Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World (1223)

Attractive two-section gold earring, with a round frame on the ring and below as a drop-shaped hanger, Roman 2nd.-4th. century AD.

With some inlay still present in the hangers.

Size: 28-29 mm. long

Weight: 1,61 grams.

Intact and still wearable.

Ex. Old Estate collection of Northern Germany, c. 1900-1970

A very nice pottery bowl with torquoise glaze, black markings and a finely decorated pattern on the interior. Seljug period, 11th.-12th. century.

The bowl with fine silvery iridescence on the surface of the exterior. Very beautiful colours.

Size: 14 cm. in diameter. - c. 5,5 inches.

Condition: Choice w. spots of missing glaze and usual markings from the making. A possible hairline repair on the exterior and slight repaint.

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Attractive trapezoid style seal in fine transperant stone. Finely carved with Sin or worshipper of Sin/Nabo at the alter

Size: 22 mm. tall and 15-16 mm wide.

Condition: Good very fine, completely intact, nice patina.

This seal comes with a hard impression and COA.

Provenance: Ernst Grumach (1902 - 1967), Berlin.

A choice stamp seal carved in harder black stone, probably serpentine, West Mesopotamian, 4th.-3th. mill. BC.

An early prototype of the square stamp seal with a handle, later so popular. This seal is engraved with stylized animals in it's base.

Size: 25 mm. wide, 24 mm...

A thick early Mesopotamian cylinder seal in white-grey marple, carved with a characteristic and significant design for the Period of Jemdet Nasr, 3200-2900 BC.

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...

A very large black stone stamp seal with high relief engraving, Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Ubaid-Uruk period, 5th.-4th. millenium BC. According to notes from the collection, this seal was found in Tell Halaf!

High relief carving of cruciform pattern.

Size: 32 mm. in diameter and 19 mm...

A really nice stone seal pendant with a dramatic engraving, Neo-Babylonian-Achaemenid period, c. 8th.-5th. century BC.

Interesting provincial rendering of the famous depictions of the 1st. millenium in the near east, of the great king spearing a Lion. In this case the lion is rather small compared to the king, who is standing in a long dress, trusting the spear with both hands...

An unusually large and choice terracotta fertility figure of female form, Bajaur (Indus Valley), c. 3000-2500 BC.

A hollow mould-made Indus Valley red terracotta statuette modelled in a stylised manner with applied facial features of birdlike form. Also with applied arms and beasts on the cone-shaped body.

Size: 20,7 cm. tall and 8,3 cm...

A scarce pottery of a female Deity, 1st.-3rd. century AD.

The head with impressive large hair, a hairnet at the back and young facial features, needs some more research.

Size: ca. 4 cm.

Ex. Collection of a German Goldsmith, 1960-1995.

A large terracotta idol figurine of astarte, Syro-Hittite, dating to the mid-later period of the 3rd. millenium BC.

The pillar figure of Astarte with large round eyes and a bird-like presence. Angular shoulders and a monolithic body with her hands and delineated fingers placed over her breasts.

Size: 16 cm.

Condition: Very fine for type, the details still present with no losses, a repaired hairline through the neck, minor chips and losses

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Interesting cylinder seal in black stone with a warrior holding a spear in a running stance inside two rows of running animals, Old Assyrian, Early 2nd mill. BC.

Size: c. 17 mm.

Condition: Nice Very fine, intact with fine wear and deposits.

Provenance: The Karl Müller collection, Germany 1950-1977. Comes with original imprint and COA.

Very attractive large stamp seal in finely polished black stone, Uruk period of East Anatolia, c. 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

Round seal with elaborately evolving handle from the back and carved with lovely symethric depiction of loops...

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...

A choice and X-large tanged bronze lance, Ancient Near East, 1200-800 BC. 'Luristan' Turkmenistan / Uzbekistan bronze age.

A very impressive and decorative bronze lance with a long, bent tang, and a broad, leaf-shaped blade with highly profiled midrib.

A beautiful lance that would have been highly efficient on combat.

Size: c. 40 cm. long.

Condition: Nice Very fine. Beautiful green and red bronze patina. Some roughness to the edges.

Ex. Dan...

An accomplished and very interesting larger stone cylinder seal, from the Uruk period of Mesopotamia, c. 3500-3000 BC.

The fine drill-style carved shows thick vertical bars, and some strange creatures behind and around these bars. Attractive high relief seal carved in a black stone, with loop at the top instead of the usual vertical drilling.

Size: c. 27 mm. tall, and 13 mm. wide.

Condition: Good Very fine, finely preserved with nice patina and deposits.

A choice condition and lovely terracotta fertility figure of female form, Bajaur (Indus Valley), c. 3000-2500 BC.

A hollow mould-made Indus Valley red terracotta statuette modelled in a stylised manner with applied facial features of birdlike form. Also with applied arms to the cone-shaped body. She is folding her hands as if in prayer in front of her breast.

Size: 11 cm. tall.

Condition: Excellent for type, almost completely intact with small loss to nose ...

A very beautiful head of an armored horse Greece, Cyprus, Cypro-Archaic period 750–600 BC.

The finely made head with remnants of pigments It's drilled for mounting in the bottom but does not come with a base.

Size: 55 mm. long

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection

An interesting lot of three ancient Bronze weapons from the Near East. Luristan, 2nd.-1st mill BC.

The lot consist of a tanged dagger, 19 cm., a large, tanged javelin, also 19 cm. and a tanged lance 22-23 cm.

All three items come with nice patinas andin choice condition.

Ex. Danish Prvate Collection.