All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1493100
Daunian thin-walled creamware jug with echinus base, rounded body and slightly flared rim. Single strap handle from belly to rim. Bichrome linear decoration inside and out. Daunian Bichrome, 320-280 BC
H. to rim 9 cm (3.5 in), H. to handle 11.2 cm (4.4 in) Hard-fired ceramic reconstituted from fragments.

Apulian glazed jug of ovoid body, straight neck and slightly flared neck. Arching strap handle, standing on a flat base...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1493099
Squat jug of conical body, cylindrical neck and everted rim. Standing on flat base. Unglazed.
Ceramic
Apulian, 4th-3rd century BC
D. 9.8 cm (3.9 in)
H. 7 cm (2.8 in)
Intact. Slight surface wear. Sinter deposits.
Swiss private collection. Acquired in the German art market, September 2009.

The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1493098
Redware jug of conical shape with narrow neck and small trefoil-lipped mouth. The vertical handle with central groove. Standing on a ring foot.
Ceramic
Apulian, 3rd-2nd Century BC
H. 12 cm (4.7 in)
Hard-fired ceramic reconstituted from fragments. Surface wear, sinter deposits.
Swiss private collection.

The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1493097
Jug of swelling body, short neck, everted rim. Strap handles to the sides. Standing on a flat base. Unglazed. Greek South Italian to Roman, 2nd-1st century BC
H. 9.6 cm (3.8 in)

Apulian squat jug of biconical body, slightly everted rim. Single handle from rim to shoulder. Standing on flat base. Unglazed. Apulian, 4th-3rd century BC
D. 7.5 cm (2.9 in), H...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1493093 (stock #m.21)
An Egyptian shabti figurine made in a vibrant turquoise faience. The shabti features a plain lappet wig which connects with the back pillar, and a long beard. The arms are crossed and holding a pick and a hoe. The reverse displays a plain pillar and a basket with cross fibres on the left shoulder. The shabti stands on an integral base. Its facial features have been rendered naturalistically including the eyes, nose, mouth and ears...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Prehistorical item #1493092 (stock #m.20)
A steatite motto scarab with torquise blue slightly glazed and inscription where cobras confronted with scarab beetle.

Origin: Egypt

Material: steatite

Dimension: 1,7 cm.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1493091 (stock #m.19)
Ancient egyptian motto scarab with torquise blue glaze 1,3 cm. Origin: Egypt Material: faience Dimension: 1,3 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1493090 (stock #CI.5)
A.v.d.B Egyptian Artefacts
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Henuttawy A – Hnwt-tAwy A Worker 1 (2)

Duat Hathor and Mistress of the Two Lands (Queen)

Deir el-Bahri - Cache I - Royal Cache DB320

Also known as Henouttawy, Honittaoui

It is assumed that Henuttawy is a daughter of Ramses XI, the last king of the 20th dynasty. She becomes Pinedjem I’s first wife, has many titles and plays an important role at court...
A lovely early ceramic Jug, first half of the 14th century, Made in Siegburg, Lower Rhineland, Germany, German, Proto-stoneware, unglazed.

Attractive jug with a small old chip at the rim, othervise extremely fine for the type.

Size: 23,5 cm. tall.

Ex. Private collection of the art dealer and collector, Jens Larsen, with gallery in Møntergade, Copenhagen, 1950s-2012.
A nice 14th.-15th. century Siegburg krug. Medieval glazed pottery jug in a wonderful condition for type, with typical depression from the making, but intact.

Size: 23 cm.

Ex. Private collection of the art dealer and collector, Jens Larsen, with gallery in Møntergade, Copenhagen, 1950s-2012.
A set of very finely carved wooden panels with extremely high relief portraits of a man and woman, Mid-European, probably Flemish / Dutch, dating to the 16th. century AD.

Interesting well-defined portraits of an upperclass couple, perhaps a wealthy trader or banker and his wife, both clad in high fashion of the 16th. century. The panels are carved with beautiful floral decoration.

Size: Both panels are c. 44 cm. tall.

Ex...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : European Medieval : Pre AD 1000 item #1493017
A lovely late renaissance monogram of Christian the IV, 1588-1648 AD.

The pewter fitting, once gilded with remnants of gilt in the details. Such a fitting would have been hammered onto wood work in the period, prbably military related, navy or army.

Size: 74 mm. tall.

