A nice lot of two provenanced stamp seals, Mesopotamia, Ubaid period, 5th.-4th...

An nice early stamp seal in black steatite or chlorite, Halaf period 6th. millenium BC.

The seal was reportedly found at 'Amúg Ebene' in ancient North-Western Mesopotamia, present day Turkey, close to the ancient city of Antioch.

The seal is carved in a triangular shape with a low pierced handle...

Ancient Egyptian carved amulet in red stone with finely polished details, Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasty, 664-332 BC

Size: c. 16 mm. wide and 11 mm. tall.

Condition: Good VF, intact with patination.

Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973). He was a famous German Art director and head of the Berlin National Gallery as well as other higher positions. Educated as Art Historian. Comes with COA.

A rare and elaborate stamp seal of high quality for the period, Messopotamian, Ubaid culture, 4th. millenium BC.

Of a rare variant of the gable shape, with two holes in the upper back for mounting it. Made in hard black serpentine stone.

On the seal plate an exiting engraving, very artful, with two confronting monkeys and a symbol between them.

Size: 21 mm x 21 mm-12 mm.

Ex...

Luristan Master of Animals Idol Sceptre Standard Finial

A really nice upper part of a bronze standard depicting the Master of Animals on both sides. This piece comes with an antique custom made box which can also be used as a stand. An old tag with the collection number 345 is attached to the final.

The Master of Animals was a supernatural being, highly respected as a protector of game,
the ruler of the forest, and the guardian of the animal kingdom...

A fine Grecco -Persian bronze spearhead, later 1st mill BC.

The blade with slim shoulders and central midrib. The sharp edges of the blade slope into a long, folded conical socket with an opening at the back and a straight.

Size: 34,5 cm - socket is about 18 cm.

Condition: Choice - cleaned somewhat hard, but still with nice red and green patina, as shown on photos.

Ex Private Collection.

A lovely condition seal imprints with long inscriptions in pahlevi around a central emblem, terracotta, Sasanian c. 3rd.-5th. cent. AD.

Size: 19 mm.

Comes with original Id card.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...

A scaraboid stamp seal in black stone, made in the Assyrian client states in Western Mesopotamia, c. late 2nd. millenium BC.

Interesting carving of stylized warrior with shield and sword. Stylized scarab carved in black stone.

Size: 22 mm. long and 20 mm...

An attractive Assyrian black serpentine cylinder seal of a large size, carved with a Deity in front of a prancing horse or Unicorn, many symbols in the fields, Mesopotamia, Neo-Assyrian period, 9th.-7th. cent. BC.

Height: 31 mm, and diameter is c. 10 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine and completely intact. Deposits and old clay in the devices so the imprint could surely be even better.

Ex. Private Collection of Karl Müller, 1950-1977...

A rare bronze seal with a loop on the back and a beautiful sun-symbol on it's face, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.

The seal of good metal and very massive bronze, interesting variant from the usual compartement seals and much rarer.

Size: c. 3,5 cm. in diameter.

Condition: Good Very fine for type with a vivid green patina...

Interesting stone stamp seal found in Harran, easternmost Turkey, prior to 1991. Harran was founded as a real city at some point between the 25th and 20th centuries BC, possibly as a merchant colony by Sumerian traders from Ur. Over the course of its early history, Harran rapidly grew into a major Mesopotamian cultural, commercial and religious center.

This seal is engraved with distinctive spoked wheel in the base, so we can date as 3rd.-2nd. millenium BC...

An attractive large Phoenician stamp seal of a scaraboid form, dating to c...

A large and beautiful green/torquise coloured tanged bronze sword, Ancient Near East dating to the early 1st. mill BC.

Commonly termed 'Luristani' by dealers and collectors.

An elaborate sword blade with shiny light green to torquise patina. Round shoulders and three prominent central midribs forming a lovely pattern running in the full length of the blade, a construction which points to the later manifacturing date of ca. 1100-700 BC.

Size is c. 50 cm., so a ver...

Ancient Near Eastern "MESOPOTAMIAN" stone amulet of a fish with nice incised details, dating to around 2000 BC

Measurements: Length: 3.5 cm - Height: 1 cm

condition: Intact as found

For thousands of years, since before recorded history, man has worn amulets and talismans for luck and protection. The stones, feathers, teeth and claws that adorned early cultures eventually gave way to an array of amulets whose powers were as varied as their forms. This superb little token represents a ...

