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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000
item #1490231
(stock ##R459)
Horizon Ancient Arts
USD $95.00
USD $95.00
This is a fine ancient Egyptian Scarab, 1200 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 7/16” long (11 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. The bottom is a scarab pushing up the sun, with cobras on either side.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000
item #1484996
(stock #R208)
Horizon Ancient Arts
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A lovely blue/green ancient Egyptian Scarab, before 300 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 3/8" long (9 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. Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
Senatus Consulto
$150.00
$150.00
Interesting lot of 5 ancient miniature glass vessels, in the shape of jars, bowls and bottles, 3rd.-6th. cent. AD.
Very nice lot with iridescence, measuring up to 27 mm.
Ex. Old Danish Collection, bought the 1980s.
Very nice lot with iridescence, measuring up to 27 mm.
Ex. Old Danish Collection, bought the 1980s.
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. 4 3/8 inches high. With base of feet inserted into the modern base with an old collection label and inscription on the underside of the base. Appears to possibly be written in French...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pottery : Pre AD 1000
item #1484075
Senatus Consulto
$395.00
$395.00
Rare Egyptian pottery jar or beaker, NAQADA I - II, c. 4000 - 3200 BC.
Attractive conical jar in fine hardburnt redish and darker pottery.
Size: 6,8 cm. tall and 9 cm. wide.
Condition: Very fine, a couple of small chips to rim nicely restored, intact with no cracks. Pencil number from older collection on the side.
From French Collection, Ex Bonhams Auktion 23.10.2021, Lot 285. Ex Joseph Klein collection, formed in New York between 1941 - 1980.
Attractive conical jar in fine hardburnt redish and darker pottery.
Size: 6,8 cm. tall and 9 cm. wide.
Condition: Very fine, a couple of small chips to rim nicely restored, intact with no cracks. Pencil number from older collection on the side.
From French Collection, Ex Bonhams Auktion 23.10.2021, Lot 285. Ex Joseph Klein collection, formed in New York between 1941 - 1980.
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 : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000
item #1479568
Ostracon Ancient Art
$1,850.00
$1,850.00
Votive figure of a naked woman, standing with her arms to the thighs. The head shows schematic features and a casket like wig. Schematic rendering of the body, crudely carved in the round.
Enhanced with red and black painted decoration. Red for the necklaze, the upper arm bracelets and the (decorative lines) around the shins. Remains of black on the hair and the pelvic triangle.
Freestanding figures are comparatively rare...
Enhanced with red and black painted decoration. Red for the necklaze, the upper arm bracelets and the (decorative lines) around the shins. Remains of black on the hair and the pelvic triangle.
Freestanding figures are comparatively rare...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000
item #1467619
A rare bronze seal with a loop on the back and a beautiful sun-symbol on it's face, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.
The seal of good metal and very massive bronze, interesting variant from the usual compartement seals and much rarer.
Size: c. 3,5 cm. in diameter.
Condition: Good Very fine for type with a vivid green patina...
The seal of good metal and very massive bronze, interesting variant from the usual compartement seals and much rarer.
Size: c. 3,5 cm. in diameter.
Condition: Good Very fine for type with a vivid green patina...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000
item #1317323
AWEIDAH GALLERY - JERUSALEM BASED GALLERY
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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...
Senatus Consulto
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Nice lot of two idol figures of deities incl. Mercury, Roman Imperial period, 1st.-3rd. century AD.
Size: 46 and 43 mm.
Condition: Both w lossses to extremeties, nice patinas.
Ex. German private Collection.
Size: 46 and 43 mm.
Condition: Both w lossses to extremeties, nice patinas.
Ex. German private Collection.
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...
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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...
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...
Senatus Consulto
$285.00
$285.00
A finely patinated Danish Neolithic sickle, dating back to the later neolithic period, ca. 2600-2200 B.C.
A sickle of a good size, measuring c. 15,5 cm. long. Nice workmanship with an old inventory number in white ink.
The patina is a warm even brown colour! Very attractive.
