All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1427356 (stock #STWD03R003)
A beautiful Chinese Tang dynasty tomb guardian with 2 large deer horns, ox ears, wings and original red paint on its lip. Ht. 38cm. Condition: one horn broken and reattached, 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 : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1490027 (stock #MC417)
Tall Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty Sichuan Pottery Female Figure (Water Carrier) with Oxford TL Test

This fine tall pottery figure was made during the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25 - 220). A whole variety of pottery figures of varying sizes of this general type comprising farmers, musicians, domestic servants etc. are known and have been excavated from Sichuan province...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Central Asian : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1481731 (stock #1-1384)
Rhyton, of conical shape, decorated at its base with the bust of a ram. Geometric design incised all over the body of the object. Bronze, with fine reddish-green age patina and traces of soil encrustations. Bactrian Civilisation, ca. 4th century B.C. Height: 15.3 cm. The piece is nicely mounted on a custom stand. Very good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1303860 (stock #627)
A very decorative Han Dynasty gilt bronze mat weight with 3 mythical animals ( chimera ). H : 5,6 cm. Diameter : 6,9 cm. Provenance : From an old, east German collection. Concerning the authenticity of this bronze : During the time of the Chinese Han Dynasty, here in Austria lived the Celts - an Iron Age ethnic group...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1475074
A large and thick seal carved in a large-corned attractive brown stone, Western Mesopotamia, Kingdom of the Mittani, 1550-1350 BC.

The seal is decorated with a high relief 'eye pattern' / Rhomboid design inside a dotted frame.

The Mitanni Kingdom (Hurrians) was a strong regional power limited by the Hittites to the north, Egyptians to the west, Kassites to the south, and later by the Assyrians to the east...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1489433
A rare and quite attractive cylinder seal in black stone dating to the Arkkadian Empire, ca. 2340-2193 BC.

The seal finely engraved with a scene of two heroes fighting a lion on it¨s hind legs, behind to clear sections of cuneiform inscription.

Size: 22-23 mm. tall and 11 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Good Very fine, completely intact with a nice smooth patina.

Ex. Private Collection of Karl Müller, 1950-1977. Comes with hard imprint and COA.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1416742
A beautiful seal carved in a dark serpentine. Finely polished oval base engraved with a Ram or stagg and a three in front.

Size: 12 mm. X 11,5 mm.

Ex. German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards. Comes with collectors own notes and photos mounted on filt with a hard wax impression.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Central Asian : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1459139 (stock #1-1297)
Statue of Bodhisattava Avalokitesvara, standing, wearing diadem, earrings, necklace and dhoti. Arms and feet missing. Bronze, partly encrtusted reddish green patina. Gandhara Graeco-Buddhist art, 1st to 5th century. Height: 21.5 cm. The statue is nicely mounted on a custom stand.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1181132 (stock #1181)
A Very Rare and Fine Korean Old Silla Pottery Musical Libation Cup-6th C.: Korea, Three King Domes Periods (Silla period), 5th-6thcentury, This is a so called a “jingle-bell libation musical cup-vessel...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1478208
A choice serpentine scaraboid stamp seal, Middle Assyrian Empire, c. 1400-1100 BC.

The seal engraved with a Capride with the sun & Moon symbols for Ashur and Sin above.

Size: 17 mm. long and 13 mm wide, 8 mm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1490259
Larger seal carved in almost black-green serpentine, the seal carved with an introduction to the enthroned almighty deity, by a worshipper dragged before the throne by a female deity. Dating The Third Dynasty of Ur, also called the Neo-Sumerian Empire, 22nd.-21st. century BC.

A nice seal with deep relief in the fine old style, cuneiform inscription behind the visiting worshipper.

Size: 24-25 mm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1491335 (stock #MC459)
Large Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty Sichuan Glazed Pottery Dog (for repair)

This pottery model of a standing dog was made during the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25 - 220) and excavated from Sichuan province. It is made from a "heavily-potted" reddish-coloured pottery. The upper body has been coated with a thin green glaze that has mostly degraded although there is a run across the chest where the glaze is thicker and finely-crackled. The dog stands upright and alert with its ears pricked up...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : Pre Columbian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1361743 (stock #LS201712)
Ancient Artifacts
$15,000.00
Sale Pending
This extraordinarily rare Costa Rican jade axe god is the finest I have ever seen. It is female which is very rarely seen. It is a whopping 8 1/2", the largest I have ever seen. It has an extremely detailed headdress carving with a beautiful septum on the back. It is made from fabulous translucent true jadeite. It is perfect in every way. I purchased it from the famous Michael Robbins collection in 1990. Comes with a forensic Orenda Labs COA. This is simply the best of the best.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre AD 1000 item #1490100
Senatus Consulto
$185.00
Reserved
Fine early Tibetan/Mongolian Steel Fire Lighter in Leather case mounted with brass and iron and still with a piece of flint in the pocket inside, 18th.-19th. century.

Fine early piece in excellent uncleaned condition with lots of fine patina, intact.

Size: 11,7 x 10,3 cm.

Ex. Private collection of Ulf Gudmundsen from the 1950s to 2007. An important collection of Tribal African and Asian antiques.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1485220 (stock #R254)
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre AD 1000 item #1469464 (stock #11132022A)
You are considering a rare and beautiful Archaic Chinese Jade Scepter or Tablet, "Gui," dating to circa 2000BC. The piece measures 7.5 inches (18.5cm) in length and is, as one would expect, carved (drilled and polished) entirely by hand. As the photos will show, the stone is predominantly a gray-green nephrite, with some areas of darker brown. There are "striations" visible on the surface, which may indicate that the piece had been wrapped in a cloth/textile, which left an imprint...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1485339 (stock #R603)
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre AD 1000 item #1294950 (stock #TR 2566)
A rare Tang dynasty Xing ware white glaze vase with dish shape rim, vase is in good condition no chip no crack no restoration, size: 12.5 cm height.