Japanese Meiji period barrel form cloisonne enamel vase with three panels decorated in butterflies, flowers, and birds set against a powder blue ground. The cartouches are placed against a brown background covered in dense abstract and floral patterns. There is green counter enamel on the base and interior. Circa 1880s. 7 1/8" high x about 4 1/2" wide. The barrel form suggests it is possibly an early Namikawa piece. Very good overall condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs...

A very fine lot of four larger stamp seals in superb stones (Banded carnelian, Calchedony), Sassanian, 3rd.-6th. century AD.

The lot includes different motifs on 4 nicely polished elipsoid seals.

Size: 21-23 mm. wide.

Condition: Choice and intact, finely patinated.

Ex. Egeskov Collection, an important and rare collection of Sassanian seals, handpicked over 30 years of collecting.

Late Period 664-332 BC. A blue-green glazed composition amulet depicting ISIS crowned and seated on a Throne nursing HORUS on her lap. Pierced to the reverse. Provenance: the London (UK) Art Market, acquired prior to 1980. Cf. Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, plate 18. Weight: 1.65 gr. Size: 24 mm. (1")

A lovely sharp cylinder seal in a rare material of quartz for this period, Uruk-Jemdet Nasr, c. 3300-3000 BC.

Sharp impression and attractive.

Size: 14 mm. tall and 11 mm. wide.

Condition: Extremely fine for the type, with minor calcification at one side.

Added to the Oberländer collection in 2007...

An original 19th Century molded leather hide hat box. Round base with single hinged back conical pointed lid. forged brass front clasp that helps to latch the line securely closed. Original warm burgandy tones.

19th Century C. 1930's

Dimensions: 14" high x 11 1/2" wide

Rare Anatolian (costal region) stone seal with handle and a depiction of a Ram or Goat, Neo-Hittite States, 1st. millenium BC.

Finely carved seal with an elaborate handle and some great details. The Goat is a symbol or personification of the storm god in the Hititte Pantheon.

Height 16 mm., the square seal-plate, 17,5 x 16,5 mm.

Condition: Superb.

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

A high quality period American Brilliant Cut glass 9-3/8" comport identified for us as the Meteor pattern, produced by Pairpoint. This unsigned footed glass dish measures 6" across the bowl, and it is in excellent original condition with no cracks, losses, damage or repairs other than some very tiny bites to a few of the edges (largest shown is 3/16" long). A beautiful piece of glass from the great period of American cut glass...

A beautiful and rare stone stamp seal, carved in black serpentine with a high handle, Western Asia, Neo-Hittite states, c. 1000-700 BC

Triangular seal plate, engraved with a reclining 4-legged animal, finely made knob handle with piercing and engravings on the top!

Diameter: 20 x 20 mm. height 12,5 mm.

Condition: Superb.

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

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Japanese Enamel Cloisonne pale lavender color vase, Ca. 1880-1920, Meiji period, 8 3/8" high, 4 1/2" wide-widest part, 2 3/4" diameter-top rim, with wireless decoration of snow capped Mt. Fuji, and silver wire and enamel decoration of the Shrine on the higher ground under the Cedar trees, fishing boats in the lake near the small island, with silver mounted top and bottom rim...

Seal pendant or amulet, finely carved in a zoomorphic style, as a head of an animal, possibly made to ellude a pigs head, Mesopotamia, Uruk - Jemdet Nasr period, 3500-2900 BC.

A wonderful amulet with refined polished details and a nice archaic grit pattern in the base.

Size: 21-22 mm.

Condition: Extremely fine, highly attractive. Nice patina with deposits...

A large, Korean, faceted brown jar; C18-19th, Joseon dynasty. This eleven-sided jar is unevely covered, all over, with a lustrous glaze, which pools to dark brown colour...

Interesting Anatolian seal from the Old Hittite to later Hittite period of the 2nd. mill. BC.

The seal finely made with a ribbed handle and a triangular base, carved with a great King holding a Lion in it's tail and stabbing it with a sword or spear.

Size: 23 x 20 mm. and 14 mm...

A fine large greenish stone stamp seal of the gable form, popular in Northern Mesopotamia and Anatolia in the Ubaid period.

The seal shows a snake with two cute archaic heads.

Size: 32 mm. wide and 24 mm...

A black lacquered papier mâché wine coaster, the sides enhanced with an unusual gilt pattern of stylized grape leaves and tendrils along with thistles. The decoration is in excellent condition, with a nice warm patina.

Origin: England, ca. 1800. Condition: excellent; normal crackling to the interior; no structural problems; gilding intact. Dimensions: diameter, 13.4 cm (5-1/4 in); height, 4.8 cm (1-7/8 in).

Elaborate black stone stamp seal with a round stepped base and a central domed and pierced handle, high quality provincial Hittite work of the mid 2nd. millenium BC.

The base engraved with three different animal, capride deer and perhaps an ibex or a goat (?).

Size: 20 mm. wide and 14 mm. tall.

Condition: About Extremely fine.

Added to the Oberländer collection in 1993. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!

A pair of attractive brass figures of female dancers with musical instruments, Nepal, c. late 19th. century.

Each sealed with a cobber lid in the base.

Size: c. 15 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice Very fine, evidence of polishing but still retaining old patina.

Provenance: Collection of Gunna Munkvad, Denmark, aquired from the 1960s-1980s.

This early Shaker sieve has a design in the horsehair woven mesh. The sieve has wooden pegs all around the edge and the lap is nailed. The rims on top and bottom are a little rough from use and the strainer has two areas at the edges that have weakened, see pictures. This is early and very nice and displays easily hanging on a peg or nail. It is 13 1/2" 4" high. C. 1830

An unusual divided plate with floral designs and two large bats on the underside,symbolizing fruitfulness, prosperity and happiness. Nyonya wares are over-glaze polychrome enamelled porcelains made in Jingdezhen in the Kiangsi province of China for the Straits Chinese, or Babas, whose female counterparts are called Nyonyas, hence the term Nonya ware. Nyonya wares were mainly reserved for festive occasions and special functions. Size: W.12.5cm. H. 3.5cm. Condition: No repairs. Normal wear.