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 | Antique Tibetan painted wood image of Green Tara Bodhisattva |
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 | AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ALABASTER FIGURE OF A MAN |
 | Egyptian nacklace with faience beads and Shu amulet. - c. 19,89 inches |
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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical
item #1489395
(stock #m.2)
A.v.d.B Egyptian Artefacts
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Unlike the typical amulet form, this small statuette was presented as a votive offering.
The light blue faience figure depicts the goddess Isis nursing her son, Horus.
She is seated on her throne resting her feet on an integral plinth, wearing a tripartite wig fronted by a uraeus, crowned by the throne hieroglyph.
Her son Horus is depicted nude while seated on her lap.
Provenance: Old German collection befor 1983...
The light blue faience figure depicts the goddess Isis nursing her son, Horus.
She is seated on her throne resting her feet on an integral plinth, wearing a tripartite wig fronted by a uraeus, crowned by the throne hieroglyph.
Her son Horus is depicted nude while seated on her lap.
Provenance: Old German collection befor 1983...
JFF Ancient Art
€1,180.00
€1,180.00
An ancient Jemdet Nasr cylinder seal from the famous Erlenmeyer collection.
This is a typical Jemdet Nasr cylinder seal of the "seated women“ or „pigtailed“ group and are often made of red or pinkish limestone. The amulet was bought from Galerie Günter Puhze and will come with their CoA.
This is a typical Jemdet Nasr cylinder seal of the "seated women“ or „pigtailed“ group and are often made of red or pinkish limestone. The amulet was bought from Galerie Günter Puhze and will come with their CoA.
For comparable ones see:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 62.70.74
British Museum, BM/Big number: 89355 or 129598
Date: Late Uruk - Jemdet Nasr, ca...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Coins : Pre AD 1000
item #1375985
(stock #C.8282)
AWEIDAH GALLERY - JERUSALEM BASED GALLERY
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ANCIENT ROMAN BRONZE COIN OF EMPEROR CONSTANTINE
(A.D...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1479990
Senatus Consulto
$115.00
$115.00
A nice seal carved in in a black stone, Anatolia or Western Mesopotamian, c. 3rd.-2nd. mill. BC.
An oval gable or a scaraboid shape and carved with a Cross inside a trangle and rays around.
Size: 21 mm. wide over the base and 10 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, minor flawls.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 2004...
An oval gable or a scaraboid shape and carved with a Cross inside a trangle and rays around.
Size: 21 mm. wide over the base and 10 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, minor flawls.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 2004...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1471860
Impressive red stone Jasper Gable seal, Greater Mesopotamia,, probably a Levantine workshop, 4th. millenium BC.
A nice depiction of either a hering pattern or a stylized scorpio?
Size: 33 mm. long.
Condition: Near Very Fine, some minor losses to edges...
A nice depiction of either a hering pattern or a stylized scorpio?
Size: 33 mm. long.
Condition: Near Very Fine, some minor losses to edges...
Senatus Consulto
$150.00
$150.00
Early European iron key with a complicated slot with a cross and a round bow, typical for the medieval period.
The key can be dated to the 13th.-14th. century, Northern European.
Size: 13,5 cm.
Condition:_ Choice and nice metal, hairline crack at the bow, but sound.
Ex. Private collection of the art dealer and collector, Jens Larsen, with gallery in Møntergade, Copenhagen, 1950s-2012.
The key can be dated to the 13th.-14th. century, Northern European.
Size: 13,5 cm.
Condition:_ Choice and nice metal, hairline crack at the bow, but sound.
Ex. Private collection of the art dealer and collector, Jens Larsen, with gallery in Møntergade, Copenhagen, 1950s-2012.
Zentner Collection
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
Ancient Roman figure of a standing woman sculpted of terra cotta and with traces of slip pigment. In accordance with the fashion of the time, she is in the process of wrapping her breasts in a strophium, rolling the band of linen around her with her right hand while holding it in place with her left. Her lower body is draped in flowing robes tied at her hips. Her hair is appropriately styled and she wears earrings and a bracelet...
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Scarce and attractive steatite scarab of the New Kingdom period, inscribed with the royal name / cartouche of Seti I, 1294-1279 BC.
Carved in greyish steatite with fine details of the beetle and inscribed with 'men ka re'. Thanks to a good collector friend reassigned from Thutmosis (men kheper re)
Size: c. 15 mm. long.
