Catalog: Antiques (1922)

A scarce, seldomly offered, hemispheric stamp seal, probably Luristan or Susa area, pre-historic period, 5th.-4th. millenium BC.

The seal of an excellent style and nice carved in a serpentine black stone with a star radiating from a circular borders and a central dot.

Size: c. 20 mm...

A very large bronze seal with a loop on the back and elaborate cross designs, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.

Very impressive round seal with a solid cross in the center and a circle around in the openwork style...

A very attractive bronze protome figure of a leopard, with finely made details, such as the spots in the skin and the nice details of the head. Roman Imperial, c. 1st. cent. AD

The forepart of the leopard in a seated position, it's silver plated with a bronze core.

Size: 4,2 cm. wide and 3 cm. tall. Weight: 44 grams.

Ex. Gert Cleff, Wuppertal, aquired at Gerhard Hirsch Nachf., München Auktion 286, 2013, Lot 340.

Wonderful large Tabloid seal in greenish-black Serpentine stone, North-Mesopotamian, 2nd. half of the 4th. mill. BC.

The seal rectangular - tablet formed - engraved with architectorial elements, likely Ladders and line decoration.

Size: 35 mm. tall and 29 mm. wide.

The Tabloid seals represent a special group of later 4th. millenium seals, often decorated with long ladder-like elements, perhaps representing a way to the heavens...

Interesting lot of two bronzeage weapons from the Dong Son Culture, Han Chinese designs of weaponery, c. 300-100 BC.

A very nice consisting of a fine spearpoint with raised shoulds, socket and midrib, and a socketed battleaxe.

Sizes: 9,8 cm for the axe and 12,5 cm. for the spear.

The Dong Son Culture evolved semi-autonomous from the Han Empire in China until the powerful Han-dynasti Nanyue expanded south around 110 BC...

Typical Boat-shaped bronze axe with oval socket, made by the Dong Son Culture of the Annam region Vietnam, c. 300-100 BC.

Enigmatic for the Dong Son culture and attractive with it's boat form and vivid patina. The Dong Son Culture evolved semi-autonomous from the Han Empire in China until the powerful Han-dynasti Nanyue expanded south around 110 BC. and incoporated the region into the realm.

Size: 7 cm wide and 7,5 cm tall.

Condition: Very fine...

A nice and scarce bronze axe, interesting asymethric form, designed for trust with a wide blade, Dong Son Culture, Annam region of present day Vietnam, 4th.-1st. cent. BC.

Enigmatic for the Dong Son culture and very attractive. The Dong Son Culture evolved semi-autonomous from the Han Empire in China until the powerful Han-dynasti Nanyue expanded south around 110 BC. and incoporated the region into the realm.

Size: 10 cm...

A massive and solid bronze axe in the battleaxe form with a wide blade, Dong Son Culture, Annam region of present day Vietnam, 4th.-1st. cent. BC.

The type of axe have been found in most of Southern Han Empire (South), the very wide edge of the blade is peculiar for the Annam region. The Dong Son Culture evolved semi-autonomous from the Han Empire in China until the powerful Han-dynasti Nanyue expanded south around 110 BC...

Larger Boat-shaped bronze axe with oval socket, Dong Song Culture of the Annam region Vietnam, c. 300-100 BC.

Enigmatic for the Dong Son culture and very attractive with it's boat form and vivid patina. The Dong Song Culture evolved semi-autonomous from the Han Empire in China until the powerful Han-dynasti Nanyue expanded south around 110 BC. and incoporated the region.

Size: 10,5 cm wide and 10 cm tall.

Condition: Very fine...

A collection of three nice Northern European Mangleboards.

One is very old, dated to 1710, carved on the top of the board together with the letters ALRS - the initials of the carver himself - or the one he was devoted to show his carving skills? - 58 cm.

The 2nd board - dated 1822 with the letter DYD carved on the top...

A fantastic and very rare massive ritual spearpoint in black obsidian, Pre-Columbian or early colonial Mexico, likely Aztec manifacture, 14th.-16th. century.

The spearpoint made of one full flaking block of obsidian, with central unknapped areas to use its full size.

Size: 48 cm. long and weighing c. 2,2 kilograms!

Ex the collection of André Hüsken, Hamburg, Germany, c. 1990s.

A fantastic special collection of 11 stone animals, Andean cultures, c. 15th. cent.-18th. cent. AD.

Carved soapstone votive animal figures incl. cow, bull, ram, lama and wonderful small herds of farm animals!.

Sizeable figures, between 4,2 - 7,8 cm. long.

Condition: Choice, mostly intact figures, with few small losses. Lovely patinas!

Old Private Collection, 1950-190s.

A wonderful and very large late achaemenid / Greco-Persian bronze Patera, c. 4th century B.C.

At the rim a bead moulding, the end of the handle in form of an animal-head, possibly a wolf or dog, on the handle engraved decoration.

Size: Nearly 35 cm...

A lovely two-section gold earring, a square plaque with a depression and below as a hanger, a nice decorated fruitform, Roman 2nd.-4th. century AD:

Size: 28 mm.

Weight: 1,55 grams.

Intact and still wearable.

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

A very large and finely preserved bronze seal with a loop on the back and a cross designs, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.

Very impressive round seal with 4 large cross-arms in the openwork style. The seal belongs to one of the varied mostly circular metal “stamp seals” relief cast in bronze or copper alloy, but more rarely in silver or gold, which is classified as so-called “compartmented seal” (a term first used in 1943 by the British archaeologist Stuart Pigott – 1943. P. 1...

A very large and extrafine bronze seal with a loop on the back and elaborate cross designs, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.

Very impressive round seal with a small solid cross in the center and large cross-arms in the openwork style. The seal belongs to one of the varied mostly circular metal “stamp seals” relief cast in bronze or copper alloy, but more rarely in silver or gold, which is classified as so-called “compartmented seal” (a term first used in 1943 by the British archa...

A fine bronze seal with a loop on the back and a star-shaped design, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.

The seal belongs to one of the varied mostly circular metal “stamp seals” relief cast in bronze or copper alloy, but more rarely in silver or gold, which is classified as so-called “compartmented seal” (a term first used in 1943 by the British archaeologist Stuart Pigott – 1943. P. 179–180, fig. 4) fabricated in openwork and with closely related champlevé whereby the design wa...

A rare bronze seal with a loop on the back and a beautiful sun-symbol on it's face, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.

The seal of good metal and very massive bronze, interesting variant from the usual compartement seals and much rarer.

Size: c. 3,5 cm. in diameter.

Condition: Good Very fine for type with a vivid green patina.

Comes with the original ID-card from below collection!

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired h...