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 ...
Dated from, 100 AD
This lamp would make a real major and great addition to the finest ancient oil lamps collection, A REAL BEAUTY" and the pictures tells 101 tales ...
In central medallion on elevated bed a male suitor stands upright on his knees as he engages his female friend who rests on all fours, her hands on a large pillow...
Dated from, 100 - 200 AD
Measurements: Height: 17 cm - Width: 20 cm / Sides: Height: 16 cm - Width: 10 cm - Height: 16 cm - Width: 10 cm.
Condition: Intact as excavated. Not repaired and not restored.
Excavated in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land. All items that we offer for sale come with a certificate of authenticity.
A charming limestone head of a youth. Depicted with a serene expression on his face, oval face with a rounded chin, his hair in thick luscious corkscrew curls brushed forward in short pointed locks...
The diameter at the top rim is 6 1/8", and the height is 1 3/8". The condition of the bowl is superb, with no chips, cracks, or restoration and displaying a wonderful iridescence...
Love’s messenger stands in a relaxed pose with detailed facial features. Finely modeled in a naturalistic way, with childish proportions and chubby features. The figure is in a relaxed posture with the lively movement of the twisted head and body, twin wings with wonderful incised feathers attached to his back. He was probably holding a bow and arrow, now missing...
Measurements: Height: 7.5 cm - Width: 6 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm
Nicely mounted on a plexi-glass display stand
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Measurements:
Height: 7.5 cm
Width: 3.5 cm
Height on stand: 12 cm
Beautiful natural patina as found
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel
Measurements:
Height: 4.5 cm
Length: 5.5 cm
Height on stand: 11.5 cm
Condition: Excellent archaeological condition with lovely patina
Found in Jerusalem, Israel
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The jar is in excellent condition, with no cracks, chips, or repairs. It is 9 1/2" tall, and 3 1/4" on each side of the square base.
NOTES: 1...
Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especially because of their provenance in the biblical lands during the biblical period. To own a "biblical" artifact is to possess a genuine, one-of-a-kind, object that puts one in actual physical contact with the world of the Bible. The...
Measurements:
Height: 4 cm
Width: 4 cm
Height on stand: 10.5 cm
Condition: Good condition as found
Nicely mounted on a plexi-glass “Lucite” display stand on high quality.
Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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Dimensions:
Height: 9 cm
Diameter: 7 cm
Condition: Professional repair at the lower part of the body hard to see.
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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This lovely perfume vessel with beautiful patina has survived the centuries with its beauty intact. The flattened body rising to a firm and graceful cylindrical neck with a rim folded outwards.
One of the earliest types of free blown-glass vessels in an elongated bottle with a short body and a long neck. The content of such bottles could be poured out slowly, in tiny drops, and the small mouth was easily stoppered.
This...
Globular ribbed body with a shaped neck and handle.
Dimensions:
Height: 10.5 cm
Diameter: 7 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm
Condition: Good condition as shown
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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Antiquities are valuable because of their his...
Measurements:
Length: 8.5 cm
Width: 6 cm
Condition: Intact with nice earthy patina
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
A lamp such as this might have lit homes during the time of Jesus. A metaphor of joy and prosperity, for hope, for life itself, lamps have illuminated the path of civilizatio...
Glass is formed when sand (silica), soda (alkali), and lime are fused at high temperatures. The color of the glass can be altered by adjusting the atmosphere in the furnace and by adding specific metal oxides to the glass "batch" (such as cobalt for dark blue, tin for opaque white,...
ROMAN - PALMYRA, CIRCA, 1ST - 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Measurements:
Height: 42 cm
Width: 40 cm
Height on stand: 50 cm
This monumental piece of ancient art will surely make a wonderful addition to the finest antiquities collection as well as a major display to any room of any house!
This adornment with jewellery, combined with feminine gestures and attributes, expressed what was considered the Palmyran fema...
Graceful globular body with a cylindrical- shaped neck with a rim folded outward, two handles and a roundel base. The bottom short spout in the shape of an Ibex with two twisted long horns!
Measurements:
Height: 26 cm
Diameter: 17 cm
Height on stand: 28 cm
Condition: One handle is professionally restored otherwise intact and in very good condition
Dated from, 100 – 300 AD
Measurements: Height: 11 cm – Width: 9 cm – Height on stand: 20.5 cm
Condition: Untouched as found with nice patina
Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel
The head is nicely mounted on a plexi-glass display stand of high quality
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Depicted in her youth, her oval face with a rounded chin and slightly-parted full lips, the almond shaped eyes beneath a softly curving brows arching gracefully and merging with the bridge of her nose, her forehead peaked at the center, the luscious wavy hair center parted, the individual strands delineated, pulled behind her ears, bound in a fillet and tied in a chignon at the nape of her neck
A very high quality...
