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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1483448
Senatus Consulto
$275.00
$275.00
Elaborate black stone stamp seal with a round stepped base and a central domed and pierced handle, high quality provincial Hittite work of the mid 2nd. millenium BC.
The base engraved with three different animal, capride deer and perhaps an ibex or a goat (?).
Size: 20 mm. wide and 14 mm. tall.
Condition: About Extremely fine.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 1993...
The base engraved with three different animal, capride deer and perhaps an ibex or a goat (?).
Size: 20 mm. wide and 14 mm. tall.
Condition: About Extremely fine.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 1993...
Zentner Collection
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Egyptian bronze pair of cat figures with overall wear and green patina. Pierced holds through the mouths, heads, necks, and bases suggest they may have once been finials or other component to a large piece. On custom base.
Possibly 12th century
Dimensions: 1" w x 1 1/2" d x 3 3/4" h (each cat), 5 1/4" w x 3 1/4" d x 4 3/4" h (entire stand)
Dimensions: 1" w x 1 1/2" d x 3 3/4" h (each cat), 5 1/4" w x 3 1/4" d x 4 3/4" h (entire stand)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1473755
An accomplished and very interesting larger stone cylinder seal, from the Uruk period of Mesopotamia, c. 3500-3000 BC.
The fine drill-style carved shows thick vertical bars, and some strange creatures behind and around these bars. Attractive high relief seal carved in a black stone, with loop at the top instead of the usual vertical drilling.
Size: c. 27 mm. tall, and 13 mm...
The fine drill-style carved shows thick vertical bars, and some strange creatures behind and around these bars. Attractive high relief seal carved in a black stone, with loop at the top instead of the usual vertical drilling.
Size: c. 27 mm. tall, and 13 mm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000
item #1375588
(stock #1730)
AWEIDAH GALLERY - JERUSALEM BASED GALLERY
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HOLLOW TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A STANDING IDOL
EGYPT, GRECO-ROMAN 100 BC – 100 AD
This is a wonderful opportunity to own an authentic piece of ancient art that represents a fusion of three of the greatest cultures in history
EGYPT, GRECO-ROMAN 100 BC – 100 AD
This is a wonderful opportunity to own an authentic piece of ancient art that represents a fusion of three of the greatest cultures in history
Measurements:
Height: 16 cm
Width: 10 cm
Height on stand: 18 cm
Condition: Minor hairline crack at the lower part of the back other un-touched as found with remains of white pigments.
Mounted on a plexi-glass “Lucite”...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical
item #1482387
(stock #CII.21)
A.v.d.B Egyptian Artefacts
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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...
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...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$580.00
$580.00
Amuletic figure of the canine god Wepwawet depicted on the bar of a standard. The front of the sledge is curved like a billowing sail and integrates a couple of rearing uraeus cobras.
The jackal wears a dog collar, the suspension loop behind is partially preserved. This small example was intended as a protective amulet.
For a related example, cf. acc. no...
The jackal wears a dog collar, the suspension loop behind is partially preserved. This small example was intended as a protective amulet.
For a related example, cf. acc. no...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1491945
Senatus Consulto
$125.00
$125.00
A very nice rectangular gable seal engraved with stylized birds (?), Ubaid period of Mesopotamia, 4th. mill BC.
Size: 21 x 18 mm.
Condition: Attractive Very fine specimen, intact with even smooth wear.
Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
Size: 21 x 18 mm.
Condition: Attractive Very fine specimen, intact with even smooth wear.
Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000
item #1490283
Senatus Consulto
$150.00
$150.00
A nice terracotta head of Bes, fragmentary and corroded, but substantial and with fine classic features, Egyptian, Late-Roman Period, 500-100 AD.
Comes attached to the original German gift letter from the 1920s-1930s.
Size: 70 x 55 mm.
Ex. Old German Private Collection.
Size: 70 x 55 mm.
Ex. Old German Private Collection.
Ostracon Ancient Art
$980.00
$980.00
Wooden animal sarcophagus, perhaps intended for a serpent, fashioned as a shrine with nice cavetto cornices on top and a vertical sliding door in front.