Condition: Extremely fine, particularly sharp and finely preserved specimen, patina with web-like crackles.
Ex. P...
Carved in greyish steatite with fine details of the beetle and inscribed with 'men ka re'. Thanks to a good collector friend reassigned from Thutmosis (men kheper re)
Size: c. 15 mm. long.
Condition: Extremely fine, particularly sharp and finely preserved specimen, patina with web-like crackles.
Ex. P...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000
item #1475006
(stock #03072023B)
Oldbailey Antiques
$895.00
$895.00
A very well cast and finely detailed bronze applique, circa the 2nd Century AD. In excellent condition, with clear facial features. The piece is 2" in width and 1-3/4" in height. Beautiful, original patina.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000
item #1451760
Ostracon Ancient Art
$420.00
$420.00
Highly stylized female figure carved from a piece of bone. The prominent head with two deep vertical incisions that delimit the sides of the nose and of the pursed lips. Swiftly incised horizontal lines to delineate the brow and the chin. The eyes and other details may have been painted.
Deep incisions across the chest, marked lines around the waist. Drilled holes to the sides of the breasts, to thread through a piece of string to attach separate arms...
Deep incisions across the chest, marked lines around the waist. Drilled holes to the sides of the breasts, to thread through a piece of string to attach separate arms...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1471881
A larger hemispheric stone seal with a dome and elaborate line below the drilling on the top, Mesopotamian, Uruk period c. 4000-3000 BC.
The seal is carved with a later version of the archaic 'grit' pattern, where it looks like horisontical script-lines. Very nicely made in an attractive and very hard green-black stone.
Size: 28 mm. in diameter, 14-15 mm...
The seal is carved with a later version of the archaic 'grit' pattern, where it looks like horisontical script-lines. Very nicely made in an attractive and very hard green-black stone.
Size: 28 mm. in diameter, 14-15 mm...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$460.00
$460.00
Corinthian type skyphos of conical form with slightly curved wall...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$750.00
$750.00
Etruscan bucchero olpe with ovoid body, truncated conical neck and lightly flared lip. The strap handle arching from rim to shoulder. Standing on a low ring base.
Bucchero ware was the distinct local pottery type of ancient Etruria. The black clay was created reducing the supply of oxygen in the smoke-filled atmosphere of the kiln.
Rasmussen type 1b. The shape is fairly popular in bucchero for a short time period.
Ceramic
Etruscan, 625-575 BC
H. to handle 16....
Bucchero ware was the distinct local pottery type of ancient Etruria. The black clay was created reducing the supply of oxygen in the smoke-filled atmosphere of the kiln.
Rasmussen type 1b. The shape is fairly popular in bucchero for a short time period.
Ceramic
Etruscan, 625-575 BC
H. to handle 16....
Senatus Consulto
$145.00
$145.00
A fine decorated bronze beaker, late Roman or Byzantine, ca. 5th.-8th. century AD.
The beaker with a high foot and conical shape as typical for late Roman and early medieval types; it's decorated with concenthric lines in the upperpart and slots that looks like key-holes on the lower part.
Size: 4,5 cm.
Condition: Intact, with attractive green patina.
The beaker with a high foot and conical shape as typical for late Roman and early medieval types; it's decorated with concenthric lines in the upperpart and slots that looks like key-holes on the lower part.
Size: 4,5 cm.
Condition: Intact, with attractive green patina.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pottery : Prehistorical
item #1421366
(stock #m01042.2)
Painting on Egyptian pottery is not very common before the New Kingdom (1550-1069 BC), but appears often in the late 18th Dynasty. This blue-decorated pottery was first recognised on a bigger scale at the palace of king Amenhotep III (1388-1351/50 BC). This sherd probably comes from the palace site at Tell el-Amarna, built by Amenhotep III's son, king Akenaten
Amarna period painted vessels were mostly storage jars made from Nile-silt clay and would originally have contained luxury li...
