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The glass paste shows a bird on a branch. From the Professor Brosch collection of ancient gems.

Finial in the shape of a bird, probably once the head of a rod or distaff. From the Late Roman or Early Byzantine period.

The skillful work shows a wading bird, possibly a heron. Its legs bent beneath the body. The neck drawn back towards the body.

From an old German collection, acquired 1978 at Davies Antiques, London. Corinthian, 6th century B. C.

Nice fibula in the shape of a stylized water bird. A find from Britain and probably also a local Roman provincial production.

The ancient ring insert is made of beautiful opaque glass paste with white parts imitating an inclusion in stone.

A local British production from the 2nd century. It is taking up a continental brooch type. From the famous Hattatt collection and published in two standard works on ancient brooches.

The glass paste shows a hand enclosing a bird. It is a very rare depiction for an ancient ring insert.

Excellently preserved piece with interesting scene. From an old German private collection, acquired in Cologne 1975.

The Roman glass paste shows an interesting scene with a water basin, birds and column.

Fragments of Roman pottery. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.

A wonderful and rare example of the Bronze Age Greek art of engraving stones. It shows a fantasy creature with lion body and bird of prey head. Mid-2nd Millennium BC.

Stunning Egyptian funerary figurine from the time of the 22nd dynasty. Formerly in the Rolls-Royce family collection.

Interesting bronze seal showing a bird and glyphs. From a collection of Iranian ancient artefacts.

Female figurine from Bronze Age Syria, 3rd to beginning of 2nd millenium BC. With characteristic bird shaped head.

Nice small figurine of a falcon dating to the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. From the famous collection of Fouad S. Matouk.

The Roman decorative insert is made of beautiful purple glass paste, imitating amethyst. Interesting depiction.