Condition: Choice, with a few minor ancient chips from use as seen in the pictures, covered by patina.
Ex...
A sickle of a good size, measuring c. 15,5 cm. long. Nice workmanship with an old inventory number in white ink.
The patina is a warm even brown colour! Very attractive.
Condition: Choice, with a few minor ancient chips from use as seen in the pictures, covered by patina.
Ex...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1479899
A fine style cylinder seal carved in an attractive beige-yellowish stone, probably jasper, Mesopotamia under the Achaemenid Empire, c. 7th.-5th. century BC.
Sharp low relief depiction of the Great King wrestling with winged lions with bearded human heads!
Size: c. 26 mm. tall.
Ex. Danish Private Collection, this seal aquired in the early 1990s.
Sharp low relief depiction of the Great King wrestling with winged lions with bearded human heads!
Size: c. 26 mm. tall.
Ex. Danish Private Collection, this seal aquired in the early 1990s.
JFF Ancient Art
€560.00
€560.00
Rare ancient Egyptian opaque blue glass pendant in the shape of a pomegranate with yellow and white details.
For comparable amulets see:
Louvre Museum, Paris, E 2284 ; AF 2600 and N 1850 ; AF 2312
British Museum, London, EA48064 and EA68538
Petrie Museum UC22890
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 11.215.446
Date: Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th - 20th Dynasty, ca. 1570 - 1070 B.C.
Material: Glass
Size: ca...
Senatus Consulto
$95.00
$95.00
A very nice and very large bronze seal ring in excellent condition, Roman, c. 2nd.-4th. cent. AD.
The ring of the typical ancient D-shape with high shoulders.
Size: The ring is 27-28 mm...
The ring of the typical ancient D-shape with high shoulders.
Size: The ring is 27-28 mm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1484195
Senatus Consulto
$125.00
$125.00
Interesting rectangular seal engraved on all 4 sides with human figures and stars, central drilling, North-West Mesopotamia, c. 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.
Size: 21 x 12 x 9 mm.
Condition: Very fine, some deposits and small ancient chip to a corner.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 1994. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important colle...
Size: 21 x 12 x 9 mm.
Condition: Very fine, some deposits and small ancient chip to a corner.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 1994. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important colle...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1484188
Senatus Consulto
$165.00
$165.00
Very attractive and well-carved hemispheroid seal in a greenish black chlorite stone, Mespotamian, c. 5th.-4th. mill. BC.
Low button-shaped seal with elegant Cruciform engraving and cenytral pellet.
Condition: Good Very fine, some deposits.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 2006. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collec...
Low button-shaped seal with elegant Cruciform engraving and cenytral pellet.
Condition: Good Very fine, some deposits.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 2006. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collec...
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. Gustav Oberländer sp...
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. Gustav Oberländer sp...
Senatus Consulto
$85.00
$85.00
A lot of two lovely points in fine pinkish hardstone from the private collection of P.F. Wulff, found St. Francis County in Arkansas. We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!
The two points carved in scarce translucent hardstone, not silex. They can probably be dated to the 2nd.-1st. millenium BC. Very hard material and amazing that they could manage to make such refined artifacts of this size....
The two points carved in scarce translucent hardstone, not silex. They can probably be dated to the 2nd.-1st. millenium BC. Very hard material and amazing that they could manage to make such refined artifacts of this size....
Ostracon Ancient Art
$480.00
$480.00
Attic squat lekythos of ovoid body decorated with a net motif in black and crème.
The lekythos belongs to the Attic Bulas Group, which manufactured small vases. As a characteristic of the Bulas Group, the net ornament is applied directly on the clay ground.
The rim and the upper portion of the handle are glazed black; the reserved neck with black lines and vertical tongues in applied white.
The edge of foot with tiny black dots.
For a related example, cf. Beazley Ar...
The lekythos belongs to the Attic Bulas Group, which manufactured small vases. As a characteristic of the Bulas Group, the net ornament is applied directly on the clay ground.
