A black material amulet of a bird, dating to the Early Dynastic period, 2900-2350 BC The amulet is pierced for suspension and details are with remants of the original  More »

A black material amulet of a bird, dating to the Early Dynastic period, 2900-2350 BC The amulet is pierced for suspension and details are with remants of the original inlays of bone(?). Size: 26-27 mm. (length) Condition: Choice!   « Less

Highly attractive Jamdet Nasr period Babylonian cylinder seal, dating c. 3000 BC. A thin seal, measuring 20 mm. in length and 9-10 mm. wide. The seal depicts figures and  More »

Highly attractive Jamdet Nasr period Babylonian cylinder seal, dating c. 3000 BC. A thin seal, measuring 20 mm. in length and 9-10 mm. wide. The seal depicts figures and symbols, possible an alter. Very sharp! Condition: Choice! Beautiful black stone, uncleaned with yellow sand in the recesses. Ex Swedish private collection - purchased during the 1950s at Viktoria Lindströms Antikhandel, Stockholm. Her business card in the collection together with notes. Ex late 19th. century collection, note the old custom made brass mount with collection number (letter) hand-chiseled   « Less

Cylinder seal from the Neo-Assyrian kings, 9th.-7th. BC. A large and outstanding cylinder. An archer as a super human being is shooting at a monster - a winged lion with a  More »

Cylinder seal from the Neo-Assyrian kings, 9th.-7th. BC. A large and outstanding cylinder. An archer as a super human being is shooting at a monster - a winged lion with a human head, possible a Sphinx. In the center appears to be an alter of Marduk. In the sky 7 dots representing the Pleiades, a crescent and a fish. Artistic and outstanding cylinder seal! Size: 31 mm. Condition: Nearly superb, remnants of the original ancient bronze mount stuck inside! Provenance: Ex Oliver Antique. Ex Swedish private collection - purchased during the 1950s at Viktoria Lindströms Antikhandel, Stockholm. Her business card in the collection together with notes.   « Less

A finely decorated ceramic bowl from Nishapur in Eastern Iran, dating to the 9th.-10th. cent. AD Beautiful pattern in green and black along the edge and a single line of  More »

A finely decorated ceramic bowl from Nishapur in Eastern Iran, dating to the 9th.-10th. cent. AD Beautiful pattern in green and black along the edge and a single line of Kufic calligraphy in the center. Very attractive bowl. Size: 200mm. x. 70mm. Condition: Choice! Minimal Restoration, but original glaze at both sides.   « Less

A rare large Canaanite bronze dish from Syria-Palestine, dating to c. 1550-1250 BC. This exceptional dish was hammered to it's perfect shape in antiquity. The dish is made  More »

A rare large Canaanite bronze dish from Syria-Palestine, dating to c. 1550-1250 BC. This exceptional dish was hammered to it's perfect shape in antiquity. The dish is made with a pronounced foot ring and low walls. Size: 163 mm wide and c. 40 mm. high walls. Condition: Intact and with a fantastic blue malachite patina with some green. Uncleaned with some earthern encrustations. Rough metal as seen in the pictures.   « Less

A rare matching set of three banded agate talismans, pierced for suspension, Bactria, neolithic period early 3rd. millennium BC. These fertility amulets or talismans have  More »

A rare matching set of three banded agate talismans, pierced for suspension, Bactria, neolithic period early 3rd. millennium BC. These fertility amulets or talismans have had magical powers in the western Asia during the neolithic period and bronze age. Three identical amulets in different size. Size: 37 mm. x 30 mm. and smaller. Condition: EF! Superbly polished stones with fine ancient patina.   « Less

Jemdet Nasr / Early dynastic Babylonian Cylinder seal, late 4th. millennium BC. Exceptionally well-carved seal in hard black stone showing figures and animals. Size: c.  More »

Jemdet Nasr / Early dynastic Babylonian Cylinder seal, late 4th. millennium BC. Exceptionally well-carved seal in hard black stone showing figures and animals. Size: c. 26-27 x 9 mm. Condition: Superb. Ex. German Private Collection   « Less

A very high quality cylinder seal in agate, Syria, during Achaemenide Dynasty (ancient Persian empire), 600-400 BC. Exceptionally sharp seal, depicting the great king  More »

A very high quality cylinder seal in agate, Syria, during Achaemenide Dynasty (ancient Persian empire), 600-400 BC. Exceptionally sharp seal, depicting the great king armed with a dagger fighting a human headed beast with wings and a horned animal. The scene also depicts a palm tree which is typical fro the Persian seals. Note the fantastic stone quality and patina! Size: 1,6 cm. Provenance: Ex Artemission.com, with their COA #18.13499; Ex. Erik Rasmussen Private collection. The original purchase price: $1200.00   « Less

A very rare bronze vessel, Indus Valley or Iranian, Baluchistan. c. 1500 BC. This highly decorative and artful style bronze age jar or large drinking vessel, combines the  More »

A very rare bronze vessel, Indus Valley or Iranian, Baluchistan. c. 1500 BC. This highly decorative and artful style bronze age jar or large drinking vessel, combines the beauty of the early Indus Valley ceramic bowls with stylistic elements from early Iranian bronze age art. The vessel was made in Balluchistan, North-Eastern Iran, which was the borderline between Sumerian/early Iranian culture and the cultures of the Indus Valley. The vessel is very well-made for the archaic type, measuring c. 95 mm in diameter and some 96 mm. high. Attractive design with a low slung belly, concave walls, a round foot ring and a flaring rim. Condition: Nice, rough surfaces with a mottled patina, much uncleaned dirt still on the surface.   « Less

Terracotta goddess Middle Elamite, ca. 1500-1000 B.C.! TERRACOTTA GODDESS, MIDDLE ELAMITE, CIRCA 1500-1000 BC Middle Elamite terracotta goddess, standing with her hands  More »

Terracotta goddess Middle Elamite, ca. 1500-1000 B.C.! TERRACOTTA GODDESS, MIDDLE ELAMITE, CIRCA 1500-1000 BC Middle Elamite terracotta goddess, standing with her hands cupping her breasts, wearing earrings, bracelets, necklaces shoulder-straps with a star pendant etc. Size is c. 145 mm. Exellent condition. Cf. Sotheby’s, Antiquities, New York, December 17, 1998, lot 443. The terracotta figurines are considered to be among the most original of Susa’s artistic expressions. In successive phases over a period of about three millennia, the inhabitants of the Susiana plain fashioned the clay they found beneath their feet into animal and human forms, first by hand and later by using molds. By the latter means they bestowed upon their figurines, a great variety of ornaments, such as elaborate earrings, diadems, necklaces (some times bearing star pendants) and anklets, and ringbone shoulder-straps, as in the present examples. These were produced outside the realm of official commissions, although some of the cast examples were made by skilled craftsman and are of very high quality. These small figures were intended for private individuals and their inspiration. Objects of this type are chiefly of interest for what they reveal about Susians’ daily preoccupations and the evolution of their mode of thought. It should be noted that a great majority of Susian figurines demonstrate a complete independence from Mesopotamian production, except in times when Susa was under Akkadian or Babylonian rule.   « Less