Amarna period painted vessels were mostly storage jars made from Nile-silt clay and would originally have contained luxury li...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Glass : Pre AD 1000
item #1376478
(stock #1582)
AWEIDAH GALLERY - JERUSALEM BASED GALLERY
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ROMAN GLASS FLASK
Roman period, 100 – 300 AD
Roman period, 100 – 300 AD
Globular body with a concave base
“Would have been used to carry perfumed oils and ointments”
Dimensions:
Height: 7.5 cm
Diameter: 5.5 cm
Condition: Good condition with beautiful patina as found
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000
item #1355825
(stock #3867)
AWEIDAH GALLERY - JERUSALEM BASED GALLERY
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BRONZE DAGGER WITH A DECORATED HANDLE
BRONZE AGE, PERSIA, 1200 – 800 BC
BRONZE AGE, PERSIA, 1200 – 800 BC
Beautifully made with remains of limestone inlay on the handle, untouched as found.
This fantastic weapon has survived intact and enjoys a gorgeous green crystalized patina and age related encrustation
Dimensions:
Length: 34.5 cm
Width: 2.5 cm
Height on stand: 32.5 cm
Condition: Intact, not repaired and not restored
Nicely mounted on a customs acrylic “Plexi-g...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1488618
Senatus Consulto
$425.00
$425.00
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.
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.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000
item #1375958
(stock #420)
AWEIDAH GALLERY - JERUSALEM BASED GALLERY
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POTTERY COOKING POT
HOLY LAND – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great
HOLY LAND – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great
Measurements:
Height: 22 cm
Diameter: 23 cm
Height on stand: 30 cm
Condition: Repaired from large fragments
Found near Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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Antiquities are valuable because of their historical ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000
item #902158
Explorer Ancient Art
$239.00
$239.00
Fragmentary figure of Serapis. With thick wavy hair and thick beard. 2nd/3rd Century A.D. 3 inches high. Mounted. Old Belgian collection. Serapis was an Egyptian god whose devotees united the worship of the Apis bull and the god Osiris. His cult, which originated at Memphis, rose to its greatest significance at Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy I.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Etruscan : Pre AD 1000
item #1488400
(stock #G24)
Horizon Ancient Arts
USD $1,200.00
USD $1,200.00
Etruscan Bucchero oenochoe (wine-pitcher), c. 550 BC, thin-walled (sottile), probably from South Etruria. Burnished smooth with black-to-tan color added. Part of one handle and part of the lip reattached 12.75” (32 cm) tall. A small piece on the bottom wasn’t filled so that one can see inside the piece. It was low-fired and is much more fragile than a high-fired piece. Do not hold it by its handles.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000
item #1469580
Senatus Consulto
$285.00
$285.00
A nice larger terracotta fertility figure of female form, Bajaur (Indus Valley), c. 3000-2500 BC.
A hollow mould-made Indus Valley red terracotta statuette modelled in a stylised manner with applied facial features of birdlike form. Also with applied arms and beasts on the cone-shaped body.
Size: 14,5 cm. tall and 8 cm. wide.
Condition: Very fine for type, a few losses to the applications in antiquity, no modern repairs and with nice patina.
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A hollow mould-made Indus Valley red terracotta statuette modelled in a stylised manner with applied facial features of birdlike form. Also with applied arms and beasts on the cone-shaped body.
Size: 14,5 cm. tall and 8 cm. wide.
Condition: Very fine for type, a few losses to the applications in antiquity, no modern repairs and with nice patina.
Ex Antiqui...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical
item #1481785
(stock #CII.15)
A.v.d.B Egyptian Artefacts
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Mehunedjem Type 1 – mHw-nDm
Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun.
Also known as Mehounedjem, Mehtaunedjem
The name means ‘The pleasant North-wind’
During the evacuation of the Bab el Gasus cache, Bouriant registered Mehunedjem on his shabtis list. We only know of this person’s existence from the shabtis that were found
Mehunedjem is one of the persons from the B&G cache, who cannot be matched with any of t...
Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun.
Also known as Mehounedjem, Mehtaunedjem
The name means ‘The pleasant North-wind’
During the evacuation of the Bab el Gasus cache, Bouriant registered Mehunedjem on his shabtis list. We only know of this person’s existence from the shabtis that were found
Mehunedjem is one of the persons from the B&G cache, who cannot be matched with any of t...
Hundred and One Antiques
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
Ancient solid silver belt plaque from the Scytho-Siberian (Siberian Scythian) civilization, dating back to the 5th-3rd century B.C. The plaque is shaped like a crouching feline, possibly a leopard, and has two loops at the back for attachment. The loops are made of silver strips soldered to the plaque's rear. The plaque was cast and then hand-reshaped using the repousse technique. Additionally, it was pierced and chased to create its intricate design.
