BRONZE DAGGER WITH A DECORATED HANDLE
BRONZE AGE, PERSIA, 1200 – 800 BC
Beautifully made with remains of limestone inlay on the handle, untouched as found...
BIBLICAL TERRACOTTA WINE PITCHER
CANAANITE, LATE BRONZE AGE, 1550 - 1200 B.C
"Time of Moses"
Beautifully made with a funnel-shaped neck and a double handle
Dimensions:
Height: 17 cm
Width: 11 cm
Height on stand: 20.5 cm
Condition: Rim professionally repaired hard to see otherwise intact
Found in Hebron "City of Abraham" south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especiall...
POTTERY SAUCER OIL LAMP
Biblical, Iron Age I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
“Time of King David”
A charming wheel-made reddish pottery saucer oil lamp with a pinched spout and a base
Measurements:
Length: 13 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Condition: Minor ancient chip at the rim otherwise intact and in good condition.
Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land
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# 741609
POTTERY WINE PITCHER
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, 3rd - 1st Century B.C.
Nicely made with a cylindrical-shaped neck and a ring base
Dimensions:
Height: 15 cm
Width: 10 cm
Height on stand: 18 cm
Condition: Neck/handle professionally repaired hard to see otherwise intact
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel
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#811048
This porcelain tea cup and saucer was produced in England by Royal Worcester in 1878. The date letters in the mark indicate this year. The saucer has a diameter of 5 1/4 inches and the cup is 2 1/4 inches high. The saucer is shaped and molded like a lily pad and the cup is the flower. The porcelain is smooth and creamy imitating ivory. The decoration is Japanese inspired. There are hand gilded butterflies, a heron bird, branches and foliage...
BIBLICAL TERRACOTTA WINE PITCHER
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
"Time of King David"
Thick pottery with a ring base and a trip-foil mouth
Dimensions:
Height: 17 cm
Width: 16 cm
Height on stand: 20.5 cm
Condition: Intact, not repaired and not restored with nice earthy encrustation
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural...
POTTERY PERFUME JAR
ROMAN PERIOD, 1st - rd Cent. A.D...
BRONZE COIN OF HELMETED CONSTANTINOPOLIS
ROMAN PERIOD; 337 - 347 AD
Obverse: Bust of Constan-tinopolis, wearing imperial mantle, crested helmet and holding sceptre over left shoulder
Reverse: Victory standing facing, head left, holding transverse sceptre and resting left hand on shield...
ROMAN BRONZE COIN PENDANT
ROMAN PERIOD
Constantine I, 307-337 A.D.
Set in sterling silver pendant
Dimensions:
Height: 3 cm
Found in Jerusalem, Israel
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Constantine the Great (Latin: Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus) Was a Roman Emperor from 306 to 337 AD...
ROMAN BRONZE COIN PENDANT
ANTONIUS FELIX, 52 – 54 AD
Obverse: Two crossed palm branches
Reverse: Inscription within wreath
Nicely set in sterling silver pendant
Height: 3.5 cm
Found in Jerusalem, Israel
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Antonius Felix served under the Roman Emperor Claudius for the first two years of his perfectship, and then under Nero for his remaining term.
The reign of Felix was op...
PERSIAN BRONZE TORQUE
NEAR-EASTERN, 800 - 600 BC
Heavy solid bronze torque of thick rounded form, the terminals tapering to a curve point
Dimensions:
Diameter: 16 cm
Height on stand: 20 cm
Condition: Left tip of terminal is missing in antiquity otherwise intact and enjoys a beautiful patina
Nicely mounted on an acrylic "Plexi-glass"display stand of high quality
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# 82847
CLAY FIGURE OF A STANDING ASTARTE “FERTILITY GODDESS”
MESOPOTAMIA, OLD BABYLONIAN, 1800 B.C.
Dimensions:
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 3.5 cm
Height on stand: 14.5 cm
Ishtar (Akkadian), Astarte (Phoenician), or Inanna (Sumerian) was the most important female deity in Mesopotamia through the second millennium BC. She was identified with the planet Venus, and the sunrise. She was the goddess of both sexual love and warfare...
DECORATED POTTERY PAN WITH TWO HANDLES
HOLY LAND – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great
From Jerusalem, decorated pottery pan with two handle
Measurements:
Height: 11 cm
Width: 32.5 cm
Condition: Expected minor chips at the rim as shown otherwise intacts
Found near Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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POTTERY PERFUME JAR
HOLY LAND, Roman "Herodian" 37 BC - 100 AD
Second temple period
Time of Christ
Globular ribbed body with a shaped neck and handle...
BIBLICAL POTTERY JAR
HOLY LAND- BIBLICAL – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great
Ribbed body with circular lines all around and a short cylindrical-shaped neck with two handles
Dimensions:
Height: 17 cm
Diameter: 20cm
Condition: One side of the rim is professionally repaired as shown otherwise intact
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
Antiquities a...
POTTERY PERFUME JAR
Holy Land, Canaanite, Middle Bronze Age
1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham
Ovoid body, double-shaped handle and a small neck
Dimensions:
Height: 17 cm
Diameter: 10 cm
Height on stand: 21 cm
Condition: Rim and part of the body professionally repaired and restored
Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel
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#811068
BIBLICAL POTTERY VASE
CANAANITE, MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham
This type known by the chocolate on white ware with remains of brown paint pigments...
POTTERY PLAQUE SHOWING A HUNTING SCENE
PERSIAN EMPIRE, C. 5th Cent. BC
Moulded pottery plaque showing a hunting scene ( A lion and deer)
Dimensions:
Height: 8 cm
Width: 12.5 cm
Height on stand: 14.5 cm
Condition: Good condition as shown, not repaired and not restored
The plaque is nicely mounted on a custom made acrylic" Plexi-glass" display stand
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BIBLICAL TERRACOTTA WINE PITCHER
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
"Time of King David"
Nicely made in a globular body with a shaped-neck
Dimensions:
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Height on stand: 16 cm
Condition: Minor professional repair at the rim otherwise intact
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and esp...