Dated from, 100 – 300 AD
Measurements: Height: 17 cm – Width: 13 cm – Height on stand: 22 cm
Condition: A small re-attached part at the upper left corner as shown otherwise intact with natural patina
The fragment is nicely and professionally mounted on a plexi-glass disply stand of high quality
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Standing on an integral trapezoidal base with its wings closed and crossing over the tail, with a short rounded beak and bulging eyes, thick feathers densely covering the legs, breast, neck and wings
Measurements: Height: 22 cm - Width: 10.5 cm
Condition: Head professionally restored heard to see as shown in the pictures.
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Dated from, 100 AD
Height: 6 cm
Found in Jerusalem, Israel
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Facial features reveal attractive young male face, Luxurious detailed thick curling hair, wearing a wreath, almond shaped eyes beneath a softly curving brows arching gracefully and merging with the bridge of his nose
Dimensions: 11 cm Width: 10 cm Height on stand: 20 cm P> Mounted on a plexi-glass display stand of high quality
Condition: Face cleaned as shown otherwise intact
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Roman, 1st Century AD
Measurements:
Height: 10 cm - Width: 6 cm - Height on stand: 21.5 cm
Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel
The head is nicely mounted on a plexi-...
Depicted with a serene expression on her face, her head tilted and turned to the right. Oval face with a rounded chin, her heavy-lidded almond shaped eyes set beneath a defined brow, hair center parted, pulled behind her ears, bound in a fillet and tied in a chignon at the nape of her neck
Measurements: Height: 11 cm - On stand: 19 cm
Nicely mounted on a quality plexi-glass display stand
Condition: Intact, not rep...
Dated from, 100 - 300 AD
Measurements: Height: 11.5 - Width: 10 cm - Height on stand: 23 cm
Found near Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel
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Depicted with a serene expression on her face, her head tilted and turned to the right. The long thick waving hear centrally-parted falling in tresses. Shapely lips and small rounded chin. Her heavy-lidded articulated eyes set beneath a defined brow.
A very high quality sculpture.
Measurements: Height: 11 cm - Width: 11 cm - On stand: 22 cm
Nicely mounted on a museum quality plexi-glass stand
C...
Facial features reveal attractive young chubby male face with snub nose; lips slightly parted and mouth agape revealing teeth. Prominent cheekbones lidded almond-shaped eyes under shaggy eyebrows and gnarled furrowed forehead. Luxurious thick curling hair, wearing a wreath of overlapping ivy leaves, the back of the wreath joined together with strap.
The Roman Satyr was goat-like from waist down, with a man’s...
This striking Roman Sculpture bears similarities with work produced in what is now Syria and the Levant. It is likely that he was dedicated as a votive figure in a shrine to a God. This is evidenced by the coarsely worked areas to the back of the head, which are not finished to the same degree of detail as the front - the figure was mea...
Measurements: 1.4 cm
Playing Dice was very popular game among the Romans. The Romans called these tesserae
This game was played in taverns as well as gambling houses, brothels and on the street. The emperor Commodus was fond of gambling with dice, and once turned the Imperial Palace into a brothel and gambling house to raise money for the treasury he bankrupted. In this he may have followed a precedent set b...
The eagle has been skillfully carved by one of the Roman sculpture masters; head turning to the right, wings closed and crossing over the back, a short rounded beak and bulging eyes, thick feathers densely covering the legs, breast, neck and wings
This well-preserved piece of ancient art will surely make a wonderful addition to the finest antiquities collection as well as a major display to any room of any house!
Me...
Depicted in her youth with a serene expression on her face, her oval face with a rounded chin and slightly-parted full lips, the almond shaped heavy-lidded eyes beneath a softly curving brows arching gracefully and merging with the bridge of her nose, her forehead peaked at the center, the luscious wavy hair center parted.
Measurements: Height: 9 cm - Width:6.5 cm - On stand: 15 cm Nicely mounted on a ...
The head has been skillfully carved by one of the Roman sculpture masters, with head slightly turned to left, distinctive strong features, curly beard and a fine moustache, his hair in thick luscious corkscrew curls brushed backwards in short pointed locks with two distinct locks in the center of the forehead and the nape of his neck. Arching brow above wide eyes with defined upper and lower lids, incised irises and d...
Roman, Herodian, 37 BC - 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod th...
This charming hollow cast bronze bust depicts Bacchus (The god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine) Bacchus (known to the Greeks as Dionysus) was the god of the vine, of wine and mystic ecstasy.
Wrapped with a mantle tied over her left shoulder. A wreath composed of vine leaves with clusters of grapes crowns her head. Her hair parted down in the middle and pulled back.
Such a bust may have st...
Dated from, 100 - 300 AD
Measurements; Height: 6 cm - Diameter: 14 cm - Height+Pestle: 10 cm
Condition: Good condition as found
Found in Jerusalem, Israel
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