Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World (1236)

An attractive glass head of a Lion, in black glass becoming multible colours at the rim, Egyptian, c. Ptolemaic-Roman period, 3rd. cent. BC-1st. century AD.

Size: c. 1,7 x 1,5 cm. and mounted on a much larger black base.

Ex. German collection of P. Treffz-Eichhöfer, Stuttgart,, aquired 1980s-2006 from older collections.

A pear-shaped stone mace head, carved in a nice cream-brown stone, Egyptian Pre-Dynastic period, c. 3rd. mill. BC.
Finely polished and symethrically drilled and measuring 4,7 cm. in diameter. Old black reg. number from collection or museum inventory, 'Æ27'.

Condition: Nice very fine, intact with minor spots of corrosion and fine patina.

Ex. Old European collection, comes with COA.

A lovely early Imperial pottery lamp in redish terracotta with makers name on the back and probably from a central Roman workshop.

Depicting a high relief Crescent moon and a star on the discus. Letters on the back reads IVN C and something.

Size: 10,5 cm.

Condition: Extremely fine, stunning crisp quality and perfect.

Ex. Collection of P. Treffz-Eichhöfer, Stuttgart, Germany, aquired 1980-2006.

A nicely moulded votive terracotta figure, Roman, early imperial style, c. 1st.-2nd. century AD.

A nice votive, quite detailed, depicting a mature and stately woman with headdress and wearing a dress.

Size: 10,3 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice, Nice Very Fine and basically intact with greyish deposits.

Old German collection of the Nordrhein-Westfallen, before 1980.

Darkage-Viking silver pendant in a Lunar or crecent shape with a loop, c. 600-900 AD.

Attractive and wearable today with decorations on the surface.

Size: 26 mm. tall.

Condition: Intact.

Ex. German Private Collection.

Nice lot of two idol figures of deities incl. Mercury, Roman Imperial period, 1st.-3rd. century AD.

Size: 46 and 43 mm.

Condition: Both w lossses to extremeties, nice patinas.

Ex. German private Collection.

A nice Egyptian wooden painted figure of a Falcon, Late period, c. 660-332 BC.

Comes with a low lucite base, total 6,3 cm. tall. Old black ink number on the head.

Condition: Very fine for the material, smaller losses, preserved pigments.

Provenance: P. Treffz-Eichhöfer, Stuttgart, 1980s collection.

A better large/thick Ushabti, Third Intermediate Period, 21/22th dynasty (ca 1085-713BC)

A blue-green faience shabti, wearing the headband and two hoes. Inscribed shabti with clear hieroglyphs at the lower front. Details are added in black.

Size: 10,3 cm.

Condition: Choice with intact painted details and nice patina.

Old Danish Private Collection.

A lovely somewhat pear-shaped stone mace head, carved in a fine speckled dark diorite stone, Egyptian Pre-Dynastic period, c. 3rd. mill. BC.

Finely polished and symethrically drilled and measuring 5,5 cm. in diameter.

Condition: Good very fine, intact with minor wear and patina.

Ex. Cristian Spinu collection, Old European collection purchased 1972, comes with COA from 'Ancient Art - the gallery, London.

Larger architectural Roman marble fragment, weighing c. 1000 grams.

A 15 cm. long and 11 cm. tall Roman marble from an architectural structure, showing a repeating vaseform or rhombic decoration on steps. A nice and inexpensive piece of Roman sculptural art in marble.

Provenance: Collection of Gunna Munkvad, Denmark, aquired from the 1950s-1980s.

Interesting 11 cm. tall Roman marble fragment, weighing c. 630 grams.

The piece could look like an animal ear, but is probably from folds on a toga. A nice and inexpensive Roman sculptural art in marble.

Provenance: Collection of Gunna Munkvad, Denmark, aquired from the 1950s-1980s.

Impressive Nordic disc-shaped hardstone Mace head, probably in basalt, 3rd. mill. BC.

Greyish green colour with spotty darker inclusion, highly polished to an almost glossy degree. Disc-shaped with rounded edges, the sides sloping down from the central circular hole with raised sides to form a socket on both the obverse and reverse side of the macehead

Size: 13,3 cm...

A wonderful mounted fragment of a ceramic wall tile depicting a Maenad and a Satyr, Etruscan, 5th.-4th. cent. BC.

The piece in very thick stoneware with a high relief.

Size: 21,3 x 18,5 cm. as mounted.

Provenance: Private Collection of Bjørn De Roepstorff, an important Danish castle / mansion collection. The family lived in Italy in the 1970s and bought a few antiquities, like this nice relief.

Beautiful Etruscan votive terracotta head, c. 5th.-4th. cent. BC.

A substantial terractotta in a fine condition and quality.

Size. c. 13 cm. tall and 10 cm. wide.

Condition: Near Extremely fine for the type.

Provenance: Private Collection of Bjørn De Roepstorff, an important Danish castle / mansion collection. The family lived in Italy in the 1970s and bought a few antiquities, like this nice head.

A beautiful and intact torquise faience ushabti, Late Period, ca. 664 to 500 BC.

A mold-formed faience ushabti standing in mummiform with fused legs, holding implements, and with 8 rows of sharp hieroglyphs wrapping around the legs. The face presents with almond eyes, a prominent nose, and a petite chin, all beneath the lappets of the tripartite wig...

An attractive large and intact terracotta jug with strap handle, Roman, Carthage, c. 2nd.-4th. cent. AD.

Very finely made with remnants of pigments.

Size: 22 cm. tall.

Condition: Nice Very fine, intact and unrepaired, with medium wear as pictured.

Ex. German private Collection

A 'Nishapur' type of ware, probably made in the Samenid period, c. 10th. century AD.

Highly attractive and rare seen type of vessel with a lovely torquise glaze and two handles.

Size: 14 cm. tall and 13 cm. wide.

Condition: Choice and basically intact with a chip to the footring restored and some minor chips to the glaze of the rim and short hairlines.

Ex. Old Bavarian collection, aquired between 1930s-1970s.

A fine condition greek pottery amphora or Kantharos with black and red belt decorations, Southern Italian, c. 4th.-3rd. century BC.

The vessel with twin handles and very elegantly moulded and painted.

Size: c. 10,5 cm. tall and 13,8 cm. wide.

Condition: Choice Very fine, a few tiny edge chips othervise intact.

Ex. Dr. Heim collection, 1970s, sold at Hirsch 2019 / auction 245 lot 175.