MEASUREMENTS:
Overall length in a...
An exquisite Roman marble head of Satyr, dated from 1st-2nd Centuries AD
Facial features reveal attractive young chubby male face with snub nose; lips slightly parted and mouth agape revealing teeth. Prominent cheekbones lidded almond-shaped eyes under shaggy eyebrows and gnarled furrowed forehead. Luxurious thick curling hair, wearing a wreath of overlapping ivy leaves, the back of the wreath joined together with strap.
The Roman Satyr was goat-like from waist down, with a man’s...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000
item #1492620
(stock #A142)
Hundred and One Antiques
$500.00
$500.00
Ancient Roman red terracotta ware from the 2nd-3rd centuries A.D. "Terra sigillata," an offering bowl of typical rounded form, with averted rim, incised with circular lines, resting on a low ring base. This type of red terracotta ware was made throughout the Roman Empire between the 1st and 5th centuries A.D.
"Terra sigillata" is a fine type of Roman ceramic, coveted for its smooth, red slipped finish that emerged around 40 B.C. in Arretium (modern Arezzo) in central Italy and had an enormo...
Explorer Ancient Art
$820.00
$820.00
Salmon-colored "Plastic" head of a feline, with defined eyes, alert ears, whiskers and feline expression. Vent hole on back. 2 5/8 inches high. 6th Century BC. Originally acquired from Royal Athena gallery, ex. Dr. Jean Laufenburger, Geneva.
‘Plastic vases’ are vessels made in figural shapes, including animal figures. Their name derives from the Greek verb plassein meaning ‘to mould’. These vessels were especially popular in the Greek world during the middle of the 7th century BC to ...
Senatus Consulto
$100.00
$100.00
A lot of 4 lovely points in fine hardstones and silex from the private collection of P.F. Wulff. We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!
Two of four points are carved in scarce translucent hardstone, probably agate, and two probably in silex. One is Paleo-Indian from c. 10.000-8000 BC and others can probably be dated to the 2nd.-1st. millenium BC. Very hard material and amazing that they could...
Two of four points are carved in scarce translucent hardstone, probably agate, and two probably in silex. One is Paleo-Indian from c. 10.000-8000 BC and others can probably be dated to the 2nd.-1st. millenium BC. Very hard material and amazing that they could...
Senatus Consulto
$1,650.00
$1,650.00
An early, and thus rare, intact pottery figure of a lady with raised arms, Greek, likely Soutth-Italian workshop, ca. 4th. century BC.
Impressive large mouldmade figure; She has long hair and is wearing a necklace.
Size: 23,3 cm. tall.
Condition: Superb! Perfectly preserved with it's original white pigments and uncleaned sediments.
Ex. Old private collection, aquired before 1980.
Impressive large mouldmade figure; She has long hair and is wearing a necklace.
Size: 23,3 cm. tall.
Condition: Superb! Perfectly preserved with it's original white pigments and uncleaned sediments.
Ex. Old private collection, aquired before 1980.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1405651
Senatus Consulto
$295.00
$295.00
Very large and impressive early Dynastic or pre-dynastic stamp seal, Mesopotamia, ca. late 4th.-early 3rd. millenium BC.
The seal hemispheric, drilled through the top in a greenish-black stone with a high relief engraving of a 4-legged animal.
Size: 30 mm. in diameter and 16,5 mm. high.
Condition: Choice, fine patina and wear but intact.
Ex. German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards.
Comes with collectors own notes a...
The seal hemispheric, drilled through the top in a greenish-black stone with a high relief engraving of a 4-legged animal.
Size: 30 mm. in diameter and 16,5 mm. high.
Condition: Choice, fine patina and wear but intact.
Ex. German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards.
Comes with collectors own notes a...
Senatus Consulto
$195.00
$195.00
An attractive unpolished, thinbladed Danish neolithic axe dating to late 4th-early 3rd mill BC.
Very nicely knapping details on the sides and old collection tag - Found at Mols, Jylland.
Size: c. 17,4 cm. in length.
Condition: Good VF, choice axe with a lovely brown patina. a few minor chips.
Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI and WWII at Sværdborg mose (eng. marsh) and Køng mose at Southern Z...
Very nicely knapping details on the sides and old collection tag - Found at Mols, Jylland.
