Ancient Egyptian late period c 664-343 bc bronze amulet figure of the god Osiris with heavy patina . Size H 3" the figure stands on a beautiful ancient Roman or mediterranean glass bead with red and yellow banding.
Roman bronze figure of Eros, He is holding a bag of some kind under his left arm and his right arm extended out and at one time had something in his hand now just a hole where the piece fit in remains , This piece has a nice dark brown patina and some mineral deposits. The surface has been worn down from years of handling .
According to tradition which was made by Eratosthenes, Eros was principally the patron of male love, while Aphrodite ruled the love between men and women...
Daunian bag-shaped vessel enhanced with a carefully rendered female protome just below the straight rim. The head with large lentoid earrings (?) and a necklace: the hair painted blue, short strokes along the body.
A rounded strainer type spout at rear and a strap handle to the side.
Buff colored vessel with red-brown and dark blue bands, a band of diamonds around the belly.
For further bird-like female protomes cf. items no. 36, 39, 46 and 49 in: J. Chamay, Ch. Courtois...
A very beautiful and rare bronze mace head, Western Asian, dating to the 2nd. millenium BC
A rare Luristan bronze mace head. The upper body with a segmented swelling, bordered by bands, interesting large discus at each end, makes it a very rare type.
Size: ca. 129 mm. high and massive.
Condition: Superb, with excellent brown and green patina - a gem!
Provenance: Old Danish private Collection (Hans Henningsen), bought in the 1980s in London.
Ancient Greek Tanagra head fragment , the clay buff color with a smooth texture, appears to be a male. Possibly Alexander the Great. Size 2"
Egyptian Amarna New Kingdom 18th-19th Dynasty Fiance highly detailed molded bead in green , good condition c 1300 BC. Size over 1/2"
Ancient Roman glass eye bead . This bead made of wound glass with mosaic glass inset eyes (2.5) the bead is black glass the "whites" are in dirty white and the pupils are in black . Slight chip to the top fantastic bead c 100 Ad-300 AD , size almost 1/2"
Egyptian Amarna New Kingdom 18th-19th Dynasty Fiance highly detailed molded bead in green , good condition c 1300 BC. Size over 1/2"
Egyptian Amarna New Kingdom 18th-19th Dynasty Fiance highly detailed molded bead , good condition c 1300 BC. Size over 1/2"
Ancient Islamic zig zag wound glass bead black and yellow 900-1100 AD, solid stable almost 1/2"
Ancient banded agate bead Roman - Persian 100 BC- 300 AD great condition. Size 15mm by 7 mm
Rare Persian- Islamic black and yellow wound core glass bead . the bead made of black glass and a wound yellow zig zag, condition undamaged and smooth. Size 18-11 mm
Ancient Roman terracotta oil lamp with molded designs around the shoulder . The end of the lamp has a loss to the handle and burn marks at the wick opening. Size almost 3" w 2.5"
Imperial Roman Marble corbel 1st-3rd C AD, beautiful piece with a fish scale pattern and fine tendril floral detail on the sides . One of the major auction houses in New York city thought this may have come from the Forum in Rome . Size L 18" W 7.5" H 10" weight approximately 75 pounds. This will be packed and shipped by the UPS Store.
From old Mid west Estate
Ancient Islamic threaded glass evil eye protection bead in black and yellow 300 Ad-1000 AD. . Wearable stable , size almost 3/4"
Ancient Islamic threaded glass evil eye protection bead 300 Ad-1000 AD. Well made and nearly perfect condition with the delicate threads undamaged. Wearable stable , size almost 3/4"
Ancient Roman glass evil eye protection bead, the eye bead done in green body with red white black then yellow eye. Well done in great condition and wearable . Size 1/2" by 1/2"
Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Faience and Glass beads, various sizes . Nice lot beautiful blue beads.