ANCIENT ART & ANTIQUITIES

Ca. 3000 BC.A brown stone cylinder seal. Frieze of two running horned animals, with fillings. Condition good. Accompanied by a signed scholarly no...

Ca. 1900 BC.A thick ceramic tablet with curved edges and corners. It has cuneiform on both sides with traces of cuneiform around the edges. Tablet...

Ca. 1900 BC.A rectangular shaped ceramic tablet with curved edges and corners. Cuneiform (from cuneus, Latin for "wedge") derives its name from th...

Ca. 3000 BC.A cylinder seal of dark stone with white inclusion. Frieze of two horned animals. Condition very good. Not drilled. Accompanied by a s...

Ca. 1100 - 900 BC.An Elamite hard stone cylinder seal depicting the sacred tree and winged animals. Additional decoration includes stars in the sk...

Ca. 1100 - 900 BC.A stone cylinder seal from West Persia depicting a hunting scene with a god using a bow against wild animals. Accompanied by a s...

Ca. 1100 - 900 BC.An Elamite bitumen cylinder seal depicting the sacred tree. At the sides there is a lion and a bovine creature. Accompanied by a...

Ca. 1st millennium BC.An Persian or Elamite stamp seal depicting winged lions flanking an altar.Size: 40mm x 40mm; Weight: 34gProvenance: Private ...

Ca. 2000 - 1500 BC.A square shaped hard stone seal depicting a walking ibex. On the reverse, there is an ibex facing backwards with its front legs...

Ca. AD 200 - 400.A Sasanian purple stone stamp seal depicting a kneeled mythological figure probably a putto with highly naturalistic details. The...

Ca. AD 200 - 400.A Sasanian red jasper stamp seal depicting a lion attacking a zebu bull. The depiction has highly naturalistic details. The seal ...

Ca. 600 - 500 BC.A Neo-Babylonian chalcedony stamp seal depicting a human figure in front of an altar. The depiction has highly stylised details. ...

Ca. AD 200 - 400.A Sasanian stamp seal depicting a highly stylised lamassu with high wings facing left details. The seal has a globular body with ...

Ca. AD 200 - 400.A Sasanian intaglio depicting a stylised stag with high horns. For similar see: Sasanian stamp seal in the Metropolitan Museum of...

Ca. 2400 - 2200 BC.A Sumerian black stone cylinder seal depicting a procession of horned gods between two lines. The figures occupy all of the reg...

Ca. 1900 - 1700 BC.An Old Babylonian black stone cylinder seal depicting a procession of horned gods shown in profile and flying animals between l...

Ca. 2300 - 2000 BC.An Near eastern black stone cylinder seal depicting a farmer and a upside down animal in the forest. For similar see: Christie'...

Ca. 1000 - 800 BC.A Neo-Elamite black stone cylinder seal depicting a farmer and an upside down animal in the forest. For similar see: MET Museum ...

Ca. 3000 BC.Cylinder seal of brown stone. Frieze of three walking quadrupeds, something over the back of one. Condition good. Accompanied by a sig...

Ca. 8th-7th century BC.A red stone Neo-Assyrian cylinder seal from the 8th or 7th century BC. It depicts the winged god Assur above a stylized lif...

Ca. 8th-7th century BC.A black coloured cylinder seal, likely from the western periphery of the Neo-Assyrian empire (East Anatolia or Cyprus), 8th...

Ca. 1400 - 1300 BC.A Mitanni-style cylinder seal from Northern Mesopotamia, ca. 1400-1300 BC. A very schematic depiction of birds (?) and a large ...

Ca. 1400 - 1300 BC.A Mitanni-style cylinder seal from Northern Mesopotamia, ca. 1400-1300 BC. A very schematic depiction of birds (?) and a large ...

Ca. 1000 - 600 BC.Cylinder seal of faience. Large standing bird, rhomb behind head; quadruped at the gallop, two trees beneath; another smaller qu...

Likely Bactrian / Turkmenistan, Ca. 2nd or 1st millennium BC.A reddish stone cylinder seal, likely from ancient Bactria. It depicts ibexes and a l...

Old Syrian, Ca. early 2nd millennium BC.A Levantine hematite cylinder seal. It depicts deities and a royal hero with schematic ornaments in the fi...

Ca. 2nd millennium BC or later.A beautiful black stamp seal from the region of Bactria/Turkmenistan. It depicts male and female deer. Studied by P...

Ca. Early 2nd millennium BC.A dark stone cylinder seal, likely from the Old Assyrian period, early 2nd millennium BC. It depicts rows of animals a...

