A large & heavy Western Asian tanged bronze short Sword dating to 2000-1000 BC. 'Luristan' Turkmenistan / Uzbekistan bronze age.
The sword is massive, and heavy in hand. The tang is bend and the blade with rounded, raised shoulders and a flat central midrib. The edges are still sharp, with only slight roughness.
Size is 46,5 cm.
Condition: Superb - very sligh edge roughness and beautiful green and azurite patination.
Ex. Danish private collection...
A large and massive thinbutted Danish neolithic offeraxe, dating to Time of the Great Burial Mounts, c. 3500-3000 BC.
An unpolished axe, made with defined seams on the edges. Well proportioned design and attractive, very broad. In Greyish brown Danien flint.
The thinbutted axes were introduced along with the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture. The axes were used to clear the woods and prepare the ground for crops...
A huge round Uruk type of stamp seal, but from Western Mesopotamia or North-Eastern Anatolia, 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.
Fine style carving in high relief of a capride with large horns, Spear-point symbol before.
Size: 38 mm. in diameter and 17 mm...
This bronze axe head is from ancient Iran and dates to around 1500 BC. Similar examples are attributed to either the Amlash or Luristan cultures. This particular specimen has two rings around the socket. It has light green patina. It is solid and stable but does have a small dent and perforation in the socket area that is visible in the photos. It weighs 513 grams and measures roughly 14 cm in length. This is a prime specimen of ancient bronze craftsmanship at a very reasonable price...
A lovely condition pottery bowl with caligraphy, Islamic Samenid Dynasty, ca. 9th.-10th. century.
Interestingly this bowl has much original glaze with limited areas of restoring. Decorated with wonderful original caligraphy in black on white glaze.
Size: 18,2 cm. wide and 6 cm. tall.
Condition: Superb for type with original crackled glaze...
A choice and large Western Asian bronze sword dating to c. 2nd mill. BC. 'Luristan' Turkmenistan / Uzbekistan bronze age.
The sword with round shoulders and a prominent central midrib. The tang has a bend near the tip.
Size is 51 cm.
Condition: A choice sword with some encrustations. Vry slight edge roughness. Nice green bronze patina. Will improve much if cleaned properly.
Ex. Danish Private collection.
A superb bronze mace head decorated with faceted knobs around the swollen head and flanked by grooved bands with a tubular shaft, later bronzeage, ca. 1200-800 BC.
Size: Ca. 10,5 cm.
Condition: Superb for type, wonderful even green patina.
Ex. Danish Collection of ancient weapons, bought at the Danish Antiquities market in the 1980-90s.
POTTERY SAUCER OIL LAMP
Biblical, Iron Age II, 900 – 586 BC
“Time of Kings of ancient Israel”
A charming wheel-made reddish pottery saucer oil lamp with a pinched spout and a base
Measurements:
Length: 13 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Condition: Minor ancient chip at the rim otherwise intact and in good condition.
Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land
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BURNISHED POTTERY PERFUME JAR
Holy Land, Canaanite, Middle Bronze Age 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham"
Nicely made with a shaped neck and a little round base with remains of ancient paint pigment on the body.
Dimensions:
Height: 8.5 cm
Width: 7 cm
Height on stand: 11.5 cm
Condition: Good condition as found
Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel
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PAINTED POTTERY SET "SPOUTED JUGLET AND BOWL
Greek - Hellenistic period, 330 - 100 BC
Dimensions:
Jar:
Height: 10.5 cm
Diameter: 8 cm
Height on stand: 13 cm
Bowl
Hight: 5 cm - Diameter: 12 cm - Height on stand: 8.5 cm
Condition: Repaired and restored
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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POTTERY OIL FILLER WITH A SPOUT
BIBLICAL, LATE BRONZE AGE, 1550 - 1200 BC
Time of Moses
Measurements:
Height: 5 cm
Length: 13.5 cm
Condition: handle repaired otherwise intact.
Excavated in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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POTTERY PERFUME JAR
HOLY LAND, Roman "Herodian" 37 BC - 100 AD
Second temple period
Time of Christ
Globular ribbed body with a shaped neck and handle...
Carved in black stone with a winged deity between horned animals, fishes and a Scorpion, Kingdom of the Mitanni, 15th - 14th cent BC.
