All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1467332
A very rare Three-dimensional representations of a living being, Harappa, Indus Valley, c. 3500-2500 BC.

A lovely bird figure made hollow in a Pseudo-vessel form with one round filling hole in the side, but without spout. Small round base...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1424167
A nice small type of Danish boatshaped battle axe, from the late battleaxe period, ca. 2400-2000 BC.

A finely made battle axe with great lines and curves, boat-shaped and finely polished. One end blunt to function as a hammer. Very elegant axe.

Size: 9,5 cm. long.

Condition: Perfect condition, some fine patina.

Ex. Danish Collection, comes with COA.

This item comes with a standard export license, when shipped outside Denmark...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1485124
A finely knapped spearpoing, Danish Daggertime, c. 2200-1800 BC.

Typical for the period with short tang and knapped in an attractively patinated greyish silex / flint.

Size: 8,1 cm.

Ex. Danish private Collection.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1486430
A lot of two lovely points in fine pinkish hardstone from the private collection of P.F. Wulff, found St. Francis County in Arkansas. We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!

The two points carved in scarce translucent hardstone, not silex. They can probably be dated to the 2nd.-1st. millenium BC. Very hard material and amazing that they could manage to make such refined artifacts of this size...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #655153
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This offering is a pair of bronze daggers from the ancient Ba culture. They date to the Warring States period (475-221 BC). The Ba people are thought to have inhabited the vast area which today encompasses southern Shaanxi, Hubei and eastern Sichuan provinces and Chongqing Municipality. Depending on sources, the Ba are thought to have existed as a unique culture from as early as the Spring and Autumn period (770 BC) to the end of the Warring States period (221 BC)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491370
Attractive boatshaped battle axe, from the battleaxe period, ca. mid 3rd. millenium BC.

A finely made battle axe with nice lines and curves, boat-shaped. One end thick and blunt to function as a hammer. Made in attractive brown-grey stone and with old collection tag in white ink (see below).

Size: 12,3 cm. long.

Condition: Choice VF, some minute surface corrosion.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1442292
A huge bronzeage Torc, mid-European bronzeage, ca. 1200-800 BC.

An impressive piece of bronzeage jevellery, a warriors neck-ring, likely from Austria or Hungary. Desined with hook and eye and spiral decoration.

Size: 21,7 cm. in diameter and nearly round.

Condition: Choice and intact with wonderful vivid green and blue patina with a few lighter rough spots.

Ex South-German collection, formerly in an Austrian private collection, 1980s and ex...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1470417 (stock #A116)
Ancient ca. 800-450 B.C. central European Hallstatt culture. Celtic Bronze Torc Torque of penannular form, circular in section, with hammer-flattened terminals curled into delicate tubular loops.

CONDITION: beautifully preserved with a rich green patina.

Diameter (max.) 11.7 cm (4.61 inches). Weight: 60 grams.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1482404
A finely grooved and scarce Danish macehead in granite, Single Grave period, 3rd. millenium BC.

The artifact is polished to a symethric compressed oval form with a deep groove in the center. These were made by the singlegrave culture and was used as a weapon alongside the battle axes from this culture.

Size: 83 mm. tall.

Condition: Choice, with fine patina and undamaged.

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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1489023
A fine bronzeage weapon celt, North European bronzeage, later 2nd. mill. BC. Specimen probably from Northern Germany.

The celt with a loop in the side, fine sturdy design and probably made for warfare and not wood-carving.

Size: 83 mm. tall.

Ex. Jens Knudsen, Hamburg, 1970-1999.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1465975
A fine Scandinavian ceramic urn or storage jar, Ironage, 1st. millenium BC.

A nice and massive undecorated jar in black clay with out-swayed rim.

Size: 23 cm. wide and 17,5 cm. tall.

Condition: Exceptional for the often restored types, intact with a few minor chips.

Ex. Danish Private Collection
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1481907
A lovely small childs dagger, made in the late neolithic period, Daggertime-bronzeage, c. 2000-1600 BC.

Finely knapped in dark fossilized silex!

Size: 11 cm.

Condition: Near mint!

Ex. Danish Collection

This item comes with a standard export license, when shipped outside Denmark. The license will be issued after sale - estimated delivery of the item with official license is 2-4 weeks after the sale.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #548957
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This is an extremely heavy, awesome, bronze age harpoon from Northern India dating to circa 1500 BC. This magnificent piece weighs 640 grams and measures roughly 306mm in length. It has a fantastic patina and no signs of repair. There is slight damage/decay on one edge of the blade that is visible in the photos. I am listing four of these harpoons this week. Don't miss out on this incredible find.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491404
A fully polished axe with a slightly 'hanging' edge, scarce type of the 4th. millenium BC.

The axe is greyish patinated silex with fine fossils included. 19th. century paper tag on the undeveloped rear end as well as number in white ink.

Attractive and with a very sharp edge / bit!

Size: 16,1 cm.

Condition: Good Very fine, fine old patina.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #879351
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This piece is a nice example of a rat-tail dagger from the ancient middle East. It has a subtle, wide midrib and flattened blade. The tang is rectangular. There is no damage or repair to the piece and it is in overall excellent condition. The weight of the piece is 132 grams and the length is roughly 23 cm. This is a great opportunity to acquire a quality antiquity at a reasonable price.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1444319
An interestion and rare bronze battleaxe, European, late bronzeage-early Ironage period, 1st. millenium BC.

A beautiful axe, long slender type with mounting hole to the back and a slightly curving blade.

Size: 13,5 cm. long

Condition: Superb, fine green patina with a dusting of earthern encrustations.

This axe comes from a find in Germany and was offcially exported with a license.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #879359
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This is a very early copper alloy dagger from the Middle East. It has a flat, triangular blade with a short, flat tang. The features are common to very early cultures in the middle East (prior to 1500 BC). The overall weight is 98 grams and the length is roughly 20 cm. The edges are still quite sharp on this wonderful antiquity. The price is right too!
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1124370
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This is a copper alloy dagger or short sword. It has an interesting patina consisting primarily of light to medium green tones (likely malachite) mottled with red and reddish brown areas (likely copper oxides). There are areas where the deep brown, lightly corroded base metal is still visible and somewhat lustrous. The entire hilt, including the crescent-shaped pommel, is bordered by a thick and even ridge which would have served to contain the grip scales made of bone, wood, or ivory. The sca...