Carved from a single piece of cedar with interior grooves to fit the front panel.
These kinds of shrines could house mortuary statues, mummified remains of animals or symbols associated with a particular deity.
For a snake coffin in the Brooklyn Museum, cf. inv. no. 37.1358E. For a shrew coffin with sliding door, cf. inv. no...
Carved from a single piece of cedar with interior grooves to fit the front panel.
These kinds of shrines could house mortuary statues, mummified remains of animals or symbols associated with a particular deity.
For a snake coffin in the Brooklyn Museum, cf. inv. no. 37.1358E. For a shrew coffin with sliding door, cf. inv. no...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000
item #1490230
(stock #R509)
Horizon Ancient Arts
USD $85.00
USD $85.00
This is a lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1200 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 1/2” long (13 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000
item #1459813
Ostracon Ancient Art
$420.00
$420.00
Terracotta fragment of Harpokrates wearing a large stippled wreath topped by the Egyptian double crown.
The hair is arranged in tight curls and frames the face, which has large eyes with sharply defined eyelids, a broad nose and fleshy lips. The right index finger points to his mouth.
The youthful god is dressed in a long tunic, belted at the waist.
Harpokrates, the infant son of Isis and Horus, symbolized both youth and fertility...
The hair is arranged in tight curls and frames the face, which has large eyes with sharply defined eyelids, a broad nose and fleshy lips. The right index finger points to his mouth.
The youthful god is dressed in a long tunic, belted at the waist.
Harpokrates, the infant son of Isis and Horus, symbolized both youth and fertility...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$450.00
$450.00
Large red-ware lamp with a naïvely rendered stag atop the discus. Incised EX O[FICINA] above the animal. Ring base with the letter X between dot rosettes and vertical rows of impressed dots.
Large filling hole at center. Pierced handle with broken top. Nozzle blackened.
Deneauve type XII. Raised rim around the discus and the nozzle channel. Grooved shoulder.
Ceramic
Roman North Africa, Tunisia, 375-500 AD
L. 13.8 cm (5.4 in)
D...
Large filling hole at center. Pierced handle with broken top. Nozzle blackened.
Deneauve type XII. Raised rim around the discus and the nozzle channel. Grooved shoulder.
Ceramic
Roman North Africa, Tunisia, 375-500 AD
L. 13.8 cm (5.4 in)
D...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000
item #625067
(stock #706)
AWEIDAH GALLERY - JERUSALEM BASED GALLERY
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DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD
Roman period, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD
Dimensions:
Length: 7 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored
Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel
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item #1355822
(stock #4160)
AWEIDAH GALLERY - JERUSALEM BASED GALLERY
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POTTERY SAUCER OIL LAMP
Biblical, Iron Age I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
“Time of King David”
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
Explorer Ancient Art
$690.00
$690.00
Chief god of the underworld. Depicted mummiform, he is wearing the atef crown, fronted with an ureas, wearing the false beard and with hands emerging from tightly fitting garment and grasping the crook and flail. 26th Dynasty 672-525 B.C. 4 3/8 inches high. From a Maryland estate.
Explorer Ancient Art
$1,900.00
$1,900.00
Ancient Egyptian bronze figure of a seated deity. Possibly a provincial depiction of Harpocrates, depicted nude, wearing the Nemes headdress, fronted ureas, wearing the sidelock, seated, with arms stretched along each side and wearing a highly unusual crown...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000
item #515968
(stock #2982)
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DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Late Roman period, 3rd - 4th Cent. AD
Late Roman period, 3rd - 4th Cent. AD
Dimensions:
Length: 9 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored
Found in Jerusalem, Israel
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#929826
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Byzantine highly decorated black pottery hand-granade, C. 8th - 10th Century AD
A hollow ceramic vessel, biconical in shape, intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick, and used as a hand grenade; the body decorated with a pattern of incised circumferential lines; the upper end with a wide circular rim enclosing the narrow mouth.
