ANCIENT ART, ANTIQUITIES & COINS - DAY 1

Ca. 1st millennium BC. A delightful cast bronze vessel for holding kohl. It features a flattened, round body, a long tubular neck with a flat and ...

Ca. 1200-700 BC. A cast bronze horse bit composed of two cheekpieces, each in the form of a stylised horse on a groundline, connected to each othe...

Ca. 800-500 BC. A bronze bowl featuring a hemispherical body with a brilliant patina enhancing the entire surface. This beautiful bowl may have be...

Ca. 1050-750 BC.A bichrome pottery jug with a globular lower body, flattened base, and sturdy handle. The trefoil-shaped spout adds a touch of ele...

Ca. 2650-2350 BC. A grey ware terracotta jug with stump base. The Type s referred to as "Abydos Ware" and this one reputedly found at Jericho. Int...

Ca. 2500-1800 BC. A square seal in white steatite; Indus valley signs in a formal script to the upper edge, bovine animal standing left facing an ...

Ca. 3000 BC. A basalt vessel of conical form, tapering towards the rim, a linear line of incised relief adorns the side, with encompassing dots fo...

Ca. 3rd Millennium BC. A nice example of a monochrome Indus Valley civilization pot, with a biconvex body sitting upon a flat circular base. A sho...

Ca. 1st millenium BC. A blackware cup with a bulbous-shaped body, gently tapering to a low foot. The upper part of the body decorated with a band ...

Ca. 1000-800 BC. A Luristan bronze clothing pin with a rectangular section tapering towards the end; stylised with ram's head finial with long cur...

Ca. 550-330 BC. A rare Western Asiatic bronze bowl featuring a hemispherical body, undulating sides and simple, flattened rim. The centre of the b...

Ca. 3rd Millennium BC. A cream-coloured pottery bull figure with black-painted details. The animal features the curved horns characteristic of Ind...

Ca. 3rd millennium BC. A large cream-coloured painted vessel with an out-turned rim, bulbous body gently tapering to a flat base. The exterior of ...

Early Dynastic, ca. 2900-2700 BC. A beautiful buff colored cylinder seal engraved with a broad twisted band with a bird of prey in the center. Hea...

Early Dynastic II-III, ca. 2700-2500 BC. A beautiful black colored cylinder seal depicting a hero fighting mythical creatures. Studied by PD Dr. h...

Early Dynastic II-III, ca. 2700-2500 BC. A greenish black stone (serpentite?) cylinder seal depicting a hero holding two ibexes. Also a lion is sh...

Ca. 1st century BC - 2nd century AD. A five-sided gnostic seal. It also depicts standing figures (partly in adoration) and a large snake. It is in...

Early Dynastic II-III, Ca. 2700-2500 BC. A beautiful brown greyish cylinder seal. It bears two rows of quadrupeds, ibexes and perhaps foxes. Both ...

Ca. 3000 BC. Cylinder seal of grey stone. Two pairs of facing women, squatting on mats, holding a spouted jar between them, other jars around. Con...

Western Asiatic, ca. 1200-700 BC. A bronze two-bladed axe head characterized by its distinctive labrys shape, which features two parallel blades t...

Elamite, Ca. 1100-540 BC. A bronze flat axe with a narrow back, expanding to the curved blade. To the rear a round socket with an elongated flange...

Western Asiatic, Ca. 1000 BC. Crafted from bronze, this axe head has a flat, slender blade that was used for a variety of tasks from cutting wood ...

Ca. 1st millennium BC. A flat axe, with a broad, curved cutting edge tapering gently to a rounded butt.Size: L:65mm / W:185mm ; 335gProvenance: Pr...

Ca. 1500-1000 BC. A cast bronze war axe head. Featuring an undecorated, cylindrical shaft and the flattened blade, drawn out from the top of the s...

Ca. 1st millennium BC. A flat axe with straight sides, solid butt, and slightly convex cutting edge.Size: L:40mm / W:125mm ; 125gProvenance: Priva...

Ca. 800-600 BC. A hefty cast bronze axe head with a flared blade, blunt sides, a thick neck, and a rounded collar with a hoop. The head is sockete...

Ca. 600 AD. A gilded bronze cruciform pendant consisting of four bulbous arms extending from a central rectangular-shaped plaque that holds an etc...

Ca. 224–651 AD. A beautiful, polished silver boat-shaped vessel with an elliptical plan, sloping sides and rounded bottom. The interior is thoroug...