A choice condition and lovely terracotta fertility figure of female form, Bajaur (Indus Valley), c. 3000-2500 BC.

A hollow mould-made Indus Valley red terracotta statuette modelled in a stylised manner with applied facial features of birdlike form. Also with applied arms to the cone-shaped body. She is folding her hands as if in prayer in front of her breast.

Size: 11 cm. tall...

Roman Bronze Zebu votive statuette in the Classical style on a platform , the bull having horns a well detailed hump and facial features. The statuette has a calcified surface. Old California collection . Size H 2"D 2"

POTTERY PERFUME JAR
ROMAN PERIOD; 1ST - “ 3RD CENTURY AD

Dimensions:
Height: 9 cm
Diameter: 5.5 cm
Height on stand: 14 cm

Condition: Minor repair at the rim otherwise intact

Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especially because of their provenance in the biblical lands during the biblical period...

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.

ANCIENT FAIENCE EGYPTIAN "MUMMY BEADS" BRACELET
EGYPT, HYKSOS, Circa, 1550 BC

Impressive wearable bracelet, beautifully recomposed “Restrung” using authentic ancient Egyptian faience, terminated with sterling silver clasp so it can be safely worn today.

Dimensions:
Length: 17 cm
Width: 2.5 cm

Beware of modern fakes!

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Egyptian Mummy beads

Egyptian bur...

A group of some very attractive stamp seals in black and red stones, Mesopotamia, Ubaid period to figural, 5th.-3rd. mill. BC.

There's a pair of hemispheric seals with animals, 3rd. mill. BC, an interesting round seal in red stone, probably early Ubaid or Halaf period and lastly a round seal with handle in black stone, finely engraved with bulls eyes and radiates, c. 4th. mill. BC.

Size: Up to 22 mm...

Rare Persian- Islamic black wound core glass bead. The bead made of black glass and a wound brick red zig zag pattern . Condition undamaged and smooth.Size 19-11 mm

RARE- AN AMLASH TERRACOTTA HUMP-BACKED BULL RHYTON
10TH-8TH CENTURY B.C...

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.

Thin-walled creamware cup with narrow base, rounded body and slightly flared rim. Single strap handle from belly to rim. Bichrome linear decoration inside and out.
For a related example, cf. Beazley Database vase no. 1009801.
Ceramic
Daunian, 4th century BC
H. 8.7 cm (3.4 in)
D. 9.9 cm (3.9 in)
Intact and fine...

Relic of the Nile is pleased to present his large Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure with original base. The figure has nice facial features with some black cosmetic details remaining and a well-carved osiris beard. While the pigment has been lost throughout the piece there are still traces of the broad collar and vertical column that originally likely contained hieroglyphics showing the name of the owner. The figure is well-carved with only some losses to the neck area...

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...

Head of the Buddha shown with solemn expression. The refined facial features with arched eyebrows over heavy lidded eyes and a sensitively modeled mouth with purse lips. The half open eyes with their barely indicated irises confer the head a meditative gaze. The hair is delicately textured with a central bun (usnisha) on top. The idealized style is reminiscent of Greek Hellenistic sculpture which lived on among Gandharan artists. Stucco. Gandhara, 3rd/4th century AD. H. 7.7 cm (3 in), H...

Black-figure depiction of naked youths with clamydes that cover their shoulders and bystanders clad in cloaks. All figures hold spears.
The scene is framed with ivy garlands on the sides and buds alternating with dots on the marked shoulder...

Highly interesting scaraboid seal of the earliest style and type we've seen, probably inspired by Egyptian scarab seals, Middle bronze age of the Levant, c. 2200-1600 BC.

The seal is very large and carved in a greenish black stone. Interestingly, there's remnants of the metal mount, probably a chain in iron or bronze (looks like iron!). The seal is carved with Capride with a bird above.

Condition: Nice VF, evidently with some beautiful wear and patina!

Size: 27...

An attractive rectangular stamp seal with elaborate handle, Western Mesopotamia or Anatolia, 3rd.-2nd. millenium BC:

The seal carved with a horned animal in flight. Beautiful seal with sharp edges.

