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item #1476929
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$185.00
$185.00
Interesting and attractive amulet carved and polished in green black stone, very glossy, Mesopotamia Uruk-Jemdet Nasr period, 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.
The amulet drilled at the top as the eyes of the bird, which is standing on a low oval base.
Size: 19-20 mm...
The amulet drilled at the top as the eyes of the bird, which is standing on a low oval base.
Size: 19-20 mm...
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item #1491948
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Interesting early scaraboid stamp seal, shaped as a stylized Egyptian Scarab, North-Eastern Anatolia / Western Mesopotamia, c. 3rd. mill. BC.
Size: 18 x 16 mm.
Condition: Nice very fine, lovely deep relief.
Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
Size: 18 x 16 mm.
Condition: Nice very fine, lovely deep relief.
Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
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item #1480937
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$195.00
$195.00
Interesting and well-patinated white stone cylinder seal, Greater Babylonia, 2nd. millenium BC.
The seal carved with a symbol of animals with intertwinned necks and lines of pseudo cuneiform script.
Size: c. 24 mm.
Condition: Very fine and intact.
Ex. Danish Private Collection, this seal aquired in the early 1990s.
The seal carved with a symbol of animals with intertwinned necks and lines of pseudo cuneiform script.
Size: c. 24 mm.
Condition: Very fine and intact.
Ex. Danish Private Collection, this seal aquired in the early 1990s.
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item #1483448
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$275.00
$275.00
Elaborate black stone stamp seal with a round stepped base and a central domed and pierced handle, high quality provincial Hittite work of the mid 2nd. millenium BC.
The base engraved with three different animal, capride deer and perhaps an ibex or a goat (?).
Size: 20 mm. wide and 14 mm. tall.
Condition: About Extremely fine.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 1993...
The base engraved with three different animal, capride deer and perhaps an ibex or a goat (?).
Size: 20 mm. wide and 14 mm. tall.
Condition: About Extremely fine.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 1993...
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item #1480983
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$325.00
$325.00
A fine cylinder seal carved in an attractive beige-orange stone, Mesopotamia under the Achaemenid Empire, c. 7th.-5th. century BC.
Nice low relief depiction of the Great King wrestling with stags.
Size: c. 28-29 mm. tall.
Condition: Near VF, intact with some dirt deposits
Ex. Danish Private Collection, this seal aquired in the early 1990s.
Nice low relief depiction of the Great King wrestling with stags.
Size: c. 28-29 mm. tall.
Condition: Near VF, intact with some dirt deposits
Ex. Danish Private Collection, this seal aquired in the early 1990s.
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item #1486488
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$175.00
$175.00
Interesting and rarely seen example of the Quatrefoil stone stamp seal group, Eastern Anatolia, Halaf period, c. 6th.-5th.- mill. BC.
An early but still quite elaborate small stamp seal, carved with a small cross inside the larger.
Size: 13 mm. x 13 mm., 6 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice VF, intact with patina...
An early but still quite elaborate small stamp seal, carved with a small cross inside the larger.
Size: 13 mm. x 13 mm., 6 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice VF, intact with patina...
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item #1474166
A fine large brown stone stamp seal with high relief, Ancient Near East, probably Mesopotamia, Uruk period, 4th. millenium BC.
High relief carving of stylized animal and other symbols.
Size: 30 mm. in diameter and 14 mm...
High relief carving of stylized animal and other symbols.
Size: 30 mm. in diameter and 14 mm...
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item #1469752
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$435.00
$435.00
Interesting and quite rare light brown stone cylinder seal, Early 3rd. millenium BC.
A beautiful and highly concave cylinder seal carved with long centripeds! The seal dates to the 3rd. milleniun BC - Pre-Early Dynastic. Finely carved and high attractive!
Size: 22 x 16 mm...
A beautiful and highly concave cylinder seal carved with long centripeds! The seal dates to the 3rd. milleniun BC - Pre-Early Dynastic. Finely carved and high attractive!
Size: 22 x 16 mm...
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item #1476429
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$250.00
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A scarce and interesting Cylinder-stamp, found around Antiochia, probably, dating around 2nd. mill. BC, though the collectors dated this seal much earlier (see picture of his ID-cards)...
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item #1490340
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A high quality and massive Mesopotamian cylinder seal carved in dark serpentine stone, North-West Mesopotamia, c. 18th.-16th. century BC.
The seal is profusely engraved with a complex depiction of deities and animals. A central godess is sort of flying with her hands touching two creatures above. A worshipper in front with hands raised. Aray of animals and smaller figures including a Centaur below.
Size: 44-45 mm. tall. and 15 mm...
The seal is profusely engraved with a complex depiction of deities and animals. A central godess is sort of flying with her hands touching two creatures above. A worshipper in front with hands raised. Aray of animals and smaller figures including a Centaur below.
Size: 44-45 mm. tall. and 15 mm...
