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Axe head originating from the Luristan region during Iron Age. The piece is decorated with eyes to form a stylized bird's head.

Bronze axe originating from the Luristan region during Bronze Age. From the Sasson family collection.

Axe head originating from the Luristan region during Early Bronze Age. The piece is decorated with eyes to form a stylized bird's head.

Small bowl made of pale turquoise glass, from the Roman Imperial period. Acquired in 1974 at the antiquities gallery Neuhaus.

Matching pair of gold earrings from the Zenú culture. Dating to the 1st millennium. Impressive gold jewellery, once worn as earrings by the Zenú people.

Matching pair of gold earrings from the Zenú culture. Dating to the 1st millennium. Impressive gold jewellery with highly stylized waterbirds. Once worn as earrings by the Zenú people.

Matching pair of gold earrings from the Zenú culture. Dating to the 1st millennium. Elegant gold jewellery, once worn as earrings by the Zenú people.

Slender glass flask from the Golden Age of Islam. With a nicely shaped handle and a wonderful, subtle patina. Ex-Sotheby's.

Nice small biconical vessel from the Eastern Mediterranean. Dating to the Late Bronze Age.

The highly abstract figure was made in northern Mesopotamia, probably in northern Iraq. A wonderful piece from the late 4th Millennium BC.

Seal of reddish brown stone from the Middle Bronze Age of Mesopotamia. It shows three standing deities, one with the shepherd's staff of Amurru.

Nicely decorated miniature works of art. Outstanding examples for mosaic glass beads from the early Roman Imperial period.

10 magnificent polychrome glass beads with stylized eyes as protection against the evil eye. Made around the mid 1st millennium BC in the eastern Mediterranean. Ex Christie's.

Short bladed weapon from Iron Age Iran. It is probably a find from the province of Gilan in northern Iran.

Protective amulet in the form of a mask of the god Bes made of turquoise faience. Nice specimen from Ptolemaic Egypt.

The Mesopotamian seal shows a geometrical arrangement of schematic turtles or tadpoles. Around 3000 BC.

Beautiful beads of orange-patterned carnelian, beige-banded agate, and pleasantly contrasting blue lapis lazuli. Similar to the jewelry of the Sumerian queen Puabi. Early Dynastic Period of Mesopotamia, around 2500 BC.

Characteristic type of vessel for the Mycenaean civilization in Bronze Age Greece. From the peak of Mycenaean pottery production in the 14th century BC. From the inventory of an old educational lending collection.

The bronze head belonged to a club that was probably worn like a badge of rank in military parades. Very similar finds come from War Kabud and Chamzhi Mumah in what is now Iran.

Double-edged blade of a long dagger from the Luristan region in Ancient Iran. From the Sasson family collection.

Highly stylized miniature mask of the god Bes from ancient Egypt. Stone with nice texturing.

A magnificently preserved piece of jewellery from the Late Roman to Early Byzantine era. Featuring glass and gold beads.

Large wooden statue representing the ancient Egyptian funerary deity Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. Nicely painted figurine including base from the Ptolemaic period of ancient Egypt.

Nice stone vessel and rare type from the Middle Kingdom. Timelessly elegant shape.

Very impressive, excellently preserved massive lamp. Nice patina. Decorated with crosses.

Bulbous flask from the Golden Age of Islam. Made of beautiful reddish brown glass. Ex-Sotheby's.

Early Etruscan bronze brooch with a bulbous bow. A find from northern Italy.

Very nicely engraved seal made of haematite. The orderly scene shows two gods of the Babylonians.

Delightful artefact attesting the dawn of horse breeding in Western Iran during the 8th century BC. Highly stylized horses form the cheek pieces.

Rare fragment of a small Sumerian votive figurine dating to the 3rd Millenium BC. From the Erlenmeyer collection.

Nice samnite bronze work from South Italy. Made in the 4th century BC, before Romes expansion into Italy. From the famous Guttmann collection.

It impresses by its size and artistic quality. An inscription identifies the piece as votive offering at one of Amun's temples. From the Late Period of Ancient Egypt.

Magnificently painted wood relief of an idealized face. A piece of outstanding size and quality. The mask was part of a sarcophagus lid from Ancient Egypt.

Nice little bowl with mosaic glass eyes on blue and green background. Exhibited and published in the 1980ies. Made in the early Roman Imperial period in the province of Syria.

Prehistoric stone tool. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a Swiss museum collection. Found in Algeria, North Africa.

The Egyptian shabti is from the daughter of Pinudjem II who ruled Egypt during the Third Intermediate Period. It was excavated in the 1840ies at the Ramesseum.