This is a pre-Columbian ceramic head, Preclassic, C-200BC-200AD. It is from Guatemala. It is hollow blackware. The head has a beard and open penetrating eyes and top-knot. It is 2 5/8" long. It is Ex. Leutze collection.
A BEAUTIFUL POTTERY SET "OIL LAMP AND AN OIL FILLER"
HOLY LAND; ROMAN; HERODIAN, 37 BC – 70 AD
Second temple period
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great
Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especially because of their provenance in the biblical lands during the biblical period. To own a "biblical" artifact is to possess a genuine, one-of-a-kind, object that puts one in actual physical contact with the world of the Bible...
RARE – Golden-Yellowish glazed pottery wine rython flask
Persia, Parthian period, 100 – 300 AD
Graceful globular body with a cylindrical- shaped neck with a rim folded outward, two handles and a roundel base...
If you own the finest Columbia River gem point collection, this will be
your centerpiece. It is the only AUTHENTICATED PRECIOUS FIRE OPAL
POINT FROM OREGON KNOWN TO EXIST. This opal point was found in 1955 at the foot of Hart Mountain, Crump Lake area, Oregon, by Bob Rock, in the presence of the late Carroll Howe which I confirmed with a telephone call to Carroll. Carroll wrote four books on northwest material. There is an opal outcropping about 30 miles away that matches this type of opal...
POTTERY OIL LAMP
HOLY LAND – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great
Measurements:
Length: 8.5 cm
Width: 6 cm
Condition: Intact with nice earthy patina
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
A lamp such as this might have lit homes during the time of Jesus...
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...
Small glass phial, with a bulbous body resting on a circular foot and surmounted by a cylindrical long neck. Slight irisations and soil encrustations. Roman period, ca. 3rd century. Height: 5.5 cm. Very good condition.
Rare Example of Yue Brush Washer with Carp fish shape covered with green glaze,Five Dynasty - Northern Song.conditions :on restorations(please see at the picture six before restoration).21cm wide...14cm tall.
This extremely rare Mimbres reed arrow with a foreshaft and a translucent flint point is 35" long. Everything is original including all the sinew and some feather residue. There has been no restoration or repair. It was found in the four corners area on private property. Cached in caves, bows and arrows from the prehistoric Southwest have survived the ravages of time and weather. It dates to around 1100AD. I purchased it from the Bob Rock collection in 1988...
This is an extremely rare Roman dark blue heavy rough glass block with superb silver "Rainbow" iridescence patina, said to have been found in a Roman glass work place northern Israel! The pictures tells 101 tales
Glass is formed when sand (silica), soda (alkali), and lime are fused at high temperatures...
RARE - Ancient miniature Nabatean reddish pottery wine vessels (Set of two drinking bowls and a miniature pitcher)
Dated from, 100 BC - 100 AD
Measurements: Height: 13.5 cm -Width: 5.5 cm
Height: 5.5 Diameter: 11.5 cm
Height: 5 cm - Diameter: 14.5 cm
Condition: One bowl with a small hole at the base otherwise Intact, not repaired and not restored as found
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GLASS FLASK
ROMAN PERIOD, 1st - 2nd Cent. AD
This lovely perfume vessel with beautiful patina has survived the centuries with its beauty intact.
The flattened body rising to a firm and graceful cylindrical neck with a rim folded outwards.
One of the earliest types of free blown-glass vessels in an elongated bottle with a short body and a long neck. The content of such bottles could be poured out slowly, in tiny drops, and the small mouth was easily stoppered...
An adorable Chinese Tang dynasty Sancai glaze pot. This pot suppose located in the middle of a seven star tray. Dia. 4.5cm. Condition: cracked line to base, 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.
Military horse and soldier,the soldier wearing a helmet and the horse wearing a kind of harness. Lovely piece in the typical style of the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577). Height 34,5 cm. Good condition. Comes with a thermoluminescence test from Ralf Kotalla.
Antique Chinese tomb pottery clay figure of an ox. He is wonderfully hand-sculpted with old remnants of red and black pigment and a hollowed body. Han Dynasty dates 206 BC - 220 AD.
Size: 8" H x 15" L x 5" D
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 rare and very attractive Peruvian stirrup spout vessel in the shape of a monkey.
Moche period (100-600 AD)
Condition: the four legs have been restored, the nose is chipped.
This piece comes from an old Dutch private collection.
Height 17 cm Width 15 cm
Lovely large figural stele of Pavati, Eastern Java, Early Majapahit, c. 13th.-14th. cent. AD.
The figure is carved in grey-black Vulcanic rock with red iron-oxide patination.
In this sculpture the Hindu goddess Parvati, consort of Siva is represented. It was customary in Javanese sculpture of this period to identify local rulers with cult deities and it is possible that this image of Parvati is intended to represent a deceased east Javanese queen...