Old Danish Collection.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1493016 (stock #m.18)
Origin: Egypt

Material: faience

Dimension: 0,7 cm.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Prehistorical item #1493015 (stock #m.17)
The underside of this scarab is inscribed with a cartouche holding the name Menkheperre, the prenomen of pharaoh Thutmose III (Dynasty 18, ca. 1479-1425 B.C.) He was venerated after his death and the name of this great ruler continued to appear on stamp seals long after his reign, even into the Late Period (ca. 664-525 B.C.).

Comparison: Skarabäen und andere Siegelamulette aus Baseler Sammung...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1493014 (stock #CI.4)
A.v.d.B Egyptian Artefacts
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Henuttawy A – Hnwt-tAwy A Worker 1

Duat Hathor and Mistress of the Two Lands (Queen)

Deir el-Bahri - Cache I - Royal Cache DB320

Also known as Henouttawy, Honittaoui

It is assumed that Henuttawy is a daughter of Ramses XI, the last king of the 20th dynasty. She becomes Pinedjem I’s first wife, has many titles and plays an important role at court...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1493003
Interesting early seal of a very rarely encounted shape, worn handle, 5th.-4th. mill. BC.

Size: 26 x 17 mm.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early stamp seals from the pre-historic and Dynastic ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1493002
Interesting carved and finely polished in now glossy green stone, Amüng-Ebene at Antioch, Halaf period, probably 3rd.-2nd. milleium BC, perhaps later!

The base engraved with an animal.

Size: 22 mm. tall and 17 mm. wide.

Condition: Extremely fine, nice patina.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and importan...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1493000
Interesting substantial seal in grey stone with a long round bar handle on top of a rectangular base, Amüng-Ebene at Antioch, Halaf period, probably as early as 6th. millenium BC.

The base engraved with a gritt.

Size: 31 mm. long and 17 mm. wide, 14 cm. tall.

Condition: Very fine and basically intact, nice patina.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1492999
Interesting spindle whorl, decorated with bulls eye symbols, Mesopotamia, 2nd.-1st. mill. BC.

Size: 25 mm. in diameter and 10 mm. high.

Condition: F-VF, old wear to edges. Patinated.

This item comes with the original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberlände...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1492997
A scarcer type of Western Mesopotamian seal with animals of a sort of rounded gable form or a semi-circular form of the seal itself, unlike the Anatolian forms. The seal dates to the Ubaid period of the 4th. millenium BC.

Nice engraving in the base.

Size: 17,5 x 14,5 mm.

Condition: Good very fine, finely preserved with nice patina.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gust...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1492996
Finely carved stone stamp seal in a dark greenish stone, Western Mesopotamian / Eastern Anatolia border type, Late Ubaid-Uruk period, c. 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

Typical design of the period wuth a round seal, with the cruciform engraving around a central globe.

Size: 21 mm. x 12 mm.

Condition: Good very fine, finely preserved with nice patina.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provena...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1492995
A very rare and interesting stamp seal of the 2nd. mill. BC, carved in dark green stone in Anatolia during the Hittite period of dominance.

As typical for the Anatolian culture and glyphtic art, the seal depicting a hunting scene, but in this case a very unusual one. We see a winged Centaur with horse body and the forepart of a human, attacked by numerous spears and arrows, one is burried in his chest. His horned head with human features is turned upwards, while in flight.

Si...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1492994
Interesting stone stamp seal of pyramidal shape, Western Mesopotamia, probably Late Halaf or early Ubaid period, c. 6th.- 5th. mill. BC.

The shape of the seal has been recorded many times in buriel finds of the 6th. mill. in Western Mesopotamia and the base is carved with a typical halaf grit-pattern. So we will date it a bit earlier than than the collector, Mr. Oberlánder did. Interesting seal.

Size: 17 mm. x 12 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine and intact with fi...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1492910 (stock #m.16)
Origin: Egypt

Material: faience

Dimension: 2,2 cm.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Prehistorical item #1492909 (stock #m.17)
Origin: Egypt

Material: white steatite stone

Dimension: 1,1 cm.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1492907 (stock #CI.3)
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Henuttawy A – Hnwt-tAwy A Overseer 2

Duat Hathor and Mistress of the Two Lands (Queen)

Deir el-Bahri - Cache I - Royal Cache DB320

Also known as Henouttawy, Honittaoui

It is assumed that Henuttawy is a daughter of Ramses XI, the last king of the 20th dynasty. She becomes Pinedjem I’s first wife, has many titles and plays an important role at court. Originally she has her own tomb in an unknown location, and before she is interred in the secret ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1492903
JFF Ancient Art
€860.00

Ancient Egyptian carnelian cartouche for Ramesses II attached to a modern/antique ring.
The cartouche is incised with the king’s nomen, the last name in his titulary, reading
“Ramesses Beloved of Amun.”
It is a white stripe in the carnelian and no crack.

