A fine pair of Roman bronze seal rings with engraved bezels, 1st.-3rd. century AD.
A fine pair of wearable rings, one with standing winged Lion, and the other with a springing lion engraved. Fine imprints.
Size: 19-20 mm. in ringsize, both with oval round bezels and high shoulders as typical for these male roman rings.
Condition: Nice, fine green patinas.
Ex. German private Collection
ALABASTER FRAGMENTARY FEMALE HEAD
Roman period, 1st – 2nd Century AD
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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An exquisite ancient Roman marble head of female, C...
This ancient Roman artifact is a large, vibrant red terracotta bowl known as "Terra sigillata" that dates back to the 2nd-3rd centuries AD. The bowl's walls are thin and convex, while its base is flat and shaped like a wide disk. This unique piece of pottery provides an intriguing glimpse into the artistic and functional skills of the ancient Romans and is a testament to the enduring legacy of their civilization...
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.
An exquisite Roman marble head of a youth, dated from 2nd Centuries AD
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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Aweidah Gallery is pleased to offer this EXTREMELY RARE- ancient LARGE biblical black pottery oil lamp with four nozzles. A large filling-hole, whose rim is formed as a ledge with a ridge. The handle is a wide strip with two lengthwise grooves forming three raised mouldings, the nozzles are elongated with an almost straight end and finely scraped sides. Impressed circles and rows of other impressions ornament the nozzles...
This is an extremely rare Roman dark blue heavy rough glass block with superb silver "Rainbow" iridescence patina, said to have been found in a Roman glass work place northern Israel! The pictures tells 101 tales
Glass is formed when sand (silica), soda (alkali), and lime are fused at high temperatures...
Interesting lot of quite scarce glass amulets or tesseras in fine conditions, Early Roman Imperial, Roman Egypt, c. 1st.-2nd. century AD.
The motifs includes Hercules, Mercury and a fine Imperial couple in the style of the time of Nero...
A nice lot of three choice condition bronze rings, two of a Roman type with high shoulders and another of the early Islamic period, c. 7th.-9th. cent. AD.
With animals carved into the bezels of the early rings.
Size: 18-20 mm...
A lot of 4 attractive larger size Roman bronze military fibulas, 1st.-3rd. cent. AD.
The lot includes a very nice Roman bow fibula (53 mm. long), perfectly intact, good metal and ring attached to the pin; a Roundel fibula, (diameter 36 mm.) intact; a large bow fibula with intact pin (70 mm.!), small repair, and a Dolphin-shaped fibula, incl. pin (5,1 cm). repaired.
Nice green patinas.
Ex. German private collection from the 1960s to ca. 2000.
North African, Terra Sigillata red-slip oil lamp, depicting a running lion surrounded by a swirling floral pattern. 2nd/3rd Century AD. 5 1/2 inches long X 3 inches wide. Repaired. Ex. old Belgian collection of Felix Lauwers, acquired 1970s-early 1980s.
A very attractive terracotta figure, depicting a Eros riding a goat, Roman Emperial, ca. 1st. century AD.
Very nice details of the winged Eros holding on the Goats horns, and the are standing on a tall base.
Size: 13 cm. tall and c. 9 cm. wide.
Concition: Choice and intact, unrepaired and with the original sand in the devices.
Ex. Private Collection from before 1980.
Bust of a young male figure with pleasant expression. The face shows large lidded eyes, a prominent nose and sensuous lips. Venus rings on the neck.
The hair is textured with short sickle-shaped curls and topped by a stippled wreath with ribbons that run along the shoulders.
The boy is dressed in a skin tight robe. Belly button indicated.
The wreath suggests a Dionysian context. The figure possibly depicts the youthful Bacchus.
Hard fired ceramic with greyish core...
Ancient Roman glass evil eye protection bead, the eye bead done in green body with red white black then yellow eye. Well done in great condition and wearable . Size 1/2" by 1/2"
A beautiful gold earring with a three-layered agate. Roman, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
Very attractive and in a fine condition, with nice patina.
Size: Diameter c. 1,3cm, weight 0,73gr.
Ex Collection Chierroni, Paris, since 1980s and sold at auction Germany.
A wonderful sculptural Roman terracotta figural group of Aphrodite leaning on Amphora to her right and holding the hand of the small winged Eros to her left, Early Roman Imperial, c. 1st. century AD.
Size: 16,2 cm.
Condition: Extremely fine, intact and great for the type.
Ex. Old Private Collection, aquired before 1980.
A BEAUTIFUL POTTERY SET "OIL LAMP AND AN OIL FILLER"
HOLY LAND; ROMAN; HERODIAN, 37 BC – 70 AD
Second temple period
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great
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...