Size: 31 mm wide and 17 mm. tall.

Condition: Good Very fine.

This seal was aquired 1995 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and impo...

Rectangular basalt mortar vessel with stand plate and domed depression inside. Middle Kingdom, 2137 - 1781 B.C.

A very attractive motar vessel with fine ancient patina and wear from use, but completely intact.

Size: 10,7 cm. long and 7 cm. wide.

Reff. Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels - Materials and Forms (1989), p. 144, #151.

Ex. Old German collection, aquired 1960s-1970s.

Small hand modeled Villanova vessel with rounded shoulder and short neck. The handles arching from the rim to the edge of the shoulder.
Light vertical ribbing on the shoulder. Standing on a flat base. Lustrous surface with traces of the modeling stick.
Ceramic, Impasto ware
Etruscan, Villanova Culture, 750-650 BC
H. to rim 7.4 cm (2.9 in)
H. to handle 8.4 cm (3.3 in)
Fine condition with light surface wear. One handle restored.
Ex Galeria Serodine...

Interesting large stamp seal of the conoid type in greenish glass, Achaemenid Empire, c. 7th.-4th. cent. BC.

The seal carved with the great King standing left with weapon and other figures, incl. a winged one.

Size: 19 mm. tall and 18 mm. wide.

Condition: Fine and intact, but with several internal fisures and a small chip. Comes with the original hard clay impression from below collection and ID-Card. Aquired to the Oberländer collection in 1991. Rare.

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. A substantial amulet-seal for the period.

Condition: Good Very fine, tiny chip at one side of the head othervise completely intact with nice patina.

Added to the Oberländer collection ...

The Eros child emerging from a flower, showing very expressive features such as an exaggeratedly long fore and upper head. Small hole on the chest for attachment.
Bronze
Roman, 2nd/3rd century AD
H. 3.8 cm (1.5 in)
H. with stand 5.2 cm (2 in)
High quality bronze with superb patina.
Ex Swiss private collection.

The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed

A scarce tall stamp, Assyro-Babylonian period, probably Levantine, carved in a brown-red stone, c. 800 BC.

The seal carved with an animal.

Size: 22 mm. tall and 13 mm. wide.

Condition: Nice Very fine, some uncleaned deposits.

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 1985 - 2000s,...

Extremely fine specimen of the earliest metal daggers known, BMAC / Indus, Chalcolithic period, 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.

Interesting and collectable daggers. Flat, leafshaped blade and very long, straight tang.

Size: 20,8 cm long.

Condition: Extremely fine, choice green patina and great metal. Uncleaned with earthern deposits.

Ex. Danish private Collection, aquired at the Copenhagen antiques market in the 1990s.

Wall fragment rendered in sunk hieroglyphs showing a nicely carved vulture over a shallow bowl and the sign for bread. The sequence mentions the goddess Mut and can be completed to the recurring epithet ‘Mut mistress of the sky’ [Mwt nbt pt].
The feet of another bird appear over the vulture.
Mut was an ancient Egyptian sky goddess and great divine mother. During the 18th Dynasty she formed the Theban triad together with the god Amun and her youthful son Khons. The name Mut also...

Payefadjer – pAyf-aDr Worker

Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun.

Also known as Paifudjar, Paiefadjer, Payfdjer, Paiefadjar, Paefadjer

The name means ‘(The God is) his help’, M. Thirion 1992 (Aubert pg. 62)

Wab-priest, Chief-lector priest of the lord of the two lands in the domain of Amen (see Aubert pg.62) Notice the small well worked out triangular skirt on the overseer. See also the small Isetemkhebit II for this...

A very beautiful head of an armored horse Greece, Cyprus, Cypro-Archaic period 750–600 BC.

The finely made head with remnants of pigments It's drilled for mounting in the bottom but does not come with a base.