Date: Egypt, New Kingdom,19th Dynasty, Reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279 - 1213 B.C.
Material: carnelian
Size: cartouche: ca. 1,8 cm; ring size 54/55
Condition: intact
Provenance: GB estate...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Prehistorical item #1492870 (stock #m.15)
Origin: Egypt

Material: white stone

Dimension: 1,3 cm.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1492869 (stock #m.14)
Origin: Egypt

Material: Faience

Dimension: 1,4 cm.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1492868 (stock #CI.2)
Djedptahiufankh – Dd-ptH-iwf-anx Worker 2

with inscription (without vertical lines) and prince title

Deir el-Bahri - Cache I - Royal Cache DB320

Also known as Djedptahiwfankh, Djedptahioufankh, Zadptahefonkhou

The name means ‘Ptah has spoken and he lives

Djedptahiufankh is only known from his burial and mummy. He held the title of “Second prophet of Amen”, District Governor as well as “King’s Son of Ramesses” and “King...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1492860
Broad redware dish rim fragment depicting a very fine and detailed shrub with berries. The relief decoration was taken from a separate mold and applied to the almost flat rim.
The fragment belongs to the rim of a large dish with a calculated diameter of ca. 39 cm (15.4 in). A groove runs along the outer edge.
Ceramic
Roman, North Africa, 250-300 AD
L. 7.4 cm (2.9 in)
H. 5.1 cm (2 in)
D. (estimated) 39 cm (15.4 in)
Superb modeling. Minor flakes ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1492859
Greek black-glazed juglet of bag-shaped body, splayed rim and strap handle. Ring foot missing. Late 4th century BC
Xenon ware nestoris with conical body, short flaring rim and delicate peaked handles. Shoulder and belly decorated with panels in applied red color. Foot missing. Xenon ware, 400-350 BC
Single-handled Apulian drinking cup, with steep wall, slightly everted rim and restored handle. Standing on a low ring foot. Around 350 BC
Ceramic
Apulian, 4th century BC ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1492858
Two dishes with rounded wall and slightly incurved rim. One with pitted black glaze, standing on a bulged foot. The other unglazed.
Two more unglazed dishes with straight floor and bulged rim.
Ceramic
Campanian, late 4th century BC
D. 7.2 cm (2.8 in) to 12 cm (4.7 in)
Intact. Black glaze with surface wear, all with surface wear.
Swiss private collection. Glazed dish acquired in the German art market, September 2009.

The authenticity of the...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Prehistorical item #1492833
A pair of nicely patinated Thinbladed Danish neolithic axes dating to the 3rd mill BC.

Lot consist two almost completely polished axes. One is nearly perfectly symetrical, the other is an adze with a hollow-shaped edge.

Comes with old collection tag on the hollow-edged axe and finding place 'Køng' on the symetrical.

Sizes: c. 12 - 13 cm in length.

Condition: Nice Very fine, with beautiful grey patinas. Some minor chips as seen on pictures.

...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre 1700 item #1492832
A nice set of three Danish Neolithic sickles, dating to the 3rd mill BC.

Nicely executed crescent shaped sickles, made with the knapping technique known from the fistail daggers and lancet daggers from the same period.

Comes with collectors tags on all three sickles on the blades!

Sizes: c. 8,5-11 cm

Condition: Fine-Very fine. A nice lot with beautiful patinas and smaller chips.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–196...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1492819 (stock #CI.1)
Djedptahiufankh – Dd-ptH-iwf-anx Worker 2

with inscription (without vertical lines) and prince title

Deir el-Bahri - Cache I - Royal Cache DB320

Also known as Djedptahiwfankh, Djedptahioufankh, Zadptahefonkhou

The name means ‘Ptah has spoken and he lives

Djedptahiufankh is only known from his burial and mummy. He held the title of “Second prophet of Amen”, District Governor as well as “King’s Son of Ramesses” and “King...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1492749 (stock #m.13)
Origin: Egypt

Period: New Kingdom, 18th Dynastie

Date: ca. 1539 - 1292 B.C.E.

Material: Faience

Dimension: 1,9 cm.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1492748 (stock #S.22)
Shabti for Nes-Ta-Wedjat-Akhet

Exhibited:

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Drexel Institute Museum, 1895.

Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1916.

California, San Bernadino, University Art Gallery, 1992.

California, San Bernadino, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, 1997-2011.

Origin: Egypt

Period: Third Intermediate Period, 21st-22nd Dynasty,

Date: 1070-945 B.C.

Material: ...
Rare bronze and iron key, European, renaissance, c. 15th.-16th. century.

Very interesting bronze bow of a Gothic design and the stem and bit made of iron. Probably a cupboard key.

Size: 96 mm.

Condition: Very fine, lovely metal.

Ex. Important old Danish collection of keys.
Interesting early 16th. century renaissance / Gothic iron key with cut out sluts for a money cheast, c. 1500 AD.

The key with enforced bit with slots, decorated hollow stem with a thick collar and an oval gothic bow.

Size: 110 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine with interesting cuphrite surfaces from coppering.

Ex. Important old Danish collection of keys.
A nice and substantial Late Gothic type of chest or cupboard key, European, probably German, c. 1550 AD.

The key with enforced bit with slots, decorated hollow stem with fluted collar and an oval bow.

Size: 120 mm.

Condition: Very fine with interesting cuphrite surfaces from coppering, some light bend.

Ex. Important old Danish collection of keys.
A nice and substantial Late Gothic type of chest key, European, probably German, c. 1550 AD.

The key with enforced bit with slots, decorated hollow stem with fluted collar and an oval bow.

Size: 126 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine with interesting cuphrite surfaces from coppering.

Ex. Important old Danish collection of keys.
An interesting selection of substantial examples of mid-late Gothic period Europe, c. 14th.-16th. century.

The selection consists of a North-Scandinavian iron door handle (18.5 cm.) in a fine elaborate style, and two large finials or handles (27.3 cm. nearly 23 cm. long) finely decorated in Gothic style, Europe.

Condition: Fine intact condition, with nice patinas.

Ex. Danish Collection of keys - from the Roman period to the 17th. century.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1492722 (stock #m.12)
Origin: Egypt

Material: Faience

Dimension: 1,0 cm.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1492721 (stock #m.11)
Origin: Egypt

Material: Faience

Dimension: 1,6 cm.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical item #1492719 (stock #S.21)
Shabti for Padihoremheb

Oushebti inscrit sur une colonne ventrale au nom de Padihoremheb, fils de Isetherti, général. Il porte la perruque tripartite, la barbe postiche et les instruments aratoires en relief. Exemplaire atypique Faïence verte pâle sans glaçure incrusté de faïence mauve.

Origin: Egypt

Period: Late Period, 30. Dynastie

Date: 382-340 B.C.

Material: Fayence

Dimension: 13,5 cm.

You can...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1492716
A bracelet or arm ring, Ancient Near East, Median or early Achaemenid, c. 800-600 BC.

A nice somewhat cleaned bracelet of fine high quality silver with two stag heads as finials.

Size: c. 60 mm. in diameter and weighing 33.54 grams.

Ex. Cristian Spinu Private Collection, aquired at Artemission, London 2014.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Prehistorical item #1492715
A scarce set of four Danish Neolithic silex blades. Two daggers and two spear points, dating to Daggertime, 2200-2000 BC.

The blades are all very thin and skillfully knapped in antiquity. Two blades of lancet dagger type and two spear points / javelins.

Collectors tags on three of the blades!

Sizes: c. 8,6 -12,7 cm

Condition: Fine-Very fine. A nice lot with beautiful patinas. One of the spearpoints is repaired, as seen on pictures.

Provena...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Prehistorical item #1492714
A small set of three Danish Neolithic Axes, dating to 3rd-4th mill BC.

Lot consist of two polished and an unpolished axe.

The larger axe is a thinbutted type from the late 4th / early 3rd mill BC. The axe is almost completely polished on all four sides, which is a scarce feature. It also has writing in pencil the side - hard to read, though.

The two other axes are thinbladed in size and design.

Sizes: 12,5 - 15 cm

Condition: Nice Very fi...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Prehistorical item #1492713
A pair of nicely patinated Thinbladed Danish neolithic axes dating to the Singlegrave period, 3rd mill BC.

Lot consist of an unpolished, thinbutted type, and polished thickbutted type. But the smaller size indicates, that they were for a specific purpose in Antiquity, probably for precision wood-working.

Comes with old collection tag on the grey axe.

Sizes: c. 13 - 14 cm in length.

