An unsually large stone cylinder seal, carved in a glossy black green stone, Middle Assyrian period, c. 14th.-11th. cent. BC.
This cylinder is seal 48 mm. tall and c. 15 mm. thick - a seal that gives a huge imprint when rolled on clay. The seal showing an archer fighting a winged griffin. The archer is probably the Great King and he is kneeling shooting his bow into the face of the Griffin, which is lifting it's left paw...
An attractive and substantial cylinder seal carved in blakc Haematite, Isin-Larsa period, Old Babylonian, ca. 2000 - 1800 BC.
The seal is carved with an introduction of the king to standing sun god with saw. Another worshipper or lesser deity is also depicted and there's and interesting large emblematic staff between them.
Height: 2.3cm, diameter: 1.1cm.
Condition: Nice VF for type and intact with even wear.
Ex...
A stunning terracotta figure of Horse and Rider, Parthian Empire, 1st-3rd. cent. AD.
The tall bearded figure emerging from the body of the horse, wearing folded cap, the horse with applied disc eyes, traces of decoration. Their bodies is blending into a single, triangular form, with the head and upper body of the man directly behind the horse’s head. Finely detailed features of a mature Parthian horseman, probably nobility.
Size: 111 mm...
An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1000 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
An exciting ancient Egyptian Scarab,c. 1500 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 1/2” long (13 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. The bottoms of many scarabs were made to suggest human faces. 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.
A fascinating ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1200 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 11/16” long (17 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
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.
A very rare depiction of a birdman with bird-like facial features and a Dove tail, holding a small animal in his humanoid arms, Syro-Hittite, 2nd. millenium BC.
Interesting terracotta figure with finely handbuilt details.
Size: 10,5 cm. tall.
Condition: F-VF, nice for the type with losses to head of animal and his feet.
Ex. Jens Knudsen, Hamburg, 1970-1999.
Attractive Greek Campanian red-figure squat lekythos with palmette. Late 4th century BC.
Height 10,8cm, ø corpus 5,1cm.
Condition: The jug intact, with minor ancient chip to the rim and encrustations. The decorations are finely preserved on this vessel. Small pinhole drilled in antiquity in the base rim.
An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1450 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is a beautiful piece of blue steatite, 3/8” long (10 mm), 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1550 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 7/16” long (11 mm) and made of milky amethyst. 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.
This is a fascinating ancient Egyptian alabaster vase, c. 1200 BC, 4" tall. It's intact and made from a rough piece of alabaster, with its cracks filled in while it was still forming underground. It was purchased at an antique market in Marin, CA.
Double side Udjat and Wedjat amulet - eye of both RA and Horus, Late Period, c. 660-332 bC.
Size: c. 16 mm. long.
Condition: Good VF, completely intact with finely preserved glaze.
Provenance: Old German Collection, comes with the Original Certificate of Authenticity from a Cairo Antiquites dealer in the 1950s-1960s - the Ding Dong Bazaar, no less! In this period and up to the early 70s, it was quite legal to sell antiquities in Egypt and the cert...
An Egyptian amulet of animal headed deity in green faience, Late Period, c. 660-332 BC.
Size: c. 33 mm. long.
Condition: Fine, repaired through the midsection.
Provenance: Old German Collection, comes with the Original Certificate of Authenticity from a Cairo Antiquites dealer in the 1950s-1960s - the Ding Dong Bazaar, no less! In this period and up to the early 70s, it was quite legal to sell antiquities in Egypt and the cert...
Green serpentine cylinder seal, Mesopotamia c. early 2nd. mill. BC. Adoration or presentation scene before an alter.
Height: 2 cm, diameter 0.8 cm.
Condition: VF, intact with surface corrosion. Better than imprint indicates.
Ex. Private Collection of Karl Müller, 1950-1977. Comes with his imprint and COA.
A large collection of 28 Roman clay vessels, 1st.-4th. cent. AD.
Many nice types, incl. a decorated jar with handles which is probably earlier, c 1st. mill BC!
Height 6 - 19,5cm.
Condition: F-VF, some with smaller missing fragments, overall well preserved.
Ex. 1970s-80s. German collectionm
A large black serpentine cylinder seal, showing a horseman in infight with a rearing Bull and an eight-pointed star in the fields. Middle-assyrian, 14th - 10th century BC.
The scene is quite rare with the detailed horseman!
Height: close to 40 mm and thick with a diameter of 15 mm. – quite impressive in hand.
Condition: Good Very fine for the type...
An interesting and quite attractive small limestone figure of a Noble Lady, New Kingdom, ca. 1300–1200 B.C.
The lady’s attire and hairstyle are typical of the fashion after the second half of the 18th Dynasty...