Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World (1225)

A nice West Mesopotamian gable seal of a larger size, Late Ubaid-Uruk period, 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

Carved with s a strange looking animal in the base in very high relief.

Size: 22 mm...

A choice and attractive stamp seal of the late Ubaid period in black serpentine, Northern Mesopotamia, c. 5th.-4th. mill. BC.

Round and thick with a low handle and a complicated cruciform with angles engraved in the base.

Size: 22 in diameter x 15 mm...

An choice Silex Axe from the Daggertime, Late Danish Neolithic period, ca. 2400-1800 BC.

A nice thin-bladed axe, imitating the bronze axes that began to appear in Denmark through trade in the later part of the Neolithic period. A highly polished axe with a beautiful greyish patina and fossilmarks on the surface.

Size: 12 cm.

Condition: Choice, with minimal edge roughness.

Ex...

A lovely small stamp seal with high loop handle and carved in a black and white stone, Urartu Kingdom, c. 9th.-7th. cent. BC.

The seal base engraved with an animal. A rare stone seal from this culture and period.

Size: 15 mm. tall.

Condition: Good Very fine, choice and intact with uncleaned patina.

Added to the Oberländer collection in 1992...

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

A nice scarab seal semi-naturalistic form with fine details of a scarab, Hyksos Period, Dynasty 15th -17th. 1786 – 1650 BC.

Interesting hieroglyphs inside an oval frame.

Size: 15,5 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine, nice condition with some light wear overall, much deposits.

Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973)...

A lot of 5 knapped silex points from the private collection of P.F. Wulff. We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!

Fine lot with several spear types, in grey and brown silex, all dating around 10.000-6.000 BC.

Size: Up to 49 mm. and smaller.

Condition: VF-EF, nice patinas.

P.F. Wulff collection (c...

A large pendant (?) usage unknown, but perhaps verification or ownership, Byzantine, 5th.-7th. century AD.

A lead pendant (amulet?) in form of a round disc with bar and monogram and greek letters.

Massive piece weighing 43,8 grams and 4,1 cm. long.

Ex. German Private Collection, 1925-1979.

An nice early stamp seal in black steatite or chlorite, Halaf period 6th. millenium BC.

The seal was reportedly found at 'Amúg Ebene' in ancient North-Western Mesopotamia, present day Turkey, close to the ancient city of Antioch.

The seal is carved in a triangular shape with a low pierced handle...

A fine and very large bronze seal with a loop on the back and a wheel-like ornament with 10 spokes and two crescents, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.

Size: c. 5 cm. in diameter.

Condition: Very fine for type with typical thick green patina...

Interesting West-Mesopotamian stamp seal, bifacial amuletic type, Uruk period c. 4th.-3rd...

Ancient Egyptian carved amulet in red stone with finely polished details, Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasty, 664-332 BC

Size: c. 16 mm. wide and 11 mm. tall.

Condition: Good VF, intact with patination.

Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973). He was a famous German Art director and head of the Berlin National Gallery as well as other higher positions. Educated as Art Historian. Comes with COA.

Pair of very fine specimen of the earliest metal daggers known, BMAC / Indus, Chalcolithic period, 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.

Interesting and collectable daggers! Flat, leafshaped blades and very long, twisted tangs.

Size: Up to 171 mm long.

Condition: Good Very fine, choice green patina and great metal.

Ex. Danish private Collection, aquired at the Copenhagen antiques market in the 1990s.

A nice larger hemispheric stamp seal engraved in the base with a Cruciform design and pierced through, Mesopotamian, Ubaid, c. 5th. millenium BC.

Size: c. 23 mm. and 12 mm tall.

Condition: Good Very fine.

This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and f...

A nice tanged bronze dagger from the Ancient Near East, Caspian Sea Area, Mid-late Bronze age, 2nd. mill. BC.

Slim blade with rounded shoulders and central midrib.

Length: c. 27 cm

Condition: A nice dagger with fine green patina with pots of red. Slight roughness to the edge.

Ex. Private Collection in Denmark.

A tanged 'Luristan' bronze dagger from Ancient Near East, Caspian Sea Area, Bronze age, dating to 2nd mill BC.

The dagger with rounded shoulders, a short tang and central midrib. The top of the blade has two holes for fastening rivets.

Length: c. 26,5 cm.

Condition: Fine green patina with some roughness to the edges. The blade has a bend at the the tip, as seen on pictures.

Ex. Private Collection in Denmark, formed in the 1990's.

Attractive rectangular seal, carved in a glossy red-brown stone with low handle and gritt-pattern in the base, Mesopotamia, Halaf / Early Ubaid period, c. 6th.-5th. mill. BC.

Size: 23 mm. long and 16 mm. wide.

Condition: Nice very fine, tiny losses and wear.

Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 -...

A slim early cylinder seal in fine-corned white marple, carved with a characteristic and significant design for the Period of Jemdet Nasr in Mesopotamia.

The Jemdet Nassr Period in seal manifacturing,3300-2900 BC, were spreading from Southern Mesopotamia, where a great number of administrative cuneiform tablets and seals came from. Such seals was used to impress pictures or descriptions into soft, prepared clay. These seals guaranteed the authenticity of marked ownership: as such, the...