An interesting and probably emblematic carving on a Bifacial rectangular seal, found Near Antioch (Western Mesopotamia and present day easternmost Turkey), dating c. 4th. millenium BC.
Finely carved in dark greenish stone.
Size: 18 x 12 mm. and 18 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 1994...
BURNISHED POTTERY SPOUTED VESSEL
"Canaanite" Early Bronze Age, 3100 - 2000 BC
Red slip, globular body with a two loop handles, rim folded outward and a flat base
Dimensions:
Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 15 cm
Height on stand: 17 cm
Condition: Good condition
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...
DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, Samaritan, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD
Dimensions:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored
Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel
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#929328
This is quite an unusual mace head from ancient Persia, likely dating to around 1200 BC. It is decorated with incised linear patterns and small spikes. There are 5 spikes on each of three segments. This piece came from a large private collection of axes and spears. It is solid and stable with no apparent repairs or restorations. It weighs 418 grams and measures roughly 13 cm in length.
RARE- CLAY OIL LAMP DEPICTING A FACE
LATE ROMAN, 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Beit Natif oil lamps:
These lamps are named after the site of Beit Natif in the southern part of the Judaea, where a workshop was found during excavations of two cisterns. They were imitated throughout the province. The lamps are usually small and some have red slip. These lamps have a bow-shaped nozzle, which has a narrow ridge around its edge...
A wonderful sculptural Roman terracotta figural group of Aphrodite leaning on Amphora to her right and holding the hand of the small winged Eros to her left, Early Roman Imperial, c. 1st. century AD.
Size: 16,2 cm.
Condition: Extremely fine, intact and great for the type.
Ex. Old Private Collection, aquired before 1980.
A lovely high relief Cylinder seal in a greyish brown hard and glossy stone, Mesopotamia, Uruk period, 4th. millenium BC.
OBS! Comes with the original ID card from below collection.
Interesting leafy design that we've seen on much earlier stamps from Halaf-Ubaid.
Size: 22 mm. x 12 mm...
24 different images of Turkish costume from Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Turks
pub by John Murray London 1814. Old hand colouring on aquatint engravings, paper watermarked J. Whatman
Turkey Mill. Price is for whole set of 24 images
A large for type attachment from a brazier, a pottery container for fire, molded within a rectangular framework and set vertically with the head of Silenos, his long full beard extended forward to form support for a vessel.
Size: 14 cm. wide and 12 cm. tall.
Ref: Hayes, John W., Greek and Greek-Style Painted and Plain Pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum, 1992 ROM, fig. 247 - 250.
A CHARMING TERRACOTTA FEMALE BUST
Greek period, 300 - 100 BC
Measurements:
Height: 14 cm
Width: 13 cm
Height on stand: 18.5 cm
Nicely mounted on a plexi-glass “Lucite†display stand of high quality.
Condition: Good condition, untouched as found.
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#2746
Tentosorkon – Tnt-sArknA Worker
Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun...
POTTERY PERFUME JAR
Holy Land – CANAANITE, Middle Bronze Age, 1850 – 1550 BC
“Time of Abraham"
Nicely made with a double shaped handle and a little base. Would have been used for perfumed oils and precious liquids
Parallel: Ancient pottery of the Holy Land – Ruth Amira, Masada press – Page, 111 – PL...
A very attractive pottery bowl, in a nice fairly original state for type with caligraphy, Islamic Samenid Dynasty, ca. 9th.-10th. century.
A larger bowl both wide and tall and decorated with wonderful caligraphy in black on cream glaze with red drops added.
Size: 24 cm. wide and 9 cm. tall.
Condition: Choice for type with original crackled glaze with much patina...
A lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1070 or older, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 9/16” long (14 mm) and made of faience. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. Pictured on the bottom are images of vulture goddess Mut, and an Ankh. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
A deeply engraved cylinder seal in beige stone, depicting the 4-winged Pazuzu as the Master of Animals, between winged erect bulls. Neo-Assyrian period, c. 9th.-7th. cent. BC.
Height: 2 cm, ø 1cm.
Condition: Nice Very fine, very sharp with small chip below.
Ex. Private Collection of Karl Müller, 1950-1977. Comes with hard imprint and COA.
A scarce triangular stamp seal, carved in a fine red jasper stone with a grit-pattern in the base, probably 2nd. mill. BC.
Though the motif of the grit pattern points to a pre-historic dating, the choice of stone and the shape and polishing of this seal, probably makes the seal much later, made up in the 2nd. mill. BC.
Condition: Good Very fine.
Size: 18 x 13 mm. and 13 mm...
An ancient Egyptian amulet of Shu, god of air and sunshine, c. 1250 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 1 5/16” tall (30 mm) and made of faience. Shu looks to his left and appears to have a side-knot (of hair) hanging down from the right side of his head...
Nesypernub – nsy-pr-nwb
Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun...