Rare and beautiful group of 120 Han Dynasty glass beads: 118 small beads, and 2 larger beads. A range of color from green to yellow and other that are calcified white with age. Some round and some foliate shape. A range of size from 5/16" to 3/4" wide. Strung together for a total of approx. 20" long strand. Han Dynasty (206 B.C. to 220 A.D.)

An low oval stone seal of the Cruciform design family, Northern Syria or Mesopotamia, Ubaid / Uruk period, c. 5th.-4th. millenium BC.

A very early seal with low handle and drill in an all black stone with a nice and symethric engraving of an angle-filled cross.

Size: c. 19-20 mm...

A very unusual large and very early version of the currency bracelet, used also by slave traders in the in West Africa - these served as exchange currency.

A very ornate bracelet with miniature decoration around the three hemispheric profiles.

Size: 109 mm. wide and 59 mm. high. Weigh: 367 grams.

Condition: Good Very fine, small bumps, but intact with a lovely warm green, brownish red patina.

Ex. Old Danish Private Colection

This is an eye bead from China Warring State period, it is in badly corroded condition after under burial for more than 2 thousand years...it is a very nice piece, please feel free to enquire! Thanks

This is an eye bead from China Warring State period, it is in badly corroded condition after under burial for more than 2 thousand years...it is a very nice piece, please feel free to enquire! Thanks

This is an eye bead from China Warring State period, it is in badly corroded condition after under burial for more than 2 thousand years...it is a very nice piece, please feel free to enquire! Thanks

A banded agate stone seal, polished to a perfect oval scaraboid shape with a slightly pointed center, Neo-Babylonian, c. 8th-6th. century BC.

The stone with particularly nice patterns of multi-layered bands. On the base it's carved with a worshipping priest standing before the alter of the principal deity Marduk.

Size: 20 mm. long and 17 mm. wide...

A lovely tall square stamp seal in a green stone carved with a star-ornamentet handle and a the base engraved with a wonderful scene of a two stags or caprides, one of the them eating a large branch with leaves. Attractive and unusual!

Size: 24 mm. x 23 mm. and 20 mm. tall.

Condition: Good very fine, completely intact a rough patina and deposits.

Added to the Oberländer collection in 2006 from german auctionhouse...

Ensemble of very old beads, I found these in a small shop in Phrae, Northeast Thailand a few years ago. The green mottled beads are late Qing Dynasty Peking glass, the brown glass tapered tube bead emulating agate was probably made for the Funan or Chenla Kingdoms as I have agate beads from the same period which are pretty much identical, the white bead with orange splash is at least early Qing...

Tang - Song dynasty 9 - 12th century green transparent Chinese glass bottle vase jar, good condition no damage please see picture for detail, size: 7 cm height, 7 cm diameter. excavated from 9 - 12th century Srivijaya kingdom sites in Sumatra.

Another interesting larger stamp in fine calchedony, quaranteed ancient.

Size: 22 mm. tall and 18 mm. wide.

Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!

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

Bow adornment of a fibula in the shape of a bird. The body flat and round with a raised tiny head. Wings and feathers are rendered as incised lines. The wings crossed over the short tail.
The bone element is unpierced and was adhered to the fibula’s upper side. Metal components of the fibula missing.
For closely related examples, cf. lot no. 124 in: Cahn Auktionen Basel, September 2008 sale.
For similar examples in the Getty Museum, cf. inv. no...

This is an eye bead from China Warring State period, it is in badly corroded condition after under burial for more than 2 thousand years...it is a very nice piece, please feel free to enquire! Thanks

Roman Gold Lion appliqué, 1st.-3rd. century AD.

Nicely patinated emblem or amulet in pure 22+ gold.

Weight: 0,70 grams. Size: c. 17 mm. wide.

Ex. German private collection, 1960s-2000.

An low hemispheric stone seal of the Cruciform design family, Anatolia or Syria, Uruk period, c. 3500 BC.

An early seal in a jet black stone with a nice and symethric engraving of an angle-filled cross.

Size: c. 18-19 mm...

Interesting black stone cylinder seal, Western Mesopotamia, Hittite / Provincial Assyrian style of the mid 2nd. millenium BC.

The seal is carved with a large bird and the Tree Of Life...

Tang Changsha large bowl from Batu hitam shipwreck. Bowl in good condition with some glaze degradations , free from any restoration. Size: 19,5cm diameter.

Relics of the nile is pleased to present this Mayan bowl from Guatemala, ca. 500 - 800 AD. The bowl features solid color with an excellent, detailed design of chiefs that repeats around the circumference of the piece. The bowl remains in solid condition and the body remains intact with the exception of some chipping on the rim that has been slightly repaired in one place. The bowl measures 6" in diameter and has evidence of extensive usage, good root marks and mineral deposits.