Size: 55 mm. long

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection

A GREEK GOLD EARRING WITH FEMALE FIGURE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

Earrings of a female figure with spiral decoration on the side of her head. Although deformed, the woman has full-body,well crafted down to chest and toes. The amphora can slide up and down. In good condition, but the body is slightly bent.
4.8cm high

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This extremely rare frame of bone is from the 1st century through Byzantine. The Roman goddess has independent movable balls in the cage and is extremely delicate and very fine. It was purchased in Luxembourg. Many were found by the world famous Dr. Allen Heflin while he was stationed in Rome. This is a once-in-a-lifetime find that took me many years to assemble. Please view my youtube video of this frame at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEM_VYXP2Sw

A very thick and massive gold ring with clasping right hands, Roman Imperial Period, 2nd - 3rd century AD.

Typical high shoulders and compressed design. 22+ carats gold.

The depiction of the dextrarum iunctio (handclasp) was highly popular in Roman art. In the Roman world, the right hand was sacred to Fides,the deity of fidelity. The clasping of the right hand was a solemn gesture of mutual fidelity and loyalty at the conclusion of an agreement or contract, the taking of a...

A large and beautiful green/torquise coloured tanged bronze sword, Ancient Near East dating to the early 1st. mill BC.

Commonly termed 'Luristani' by dealers and collectors.

An elaborate sword blade with shiny light green to torquise patina. Round shoulders and three prominent central midribs forming a lovely pattern running in the full length of the blade, a construction which points to the later manifacturing date of ca. 1100-700 BC.

Size is c. 50 cm., so a ver...

Seal seal carved like a fruit or a flower pot and on the base an engraved cross, loop at the top. carved in brownish stone, finely polished. Western Mesopotamia, probably 4th.-3rd. mill. BC

Size: 25 mm. X 18 mm.

Condition: Near Extremely Fine.

Comes with imprint and original collection Id card.

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

Fine round stone stamp seal with a symethric carving in the base of Bulls eye pattern, Eastern Anatolia / Western Mesopotamia, early 4th. mill. BC

The seal was aquired by the collector in 1995.

Size: 23 mm. wide and 14 mm. tall.

Condition: Nice Very fine, some even wear but intact.

Comes with hard impression and original ID-card from the collection.

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

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...

Scarce and beautiful early type of pottery Oil lamp, Roman 1st. century AD.

The lamp is of the Loeschcke Typus VIII and displays Juno on a Crescent moon in high relief! The lamp is sharply stamped with a known scarce makers name: COPPI.RES

Size: 9,3 cm.

Condition: Choice and completely intact with fine patination

Provenance: From a Rheinland-Pfalz collection, 1970-1999.

The lid decorated on both sides with a winged Eros seated on a rock and facing left. One figure holds up a mirror with his right hand, the other carries a dish with double hooks, a sash suspended underneath. Flowers in the field.
One Eros wears a kekryphalos with a bun at rear, the other a pointed cap. Both carry earrings, necklaces, bracelets, strings of beads around the chest, the left thigh and anklet, as well as sandals.
The figures are separated by palmettes. Details in added...

Here's 4 nice pendant in Carnelian and glass, 1st. millenium BC - 100 AD.

Note the nice pair of glass birds with iridescence and also the carnelian floral bead.

Size: 1,6 cm. max.

Ex. Old Private Collection, aquired before 1980s.

This exquisite ancient artifact is a bronze sword from the North-Western Asiatic "Amlash" region, which dates back to the 10th-8th century B.C. The sword was discovered in the vicinity of the Caspian Sea area and is a rare find. The intricate design of the hilt is formed of two segments, with the grip featuring a square section. The disk pommel is extended to a conical molding, making it visually striking. The penannular guard is elliptical in shape and holds a double-edged tapering blade with a...

This amazing piece is a decorated from horse bridle or strap link. It was part of a lot of antiquities from the Arthur M Sackler collection auctioned through Christies in New York. The original auction tags will accompany the piece. The Sackler catalog number is painted on the reverse of the piece. It is fully decorated with stylized animal motifs characteristic of the Western Zhou period of ancient China (ca 700 BCE). This is a well provenanced antiquity that is sure to be an investment. Authen...

