All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pre AD 1000 item #1483835
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1484187
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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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1367108 (stock #EW3037)
A pair of Arita dishes moulded in so-called suhama form; a stylised interpretation of a wave washed beach often associated with the Isles of the Immortals. Painted in underglaze blue with a group of five auspicious karako, Chinese Boys, bound together with a ribbon or rope; symbols of joy and a wish for offspring. In addition a Chinese style Fan and a Double gourd are painted in iron red and gilt to complete the design...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1376876 (stock #7212)
A Benjarong Thai Market Chinese Porcelain Serving Dish. 19thC. Diameter: 13.8 cm. Condition: excellent, some wear to gilding.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1478412
A nice seal carved in red jasper of the thick high relief style, popular in the later Uruk period.

The seal is carved with fleeing animals.

Size: 12 x 10 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine.

Comes with hard impression and ID card from below collection.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1491878
Large fragment of a Greek red figure Crater, c. 4th. cent. BC.

Figural decoration with part of a female.

Size: c. 15 cm. long and 8 cm. wide.

Ex. Old private Collection, comes with COA from Clive Sawyer 'Antiquities and Ancient Coins'
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1433152
An antique Japanese Haribako (sewing box) made of Tochinoki (Horse Chestnut) and Kiri (Paulownia) woods. Rare connected double Pine needle bronze handles representing good luck and longevity with Gumbai shaped hinges on the top. Vertical slot on the right upper back that was originally used to store a textile ruler called Shaku...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1417293 (stock #4581)
A kakemono presenting an example of calligraphy by Shunsui Rai, 1743 ~ 1813. Shunsui was a Confucian scholar of some influence in the Hiroshima district and an historian. He is the father of Sanyo Rai, 1781~1832, who also became a notable calligrapher and a painter and scholar.

Overall the dimensions are 170cm x 36cm. The picture size is 91cm x 25cm. The scroll ends are rosewood. Good condition overall with just minor horizontal creases noted...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1434178 (stock #4610)
The censer in the form of a woven basket with a domed open-work lid, suitable for the transportation of avian livestock especially the Gallus domesticus. The base with the mark Seimin chu (cast). Meiji period.

The censer comes with the original box with inscriptions on the lid and front panel, alongside a paper label.

Approximately 6.7 cm by 6.7 cm, 9 cm high. Perfect condition with only a little wear to the patina from use. This is exaggerated by my lighting...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1489047
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.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Pre AD 1000 item #1489430
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1491281
Nice lot of two idol figures of deities incl. Mercury, Roman Imperial period, 1st.-3rd. century AD.

Size: 46 and 43 mm.

Condition: Both w lossses to extremeties, nice patinas.

Ex. German private Collection.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1474385 (stock #P23)
Chinese Han Dynasty Sichuan Pottery Duck

This pottery model of a duck was made during the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25 - 220) and has been excavated in Sichuan province. It is very "heavily" potted and sturdy, and has been made in a two-part mould. Note the detail of the feathers on its back.

It is of a good size with a length of 17.5 cm...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1837 VR item #1424386
This is a antique silk tsutsugaki dye child kimono With auspicious designs from the Edo period, treasures are delicately and carefully drawn. And the crane and turtle are very charming. There is a light discoloration. There is one small damage, but not noticeable. size:104cm x 87cm (40.9" x 34.2")
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1443064 (stock #GYA00R100)
A fine CHinese Han dynasty pottery jar. Ht. 19cm. Condition: no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre 1900 item #1465333 (stock #GYA00R203)
An elegant Chinese Qing dynasty brown glaze bottle with shinny glaze and beautiful glaze effect. Sticker is glued at the bottom to stand the bottle straight. Ht. 18cm. Condition: chipped mouth rim and foot rim, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please inquire before ordering. Duration of shipment may take up to a month due to the pandemic.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1920 item #1479638 (stock #7264)
Set of 3 “Socialist Kitsch”, porcelain brush pots with green Jingdezhen “China” marks inside the “bi” shaped footrims, circa 1960s-1970s...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre 1700 item #1410057 (stock #GYA16R32)
A lovely Chinese Ming dynasty Cizhou painted bowl. Dia. 11cm. Condition: no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platform, please ask before ordering.