Size: c. 17,4 cm. in length.
Condition: Good VF, choice axe with a lovely brown patina. a few minor chips.
Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI and WWII at Sværdborg mose (eng. marsh) and Køng mose at Southern Z...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1491977
Senatus Consulto
$125.00
$125.00
A choice and attractive stamp seal of the late Ubaid period in black serpentine, Northern Mesopotamia, c. 5th.-4th. mill. BC.
Round and thick with a low handle and a complicated cruciform with angles engraved in the base.
Size: 22 in diameter x 15 mm. tall.
Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable...
Round and thick with a low handle and a complicated cruciform with angles engraved in the base.
Size: 22 in diameter x 15 mm. tall.
Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable...
JFF Ancient Art
€1,880.00
€1,880.00
Luristan Master of Animals Idol Sceptre Standard Finial
A really nice upper part of a bronze standard depicting the Master of Animals on both sides. This piece comes with an antique custom made box which can also be used as a stand. An old tag with the collection number 345 is attached to the final.
The Master of Animals was a supernatural being, highly respected as a protector of game,
the ruler of the forest, and the guardian of the animal kingdom. We see a human figure
...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1476163
Senatus Consulto
$375.00
$375.00
A large and interesting interesting cylinder seal in greyish-black stone, Western Mesopotamia, 4th. millenium BC.
Thre central deities, bulls eyes and a snake!
Size: 27 mm. tall and 15 mm. wide, which gives an impressive large imprint.
Condition: Nice Very fine or better, intact with minor wear. Attractive seal and imprint!
This seal comes with hard impression and ID card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Obe...
Thre central deities, bulls eyes and a snake!
Size: 27 mm. tall and 15 mm. wide, which gives an impressive large imprint.
Condition: Nice Very fine or better, intact with minor wear. Attractive seal and imprint!
This seal comes with hard impression and ID card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Obe...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical
item #1365059
(stock #A4383)
New Kingdom (1550–1077 BC)
Material: faience
Size: ca. 3,2 cm c. 1,26 inches
Condition: look picture and video
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Provenance:
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The seller will take care that any necessary permits will be arranged.
The authenticity of the item is unconditionally guaranteed.
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RED SLIP POTTERY WINE PITCHER
CANAANITE, Early Bronze Age, 3100 – 2700 BC
CANAANITE, Early Bronze Age, 3100 – 2700 BC
Beautiful Abydos ware burnished wine jug with a long neck, large handle and funnel-shaped mouth and a flat base.
Dimensions:
Height: 21 cm
Width: 12 cm
Found in Jericho, Israel
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Abydos ware (a-BY-dos ware)
Pottery of Canaanite (Syro-Palestinian) origin found in the royal tombs of the First and Sec...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000
item #1474941
Ostracon Ancient Art
$540.00
$540.00
Sheet silver in the shape of a bearded man wearing a cloak rendered with diagonal folds.
Carefully embossed head with soft classical features, heavy moustache and beard and curled hair surrounded by a row of dots.
Pierced nipples, holes for fixation.
Silver
Eastern Mediterranean, 5th/4th Century BC
H. 9.3 cm (3.7 in)
Appealing item with missing extremities. Wrinkles along the neck and the waist.
Gerhard Hirsch Auktionen, Munich (Germany), Septembe...
Carefully embossed head with soft classical features, heavy moustache and beard and curled hair surrounded by a row of dots.
Pierced nipples, holes for fixation.
Silver
Eastern Mediterranean, 5th/4th Century BC
H. 9.3 cm (3.7 in)
Appealing item with missing extremities. Wrinkles along the neck and the waist.
Gerhard Hirsch Auktionen, Munich (Germany), Septembe...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$440.00
$440.00
Nice Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos decorated with red-brown bands and lines. Two bands below the shoulder enhanced with lines in applied red. Tongue pattern on the shoulder. The base with a small cavity below.
For a related example, cf. Beazley Pottery database no. 1009975 (vase no. 1)
Ceramic
Etruscan, 620-580 BC
H. 9.3 cm (3.7 in)
Strap handle and small area of the disk rim restored. Otherwise intact, light surface wear.
Swiss private collection Ticino,...
For a related example, cf. Beazley Pottery database no. 1009975 (vase no. 1)
Ceramic
Etruscan, 620-580 BC
H. 9.3 cm (3.7 in)
Strap handle and small area of the disk rim restored. Otherwise intact, light surface wear.
