Another interesting larger stamp in fine calchedony, quaranteed ancient.
Size: 22 mm. tall and 18 mm. wide.
Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
Late Period, 27th/30th Dynasty, 554 - 332 BC - Egypt
Material: Faience
Size: ca. 11,6 cm - ca. 4,50 inches
Provenance: German private collection befor 1980
Late Period, 27th/30th Dynasty, 554 - 332 BC - Egypt
Condition: look at pictures
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This fantastic ancient weapon is a bronze dagger or spear from Luristan - ancient Northern Iran circa 1200 BC. This piece is heavy and stable. It has a leaf shaped blade with a strong midrib. The tang tapers to a small 90 degree bend.It has a wonderful patina including malachite and azurite encrustations. This would be a marvelous addition to any collection.It measures just over 26 cm in length and weighs208 grams.
A lovely large gable form stamp seal, with finding place given as Amúng Ebene (Antioch) in the eastern-most Anatolia / Western Mesopotamia.
Finely engraved in high relief with a Mountain Goat in high relief among symbols and birds.
Size: 27 mm. wide and 25 mm. tall, 9 mm...
A pair of elaborate filigree openwork earrings, Viking age, c. 800-1000 AD.
Size: c. 2,2 cm. in diameter.
Condition: Fine for type, with losses to the bows, patina.
Ex. Dutch auction sale and private collection
BLACK POTTERY JUG
PHOENICIAN BURNISHED POTTERY PITCHER
IRON AGE, 1000 – 700 BC
Nicely made with a globular body, flat base and a funnel-shaped neck with a rim folded outwards.
Dimensions:
Height: 15 cm
Diameter: 19 cm
Height on stand: 19 cm
Condition: Good condition with nice earthy patina
Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel
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# 9467
Ancient egypt Dove - shaped bird made of blue glass with white threads
See Corning, Smith Coll. 1957, no. 512
Origin: Egypt
Period: 8th - 10th Dynasty
Material: Glass
Dimension: H 4.2 cm, L 10 cm...
A wonderful symethric style scarab of stylized form, Second Intermediate Period, Hyksos Period, Dynasty 15th -17th. 1786 – 1650 BC.
Interesting type with fish inside bullseye oval.
Size: 17 mm.
Condition: Nice VF, attractive brown patina and intact with some minor chipping.
Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973)...
Beautifully shaped oinochoe covered with a black metallic glossy varnish of excellent quality.
The flat shoulder decorated with radiating strokes in applied red. The body with a meander and a wavy line with circles in the interstices. The handle area framed by vertical lines.
The high swung handle arching from the trefoil mouth to the shoulder.
The concise modeling orientates on jugs made in metal.
For a closely related vase, cf. acc. no...
An ancient-medieval bronze bowl of the high tin content 'white bronze' type with engravings of the Gaznavids, dating to c. 10th-11th. century AD.
A massive bowl, likely a food bowl for really large parties. The interior of the bowl is almost completely covered with fine azurite patina and when cleaned would reveal the fine design of incised circles-dots (bulls-eye) and perhaps hexacons as well; the exterior is cleaned and plain.
Size: 24 cm. wide and 8 cm...
A lovely Epigraphic pottery bowl with fine style Cufic caligraphy, Islamic Samenid Dynasty, ca. 9th.-10th. century.
A massive conical bowl both wide and tall and decorated with wonderful caligraphy in black on white glaze.
Size: Near 32 cm. wide and 12 cm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine for this rare type and large size. Restored from few larger fragments, some repainted in the joint-areas, perhaps some strengthening, but very good original crackled glaze...
A scarce specimen of a Danish Neolithic Axe with a pointed neck, dating to 3500-2500 BC.
This type of axe were one of the early developments from the from the primitive core axes of the hunters and gatherers. It is found alongside the thinbutted axes, and most finds are in the eastern parts of Denmark.
This specimen is unpolished, could be an unfinished 'prework'...
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.
An important and very interesting medieval floor tile, of a 13th.-14th. century English type, used in Noble houses, churches and monasteries in the period.
Size: 13,5-14 cm. on each side and very thick.
Condition: Intact and choice, with minimal detoriation of the glaze.
Ex. Private collection of the art dealer and collector, Jens Larsen, with gallery in Møntergade, Copenhagen, 1950s-2012.
Excellent and rare two-coloured and two-sided Egyptian faience open-worked Wedjat Eye.
Date: Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st - 25th Dynasty, ca. 1069 - 525 B.C.
Material: Faience
Size: ca. 2,7 cm; c. 1.06 inches
Condition: intact
Provenance: old French collection, formed before 1960
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This is an Achaean archer's arrowhead that was crafted in bronze using the V-shaped tanged technique. It belongs to the type VII c category and dates back to the Bronze Age, which lasted from 1500 B.C. until the final phases of the Mycenaean period in 1100 B.C. Ancient Greek archers commonly used this type of arrowhead during the Trojan War.
REFERENCES: For related Greek - Achaean's V-shaped tanged arrowhead, please see:
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A fine Grecco -Persian bronze spearhead, later 1st mill BC.
The blade with slim shoulders and central midrib. The sharp edges of the blade slope into a long, folded conical socket with an opening at the back and a straight.
Size: 34,5 cm - socket is about 18 cm.
Condition: Choice - cleaned somewhat hard, but still with nice red and green patina, as shown on photos.
Ex Private Collection.
A fine and substantial Roman terra sigillata pitcher, probably Nothern Africa, c. 4th. cent. AD.
Attractive vessel in a nice redish colour, low slung discus-shaped type, probably for wine.
Size: 16 cm. tall and 15,5 cm. wide of the fat belly.
Condition: Good Very fine, much preserved red slip and only a few tiny chips to the very rim.
Ex. Dr. Heim Collection (1950s-1980s), ex Hirsch auctions 2019