An interesting and scarce geomethric carving on an gable form stamp seal, found Near Antioch (Western Mesopotamia and present day easternmost Turkey), dating c. 4th. millenium BC or somewhat later.

Finely carved in greenish stone. Drill carved with stars!

Size: 28 x 18 mm. and 18 mm. tall.

Condition: Nice Very fine, uncleaned deposits but sharp!

Added to the Oberländer collection in 1992. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and...

Steatite bowl, with an elaborate decoration carved in relief representing bearded and winged characters, in formal attire, standing and holding a disc, maybe a cymbal, in each hand, alternating with two circular symbols and surmounted by a geometric design around the rim. Indus Valley Civilisation (2600-1900 BC). Height: 7 cm. Diameter: 12.2 cm. Old, small sized accidents, otherwise very good condition. IMPORTANT: owing to the rather heavy weight of the object, please consult us about the ship...

A rare substantial rectangular stamp seal with pronounced handle at the back and engraved with a fine 4 parallel panels of Zig-zag patterns, c. 4th. millenium BC, perhaps somewhat earlier.

Size: 24-25 mm. long and 20 mm. wide.

Condition: Good Very Fine, near perfect condition and fine patina.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collectio...

A massive / thick early cylinder seal in marple, carved with the 'eye' or circle/rhomboid form - a characteristic and significant design for the Period.

The Jemdet Nassr Period in seal manifacturing,3300-2900 BC, were spreading from Southern Mesopotamia, where a great number of administrative cuneiform tablets and seals came from. Such seals was used to impress pictures or descriptions into soft, prepared clay. These seals guaranteed the authenticity of marked ownership: as such, they...

A very attractive pottery bowl, in a original state for type with caligraphy, Islamic Samenid Dynasty, ca. 9th.-10th. century.

A larger bowl both wide and tall and decorated with wonderful caligraphy in black on white glaze.

Size: 26 cm. wide and 9 cm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine for type. Original crackled glaze with much patina. See the closeups for the condition of the glaze. Cleaning marks and perhaps some very light restoration of glaze, but looks un res...

A very attractive large stamp seal of the hemispheric design / round gable form, Late Ubaid to Uruk period of central-northern Mesopotamia, 4th. millenium BC.

Finely polished seal in a nice black serpentine stone, and carved with a scarce and peculiar pattern of cross angles under symethric horisontal lines!

Size: 31 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Nice VF, some smooth wear but intact and with a nice ancient patina.

This seal comes with hard impression an...

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.

Provenance: Prominent Danish-French Private Estate collection, (aquired 19...

A scarce and seldomly offered ancient stamp seal in good condition with a nice Zig-Zag design, South Caspian Sea area, 5th.-4th. millenium BC.

An low oval stone seal, as peculiar for this type is that it's symethric and does not have a flattened base with a seal engraving as is typical with the earliest seals. Carved in a brownish stone and with Zig-Zag at one side and with a few fainter engraved symbols on the other siden.

Size: 21 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Go...

A FINE BRONZE SHORT SWORD BLADE WITH MEDIUM LONG TANG, WESTERN ASIA, 1800-1400 BC.

An extremely fine condition tanged bronze short sword with proniment shoulders and a blade with a diamondshaped crosssection. Commonly termed 'Luristani' by collectors, but from the broader Western Asia area.

Size: 36 cm.

Condition: Superb for type, wonderful smooth dark green patina.

A wonderful lot of three very nice bronze antiquities!

Lot includes a lovely finial of a bronze rooster with a scorpios tail (!), quite unusual and beautifully sculptured for the medium, redish patina and 8,3 cm. tall. Another stylized rooster finial in bronze 5,5 cm., both Islamic Khorassan style, ca. 10th.-12th. century AD and a very interesting intact clasp in bronze with a finely modelled Lions mask on the front, still wearable today, 5,5 cm.

Ex. German Collection since...

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...

Youthful head of a Bodhissatva with superbly modeled asymmetries. The protruding left side of the face together with the falling line of the eyes and of the mouth make the head appear bent to the right. The yellow-ochre face shows black eyebrows and faint red pigment on the swollen eyelids which close the eyes to slits. Traces of red also appear on the sensitively modeled fleshy mouth. A red dot on the forehead, the so-called urna, symbolizes enlightenment and wisdom. The oval face is framed b...

A fine cylinder seal of a very large and thick size for type and carved depiction, Mesopotamia, somewhere around 3000 BC.

