BRONZE SHORT SWORD
BRONZE AGE, PERSIA, 1000 – 800 BC
This fantastic weapon has survived intact and enjoys a gorgeous dark olive green patina
Dimensions:
Length: 50 cm
Width: 4 cm
Condition: Intact, not repaired and not restored
Nicely mounted on a customs acrylic “Plexi-glass” display stand of high quality
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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...
Ancient circa 1000 B.C. Western Asiatic, South Caspian Sea region, bronze pendant in the form of a bull with suspension loop.
MEASUREMENTS
Overall length: 5.3 cm (2.09 inches)
CONDITION: In good condition considering its age, showing its age and usage with dark patina and earthen and mineral deposits.
A superb bronze mace head decorated with faceted knobs around the swollen head and flanked by grooved bands with a tubular shaft, later bronzeage, ca. 1200-800 BC.
Size: Ca. 10,4 cm.
Condition: Superb for type, wonderful even green patina.
Ex. Danish Collection of ancient weapons, bought at the Danish Antiquities market in the 1980-90s.
Ancient Hittite 2000 B.C. -1500 B.C. Western Asia, Anatolia, bronze figurine of a Zebu Bull standing majestically on four legs with horns, body pierced with a hole for suspension. Cast with fine details using a lost wax method.
MEASUREMENTS:
Overall length: 4.8 cm (1.89 inches)...
A fine bronze seal ring, Sasanian, c. 3rd.-6th. cent. AD.
With wide shoulders and oval seal bezel, engraved seal depicting a horse with symbols(?) above.
A better ring and fully wearable.
Size: 19 mm. (inner-diameter)
Condition: Nice VF, redish and green patina.
Provenance: Collection of Gert Cleff, Wuppertal, and ex Münzzentrum Rheinland, Solingen Auction 121, 2004.
Sheet silver in the shape of a bearded man wearing a cloak rendered with diagonal folds.
Carefully embossed head with soft classical features, heavy moustache and beard and curled hair surrounded by a row of dots.
Pierced nipples, holes for fixation.
Silver
Eastern Mediterranean, 5th/4th Century BC
H. 9.3 cm (3.7 in)
Appealing item with missing extremities...
A fine and very large bronze seal with a loop on the back and a wheel-like ornament with 10 spokes and two crescents, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.
Size: c. 5 cm. in diameter.
Condition: Very fine for type with typical thick green patina...
A beautiful bronze standard finial of the "Master of Animals" type. A tube in anthropomorphic form, worked on both sides identically, showing a human with a long nose and jutting ears, grasping the necks of two animals. Western Iran, Luristan culture, c. 9th-7th century B.C. Provenance: Private Collection, Switzerland. Condition: fine, with nice patina. Dimension: height: 15.2 cm.
A large 'Luristan' tanged Bronze lance head dating to 2nd. mill. BC.
The lance with a leafshaped blade, a rectangular-sectioned midrib and gently curved shoulders. The tang is bend at the top.
Size: 34,3 cm - 13 inches.
Condition: A choice lancehead with azurite and green patina. Intact with some nicks and roughness to the edge.
Ex. Private Collection.
A fine set of three bronze and copper daggers, East Caspian Sea area, 3rd.-2nd. mill. BC.
The set includes one extremely fine dagger of later fabric, probably 1200-800 BC with a long bend tang.
Size: 177 mm., 173 mm., and 147 mm.
Condition: Choice VF to Extremely fine, uncleaned with sandy deposits.
Ex. Danish private Collection, aquired at the Copenhagen antiques market in the 1990s.
This ancient artifact is a stunning bronze spearhead with a double-edged blade that tapers to a sharp point, perfect for penetrating armor or fending off enemies. It features a flattened central rib that runs down the blade's center and extends into a rectangular tang, providing a secure grip for its wielder.
This remarkable piece dates back to the 14th-10th century B.C. and was found in the Caspian Sea area of Amlash...
A fine specimen of the earliest metal daggers known, BMAC / Indus, Chalcolithic period, 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.
Interesting and collectable dagger! Leafshaped blade without ribs and a very long tang.
Size: 19,8 cm. long.
Condition: Extremely fine, choice green patina and great metal with earthern deposits.
Ex. Danish private Collection, aquired at the Copenhagen antiques market in the 1990s.
A fantastic and exceptional thick and heavy ancient silver bracelet, Uratian-Achaemenid period, dating 800-500 BC.
A heavy silver armring evolving into a huge spiral, very complicated and beautiful silverwork for the period.
Size: ca. 8 cm. tall and 3 cm. thick at the max...
BRONZE SPIKE-BUTTED AXE-HEAD
PERSIAN, IRON AGE, 1200 – 1000 BC
Dimensions:
Length: 19.5 cm
Height: 7 cm
Height on stand: 17 cm
Very good condition with beautiful patina
Nicely set of an acrylic “Plexi-glass” display stand
Complete and intact with earthy encrustations around the shaft, one spike slightly bent.
Cast using the lost wax method; a spike-butted axehead, the short, cylindrical shaft tube with three cords across each side, lead...
Interesting small lot from closed antiguties shop:
- Persian Islamic bronze handle, c. 16th.-17th. cent.
- Bronze bird finial
- Silver Islamic bird amulet (Both Khorassan)
-Bronze buckle (c. 10th.-13th. cent. AD)
Ex. 'Hafnia Coins & Antiques' inventory from the 1990s.
Interesting and massive bronze ring with standing human on the Bezel, Amlash / South Caspian Sea area, c. early 2nd. millenium BC.
An unsually large ring for it's type. Normally these are decorated with applied patterns on a spiral - in this case the ringmaker also found space for a standing human figure with a weapon or a staff in his left hand, likely a mythical figure or a warrior. Lovely red and blue-green patina!
Size: The round bezel measure 27 mm...
A fine silver ancient Islamic belt buckle from the earliest fase in the Islamic domination of the world, 7th.-9th. century AD.
A beautiful and perfectly intact belt buckle completely covered in black patina and in solid silver. Fine ornamentation.
Size: ca. 6 cm. long.
Condition: Superb! A partidularly fine specimen with completely black patina.
Ex. Ib Olsen Collection