Swiss private collection Ticino,...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000
item #1487433
(stock #R13)
Horizon Ancient Arts
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An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1200 BC. It is 9/16” long (14 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
Senatus Consulto
$385.00
$385.00
A set with fine patinas, all dating to the 3rd. millenium BC.
In an old Danish collection we found these three harvesting tools in patinated silex that goes so well together in this lot.
Size: 6,8-7,8 cm.
Condition: Extremely fine to about Mint conditions, with nice patinas!
Ex. Karl Hougaard collection, formerly in other old danish collections.
This item comes with a standard export license, when shipped outside Denmark. The license will ...
In an old Danish collection we found these three harvesting tools in patinated silex that goes so well together in this lot.
Size: 6,8-7,8 cm.
Condition: Extremely fine to about Mint conditions, with nice patinas!
Ex. Karl Hougaard collection, formerly in other old danish collections.
This item comes with a standard export license, when shipped outside Denmark. The license will ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1490345
Senatus Consulto
$375.00
$375.00
A very attractive Sassanian stamp seal carved with an animal with it's turned back, a trident symbol and a fine long line of Pahlevi script above.
Finely inscribed seal in a mottled hard stone.
Size: c. 15 mm. wide and 13 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine.
Ex. German private collection, Ex. Gerard Hirsch Nachfolger Auctionhouse. Comes with our COA and hard imprint.
Finely inscribed seal in a mottled hard stone.
Size: c. 15 mm. wide and 13 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine.
Ex. German private collection, Ex. Gerard Hirsch Nachfolger Auctionhouse. Comes with our COA and hard imprint.
Ostracon Ancient Art
$2,600.00
$2,600.00
Large kylix with the sketchily depiction of a woman in the tondo. The lady takes a smell at a flower in front of her face. The style is cursory, the details keenly applied with a brush.
Singular Italic imitation of a Greek cup, executed by a local artist of limited experience.
For a comparable cup from the Peucetian settlement of Ruvo, cf. fig. 6.6 in: Ada Riccardi. The Italic People of Ancient Apulia. Cambridge 2014.
The firing process was stopped too late turning to a warm...
Singular Italic imitation of a Greek cup, executed by a local artist of limited experience.
For a comparable cup from the Peucetian settlement of Ruvo, cf. fig. 6.6 in: Ada Riccardi. The Italic People of Ancient Apulia. Cambridge 2014.
The firing process was stopped too late turning to a warm...
Senatus Consulto
$425.00
$425.00
A large for type attachment from a brazier, a pottery container for fire, molded within a rectangular framework and set vertically with the head of Silenos, his long full beard extended forward to form support for a vessel.
Size: 14 cm. wide and 12 cm. tall.
Ref: Hayes, John W., Greek and Greek-Style Painted and Plain Pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum, 1992 ROM, fig. 247 - 250.
Size: 14 cm. wide and 12 cm. tall.
Ref: Hayes, John W., Greek and Greek-Style Painted and Plain Pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum, 1992 ROM, fig. 247 - 250.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1482567
(stock #1-1385)
AfricAsia Primitive and Antiques
€950.00
€950.00
Funeral statuette composed of two separate parts: a head made of limestone, a formal robe made of chlorite adorned with a necklace and two tigers in relief on the sides. This type of statuette is commonly called "Bactrian princess" among specialists, and dates back from the mid third to the early second millenium BC. Such funeral objects seem to have played an important role in the funerals of elites of the Margiana and maybe the Bactrian courts as well. Height: 6.5 cm. Width: 4 cm. Depth: 3.4 ...
AWEIDAH GALLERY - JERUSALEM BASED GALLERY
Price on Request
Price on Request
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE EYES
EGYPT, LATE PERIOD, 664 - 330 BC
EGYPT, LATE PERIOD, 664 - 330 BC
A fine pair of ancient Egyptian bronze & alabaster almond-shaped eye inlays and eyebrows, the well-formed lid and cosmetic line crafted of bronze and inlaid with irises of alabaster; the pupils in black pigment. Perhaps from an anthropoid sarcophagus mummy mask or a monumental statue.
With remains of azurite and encrustations.
Dimensions:
Length of each eye: 9 cm
On stand:
Height: 16 cm
Wid...