Dimensions: Height: 11 cm - Diameter: 8 cm
Height on stand: 14 cm
Condition: Minor chip as shown otherwise intact
Nicely mounted o...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Byzantine : Pre AD 1000
item #611983
(stock #1130)
AWEIDAH GALLERY - JERUSALEM BASED GALLERY
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DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
BYZANTINE, 6TH CENT. AD
BYZANTINE, 6TH CENT. AD
Beautiful decorative patterns composed of lines, flat base bearing a large palm branch on the base, high curved handle and inscriptions on the sides related to magic.
Dimensions:
Length: 10 cm
Width: 6 cm
Condition: Handle chipped as shown otherwise intact as found
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Baggatti(1970) believed that the handle ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pottery : Pre AD 1000
item #1473644
Senatus Consulto
$550.00
$550.00
An unusually large ceramic figure of a reclining animal, probably a Dog, in greish clay with painted details of necklace, eyes and claws in red.
A fine representation, perhaps made as tomb pottery.
Size: 11,3 cm. long and 9 cm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine, with tiny loss to it's ears or horns, othervise choice and with preserved pigments.
Ex Old 1980s private collection
A fine representation, perhaps made as tomb pottery.
Size: 11,3 cm. long and 9 cm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine, with tiny loss to it's ears or horns, othervise choice and with preserved pigments.
Ex Old 1980s private collection
Ostracon Ancient Art
$850.00
$850.00
Hand-modeled bowl of hemispherical body with a single handle at the rim. The base rounded.
The burnished surface with a red-brown slip and purple-red bands of wavy lines that form a cross on both the inner and outer surface. Purple-red lines on the handle.
For a related example, cf. British Museum database no. 1884,1210.103.
Ceramic
Middle Cypriot ,1850 BC-1550 BC
D. 15.4 cm (6.1 in)
W. over handle 18.4 cm (7.2 in)
H. bowl 7 cm (2.8 in)
Fin...
The burnished surface with a red-brown slip and purple-red bands of wavy lines that form a cross on both the inner and outer surface. Purple-red lines on the handle.
For a related example, cf. British Museum database no. 1884,1210.103.
Ceramic
Middle Cypriot ,1850 BC-1550 BC
D. 15.4 cm (6.1 in)
W. over handle 18.4 cm (7.2 in)
H. bowl 7 cm (2.8 in)
Fin...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$780.00
$780.00
Rare terracotta draped Corinthian column, the details of the capital and the drapery finely modeled.
The motif is uncommon and supposed to bear some funerary significance.
Behind the monograms ΠΓ. A small vent hole below the inscription.
For a related item, cf. The British Museum Collection, inventory no. 1220.131, found at the Halikarnassos mausoleum excavations of 1857.
Terracotta
(East) Greek, late 2nd to 1st century BC
H. 7.5 cm (3 in)
Intact...
The motif is uncommon and supposed to bear some funerary significance.
Behind the monograms ΠΓ. A small vent hole below the inscription.
For a related item, cf. The British Museum Collection, inventory no. 1220.131, found at the Halikarnassos mausoleum excavations of 1857.
Terracotta
(East) Greek, late 2nd to 1st century BC
H. 7.5 cm (3 in)
Intact...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000
item #1484062
Ostracon Ancient Art
$780.00
$780.00
Beautiful female head of a pillar figurine with sharply defined facial features. The elaborate hairdo is reminiscent of Egyptian wigs.
The woman shows beautiful almond-shaped eyes with neatly marked lids. The arched eyebrows span the entire forehead. The nose is gone, the lips are pressed to a gentle smile.
Elaborate style with much use of the modeling tool. Back side left raw.
Pillar figurines were prevalent in Judah during the First Temple period, ca. from 800 to 586 BC. T...
The woman shows beautiful almond-shaped eyes with neatly marked lids. The arched eyebrows span the entire forehead. The nose is gone, the lips are pressed to a gentle smile.
Elaborate style with much use of the modeling tool. Back side left raw.
Pillar figurines were prevalent in Judah during the First Temple period, ca. from 800 to 586 BC. T...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$360.00
$360.00
Couple of Roman spindle shaped jugs each with wheel ridged body and pointed foot.
The narrow neck with thickened, folded rim. Thick handle from shoulder to rim.