BIBLICAL TERRACOTTA SET “ AN OIL LAMP AND OIL FILLER”
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
"Time of King David"
Dimensions:
Oil lamp: Length: 12 cm
Width: 12 cm
Condition: Intact
Oil filler:
Height: 9.5 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Condition: Handle repaired
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
Nicely mounted on a custom "acrylic" plexi-glass display stand
Antiquities are v...
POTTERY WINE PITCHER AND DRINKING BOWL
IRON AGE, ISRAELITE PERIOD, 1200 - 980 B.C...
POTTERY WINE PITCHER
BYZANTINE EMPIRE, 4th - 5th CENT. AD
Cylindrical-shaped neck and body with remains of white paint
Measurements:
Height: 17 cm
Diameter: 15 cm
Height on stand: 22 cm
Condition: Good condition, not repaired and not restored
Found in Jerusalem, Israel
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73649
POTTERY SHALLOW BOWL WITH A HANDLE
"Canaanite" Early Bronze Age, 3100 - 2000 BC
Dimensions:
Height: 6.5 cm
Width: 12.5 cm
Condition: Good condition, not repaired and not restored
Found in Jericho "Jordan valley", Holy Land
Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especially because of their provenance in the biblical lands during the biblical period...
POTTERY WINE STORAGE AMPHORA
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, 2nd - 1st B.C.
Measurements:
Height: 58 cm
Diameter: 30 cm
Height on stand: 80 cm
Condition: Handle re-attached/ neck repaired as shown otherwise intact
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel
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# 836709
A rare stucco sculpture which originally had three heads on this Deity, two are remaining and part of a third one remains. This type of Diety had it's influence from the Gandhara also was a jewel of Buddhist civilization. Scholars of Gandhara traveled east to India and China and were influential in the development of early Mahayana Buddhism.
Size with stand. H. 23.3cm. W. 15 cm.
Finely cast bronze censer on four linked feet with very elegant flower décor on the body and fretwork on the rim, patinated in a rich brown. Bottom decorated in low relief with repeating, extremely fine fretwork of faces. Seal on bottom: Dai-Nihon Bunsei nen Seimin sei. Japan, Edo period, early 19th century.
H H 2-7/8 x diam. 6 ½ inches.
Excellent condition
Murata Seimin (1761-1837), bronze sculptor active in Edo, well-known for his fine casting of bronze vessels and animals.
Large Qajar sherbet spoon carved from light, varnished wood, made in two parts with a long rhomboid handle joined to the boat-shaped bowl-section by a socket. Please visit the "Victoria & Albert Collections" for further information and examples. Condition: fine, only bowl rim with a tiny chip. From an old Swiss collection. Dimension: 45.8 cm long x 7 cm wide.
A stunning Miniature Polychrome Oval Painting of SHAH JAHAN (1592-1666), 5th MUGHAL EMPEROR
Mirza Shahabuddin BAIG MUHAMMAD KHAN SHAH JAHAN, framed, 19th Century. Very good condition. Size: 11 x 8 cm.
A very rare round tea stand made of huanghuali with an insert burl wood top by a round stretcher and the splay legs ended in "Lin Zi" head feet.
Age: Early 19th century.
Japanese indigo ikat cotton coat, with neutral color sakiori (rag woven) cotton collar, its edges reinforced with white sashiko stitching.
Size: 35.25" L x 36" H
A William IV sterling silver vinaigrette made by Thomas Shaw of Birmingham, England 1833. Vinaigrettes were used in the 18th and 19th century as a personal hygiene accessory for the moneyed class and were used to carry pleasant oils and attars or vinegars which were absorbed into cloth pads under the pierced gilded grillwork and sniffed so as to cover up the smells of everyday life (when there were open sewers and waste and garbage were tossed from windows onto the sidewalks and streets below)...
This porcelain tea cup and saucer was produced in England by Copeland & Sons in 1883. The saucer measures 5 3/8 inches square and the cup is 2 inches high. It is made of fine bone china. There is embossed decoration on the cup and the saucer. It has an interesting squared off shape. The decoration is inspired by the Japanese, using traditional coloring in the Imari style. The gilding is elaborate and the decoration is finely hand painted...
Antique Tibetan gilt bronze Dakini, with traces of silver, inlay of coral and turquoise. In her hands are a raised kappala (or skull cup) filled with the elixir of life, and a curved blade. She is dancing on top of corpses to show her rule over ignorance and ego. Her lotus pedestal is made of gilt copper.
The Dakini are wrathful female deities often shown nude with long, flowing hair and glowering expression. Their name means "sky dancer" in Sanskrit as they lead the deceased into th...
Tibetan gilt bronze Buddhist deity figures, posed into a tantric Yab-yum ("Father / Mother") position is a common symbol in the Buddhist art in India, Button, Nepal, and Tibet. It represents the primordial union of wisdom and compassion, depicted as a male deity in sexual union with his female consort. Its also a reincarnation image of creation.
The male deity figure wears an elaborate crown with inlay of diamonds and pointed finial. He holds in his hands a vajra (mean...
Ancient Greek Terracotta head of Apollo or Alexander the Great, the head with traces of yellow paint . Mounted on a small pedestal a great piece . Size Head only H 2.75" W 1.75" D 1.75" over H 3.5"
Gandharan Kushan Period 2-3c Stucco Buddha head fragment from a Buddhist temple , slight traced of color remain. Size H 4" W 2.5" D 2.75" unmounted.