Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone (466)

A very interesting and rare early amulet seal, carved with archaic patterns and drill tecnique of the 6th.-5th. millenium BC, Mesopotamia.

The amulet in dark green stone is very rare and shaped almost like an insict carved on each broadside with 6 globules within a gritpattern and a typical Halaf gritpattern on the small side. Loop probably lost to wear in antiquity so a new hole was made drilling one globule through.

Size: 24 mm. long and 12 mm...

Interesting and rarely seen example of the Quatrefoil stone stamp seal group, Eastern Anatolia, Halaf period, c. 6th.-5th.- mill. BC.

An early but still quite elaborate small stamp seal, carved with a small cross inside the larger.

Size: 13 mm. x 13 mm., 6 mm. tall.

Condition: Nice VF, intact with patina...

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...

Very rare smaller stamp seal with the handle carved as a stylized animal head and the seal base into three round compartements, each containing an animal, Western Mesopotamia, c. 2nd. mill. BC.

Size: 15 mm. tall and 13 mm...

Finely carved stamp seal with elaborate handle, Neo-Hittite states of the Levante, c. 1200-900 BC.

The seal depicts a horse moving right with another animal above. Scarce representation of a horse for Mesopotamia.

Size: 14 x 13 mm. and 11 mm. tall.

Condition: EF...

A scarce very early and substantial stamp seal from the Pre-/early Halaf period of Western Mesopotamia c. 6th. mill. BC.

Assymethrical design, finely carved in a black stone with a medium tall handle, and carved with an interesting web-pattern in the base.

Size: 28 mm x 25 mm. and 14 mm. tall.

Condition: Nice VF, some wear but overall nicely preserved, uncleaned deposits.

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

Interesting West-Mesopotamian stamp seal, bifacial amuletic type, Uruk period c. 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

The drill-carved seal with human and animal on either side. Quite attractive!

Size: 20 x 17mm...

Attractive seal carved in the hemispheric-dome shape in a greenish-black hardstone, Early Achaemenid c. 7th.-5th. cent BC.

The seal engraved in the base with a fancy bird, probably a Peacock, which was a much favored bird among the Persians.

Condition: Extremely fine.

Size: 16 x 15 mm.

Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.

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

A very rare western Mesopotamian scaraboid seal with an engraving of a seated king on Throne holding his sceptre as a sign of his status, Western Mesopotamia, 2nd. mill. BC.

Attractive translucent stone, rarely seen as a material for early period scaraboids. Finely polished with curving sides in a peculiar squarish shape. Quite nicely engraved motif, better than the imprint indicates. On the back faint enhgraving of cross.

Condition: Nice VF or better, intact with fine pati...

Interesting lot of attractive seals and including a large amulet, Mesopotamia, c. 3rd. mill. BC.

The amulet polished smooth in an nice green stone rectangular with a pierced handle and a piercing in the middle as well. The seals engraved with criss-cross and animals.

Size: The amulet measure 36 mm. as the largest.

These seals/amulet comes with ID-cards from below collection, made by the collector.

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

Another lot full of attractive seals - 10 early stone stamp seals in red, green, black and white stones, Mesopotamia, Pre-Halaf Neolithic period in the 7th.-6th. millenium BC to the 1st. mill. BC (10)

Including a lovely marple cone-shaped seal, probably Syrian c. 6th.-5th. mill BC, other seals from Halaf, Ubaid and later periods all with nice details and including seals with carvings of humans and animals on several sides. Interesting unresearched lot by us.

Size: Up to 1...

A very nice lot of stone stamp seals, and a greenstone axe amulet, Anatolia/Mesopotamia, c. 4th.-1st. mill. BC. (10)

The lot also Includes a beautiful red-black stone seal with grit pattern, dating Ubaid, 4th. mill. BC, a tablet seal with decorations on all sides, and smaller later stamp seals.

The seals comes with the original ID-card from below collection.

Size: Up to c. 17 mm.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his mas...

