A very large amulet of the Wedjat or Wadjet type, 'The Eye of Ra', Late period, 660-332 BC.

Nicely glazed in three differnet colors and with horisontically drilled loop.

Size: 53 mm. long and 33 mm. tall.

Condition: About Very Fine, basically intact but with minor losses and wear to the glaze.

Ex German private collection T.R. (Düsseldorf before 1983). Comes with COA.

An interesting and beautiful bifacial seal, New Kingdom, reign of Amenhoteb the III, 14th. century BC.

The seal carved in brown steatite. A commemorative seal with one side dedicated to father of Amenhoteb II, Thutmosis III and engraved with his cartouche and throne name. The other side engraved with the name of Amenhoteb twice.

Size: 20 x 16 mm.

Condition: Extremely fine, nice patina and light deposits in the devices.

Ex. G. D...

Thin-walled creamware cup with narrow base, rounded body and slightly flared rim. Single strap handle from belly to rim. Bichrome linear decoration inside and out.
For a related example, cf. Beazley Database vase no. 1009801.
Ceramic
Daunian, 4th century BC
H. 8.7 cm (3.4 in)
D. 9.9 cm (3.9 in)
Intact and fine...

Attractive trapezoid style seal in fine transperant stone. Finely carved with Sin or worshipper of Sin/Nabo at the alter

Size: 22 mm. tall and 15-16 mm wide.

Condition: Good very fine, completely intact, nice patina.

This seal comes with a hard impression and COA.

Provenance: Ernst Grumach (1902 - 1967), Berlin.

Beuatiful and rare seal depicting a Hermes Caduceus and three naked people that seems to be dancing on each side.

Size: 11 mm.

Condition: Nice VF, few dents.

Ex. Private Collection of Jens Knudsen, Hamburg, from c. 1980-1998.

An unusually nice stamp seal in tranlucent agate, depicting a Ruler, between the symbols of the Sun and Moon, Sasanian, 3rd.-5th. century AD:

Accomplished portrait and scarce, the picture of the imprint does not do the seal real justice.

Size: c. 10 mm.

Condition: VF, intact with some minor chips to the edges.

This seal comes with a hard impression and COA.

Provenance: Ernst Grumach (1902 - 1967), Berlin.

A good style seal carved slightly concave in a hemaetite stone, first Babylonian dynasty, (Amorite), 1894–1595 BC.

A bearded God with scimitar, stands before Shamash, with another lesser deity behind raising her hands in supplication; A sun disc set in a crescent in the fields as a symbol of the gods of the Moon and Sun.

Reff. See Mrs William H. Moore Collection #56 for a similar depiction, inscribed for Shamash.

Size: 25 mm. tall and 11 mm...

Shabti for Priest Psamtek - Mer – Ptah

The frontal vertical text names Psamtek-Mer-Ptah, otherwise known as Imhotep, born to Nebresh (Mistress of Joy), with plain back pillar.

Origin: Egypt

Period: First Persian Period, 27th Dynasty,

Date: c. 525-380 B.C.

Material: Fayence

Dimension: 12,2 cm...

Attractive steatite scarab of the New Kingdom period, inscribed with the royal name / cartouche of Thutmosis III, 1504-1450 BC

Carved in greyish steatite with fine details of the beetle.

Size: 16 mm. long.

Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with a microscopic chip to the edge, patina with web-like crackles.

Ex. G. D. collection, Berlin and Bavaria, aquired between 1930 and 1970.

Comes with COA and hard imprint!

An interesting scarab carved and polished in steatite stone, probably New Kingdom or earlier, 18th.-14th. cent. BC.

The somewhat stylized scarab finely carved in the base with an eye form.

Size: 14 mm.

Condition: Completely intact, nice Very fine with old deposits.

Ex. G. D. collection, Berlin and Bavaria, aquired between 1930 and 1970.

Comes with COA and hard imprint!

A finely carved cylinder seal in brown serpentine stone, Mesopotamia, Neo-Assyrian Empire, c. 9th.-8th. cent. BC.

The seal is carved with an interesting beast, probably winged horse or Bull beside a large rosette symbol of the Sun-God. Attractive!

Size: 22 mm. and 11 mm. thick.

Condition: Near Extremely fine.

Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with original imprint and COA.

The great god with mace in front of lesser interceding goddess. UR III, late 3rd millennium BC.

Attractive larger two-coloured white stone, probably a sort of marble.

Size: 26 mm. tall and 14 mm. thick.

Condition: Nice Very fine, completely intact with fine wear.

Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with original imprint and COA.

Interesting cylinder seal in black stone with a warrior holding a spear in a running stance inside two rows of running animals, Old Assyrian, Early 2nd mill. BC.

Size: c. 17 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with fine wear and deposits.

Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with original imprint and COA.

Finely carved steatite stone scarab of the New Kingdom, 16th. century BC- 11th. century BC.

Interesting hieroglyph of a Lotus flower..(?)

Size: c. 17 mm. long.

Condition: Good Very fine, intact and very choice!

Ex. G. D. collection, Berlin and Bavaria, aquired between 1930 and 1970.

Comes with COA and hard imprint!

A lovely large amulet carved as a mouse in white calcite, drilled for the eyes and with a drill through the body for mounting it on a string. Mesopotamia, Uruk-Jemdet Nasr, 3300-2900 BC.

Finely shaped archaic version of a mouse with some strange engravings below the base.

Size: 36 mm. long.

Condition: Nice Very fine and intact.

Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with COA.

A large and rare stamp seal made in a superbly polished beige-white stone, South Mesopotamia, Late Uruk / Jemdet Nasr period, 3300-2900 BC.

Domed hemispheric seal with a very slight gable, carving of multiple running animals in fine drill style in the base.

Size: 31 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Good Very fine.

Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with COA and our hard imprint.

The cylinder seal is carved in fine white-beige stone, and can be dated to Mesopotamia, Late Jemdet Nasr period, c. 3000-2900 BC. (Collon, period 1B).

The impressive seal is carved with 4 horned animals in very deep relief all the way around the thick cylinder.

Size: 30 mm. tall and 24 mm. wide.

Condition: Very fine, intact with some wear and corrosion and quite attractive.

Ex. Private Collection of Jens Knudsen, Hamburg, from c. 1980-1998...

A splendid large steatite scarab from the New Kingdom, 16th. century BC- 11th. century BC.

The scarab is carved with a vase (?) flanked by a pair of hieroglyphs for the Cobra / Uraeus and further down the scarab beetle finely outlined in between hieroglyphs. The scarab is also finely carved on the back and with tiny details of body, head and legs. Note also the cylindrical finials for the horisontical drill.

Size: 22 mm. long and 16 mm...