JFF Ancient Art
€690.00
€690.00
Wonderful naturalistically modelled ancient Roman bronze eagle figure,
standing on a small plinth, the eyes, wings and feathers very nice incised.
Date: Roman, circa 2nd century AD
Material: Bronze
Size: 3,7 cm
Condition: intact
Provenance: Ex private collection (Belgian) collected in the 1990s, in Germany since 2023
The authenticity of the item is unconditionally guaranteed.
This item is accompanied with an illustrated Certificate of Authentici...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1252978
(stock #OT900)
Relics of the Nile
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Relics of the nile is pleased to present this interesting and large ancient Egyptian alabaster offering table. The table remains in good condition restored from large fragments. The alabaster features a nice marbled pattern and looks brilliant under the light. The table would have originally been used to hold various offerings such as unguents and food to be used in the after life. The table is very large and measures 14.5" in diameter and forms an impressive display. This is a rare example...
what pdx
$795.00
$795.00
An Egyptian Gesso and wood Painted Horse Head possibly from an equestrian figure with a beautiful crackle patina and mineralised wood in areas. probably ancient. Collected in the late 19thc.
Untested for age priced accordingly. Size H 8" D 5.5" W 2"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000
item #1259272
(stock #3920)
AWEIDAH GALLERY - JERUSALEM BASED GALLERY
Price on Request
Price on Request
RARE - Alabaster jar
Holy Land, Canaanite, Late Bronze Age , CYPRIOT
1550 – 1200 BC
Time of Moses
Holy Land, Canaanite, Late Bronze Age , CYPRIOT
1550 – 1200 BC
Time of Moses
Alabaster bilbil with a shaped-neck and a flat base. Bilbils of this type are usually made of pottery and it is rare to come in stone “Alabaster”
Dimensions: Height: 12 cm Diameter: 7 cm Height on stand: 16 cm
Condition: Neck/Handle professionally re-attached otherwise intact.
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel
ALL ...
Explorer Ancient Art
$390.00
$390.00
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.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Bronze : Pre AD 1000
item #1469906
(stock #A62)
Hundred and One Antiques
$800.00
$800.00
Ancient Mediterranean Greek, Bronze Age, circa 1700 B.C. short sword or dagger blade. Its tapering double-edged blade is made of copper alloy and has been expertly cast and hand-forged to perfection. The pronounced guard protects the wielder's hand during combat. The narrow handle ensures a secure grip, making it an ideal weapon for close-quarters combat. This amazing piece of history dates back to approximately 1700 B.C. and is a rare find that any collector or history enthusiast would be proud...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1474823
Senatus Consulto
$385.00
$385.00
Interesting cylinder seal in brown stone, Anatolia, Hittite Empire c. mid 2nd. millenium BC.
A beautiful floral / geomethric style carving with tiny details.
Size: 17 mm. tall and 11 mm. wide.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with ancient wear and patina.
This seal was aquired 1990 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and impo...
A beautiful floral / geomethric style carving with tiny details.
Size: 17 mm. tall and 11 mm. wide.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with ancient wear and patina.
This seal was aquired 1990 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and impo...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1486481
Senatus Consulto
$150.00
$150.00
Finely carved stamp seal with elaborate handle, Neo-Hittite states of the Levante, c. 1200-900 BC.
The seal depicts a horse moving right with another animal above. Scarce representation of a horse for Mesopotamia.
Size: 14 x 13 mm. and 11 mm. tall.
Condition: EF. Much redish deposits and will improve when cleaned.
Comes with imprint and ID-cards from below collection, made by the collector. Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aqu...
The seal depicts a horse moving right with another animal above. Scarce representation of a horse for Mesopotamia.
Size: 14 x 13 mm. and 11 mm. tall.
Condition: EF. Much redish deposits and will improve when cleaned.
Comes with imprint and ID-cards from below collection, made by the collector. Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aqu...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Wood : Pre AD 1000
item #1375372
(stock #MR107)
Relics of the Nile
$875.00
$875.00
Relic of the Nile is pleased to present his large Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure with original base. The figure has nice facial features with some black cosmetic details remaining and a well-carved osiris beard. While the pigment has been lost throughout the piece there are still traces of the broad collar and vertical column that originally likely contained hieroglyphics showing the name of the owner. The figure is well-carved with only some losses to the neck area. With the original base, this f...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$360.00
$360.00
Couple of Roman spindle shaped jugs each with wheel ridged body and pointed foot.