Finely composed and engraved in drill style.
Size: 19 mm. tall and 11 mm. wide.
Condition: Good Very fine.
Provenance: Old German collection of fine cylinder seals, Karl Müller, 1950-1977.
POTTERY SAUCER OIL LAMP
Biblical, Iron Age I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
“Time of King David”
A charming wheel-made reddish pottery saucer oil lamp with a pinched spout and a base
Measurements:
Length: 13 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Condition: Minor ancient chip at the rim otherwise intact and in good condition.
Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land
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# 741609
BYZANTINE - EARLY ISLAMIC DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
7th Cent. AD
Circular body with fine ribbing, body tapering towards the top, wider at the lower part and narrower at the upper with a loop handle higher than the rim and a well-formed nozzle.
Dimensions:
Length: 9 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Condition: Good condition as found
Found in Jerusalem, Israel
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A lovely Egyptian pre-dynastic macehead of squat Piriform, 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.
Very attractive fully polished surfaces and symethric.
Size: c. 49 mm. wide.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Provenance: Cristian Spinu collection, Ex. Helios Gallery and formerly in a 1970s Connecticut (US) private collection.
Terracotta Oil Lamp
Holy Land – Late Bronze Age;
Canaanite; 1550 – 1200 BC
“Time of Moses”
Biblical pottery saucer type oil lamp with “Soot” burning marks at the nozzle
Measurements:
Length: 13.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Condition: Good condition as shown
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel
POTTERY PERFUME JAR
ROMAN PERIOD, 1st - rd Cent. A.D...
POTTERY PERFUME JAR
HOLY LAND – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great
Nicely made in a globular body with a shaped neck and handle
Dimensions:
Height: 13.5 cm
Diameter: 9 cm
Height on stand: 17 cm
Condition: Some professional restoration
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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POTTERY OIL LAMP
ISLAMIC PERIOD, 8TH CENT. AD
Highly decorated with clusters of grapes and vine leaves all around the shoulders
Measurements:
Length: 9 cm
Width: 7 cm
Condition: Good condition as shown
Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land
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ROMAN GLASS FLASK
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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Single-handled vase with cushion-shaped body and an inward folding rim to prevent the liquid from spilling out. Standing on a ring foot.
The black glaze turned red on the inside and around the foot. The shape is also known as kothon or plemochoe (on hight foot).
Ceramic
Greek, 5th century BC
D. 13.8 cm (5.4 cm)
W. over handle 16.7 cm (6.6 in)
H...
Rare Seljuk bronze key with an eagle standing on the back of a rooster while pecking at the head of its prey. The rooster has a small crest and protruding eyes.
Birds play an important role in the Seljuk decorative repertoire, and in this case they probably evoke a demonstration of power.
Cast into a two-piece mold and showing a casting seam.
Bronze
Islamic, Seljuq Period, 11th-12th century AD
L. 9.1 cm (3.7 in)
Rare piece. Surface slightly corroded. Th...
Discus fragment of a lamp decorated with the half-figure of a satyr holding a thyrsus and blowing a flute. The youthful figure wears a deer skin with the hooves of the animal knotted behind his shoulder.
Rare depiction. Detailed rendering of the head and the anatomical details. Covered with an orange-brown slip.
For a related example, cf. Q3250 in the British Museum database.
According to Bailey, the lamp was probably designed as a pair together with Q3292 (pp. 9-10 and p. 4...
Apulian black-glazed guttus of globular body with gently sloped shoulder, upright narrow neck and flared spout. The flared rim decorated with impressed rings.
The loop handle is attached on the shoulder, which is embellished with horizontal grooves. Red wash around and underneath the foot.
For a related vessel, cf. vase no. 5452a 1, pl. 17a, p. 365 (vol. 1) in: Jean-Paul Morel. Céramique Campanienne: Les Formes. Rome 1981.
Ceramic
Greek Apulian, 350-300 BC
H. ...
Italo-Geometric vessel with incurving rounded bowl. The thickened rim enhanced with red-brown bands and strokes. Star design on the inside floor.
Ceramic
Italo-Geometric, Etruscan, 7th century BC
D. 12.7 cm (5 in)
H. to rim 5 cm (2 in)
Intact and fine. Minor wear and chipping.
Swiss private collection, acquired in the German art market in February 2010.
