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A choice & rare islamic pottery bowl dating to 10th-12th century AD.

The bowl has a greenish white glace with some wear due to age.

The bottom of the interior is decorated with a calligraphic symbol.

Size: 110x36 mm.

A scarce and nice Pottery Oil lamp, ca. 3rd. century AD.

The lLamp in greish pottery, displaying the portraits of Isis and Sepatis on the Discus.

Size: 10 cm.

Condition: Intact, some even wear.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection.

Scarce pottery vase, Pre-Columbian Culture of Guanacaste, 1000 - 1500 A.D.

A fine little vase with incredible vivid colours, trompetshaped with footring. Tagged with black ink 'Cazhaldma' in the bottom, possible a finding place.

Size: 10 cm.

Condition: Choice, few minor nicks to the rim.

Ex Westermann collection, from the 1960s

A Thai / Sawankhalok covered pottery box dating to 15th-16th cent AD.

Circular form with blue decorations on a white underglaze. Floral and geometrical motifs.

Size is c. 9 x 9,5 m. - 3,5 x 3,7 inches.

Condition: Choice with smaller chips to the rim of the lid. A vertical hairline crack at the base.

Ex. Private Collection.

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.

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...

An attractive pottery bowl with old repair from 1960s collection, Abbasid (?), 8th.-9th. century AD.

The bowl decorated with stylized caligraphy on a beige ground.

Size: 19 cm. wide and 7,5 cm. tall.

Condition: Very fine, typical visible repair of the old Islamic Collections!

Provenance: Important Danish-French Private collection, (aquired 1970- c. 2007) of Islamic pottery ware from the 9th.-12th. century. Comes with COA.

A fine group of ancient pottery oil lamps, Later Roman to Byzantine periods, ca. 3rd.-6th. century AD.

Group consists of a 86 mm. long Roman lamp, 2nd.-3rd. cent. AD, a small round terracotta type, quite rare, 70 mm. long, likely Early Roman (?) and a larger Holyland type, Palestine ca. 6th. century AD. with ribbed corpus (damage to mouth), 95 mm.

A nice lot for one price!

Ex. Private collection, since 1960s.

Interesting grey pottery lamp decorated with a winged Eros atop of spout, Greek hellenistic, 3rd.-2nd. century BC.

Size: c. 108 mm. long.

Condition: Near Very fine, somewhat uncleaned with chip to the spout and wear from use.

Provenance: Bärbel Kasper collection, Germany since 1950.

A fine large ceramic vessel - a globular jar with negative resist pattern in black on red, Ecuador or Columbia, pre 1000 AD.

Size: 23 cm. wide and 14 cm. tall.

Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with a tiny pin-hole in the side, preserved decoration.

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 and Bolivia, and in all of those pla...

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.

Attractive Pre-Columbian pottery vessel with heads, Quimbaya/Carchi, Columbia, 7th.-14th. cent. AD

Interesting pedestal vessel with Zoomorphic heads and remnants of negative resist paint in black on red.

Size: 13 cm. wide, 9 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice and 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 and Boli...

Scarce pottery Jug, Varde in Denmark, ca. 16th.-18th. century AD.

These black-glazed pottery jugs and pots were made from medieval times to 19th. century. This particular jug is one of the finest examples we've seen from the region around Varde that produced the best pottery in Jutland. Finely made with glossy black glaze.

Size: 20-21 cm. tall, incl. the lid.

Condition: Hairline repairs and small chip to lid, as is typical for this fragile type.

Prove...

FINE POTTERY BOWL WITH GREEN GLACE, WESTERN-CENTRAL ASIA, 10TH-11TH. CENTURY AD.

A beautiful bowl decorated with a wonderful glossy rich glace in green.

Size: ca 175 mm. wide and 75 mm. deep.

Condition: Choice for type, some gentle resoration, much original glace and looks unrestored.

Ex. Copenhagen Dealers collection, aquired over a period 20 years.

From the shaft tombs of the Southern Highland Narino Region of Columbia.

This choice vessel has the body decorated with a red-on-cream resist painted pattern. Serrated edge.

Size: ca. 75 mm. high and ca. 155 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Choice! nothing to remark.

Ex. The Professor D.H. collection, Münic, ca. 1960s.

A large North African Red-Ware Oil Lamp, late Roman ca. 4th-5th Century AD.

The lamp with a Gladiator or Soldier depicted hurling something on the discus, heering pattern around. Knob handle and two filling holes. Makers mark on the back

Condition: Choice and intact, even wear to all decorations and fine patination and discolouration from ancient use.

Size: 11,8 cm. long.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection

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...

An intact and attractive pottery bowl, 9th.-10th. century AD.

The bowl decorated with stylized caligraphy in green-brown on a beige ground.

Size: 12,8 cm. wide and 5 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice, original glaze, perhaps a chip restored, but difficult to spot.

Provenance: Important Danish-French Private collection, (aquired 1970- c. 2007) of Islamic pottery ware from the 9th.-12th. century. Comes with COA.

An attractive larger pottery flute with human bust of a female holding hans to her breasts.

Size: 70 mm. tall and 76 mm. deep.

Condition: Intact with minor old lossses.

