Large pale green Djed pillar amulet with high shaft and four horizontal bars. Delicate ropes delineated around the shaft immediately below the lowest bar.
The narrow column on the back is not pierced.
The Djed pillar amulet was connoted with stability and endurance and supposed to confer these qualities to the deceased.
The amulet was placed for magical protection over the throat of the deceased on the day of burial...
An ancient Roman bronze coin of Emperor Constantine the Great, dated from, 307 - 337 AD
Beautifully set in a simple elegant modern 18k gold pendant.
Obverse:
Laureate bust of Emperor Constantine facing right
Reverse:
Genius standing Left holding cornucopia.
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Israel
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BURNISHED POTTERY VESSEL
"Canaanite" Early Bronze Age, 3100 - 2000 BC
Dimensions:
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 10 cm
Height on stand: 16 cm
Condition: Good condition
Found in Jericho "Jordan valley", 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
BYZANTINE, 6TH CENT. AD
Beautiful decorative patterns composed of lines, flat base bearing a large palm branch on the base, high curved handle and inscriptions on the sides related to magic...
BIBLICAL TERRACOTTA SET “ AN OIL LAMP AND OIL FILLER”
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 – 980 BC
First temple period
“Time of King David”
Dimensions:
Oil lamp: Length: 11.5 cm
Width: 12 cm
Condition: Intact
Oil filler:
Height: 11 cm
Width: 8 cm
Condition: Intact
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
Nicely mounted on a custom “acrylic” plexi-glass display stand
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A high quality depiction in terracotta of the naked and winged Eros standing frontally holding a torch in his right hand above his head, early Roman terracotta sculpture, 1st. century AD.
Adorable figure, with fine details.
Size: ca. 15 cm. tall.
Condition: Superb for type. Perfect surfaces, original white pigment still adhired.
Ex. Old Private collection, aquired before 1980.
PERSIAN BRONZE TORQUE
NEAR-EASTERN, 800 - 600 BC
Heavy solid bronze torque of thick rounded form, the terminals tapering to a curve point
Dimensions:
Diameter: 16 cm
Height on stand: 20 cm
Condition: Left tip of terminal is missing in antiquity otherwise intact and enjoys a beautiful patina
Nicely mounted on an acrylic "Plexi-glass"display stand of high quality
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# 82847
RED SLIP POTTERY OIL LAMP
CRUSADER PERIOD, 11TH CENT. AD
This type is referred to as “saucer lamps” or “beehive lamps”...
Pottery oil lamp
ISLAMIC PERIOD, 8th Cent. AD
Highly decorated with clusters of grapes all around the shoulders
Measurements:
Length: 9.5 cm
Width: 7.5 cm
Condition: Excellent archaeological condition not repaired and not restored
Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land
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Important collection of 11 stone axes and tools, Egyptian, 4th. millenium BC.
A selection of different tools in Basalt, Jasper, Gneist and perhaps Jadeite, mainly small axe shapes for grinding spices and cosmetics. Lot also include a wonderful fully polished fragment of a cosmetic palette.
A gem collection with some beautiful colours!
Sizes: 2,3 - 4,3 cm.
Condition: Mostly intact with a few with smaller nicks...
Decorated pottery oil lamp
Holy Land, Roman period, Darom type, 70 - 150 AD
Nicely decorated with a rosette flower design all around the filling hole
Measurments: Length: 9 cm - Width: 6.5 cm
Condition: Intact, not repaired and not restored.
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel
Darom oil lamps in one of the most interesting groups of lamps in the exhibit is the type called "Darom", refering to its manufacture area...
TERRCOTTA FIGURE
EGYPT, GRECO-ROMAN, 100 BC/AD
Measurements:
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 7 cm
Condition: Good condition
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Gandhara stone panel with the Buddha and an attendant in the lower frame. The partially preserved Buddha is seated on a pedestal in the dhyana mudhra gesture. He is dressed in Gandharan style and showing a wavy hairstyle topped with the raised ushnisha.
On the left a man in daring contrapposto and exaggeratedly turned upper body...
Greek protome with nicely rendered late archaic features. The female head is showing small almond-shaped eyes, a prominent nose and lips drawn into a slight archaic smile. She wears a stephane and a veil.
Probably from Sicily, following an Eastern Greek model.
Published with Cahn Auktionen AG, Auktion 2, 21. September 2007, lot no. 351a.
Terracotta
Western Greek, Archaic Period, around 500 BC
H. 10.3 cm (4.1 in)
W. 5.9 cm (2.3 in)
H...
POTTERY WINE PITCHER
Holy Land - "CANAANITE" Late Bronze Age;1550 - 1200 BC
Time of Moses
Long cylindrical neck with a rim folded outwards and a ring base!
Dimensions:
Height: 17 cm
Diameter: 12 cm
Height on stand: 19 cm
Condition: Good condition
Found Jericho "Jordan Valley" Holy Land
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#612157
A rare and massive octagonal Islamic tile in Blue & White ceramic material, probably stone-past, imitating Ming Dynasty, Near East, c. 15th.cent. AD
A huge tile with fine style floral decoration in blue and white. Unfortunately missing a bit and put together from three large pieces. The tile is measuring 26,5 cm. x 26 cm. so each of the pieces is basically as large as most tiles are!
Size: 26,5 x 26 cm. and 2,5 cm. thick.
Ex...
Slender bronze axe head with rounded cutting edge and eyelet on the narrow side.
The upper lobes bent inwards to better fit the forked shaft, which was fixed with twine or rawhide. Hook-like projections on the neck.
Palstave is the typical axe form of the Middle Bronze Age, 1500-1275 BC. Late palstave types tend to have narrower blades, as in our case.
For the type, cf. fig. 4.4.3, p. 83 in: Ulrike Weller...
A very nice untouched Hungarian Wheellock Musketeer's powder flask, circa. 16th century. Stag horn body with wrought brass mounts.
The staghorn is engraved and there's a beautiful central medallion on the front with a geomethric hexagonal star-shaped design, especially known from Byzantine Emprire, c. 10th.-12th. cent.
Beautiful patina!
Size: 14 cm. tall.
Ex. Old Danish Private Collection and the flask comes with an identity card from the collection, aquired in...