The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.
Large skyphos with tapered body, rounded shoulder and straight lip. Oblique handles on the shoulder, standing on a ring base. Hard-fired ceramic decorated with horizontal bands of reddish glaze. Groups of wavy lines on the reserved handle zone.
Orientates on cups of the Thapsos Class and derived types.
For a related example, cf. Beazley Archive vase 9008878.
Etruscan, Italo-Geometric, 700-650 BC
Ceramic
H. 11 cm (4.3 in), D. rim 13 cm (5.1 in)
W. over han...
Greek black-glazed skyphos with high swelling body and plain rim. Fairly wide base with low, bulged foot. Two round-sectioned handles applied horizontally to the exterior of the rim.
Underside with two circles and dot, reserved surface with a dull red wash.
Close in shape and size to skyphos no. 80 in: J. W. Hayes. Greek and Italian Black-Gloss Wares and Related Wares in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto 1984.
The quality of the pottery shows the treatment of standard Attic ...
Small stemmed bowl made in grey bucchero. Shallow bowl with incurving rim, set on a flaring foot.
Rasmussen’s vase no. 275. Close in shape and size to Beazley Archive vase no. 9035479.
Ceramic, grey bucchero ware
Etruscan, 600-550 BC
D. 10.3 cm (4.1 in)
H. 5.6 cm (2.2 in)
Excellent quality and condition, with finely smoothed and shiny surface. Reconstituted from two fragments. Tiny rim chip mended, small shard out of the foot restored.
Ex German...
Translucent, pale green glass with seven vertical ribs along the piriform body.
Small constriction at the join to the cylindrical neck. The flared mouth with inward folded rim. Standing on a rounded base.
The surface with areas of silvery iridescence.
Similar bottles are commonly found in Roman Period funerary contexts and sometimes referred to as lacrimaria – tear containers.
Other denominations like unguentaria (oil container) or balsamaria (balsam container) ref...
Attractive black-glazed oinochoe with trefoil spout and arched handle. The neck area decorated with grape bunches alternating with tendrils. Black glaze turned red-brown in places. Standing on a small ring foot.
For a related example, cf. Beazley Archive vase no. 1001099.
Ceramic
Apulian, Knudsen Group, 320-300 BC
H. 10.8 cm (4.3 in)
Traces of fingertips around the ring foot. Intact and fine. Black glaze turned red-brown in places.
Swiss private collect...
Choice red-ware rim fragment featuring a beautifully detailed lion. The feline approaches with a forward-turned front body.
The head with delicate detail and a shaggy mane. Shaggy strands on the elbow joint.
Excellent modeling of the musculature and great rendering of the panther-like fur pattern depicted with tiny circles.
For almost the same lion on an Orpheus bowl, cf. 1981.658 in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
For a discussion of the bowl, cf. pp. 230-231, pl. 32 in: Annewies van den ...
24 different images of Turkish costume from Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Turks
pub by John Murray London 1814. Old hand colouring on aquatint engravings, paper watermarked J. Whatman
Turkey Mill. Price is for whole set of 24 images
Solid lion applique with rounded back. Deeply engraved beady eyes, slit mouth and incision along the forehead. The small ears protruding from the suggested mane.
H. 5.2 cm (2 in)
Terracotta
Eastern Mediterranean, 6th/5th century BC
Intact and rare.
Ex New York collection, acquired 1970s-1980s.
The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.
Terracotta figure of a seated baboon, animal sacred to Thot, the Egyptian god of writing and other intellectual pursuits.
Crisp facial features with pronounced supra-orbital ridges, deep set eyes and a dominant, protruding muzzle. The cheek fur and the upper body cape are typical for male baboons. The genitalia are exposed.
The dog faced baboon was a creature associated with the moon, as shown by the crescent moon and the disc on its head.
For a nice bronze example in the Pe...
Terracotta head of Harpocrates wearing the double crown of Egypt flanked by lotus buds.
The expertly modeled face shows almond-shaped eyes with sharply defined eyelids, a broad nose, and fleshy lips. The head is bald except for small tufts of hair and the side lock of a child.
Harpokrates, the infant son of Isis and Horus, symbolized both youth and fertility. Harpokrates was revered as the patron deity of childhood.
For a close parallel, cf. item no. 29 in: Eva Bayer-Niemei...
