Catalog: Antiques (1852)

A lovely large scarab, probably made in Canaanite lands of the Levante, Early New Kingdom 16th.-15th. century BC.

A beautiful carving of a large Lion attacking a rather small feeble Human with a spear. The Lion is here probably meant to represent the Pharao and the human, could be a Levantine warrior? Very well carved base and with carvings on the back as well.

Size: 22 x 15 mm.

Condition: Near Very fine, large ancient ding to the back as seen in the pictures...

Nice and scarce scarab of the New Kingdom, 16th. century BC- 11th. century BC.

Interesting depiction of the great Pharao wrestling with two animals on either side, hieroglyphs at the top and below.

Size: c. 18,5 mm. long and 13 mm. wide.

Condition: Very fine, small chip to the edge of the base, othervise intact. Strange beady object, placed into the right eye of the beetle, probably in antiquity!

Ex. G. D...

A larger festival icon, Russian Empire, 19th century AD. According to the expert certificate, made between 1880-1895.

Tempera on chalk and golden ground. Wooden panel. In the center the Easter event with Ascension and Resurrection of Christ. Framed by the feast day themes. Lavish gilt used and very accomplished painting!

Height 35,7cm, width 30,6cm...

A thick elaborate silver oklad Icon, early type of 1843, with two saints.

Height 22cm, width 18cm. Unusually thick quality silver work for these with preserved gilt in places.

Egg tempera on chalk ground. Wooden panel. Silver oklad, stamped with assayers marks 84, makers mark M.I. in Cyrillic, dated 1843. Some losses to the silver oklad.

Ex Old West-German Private Collection.

Icon with the appearance of the Mother of God to St. Sergiy of Radonezh, very early 19th. century, probably 1790-1820. Egg tempera on chalk ground. Wooden panel...

A high quality Greek icon from the secluded Monastery of Athos, Greece, sealed and dated 1892.

Icon with Hodegetria. Tempera on chalk ground. Wooden panel. Gilded nimbs, ancient Greek inscriptions. Rare light colouring and with the wonderful makers seal of the Athos Monastery on reverse, recessed into the wood.

Height 22,2cm, width 17,9cm.

Condition: Choice Very fine for the type, craquelure in places, slight superficial signs of age and wear...

Fine and rare oval icon depicting the Holy Trinity on a band of clouds with globe and angels. Russian Empire in the fine Byzantine style, c. early-mid 19th century.

Tempera on chalk ground. Thin wooden panel with gilded background and nimbs. Very accomplished depiction with lavish gold. A piece of art.

Height 27,3cm, width 12,6cm...

A large and rare tablet stamp seal engraved with a depiction of temple-doors on each side, Levantine, Pre-Canaanite lands, Late 3rd. mill. BC.

The engravings on this nice rectangular seal in white calcite, was interpreted as being temple doors by the former owner, in any case a fine complicated image for the period. Special stone and rare for the culture...

A fine lot of two later bronze age military weapons, Ancinet Near East 2nd.-1st. millenium BC.

Lance of a type used by the armies of the great Empires in the Ancient Near East of the 1st. mill. BC., fine glossy patina, tiny piece of the tip lost, 28 cm. and 2) a sturdy attractive bronze dagger with central midrip and very broad triangular blade. Excellent metal and intact. 25 cm.

Ex. Danish Private collection.

A super lot of three ancient tanged Bronze daggers from Ancient Near East. Types of the 3rd.-2nd. mill. BC.

The lot consist of:
1) A choice and beautiful dagger, c. 26 cm, long with high shoulders and a prominent central midrib, 2nd. mill. BC. On this dagger you can see where the handle of bone or wood once was - very interesting!
2) A nice smaller dagger with rounded shoulders, 3rd. millenium BC, 17,8 cm. long.
3) A 23,1 cm. bronze dagger with early type of p...

A nice lot of three interesting early ancient tanged Bronze daggers from Ancient Near East.

1) A type 2 dagger 23,5 cm, with rounded tip. low shoulders and tappering edges, c. 3rd. mill. BC. Intact.
2) A very early dagger of the type 1, 20,9cm., dating to the 4th.-3rd. mill. BC. Intact
3) A 18,8 cm dagger with low shoulders and pronounced central midrib, 3rd.-2nd mill BC. Small loss to tip.
All three daggers have holes for fastening rivets in the tang.

Large decorated powder flask, Morocco, 19th. cent.

Wood with brown leather and brass rivets, attractive patina.

Size: 28 cm. tall.

Choice and intact condition. Ex. Old Danish Private Collection and the flask comes with an identity card from the collection, added in 1990.

A very nice untouched Hungarian Wheellock Musketeer's powder flask, circa. 16th century. Stag horn body with wrought brass mounts.

The staghorn is engraved and there's a beautiful central medallion on the front with a geomethric hexagonal star-shaped design, especially known from Byzantine Emprire, c. 10th.-12th. cent. Beautiful patina!

Size: 14 cm. tall.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection and the flask comes with an identity card from the collection, aquired in...

A very attractive early powder flask, Greater Persia, shaped as the first stomach of the Camel with fine engravings, c. later 18th. century AD.

Size: 23 cm.

Condition: Intact, fine quality with preserved pattern and deep patina.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection and the flask comes with an identity card from the collection, added in 1992.

A nice early powder flask, Greater Persia, shaped as the first stomach of the Camel with fine engravings.

Size: 25 cm.

Condition: Intact, but with much patina and wear.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection and the flask comes with an identity card from the collection, added in 1992.

A beautiful larger hammered silver bowl, Sassanian Empire, 300-600 AD.

Size: ca. 17 cm. wide and 6 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice and intact, toned silver with patches of earthern cuprite encrustations that can be removed.

Ex. US Private Collection

A fine Neck-ring or Torc, European dated to the bronzeage, c. 1500-1100 BC.

Twisted bronze collar ring from the Middle Bronze Age of Central Europe.

Size: 13,3 cm. wide.

Condition: Very fine, intact with minor corrossion and small chips to the finials.

Old German Private Collection.

A fine Viking style bronze Torc or Torque, Early medieval period, likely Baltic Vikings (Vikings or the Rus), ca. 800-1000 AD).

An open necklace, likely for a warrior, open at one end, the ring finely fluted and the terminals with dot and line geomethric decoration.

A torc, also spelled torq or torque, is a large rigid or stiff neck ring in metal, made either as a single piece or from strands twisted together.

Size: Nearly 17 cm. in diameter.

Condi...