A pair of ornate Edwardian sterling silver posie vases dated 1902-1903. These attractive 3-7/8" tall sterling silver vases are fully hallmarked for Birmingham, England (one 1902, the other 1903). These vases are plaster filled under the bases and they weigh a total of 127 grams. They have the maker's mark for Saunders & Shepherd Ltd. London...

A beautifully carved Madura handle from a Javanese keris or Kriss, dating to 18th.-19th. century AD.

Fantastic condition for the medium and a very expressive carving. Lovely glossy amber-like patina.

Size: c. 9 cm. tall.

Ex. Danish Private Collection.

A very nice Victorian inkwell in peacock blue glass. The front side is engraved with an ornate floral pattern. The lid has lapidary cutting around the edges and is engraved with the image of a dove in mid-flight and carrying a letter in its beak. Certainly, the suggestion is of a lovebird delivering a sentimental note! The lid is mounted with a brass hinge.

Origin: America, ca. 1860. Condition: excellent, a small flake under the bottom. Size: 2-1/2” x 2-1/2” x 3-1/16” tall.

A fine large oval green stone stamp seal of the gable form, popular in Northern Mesopotamia and Anatolia in the Ubaid period, 4th. mill. BC.

The seal shows a stylized image, probably animalistic forms.

Size: 33 mm. wide and 30 mm. tall and 15 mm...

Fine Bohemian green-to-clear cut glass Biedermeier footed spa beaker ("spaglas") featuring five panels, each beautifully engraved with Classical symbols. Beakers of this sort originated in the great spa towns of Bohemia, where they were used to take the waters. Wealthy visitors often brought back a goblet as a souvenir of their restorative stay at the spa...

A wonderful massive seal with fine engravings, 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

With the almost square seal plate and the type of handle this seal is the proto-type of the later Neo-Hittite seals, but this one much earlier. The base engraved with a large Deer with large Antler and on top, a smaller stag or horned animal, and a 3rd. animal in the corner, perhaps a hunting dog.

Size: 23 mm. x 22 mm. and 15 mm...

Very unusual 19th century metal ojime (slide bead for tightening the cord going from netsuke to inro) in a shape of tokkuri (sake bottle) inside a wooden box, just the way sake is served in traditional restaurants in Japan. Very clever design in Japanese wabi-sabi taste, beautiful crisp work - see the texture of the box. Bronze with excellent gilding, great patina. Height 9/16 inches.

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.

Attractive and impressive large stamp seal, engraved with a standing mufflon, Anatolia, c. 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.

A thick seal in a square gable form, deeply engraved with a vivid motif in the black serpentine stone.

Size: c...

A fine stamp seal in a lovely stone quality, East Anatolia / West Mesopotamia, c. later 2nd. millenium BC.

Splendid and mottled & veined green stone engraved with a Lion and triangular spearpont-like symbols. Late Gable form

Size: 20 mm wide x 10 mm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine, completely intact and with deposits.

This seal comes with original ID card and hard impression from below collection...

This Korean brush would have been used for painting and/or large calligraphy. The handle is an old horn of rich brown tones and a soft matte patina from use. The bristles are long and soft and show some ink residue close to the ferrule. It is a wonderful brush to hold

A rare early smaller bronze figure of Krishna dancing on the serpent, South Indian, perhaps Tamil Nadu, c. 17th.-18th. century or earlier.

Size: c. 60 mm. tall.

Condition: Choice Very fine, lovely old patina, with a fine chestnut brown colour from high copper content.

Ex. Old and important Private collection of Ulf Gudmundsen from the 1950s and onwards.

This exciting little piece is a grey pottery urn from the Han Dynasty of ancient China (206 BC - 220 AD). It has a plain but elegant shape with incised line decoration. The surface has light soil encrustations and traces of root fibers from extended burial. There are no signs of repair or restoration. It measures just under 13 cm in height and weighs 618 grams. Don't miss this opportunity to pick up a wonderful piece of our world's Priceless Past!

Very large and impressive early Dynastic or pre-dynastic stamp seal, Mesopotamia, ca. late 4th.-early 3rd. millenium BC.

The seal hemispheric, drilled through the top in a greenish-black stone with a high relief engraving of a 4-legged animal.

Size: 30 mm. in diameter and 16,5 mm. high.

Condition: Choice, fine patina and wear but intact.

Ex. German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards...

Early 19th century Japanese sword knife (kozuka) handle made of sentoku (alloy consisting of copper, zinc and tin) with inlaid scene of two birds on the riverbank by rocks, grasses and a woven rattan container with stones - such bundles were used for shoring riverbanks during floods. Excellent quality mixed metals inlays, wonderful crisp work. Some indents to the narrow sides from usage, otherwise in very good condition. Length 3 13/16 inches.

Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse (AD 618 - 906)

This pottery horse was made during the early part of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It stands upright with its head turned very slightly to its left. It is made from a buff-coloured pottery and is particularly "heavily-potted"...

A very nice lot of three stamp seals, two in calchedony and 1 in haematite, all in perfect condition, Neo-Assyrian / Babylonian period of Mesopotamia, 9th.-7th. cent. BC.

Wonderful seals in one lot, all engraved with variations of the star and crescent moon, symbol of Assur and Sin.

The seals comes with original ID-card and hard imprints from below collection.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection be...

A very nice lot of stone stamp seals, and a greenstone axe amulet, Anatolia/Mesopotamia, c. 4th.-1st. mill. BC. (10)

The lot also Includes a beautiful red-black stone seal with grit pattern, dating Ubaid, 4th. mill. BC, a tablet seal with decorations on all sides, and smaller later stamp seals.

The seals comes with the original ID-card from below collection.

Size: Up to c. 17 mm.

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