Lot of mainly very early stone- and bronzeage amulets and seals Mesopotamia - dating 7th.-1th. mill. BC

These are all from the Gustav Oberländer and comes with his ID-Cards included in the sale.

Interesting group including some very early Pre-Halaf amulets to later amulets 7th.-1th. mill. BC.

Size: The largest amulet in Jet-Black stone is 35 mm. long.

Basically intact with smooth wear, some with engravings.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (...

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.

The seals comes with original ID-cards from below collection....

A nice West Mesopotamian gable seal of a larger size, Late Ubaid-Uruk period, 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

Carved with s a strange looking animal in the base in very high relief.

Size: 22 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Nice VF, small chip to the upperside.

This comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.

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

A terrific hardstone cylinder seal made in a fine gemstone of amethyst with rock-crystal inclusions, Neo-Assyrian period, c. 1000-800 BC.

Beautiful and extremely rare cylinder, due to the stone used. Fine depiction of the winged Ashur hunting a winged animal with a sword or spear, fishes swimming below and start above.

Size: c. 27 mm. tall and 13 mm. thick - a substantial seal for this rare stone.

Condition: Good Very fine, small chip to the top not affecting th...

An attractive round stamp seal in the local Uruk style, carved with a stylized animal, Levantine, c. 4th.-early 3rd. mill BC.

Size: 17-18 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Good VF.

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 old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in stamp seals and C...

Interesting stamp seal in stone with 4 stamps, Mesopotamian, 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

A scarce stamp seal with a warrior with sword at one side and a horse in drill style at the other side, West-Mesopotamian, 4th.-3rd. mill. BC

Size: c. 17 mm. x 18 mm.

Condition: Nice VF, intact.

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

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

An exceptionally large cylinder seal, carved in white limestone of a compressed oval shape, Jemdet Nasr period, 3300-2900 BC.

Very interesting shape, probably made to imitate the shape of a human eye, that is frequently used in decorations on Jemdet seals.

The seal is carved in high relief with wavy lines and elongated eye-symbols.

Size: 47 mm. tall and 28 mm. wide. Massive!

Condition: Choice VF and intact, with some corrosion at one side, very attract...

Interesting stamp seal with winged animal in a lovely dark green stone, dome shaped, Anatolia/Mesopotamian local style, probably around early 1st. mill. BC.

Finely carved and polished. Described as Hittite c. 1600 BC, in the collection, we think it's somewhat later due to the shape which reminds of the Neo-Assyrian style of the 1st. mill. BC.

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

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012...

A very rare stamp seal carved in black stone, Mesopotamia, Early Halaf period, c. 7th.-6th. mill. BC.

A rare elongated irregular form of stamp seal not quite rectangular, possibly in family with the earliest foot-shaped seals, that we know from Mesopotamia. Arched handle, pierced for supension. A Attractive early seal in a substantial size.

Size: 31-32 mm. long.

Condition: Good Very fine, slight wear from use but intact with redish deposits.

Interesting early geomethric design stamp seal, carved in black stone, Eastern most Anatolia / Western Mesopotamia, c. late 7th.-6th. millenium BC.

The slightly irregular rectangular seal carved with a grit-pattern and with an evolving pierced handle on the back, finely polished.

Size: c. 27-28 mm. wide and 17 mm. thick and c. 16 mm. tall.

This comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926...

Ancient Egyptian carved amulet in red stone with finely polished details, Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasty, 664-332 BC

Size: c. 16 mm. wide and 11 mm. tall.

Condition: Good VF, intact with patination.

Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973). He was a famous German Art director and head of the Berlin National Gallery as well as other higher positions. Educated as Art Historian. Comes with COA.

Interesting stamp seal, rectangular and carved in a beige stone, depicting a bird below some lines, Western Mesopotamia, c. 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

Size: c. 28 mm. long.

Condition: About Very fine.

The seal comes with hard impression and original 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. Gust...

Nice geomethric design stamp seal, carved in black stone, Eastern most Anatolia / Western Mesopotamia, c. 6th.-5th. millenium BC.

The seal carved with a stringent grit-pattern and low pierced handle on the back, almost square.

