A lovely larger stamp seal in form of a stepped Pyramid, Neo-Hittite Kingdoms of the East Anatolia and West Mesopotamia, 1st. mill. BC.
finely carved and pierced at the top in a light brown stone. The top also engraved. The base engraved with a mythical winged animal.
Size: 21 mm x 21 mm. and 14 mm...
A very unusual and attractive, larger stamp seal, round and conical, the back with a large high relief cross, North Mesopotamia or Syria, c. 4th. millenium BC.
Carved in a black stone and the face of the seal, engraved with crossed line design.
Size: 27 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Good Very fine for the elaborate type, fine wear and patina, basically intact...
A rare Peruvian Stirrup Vessel, Chimú culture, ca. 1000-1300 AD.
The globular vessel with stirrup handle, the body decorated with two elongated, snake-like fish, fine little bird is seated at the handle.
Size: ca. 21,5 cm. high.
_Choice, looks completely intact
Ex. W. S., München, before 1974.
Ca. 1750
The central design of a stylized garden scene is surrounded by four peach-shaped cartouches in red, green, and gold enamels on a ground of underglaze cobalt blue plum blossoms highlighted in gold enamel. The reverse is encircled by underglaze blue chrysanthemums and a ring of enameled decoration around the foot. A spurious Chinese six-character Jiajing is written in underglaze blue on the base encircled by a single line of blue...
China, 1600's late Ming Henan Black Ware Tribal Ocarina Wind Instrument Whistle. Of fig shape with rounded body and 8 holes on the front and back with an escape on the neck and glazed mouth piece, in the Song to Yuan style of earlier Henan black wares or changsha ware, though likely later in dating. The deep amber glaze darkening to brown in areas. Incised mark to front. It measures approx...
An early Chimú blackware stirrup pottery vessel, ca. 700-900 AD.
A nice and attractive vessel with small monkey on the spout, no decoration.
Size: 25 cm. tall.
Condition: Superb for type.
Provenance: From prominent Danish private Collection. Formerly in the Preben Christiansen Collection, Frederiksberg Denmark (died 2006). Collected during his time as a guide in central-South America in the 1960s-1970s.
Tall Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Pottery Jar
This tall and attractively-shaped pottery vessel was made around 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Qijia Culture in eastern Gansu province, China dating from approx. 2050 - 1700 BC. It is relatively highly-fired and the colour of the pottery varies in places due to uneven conditions in the Neolithic kiln. The surface, especially the upper half, is smooth to the touch...
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...
A fine larger blackstone stamp seal of the gable form, popular in Northern Mesopotamia and Anatolia in the Ubaid period, 4th. mill. BC.
The seal shows a horned animal in a strongly archaic style.
Size: 35 mm. wide and 29 mm...
A finely patinated and uncleaned silver foliage figure of the seated Buddha on a tall draped Throne, Thailland, 18th.-19th. century AD.
Size: 14,8 cm. tall.
Intact but some wear and tear as usual with the type.
Ex. old Danish Estate Collection.
Exquisite Javanese Bronze Oil Lamp depicting a stylized sacred Hindu NANDI BULL, late 19/20th Century. Condition: good, size: 7.25" L. 6.5" x D. 2 1/8". Weight: 1247 gr.
This satin glass basket was produced in the United States in the late 19th century. The exact manufacturer is unknown. It was probably made by a New England glass
company. It is 10 1/2 inches high and 7 3/4 inches in width. It is made of cased satin glass, white on the outside and striped with shades of rose coloring inside. There is an applied foot and applied thorn handle. The stripes inside the basket are reminiscent of candy, the coloring is so appealing...
West Mexican pre Columbian Pottery Fragments and Large Arm. The arm in grey clay from a good sized figure holding an orb as well as a pottery flask section with small hole at top and a solid grey clay disk. The arm L 5.5"
Early 19th century Japanese sword knife (kozuka) handle made of sentoku (alloy consisting of copper, zinc and tin) with inlaid scene of two birds on the riverbank by rocks, grasses and a woven rattan container with stones - such bundles were used for shoring riverbanks during floods. Excellent quality mixed metals inlays, wonderful crisp work. Some indents to the narrow sides from usage, otherwise in very good condition. Length 3 13/16 inches.
Interesting stamp seal of a very large size and depicting a horse, found place border area between Mesopotamia and Anatolia, Antiocheia, Uruk-Jemdet Nasr period, c...
A lovely intact late period stamp seal, West Mesopotamian, c. 2nd. mill. BC.
Finely made square stamp seal in a grey stone with a handle atop. The base carved with a Lion vs. Capride.
Size: 30 mm. long, 24 mm. wide and 18 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine, and with fine patina.
This seal was aquired 2007 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquir...
A fine larger 'Pilgrim-flask style vessel, Pre-Columbian, Chimú culture, c. 900-1300 AD.
Very attractive with twin handles and the belly decorated on both sides with a mythical animal inside a stepped pyramide.
Size: 17,5 cm. tall.
Condition: Very fine for type. Some possibly slight restoration around the neck and a small pin hole, othervise intact.
Provenance: Ex Helene Ferro Collection, aquired before 1968!
A very interesting and rare Scaraboid seal of the Phoenician type, ca. 800-600 BC.
The seal of perfect high scaraboid shape with a low relief stamp of a war elephant engraved in the seal plate. Horisontically pierced for mounting.
Extremely rare shiny greenstone used, perhaps a Fluorite, semi-transperant with cloudy green inclusions. Finely patinated and weathered.
Size: 15 x 13 x 10 mm.
Condition: Choice.
Ex. Danish Private Collection