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Wonderful large pottery head, perhaps a theatre head, Roman Egypt, 1st.-3rd. century AD.

The human head with grotesque features.

Size: 87 mm. x 85 mm.

Condition: Very fine, missing one ear othervise completely intact and choice! Nice old brownish patina.

Ex. German Private Collection, 1925-1979.

Pre Columbian Period Moche Feline head vessel. North Coast Peru, 450 - 700 AD. A love two colour pottery vessel in the form of a feline (animal - jaguar?) head and a trompet-shaped spout.

The cat fierce looking with barred teeth.

Size: 19,5 cm. x 14 cm.

Condition: Choice!, intact with a micro chip under the spout, mentioned only to be 100% correct. Fine old collection patina.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection, aquired to Denmark before 1970.

A lovely greek pottery head of a female godess, likely Aphrodites, with intact neck and all detals preserved, Hellenistic period, 3rd.-2nd. century BC.

These heads was likely ritually broken in some cases and are not rare on the market, but this head are of much better quality and style than most heads for sale.

Size: ca. 4 cm.

Ex. Collection of a German Goldsmith, 1960-1995.

A scarce pottery of a female Deity, 1st.-3rd. century AD.

The head with impressive large hair, a hairnet at the back and young facial features, needs some more research.

Size: ca. 4 cm.

Ex. Collection of a German Goldsmith, 1960-1995.

A lovely sculptured pottery head of a Roman lady with elaborate hairstyle, 1st.-3rd. century AD.

The head of a young woman with a slight smile and with head twisted slightly to the left.

Size: 47 mm. tall.

Provenance: German private collection from the 1960s to ca. 2000.

A very rare and exceptionally large Islamic Vase, ca. 12th.-14th. century.

The vase very impressive in size and beautiful classic tulip form. Green-glazed red ceramic.

Size: 26,5 cm. tall and ca. 26 cm. wide. Very heavy construction.

Condition: Choice and intact, with some loss to glaze in parts. Fine iridescent patina.

Provenance: Dr. Günther Marschall collection (1913-1997).

A nice and rare pottery lamp of a late Roman / Byzantine type, with inscriptions on the body, ca. 5th.-7th. century AD.

Interesting and intact lamp with only minor wear and small chips.

Size: 9 cm.

Condition: Choice and intact.

Private US Collection 1974-1994.

A massive and important ceramic vessel, anthropomorhic design, Quimbaya / Calima Culture, Cauca valley, Columbia, ca. 600-1000 AD.

This exceptional massive redware vessel was found in the village of Virginia in the Cauca Valley. Anthropomorphic design depicting a male figure with a fat belly and hands holding something(?). His headdress or hat has a relatively small hole at the top (mouth of the vessel) where we imagine that straws for sucking up liquids was inserted.

The ...

A very unusual and possible rare pottery bowl with an elongated square design, Quimbaya, 7th.-14th. cent. AD.

A low rim bowl decorated on the sides with multible lines and criss-cross.

Size: 19,3 cm. wide, 15 cm. deep and 6 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice and intact with ancient patina.

Provenance: Inger and Ebbe Gotzche Frederiksen, Espergærde, Denmark. The couple lived years in South America, in Ecuador in 1958, Columbia from 1964-1966 and later in 197...

Nice ceramic vessel in a classic vase shape with fine Narino or Quimbaya culture, Northern Ecuador and Southern Colombia, 8th.-15th. cent. AD.

Rough, glazed ceramic in red colour, w remnants of black resist painting.

Size: 18 cm. tall

Condition: Choice, completely intact.

Provenance: Inger and Ebbe Gotzche Frederiksen, Espergærde, Denmark. The couple lived years in South America, in Ecuador in 1958, Columbia from 1964-1966 and later in 1976 in Peru a...

A couple of rare vessels in red / black, Quimbaya, Ecuador or Columbia, 7th.-14th. cent. AD

Lot consists of a lovely pedestal rattle vessel with small perferations on the foot and applications of animals on the rim and a jug with a human face impressed on the neck, Anthropomorphic style and decorated with black on red lines.

Size: The pedestal, 15,5 cm. wide and 9,3 cm. tall; the jug 15 cm. tall.

Condition: The pedestal bowl intact with minimal chips, the jug re...

Nice greco-roman pottery head of deity, 2nd. cent. BC-1st. cent. AD.

Finely made in terracota; 4 cm. wide and 4 cm. tall.

Ex. Franz Xaver Geiger, Baden-Württemberg, 1960-1980.

A rare large Harpocrates pottery figure Ptolemaic period3rd.-1st. century BC.

A mold-made terracotta votive figure of the god Harpocrates (Harpokrates), depicted here seated with large headdress, nude and his left hand finger in his mouth and the hand resting on his tigh.

Size: 15,5 cm. tall.

Ex. Very old Danish Estate collection, aquired early 1970s.

A rare large pottery figure of Thot as a Baboon Late-Ptolemaic period, 5th.-1st. century BC.

A mold-made votive figure of the god Thot, depicted here seated as a Baboon holding a round object and very detailed with remnants of pigments.

Interesting, large figures like this are usuaully only encountered in faiance or stone so a scarce late representation in terracotta.

Size: 9 cm. tall and 5,3 cm. wide.

Condition: Choice and intact with smaller chips a...

A Pre-Columbian barrel-shaped vessel with Feline heads with large fangs, Peru, Moche Culture, 2nd.-5th. century AD.

Very vivid and beautiful ceramic vessel of zoomorphic design.

Size: 15 cm.

Condition: Intact w beautifully preserved colours.

Ex. Prominent Danish Private Collection, comes with COA and provenance back to a 1960s-70s. collection of Jan Pelle, Denmark.

A large Moche stirrup vessel with Coca chewing indian, 200-500 AD.

A lovely piece with finely preserved colours and fine facial features.

Size: 22 cm.

Condition: Choice and intact.

Ex. Prominent Danish Private Collection, comes with COA and provenance back to earlier collection

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. See the closeups for the condition of the glaze.

Provenance: Important Danish Private Estate collection, (aquired ...

A very attractive pottery bowl, in a original state for type with caligraphy, Islamic Samenid Dynasty, ca. 9th.-10th. century.

A larger bowl both wide and tall and decorated with wonderful caligraphy in black on white glaze.

Size: 26 cm. wide and 9 cm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine for type. Original crackled glaze with much patina. See the closeups for the condition of the glaze. Cleaning marks and perhaps some very light restoration of glaze, but looks un res...