Attic squat lekythos of ovoid body decorated with a net motif in black and crème.
The lekythos belongs to the Attic Bulas Group, which manufactured small vases. As a characteristic of the Bulas Group, the net ornament is applied directly on the clay ground.
The rim and the upper portion of the handle are glazed black; the reserved neck with black lines and vertical tongues in applied white.
The edge of foot with tiny black dots.
For a related example, cf. Beazley Ar...
Native Apulian jug of globular body with tapering neck, everted rim and strap handle. The body, the neck and the outside of the base with circumferential bands of brown glaze. Top of the rim and outside of the handle also glazed. Standing on a flat disk base.
The Messapians were a South Italian tribe settled in the Salento area. Related to the Peucetes and the Daunians they belonged to the group of the Iapyges. These populations created important urban centers and had rather difficult rel...
Youthful head of a Bodhissatva with superbly modeled asymmetries. The protruding left side of the face together with the falling line of the eyes and of the mouth make the head appear bent to the right.
The yellow-ochre face shows black eyebrows and faint red pigment on the swollen eyelids which close the eyes to slits. Traces of red also appear on the sensitively modeled fleshy mouth. A red dot on the forehead, the so-called urna, symbolizes enlightenment and wisdom.
The oval face is framed b...
Wheel-made hemispherical bowl on a ring base, the outer surface covered with a dark brown slip.
Twin cylindrical horizontal rim lugs, incised grooves to the outer rim. Although wheel-made the rim is slightly askew.
From the collection of Desmond Morris (*1928), important collector and editor of The Art of Ancient Cyprus, Oxford 1985.
Old inventory number (344) written under the base.
Ceramic
Cypriot, Cypro-Geometric, ca. 850-750 BC
D. rim 12 cm (4.7 in)
...
BLACK TERRACOTTA OIL JUGLET
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
"Time of King David"
Dimensions:
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 7 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm
Condition: Good condition untouched as found
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel
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BLACK TERRACOTTA OIL JUGLET
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
"Time of King David"
Dimensions:
Height: 9 cm
Width: 6 cm
Height on stand: 12 cm
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel
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An exceptionally large and attractive bronze bow fibula, Migration period, Ostrogothic / Merovingian, c. 6th.-7th. cent. AD
The fibula with semi-circular headplate with four profiled knobs, rhomboid footplate with an animal-head ending. Head and footplate decorated with carved bulls-eye ornaments.
Size: 16,3 cm. long - very large for these!
Reff. See Gorny & Mosch auction 252 lot 395 for an almost similar size and type, estimated and sold for €1000.
Byzantine highly decorated black pottery hand-granade, C. 8th - 10th Century AD
A hollow ceramic vessel, biconical in shape, intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick, and used as a hand grenade; the body decorated with a pattern of incised circumferential lines; the upper end with a wide circular rim enclosing the narrow mouth.
Dimensions: Height: 11 cm - Diameter: 8 cm
Height on stand: 14 cm
Condition: Minor chip as shown otherwise intact
Nicely mounted o...
BONE FRAGMENT DEPICTING FACE OF CUPID
ROMAN PERIOD, 1ST - 3RD CENTURY AD
Measurements:
Length: 7.5 cm
Height: 4 cm
Condition: Intact, untouched as found with natural patina
Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel
Mounted on a plexi-glass disply stand.
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POTTERY PERFUME JAR
ROMAN PERIOD; 1ST - “ 3RD CENTURY AD
Dimensions:
Height: 9 cm
Diameter: 5.5 cm
Height on stand: 14 cm
Condition: Minor repair at the rim otherwise intact
Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land
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A very rare Three-dimensional representations of a living being, Harappa, Indus Valley, c. 3500-2500 BC.
A lovely bird figure made hollow in a Pseudo-vessel form with one round filling hole in the side, but without spout. Small round base. The bird is finely decorated on the body and head with brown slip on the beige terracotta surface.
The Harappan civilization developed along the mighty Indus river, and for that reason it is also known as the Indus Valley Civilization, co...
With spherical body on short foot, the tubular neck with traces of engravings, the handle with beading and pomegranate thumb-rest, minor dents, hairline crack and a couple of small holes to body, but intact, overall patination to surface.
A substantial and interesting type of early Islamic vessel.
