DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD

Dimensions:
Length: 8.5 cm
Width: 6 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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#810228

GLASS PERFUME FLASK
ROMAN PERIOD, 1st - 2nd Cent. AD

Yellowish color, roundel flat body with a little cylindrical shape neck. Dimensions:
Height: 7 cm
Diameter: 3.5 cm

Condition: Very good condition.

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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940687

This is a 2nd Century Roman Glass, hand blown 2nd century AD. It is thick and heavy, unflawed, no chips or cracks, no hairlines,it has impressed squares on the body for about two third of the way down. Unguentaria used to hold poisonous, caustic oils or ointments and were never smooth sided, to prevent the Roman from grabbing the dangerous oil by mistake. It is certainly one of the earliest poison bottles ever made. Measurements: 4 inches tall and 2 1/4 wide at its widest point...

This is an extremely rare Carthaginian glass head pendant, circa 5th-4th century B.C. It is 1 1/2 inches long. This is a Mediterranean core-formed glass bead. It is intact, in perfect condition with no repair or restoration. The patina on it is beautiful. Please view my youtube video on this item at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsF5COeUByw.

Scarce and beautiful early type of pottery Oil lamp, Roman 1st.-2nd. century AD.

The lamp is of the Loeschcke Typus VIII and displays a scene with Hermes in very high relief. The lamp is stamped with a known scarce makers name: COPPI.RES

Size: 10 cm.

Condition: Choice and completely intact, thus rare!

Provenance: From a Rheinland-Pfalz collection, 1970-1999.

A superb very sharp Oil lamp, Roman, late 1st. century AD.

Roman figural terracotta oil lamp with single handle. The discus is framed by two concentric rings, in the middle is a high profile head of a woman or godess. Maker's mark on the bottom: MNOVIVSI. He was a lamp maker, known as M. Novius Justus, with a workshop situated in North Africa and produced oil lamps from 120 – 180 AD.

Size: 10,4 cm. long...

An authentic and ancient fine handled ROMAN Glass Bottle, excavated in Syria, ca. 3rd-5th Century A.D. Surface etched, muddy, iron stained with an open pontil base. Most likely used for Perfume or Precious Oils. Condition: intact, no damage. Size: 3.75" H. ( ca. 9.5 cm.) Provenance: From an antiquity dealer's estate. A delicate and very fine collector's piece.

POTTERY PERFUME JAR
ROMAN PERIOD, 1st - rd Cent. A.D...

ROMAN GLASS FLASK
Roman period, 100 – 300 AD

Globular body with a concave base
“Would have been used to carry perfumed oils and ointments”

Dimensions:
Height: 7.5 cm
Diameter: 5.5 cm

Condition: Good condition with beautiful patina as found

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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Discus fragment of a lamp decorated with the half-figure of a satyr holding a thyrsus and blowing a flute. The youthful figure wears a deer skin with the hooves of the animal knotted behind his shoulder.
Rare depiction. Detailed rendering of the head and the anatomical details. Covered with an orange-brown slip.
For a related example, cf. Q3250 in the British Museum database.
According to Bailey, the lamp was probably designed as a pair together with Q3292 (pp. 9-10 and p...

Choice red-ware rim fragment featuring a beautifully detailed lion. The feline approaches with a forward-turned front body. The head with delicate detail and a shaggy mane. Shaggy strands on the elbow joint. Excellent modeling of the musculature and great rendering of the panther-like fur pattern depicted with tiny circles. For almost the same lion on an Orpheus bowl, cf. 1981.658 in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. For a discussion of the bowl, cf. pp. 230-231, pl...

Translucent, pale green glass with seven vertical ribs along the piriform body.
Small constriction at the join to the cylindrical neck. The flared mouth with inward folded rim...

Scarce and beautiful early type of pottery Oil lamp, Roman 1st. century AD.

The lamp is of the Loeschcke Typus VIII and displays Juno on a Crescent moon in high relief! The lamp is sharply stamped with a known scarce makers name: COPPI.RES

Size: 9,3 cm.

Condition: Choice and completely intact with fine patination

Provenance: From a Rheinland-Pfalz collection, 1970-1999.

POTTERY PERFUME JAR
ROMAN PERIOD; 1ST - “ 3RD CENTURY AD

Dimensions:
Height: 9 cm
Diameter: 5.5 cm
Height on stand: 14 cm

Condition: Minor repair at the rim otherwise intact

Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especially because of their provenance in the biblical lands during the biblical period...

DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, Samaritan, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD

Dimensions:
Length: 8.5 cm
Width: 6.5 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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#719597

A massive high quality unguentaria bottle made of greenish glass. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.

The bottle of impressive height and very solidly constructed, sound glass.

Size: c. 15,4 cm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine, unusually solid and sound green glass vessel with beautiful mild irridescence.

Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!

BONE FRAGMENT DEPICTING FACE OF CUPID
ROMAN PERIOD, 1ST - 3RD CENTURY AD

Measurements:
Length: 7.5 cm
Height: 4 cm

Condition: Intact, untouched as found with natural patina

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

Mounted on a plexi-glass disply stand. ALL ITEMS THAT WE OFFER FOR SALE COME WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY

A scarce and beautiful Roman glass bottle. Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.

The bottle with cylindrical ribbed corpus and wide mouth.

Size: c. 110 mm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine, sound green glass vessel with beautiful mild irridescence.

Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!