The rim and the upper portion of the handle are glazed black; the reserved neck with black lines and vertical tongues in applied white.
The edge of foot with tiny black dots.
For a related example, cf. Beazley Ar...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$1,800.00
$1,800.00
Attic black-figure band cup decorated with a lotus and palmette chain. The reserved tondo with concentric circles, a reserved band close to the inner face of the rim.
The gently rounded floor with a barely offset lip and upturned handles.
For a related cup in Geneva, cf. Beazley archive vase no. 5676.
Ceramic
Athens, 500-480 BC
D. 14 cm (5.5 in)
W over handles 19.2 cm (7.6 in)
H. to rim 8.3 cm (3.3 in)
Tiny craze along the tondo; surface of...
The gently rounded floor with a barely offset lip and upturned handles.
For a related cup in Geneva, cf. Beazley archive vase no. 5676.
Ceramic
Athens, 500-480 BC
D. 14 cm (5.5 in)
W over handles 19.2 cm (7.6 in)
H. to rim 8.3 cm (3.3 in)
Tiny craze along the tondo; surface of...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1483959
Senatus Consulto
$195.00
$195.00
A very attractive stamp seal in a red brown glossy stone and a small perforated handle, Mesopotamia Uruk period, probably 3rd. millenium BC.
Finely engraved in the base with several animals!
Size: 24 mm. wide (diameter) and 14 mm. tall.
This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, b...
Finely engraved in the base with several animals!
Size: 24 mm. wide (diameter) and 14 mm. tall.
This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection, see pictures.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, b...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Roman : Pottery : Pre AD 1000
item #515968
(stock #2982)
AWEIDAH GALLERY - JERUSALEM BASED GALLERY
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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
Senatus Consulto
$350.00
$350.00
Lovely terracotta lamp of the Loeschcke VIII and with a fine depiction of Eros holding the arms of Mars, below on the base is an inscription as a mark of the workshop.
Size: 10,4cm.
Condition: Good Very Fine, completely intact with a little earthern deposits in the devices.
Provenance: Bärbel Kasper collection, Germany since 1950.
Size: 10,4cm.
Condition: Good Very Fine, completely intact with a little earthern deposits in the devices.
Provenance: Bärbel Kasper collection, Germany since 1950.
Senatus Consulto
$395.00
$395.00
A lovely coloured Roman glass bottle. Eastern Mediterranean, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
The bottle with slightly tappering corpus and wide mouth.
Size: c. 96 mm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine, sound glass vessel of an aubergine-red colour with exceptional irridescence.
Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
The bottle with slightly tappering corpus and wide mouth.
Size: c. 96 mm. tall.
Condition: Extremely fine, sound glass vessel of an aubergine-red colour with exceptional irridescence.
Provenance: Estate of Hartmut Geerken, Germany, aquired 1961-1964!
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1447461
Senatus Consulto
$100.00
$100.00
Lot of 6 handpicked superb larger quartz beads, Greco-Bactrian Empire, ca. 2nd. cent. BC-1st. AD.
Interesting beads from Bactria, Balkh Area, made during the Greco-Bactrian Empire and with remnants of later dying in Cobalt and torquise during the Islamic Dynasties, 9th.-10th. century AD.
These types of beads are expertly carved in the very hard Quartz material, with rating of 7+ on the hardness scale for semi-precious stones with panels/faceted. These beads were once classi...
Interesting beads from Bactria, Balkh Area, made during the Greco-Bactrian Empire and with remnants of later dying in Cobalt and torquise during the Islamic Dynasties, 9th.-10th. century AD.
These types of beads are expertly carved in the very hard Quartz material, with rating of 7+ on the hardness scale for semi-precious stones with panels/faceted. These beads were once classi...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Faience : Pre AD 1000
item #1485227
Senatus Consulto
$185.00
$185.00
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...
