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Verstärkte Mittelrippe, rechteckiger Schaft. 2. Jt. v. Chr. bis frühes 1. Jt. v. Chr. Aus der berühmten Guttmann-Sammlung, ex-Christies. Fund aus dem Nord-Westen Persiens.

Verstärkte Mittelrippe, rechteckiger Schaft. 2. Jt. v. Chr. bis frühes 1. Jt. v. Chr. Aus der berühmten Guttmann-Sammlung, ex-Christies. Fund aus dem Nord-Westen Persiens.

Verstärkte Mittelrippe, rechteckiger Schaft. 2. Jt. v. Chr. bis frühes 1. Jt. v. Chr. Aus der berühmten Guttmann-Sammlung, ex-Christies. Fund aus dem Nord-Westen Persiens.

Very nicely preserved figurine with strong patina. End of 2nd to 1st millennium BC, Iron Age. Ex Karl Kress auction 182 (March 23-25 1982) Nr. 216.

Verstärkte Mittelrippe, rechteckiger Schaft. 2. Jt. v. Chr. bis frühes 1. Jt. v. Chr. Aus der berühmten Guttmann-Sammlung, ex-Christies. Fund aus dem Nord-Westen Persiens.

Extremely well preserved double spectacle brooch dating to the early Iron Age in Italy. 8th cent. BC. Acquired 1989 at Casa Serodine.

Interesting bronze axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.

Compact bronze axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.

Trapezoidal axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.

The Bronze Age vessel has wonderful linear decorative bands, the white filling of which contrasts with the dark slip. Circa 2500 to 2000 BC.

Popular type of bracelet. Massive bronze open ring with circular profile and decorated ends. Roman jewellery of this type is a revival of earlier Greek art.

Characteristic type of vessel for the Mycenaean civilization in Bronze Age Greece. From the peak of Mycenaean pottery production in the 14th century BC.

Made of beautiful red stone, worked with the drill. From the transitional period between Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age in Mesopotamia.

Scene with sun god Shamash and the Amorite god Amurru. The cuneiform writing names the owner of the seal, a faithful servant of these deities.

The spectacular creature with conjoined horse bodies is characteristic for the bronze works of Lurstian. From the early 1st Millenium BC.

The spectacular creature with conjoined horse bodies is characteristic for the bronze works of Luristan. From the early 1st Millenium BC.

Massive piece shaped as a herm, with great patina. From a German private collection, acquired in the early 1980s.

Very fine condition, beautiful patina. Amphora and vine leaf, Paleo-Hebrew inscriptions "year 3" and "The freedom of Zion".

From an old Swiss private collection, acquired before 1971. Between 1971 and 2022 on loan and exhibition at the Antikenmuseum Basel.

Very fine condition, beautiful patina. Amphora and vine leaf, Paleo-Hebrew inscriptions "year 3" and "The freedom of Zion".

This Old Babylonian seal with a worship scene is made from lapis lazuli, a very rare choice for this period.

The seal of black stone bears a scene with four noblemen or gods. Late Syrian, around 1500 BC.

The marble seal bears a fight scene with lions. From the Early Dynastic or Akkadian period in the later 3rd Millennium BC.

The crescent-shaped blade is made of reddish brown flint. This tool represents an intermediate state within the radical transition from Neolithic to Bronze Age.

Early posthumous issue, about 323 - 310 BC. Beautiful dark patina. Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. Auction 154, 1987.

Small amulet of nice red stone in the stylized shape of a pig. From the 3rd Millenium BC.

Perfectly preserved, worked with high level of detail, beautiful polychrome patina. Loosely mounted on a very nice modern marble base.

Apotropaic amulet to protect agains the evil eye. From an old Swiss private collection, acquired in the 1970s - 1980s.

Apotropaic amulet to protect agains the evil eye. From an old Swiss private collection, acquired in the 1970s - 1980s.

Typical decorative element of a wealthy woman's dress in the European Middle Bronze Age. Several of these spiral pendants were worn around the waist. Similar to belt mounts or charms. 1500 to 1200 BC.

So-called Depas Amphikypellon from around 2500 BC. The famous type of drinking vessel from Troy as described in Homer's Iliad.

Very well preserved, nice polychrome patina. Mounted on a very nice modern marble base.

The pieces were part of a mosaic decoration of a Mesopotamian structure in the 4th Millenium BC. The temple architecture from Uruk is a particularly well known example of such a use.

Pottery vessel with fantastic decoration dating to the Urnfield period, the transition between Bronze Age and Iron Age in Central Europe. Found in Southern Germany. 1200 to 800 BC.

Impressive massive piece with great dark patina. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.

Various artefacts in different states of preservation. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany.