Attractive thick cylinder seal in brownish black stone, Mesopotamia, 4th. mill. BC.
Finely carved with raised details with a cruciform / millsail pattern within a dotted border.
Size: 18 mm. wide and 20 mm.
Condition: Nice VF, some even wear.
This seal was aquired 1992 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection...
A choice and large tanged bronze lance, Ancient Near East, mid 2nd. mill. BC BC. 'Luristan' Turkmenistan / Uzbekistan bronze age.
A very impressive and decorative bronze lance with a long, bent tang, massive socket and a broad, leaf-shaped blade with highly profiled midrib.
A beautiful lance that would have been highly efficient on combat.
Size: c. 35,5 cm. long.
Condition: Choice. Beautiful green bronze patina...
A beautiful stone stamp seal, carved in black serpentine with a high handle, East Anatolia/West Mesopotamia, Neo-Hittite States, late 2nd. mill. BC - early 1st...
A beautiful stone stamp seal, carved in black serpentine with a high handle, East Anatolia/West Mesopotamia, Neo-Hittite States, late 2nd. mill. BC - early 1st...
Interesting tall stamp seal with a bell-shaped body and large loop, probably ancient Armenian area, Lake Van, 2nd. mill. BC.
The seal engraved with a grit or net pattern in the base and is quite attractive in hand.
Size: 31 mm. tall and 14 mm...
Interesting and attractive amulet carved and polished in green black stone, very glossy, Mesopotamia Uruk-Jemdet Nasr period, 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.
The amulet drilled at the top as the eyes of the bird, which is standing on a low oval base.
Size: 19-20 mm...
Nice lot of unresearched scaraboid stone seals, Mid-Assyrian period or later 2nd. mill. BC.
Mainly carved with animals. The lot includes seals with wear or minor chips.
Size: c. 16-21 mm. long.
Comes with original ID-cards from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
An far eastern Anatolian stamp seal of a particularly attractive mottled and veined grey-black stone, Middle Assyrian period, 2nd. millenium BC.
The seal carved with Assyrians emblem / standards.
Size: 18 mm. wide. and 13 mm...
Finely preserved scaraboid stamp seal, inspired by Egyptian scarabs, Middle-Assyrian Empire, 15th.-11th. cent. BC.
The scarab of a bifacial style where the upperside is engraved with a vivid Sun motif and the base engraved with two animals.
Size: 19 mm...
Interesting large amuletic seal in marble, probably crusader period, 11th.-13th. cent.
The seal was found in Eastern Anatolia / Western Mesopotamia - old crusader land. It was described in the large collection as a 'mystery seal', due to it's strange form and depiction on the seals base.
Finely carved in white marble with uncleaned parts of brown enbedded sand. The amulet in itself had the shape of a veiled Virgin Mary. The engraving on the base looks like knight, wearing ...
A lovely rectangular stamp seal with a stylized bird handle, North-West Mesopotamia, 2nd. mill. BC.
The base particularly well-engraved for the stone type and period, with two animals in flight.
Size: 22 mm. long and 16 mm. wide and 17 mm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine, nice patina.
This seal was aquired 1995 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer ...
A very interesting large stamp seal with a knob handle, Western Mesopotamian, 1st. mill. BC.
Finely worked and polished seal in a glossy dark stone. The base in engraved with a detailed depiction of a horned animal, crescent above.
Size: 27 mm. tall and 24 mm. wide.
Condition: Very fine, with a surface flake/chip to one side, othervise intact nice patina from use.
This seal was aquired 2002 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below...
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. tall.
Condition: Near Extremely fine, intact with nice patina.
This seal was aquired 2002 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below c...
An attractive round dark green almost black stone seal of the hemispheric form of the Uruk period, 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.
The seal is finely polished and carved with a stylized motif that looks a like an insect.
Size: 20 mm. diameter and 11 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine, intact with nice even wear and patina from use.
This seal was aquired 2003 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav ...
A rare and very early German wooden figure of Saint John with lamb, Germany, 16th. century.
A finely made figure, with polychrome painted gesso on carved wood. With inlaid glass eyes.
Size: 36,3 cm. tall.
Condition: Choice for type, intact with a few tiny losses to fingertips and wear to the original paint on the figure. The staff probably a later 19th. century addition.
Ex. Old Danish private collection.
A fine large stamp seal of rare low cone-shaped form, Northern Mespopotamian, c. 4th. mill. BC.
The seal shows an animal in a artful stylized style.
Size: 29 mm. in diameter and 15 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine, almost intact, fine and glossy stone.
This seal was aquired as early as 1988 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massiv...
A fine large oval green stone stamp seal of the gable form, popular in Northern Mesopotamia and Anatolia in the Ubaid period, 4th. mill. BC.
The seal shows a stylized image, probably animalistic forms.
Size: 33 mm. wide and 30 mm. tall and 15 mm. thick.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with nice even wear and patina from use.
This seal was aquired 1995 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gu...
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. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with nice even wear and patina from use.
This seal was aquired 1994 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-...