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Etruscan : Pre AD 1000
item #1488400
(stock #G24)
Horizon Ancient Arts
USD $1,200.00
USD $1,200.00
Etruscan Bucchero oenochoe (wine-pitcher), c. 550 BC, thin-walled (sottile), probably from South Etruria. Burnished smooth with black-to-tan color added. Part of one handle and part of the lip reattached 12.75” (32 cm) tall. A small piece on the bottom wasn’t filled so that one can see inside the piece. It was low-fired and is much more fragile than a high-fired piece. Do not hold it by its handles.
Senatus Consulto
$575.00
$575.00
Elaborate Roman silver ring, 1st.-3rd. cent. AD.
The ring is moulded with a large female bust on the top. She is either a deity or a high-born lady, with a tall draped hairdress and diadem.
Size: about 25 mm. wide. 9.60 grams. The ring-size is c. 19 mm.
Condition: Nice Very fine and intact. stable and Wearable. The surface with corrosion and brown deposits.
Ex. German private collection since 1990s, aquired at Gerard Hirsch Nachfolger Auctionhouse....
The ring is moulded with a large female bust on the top. She is either a deity or a high-born lady, with a tall draped hairdress and diadem.
Size: about 25 mm. wide. 9.60 grams. The ring-size is c. 19 mm.
Condition: Nice Very fine and intact. stable and Wearable. The surface with corrosion and brown deposits.
Ex. German private collection since 1990s, aquired at Gerard Hirsch Nachfolger Auctionhouse....
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. 9.6 cm (3.8 in)
Lu...
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. 9.6 cm (3.8 in)
Lu...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Holy Land : Pottery : Pre AD 1000
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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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000
item #1483473
Senatus Consulto
$195.00
$195.00
A very rare and interesting amuletic cylinder seal with top loop, Western Mesopotamia, c. 2200-1600 BC.
The amulet seal is shaped as a tied knot of robe with a loop at the top, engravings on the sides. We have never had such a piece in stock, high unusual!
Size: Substantial - 38 mm. tall and 11 mm. wide.
Condition: Nice VF, intact with deposits and cleaning marks.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 1993. Comes with original ID card from the Oberl...
The amulet seal is shaped as a tied knot of robe with a loop at the top, engravings on the sides. We have never had such a piece in stock, high unusual!
Size: Substantial - 38 mm. tall and 11 mm. wide.
Condition: Nice VF, intact with deposits and cleaning marks.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 1993. Comes with original ID card from the Oberl...
Ostracon Ancient Art
$680.00
$680.00
Bust of a young male figure with pleasant expression. The face shows large lidded eyes, a prominent nose and sensuous lips. Venus rings on the neck.
The hair is textured with short sickle-shaped curls and topped by a stippled wreath with ribbons that run along the shoulders.
The boy is dressed in a skin tight robe. Belly button indicated.
The wreath suggests a Dionysian context. The figure possibly depicts the youthful Bacchus.
Hard fired ceramic with greyish core. Su...
The hair is textured with short sickle-shaped curls and topped by a stippled wreath with ribbons that run along the shoulders.
The boy is dressed in a skin tight robe. Belly button indicated.
The wreath suggests a Dionysian context. The figure possibly depicts the youthful Bacchus.
Hard fired ceramic with greyish core. Su...
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 : 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. Harpokrates was revered as the patron deity...
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. Harpokrates was revered as the patron deity...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1487898
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A concave cylinder seal in white-beige stone. The seal is carved with an elaborate pattern of Cruciforms and lines, Mesopotamia 3300-2900 BC.
The Jemdet Nassr Period in seal manifacturing,3300-2900 BC, were spreading from Southern Mesopotamia, where a great number of administrative cuneiform tablets and seals came from. Such seals was used to impress pictures or descriptions into soft, prepared clay. These seals guaranteed the authenticity of marked ownership: as such, they were instr...
