Ancient Roman glass flask, 100 - 300 AD
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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1469322
An ancient Roman marble hand, with defined fingers and fingernails. Hand grasping, what appears to be remains of a dagger. With extensive remains of encrustations. 1st-3rd century AD. From a NYC private collection. Said to be purchased on the London art market in the late 1990s. 3 1/2 inches wide X 4 1/4 inches high. Mounted.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1468718
Interesting small bronze pendant seal with a hing at the top, depicting a fine naturalistic Rabbit or Hare, Roman, 1st.-3rd. cent AD.

A rare find of a stamp seal from the roman period.

Size: 18 mm.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1468714
Interesting and unusually large decorated bronze tweezer, likely Roman but could be much older, perhaps late bronzeage European.

The tweezer measure 10,8 cm. in lenght and is solidly constructed and finely decorated with lines. Two tiny rivets in the low area. The design is most likely Roman, but the fine execution and the rivets could point to an earlier manifacture date.

Condition: Nice VF, absolutely lovely red-brown patina, but a c. 30% loss at one side.

Ex...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1468247
A very interesting and ultra rare depiction of a caesar or emperor on a Seal ring, Late Roman / Darkage, c. late 4th.-6th. cent. AD.

Enigmatic ring that would have belonged to officials with some power. The style of (pseudo) lettering around a central bust and with his raised arm depicted as well, is typical for the Late Roman depictions from the 4th. century and onwards, in this case in the later gothic style known from the coins as well, so a presumable dating would be c. 5th...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1468242
Attractive annd wearable bronze seal ring, Roman Empire, 1st.-3rd. century AD:

With high shoulders, typical for the period, fine high relief image of a bird on the oval bezel.

Ring-size (inner diameter): c...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1468223
A beautiful bronze bust of a deity, Roman Empire, 1st.-3rd. century AD.

A bust of a deity, perhaps Silvanus or Pan(?). With headdress and with a strap over the chest from a quiver with arrows.

Size: 44 mm. tall and weighing 57,5 grams!

Condition: Very Fine for the age and excarvated type! Fine metal, partly cleaned.

Ex. Hafnia Coins inventory (Copenhagen), aquired in the late 1990s.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pre AD 1000 item #1467938
A pair of nice gold beads for a necklace, Roman Empire, c. 2nd.-4th. cent. AD.

Size: c. 10 mm. / 0.60 grams.

Ex. Old Estate collection of Northern German, c. 1900-1970
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pre AD 1000 item #1467867
Finely crafted more than 22 carat pure gold pendant depicting a Flower bud with a loop on the top and filigree decoration.

Condition: Very fine - still wearable, light tear at one side.

Size: 15 mm.

Weight: 0.69 grams

Ex. Old Estate collection of Northern German, c. 1900-1970.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pre AD 1000 item #1467864
Finely crafted more than 22 carats pure gold pendants depicting Bullas, holsters for script rolls, both with loops and one with an extra attachment with a loop a top.

Condition: Very fine, Still wearable, with some light tear and wear.

Size: up c. 20 mm. tall and 12 mm. wide

Weight: 1,58 grams.

Ex. Old Estate collection of Northern German, c. 1900-1970.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pre AD 1000 item #1467743
Attractive two-section gold earring, with a round frame on the ring and below as a drop-shaped hanger, Roman 2nd.-4th. century AD.

With some inlay still present in the hangers.

Size: 28-29 mm. long

Weight: 1,61 grams.

Intact and still wearable.

Ex. Old Estate collection of Northern Germany, c. 1900-1970
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pre AD 1000 item #1467742
Elaborate Gold earring with two pendants set with pearls / nacre beads, Roman 2nd.-4th. century AD.

Attractive earring of nice high grade gold, 22 carats or more.

Size: 35 mm. long.

Weight: 1,40 grams.

Intact and still wearable.

Ex. Old Estate collection of Northern German, c. 1900-1970
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1467697
A very attractive bronze protome figure of a leopard, with finely made details, such as the spots in the skin and the nice details of the head. Roman Imperial, c. 1st. cent. AD

The forepart of the leopard in a seated position, it's silver plated with a bronze core.

Size: 4,2 cm. wide and 3 cm. tall. Weight: 44 grams.

Ex. Gert Cleff, Wuppertal, aquired at Gerhard Hirsch Nachf., München Auktion 286, 2013, Lot 340.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pre AD 1000 item #1467645
A lovely two-section gold earring, a square plaque with a depression and below as a hanger, a nice decorated fruitform, Roman 2nd.-4th. century AD:

Size: 28 mm.

Weight: 1,55 grams.

Intact and still wearable.

Ex. Old Estate collection of Northern German, c. 1900-1970
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pre AD 1000 item #1467421
An attractive ancient silver seal ring, Parthian Kingdom, c. 200 BC-200 AD.

The ring finely made in high grade silver and engraved with a bird on the oval bezel.

Ringsize: 48-49 (EU - France, Germany), equals to US size 4.5-5.

Ex. Gert Clef collection, aquired in the 1990s.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1467404
Scarce and attractive ancient glass vase with funnel mouth, Roman 1st.-3rd. century AD.

The flask in blue-green glass with nice silverish patination.

Height: Near 10 cm.

Condition: Superb. Strong with good walls.

Provenance: Old Private Collection and aquired before 1990 in the German antiques market.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1467360
Attractive and rare type of glass vase, Roman 1st.-3rd cent. AD.

The flask in almost clear glass with beautiful thin irridescence!

Size: 12,2 cm.

Condition: Very fine and intact, some fragments reassembled nicely, but intact, nothing missing.

Provenance: Old family Collection, 1900-1970.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000 item #1467359
Attractive and rare type of biconical vessel / vase with rim slightly outward, Roman 1st.-3rd cent. AD.

The vase with beautiful irridescence!

Size: 12,2 cm.

Condition: Superb. Perfectly preserved.

Provenance: Old family Collection, 1900-1970.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1466047
A finely preserved lead bust or head of a young aristocrate, 1st. century AD.

Interestingly the features of this bust identical to the features of the young Caligula and surely Julio-Claudian period.

Size: c. 4 cm. tall.

Ex. Old Private collection