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Two Roman Buffware Pottery Bowls: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A set of 2 hand-built buffware pottery bowls. The first bowl features a thick rim and a deep basin, and the other orange-hued bowl with a shallow

0045: Two Roman Buffware Pottery BowlsEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Roman Seal, Weights + Pendant - Dolphins, Shells: Roman, Imperial to Byzantine Period, ca. 1st to 5th century CE. A fine collection of Roman, marine-themed artifacts: a lead seal featuring a dolphin surrounded by an ancient Greek inscription, a

0046: Roman Seal, Weights + Pendant - Dolphins, ShellsEst. $700-$1,050Lot Passed

Roman / Holyland Silver Amulets - Lizard, Bull, Bird: Ancient Near East, Holyland, Hellenistic period, ca. 300 to 100 BCE; Egypt, Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 30 BCE to 300 CE; Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A fine trio of silver

0047: Roman / Holyland Silver Amulets - Lizard, Bull, BirdEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Roman Bronze Figural Leaping Feline: Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An attractive leaded bronze figure of a quadruped resembling a recumbent or leaping feline - perhaps a panther or lioness - with an elongated body

0048: Roman Bronze Figural Leaping FelineEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

13th C. Byzantine Pottery Bowls w/ Sea Encrustations, 3: Near East / Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 13th century CE. A collection of 3 terracotta bowls salvaged from the ocean, probably from an ancient shipwreck. Each is wheel thrown and has a similar

0048A: 13th C. Byzantine Pottery Bowls w/ Sea Encrustations, 3Est. $1,300-$1,950Lot Passed

Prehistoric French Stone Age Acheulean Hand Axes: Western Europe, Northern France, Oise Department, Hardivillers & Troussencourt, Paleolithic, late Oldowan to Acheulean period, ca. 1,000,000 to 40,000 years ago. Two chert hand axes from prehistoric

0049: Prehistoric French Stone Age Acheulean Hand AxesEst. $1,100-$1,650Lot Passed

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Stone Age Mesolithic European Deer Antler Tine Tool: Northern Europe, Mesolithic to Neolithic period, 10,000 to 5,000 years ago. A fascinating tool made from a large piece of deer antler, the surface close to the tine tip is angled and smooth from

0050A: Stone Age Mesolithic European Deer Antler Tine ToolEst. $600-$900

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Ancient Iberian / Celtic Bronze Horse Fibula: Western Europe, Spain / Portugal, Iberian, Celtic culture, ca. 3rd to 2nd century BCE. A delightful leaded bronze fibula in the shape of a horse, known as "de caballito," boasting a schematic form of

0051: Ancient Iberian / Celtic Bronze Horse FibulaEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Ancient Nabataean Redware Footed Vessel: Ancient Near East, northern Jordan, Umm el-Jimal, Nabataean peoples, ca. second half of the 1st century CE. A stunning, wheel-thrown pottery cup from Umm el-Jimal, one of the oldest and most

0052: Ancient Nabataean Redware Footed VesselEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

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Ancient Tell Brak Pottery Eye Idol: Ancient Near East, Tell Brak, modern day Syria, Late Uruk Period, ca. 3300 to 3000 BCE. Hand-made from ceramic, this is one of the most famous classes of artifact from early Mesopotamia. It has a

0053: Ancient Tell Brak Pottery Eye IdolEst. $1,100-$1,650

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Ancient Amlash Redware Spouted Vessel: Ancient Near East / Ancient Mediterranean, Amlash culture, ca. 1400 to 1000 BCE. A hand-built redware vessel of broad, spherical form with a rounded base as well as a flared rim atop a narrow,

0054: Ancient Amlash Redware Spouted VesselEst. $1,600-$2,400Lot Passed

Near Eastern Stone Stamp Seals - Scaraboid & Button: Ancient Middle East, Levant to Turkey, 2nd/ 1st millennium BCE. Pair of fine stamp seals in black hematite and brown stone. First, an Assyrian scaraboid seal in beetle form with prancing antelope

0055: Near Eastern Stone Stamp Seals - Scaraboid & ButtonEst. $700-$1,050Lot Passed

