Exceedingly Scarce Set of Three Iron Age Korean Pots with Exquisite Color and Beautiful Form. 4th to 1st Century BC. You are unlikely to ever see another Iron Age Korean pot offered for sale, much less a set of three. The remaining examples are all in museums or tightly held private collections. These prehistoric pieces are finely potted and made from soft and sandy red clay. They are aesthetically striking in both color and form and are historically significant...

A small coll. of four Danish Neolithic Daggertime blades, dating to around 2200-2000 BC.

The lot consist of a small spear, 8,5 cm. Two fragments of daggers, 9 & 6,5 cm and a toothedged sickle / saw, measuring 12 cm.

An interesting collection of nice neolithic blades and fragments.

Condition: The spear is intact, the other pieces are large fragments. Nice patinas and old collection tags on all pieces.



Ex Private Collection.

Japanese Neolithic period magatama stone bead. Magatama are curved beads which first appeared in Japan during the Jomon period (circa 1000 BCE), and in Korea during the Prehistoric period, mainly in the Bronze Age and Neolithic. They are found in mounded tumulus graves as offerings to deities, and continued to be popular with the ruling elite throughout the Kofun Period, and are often romanticized as indicative of the Yamato Dynasty of Japan...

Extremely Rare Set of Three Mumun Pots from the 3rd Century BCE from the Koejongdong site in Daejon near the Geum River. A similar example from the National Museum of Korea can be seen in Plate 34 in The Prehistory of Korea by Kim Jeong-hak. Prehistoric Korean pottery is so scarce outside of museums, that this is the only time we have ever acquired any...

A choice tanged bronze lance, Ancient Near East, c. mid 2nd. mill B.C. Turkmenistan / Uzbekistan bronze age.

A decorative bronze lance with a long, straight 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. 32,5 cm. long.

Condition: Choice. Beautiful green bronze patina. Some roughness to the edge.

Ex. Danish Private collection.

Here's a pair of Thinbutted Danish Neolithic Axes dating to late 4th mill. BC.

Thinbutted axes were the preferred tool for clearing land, as the Neolithic civilisation came in the need of fields for cultivation.

Both axes in this pair are nice specimens from this development, and have probably contributed to gaining new ground for early Danish agriculture.

The axes measure 14 & 15 cm each, (c. 6 inches) but it is not unlikely that they were larger originally...

Prehistoric shell necklace.

Age: Cambodia, Prehistoric, 500 B.C.
Size: Length 35 C.M. / Width 1.8 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Japanese Neolithic period magatama bead made out of agate (carnelian type). Magatama are curved beads which first appeared in Japan during the Jomon period (circa 1000 BCE), and in Korea during the Prehistoric period, mainly in the Bronze Age and Neolithic. They are found in mounded tumulus graves as offerings to deities, and continued to be popular with the ruling elite throughout the Kofun Period, and are often romanticized as indicative of the Yamato Dynasty of Japan...

A beautiful & large Indus Valley pottery jar, dating to c. 3rd mill. BC. Probably Mehrgarh-civilisation.

The jar is designed beautifully as a large beaker with a wide mouth, a concave body on a narrow base. The jar is decorated with several concentric rings and an animal and a flower. The other decorations could be some sort of writing (?).

Size: ca 14 cm each 8-9 cm. wide - nice pieces from Indus Valley.

Condition: Superb for age and type...

Two handled Amphora

twohandled amphora, black mass with applied brown-yellow thread, looks like heavily glazed clay

(see Coll. Niessen, no. 102 color plate)

Origin: Syria

Period: c. 6th - 4th Century B.C.

Material: Glass

Dimension: 5,2 cm...

A nicely decorated Indus Valley pottery beaker or cup, dating to c. 3rd mill. BC. Probably Mehrgarh-civilisation.

The vessel with high walls on a narrow base, painted zoomorphic motif of a cow and some geometrical patterns.

Size is 9,5 x 10 cm.

Condition: Choice for age and type. Intact with a few smaller chips.

Ex. Danish Private collection.

A very nice, decorated terracotta bowl, Indus valley / Nal culture, c. 3rd. millenium BC.

The bowl with globular body on a narrow base. The exterior decorated with zoomorphic motif, wave pattern and concentric rings.

Size: 10 x 7,5 cm.

Condition: Choice. Intact bowl with slight wear.

Ex. Old Danish private Collection, acquired in the 1990s at Copenhagen dealer.

A nice and polished Danish neolithic daggertime axe dating to 2200-1800 BC.

The axe has a 'hanging', slightly assymmetrical edge. The blade of the axe is broade, immitating the early metal axes made of copper and bronze in this period.

Very nicely polished and sharp edge.

Size: c. 12,5 cm.

Condition: Nearly superb...

Fine hand axe from Northern Africa, Sahara Desert, Neolithic period, ca...

A set of Dong Son bronze bells with very nice green patina with stand.

Age: Cambodia, Dong Son Period, 500 B.C.
Size of each bell: Height 3.3 - 5.6 C.M. / Width 2.6 - 5.2 C.M.
Size including stand: Height 12.1 - 19.8 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to their age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Dong Son bronze axe with nice green patina.

Age: Cambodia, Dong Son Period, 500 B.C.
Size: Height 14.5 C.M. / Width 20.9 C.M. / Thickness 3.1 C.M.
Size including stand: Height 23.4 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

An interesting lot of three ancient Bronze weapons from the Near East. Luristan, 2nd.-1st mill BC.

The lot consist of a tanged dagger, 19 cm., a large, tanged javelin, also 19 cm. and a tanged lance 22-23 cm.

All three items come with nice patinas andin choice condition.

Ex. Danish Prvate Collection.

A beautifully executed thickbutted Danish Neolithic Axe from late 4th / early 3rd mill. BC.

During this period the thickbutted axe became a widely spread supplement to the thinbutted axe in the toolbox of Neolithic Man.

This specimen is very beautifully executed with no polishing. What you get is what a skilled flintsmith could achieve by hitting and knapping a block of flint. Clear, 'seamed' edges and a well-balanced symmetrical axe head.

Size: 18,5 cm - c....