Coarse ceramic with remains of red glaze in places.
Ceramic
Roman, 2nd-4th century AD
H. intact 14 cm (5.5 in)
H. repaired 14.5 cm (5.7 in)
One jug with attached shard to the rim, otherwise intact. The second reconstituted from fragments. Light earthen deposits. Decorative/appealing shape...
The narrow neck with thickened, folded rim. Thick handle from shoulder to rim.
Coarse ceramic with remains of red glaze in places.
Ceramic
Roman, 2nd-4th century AD
H. intact 14 cm (5.5 in)
H. repaired 14.5 cm (5.7 in)
One jug with attached shard to the rim, otherwise intact. The second reconstituted from fragments. Light earthen deposits. Decorative/appealing shape...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$420.00
$420.00
Small hand modeled Villanova vessel with rounded shoulder and short neck. The handles arching from the rim to the edge of the shoulder.
Light vertical ribbing on the shoulder. Standing on a flat base. Lustrous surface with traces of the modeling stick.
Ceramic, Impasto ware
Etruscan, Villanova Culture, 750-650 BC
H. to rim 7.4 cm (2.9 in)
H. to handle 8.4 cm (3.3 in)
Fine condition with light surface wear. One handle restored.
Ex Galeria Serodine...
Light vertical ribbing on the shoulder. Standing on a flat base. Lustrous surface with traces of the modeling stick.
Ceramic, Impasto ware
Etruscan, Villanova Culture, 750-650 BC
H. to rim 7.4 cm (2.9 in)
H. to handle 8.4 cm (3.3 in)
Fine condition with light surface wear. One handle restored.
Ex Galeria Serodine...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Pre AD 1000
item #556313
(stock #SU303)
Relics of the Nile
$70.00
$70.00
Relics of the Nile is pleased to present this interesting small, intact ushabti for your consideration. This ushabti remains in choice condition and displays the famous Ushabti style with partial back pillar and mummiform design. The facial features are still clear and display the royal Nemes headcloth and the hands crossed over the chest to hold the agriculatural crook and flail (to aid the deceased in their journey through the afterlife). This is a mold-made ushabti and was originally part ...
JFF Ancient Art
€780.00
€780.00
Nice ancient Egyptian cartonnage fragments with column of hieroglyphic text.
These three cartonnage fragments have an interesting and old provenance. They come from the Commandeur Marius Cazeneuve (1839-1913, he was a French stage magician,
who became a close friend of the queen of Madagascar, Ranavalona III) collection;
he got a lot of antiquities from his friend, the noted Egyptologist and Director of the
Cairo Museum, Gaston Maspero. Some time after that it was in the colle...
Senatus Consulto
$250.00
$250.00
A nice Egyptian wooden painted figure of a Falcon, Late period, c. 660-332 BC.
Comes with a low lucite base, total 6,3 cm. tall. Old black ink number on the head.
Condition: Very fine for the material, smaller losses, preserved pigments.
Provenance: P. Treffz-Eichhöfer, Stuttgart, 1980s collection.
Comes with a low lucite base, total 6,3 cm. tall. Old black ink number on the head.
Condition: Very fine for the material, smaller losses, preserved pigments.
Provenance: P. Treffz-Eichhöfer, Stuttgart, 1980s collection.
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Another substantial Roman silver seal ring with a red carnelian intaglio, 1st.-3rd. cent AD
The ring a typical compressed Roman design and the carnelian stone engraved with a depiction of the Dioskouroi.
Size: c. 24 mm. wide and weighing 8.1 grams. The ring-size is c. 19 mm. x 16 mm., so it fits the typical ring-finger of a smaller male or a female hand.
Condition: Very fine, intact, but the stone was reset and there's chips to the silver-setting. Stable and we...
The ring a typical compressed Roman design and the carnelian stone engraved with a depiction of the Dioskouroi.
Size: c. 24 mm. wide and weighing 8.1 grams. The ring-size is c. 19 mm. x 16 mm., so it fits the typical ring-finger of a smaller male or a female hand.
