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Perfume bottle with pattern-blown body. An aperture made it easy to dispense the precious content drop by drop. Made in the Roman province Syria in the 3rd cent. AD.

The pendant with a cock and lion motif was worn as a lucky charm or protective amulet. Made in the early Byzantine period in a glass workshop in 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.

Rare type of a head vessel with faces of a young man or boy. Gorgeous blue pigmented glass.

The glass impresses with its elegant shape. Made in one of the Roman glass factories in the eastern Mediterranean during the Late Imperial period.

A product from the province of Palaestina or Syria. The high-quality glass was created in the 4th or early 5th century, a time of upheaval for the Roman Empire.

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.

The small jug with a pear-shaped body is outstanding due to the strongly iridescent patina and the dark coating on the outside. From the Late Roman Imperial period.

Flat bottle with double handle from the Eastern Mediterranean. Made between the 3rd and 6th century.

Perfume bottle with pattern-blown body. An aperture made it easy to dispense the precious content drop by drop. From the Late Roman period.

Glass from Sidon with a decorative relief of amphorae and other vessels. A phoenician production from the 1st century AD.

A marvelous example for Early Islamic glass after the conquest of the Levant, during Umayyad rule. A glass from the professor Ritschel collection.

A product from the Roman province of Palaestina. The high-quality glass was created in the 6th to early 7th centuries, when the Eastern Roman Empire was thriving and the Byzantine Empire took shape.

Perfume bottle with pattern on mold-blown body. An aperture made it easy to dispense the precious content drop by drop. Made in the Roman province Syria in the 3rd to 4th cent. AD.

The pear-shaped glass comes from the late Roman or early Byzantine period. Presumably from the Eastern Roman province of Palaestina.

Modernly threaded necklace made of 82 ancients beads from the 1st millennium BC. From the eastern Mediterranean. Ex Christie's.

Perfectly preserved glass vessel with globular body. Made in the Eastern Mediterranean during late Roman Imperial times.

Fantastic and rare type of vessel from the Roman provinces of the Levant. Ex professor Ritschel collection.

This beaker type was popular in the Holy Land during the time of Jesus Christ. But products of the local workshops were also exported.

Dem kleinen Fläschchen wurde durch runde Eindellungen ein polygonaler Charakter gegeben. Auffällig ist die kräftige Fundpatina unter der türkis-grüne Glasreflexe hervorschimmern.

Beautifully patterned old glass beads from Murano and Syria. Ex Christie's.

Shallow bowl with high rim pinched to form single wick-rest, convex underside. From the collection of Prof. Ritschel, Salzburg, decorated many times, for example in 1995 when the Republic of Austria awarded its Decoration for Science and Art.

Gold sheet artfully crafted in the repoussé technique, with a relief depicting reclining ibexes. Possibly the decoration of a sword pommel. Exhibited and published by the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1970s.

Interesting specimen with coil-like biconical cylinder and blue beads. From the first centuries AD, made in the eastern Mediterranean.

From the collection of Prof. Ritschel, Salzburg, Austria, president of the local museum association, author of over 50 history books, decorated many times for his achievements.

From the collection of Prof. Ritschel, Salzburg, Austria, president of the local museum association, author of over 50 history books, decorated many times for his achievements.

Bronze finial from Iron Age Northern Iran. Decorated by stylized panthers and a janus headed hero or god. Possibly a teraphim, a house god, as referred to in the Old Testament.

Very nice and richly decorated vessel from the Eastern Mediterranean. Ex professor Ritschel collection.

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

Large vessel from Roman Imperial times. Most finds are known from the Roman province Iudaea.

Stunning samnite bronze work from South Italy. Made in the 5th or 4th century BC, before Romes expansion into Italy. From the famous Guttmann collection.