The Jemdet Nassr Period in seal manifacturing,3300-2900 BC, were spreading from Southern Mesopotamia, where a great number of administrative cuneiform tablets and seals came from. Such seals was used to impress pictures or descriptions into soft, prepared clay. These seals guaranteed the authenticity of marked ownership: as such, they were instr...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1483989
Senatus Consulto
$185.00
$185.00
A choice green stone stamp seal with fine archaic engravings of animals in the base, Late Ubaid-Uruk, 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.
Fine knob handle and a round seal plate. The base engraved with a two animals. Scarce early piece!
Size: 21 mm. in diameter and 17 mm. tall.
Condition: Choice Very fine, nice patina with even wear.
This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012),...
Fine knob handle and a round seal plate. The base engraved with a two animals. Scarce early piece!
Size: 21 mm. in diameter and 17 mm. tall.
Condition: Choice Very fine, nice patina with even wear.
This seal comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below collection.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012),...
Senatus Consulto
$950.00
$950.00
A rare and attractive early Egyptian vessel / beaker, dating to the Old Kingdom, 2649 - 2150 BC.
The conical beaker with a wide flat rim and craved in finely banded alabaster.
Size: 68 mm. tall. and 62 mm. wide over the rim.
Condition: Very fine for the very rare type, with small chip to the rim restored.
Ex. Old German collection, aquired 1960s-1970s.
The conical beaker with a wide flat rim and craved in finely banded alabaster.
Size: 68 mm. tall. and 62 mm. wide over the rim.
Condition: Very fine for the very rare type, with small chip to the rim restored.
Ex. Old German collection, aquired 1960s-1970s.
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item #611983
(stock #1130)
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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 ...
JFF Ancient Art
€1,280.00
€1,280.00
Ancient Egyptian faience cartouche plaque. One side is incised with an imitation of „Men-Kheper-Re“, the prenomen of the Pharaoh Tuthmosis III. The keeper sign is replaced with the Neith sign. The other side is incised with an animal of Seth, in front a lotus plant.
This piece has a very rare old published provenance. It comes from the famous Amherst collection,
which was sold 1921 at Sotheby. This piece is described in the auction catalog of Sotheby more than
100 years ago unde...
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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 ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000
item #1467535
A scarce to rare hemispheric stamp seal with loop at the back, probably Luristan, pre-historic period, 5th.-4th. millenium BC.
The seal of an excellent style in a greenish-black stone, carved with a star radiating from circular border and a central dot / Leaf-shaped pattern.
Diameter: c. 19 mm.
Condition: Nice Very fine, lots of patina, intact.
Comes with the original ID card!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired...
The seal of an excellent style in a greenish-black stone, carved with a star radiating from circular border and a central dot / Leaf-shaped pattern.
Diameter: c. 19 mm.
Condition: Nice Very fine, lots of patina, intact.
Comes with the original ID card!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired...
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item #1474098
Senatus Consulto
$325.00
$325.00
Interesting late neolithic - early bronzeage stamp seal in attractive dark green stone, finely engraved, East Anatolia/West Mesopotamia, c. 3rd. millenium bC.
The seal finely made with a handle and sort of 'Hat-shaped' like these pre-Hittite seals often are. The engraving shows a pair of horned animals with very long curved horns and with the small triangular spearpoint-forms in the fields, typical for Anatolian seals.
Size: 24 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Good ...
The seal finely made with a handle and sort of 'Hat-shaped' like these pre-Hittite seals often are. The engraving shows a pair of horned animals with very long curved horns and with the small triangular spearpoint-forms in the fields, typical for Anatolian seals.
Size: 24 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Good ...
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item #1491811
(stock #m.10)
A.v.d.B Egyptian Artefacts
€399.00
€399.00
An ancient Egyptian white steatite scarab, with finely engraved anatomical features such as clypeus, prothorax and elytra. The reverse is detailed with hieroglyphs, including the engraved depiction of a beetle scarab with the sun disk, a basket, a feather of Maat and a papyrus stem. The amulet is pierced longitudinally for suspension.
Origin: Egypt
Period: 1539 - 664 B.C.
Date: 18th - 25th Dynastie
Material: Steatite
Dimension: 1,3 cm. ...
