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A very interesting and quite rare massive padlock, dating back in the 18th. century.

The Lock comes from the old 'Horsens Tugthus' - a criminal institution / prison. It's a massive construction in iron with a large bow and hidden keyhole.

Size: 15,4 cm. tall (when locked) and 10,8 cm. wide. It comes with the original key, 8,5 cm. long.

Provenance: Danish Private collection of Grethe Pedersen, Ledøje, Denmark, (c.1950-1997). Purchased at Ole Jensen, Antique Deale...

A very delicately made pottery head with vivid facial tattoos, Pre-columbian, likely Mexico, 1st. millenium BC.

Interesting rare depiction and finely mounted on a tropical wood base.

Size: 7,3 cm. tall, incl. the fixed mounting, 4,3 cm. alone.

Interesting flat stone tool, perhaps an axe, Oceanic, Pre-historic period.

The tool is quite flat, highly polished and carved out of a grey-brown rock.

Size: 33 cm. long!

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection

A fine lot of three Roman terracotta oil lamps, Incl. a large Carthage lamp with Lion, 2nd.-4th. century AD.

The highlight of the lot a large terracotta lamp with a very detailed Lion (13,5 cm. long), but it also includes a Roman lamp with two figures (8,8 cm.), and lastly a small refined lamp (7,7 cm.). Interesting lot and too good to be sold as one really!

Ex. Old Private collection.

An attractive larger greek pottery Lagynos vessel, Hellenistic, 3rd - 1st century B.C.

Finaly made with the typical low slung belly and profiled handle. With red glaze.

Size: c. 17 cm. tall and 16 cm. wide.

Condition: Nice and intact with small chip reglued to the rim, and other small chips and dings and some wear to the glaze.

Ex. Matthias Steinhausen, 1970s-1980s.

A delicate black ware cup or Kylix with long handles at each side South-Italian, likely Apulia, c. 4th. century AD:

The fine cup with stamped decor in the center and with concenthric lines at the base/bottom. Nice piece almost fully intact, hairline reattachedment of one handle.

Size: 16 cm. wide, incl. the handles.

Ex. Old private collection, bought in the 1960s, sold at auction 2014.

A beautiful pottery jar with white glaze and a profiled corpus, European Medieval, likely German, 12th.-14th. century AD.

Size: c. 70 mm. wide and c. 68 mm. tall.

Ex. Old Private collection.

A nice round vessel in red-brown clay, Roman 2nd.-4th. century AD.

The piece finely manifactured from a Potters wheel with a low spout.

Size: c. 10 cm.

Condition: Choice - completely intact.

Ex. private Collection

Wonderful quality cast bronze whetstone handle. Luristan culture, 9th-7th century BC. A large handle measuring c. 12 cm. in length. A cast bronze implement handle with rounded socket to hold a whetstone for sharpening knifes and swords.

In the form of a three-dimensional crouching ibex with long horns curling over its back. The animal is fully rendered with limbs curled under its body and careful attention paid to the details of head and horns. Handle pierced for attachment of wh...

A nice large collection of ancient beads of mostly glass with fine iridescence, but also some faiance and pottery beads.

Many nice beads incl. Roman and Byzantine types, also a few beautiful Turquise faiance beads from Egypt in the Islamic period, set in two larger necklaces.

Ex. Old Collection

We've assembled a small suite of 4 very beautiful terracotta fragments, all from high quality oil lamps, 1st.-2nd. cent. AD.

The finest would possible be the almost complete upperpart of a rare lamp with a large mantis eating another insect below. Also incl. are depictions of Silenos, Europe riding a bear(?), and a beautiful portrait of a godess.

3 fragments comes in collectors boxes on red velvet.

Ex private collection

A large and thus rare erotic scene on a terracotta fragment, Early Roman Imperial, 1st.-2nd. cent. AD.

The fragment might be too large to be from an oil lamp, thus from a larger vessel, we're not certain. It's nicely mounted in an old collectors box on red velvet.

Size: 10,5 cm. wide and 7,7 cm. tall.

Ex. Old Private Collection

A rare and exceptionally detailed erotic scene on a terracotta fragment, Early Roman Imperial, 1st.-2nd. cent. AD.

The fragment, likely from an oil lamp, is nicely mounted in an old collectors box on red velvet.

Size: 6 cm. tall.

Ex. Old Private Collection

A fine little cosmetic jar, Pre-dynastic-Old Kingdom, 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.

The jar finely carved and polished with a wide rim.

Size: 26 mm. tall.

Ex. Old private collection.

A nice pair of two cups with red glaze, Moche Culture, c. 300-500 AD.

Interesting pair of intact cups, perhaps for ritual purposes.

Size: 56 & 50 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Superb.

Private collection, aquired before 1970.

A massive bronze spear or lance, likely for hunting, Eurasian Steppes, early 2nd. millenium BC.

A very rare type of spear with a split socket and a relatively small leaf-shaped blade. The pole is square and there's large eyes inlaid in another metal near the socket.

Size: c. 46 cm.

Condition: Choice and intact with fine metal, lightly cleaned and retaining a thin dusty green patina.

Ex. Private collection

Interesting and rare pottery cone with head of a god, Africa, pre-historic period, mid 1st. mill. AD or earlier.

Size: c. 15. cm.

Ex. Old Danish Collection

Interesting hardstone axe, Pre-Columbian, 1st. millenium BC

Nice polisted sharp axe with rounded butt, unresearched for specific culture

Size: 10,5 cm.

Condition: Choice.

Ex. Old Collection