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Seal made of wonderful pink Amethyst. It shows an offering scene with gods. From the Dr. Foster collection.

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.

Colourfully painted pottery made by the precolumbian Ica culture. Nicely decorated by five rows of ornamentation. Around 1000 AD.

Belonging pair of earrings from the late Roman Imperial period. With nice filigree decoration.

This stunning stamp seal is from the First Persian Empire of the Achaemenids or from parts under Greek control. 5th to 4th cent. BC.

Typical head vessel from the Eastern Mediterranean. The glass flask has the shape of two Medusa heads back to back.

Very rare in such condition. From the German generation collection Eichelmann-Hartmann. Prof. Hartmann (1862-1946), the founder of the collection, acquired the lamp during his study travels to Italy.

Small bronze pot with a bulbous body an high handle. It was probably used as an incense burner. From the collection of the historian Friedrich von Bassermann-Jordan (1872-1959).

Große Opferplatte aus dem Mittleren Reich mit Isisknoten-Hieroglpyhe. An Grabeingängen platziert, für die Darbietung von z.B. Milch, Wein oder Bier für die Toten.

Nicely preserved specimen of this characteristic type of vessel from the Mycenaeans. From the peak of Mycenaean pottery production in the 14th century BC.

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

The flat bottle has a lentoid or discoid body with a long neck. Probably from the Roman province Judaea.

6 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.

The clay jug is decorated by an impressively well preserved geometric design. From Bronze Age Anatolia.

The flat bottle has a discoid body with a very long neck. Probably from the Roman province Judaea.

The bangle is made of turquoise glass and beautifully decorated in white and blue. A product from the eastern Mediterranean coast.

Matching pair of gold jewellery with semi-spherical shield. From the Roman Imperial period.

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

Stunning funerary statuette from the 19th dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Marvelous provenance and publications in numerous catalogues.

Vessel made by the precolumbian Nazca culture and painted in bright colours. From the early phase between the 1st and 5th century

Perfectly preserved and finely worked piece from a German collection in which it was acquired in the early 1970s.

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

Beautiful piece of gold jewellery from Egypt in Roman Imperial times. Published in the exhibition catalogue of the Basel Museum of Ancient Art.

The lovely seal made of black hematite is from Middle Bronze Age Anatolia or Syria. It is from the famous Erlenmeyer collection, built in the 1940ies to 1960ies.

Interesting seal from Mesopotamia during the Akkad III period. It shows worshippers with cups standing before the sky god.

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.

Perfectly preserved seal made of noble green jasper. The piece is from the period of Sasanian rule in the Near East.

A group of seven miniature bowls and three miniature vases made of clay. Once filled with offerings and used ritually during a foundation stone laying ceremony. Dating to the Old Kingdom, around 2500 BC.

From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors. Very nicely preserved, interesting unusual piece.

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

Rare example of the not so widespread worship of Ptah. Bronze cast from the Late Period of ancient Egypt.

Important and unique pin type from Iron Age Luristan. Nice specimen with concentrical decoration.

Beautiful jewellery with beads made of emerald and garnet. Made in the eastern part of the Mediterranean during the 6th to early 7th century.

From the German generation collection Eichelmann-Hartmann. Prof. Hartmann (1862-1946), the founder of the collection, acquired the cup during his study travels to Italy.