Origin: Egypt
Period: 1539 - 664 B.C.
Date: 18th - 25th Dynastie
Material: Steatite
Dimension: 1,3 cm. ...
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item #1492994
Senatus Consulto
$125.00
$125.00
Interesting stone stamp seal of pyramidal shape, Western Mesopotamia, probably Late Halaf or early Ubaid period, c. 6th.- 5th. mill. BC.
The shape of the seal has been recorded many times in buriel finds of the 6th. mill. in Western Mesopotamia and the base is carved with a typical halaf grit-pattern. So we will date it a bit earlier than than the collector, Mr. Oberlánder did. Interesting seal.
Size: 17 mm. x 12 mm.
Condition: Nice Very fine and intact with fi...
The shape of the seal has been recorded many times in buriel finds of the 6th. mill. in Western Mesopotamia and the base is carved with a typical halaf grit-pattern. So we will date it a bit earlier than than the collector, Mr. Oberlánder did. Interesting seal.
Size: 17 mm. x 12 mm.
Condition: Nice Very fine and intact with fi...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000
item #1467623
Senatus Consulto
$195.00
$195.00
A very large and extrafine bronze seal with a loop on the back and elaborate cross designs, Bactria, 3rd. millenium BC.
Very impressive round seal with a small solid cross in the center and large cross-arms in the openwork style. The seal belongs to one of the varied mostly circular metal “stamp seals” relief cast in bronze or copper alloy, but more rarely in silver or gold, which is classified as so-called “compartmented seal” (a term first used in 1943 by the British archa...
Very impressive round seal with a small solid cross in the center and large cross-arms in the openwork style. The seal belongs to one of the varied mostly circular metal “stamp seals” relief cast in bronze or copper alloy, but more rarely in silver or gold, which is classified as so-called “compartmented seal” (a term first used in 1943 by the British archa...
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item #1238745
(stock #G111)
Hundred and One Antiques
$150.00
$150.00
Authentic Ancient Egyptian pale blue-green faience 'Wadj Papyrus scepter 'Amulet.
Late Dynastic Period, Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasty ca. 664-332 B.C. Wadj or papyrus stalk which symbolized life, growth and fertility for the Egyptians, and latterly resurrection.
MEASUREMENTS: Height 1.8 cm (0.708661).
CONDITION: in original condition showing its age. No repairs or restorations.
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item #1432090
Ostracon Ancient Art
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Bright blue faience shabti inscribed with black hieroglyphs reading: “The Osiris Nes-Mut”.
Curiously, the epithet Osiris is noted here in retrograde writing in relation to the name.
The figurine wears a tripartite wig with a frontal band tied at the back. The face shows barely visible eyes and eyebrows. The arms are crossed and the hands hold two colored hoes. The seed bag behind is held by straps.
The name Nes-Mut is frequent since the New Kingdom, which makes it diff...
Curiously, the epithet Osiris is noted here in retrograde writing in relation to the name.
The figurine wears a tripartite wig with a frontal band tied at the back. The face shows barely visible eyes and eyebrows. The arms are crossed and the hands hold two colored hoes. The seed bag behind is held by straps.
The name Nes-Mut is frequent since the New Kingdom, which makes it diff...
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item #1492868
(stock #CI.2)
A.v.d.B Egyptian Artefacts
€13,000.00
€13,000.00
Djedptahiufankh – Dd-ptH-iwf-anx Worker 2
with inscription (without vertical lines) and prince title
Deir el-Bahri - Cache I - Royal Cache DB320
Also known as Djedptahiwfankh, Djedptahioufankh, Zadptahefonkhou
The name means ‘Ptah has spoken and he lives
Djedptahiufankh is only known from his burial and mummy. He held the title of “Second prophet of Amen”, District Governor as well as “King’s Son of Ramesses” and “King...
with inscription (without vertical lines) and prince title
Deir el-Bahri - Cache I - Royal Cache DB320
Also known as Djedptahiwfankh, Djedptahioufankh, Zadptahefonkhou
The name means ‘Ptah has spoken and he lives
Djedptahiufankh is only known from his burial and mummy. He held the title of “Second prophet of Amen”, District Governor as well as “King’s Son of Ramesses” and “King...
