Ancient Near East - Sold antiquities
Archive of sold antiquities
All artefacts sold in our gallery are fully documented in our online archive and database. Being a specialist ancient art dealer, preserving also the more recent history of each and every piece sold in our shop is at our heart. That is particularly useful for artefacts that changed owners in the meantime. Information that may have been lost in the process can be easily restored from our archives. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need further information about ancient items that have been sold in our gallery. We can help you with reconstructing the history of ownership for those items. All information about our customers will be kept confidential, of course.-
Bronze votive figurine of a bull
Nicely preserved bronze figurine. 2nd - 1st half 1st millenium BC. Bronze or Iron Age, Western Asia, probably Hittite.
Price: on requestJuglet from Iron Age IIThis vessel from the Holy Land was made between construction and destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem. From the well-known Dr. Steve Adler collection.
Price: on requestCylinder seal from the Uruk periodSeal of beautiful white marble. It shows a frieze of highly stylized water creatures.
Price: on requestMesopotamian cylinder sealThe long seal is engraved with a highly stylized scene in linear design. A quadruped is reared by a lion. From Early Bronze Age of Mesopotamia.
Price: on requestCanaanite scarabLocal levantine production during the 13th to 15th dynasty of Egypt. With an export permit from the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Price: on requestCanaanite scarabLocal levantine production during the 13th to 15th dynasty of Egypt. With an export permit from the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Price: on requestOld Assyrian cylinder seal from AnatoliaInteresting seal with religious scene. From an Old Assyrian trade outpost in Anatolia. It shows a god on a throne with goat feet.
Price: on requestCylinder seal from Old Assyrian trade outpostWonderful example for the style of the Old Assyrian trade colonies in Anatolia. Well-known from Kültepe Level II. It shows a fighting scene between hero and bull man. Around 1900 BC.
Price: on requestMassive Lorestan bronze pendant shaped as a birdEnd of 2nd to 1st millennium BC, Iron Age. Perfectly preserved figurine with beautiful patina.
Price: on requestMassive Lorestan ibex-shaped bronze pendantVery 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.
Price: on requestMassive Lorestan bronze pendant shaped as an ibexEnd of 2nd to 1st millennium BC, Iron Age. Perfectly preserved figurine with beautiful patina.
Price: on requestMassive bronze figurine of a lying ramNicely preserved animal figurine. End of 2nd to 1st half 1st millenium BC. Iron Age culture, Western Asia.
Price: on requestMassive scythian silver figure of a deerPerfectly preserved, elaborated piece of art, produced by the nomadic tribes of Scythian cultures.
Price: on requestMassive hellenistic bronze goat figurinePerfectly preserved with beautiful dark patina. Probably hellenistic. Ex Karl Kress auction 182 (March 23-25 1982) Nr. 218.
Price: on requestZebu lying on altar, massive bronzePerfectly preserved with beautiful dark patina. About 1st half 1st millenium BC. Iron Age culture, Western Asia.
Price: on requestHittite bronze zebu figurineMassive, perfectly preserved figurine with beautiful dark patina. Second to early first millenium BC. Ex Karl Kress auction 147 (May 5th 1969) Nr. 57.
Price: on requestBronze zebu figurine with pedestalNicely preserved bronze figurine. About 1st half 1st millenium BC. Iron Age culture, Western Asia.
Price: on requestHittite bronze zebu figurineMassive, perfectly preserved figurine with beautiful dark patina. End of 2nd to early 1st millenium BC. Ex Karl Kress auction 147 (May 5th 1969) Nr. 54.
Price: on requestMassive bronze panther figurinePerfectly preserved with beautiful dark patina. End of 2nd to 1st half 1st millenium BC. Iron Age culture, Western Asia.
Price: on requestMassive bronze panther figurinePerfectly preserved with beautiful dark patina. About 1st half 1st millenium BC. Iron Age culture, Western Asia.
Price: on requestLong bronze blade from the Holy LandNicely preserved, large piece from an old Massachusetts collection. Acquired from the Archaeological Shop at the Tel Aviv Hilton Hotel, Israel, in 1968 or 1969.
Price: on requestMassive bronze lance head from the Holy LandNicely preserved, large piece from an old Massachusetts collection. Acquired from the Archaeological Shop at the Tel Aviv Hilton Hotel, Israel, in 1968 or 1969.
Price: on requestRare iranian cylinder sealSeal with mythological creatures in near perfect condition. From the late 3rd Millennium BC.
Price: on requestPainted Bronze Age cupThe well preserved Bronze Age pottery bears a geometric painted pattern. Acquired in 1977 at Davies Antiques in London, it is claimed to have been found in Syria.
Price: on requestPair of Achaemenid gold braceletsFantastic example of the gold jewellery of the first Persian Empire. Late 6th to 5th cent. BC.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian cylinder seal with cuneiform inscriptionWorship scene for a god. Mention of the Babylonian gods of storm, moon and sun in the inscription.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian cylinder seal with cuneiform inscriptionWorship scene for a god. Mention of moon god Sîn and Aya, wife to the sun god, in the inscription. 1900 to 1600 BC.
Price: on requestMesopotamian cylinder seal with sun godThe seal from Old Babylonian times is superbly engraved and shows a scene with the Babylonian sun god Shamash who is known from the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian cylinder sealThis Old Babylonian seal with a worship scene is made from lapis lazuli, a very rare choice for this period.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian Cylinder Seal for Aham-arshiFantastic private seal with a rare depiction of the god Amurru. 1900 to 1600 BC.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian cuneiform tabletLarge clay tablet with cuneiform administrative text from Ur III to Old Babylonian times.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian cuneiform tabletVery nicely preserved clay tablet with cuneiform legal text from Old Babylonian times.
Price: on requestHittite beak-spouted ewerImposing vessel with well preserved paint. It shows geometric figures and sun wheel. From the 2nd millenium BC.
Price: on requestElamite cylinder seal for Aham-LurshiEngraved in fine detail and well preserved. Scene with three gods. Three columns of cuneiform inscription name the owner Aham-Lurshi. Approx. 1900 to 1600 BC.
Price: on requestNeo-Assyrian cylinder sealWonderful seal with winged hybrid beasts. It was made in the Neo-Assyrian Empire, the first real empire in history.
Price: on requestElamite cylinder seal for Shuk-KukuFantastic seal carved out of amethyst. It shows his owner Shuk-Kuku with the goddess Ninsianna. Five columns of Elamite cuneiform inscription frame the scene.
Price: on request