Nice symethric style in high relief within concenthric borders. The seal looks to be inspired by the style of the Jemdet Nasr, but to us the carving looks like there's an Archer is shooting a bow against an animal and another animal behind, highly stylized.

SizE: 30 mm. tall and c. 18 mm. wide, so the seal delivers a very long imprint.

Cond...

Very attractive rectangular stamp seal with elaborate rilled handle, Post-Hittite states of West-Mesopotamia, and East Anatolia, later 2nd. mill. BC.

The seal carved with a winged animal.

Size: 19 mm. wide and 17 mm. thick, 13 mm. tall.

Condition: Choice Very fine, intact and with fine patina and much deposits. This seal has potential when manually cleaned for dirt.

Comes with imprint and original Id card.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1...

This is a very interesting bronze, socketed spear from ancient Greece or Persia. It has a slightly swollen midrib accented with incised lines. The socket is split at the original seam and there are some losses. The blade has what appears to be ancient battle damage, making this quite a unique piece for any collection. The overall length is roughly 18 cm and the weight is 130 grams.

A wonderful large stamp seal with stag and perhaps a young stag below, Anatolia, c. 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.

A thick seal deeply engraved with a vivid motif in a serpentine stone.

Size: c. 34-35 mm. long.

Condition: Choice VF, some overall wear but completely intact.

Comes with the original ID card!

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dea...

A huge round Uruk type of stamp seal, but from Western Mesopotamia or North-Eastern Anatolia, 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.

Fine style carving in high relief of a capride with large horns, Spear-point symbol before.

Size: 38 mm. in diameter and 17 mm. thick.

Condition: Choice VF for type, some wear and uncleaned patina.

This seal was aquired 2004 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.

Provenance: Gustav Oberl�...

A rectagular bifacial stamp seal with a large handle in a black serpentine stone. The seal is carved with an impression of an animal in the handle as well as a larger depiction in the base of a deity standing on the back of a four-legged animal. Unidentified objects on either side of the deity, perhaps symbolizing weapons. Northern Mesopotamia, and probably later 2nd. millenium BC.

Size: 21-22 mm. long x 18 mm. wide, c. 16 mm. tall.

Condition: Good Very fine, completely...

A very fine specimen of the earliest metal daggers known, BMAC / Indus, Chalcolithic period, 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.

Interesting and collectable dagger! Flat, leafshaped blade and a very long, twisted tang.

Size: 18,3 cm. long.

Condition: Extremely fine, choice green patina and great metal.

Ex. Danish private Collection, aquired at the Copenhagen antiques market in the 1990s.

Choice bronze seal of bell shape with loop, post-Hittite Kingdoms, most likely Urartu, 1st. millenium BC.

With a fine and interesting engraving in the base.

Size: 23 mm. tall.

Condition: Nice Very Fine, green and red patina.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early stamp seals f...

A finely made bronze Phalera or medallion, Roman, 1st.-3rd. century AD.

The medallion depicts the head of a bridled horse and was likely military related as something you would wear in the legions.

Size: 47 mm. wide.

Condition: Choice and intact with a fine mottled light green patina.

Ex. Old private collection, 1974-2015

A bronze Scythe, Turkmenistan / Caspian Sea Area, bronzeage 2nd.-1st. mill. BC.

Interesting large and very sharp blade, used as a harvesting tool and sometimes as a weapon as well. European bronzeage scythe blades (sicles) are fairly commenly sold on the market whereas sicles from the Near east or western asian bronzeage cultures are very scarce indeed. This specimen is larger than most European blades, whith a highly sharpened blade and a thick slightly bended back of blade.
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A fine large black serpentine stamp seal of scarce round form, Mesopotamia, Ubaid-Uruk period, 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

The seal is carved with a fine angled cross motif with triangular forms (arrow-points or wedges) in each field, all a high relief. It has a low pierced handle on the back.

Diameter: 31 mm. and 10 mm. tall - large and impressive seal for it's type

Condition:
This seal was aquir...

A superb quality Islamic bowl, Islamic, 12th century A.D. (494 AH – 597 AH). Ancient near East / Western Asia.

Turquoise glazed, pottery bowl with flaring body rising from a short foot. The sides and center decorated with a floral patterns or perhaps stylized birds(?) and a star-shaped or radiated element.

Condition: Superb. Remnants of light silver iridescence patina that is difficult to picture.

Size: 9,5 cm. wide and approx 4,3 cm. high.

Ex. Danis...

