Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World (1239)

A nice head of a horse and a upperpart of d warrior with a shield on his back, Greece, Cyprus, Cypro-Archaic period 750–600 BC.

These fragments are sold without bases.

Size: 56 mm. and 70 mm.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection

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

Extremely rare cloak pin cast in silver, Ancient Near East, 'Luristani', ca. 1200 to 800 BC...

A very attractive pottery bowl, in a very original state for type with caligraphy, Islamic Samenid Dynasty, ca. 9th.-10th. century.

A larger rounded bowl, decorated with wonderful caligraphy in black on cream glaze.

Size: 23 cm. wide and 8 cm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine for type. Original crackled glaze with much patina...

A very attractive pottery bowl, in a nice fairly original state for type with caligraphy, Islamic Samenid Dynasty, ca. 9th.-10th. century.

A larger bowl both wide and tall and decorated with wonderful caligraphy in black on cream glaze with red drops added.

Size: 24 cm. wide and 9 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice for type with original crackled glaze with much patina...

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

The bowl is covered with fine silvery iridescence on the surface of the interior. Very beautiful colours.

Size: 15,5 cm. in diameter and 8,5 cm...

A lovely and very impressive pottery bowl with caligraphy, Islamic Samenid Dynasty, ca. 9th.-10th. century.

A conical bowl wide and tall and decorated with superb style caligraphy in black on white glaze.

Size: 28 cm. wide and 10 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice for this rare type and large size. Restored from only a few larger fragments repainted in the joint-areas, perhaps some strengthening, but much original crackled glaze...

A very fine pottery bowl with nice simple design, Islamic Samenid Dynasty, ca. 9th.-10th. century.

A larger conical bowl decorated on the rim with ornamentation in green red and black, all on a cream-white ground glaze.

Size: 25,3 cm. wide and ca. 9 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice! Much original crackled glaze, very honest bowl, restoration of a few larger fragments with some repaint of joint areas, wear and patina to the glaze...

A stunning lot of 3 very attractive larger silex axes for the period, dating to the Singlegrave and Daggertime periods, 2400-2000 BC.

All three axes with highly attractive brown and orange patinations, all three also well-knapped!

Size: ca. 15,4 cm., 13,7 cm. and 13,5 cm. long each.

Condition: Very fine, with minor and mostly ancient chips to the edges.

Ex...

A lot of 4 very nice to choice silex axes, dating to the Singlegrave and Daggertime periods, 2800-2000 BC.

Mostly polished axes with a attractive brown and grey patinations and in choice conditions with only minimal edge damage.

Size: ca. 9-10,5 cm. long each.

Ex. Danish Collection, comes with COA.

This item comes with a standard export license, when shipped outside Denmark...

A pair of attractively patinated and larger axes, both dating to the Time of the Great Burielmounts, 4th. millenium BC.

The lot includes larger axes, sizes are 18 cm. and 17 cm. in length respectively

Condition: Nice, average for type with minor chips to the edges, exceptional marsh patina on both - brown and amber colours.

This lot comes with a standard export license, when shipped outside Denmark. The license will be issued after sale - estimated delivery of th...

A near superb condition silex axe, dating to the Singlegrave period, 2800-2400 BC.

A partly polished axe with a very attractive patination and in near mint condition with a razorsharp edge.

Size: ca. 15 cm. long.

Ex. Danish Collection, comes with COA.

This item comes with a standard export license, when shipped outside Denmark. The license will be issued after sale - estimated delivery of the item with official license is 2-4 weeks after the sale.

A pair of attractively patinated and well-knapped axes, both dating to Daggertime, 2400-1800 BC.

The lot includes the finely knapped Daggertime types that are made as imitations of bronze axes of the period.

Size: 13,5 cm. and 13 cm.

Condition: Minor chipping to the edges othervise as made, exceptional marsh patina on both - brown and amber colours.

This lot comes with a standard export license, when shipped outside Denmark. The license will be issue...

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. Danish Collection, comes with COA.

This item comes with a standa...

A pair of absolutely stunning quality smaller silex axes, from the Singlegrave period-to early Daggertime, 2800-2000 BC.

Both are expertly polished and long slender types, likley for precision work in wood. One is greyish with nice fossil-remains in the silex surface and likely dating rather late perhaps even Daggertime, the other a scarce type and likely dating earlier, with a marvelous amber-orange patina.

Size: 13,4 cm. and 11,2 cm.

Condition: Both choice, th...

Interesting stoneaxe carved and polished from a finegrained red granite, possible for battleuse, 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

This thinbutted type is quite scarce especially in the red granite and is likely belonging to the earlier neolithic period. Attempted drilling of a mounting holse at the bacvk as is often seen on the type.

Size: 13,4 cm.

Ex. Old Danish Private collection.

A nicely patinated chisel, Danish Neolithic period, Singlegrave culture, mid 3rd. millenium BC.

Interesting broad chisel, a combination of the axe and the chisel and quite scarce. A chisel knapped with nice symethri and sharp edges. The area of the edge is high polished to a glass like effect, the remaining chisel-axe is unpolished

Size: 145 mm. (14,5 cm.)

Condition: Choice! minor chips to the edge.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection from Jylland.

Interesting lot of three amulets, two in stone and one in bronze dating from ca. 2000 BC-1000 AD.

The lot consists of a larger Islamic bronze pendant or amulet, 55 mm. long and another serpentine stone amulet with engraved decoration or writing (Hittite?), ca. 1st. millenium BC and a third amulet in stone, grooved and likely a fertility amulet Anatolia or Mesopotamia, 2nd.-1st. mill BC.

Nice lot that calls for more research!

Ex. German Private Collection