Impressive Azerbaijan / Amlash Blackware Jar, TL'd: Ancient Central Asia, southern Azerbaijan and northern Iran, Ardabil region, Meshkinshar, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 2000 BCE. An enormous, hand-built blackware pottery jar that was perhaps used as a

0056: Impressive Azerbaijan / Amlash Blackware Jar, TL'dEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

Old Babylonian Stone Cylinder Seal Bead: Mesopotamia, Babylon, Iraq, Ca. 1900 to 1700 BCE. Very fine tall cylinder seal carved in the round with continuous scene of standing figure wearing long robe, bird standing upon a staff glyphic

0057: Old Babylonian Stone Cylinder Seal BeadEst. $700-$1,050Lot Passed

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Syro-Hittite Pottery Semi-Nude Female Idol Figure: Ancient Near East, northern Syria, Syro-Hittite, ca. 3rd millennium BCE. A fascinating pottery figure of a goddess displaying a stylized form with a bird-like visage. Gazing forth from wide, annular

0058: Syro-Hittite Pottery Semi-Nude Female Idol FigureEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Ancient Stone Stamp Seal Beads Neo-Assyrian / Parthian: Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th to 7th century BCE; Parthian to Sassanian Empire, ca. 200 BCE to 600 CE. A pair of stone stamp seal beads each with drilled suspension holes;

0058A: Ancient Stone Stamp Seal Beads Neo-Assyrian / ParthianEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Holyland Pottery Jar & Greek Apulian Blackware Lekythos: Ancient Near East, Holyland, Early Bronze Age II, ca. 2900 to 2650 BCE; Magna Graecia, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. An attractive pair of ancient pottery vessels: a Holyland handled jar and an Apulian

0059: Holyland Pottery Jar & Greek Apulian Blackware LekythosEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Indus Valley Mehrgarh Pottery Female Figure: Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A hand-built female figure depicted with a voluptuous chest, slender limbs, and a tab-shaped head. The face is comprised of

0059A: Indus Valley Mehrgarh Pottery Female FigureEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Large Early Tepe Giyan Stone Stamp Seal Bead - Avian: Ancient Iran, Zagros Mountain, Tepe Giyan, first half of second millennia BCE. Large and very unusual stone stamp seal of hard black stone. Carved in deep relief with what appears to be a single

0060: Large Early Tepe Giyan Stone Stamp Seal Bead - AvianEst. $900-$1,350Lot Passed

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Achaemenid Silver Phiale / Libation Bowl (for Wine): Ancient Near East, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 500 to 330 BCE. A gorgeous libation bowl used for holding wine known as a phiale that exhibits a slightly compressed mastoid form composed of nearly

0061: Achaemenid Silver Phiale / Libation Bowl (for Wine)Est. $1,200-$1,800

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Sumerian Stone Stamp Seal Bead: Central Asia, Sumer, Mesopotamia, modern day Iraq, ca. 2100 BCE. Finely carved stone cylinder seal in gray black stone. Painstakingly carved in the round with scene of 3 animals larger of which

0062: Sumerian Stone Stamp Seal BeadEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Near Eastern Pottery Stilt, Jars, & Mite Coin Pendant: Near East / Central Asia, Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. 2000 to 500 BCE; Turkey / Iran, Luristan culture, ca. 1400 to 800 BCE. Near East, Israel / Palestine, Judea, ca. 100 BCE to 40 CE. A collection of

0063: Near Eastern Pottery Stilt, Jars, & Mite Coin PendantEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

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3rd C. Persian Sasanian Silver Drachm Coins: Ancient Near East/Central Asia, Sasanian (Sassanian/Sasanid) Empire, ca. 224 to 651 CE. A pair of silver drachm coins with very similar faces; the Sasanian Empire had tight control over coin mintage,

0064: 3rd C. Persian Sasanian Silver Drachm CoinsEst. $700-$1,050

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Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant: Near East, Byzantine Empire, ca. 9th to 13th century CE. A charming leaded bronze reliquary pendant featuring the high relief image of Christ on one side and Mary on the other. Each arm of the cross

0065: Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross PendantEst. $1,300-$1,950Lot Passed

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