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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...
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item #1470936
Senatus Consulto
$95.00
$95.00
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.
- 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.
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item #1352673
(stock #1279)
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POTTERY WINE DECANTER JUGLET
HOLY LAND, Iron Age, Israelite, 1200 - 900 BC
Time of the Kings of ancient Israel
HOLY LAND, Iron Age, Israelite, 1200 - 900 BC
Time of the Kings of ancient Israel
Beautifully made in a globular body, a shaped neck and a flat base
Dimensions:
Height: 18 cm
Width: 13 cm
Height on stand: 21 cm
Condition: Rim professionally restored as shown otherwise intact
Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel
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item #1491946
Senatus Consulto
$95.00
$95.00
Interesting North-Mesopotamian type and probably from the Halaf period, although the round shape is rare for this period, we date this 6th.-4th. millenium BC.
Size: 27 mm. in diameter - a substantial seal.
Condition: Very fine, with the top the handle lost to extensive use, othervise attractive.
Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection b...
Size: 27 mm. in diameter - a substantial seal.
Condition: Very fine, with the top the handle lost to extensive use, othervise attractive.
Comes with the original collection Id-card and imprint.
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection b...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Etruscan : Pre AD 1000
item #1490317
(stock #G20)
Horizon Ancient Arts
USD $220.00
USD $220.00
This is an ancient Etruscan Impasto Jug with double handles, c. 650 BC. It has a few old chips from use but is otherwise intact. It is 5" tall x 4.25" wide (12.5 cm x 11 cm)and is from an old Dutch collection, possibly from Latium. A ribbed and pleasing shape.
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item #1416742
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A beautiful seal carved in a dark serpentine. Finely polished oval base engraved with a Ram or stagg and a three in front.
Size: 12 mm. X 11,5 mm.
Ex. German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards. Comes with collectors own notes and photos mounted on filt with a hard wax impression.
Size: 12 mm. X 11,5 mm.
Ex. German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards. Comes with collectors own notes and photos mounted on filt with a hard wax impression.
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item #1472638
Senatus Consulto
$195.00
$195.00
Scarce Anatolian or Syrian square stone seal with tall handle and a depiction of a Griffin or Sphinx, Neo-Hittite states, Early 1st. millenium BC.
Finely carved seal with an elaborate handle and some great details.
Size: 16 mm. wide and 11-12 mm. tall
Condition: Extremely fine.
Comes with a hard wax impression.
Reff. See Ashmolean collection AN1913.58 for a similar style seal, attributed to Aleppo, Syria. Hogarth, D.G., Hittite seals - with...
Finely carved seal with an elaborate handle and some great details.
Size: 16 mm. wide and 11-12 mm. tall
Condition: Extremely fine.
Comes with a hard wax impression.
Reff. See Ashmolean collection AN1913.58 for a similar style seal, attributed to Aleppo, Syria. Hogarth, D.G., Hittite seals - with...
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item #625067
(stock #706)
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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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#77068
Senatus Consulto
$275.00
$275.00
A large uninscribed heart scarab, Rameside to Late Kingdom, c. 12th.-6th. century BC.
The scarab carved in a greyish type of stone, stylized type made to be placed at the heart of the body. The details of the head and front faintly incised.
Size: 55 mm. long and 34 mm. wide. Made of a heavy type of stone.
Condition: Good very fine for type, finely patinated.
Ex Old 1960's-1970s private collection
The scarab carved in a greyish type of stone, stylized type made to be placed at the heart of the body. The details of the head and front faintly incised.
Size: 55 mm. long and 34 mm. wide. Made of a heavy type of stone.
Condition: Good very fine for type, finely patinated.
Ex Old 1960's-1970s private collection
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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...