Ca. Early 2nd millennium BC.A specked stone cylinder seal, likely from the Isin Larsa or Old Babylonian period, c. 1900-1600 BC. It seems to depic...

Ca. 3000 BC.A brown stone cylinder seal with linear pattern of triangles with a dot in each. Good condition. Accompanied by a signed scholarly not...

Ca. 3000 - 2900 BC.A black stone cylinder seal, Mesopotamia or Syria. Three squatting women with hands raised, two snakes, one standard (?), two f...

Ca. 3000 BC.A black stone cylinder seal in a good condition. Two sections separated by vertical rulings, in the one two fish, in the other one fis...

Ca. 3000 BC.A brown stone cylinder seal. A frieze of three pairs of a single motif, probably a stylized water creature. repaired. Accompanied by a...

Ca. 1200 BC.A naturalistic Elamite banded agate boar with a large muzzle and four paws bent at the knee. For similar see: Christie's, Live auction...

Ca. 3rd-2nd millennium BC.An enigmatic stone idol or ritual object, meticulously hand-carved into a captivating columnar form. This beguiling arte...

Ca. AD 200.A seated Bodhisattva Maitreya crafted from schist stone. This seated figure is positioned atop a plinth framed by columns that flank a ...

Ca. AD 100 - 200.A beautifully carved schist Buddha seated in the Dyana mudra position and backed with a halo. He sits on a cushioned throne above...

Ca. AD 100 - 300.A schist stone torso of Buddha. He is depicted wearing a sanghati robe and a ushnisha topknot. His facial features displays the c...

Ca. AD 1368 - 1644.A greyish-brown stone head of Buddha in high relief with a three-banded halo. The figure is depicted with an elaborate high top...

Kashmir, Ca. AD 800 - 900.A stone panel with a relief of Uma-Maheshvara, which depicts Lord Shiva and Parvati in divine union, accompanied by thei...

Ca. AD 200 - 300.A schist stone torso of Buddha. He is depicted wearing a sanghati robe with his hair arranged into an ushnisha topknot, next to a...

Ca. AD 200.A Gandharan schist stone seated bodhisattva. This intricately carved panel showcases a bodhisattva in a seated posture with legs apart ...

Ca. 200 AD.A schist rectangular-shaped panel, carved with the impressed footprints of the Buddha. Each footprint is set within its own section, fr...

Eastern Zhou Dynasty/Warring States Period, Ca. 475 - 221 BC.The heavily-cast vessel, with a spherical body, supported on three feet (which resemb...

Ca. AD 300.A schist carving depicting a standing couple, most probably Hariti and Panchika, respectively the Goddess of Fertility and the God of W...

Ca. AD 200 - 300.A stone schist panel featuring a central relief depicting the head of Buddha, showcasing distinctive iconographic elements preval...

Qing Dynasty.A wooden horse from the Qing Dynasty, crafted in the esteemed Han style. This equine masterpiece exudes grandeur, with a beautiful ch...

Ca. AD 200 - 400.A finely modelled terracotta head of a bodhisattva. A bodhisattva was originally conceived as Gautama on his path to enlightenmen...

Tang Dynasty, Ca. AD 618 - 907.A Chinese terracotta piece depicting a foreign entertainer holding a bird. The figure is painted in green, brown an...

Tang Dynasty, Ca. AD 618 - 907.A Chinese terracotta female musician. The lady is depicted with makeup, wearing a red belted dress, with long flowi...

Sukhothai period, Ca. AD 1238 - 1438.A Thai walking Buddha depicted in the characteristic walking stance seen in South Asian buddhist sculptures. ...

Ming Dynasty, Ca. AD 1368 - 1644.A collection of Ming Dynasty pottery statuettes decorated with green and brown glazes. The two riders are dressed...

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 t...

Swat Valley, Ca. 1200 BC.A Gandhara Grave Culture jar featuring a large rounded body, raising from a short, flat foot. The vessel narrows at the n...

Ca. 1000 BC.An Amlash spouted vessel composed of a globular body that converges into tapering shoulders, with short cylindrical neck and everted r...

Ca. 1000 BC.A pottery jug decorated with dark-brown pigment. The body is bulbous in form with four legs with turned edges. The vessel tapers up to...

Ca. 3rd Millennium BC.A Holy Land jug set on a low ring foot with a squat, globular body and a long vertical handle that begins at the widest part...

Ca. 2000 - 2000 BC.A rare stone oil lamp with an eight-pointed star shape. At the top, a central circle stands out as a focal point. The lamp's ba...