POTTERY WINE PITCHER
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, 3rd - 1st B.C.

Cylindrical-shaped neck, ring base with and a single handle Measurements:
Height: 16 cm
Diameter: 14 cm
Height on stand: 18.5 cm

Condition: Intact, not repaired and not restored

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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Interesting North-Mesopotamian type and probably from the Halaf period, although the round shape is rare for this period, we date this 6th.-4th. millenium BC.

Size: 27 mm. in diameter - a substantial seal.

Condition: Very fine, with the top the handle lost to extensive use, othervise attractive.

Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.

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

A non-matching pair of really large and impressive silver & bronze 'temple' rings of a knobbed type, Viking settlers of Scandinavia, Kingdom of the Rus or Kievan Rus, present day Ukraine, c. 800-1000 AD.

Beautiful and still wearable temple rings, both of a type with three large globular hangers, one with fine miniature decoration and what looks like remnants of gilt. These rings were worn from a headband around the temples by Viking Rus women, hence the name Temple rings.

S...

Egyptian Wooden Sarcophagus Panel, circa Late Dynastic Period 1070_332BC. Brightly painted panel and complete in itself with wear. Male figure with arms spread above standing figure of Isis with arms at side with 5 panels of hieroglyphic text from the book of the dead. Excellent condition overall. Length 53¼", width 11". Impressively mounted on a custom red felt mount to an overall size of 64" x 16½". From the personal collection of Dr.Jerry Buss former owner of the Lakers basket ball team...

A fine and impressive early stamp and cylinder seal, Found around Kilis, SE Anatolia, 4th. millenium BC.

Interesting early seal from the late neolithic period in Mesopotamia / Anatolia.

Size: 30 mm. tall and 16 mm. wide.

The seal finely depicts a dog with elongated tail and on it's base a seated devine figure in humanoid (female?) form reaching and holding something in the right hand.

Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with even wear.

This ...

An interesting and very attractive stamp seal with animal-handle, Western Mesopotamia, c. early 1st. mill. BC.

The seal finely carved black serpentine as a rectangular seal base upon which there's an animal standing. It looks like a dog to us. The seal is carved with a vivid depiction of a Bull with a smaller animal on it's back.

Size: 16 x 11 mm.

Condition: Extremely fine, nice redish dessert patina.

This seal was aquired 1991 and comes with hard imp...

A extremely rare Danish neolithic Daggeraxe from the Funnelbeaker culture dating to 3500-3000 BC.

The daggeraxes were mounted on shafts just like axes, and there and their use was connected to rituals and ceremonies as well as they were used as weapons in battle. Compared to daggers and axes, the daggeraxes were only made in very limited numbers.

This particular specimen is very rare since it's deliberately carved (knapped) so that the blade is curving inwards, thus givin...

A huge lead/bronze head of Gorgoneion / Medusa, Roman Empire, 1st.-3rd. century AD.

Interesting oversized item, probably from a piece of furniture or a military cariot. Very high relief and stunning quality portrait, made in lead and bronze.

Size: 10,2 cm. tall and 9,3 cm. wide and weighing 1180 grams - 1,18 kilograms!

Ex. Private Collection in Denmark, formed in the 1980s-1990s, bought from Ancient art dealer Arne Johansen, Pilestrædet Copenhagen c. 1990.

A pair of ancient Egyptian bronze and inlaid stone eyes. Late Period, 600-300 B.C. Right eye measures 2 inches wide. Left eye measures 1 3/4 inches wide. Originally, from a NYC private collection.

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...

An exquisite ancient Roman imperial marble head of a woman, C. 1st - 2nd Century AD

Depicted in her youth with a serene expression on her face, her oval face with a rounded chin and slightly-parted full lips, the almond shaped heavy-lidded eyes beneath a softly curving brows arching gracefully and merging with the bridge of her nose, her forehead peaked at the center, the luscious wavy hair center parted.

Measurements: Height: 9 cm - Width:6.5 cm - On stand: 15 cm Nicely mounted on a ...