A socketed bronze Javelin, Eastern Caspian Sea region, dating to 1st mill BC.

A fine late socketed Javelin for throwing, Assyrian-Achaemenid period. Attractive javelin with rounded shoulders and a defined central midrib. The socket about two thirds of the total lenght of c. 17 cm.

Condition: Very fine. Beautiful reddish patina.

Ex. Private Collection in Denmark, formed in the 1990's.

A very interesting and rare Scaraboid seal of the Phoenician type, ca. 800-600 BC.

The seal of perfect high scaraboid shape with a low relief stamp of a war elephant engraved in the seal plate. Horisontically pierced for mounting. Extremely rare shiny greenstone used, perhaps a Fluorite, semi-transperant with cloudy green inclusions. Finely patinated and weathered.

Size: 15 x 13 x 10 mm.

Condition: Choice.

Ex. Danish Private Collection

A very fine pottery bowl with nice simple design, Islamic Samenid Dynasty, ca. 9th.-10th. century.

A larger conical bowl decorated on the rim with ornamentation in green red and black, all on a cream-white ground glaze.

Size: 25,3 cm. wide and ca. 9 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice! Much original crackled glaze, very honest bowl, restoration of a few larger fragments with some repaint of joint areas, wear and patina to the glaze. See the closeups for the condition of ...

A very attractive and scarce Tabloid seal, Northern Mesopotamia, c. later 4th. millenium BC.

The serpentine seal engraved with cruciform and stylized scorpio pattern. Fine thick drill.

Size: 20 x 17 mm.

Condition: Good VF Smooth wear and intact with nice earthern patination.

Comes with original Id card from 1991!

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bo...

A fantastic and exceptional thick and heavy ancient silver bracelet, Uratian-Achaemenid period, dating 800-500 BC.

A heavy silver armring evolving into a huge spiral, very complicated and beautiful silverwork for the period.

Size: ca. 8 cm. tall and 3 cm. thick at the max. Weight: 157 grams.

Condition: Superb, completely intact with attachment rings intact too, fine uncleaned rough grey patina, easy to remove with manuel cleaning, if so desired.

Prove...

A choice stamp seal carved in harder black stone, probably serpentine, West Mesopotamian, 4th.-3th. mill. BC.

An early prototype of the square stamp seal with a handle, later so popular. This seal is engraved with stylized animals in it's base.

Size: 25 mm. wide, 24 mm. tall.

Condition: Near Extremely fine, attractive.

This seal was aquired 2003 and comes with original hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.

Provenance: G...

Ancient circa 1000 B.C. Western Asiatic, South Caspian Sea region, bronze pendant in the form of a bull with suspension loop.

MEASUREMENTS Overall length: 5.3 cm (2.09 inches)

CONDITION: In good condition considering its age, showing its age and usage with dark patina and earthen and mineral deposits.

Vase in the shape of a fish. Iron inlaid with gold and silver. Turquoise stone detail and red eye, either glass or ruby. On the reverse, a tie was soldered to the pewter later to be able to suspend it and thus make it a wall vase. But it seems to me that the object was simply made to be placed on a table. The silver inlays are very numerous, but oxidized in black, they have become almost invisible, however they are clearly distinguishable on the enlargements. It would be easy to lighten them by ...

This ancient artifact is a stunning bronze spearhead with a double-edged blade that tapers to a sharp point, perfect for penetrating armor or fending off enemies. It features a flattened central rib that runs down the blade's center and extends into a rectangular tang, providing a secure grip for its wielder.

This remarkable piece dates back to the 14th-10th century B.C. and was found in the Caspian Sea area of Amlash. Its intricate design and impeccable craftsmanship are a testament to the...

A collectors lot of 5 stamp seals in different kind of stones incl. serpentine and chlorite, made in semi-autonomous Neo-Hittite states of Syria and Levante, during the Neo-Assyrian period, early 1st. millenium BC.

The seals mostly of the tall pyramid shape, but there's also a 4-side rectangular seal, engraved with symbols on all 4 sides and vertically drilled. Another fine seal is cones-shaped and with a high relief engraving of the base.

Size: Up to 15 mm. max height. ...

An unusually large and choice terracotta fertility figure of female form, Bajaur (Indus Valley), c. 3000-2500 BC.

A hollow mould-made Indus Valley red terracotta statuette modelled in a stylised manner with applied facial features of birdlike form. Also with applied arms and beasts on the cone-shaped body.

Size: 21 cm. tall and 8 cm. wide.

