An very nice earthenware bowl with incised decorations withfloral petals in the center. Beige/white underglaze with green and brown decorative colors in splash design. Bamiyan, c. 12th. century.
High, wide walls on narrow base. Remnants of rim from another bowl in the kiln on the side.
Size: 13,7 x 6,4 cm.
Condition: Choice with fine glaze, hairline crack on the side and a chip to the rim. Smaller losses of glaze...
A very nice Islamic Sgraffito pottery bowl, Bamiyan, c. 12th cent AD.
Nice earthenware bowl with incised decorations in the interior. Beige/white underglaze with green and brown decorative colors in splashy designs.
Of rounded form with flaring sides and upright rim.
Size: 13,5 x 7,3 cm.
Condition: Superb for type and age. Intact w. a few smaller, old chips to exterior...
A nearly superb Islamic Sgraffito pottery bowl, Bamiyan, c. 12th cent AD.
Nice earthenware bowl with incised decorations in the interior. Beige/white underglaze with green and brown decorative colors in splashy designs.
Of rounded form with flaring sides and upright rim.
Size: 16,5 x 9 cm.
Condition: Nearly superb for type and age. Intact with a few old chips to rim and exterior...
A nice pair of Islamic pottery drinking bowls, Nishapur, 11th-12th cent AD.
Nice, smaller drinking bowls with glaze and caligraphic decorations on the interior. On in white glaze, the other with green glaze.
Size: 9 x 2,8 cm & 5,4 x 2,7 cm.
Condition: Choice for age and type. The larger bowl with a hairline crack.
Provenance: Prominent Danish-French Private Estate collection, (aquired 1970- c. 2007) of Islamic pottery ware from the 9th.-12th...
A choice Islamic Sgraffito pottery bowl, Bamiyan, c. 12th cent AD.
Nice earthenware bowl with incised decorations in the interior. Beige/white underglaze with green and brown decorative colors in splashy designs.
High, rounded walls on a narrow base, folded lip.
Size: 17 x 8,7 cm.
Condition: Choice. Intact w. hairline repair. Fine condition for the type with original glaze from the period stated...
A wonderful old Mesopotamian / Sumerian Cylinder seal, 4th.-early 3rd. mill. BC.
A vividly carved seal in high relief (shaped like an hour glass), engraved with stylized animals, pre-dynastic very early seal.
Size: 19-20 cm. tall and 14 mm. wide.
Ex. German Private Collection
Rare Seljuk bronze key with an eagle standing on the back of a rooster while pecking at the head of its prey. The rooster has a small crest and protruding eyes...
Highly interesting collectors lot of three different types of stamp seals, Anatolia, 3rd.-1st. millenium BC.
The lot includes a scarce 2nd. millenium Hittite type of 4-side stamp with 4 different impressions of humans and plants, a triangular seal with a knob handle and engraved with a floral pattern and lastly, a cone-shaped seal with round base engraved with scriptssigns(?). All carved in black serpentine.
Interesting lot for study.
Condition: Choice, two sea...
Interesting lot of 4 ancient weights of different usage, Greek and roman, 3rd. cent. BC-3rd. cent. AD.
Lot includes to fine Greek larger stone weights, with loops at the top weighing 33.57 grams, and possible used for weaving, a pendant shaped lead weight with loop, Roman and finally another Roman weight of bronze shaped as a bird and weighing 33,76 grams.
Condition: Intact with fine patinas, several rare pieces.
Ex. private Collection
Ancient Near East, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BC. A large elaborate bronze cloak pin, cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) process with large Zoomorphic beast terminal.
Used to fasten clothes, in this case due to the unusually heavy fabric and decoration, likely leather for presentation use - perhaps for a very thick cape or leather armor.
Size: 22 cm. with the terminal being 3,3 cm. wide.
Condition: Superb! Wonderful dark-green patina.
Ex German Collec...
Ancient Near East, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BC. An elaborate bronze cloak pin, cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) process with a Zoomorphic beast terminal.
Used to fasten clothes, in this case due to the unusually heavy fabric and decoration, likely leather for presentation use - perhaps for a very thick cape or leather armor.
Size: 11,2 cm.
Condition: Superb! Wonderful dark-green patina.
Ex German Collection from Hessen, aquired before 1970.
Large skyphos with tapered body, rounded shoulder and straight lip. Oblique handles on the shoulder, standing on a ring base. Hard-fired ceramic decorated with horizontal bands of reddish glaze. Groups of wavy lines on the reserved handle zone.
Orientates on cups of the Thapsos Class and derived types.
For a related example, cf. Beazley Archive vase 9008878.
Etruscan, Italo-Geometric, 700-650 BC
Ceramic
H. 11 cm (4.3 in), D. rim 13 cm (5.1 in)
W. over han...
Egyptian head of a king with tightly fitting headdress, the uraeus and the vulture partially preserved on the forehead.
Eyes and eyebrows recessed to bear inlays. Also the body of the rearing uraeus was originally inlayed.
Attractive facial features with slightly aquiline nose and full lips, the almond-shaped eyes with cosmetic lines to the outer corners. False beard missing.
For a related example, cf. inv. no. D.961.2.188 in the Louvre Museum database.
Bronze
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Highly stylized female figure carved from a piece of bone. The prominent head with two deep vertical incisions that delimit the sides of the nose and of the pursed lips. Swiftly incised horizontal lines to delineate the brow and the chin. The eyes and other details may have been painted.
Deep incisions across the chest, marked lines around the waist. Drilled holes to the sides of the breasts, to thread through a piece of string to attach separate arms. Drilled hole at the left ear level.
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A lovely detailed massive silver figurine of a Male Godess standing with patera (offerbowl), Roman 2nd.-3rd. century AD.
Silver votive figures like this was popular among the elite in Rome. The figure could depict the God bacchus, god of wine.
Height 38mm, massive weighing 16,07g.
Ex. Austrian Private Collection since the 1970s.
A large and very nicely carved stamp seal in black stone, Anatolia/Levante, 2nd. millenium BC.
Lovely engravings of a horned bull attacked by a Lion on one side and on the other side, an impressive winged Goat, with small bearded human head above.
Interesting and very rare!
Size: 3,4 cm. in diameter and ca. 1 cm. thick.
Condition: Very fine and basically intact with central piercing at a later time and some flaking.
Ex German Collection...
A lovely larger silver figure of a Hare, Roman Imperial, 1st.-3rd. century AD.
Very nice roman style and of high grade silver.
Size: 31-32 mm. weighing 5,69 grams.
Condition: Superb, attractive old greyish toning.
Ex. Austrian Private Collection since the 1970s.
A lovely silver figure of a mouse running a single wheel with it's paw, Roman, 1st.-3rd. century AD.
Very nice roman style and of high grade silver.
Size: Weighing 4.44 grams and ca. 2.1 cm. long.
Condition: Choice, thick old silver patina.
Ex. Austrian Private Collection since the 1970s.