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item #1486629
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$95.00
$95.00
Extremely fine specimen of the earliest metal daggers known, BMAC / Indus, Chalcolithic period, 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.
Interesting and collectable daggers. Flat, leafshaped blade and very long, straight tang.
Size: 20,8 cm long.
Condition: Extremely fine, choice green patina and great metal. Uncleaned with earthern deposits.
Ex. Danish private Collection, aquired at the Copenhagen antiques market in the 1990s.
Interesting and collectable daggers. Flat, leafshaped blade and very long, straight tang.
Size: 20,8 cm long.
Condition: Extremely fine, choice green patina and great metal. Uncleaned with earthern deposits.
Ex. Danish private Collection, aquired at the Copenhagen antiques market in the 1990s.
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item #1486628
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$175.00
$175.00
A very nice and fine condition larger bronze dagger, dating to the 2nd. millenium BC.
Attractive greater Mesopotamian type of dagger with a short tang and two rivets in each top side of the triangular blade with a diamond shaped crossection.
Size: 28,6 cm. long.
Condition: Near Extremely fine for type excellent light green patina and fine metal.
Ex. Danish Private Collection, bought in the Copenhagen antique market in the early 1990s.
Attractive greater Mesopotamian type of dagger with a short tang and two rivets in each top side of the triangular blade with a diamond shaped crossection.
Size: 28,6 cm. long.
Condition: Near Extremely fine for type excellent light green patina and fine metal.
Ex. Danish Private Collection, bought in the Copenhagen antique market in the early 1990s.
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item #1486532
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$295.00
$295.00
Interesting stamp seal of a very large size and depicting a horse, found place border area between Mesopotamia and Anatolia, Antiocheia, Uruk-Jemdet Nasr period, c. 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.
A rare sizeable depiction of a horse from this period.
Size: 35 mm. in diameter and 8 mm...
A rare sizeable depiction of a horse from this period.
Size: 35 mm. in diameter and 8 mm...
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item #1486531
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$325.00
$325.00
Interesting and massive stamp seal in fossilized shell or the like, and carved with a large capride with long horns on the base. Hemispheric shape and drill-carving of the later Uruk period, c. 3300-2800 BC.
Very attractive and impressive in the rough shell material, quite dense and heavy.
Size: 40 mm. in diameter and 17 mm...
Very attractive and impressive in the rough shell material, quite dense and heavy.
Size: 40 mm. in diameter and 17 mm...
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item #1486528
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$95.00
$95.00
Interesting seal that needs more research. Carved with a nice framed carving depicting a capride, horned animal eating a plant! Syro-Anatolian area of Western Mesopotamia. Found place given as Amúg Ebene near Antiocheia.
Size: 19 x 18 mm...
Size: 19 x 18 mm...
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item #1486527
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$165.00
$165.00
A very interesting and rare early amulet seal, carved with archaic patterns and drill tecnique of the 6th.-5th. millenium BC, Mesopotamia.
The amulet in dark green stone is very rare and shaped almost like an insict carved on each broadside with 6 globules within a gritpattern and a typical Halaf gritpattern on the small side. Loop probably lost to wear in antiquity so a new hole was made drilling one globule through.
Size: 24 mm. long and 12 mm...
The amulet in dark green stone is very rare and shaped almost like an insict carved on each broadside with 6 globules within a gritpattern and a typical Halaf gritpattern on the small side. Loop probably lost to wear in antiquity so a new hole was made drilling one globule through.
Size: 24 mm. long and 12 mm...
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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 #1486487
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$195.00
$195.00
Seal seal carved like a fruit or a flower pot and on the base an engraved cross, loop at the top. carved in brownish stone, finely polished. Western Mesopotamia, probably 4th.-3rd. mill. BC
Size: 25 mm...
Size: 25 mm...
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item #1486485
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$165.00
$165.00
Very rare smaller stamp seal with the handle carved as a stylized animal head and the seal base into three round compartements, each containing an animal, Western Mesopotamia, c. 2nd. mill. BC.
Size: 15 mm. tall and 13 mm...
Size: 15 mm. tall and 13 mm...
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item #1486481
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$150.00
$150.00
Finely carved stamp seal with elaborate handle, Neo-Hittite states of the Levante, c...
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item #1486480
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$185.00
$185.00
A scarce very early and substantial stamp seal from the Pre-/early Halaf period of Western Mesopotamia c. 6th. mill. BC.
Assymethrical design, finely carved in a black stone with a medium tall handle, and carved with an interesting web-pattern in the base.
Size: 28 mm x 25 mm. and 14 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice VF, some wear but overall nicely preserved, uncleaned deposits.
Comes with hard impression and original ID-card from the collection. It was aquir...
Assymethrical design, finely carved in a black stone with a medium tall handle, and carved with an interesting web-pattern in the base.
Size: 28 mm x 25 mm. and 14 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice VF, some wear but overall nicely preserved, uncleaned deposits.
Comes with hard impression and original ID-card from the collection. It was aquir...
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item #1486196
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$125.00
$125.00
Interesting West-Mesopotamian stamp seal, bifacial amuletic type, Uruk period c. 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.
The drill-carved seal with human and animal on either side. Quite attractive!
Size: 20 x 17mm.
Condition: Good Very fine.
Comes with 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. Gustav Ober...
The drill-carved seal with human and animal on either side. Quite attractive!
Size: 20 x 17mm.
Condition: Good Very fine.
Comes with 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. Gustav Ober...
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item #1486190
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$225.00
$225.00
Attractive seal carved in the hemispheric-dome shape in a greenish-black hardstone, Early Achaemenid c. 7th.-5th. cent BC.
The seal engraved in the base with a fancy bird, probably a Peacock, which was a much favored bird among the Persians.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Size: 16 x 15 mm.
Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection ...
The seal engraved in the base with a fancy bird, probably a Peacock, which was a much favored bird among the Persians.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Size: 16 x 15 mm.
Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection ...
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item #1486187
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$325.00
$325.00
A very rare western Mesopotamian scaraboid seal with an engraving of a seated king on Throne holding his sceptre as a sign of his status, Western Mesopotamia, 2nd. mill. BC.
Attractive translucent stone, rarely seen as a material for early period scaraboids. Finely polished with curving sides in a peculiar squarish shape. Quite nicely engraved motif, better than the imprint indicates. On the back faint enhgraving of cross.
Condition: Nice VF or better, intact with fine pati...
Attractive translucent stone, rarely seen as a material for early period scaraboids. Finely polished with curving sides in a peculiar squarish shape. Quite nicely engraved motif, better than the imprint indicates. On the back faint enhgraving of cross.
Condition: Nice VF or better, intact with fine pati...
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item #1486157
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$795.00
$795.00
A very rare massive bronze mace head, Neo-Assyrian Empire, c. 9th.-8th. cent. BC.
More massive in construction than the typical 2nd.-1st. millenium BC mace heads with the solid socket being 4,5 cm. wide. Assyrian design, where the balance is at the very top of the mace head, which is ending in a wide hexagonal star of flat, sturdy projections. High quality weapon with finely detailed profiles and line engravings.
Size: Diameter of the star shape is 9,2 cm. the socket is ...
More massive in construction than the typical 2nd.-1st. millenium BC mace heads with the solid socket being 4,5 cm. wide. Assyrian design, where the balance is at the very top of the mace head, which is ending in a wide hexagonal star of flat, sturdy projections. High quality weapon with finely detailed profiles and line engravings.
Size: Diameter of the star shape is 9,2 cm. the socket is ...
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item #1486152
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A nice, polychrome terracotta container, Indus valley / Nal culture, c. 3rd. millenium BC.
Short cylindrical body, short neck with a wide rim. The rim and top of the vessel are decorated with patterns in red and black.
Size: 11,5 x 5,6 cm.
Condition: Choice. Intact bowl with slight wear. Á hairline crack to the vessel.
Ex. Old Danish private Collection, acquired in the 1990s at Copenhagen dealer.
Short cylindrical body, short neck with a wide rim. The rim and top of the vessel are decorated with patterns in red and black.
Size: 11,5 x 5,6 cm.
Condition: Choice. Intact bowl with slight wear. Á hairline crack to the vessel.
Ex. Old Danish private Collection, acquired in the 1990s at Copenhagen dealer.
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item #1486151
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A very nice, decorated terracotta bowl, Indus valley / Nal culture, c. 3rd. millenium BC.
The bowl with globular body on a narrow base. The exterior decorated with zoomorphic motif, wave pattern and concentric rings.
Size: 10 x 7,5 cm.
Condition: Choice. Intact bowl with slight wear.
Ex. Old Danish private Collection, acquired in the 1990s at Copenhagen dealer.
The bowl with globular body on a narrow base. The exterior decorated with zoomorphic motif, wave pattern and concentric rings.
Size: 10 x 7,5 cm.
Condition: Choice. Intact bowl with slight wear.
Ex. Old Danish private Collection, acquired in the 1990s at Copenhagen dealer.
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item #1486122
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$395.00
$395.00
Interesting and very impressive massive armring, the bronze mixed with some silver to make a whiter alloy, Achaemenid or pre-Achaemenid period, ancient near east, 1st. mill. BC.
Thick and massive bracelet with complicated bimetalic design with twisted copper-wire, and larger twisted rods and ending in stylised animal heads. The bracelet with a lovely warm brown find patina.
Size: 83 mm. wide, weighing 407 grams.
Condition: Choice and intact.
Ex. Old ...
Thick and massive bracelet with complicated bimetalic design with twisted copper-wire, and larger twisted rods and ending in stylised animal heads. The bracelet with a lovely warm brown find patina.
Size: 83 mm. wide, weighing 407 grams.
Condition: Choice and intact.
Ex. Old ...