Height: 27,3 cm.
Ex.
Reff. See Christies's auction ''Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets'', 27 October 2021 / lot 9 for a similar vesse...
A lovely set of three superbly patinated bronze objects, Greece, Geomethric Period, ca. 8th Century BC.
The set consists of a votive vessel of globular form with handles of the Geomethric form and two charming large attachment bronzes or hangers of double discus shape.
Size: The vessel is 38 mm. in diameter, the hangers ca. 35 mm and 32 mm. respectively. All heavy duty pieces so the combined weight is ca. 105 grams.
Condition: Choice and of good metal, awesome p...
DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Late Roman period, 3rd - 4th Cent. AD
Dimensions:
Length: 9 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored
Found in Jerusalem, Israel
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#929826
A sbeautiful and exceptionally condition pottery bowl with torquoise glaze, black markings and a finely decorated pattern on the interior. Seljug period, 11th.-12th. century.
The beautiful bowl and rather rare type of pedestal bowl. With silvery iridescence on the surface of both the interior and the exterior. Very beautiful colours.
Size: 15,5 cm. in diameter and 8,5 cm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine. Superb for type and intact with small chip to the glazed r...
DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD
Dimensions:
Length: 7 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored
Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel
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#77068
A scarce and beautiful Roman glass bottle. Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
The bottle with cylindrical ribbed corpus and wide mouth.
Size: c. 110 mm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine, sound green glass vessel with beautiful mild irridescence.
Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
A stunning, attractive macehead of a nice large size, in fine redish granite, 3rd. millenium BC.
The artifact is polished to a perfectly symethric compressed oval form with a deep groove in the center. These were made by the singlegrave culture and was a weapon like the battle axes from this fase and as attractive and perfect.
Size: 95 mm. long, 80 mm. wide and 57 mm. thick.
Condition: Superb, with fine patina and undamaged.
Ex. Private Collection.
...
A rare and elaborate bronze battle axe, Late bronze age or early Ironage, Pontic–Caspian steppe ca. 1200-800 BC.
A finely made late bronzeage axe that combines stylistical elements of the Indo-European nomadic style with the Indo-Iranian style.
A com pact axe with a large oval socket with 4 ridges and small dots and a small deadly blade. The full axe is shaped like a stylized birds head.
Size: 9 cm.
Ex. Danish Collection of ancient weapons, bought ...
A massive high quality unguentaria bottle made of greenish glass. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
The bottle of impressive height and very solidly constructed, sound glass.
Size: c. 15,4 cm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine, unusually solid and sound green glass vessel with beautiful mild irridescence.
Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
Scarce and beautiful early type of pottery Oil lamp, Roman 1st. century AD.
The lamp is of the Loeschcke Typus VIII and displays Juno on a Crescent moon in high relief! The lamp is sharply stamped with a known scarce makers name: COPPI.RES
Size: 9,3 cm.
Condition: Choice and completely intact with fine patination
Provenance: From a Rheinland-Pfalz collection, 1970-1999.
A superb and extra large tanged bronze lance, Ancient Near East, c. mid 2nd. mill. BC. Turkmenistan / Uzbekistan bronze age.
A very impressive and decorative bronze lance with a long, bent tang, massive socket and a broad, leaf-shaped blade with highly profiled midrib.
A beautiful lance that would have been highly efficient on combat.
Size: c. 51,5 cm. long. - c. 20 inches!
Condition: Choice. Beautiful green bronze patina. Slight roughness to the edge...
An important pottery bowl with motif, Near East area, ca. 12th.-13th. century AD.
Absolutely stunning conically shaped pottery bowl with a red and blue decoration on a cream-white ground: A fine lady standing amidst flowers, holding a purse (?). Beautiful archaic style, from prior to the Ban of figural representation in the art of Islam.
Size: ca. 24,5 cm. wide and ca. 9 cm. high.
Condition: Very fine. A very few large fragments restored nicely with crackline re-...
A large and rare stamp seal made in an interesting pale green stone, South Mesopotamia, Late Uruk / Jemdet Nasr period, 3300-2900 BC.
Domed hemispheric seal with a fine free carving in a drill style of running animals.
Size: 32-33 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Very fine, few ancient micro chips and wear, but basically intact and attractive.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 -...