Condition: Very fine, intact, but the stone was reset and there's chips to the silver-setting. Stable and we...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Bronze : Pre AD 1000
item #1475006
(stock #03072023B)
Oldbailey Antiques
$895.00
$895.00
A very well cast and finely detailed bronze applique, circa the 2nd Century AD. In excellent condition, with clear facial features. The piece is 2" in width and 1-3/4" in height. Beautiful, original patina.
Ostracon Ancient Art
$780.00
$780.00
Coptic tunic decoration, called clavus, with four registers containing a lion, a hare, a spotted lion and hare.
Wool on linen
Coptic, 4th/6th century AD
Textile size: 18 cm (7.1 in) x 4 cm (1.6 in)
Frame: 27 cm (10.6 in) x 15.5 cm (6.1 in)
Fragment, excellent condition.
Estate of Christian Grand, renowned Swiss art dealer, acquired 1900-1950.
The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.
Wool on linen
Coptic, 4th/6th century AD
Textile size: 18 cm (7.1 in) x 4 cm (1.6 in)
Frame: 27 cm (10.6 in) x 15.5 cm (6.1 in)
Fragment, excellent condition.
Estate of Christian Grand, renowned Swiss art dealer, acquired 1900-1950.
The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1483987
Senatus Consulto
$235.00
$235.00
An impressive seal with a finely carved base in an attractive white stone, dating to the late 3rd.- early 2nd. mill. BC.
The seal in the slightly oval gable form, looking much like a scaraboid, and engraved with a strong scene of a horned animal and birds flying.
Size: 22 mm. by 20 mm. and 10 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine.
This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.
Provenance: Gustav ...
The seal in the slightly oval gable form, looking much like a scaraboid, and engraved with a strong scene of a horned animal and birds flying.
Size: 22 mm. by 20 mm. and 10 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine.
This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.
Provenance: Gustav ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Prehistorical
item #1484990
(stock #CII.52)
A.v.d.B Egyptian Artefacts
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Menkheperra B – mn-xpr-ra
Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun.
Also known as Menkheperre
The name means ‘The future of Re is stable’
Third prophet of Amen-Re, the king of the gods, Greatest of Re-Atem’s seers in Thebes, Setem priest in the Horizon of Eternity, God’s father and Third prophet of Khonsu in Thebes Neferhotep, Chief of the cattle in the house of Re in the domain of Amen Son of Tjanefer A and Gautsesh...
Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun.
Also known as Menkheperre
The name means ‘The future of Re is stable’
Third prophet of Amen-Re, the king of the gods, Greatest of Re-Atem’s seers in Thebes, Setem priest in the Horizon of Eternity, God’s father and Third prophet of Khonsu in Thebes Neferhotep, Chief of the cattle in the house of Re in the domain of Amen Son of Tjanefer A and Gautsesh...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000
item #1375514
(stock #1121)
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FRAGMENTARY HEAD OF AN ANIMAL
PHILISTINE, IRON AGE, 1200 BC
PHILISTINE, IRON AGE, 1200 BC
Probably a part of a Kernos!
Measurements:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Height on stand: 11.5 cm
Condition: Horns missing in antiquity, untouched as found
Found near Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel
Beautifully mounted on a plexi-glass display stand of high quality
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PHILISTINES:
THEY ARE AL...
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Interesting cylinder seal, probably in faience, engraved with symethric patterns, Mesopotamia, Jemdet Nasr, 3300-2900 BC.
Size: 30 mm. tall and 10 mm. wide.
Condition: Very fine.
Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early stam...
Size: 30 mm. tall and 10 mm. wide.
Condition: Very fine.
Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early stam...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000
item #1317323
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ZOOMORPHIC DECORATED POTTERY WINE VESSEL
Byzantine Empire, 5th – 6th Century AD
Byzantine Empire, 5th – 6th Century AD
A fascinating ancient Byzantine decorated pottery zoomorphic wine vessel in the form of a cockerel with a loop handle.
The liquids could be poured through the orifice in the animal's head. Fashioned of warm terracotta, its simple curves, appealing shape, strength and charm have transported it from the mystical past, so that it can continue to delight the beholder of today.
Measurements:
