A lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 2,300 years old, 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. It's large and beautiful.

A lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 3/8” long (9 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. Hathor is pictured...

A lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is X” long (X 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.R604

A lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 2,300 years old, 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup...

A lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). A jasper scarab with a winged scarab, "God Khepher Divine Lord of Egypt'' Mitry dated 1950 BC XII Dynasty. 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 to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup...

A lovely blue/green ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 1/2” long (12 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...

A lovely blue ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 1/2” long (12 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...

A lovely tan ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 1/2” long (12 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...

A lovely blue ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 7/16” long (11 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...

A lovely tan ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 5/8” long (16 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.

A lovely green ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 1/2” long (12 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.

A wonderful symethric style scarab of stylized form, Second Intermediate Period, Hyksos Period, Dynasty 15th -17th. 1786 – 1650 BC.

Interesting type with fish inside bullseye oval.

Size: 17 mm.

Condition: Nice VF, attractive brown patina and intact with some minor chipping.

Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973)...

A lovely green glazed ancient Egyptian Scarab, pre 300 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 5/8" long (16 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. Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup. Guaranteed – purchase price refunded if the piece is returned unaltered within 30 days from the date of purchase.

A lovely tan ancient Egyptian Scarab, pre 300 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. The scarab comes in a jewelry display cup. Guaranteed – purchase price refunded if the piece is returned unaltered within 30 days from the date of purchase.

A lovely blue/green ancient Egyptian Scarab, before 300 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 3/8" long (9 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. Each scarab comes in a jewelry display cup. Guaranteed – purchase price refunded if the piece is returned unaltered within 30 days from the date of purchase.

A lovely blue/green ancient Egyptian Scarab, before 300 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 3/8" long (9 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. Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

An ancient Egyptian bronze figure of Nefertum. Depicted striding on his integral base, wearing a tripartite wig, fronted with ureas, with his left foot forward, with arms along his side, wearing the lotus crown and with suspension loop behind. 3 1/4 inches high. Mounted. Said to have been purchased on the Paris art market @ 15 years ago...

The vessel features a reel-shaped body with stepped foot and a flange. The doomed top with the head of Medusa at center. Medusa is rendered with a round face and curls ending in snake heads.
The pyxis is made in one piece and open at the bottom. The piece was not intended for concrete use and served as richly decorated burial object.
The surface shows remains of the original white engobe with gilded areas.
For a related example, cf. Ars Antiqua Auktion IV, Lucerne, December...

Interesting Iconographic type of flat round stamp seal with an emblem or hieroglyphs in the center inside a circle of wedges, Hittite Empire, 16th.-14th.- cent. BC.

Size: 21 mm. wide and 7 mm. tall.

Condition: Near Very fine, much wear around the drilled perforation, from long term use.

Comes with imprint and original Id card.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, boug...

A nice round stamp seal with handle, with precise finding place near the ancient city of Antioch, and dating to the Mesopotamian late Halaf-early Ubaid period, Late Neolithic - Early Chalcholite, c. 5th. millenium BC.

Nice early hemispheriod stamp seal with low handle.

Size: 26 mm wide, 12 mm. tall.

Condition: Nice Very fine and intact, with minor corrosion and deposits.

Comes with imprint and original Id card.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer...

Interesting seal pendant made in bronze with double loop and engraved with a wild beast, Seljuq Islamic, c. 11th.-12th. cent.

Size 26 mm. long, choice condition with fine green patina.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early stamp seals from the pre-historic and Dynastic civilizations in the Near Eas...

Painted wood panel depicting a seated Anubis, depicted with the head pf a canine, with prominent details, wearing a long garment and with arm raised in adoration. 5.5 inches high X 2 inches wide. Late Period, 600-30 B.C. Purchased on the Amsterdan art market. Said to be originally purchased in the 1950s-1960s in the Middle East. Private collection Owner of the antique and carpet shop Persepolis in The Hague, 2021. Contributed by the family to a Dutch auction house in 2022. Sold by the auction ho...

Interesting early Gable stamp seal of the Ubaid period and probably made in the later 5th. mill. BC.

The seal depicts an artful motif of two juxtaposed stylized animals with long legs.

Size: 29 mm. long and 22 mm. wide.

Condition: Very fine, some weaer to the edges.

Added to the Oberländer collection in 2008. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aq...

Wonderful Halaf period Booth-shaped stamp seal in a glossy green hardstone (rare!), Syro-Levantine part of Mesopotamia, probably 6th. mill. BC.

A pre-historic / Neolithic seal carved with a fine grit pattern in the base and shape like a boot or foot.

Size: 10 mm. wide and 11 mm. tall.

Condition: About Extremely fine.

Added to the Oberländer collection in 1991. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!

Provenan...

A substantial upperpart of a casket or chest lock sculptured in bronze as a leaping / attacking Lion with open jaws, Roman, 1st.-3rd. cent. AD.

Very nice antiquity with fine details and a lovely green and red patina.

Size: 6,7 cm. long weighing a solid 81 grams.

Ex. Old German Private Collection, before 1970.

Interesting advanced seal in grey steatite carved with an ornate handle and nicely composed round seal base with an animal, Mesopotamia, early-mid 2nd. mill. BC.

Size: 22,5 mm. tall and 20 mm . in diameter of the round base.

A very attractive seal.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 198...

Interesting large glass amulet tessera, drilled to use as pendant, black glass, dated to the Ptolemaic period, c. 200 BC, but could perhaps malso be early Roman (see id card)

The unusually large and finely preserved piece decorated with a Lion in high relief.

Size: 28 mm. wide and 17 mm. tall.

Added to the Oberländer collection in 2006, comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer...

Interesting lot of quite scarce glass amulets or tesseras in fine conditions, Early Roman Imperial, Roman Egypt, c. 1st.-2nd. century AD.

The motifs includes Hercules, Mercury and a fine Imperial couple in the style of the time of Nero.

Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable deal...

Interesting large bronze pendant in a Lunar or crecent shape with two loops, Dark-age or Viking 8th.-10th. cent. AD.

Attractive and wearable today with decorations on the surface.

Size: 43 x 35 mm. - very thick weighing 53.68 grams!

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of ancient seals ans some amulets between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer spec...

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. Gustav Oberlän...

A small coll. of four Danish Neolithic Daggertime blades, dating to around 2200-2000 BC.

The lot consist of a small spear, 8,5 cm. Two fragments of daggers, 9 & 6,5 cm and a toothedged sickle / saw, measuring 12 cm.

An interesting collection of nice neolithic blades and fragments.

Condition: The spear is intact, the other pieces are large fragments. Nice patinas and old collection tags on all pieces.



Ex Private Collection.

A really nice specimen of the sought after type III flint / silex dagger, c. 2000-1800 BC.

Very attractive and finely made neolithic dagger from the latest fase of the Danish stoneage neolithic period.

The dagger is classified within the type III group of daggers. The cross-section of the handle is square shaped and both surfaces and edges of the handle and blade has the classic "stitching" style of flaking. Stitched handles first appear with type III daggers. This configur...

A tanged 'Luristan' bronze dagger or short sword from Ancient Near East, Caspian Sea Area, Bronze age, dating to mid 2nd mill BC.

The sword with high, rounded shoulders and slight central midrib.

Length: c. 33,5 cm.

Condition: Fine green patina. Some roughness to the edges.

Ex. Private Collection in Denmark, formed in the 1990's.

Late Corinthian plate with nice polychrome painting, dating to 5th - 4th century BC.

Very attractive dish that was made with two holes in the rim for hanging it.

Size: 16,9 cm.

Condition: Nice VF, one fragment reattached and restored nicely.

Ex. pre-2nd. world war Bavarian collection.

A superb massive gold ring of 22+ carat gold with convex gemstone of garnet, depicting a lion tearing a deer, above it a crescent, in front of it a stylized plant. Graeco-persian, 2nd half of the 6th century BC.

Stunning quality engraving and a heavy gold ring, suitable for wearing today.

Ring size 9.5 (US), T (UK), 21 (F).

Weight: 13,72g.!

Provenance: Gert Cleff, Wuppertal; ex Gorny & Mosch, München Auction 137, 2004, Lot 230. Comes with copy of th...

A large and beautiful Scandinavian style bronze Fibula decorated with knobs and profusely engraved, c. 8th.-9th. century AD.

Impressive piece of jevellery that comes out of a very old German collection.

Size: 76 mm. long!

Condition: Nice Very fine, missing iron needle and sound metal, mottled green patina.

Ex. Rudolf Rack, Bad Nauheim, near Frankfurt, collection formed from around 1950.