A large and unusual bifacial stamp seal, Ubaid-Uruk period, Late 5th.-4th. mill. BC.

The seal is round and relatively flat with central piercing and engraved with a symethrical Cruciform pattern on one side and a horned animal on the other side.

Size: c.30 mm. in diameter and 8 mm tall.

Condition: Nice VF, some wear and deposits, but quite attractive.

This seal was aquired 1992 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection...

BRONZE SHORT SWORD
BRONZE AGE PERSIA, 1200 – 800 BC

We are pleased to offer the opportunity for the ancient weapons collectors the chance to purchase this exquisite museum quality ancient full handled bronze short sword.

It has a prominent raised mid-rib terminating proximally into the open loop of a “C”.

Measurements: Length: 52 cm – Width: 6 cm -Height on stand: 38 cm

Excellent archaeological condition, not repaired and not restored with beautiful patina....

Authentic Ancient Egyptian pale blue-green faience 'Wadj Papyrus scepter 'Amulet. Late Dynastic Period, Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasty ca. 664-332 B.C. Wadj or papyrus stalk which symbolized life, growth and fertility for the Egyptians, and latterly resurrection.

MEASUREMENTS: Height 1.8 cm (0.708661).

CONDITION: in original condition showing its age. No repairs or restorations.

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A lovely large bronze ring of the Byzantine and early Islamic type, 6th.-8th. cent. AD.

The ring with a thick ring and oval bezel, which is engraved with an interesting relief engraving of structures or perhaps an ancient form of writing.

Ring-Size: 21-22 mm. Weight: 12.67 grams.

Condition: Superb! Very attractive dark green patina.

Ex. Collection of a German Goldsmith, 1960-1995.

POTTERY HEAD OF ASTARTE "FERTILITY GODDESS"
HOLY LAND, ROMAN, BEIT NATIF, 300 - 400 AD

Measurements:
Height: 5.5 cm
Width: 4 cm
Height on stand: 10.5 cm

Found near Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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A finely engraved Hyksos scarab, 17th.-16th. cent. BC.

The scarab is engraved with robe pattern in the center and with other hieroglyphs to each side, untranslated.

The seat of power of the Hyksos kings was the city of Avaris in the Nile Delta, from where they ruled over Lower Egypt and Middle Egypt up to Cusae.

Size: 19 x 13,5 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine and completely intact with remnants of torquise glaze in the devices.

Ex. G. D. co...

A large bronze seal with a loop on the back and elaborate cross designs, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.

A round seal with a solid cross in the center and a circle around in the openwork style. The seal belongs to the group of varied mostly circular metal stamp seals relief cast in bronze or copper alloy, classified as so-called compartmented seals (a term first used in 1943 by the British archaeologist Stuart Pigott – 1943. P. 179–180, fig. 4) Reff. See Sandro Salvatori Bactria and ...

Shabti for Mehy - Kha 2

Origin: Egypt

Period: New Kingdom, late 18th-early 19th Dynasty Date: c. 1300 B.C.

Material: White glazed Fayence

Dimension: 11,3 cm.

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ANCIENT CLAY PLAQUE
MESOPOTAMIA, OLD BABYLONIAN PERIOD, 2040 - 1750 BC

This baked clay plaque with relief decoration representing a seated ruler on his throne infront of a large palm branch

Baked clay plaques were mass-produced in southern Mesopotamia from the second millennium BC. They show informal scenes and reflect the private face of life. Though their exact purpose is not clear, they may have had magical or religious significance

Measurements:
Heigh: 10.5 c...

The scarce figural forpart of an early medieval bronze cross encolpion, Byzantine, c. 8th. cent. AD.

The cross decorated with Virgin Mary holding child Jesus, with portraits on each arm of the cross. Loop at the top, and thus wearable.

Size: 91 x 66 mm.

Condition: Nicely preserved obverse part of the Encolpion, smooth wear from use and nice dark green patina.

Ex German Private Collection.

You are considering a very attractive ancient Roman red stone beads nicely recomposed in the shape of a grape bunch earrings

Dated from, 100 AD

Height: 6 cm

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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