Condition: Nice Very fine, with beautiful patinas. Some minor chips as...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Prehistorical item #1492711
A pair of rare thin-bladed Danish Danish neolithic axes dating to 3rd mill BC.

Both axes have long, slim blades and sharp edges, almost like chisels but they are axes.

One axe is fully polished on the sides, the other is unpolished. Comes with old collection tag, and finding places written on the side. (Kirke Stillinge, 1938, and Moen)

Sizes: c. 14 - 14,3 cm in length.

Condition: Nice Very fine, with beautiful orange-brown patinas. Some chips as seen o...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Prehistorical item #1492710
An interesting selection of four Danish Neolithic axes, all dating to the 3rd. mill BC.

All axes are of the smaller, thinbladed type, that began to emerge and refine during the early 3rd mill. BC. Two axes / adzes with hollow edge and two nearly perfectly symmetrical. All are very nice examples of the neolithic toolbox.

Three axes come with old collection tags the one without has the finding date written (6/7 '38).

Sizes: up to 9,7 cm.

Condition: V...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Prehistorical item #1492709
An attractive large unpolished, thinbutted Danish neolithic axe dating to late 4th-early 3rd mill BC.

The axe is fully polished on the sides. The edge has been reknapped in Antiquity. Comes with old collection tag, and finding place/year witten on the side. (Kirke Stillinge, 1938)

Size: c. 20 cm. in length.

Condition: Very fine, re-sharpened in antiquity. An impressive axe with nice grey patination.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1492704
World Antiquities
$5,000.00
Egyptian bronze Osiris standing mammiform on integral plinth with suspension loop, hands folded holding scepter and flail, and wearing the Atef crown with Uraeus serpent. Nice green patina. Height 4 inches Plinth 1x1 inch Item was tested by 3rd party and shown to be authentic. Report can be requested. Purchased from a US collector in 1999.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Bronze : Pre AD 1000 item #1492702
World Antiquities
$6,000.00
Egyptian bronze striding of the jackal god Anubis wit 2 Uraeus cobras at his feet. Broken at the ankles and glued. Height 3 3/8 inches Base 1 5/8 x 5/8 inch Purchased from a private collector in the US in 1999. Item was tested and was found to be authentic. A copy of the report can be requested.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Byzantine : Pre 1492 item #1492684
Interesting stone roundel that we're researching at the moment, don't hesitate to send us your comments.

The roundel is flat and thick and carved in white crystalized marble. The obverse depicts a general or emperor, wearing an impressive helmet of ancient style, greek or Roman. The portrait style is probably late Roman, perhaps constantinian, but we're not certain. Greek inscription in low relief all around the portrait, most of it quite worn but the letters 'NSTA' can easily be r...
Senatus Consulto
$2,650.00
A very rare and large limestone sculptural head of Christ, French Scool, probably 11th. century to 12th. century, early in the period! This piece was bought in Albi and is reportedly from Tolouse.

Lovely archaic medieval features of the dead or suffering christ with his eyes closed. He is looking almost peacefully, with his head slightly twisted to a side and pronounced lips, a thin / hungry look and a short beard. The piece probably from a niche, with the reverse half-finished.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1492630 (stock #A129)
Authentic Ancient Holy Land. The Age of the Patriarch Abraham circa. 2000 B.C. Terracotta Oil lamp with four pinched sides to use for 4 wicks. Each spout would have held a wick which, soaked in combustible would have been lit to provide the brighter light in the house.

Provenance: Ex Private old Canadian collection of antiques and antiquities formed in the 1980s.

Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

MEASUREMENTS:

Width Approximately: 13 cm. (5.12 inches).

Height...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1492629 (stock #A128)
Authentic Ancient Holy Land. circa. 2000 - 1700 BC. Canaanite Terracotta Oil lamp with teardrop-shaped body with deep bowl and steep edges that curve slightly over at the top with pinched side to use for the wick.

Provenance: Ex Private old Canadian collection of antiques and antiquities formed in the 1980s.

Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

MEASUREMENTS:

Width approximately: 11 cm. (4.33 inches).

Height approximately: 4 cm. (1.57 inches).

CONDITION: Th...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1492628 (stock #A127)
Authentic Ancient Holy Land. circa.50 B.C to 50 A.D. Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great Terracotta Oil lamp with rounded, compressed body and short spout with flared nozzle with would have held a wick which, soaked in combustible would have been lit to provide the light in the house.

Provenance: Ex Private old Canadian collection of antiques and antiquities formed in the 1980s.

Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

MEASUREMENTS:

Overall length: 10 cm. (3.94 inches...