A fine style amuletic seal, probably 3rd. millenium BC or even older Ubaid, 4th. mill. BC.

The seal is depicting a humanoid figure with his arms stretched out and an animal / Geomethric sun pattern. Top-drilled.

Size: 32 mm. tall and 23 mm. wide.

Condition: Good VF, intact with even light wear and overall nicely preserved.

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

A fine seal carved in stone with a round seal-base and a tall evolving handle, pierced at the top.

Interesting engraving on the base in the shape of a Sun pattern (?) Size: 34 mm. in diameter, 26 mm. mm tall.

Condition: VF, some wear and minor chipping but intact and overall nicely preserved.

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

Fine round stone stamp seal with a symethric carving in the base of Bulls eye pattern, Eastern Anatolia / Western Mesopotamia, early 4th. mill. BC

The seal was aquired by the collector in 1995.

Size: 23 mm. wide and 14 mm. tall.

Condition: Nice Very fine, some even wear but intact.

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

Large openwork amulet plaque with the udjat eye set inside a rectangular frame. The tear duct rests on the feather of Maat.
Green glazed composition with black pupil and brow. Incised details.
Double sided, pierced longitudinally.
For a similar example, cf. fig. 46 in: Carol Andrews. Amulets of Ancient Egypt. London 1994.
Faience
Egyptian, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 25th Dynasty, 1069-664 BC
W. 4.3 cm (1.7 in)
H...

Small squat lekythos decorated in read-figure with the head of Hermes to the right. The winged pilos helmet with dotted feathers; the offset bottom of the helmet spotted.
The head with a short nose, mouth with protruding lower lip, heavy chin. A large mass of hair on the temple. A vegetal ornament in front of the head. Behind a dotted point...

A choice Ancient Near East / Luristani tanged bronze dagger, dating to 2nd-1st mill BC.

A nice bronze dagger with rounded shoulders. Size is 30 cm - c. 12 inches.

Condition: Choice with some roughness to the edges.

Ex. Danish Private Collection.

A massive black stone stamp seal with high relief, Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Uruk period, 4th. millenium BC.

High relief carving of stylized animal and other symbols.

Size: 31 mm. in diameter and 17 mm...

A large black stone stamp seal with high relief, Ancient Near East, Western Mesopotamia, Uruk period, 4th. millenium BC.

High relief carving of two wonderful animals with snouts and a star symbol in the field. Interestingly , the top is carved with a thin cross.

Size: 31 mm. in diameter and 15 mm...

A very large black stone stamp seal with high relief engraving, Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Ubaid-Uruk period, 5th.-4th. millenium BC...

An above average large/thick Ushabti, Third Intermediate Period, 21/22th dynasty (ca 1085-713BC)

A blue-green faience shabti, wearing the headband and two hoes. Inscribed shabti with clear hieroglyphs at the lower front. Details are added in black.

Size: 105 mm. tall and comes with it's old wooden base, 16,6 cm. total.

Condition: Choice with intact painted details and nice patina. Much uncleaned deposits.

Old Danish Private Collection.

Attractive seal in an orange stone, carved with the image of Deities with weapons and a winged 4--legged animal, Greater mesopotamia, Neo-Assyrian period, c. 900-700 BC. Probably Levantine workmanship.



Size: 18 mm. tall. and 12 mm. wide.

Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with little wear.

This seal was aquired 1991 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.

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

A better Assyrian cylinder seal, Middle Kingdom, c. 1400-1100 BC.

Carved and polished in a beautiful glossy dark green stone and finely engraved with an interesting scene, which looks like mating between two odd animals, the male jumping and the female horned. Above the star symbols of Ashur and crescent Nanna/Sin. Nanna was associated with cattle, perhaps due to the perceived similarity between bull horns and the crescent moon, which makes perfect sense considering the scene on this ...

Ancient Hellenistic pottery oil lamp in the form of god pan, 100 BC - 100 AD

They were often used on the door of the ancient Romans, as figures that served to drive away negative influences and evil spirits

Dimensions:
Length: 9 cm
Width: 6 cm
Height on stand: 11.5 cm

Nicely mounted on a Lucite (Plexi-glass) custom made display stand.

Condition: Not repaired or restored as found!

Pan or Satyre was the god of the wild, a wine addict and a great ...

Attic red-figure askos decorated with a dog and a panther crouching on the domed top. The animals face the spout and are seen with one foreleg raised.
The panther has turned the head towards the viewer and shows a spotted coat.
The shallow vessel shows a low dome-shaped top, the small flaring spout raises obliquely from the shoulder; overarching handle. The flat base reserved with a tiny mold on the edge.
For a closely related example, cf. CVA Reading, University 1, 43, pl....

Interesting amuletic blackstone stamp seal, Eastern Anatolia / Western Mesopotamia, 1st. millenium BC.

The seal was made during the Neo-Assyrian / Achaemenid period of dominance, c. 800-600 BC.

The engraving shows a Lion attacking a capride, on the other side a sword and a sun symbol and perhaps a mood symbol or a bird..? The last side below shows three globes. Very rare type.

Size: 15 x 11 x 4 mm.

Condition: Good Very fine, completely intact and wit...

A fine stamp seal in a lovely stone quality, East Anatolia / West Mesopotamia, c. later 2nd. millenium BC.

Splendid and mottled & veined green stone engraved with a Lion and triangular spearpont-like symbols. Late Gable form

Size: 20 mm wide x 10 mm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine, completely intact and with deposits.

This seal comes with original ID card and hard impression from below collection. Aquired in 1994.

Provenance: Gustav OberlĂ...

A fine stamp seal of calcified (or burnt?) calchedony, Neo-Babynian, c. 8th-7th. cent. BC.

Attractive trapezoid style seal. These seals are usually carved with Marduk at the alter, but this has a rare depiction of a sword, rhomboid symbol (perhaps and eye) and the Sun and Moon for the two major Babylonian deities of Marduk and Sin. A rare depiction. Size: 22 mm. tall and 20 mm wide.

Condition: Very fine, intact but with some wear around the piercing, hairlines and patina...

A nice and polished Danish neolithic daggertime axe dating to 2200-1800 BC.

The axe has a 'hanging', slightly assymmetrical edge. The blade of the axe is broade, immitating the early metal axes made of copper and bronze in this period.

Very nicely polished and sharp edge.

Size: c. 12,5 cm.

Condition: Nearly superb. Beautiful dark beige patina.

Ex Private collection.

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