The narrow neck with thickened, folded rim. Thick handle from shoulder to rim.
Coarse ceramic with remains of red glaze in places.
Ceramic
Roman, 2nd-4th century AD
H. intact 14 cm (5.5 in)
H. repaired 14.5 cm (5.7 in)
One jug with attached shard to the rim, otherwise intact. The second reconstituted from fragments. Light earthen deposits. Decorative/appealing shape...
The narrow neck with thickened, folded rim. Thick handle from shoulder to rim.
Coarse ceramic with remains of red glaze in places.
Ceramic
Roman, 2nd-4th century AD
H. intact 14 cm (5.5 in)
H. repaired 14.5 cm (5.7 in)
One jug with attached shard to the rim, otherwise intact. The second reconstituted from fragments. Light earthen deposits. Decorative/appealing shape...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000
item #1381956
Senatus Consulto
$350.00
$350.00
A very large and rare Amlash grey ware zoomophic pottery vessel.
A huge piece for type and culture. Ancient Near East, Amlash or neighboring cultures, 1300-1100 BC.
Finely sculptured to look like a large bird with the beak as the sprout of the vessel.
Size: A massive vessel!. Around 33 cm. wide and ca. 23-24 cm. high.
Ex. Old Danish Private Collection, in Denmark 40-50 years.
Condition: Nice, restored from large shreds and complete with no ...
A huge piece for type and culture. Ancient Near East, Amlash or neighboring cultures, 1300-1100 BC.
Finely sculptured to look like a large bird with the beak as the sprout of the vessel.
Size: A massive vessel!. Around 33 cm. wide and ca. 23-24 cm. high.
Ex. Old Danish Private Collection, in Denmark 40-50 years.
Condition: Nice, restored from large shreds and complete with no ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1476224
Senatus Consulto
$185.00
$185.00
A finely shaped stamp seal from the Urartu Kingdom of the bell-shaped type but in veined Alabaster, very attractive! Seal is carved with an animal in it's base.
Size: 16 mm. tall. and 9 mm. wide.
Condition: Good Very fine.
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 reput...
Size: 16 mm. tall. and 9 mm. wide.
Condition: Good Very fine.
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 reput...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000
item #1430110
(stock #1-1217)
AfricAsia Primitive and Antiques
€900.00
€900.00
Rhyton with a cylindrical shape progressively widening toward its top to give an overall conical aspect. The rython is decorated with two feminine deities figures in relief on both sides, wearing horns and having a posture similar to the one of Osiris statues. The body of the rhyton itself is decorated with superimposed geometric designs in slight relief. The piece is made of bronze, with an encrusted green patina. Mesopotamia, probably Bronze Age, ca. 3000 to 1500 B.C. Height: 11.5 cm. Strong s...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1441529
Senatus Consulto
$165.00
$165.00
A rare and lovely Scaraboid stamp seal in a pink stone, Assyrian, ca. 12th.-10th. century AD.
The shape emulates the Egyptian scarabs from the period, but made in a rare pink hardstone and with a typical later Assyrian stylized design of the seal plate.
Size: 15 mm.
Condition: Superb for type, very hard stone.
Ex. Danish Private Collection
The shape emulates the Egyptian scarabs from the period, but made in a rare pink hardstone and with a typical later Assyrian stylized design of the seal plate.
Size: 15 mm.
Condition: Superb for type, very hard stone.
Ex. Danish Private Collection
Ostracon Ancient Art
$420.00
$420.00
Terracotta protome of female figure, probably a goddess.
The face shows large lidded eyes under neatly curved eyebrows, a prominent nose and a small mouth with pouty lips. And a heavy chin.
The parted hair is combed to the sides and falls in long braids along the neck. The head crowned by a high polos, partially covered with red-brown glaze.
The garment with wavy folds along the V-neckline covers her small breasts.
The protome was most likely placed on the rim of a la...
The face shows large lidded eyes under neatly curved eyebrows, a prominent nose and a small mouth with pouty lips. And a heavy chin.
The parted hair is combed to the sides and falls in long braids along the neck. The head crowned by a high polos, partially covered with red-brown glaze.
The garment with wavy folds along the V-neckline covers her small breasts.
The protome was most likely placed on the rim of a la...