Size: c. 17-18 mm.

This comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.

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

A rare and elaborate stamp seal of high quality for the period, Messopotamian, Ubaid culture, 4th. millenium BC.

Of a rare variant of the gable shape, with two holes in the upper back for mounting it. Made in hard black serpentine stone.

On the seal plate an exiting engraving, very artful, with two confronting monkeys and a symbol between them.

Size: 21 mm x 21 mm-12 mm.

Ex. German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards.

C...

A beautiful seal, carved in greyish stone with a knob handle, Western Asia, Neo-Hittite states, c. 1200-700 BC

Triangular seal plate, engraved with a springing 4-legged animal, scorpion below and another animal above!

Diameter: 18-19 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Extremely fine.

Ex. German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards.

Reff. See Ashmolean collection AN1914.53 for a similar style seal, attributed to Syria.

A very interesting and extremely rare stamp seal, Mesopotamia, probably 3rd. millenium BC.

Stamp seal carved with a Capride in it's base in the fine archaic style. This seal would original have had carved slots for inserting either enamel, precious hard stones or perhaps even metals, lost now. The paralel for this type of decoration can be found in the figures and bowls from the 3rd. millenium from Mesopotamia to Persia, where inserts of other stones and materials are quite common, as...

A scarce scarce Mesopotamian Bifacial tablet seal in greenish black stone, Mesopotamia, ca. 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.

The seal predynastic and very interesting in that it has a double image of stylized scorpions and a labyrint.

Size: 28 mm. long and 19 mm. wide.

Condition: Choice, fine patina and wear but intact.

Ex. German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards.

Comes with collectors own notes and photos mounted on filt wi...

A fine undamaged blackstone cylinder seal with an interesting depiction of wawy lines, perhaps snakes, Jemdet Nasr geomethric style, Mesopotamia, 3300-2900 BC.

Size: 16 mm.

Condition: Good Very fine, some clay deposits and dirt.

OBS! Comes with the original 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 col...

A very nice lot of three stamp seals, two in calchedony and 1 in haematite, all in perfect condition, Neo-Assyrian / Babylonian period of Mesopotamia, 9th.-7th. cent. BC.

Wonderful seals in one lot, all engraved with variations of the star and crescent moon, symbol of Assur and Sin.

The seals comes with original ID-card and hard imprints from below collection.

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

A extremely well engraved large scaraboid, Western Mesopotamia, c. early-mid 2nd. millenium BC.

The seal in finely mottled stone and engraved with a capride with fine details in a drill-like style.

SizE: 30 mm. long and 20 mm wide.

Condition: Near VF, the base engraving exceptional but loss at one side around the drill from use.

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

Provenance: Gustav ...

A nice lot of 6 stamp seals in various stones, mainly scaraboid seals from the Middle-Assyrian period, c. 1500-1100 BC.

Lot also includes a nice larger Sasanian stamp seal, but with repaired crack.

The seals comes with original 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. Gustav Oberländer specialize...

A fine Anatolian stamp seal in the Uruk style of the 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

A finely engraved hemispheriod seal, with a stylized animal in the base in deep relief.

Size: 20 mm. in diameter and 13 mm. tall.

Condition: Good VF, some uncleaned deposits, quite attractive.

This seal was aquired 1994 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.

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

Very attractive rectangular stamp seal with elaborate rilled handle, Post-Hittite states of West-Mesopotamia, and East Anatolia, later 2nd. mill. BC.

The seal carved with a winged animal.

Size: 19 mm. wide and 17 mm. thick, 13 mm. tall.

Condition: Choice Very fine, intact and with fine patina and much deposits. This seal has potential when manually cleaned for dirt.

Comes with imprint and original Id card.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1...

A fine Neo-Babylonian stamp seal carved in the typical trapezoid shape, but using an unsual greenstone, West-Mesopotamia, 8th.-7th. cent. BC.

An attractive seal carved with a 4 legged animal in the base.

Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with smooth wear.

Comes with imprint and COA.

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