Precious Oils. Condition: intact, no damage. Size: 3.75" H. ( ca. 9.5 cm.) Provenance: From an antiquity dealer's estate. A delicate and very fine collector's piece.
Scarce and beautiful early type of pottery Oil lamp, Roman 1st.-2nd. century AD.
The lamp is of the Loeschcke Typus VIII and displays a scene with Hermes in very high relief. The lamp is stamped with a known scarce makers name: COPPI.RES
Size: 10 cm.
Condition: Choice and completely intact, thus rare!
Provenance: From a Rheinland-Pfalz collection, 1970-1999.
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
A choice and beautiful red carnelian Cylinder seal, dating to the Achaemenid Empire, 7th.-4th. century BC.
Finely carved and polished barrel-shaped, carved with two animals at the sides of a tree. The clay impression, we made is not the best, but the seal is really sharp and attractive in hand.
Size: 19-20 mm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Provenance: Gert Cleff, Wuppertal, aquired in 1989 at Kölner Münzkabinett Tyll Kroha
An absolutely lovely large terracotta head of a female deity, perhaps Aphrodite/Venus, Hellenistic or early Roman, 2nd. century BC-1st. cent AD.
The unusual head is not hollowcast but solid and done in the fine Hellenistic or early Roman style. She is tilting her head slightly to her left and has an elaborate headdress.
Size: c. 10 cm. tall and 7 cm. wide and weighing 252 grams.
Awesome style that we haven't had much better!
Ex...
A choice collection of unresearched stamp seals, all with different designs, c. 6th.-3rd. millenium BC.
The small collection includes seals carved in a variety of stones; there's a gable seal from the 4th. millenium, several early rectangular seals with cross patterns, some with grit-patterns and a couple of later stone seals, one with a 'sun' pattern, probably from the Persian hemisphere.
Size: Up to 2 cm...
A fine intact votive pottery figurine of an infant in a cradle, Greek ca. 3rd.-2nd. century BC.
A rare and beautiful ceramic composition of a naked infant boy laying with arms above the head in a cradle / bed. Very interesting piece!
Size: 11,3 cm. long.
Condition: Choice for type, intact with typical wear and patina.
Ex. Private Collection of G. Hauck, Germany, from earlier German Collections from the 19th. century.
A large and massive thinbutted Danish neolithic offeraxe, dating to Time of the Great Burial Mounts, c. 3500-3000 BC.
An unpolished axe, made with defined seams on the edges. Well proportioned design and attractive, very broad. In Greyish brown Danien flint.
The thinbutted axes were introduced along with the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture. The axes were used to clear the woods and prepare the ground for crops...
The great god with mace in front of lesser interceding goddess. UR III, late 3rd millennium BC.
Attractive larger two-coloured white stone, probably a sort of marble.
Size: 26 mm. tall and 14 mm. thick.
Condition: Nice Very fine, completely intact with fine wear.
Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with original imprint and COA.
A superb very sharp Oil lamp, Roman, late 1st. century AD.
Roman figural terracotta oil lamp with single handle. The discus is framed by two concentric rings, in the middle is a high profile head of a woman or godess. Maker's mark on the bottom: MNOVIVSI. He was a lamp maker, known as M. Novius Justus, with a workshop situated in North Africa and produced oil lamps from 120 – 180 AD.
Size: 10,4 cm. long...
A massive, solid cast silver bracelet of the finest workmanship of the Achaimenid period, 5th-4th century BC.
The bracelet or armring would have been made for a very highranking / rich costumer in antiquity, since these are usually hollowcast, when this thickness and size.
The silver bracelet with faux-twist and twisted wire details to the body, finials with serpent- or Lion head detailing.
Weight: ca. 410 grams...
POTTERY OIL LAMP
ISLAMIC PERIOD, 8TH CENT. AD
Highly decorated with clusters of grapes and vine leaves all around the shoulders
Measurements:
Length: 9 cm
Width: 7 cm
Condition: Good condition as shown
Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land
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POTTERY SAUCER OIL LAMP
Biblical, Iron Age II, 900 – 586 BC
“Time of Kings of ancient Israel”
A charming wheel-made reddish pottery saucer oil lamp with a pinched spout and a base
Measurements:
Length: 13 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Condition: Minor ancient chip at the rim otherwise intact and in good condition.
Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land
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BYZANTINE - EARLY ISLAMIC DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
7th Cent. AD
Circular body with fine ribbing, body tapering towards the top, wider at the lower part and narrower at the upper with a loop handle higher than the rim and a well-formed nozzle.
Dimensions:
Length: 9 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Condition: Good condition as found
Found in Jerusalem, Israel
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POTTERY PERFUME JAR
HOLY LAND, Roman "Herodian" 37 BC - 100 AD
Second temple period
Time of Christ
Globular ribbed body with a shaped neck and handle...
POTTERY PERFUME JAR
ROMAN PERIOD, 1st - rd Cent. A.D...