Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World (509)

A terrific bottle with metalic blue irridescence and a fine quality uncorroded glass, a gem! Roman, 1st.-3rd. century AD.

Nice bell shape and folded rim, fantastic colour.

Size: ca. 9 cm.

Condition: Superb.

Ex. Galerie Alte Röme and before in the private collection of Prof. Dr. Ritschel.

A completely intact flaked danish neolithic axe, dating to 3rd-2nd mill BC. The axe has a convex, perfectly shaped cutting, edge and straight parallel sides which taper to a squared off butt end.

The axed measure 135 mm. Each face of the object has been worked with flaking - a very skillfull job!

The flaked sides taper evenly towards the butt end.

The axe has a beautyful mottled greyish white and beige patina and is in nearly superb condition...

A wonderful terracotta oil lamp with four-leaved clover for good luck, Roman, Julio Claudian period, 1st. century AD.

Artful style, flat discus shape.

Size: 10,2 cm.

Condition: Choice, almost invisible hairline repair at the spout, othervise perfect.

Ex Steen Stroemberg Collection

A scarce early Roman lamp of the Loeschcke IV type, decorated with Amor and name of workshop or maker. Dark brown slip. Dating 2nd. century A.D.

An interesting and beautiful simple lamp with a fine depiction of Eros or Amor on the discus.

Size: 98 mm.

Condition: Choice, minimal chip to the back, othervise perfect.

Ex Hôtel Drouot, Paris, formerly in a French Private Collection, ca. 1970.

A scarce terracotta oillamp with a Raven, dating to the 1st. century AD.

The lamp of the type Loeschcke I B with fine brown pigments. The bird in very high relief. Beautiful early type.

Size: 95 mm.

From a Berlin private collection, bought in 1990s.

An late renaissance or baroque period Iron Padlock, European, ca. 16th.-17th. century.

Cast and wrought lock. Very beautiful with an arched moveable part and a keyhole at one end. The lock was cobber braized or plated in the renaissance manor and much cobber can still be spotted in parts of the surface (see pictures).

Size: 13,5 cm. long and around 7 cm. high.

Provenance: Birgit og Bent Wolstrup Collection

An superb Silex Axe from the early Daggertime, Late Danish Neolithic period, ca. 2400-2200 BC.

- The thin-butted axe, superbly polished on all sides to an almost glass-like degree, with a razor sharp edge or bit. High quality Silex, patinated in a deep greyish brown colour.

Size: 12,3 cm.

Condition: Superb, near pristine condition.

Very scarce in this condition and colour

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SCARCE STEATITE STONE SCARAB, ENGRAVED WITH THE DOUBLE CARTOUCHE OF THUTMOSE III, NEW KINGDOM, Thutmose III, ruled 1479-1425 BC

Nice larger scarab with detailed Hieroglyphs for thutmose III / Thutmosis III, interesting with the two Cartouches and the double Ureaus.

Size: c. 22 mm. long, longitudially pierced.

Condition: Nice, smaller loss to the lower bottom surface.

Ex. Swedish Private collection

A finely carved stone amulet of a bird, finely mounted and very attractive, 2nd.-1st. millenium BC.

The amulet very detailed and a beautiful addition to any collection of Egyptian amulets.

Size: 34 mm.

Ex R.T. Private collection, since 1958 in Münich, Germany.

Finely shaped vessel, hemispheric body, a wide turned -over rim, concave base.

Condition: Choice, small pinhole in the base, othervise completely intact with a fine silver iridescence.

Size: ca. 7 cm. wide and 5,5 cm. high.

Ex. Danish Private Collection

A very attractive and quite rare specimen of an ancient Bow-mans / Archers thumb ring in silver, 1st. millenium BC.

These rings are normally only found in bronze and we bought this a bronze ring, but while inspecting closer we discovered that it's in silver and just heavily patinated!

Size: A large thumb-ring measuring around 26 mm. in inner height, slightly less wide.

Condition: Choice! Heavy black patina that could be cleaned to the beautiful pure silver...

A nice collection of ancient Beads, as a smaller necklace, Ancient Near East, 2nd.-1st. millenium BC.

It consists of a few larger Carnelian and agate beads, barrel-shaped and round, and also a larger group of smaller tubular beads.

Size: 23 cm. in double and 47 in a single row.

Condition: Choice, a perfect selection.

Ex old German Collection, beginning of the 1990s.

A superb quality Islamic bowl, Islamic, 12th century A.D. (494 AH – 597 AH). Ancient near East, Northern Khorassan.

Cream, blue and black glazed pottery dish on a short foot. The center decorated with faint floral patterns in relief in the manor of the Seljuqs.

Condition: Very fine, completely original surfaces, a hairline crack restored. Exceptional silverish iridescence patina that is difficult to picture.

Size: ca. 15 cm. wide (diameter)

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A very fine Cylinder seal, larger and in an attractive brownish stone, Old Babylonian 2000-1600 BC.

The seal is carved with a Hero grabbing a demon by the arm and stabbing him with a dagger or sword.

Size: 22-23 mm tall and 10-11 mm. thcik.

Condition: Choice, smooth wear and heavily patinated.

Ex. Karl Jakob Müller, Frankfurt, aquired between 1959 and 1977.

An attractive battle axe, Luristan type, but likely made further north east in the Caspian Sea area, ca. 2000-1600 BC.

The axe with an outswayed edge and a socket decorated with lines in relief.

Size: 12 cm. long.

Condition: Choice, nice specimen with green patina, good metal, some cleaning marks and minor ancient loss to blade.

Ex. Danish Private Collection

A very attractive bronze dagger, Caspian Sea / Caucasian type, ca. 1000 BC

A finely shaped handle and well-proportioned dagger. The handle was made to take inlays of bone or stone, now lost. The blade thick tappering to sharper edges.

Size: 29,5 cm.

Condition: Choice, with a fine red and green patina.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection of ancient weapons.

An interesting bronze dagger of Stiletto design, later 2nd.-early 1st. millenium BC.

A large crescent behind the blade, points to Amlash or at least the greater Caspian Sea area as the location of the making. A finely made narrow weapon for stabing, once with bone or stone inlays in the handle. Very rare type.

Size: 26 cm. long.

Condition: Very fine and intact with deep red and green patina.

Ex. Danish Private CDollection

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

A high bowl, almost cone shaped and nice for the type. Eastern part of the ancient Samanid Empire, around the Bamiyan region.

Size: 16,9 x 7,8 cm

Condition: Choice for type with much original glaze, hairline cracks professionally restored. Terrific shine to the glace!

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