Condition: Choice for type, almost completely intact minor loss to nose, no modern repairs and with nice patina.

E...

A very rare and interesting stamp seal of quality bone or tusk, Greek period of the Levante, ca. 4th. century BC.

A beautifully carved and polished smaller stamp seal of semi-globular shape and wthe engraving of a stagg on it's face. The medium fully polished and now attractively patinated and the relief is deep.

Size: 12 x 10 mm.

Condition: Complete and intact, very rare for an ancient bone artifact. With the typical natural hairline cracks

Ex. Ger...

Interesting cylinder seal in black stone, Anatolia, Hittite Empire c. mid 2nd. millenium BC.

A fine carving of different animals in a charming later Anatolian style.

Size: 18 mm. tall and 9 mm. wide.

Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with ancient wear and patina.

This seal was aquired 1990 and was originally purchased out of Charles Ede collection, London. It comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.

Provenance...

A thick early Mesopotamian cylinder seal in white-grey marple, carved with a characteristic and significant design for the Period of Jemdet Nasr, 3200-2900 BC.

The Jemdet Nassr Period in seal manifacturing,3300-2900 BC, were spreading from Southern Mesopotamia, where a great number of administrative cuneiform tablets and seals came from. Such seals was used to impress pictures or descriptions into soft, prepared clay. These seals guaranteed the authenticity of marked ownership: as suc...

Á nice rectangular gable type of stone seal, engraved with a 4-legged animal, Anatolia, Pre-Hittite period, c. 3rd. mill. BC.

Size: 23 x 15 mm.

Condition: Good very fine, really nice.

Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in ear...

An accomplished and very interesting larger stone cylinder seal, from the Uruk period of Mesopotamia, c. 3500-3000 BC.

The fine drill-style carved shows thick vertical bars, and some strange creatures behind and around these bars. Attractive high relief seal carved in a black stone, with loop at the top instead of the usual vertical drilling.

Size: c. 27 mm. tall, and 13 mm. wide.

Condition: Good Very fine, finely preserved with nice patina and deposits.

A very large and extrafine bronze seal with a loop on the back and elaborate cross designs, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.

Very impressive round seal with a small solid cross in the center and large cross-arms in the openwork style. The seal belongs to one of the varied mostly circular metal “stamp seals” relief cast in bronze or copper alloy, but more rarely in silver or gold, which is classified as so-called “compartmented seal” (a term first used in 1943 by the British archa...

A superb condition beige hardstone stamp seal, Cilicia / Levante, c. 1200-800 BC.

The seal expertly carved and polished into it's present perfect pyramidal shape and carved in the base with a bird. Beautiful stone used.

Size: 16 mm tall and 13 mm. wide.

Condition: Extremely fine.

Added to the Oberländer collection in 2007. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!

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

A very nice assortment of Ancient Near Eastern cylinder seals, Mesopotamia, ca. 2200-1800 BC.

The selection consists of three Old Babylonian and Isin Larsa types with a worshipper before the throne of Ea, along with provincial types. They are carved in different types of hardstones

The largest seal measure 28 mm. and the smallest ca. 15 mm.

Condition: Largest intact group with some wear, the larger seal with chips.

Ex. Old German and US Collections, ...

Interesting and attractive seal carved in bone or perhaps tooth, North-West Mesopotamia, probably 2200-1800 BC.

The carving with birds and other animals and symbols.

Size: 21 mm. tall and 12 mm. wide.

Condition: Nice VF for the type with the typical stress lines on the material and a small chip, atttractive nevertheless.

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

Provenance: Gustav...

A lovely untouched and intact massive terracotta jar, Indus valley / Amri-Nal culture, c. 3rd. millenium BC.

A very high quality jar with painted bulls on either side of a fancy tree and a band of Ibexes at the top.

Size: 128 mm. tall and 122 mm. wide, nice thick walls.

Condition: Extremely fine for type, intact with fully preserved glazed decoration.

Ex. Old Danish private Collection, aquired in the 1990s at Copenhagen dealer, comes with COA.

Wooden panel inlaid with mother-of-pearl, bone and ebony. It must be a piece of a very nice old Ottoman part of furniture. This type of decoration was made from the 16th century in Turkey at the height of the empire and is found today on very rare prestigious furniture. The style, quality and inlays (which are very thick) of this panel should allow a specialist to date it with precision. Length about 25cm. With a lot of luck, maybe this panel will find its original furniture? Otherwise it w...