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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Pre AD 1000 item #1490199
JFF Ancient Art
€880.00

This is a finely engraved haematite cylinder seal. The seal is engraved with the sun-god Shamash, his foot resting on a small mountain, carrying the saw-weapon in his right hand, a worshipper approaches, wearing a fringed rope.
A suppliant goddess stands behind the sun-god Shamash, wearing a flounced robe, her hands raised in adoration.
Between them a ball-staff and vessel. Space for column of inscription...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1473646
JFF Ancient Art
€1,280.00
Ancient Egyptian faience cartouche plaque. One side is incised with an imitation of „Men-Kheper-Re“, the prenomen of the Pharaoh Tuthmosis III. The keeper sign is replaced with the Neith sign. The other side is incised with an animal of Seth, in front a lotus plant.

This piece has a very rare old published provenance. It comes from the famous Amherst collection,
which was sold 1921 at Sotheby...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1472278
JFF Ancient Art
€560.00

Rare ancient Egyptian opaque blue glass pendant in the shape of a pomegranate with yellow and white details.

For comparable amulets see:
Louvre Museum, Paris, E 2284 ; AF 2600 and N 1850 ; AF 2312
British Museum, London, EA48064 and EA68538
Petrie Museum UC22890
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 11.215.446

Date: Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th - 20th Dynasty, ca. 1570 - 1070 B.C.
Material: Glass
Size: ca...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1464611
JFF Ancient Art
€1,380.00
Ancient Egyptian silver frog amulet attached to a wooden base
with 19th century collection label inscribed: „Silver Frog, an Idol“.

Date: Egypt, Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 - 30 B.C.
Material: Silver
Size: length of the amulet: ca. 2,3 cm
Condition: intact
Provenance: German collection, prior GB estate, bought from a GB collection, formed before 1900.

The authenticity of the item is unconditionally guaranteed...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1464466
JFF Ancient Art
€1,880.00
Ancient Egyptian Faience Hare Amulet

This is a very rare Egyptian amulet in the form of a hare. The amulet is mounted on a wooden 1920’s collectors base which is inscribed: „Hare, sacred to Osiris“.
It is a seldom opportunity to find an amulet in this good quality and then also attached
to such an old stand. For more detail pictures please contact me.

For similar hare amulet see:
- The Metropolitan Museum, Accession Number: 89.2.303 and 44.4.25
- Art Inst...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1461804
JFF Ancient Art
€760.00
Interesting collection of a faience Shu amulet and a book from the property of Lord Grenfell...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1461460
JFF Ancient Art
€1,180.00
Ancient Egyptian Faience Bead for Shabaka - ca. 5,7 cm

This is a rare and large ovoid bead which is pierced longitudinally. The top has a rounded surface inscribed with the cartouche of Shabaka „Amen Meri Nefer-Ka-Ra“ and below the expression „living forever“...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Pre AD 1000 item #1461038
JFF Ancient Art
€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.

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 : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1460164
JFF Ancient Art
€1,280.00
Ancient Egyptian Faience Bes Plaque

A nice dark green faience amulet with the head of the God Bes in a round open-worked plaque with a hole for suspending. Three feathers of his tiara, his eyebrows and the pupils with traces of black pigment...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1457684
JFF Ancient Art
€880.00
This is a rare and interesting ancient Egyptian scaraboid. An uraei knot is depicted on the top and a Hathor sistrum flanked by two uraei is incised on the bottom. The uraei knot is much older than the Herakles knot and much probably the precursor.

For similar see:
- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, accession number: 76.030.1768
- Petrie Museum, accession number: LDUCE-UC60415

Date: Egypt, New Kingdom, ca. 18th Dynasty, ca...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1429568
JFF Ancient Art
€780.00
Rare fragment of a large faience sistrum. The fragment is the upper part of a large faience sistrum with two hawks above side by side bearing the sun disk. It is seldom to find a sistrum which is surmounted with gods or sacred animals. A sistrum with a similar upper part is in the Eaton College Myer Collection (ECM1693), see last picture.

Date: Egypt,Third Intermediate Period, ca. 22. Dynasty, circa 945 - 715 B.C.
Material: Faience
Size: width ca. 6,1 cm, high ca...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Pre AD 1000 item #1371227
JFF Ancient Art
€760.00
Large and rare two-coloured and two-sided Egyptian faience Wedjat Eye.
The Wedjat Eye is open-worked, the two-coloured side is convex and the other flat.
There is an old collection label on the wooden stand, which is inscribed with PE 40.

For comparable one see:
British Museum, Accession Number: EA7321 or
Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt (1994): fig.46

Date: Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st - 25th Dynasty, ca...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Pre AD 1000 item #1371226
JFF Ancient Art
€680.00
This is really a fantastic fragment of a faience Isis, sitting on a lion throne, nursing her son Horus.
The whole throne, supported by two stringing lions, is well preserved. The lions are extremely fine
and you can see every detail...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1364675
JFF Ancient Art
€580.00
This is a really rare ancient Egyptian green glazed scaraboid of a dwarf.
The underside incised with motif of four intertwined uraei.

For similar dwarf scaraboid see:
The Walters Art Museum, Accession Number 42.50

Date: Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th - 20th Dyn., ca 1293-1070 B.C.
Material: glazed steatite
Size: ca. 1,2 cm; c. 0.47 inches
Condition: slightly chipped on the left shoulder
Provenance: Ex IADAA Dealer, prior French private collection, formed b...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Pre AD 1000 item #1363806
JFF Ancient Art
€760.00
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

The authenticity of the item is unconditionally guaranteed.
This item is accompanied with an illustrated Certificate of Authenticity