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item #1478462
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$275.00
$275.00
A large and well-preserved carved stone cylinder seal from the Pre-Dynastic period of Mesopotamia, c. 3rd. mill. BC.
The seal very sharp and engraved in redish stone with two humans or deities holding hands upside-down and strange multi-legged animal.
Size: 26 mm. tall and 11 mm. wide.
Condition: Near Extremely fine.
This seal was aquired 1993 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberl...
The seal very sharp and engraved in redish stone with two humans or deities holding hands upside-down and strange multi-legged animal.
Size: 26 mm. tall and 11 mm. wide.
Condition: Near Extremely fine.
This seal was aquired 1993 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberl...
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item #1484024
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$165.00
$165.00
Fine early stamp seal, Western Mesopotamia, Halaf to early Ubaid period, c. 6th.-5th. mill. BC.
Carved as a very stylized animal head, where the drilled hole is the 'eye', on the base simple Grit-pattern.
Size: 30 mm. wide and 16 mm. tall.
Condition: Choice Very fine and intact with patina.
This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his ma...
Carved as a very stylized animal head, where the drilled hole is the 'eye', on the base simple Grit-pattern.
Size: 30 mm. wide and 16 mm. tall.
Condition: Choice Very fine and intact with patina.
This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his ma...
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item #1363737
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$150.00
$150.00
A larger early square stamp seal in brown Serpentine, Mesopotamia, Early 3rd. millenium BC.
An attractive seal drilled to be mounted to a string and engraved with astylized figure.
Size: 27 mm. x 24 mm.
Provenance: Part of the inventory of the Coin and antiquities dealer Karl kress, Munich, 1950s.-1960s.
An attractive seal drilled to be mounted to a string and engraved with astylized figure.
Size: 27 mm. x 24 mm.
Provenance: Part of the inventory of the Coin and antiquities dealer Karl kress, Munich, 1950s.-1960s.
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item #1476232
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$195.00
$195.00
Interesting large round seal with a finely made engraving in the base, East-Anatolian, 3rd.-2nd. mill. BC.
Highly interesting engraving!
Size: 30 mm. in diameter and 13 mm. tall.
Condition: Near Very fine.
This seal was aquired 1991 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at repu...
Highly interesting engraving!
Size: 30 mm. in diameter and 13 mm. tall.
Condition: Near Very fine.
This seal was aquired 1991 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at repu...
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item #1485878
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$295.00
$295.00
A very nice lot of stone stamp seals, and a greenstone axe amulet, Anatolia/Mesopotamia, c. 4th.-1st. mill. BC. (10)
The lot also Includes a beautiful red-black stone seal with grit pattern, dating Ubaid, 4th. mill. BC, a tablet seal with decorations on all sides, and smaller later stamp seals.
The seals comes with the original ID-card from below collection.
Size: Up to c. 17 mm.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his mas...
The lot also Includes a beautiful red-black stone seal with grit pattern, dating Ubaid, 4th. mill. BC, a tablet seal with decorations on all sides, and smaller later stamp seals.
The seals comes with the original ID-card from below collection.
Size: Up to c. 17 mm.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his mas...
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item #1480718
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$235.00
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Interesting stone seal, shaped as a stylized scarab after Egyptian model, West-Mesopotamian, among the earliest types of scaraboids, 3rd. millenium BC.
A particularly finely carved specimen with a sophisticated Leaf/heering pattern.
Size: 22 mm. long and 17 mm. wide, 10 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact and with much uncleaned deposits, so the imprint will improve much when cleaned.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 1994. Comes with ori...
A particularly finely carved specimen with a sophisticated Leaf/heering pattern.
Size: 22 mm. long and 17 mm. wide, 10 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, intact and with much uncleaned deposits, so the imprint will improve much when cleaned.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 1994. Comes with ori...
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item #1476815
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$235.00
$235.00
Finely preserved scaraboid stamp seal, inspired by Egyptian scarabs, Middle-Assyrian Empire, 15th.-11th. cent. BC.
The scarab of a bifacial style where the upperside is engraved with a vivid Sun motif and the base engraved with two animals.
Size: 19 mm. long and 16 mm. wide and 7 mm. thick.
This seal was aquired 1992 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection. Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his ma...
The scarab of a bifacial style where the upperside is engraved with a vivid Sun motif and the base engraved with two animals.
Size: 19 mm. long and 16 mm. wide and 7 mm. thick.
This seal was aquired 1992 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection. Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his ma...
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item #1468437
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$150.00
$150.00
An low hemispheric stone seal of the Cruciform design family, Anatolia or Syria, Uruk period, c. 3500 BC.
An early seal in a jet black stone with a nice and symethric engraving of an angle-filled cross.
Size: c. 18-19 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Nice Very Fine, much smooth wear, but completely intact and attractive.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at repu...
An early seal in a jet black stone with a nice and symethric engraving of an angle-filled cross.
Size: c. 18-19 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Nice Very Fine, much smooth wear, but completely intact and attractive.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at repu...