A scarce scarce Mesopotamian Bifacial tablet seal in greenish black stone, Mesopotamia, ca. 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.
The seal predynastic and very interesting in that it has a double image of stylized scorpions and a labyrint.
Size: 28 mm. long and 19 mm. wide.
Condition: Choice, fine patina and wear but intact.
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A very interesting and extremely rare stamp seal, Mesopotamia, probably 3rd. millenium BC.
Stamp seal carved with a Capride in it's base in the fine archaic style. This seal would original have had carved slots for inserting either enamel, precious hard stones or perhaps even metals, lost now. The paralel for this type of decoration can be found in the figures and bowls from the 3rd...
A beautiful seal, carved in greyish stone with a knob handle, Western Asia, Neo-Hittite states, c. 1200-700 BC
Triangular seal plate, engraved with a springing 4-legged animal, scorpion below and another animal above!
Diameter: 18-19 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Ex. German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards.
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A rare and elaborate stamp seal of high quality for the period, Messopotamian, Ubaid culture, 4th. millenium BC.
Of a rare variant of the gable shape, with two holes in the upper back for mounting it. Made in hard black serpentine stone.
On the seal plate an exiting engraving, very artful, with two confronting monkeys and a symbol between them.
Size: 21 mm x 21 mm-12 mm.
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The lekythos with a net pattern in black glaze on the squat body.
Size: 7,5 cm.
Condition: Choice and intact with micro chip to rim.
Ex. Old Bavarian collection.
A finely knapped spearpoing, Danish Daggertime, c. 2200-1800 BC.
Typical for the period with short tang and knapped in an attractively patinated greyish silex / flint.
Size: 8,1 cm.
Ex. Danish private Collection.
Nice geomethric design stamp seal, carved in black stone, Eastern most Anatolia / Western Mesopotamia, c. 6th.-5th. millenium BC.
The seal carved with a stringent grit-pattern and low pierced handle on the back, almost square.
Size: c. 17-18 mm...
Interesting stamp seal, rectangular and carved in a beige stone, depicting a bird below some lines, Western Mesopotamia, c. 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.
Size: c. 28 mm. long.
Condition: About Very fine.
The seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
Meretamen / Amenmeret – imn-mrt Typ 3
Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun...
A nice scarab seal semi-naturalistic form with fine details of a scarab, Hyksos Period, Dynasty 15th -17th. 1786 – 1650 BC.
Interesting hieroglyphs inside an oval frame.
Size: 15,5 mm.
Condition: Nice Very fine, nice condition with some light wear overall, much deposits.
Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973)...
Attractive Djet pillar amulet in green faience, late period, c. 7th.-3rd. century BC.
Size: 28 mm. tall.
Condition: Very fine, small loss at the top right.
Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973). He was a famous German Art director and head of the Berlin National Gallery as well as other higher positions. Educated as Art Historian. Comes with COA.
Nespakashuty – ns-pA-qA-Swty Worker Typ 2
Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun.
Also known as Nespakachouty, Nesipakashuti, Nesipakashuty
The name means ‘The one who belongs to the God’
God’s father of Amen-Re, the king of the gods, Overseer of the treasury of the domain of the Divine Adoratrice of Amen...
An nice Head rest amulet, Egypt, Late Period, 664 - 322 B.C.
The stylized amulet carved in glossy red stone, probably haematite.
Size: 19 mm. wide
Condition: Very fine, intact but with some marks of corrosion and small chips.
Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973). He was a famous German Art director and head of the Berlin National Gallery as well as other higher positions. Educated as Art Historian...
Nice suite of three faiance items, inc. two Djetpillar amulets in torquise and Egyptian blue pierced for suspension, together with a large faiance bead or fertility amulet (?), Late period, c. 660-332 BC.
Size: 23, 15 and 12 mm. long for each.
Condition: All are completely intact.
Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973). He was a famous German Art director and head of the Berlin National Gallery as well as other higher...
A finely incised Beetle scarab of a more naturalistic form with detailed engraving of the Beetle itself, New Kingdom, c. 1539–1075 BC.
Interesting engraving on the base with a large Ankh hieroglyphs that looks to have legs and is walking towards another elongated figural sign.
Size: 17-18 mm.
Condition: Very fine, intact with much wear to the glaze, attractive patina!
Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973)....
A nice lot of three faience amulets, incl. an intact Horus amulet, a nice Best amulet and a Bastet amulet, both fractional.
Size: Bastet is c. 24 mm. for comparison.
Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973). He was a famous German Art director and head of the Berlin National Gallery as well as other higher positions. Educated as Art Historian. Comes with COA.
A beqautiful intact hardstone Djet Pillar Amulet, Egypt, Late Period, c. 660-332 BC.
Finely carved and polished in a warm redish stone. It is associated with the creator god Ptah and Osiris, the Egyptian god of the afterlife, the underworld, and the dead. It is commonly understood to represent his spine. The Djet is a symbol of stability
Size: 27 mm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaeng...
A nice lot of three choice condition bronze rings, two of a Roman type with high shoulders and another of the early Islamic period, c. 7th.-9th. cent. AD.
With animals carved into the bezels of the early rings.
Size: 18-20 mm. inner diameter of the ring.
Condition: VF-EF, intact with nice patinas.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and fr...