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 and Bolivia, and in all of those places they bought the collection. It comes with notes and photos from the collector...

A nice and fine style roman pottery head, 1st. century AD.

Style of the head much like portraits of a young Nero.

Size: 53 mm. tall.

Ex. German Private Collection

A nice head of a horse and a upperpart of d warrior with a shield on his back, Greece, Cyprus, Cypro-Archaic period 750–600 BC.

These fragments are sold without bases.

Size: 56 mm. and 70 mm.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection

A fine and coletely intact small pottery vase, Pre-Columbian Inca Empire, Chancay culture.

Globular form with handle, tags from a very old 19th. century European collection on the belly!

Size: 10,4 cm.

Condition: Choice with nice patina.

Ex. Old Danish Collection

A fine and completely intact small pottery vase, Pre-Columbian Inca Empire, Chancay culture.

Squat form with twin handles and decorated in black glaze.

Size: 10 cm.

Condition: Choice with nice patina.

Ex. Old Danish Collection

A nice terracotta head of Bes, fragmentary and corroded, but substantial and with fine classic features, Egyptian, Late-Roman Period, 500-100 AD. Comes attached to the original German gift letter from the 1920s-1930s.

Size: 70 x 55 mm.

Ex. Old German Private Collection.

A pair of unresearched very early african ceramic sculptural art, probably Akan and Nigeria, pre 18th. century and one is probably ancient!

Sold as one lot.

Size: The head is 16,5 cm. incl. the nice base, the other is c. 14,5 cm. tall.

Provenance: Collection of Gunna Munkvad, Denmark, aquired from the 1950s-1980s.

An attractive red terracotta stamp seal, carved in deep relief with a cruciform pattern, Pre-Columbian, Nicoya, Linea Vieja, 1st. mill. AD

Well-made in a wonderful condition. Almost stone-like density of this red ceramic.

Size: 43 mm. tall and c. 47-48 mm. in diameter.

Condition: Extremely Fine.

Ex. German Private Collection and ex a Dorotheum auctionsale in 1980, where it was purchased!

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1200 AD.

A white-slipped terracotta bowl with a rounded base, curved walls, a deep interior cavity, and a thin rim.

It features a nice geomethric decoration in a rich brown hue.

Size: 12,5 cm. in diameter and ca. 7-8 cm. tall.

Condition: Nice and intact, small pinhole in the wall and a blemmage in the bottom, perhaps oil or residue from former mounting?

A pair of very nice ancient fragmentary pottery heads from late La Tolita culture / early Guangala in present day Ecuador, c. 200 BC-500 AD!

Both likely male dignitaries, one of them with with large earspools. The head to the left is chewing coca leaves!

Comes with a costum wooden stands.

Sizable heads, measure up to 12 cm inc. the stand, 6-7,3 cm. for the heads alone.

Ex. German Private Collection from the 1980s.

Carchi / Narino Culture. Ecuador, pottery jar with fine decorations of red on black glaze, ca. 850-1250 AD.

Size: 9 cm. high and 12 cm. wide.

Condition: Choice!

Ex. Provenance: Ib Olsen Collection, bought in the 1960s-1980s.

A massive and very rare Faiance medallion, possible a ritual piece, Islamic world, likely Egypt, ca. 8th.-10th. century AD.

Complete amulet of a huge size in nice condition and with fine patina. Decorated with birds, peg on the backside.

Size: 59 mm. in diameter

Ex the collection of Dr. Günter Wiedner, Bayern.

Reff. These pendants are listed in "A Bead Timeline" by J.W. Lankton, p. 74

Interesting European, perhaps Swedish Foundation brick from a building, 17th. century.

With Coat Of Arms and dating.

Size: 13,3 x 9,5 x 7,5 cm. Ca. 2kg.

Ex. Danish Private Collection

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 substantial pottery figure of a mythical creature, Mexico, Mayan or earlier pre 8th. century AD.

A delicately made hollow terracotta figure of great appeal and quite funny really. The figure with a thick belly pronounced jaw, round eyes, large headdress with wings behind, earspools etc. Very interesting style, possibly a flute.

Size: 78 mm. tall and 62 mm. wide, comes without a base.

Condition: Choice, a full figure, but with losses to leg and top.

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A beautifylly decorated European pottery dish dating to around 18th-19th cent, probably of Dutch origin?

The dish with low, widened walls and a foliated rim.

Center of the interior is decorated with a depiction motif of a Tulip

Size: 20-20,5 cm. in diameter.

Condition: Choice with wear for age and type. On the base the initials LP are incised.

Interesting bead or perhaps a spindle weight, carved with geomethric patterns, c. 3rd.-2nd. millenium BC.

Exceptionally large bead that would have been impossible to use in a necklace. In hard burnt stoneware and it that came to us as part of an Egyptian collection. Guaranteed authentic as everything we sell.

Size: 45 mm. in diameter and 42 mm. tall

Ex. Old German collection, aquired in the 1980s.

A larger and very refined La Tolita head. He wears a giant nosering and a cap, in hard burnt stoneware.

Size: 5 cm. tall and 5 cm. wide. Unmounted.

Condition: Choice.

Ex Old German Private Collection.