An Ancient Terracotta Ram's Head with Curved Horns, Near East, 1st Millennium BCE

**Originally Listed At $650** Ancient Near East, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A really delightful ceramic ram, hand-modeled into a sturdy form with four nub-like legs, a thick body, and a proud head atop a

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Holy Land, ca. 1st millennium BCE. An elegant ensemble of 4 pottery vessels, all presenting bulbous bodies, sloped shoulders, flared rims, and slender hand

Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. A lovely press-molded plaque displaying a standing depiction of the goddess Astarte (also known as Ishtar) in relief. She holds her han

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Anatolia, ca. late 2nd millennium BCE. A mold-formed pottery bull head that was intentionally created in multiple pieces. Each horn has a recessed cavi

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Holy Land, ca. early to mid-1st millennium BCE. A wheel-thrown terracotta jar with an apple-shaped body, a flared rim, and a pair of strap handles along th

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Amlash culture, ca. early 1st millennium BCE. A cast-bronze axe head of a hefty form with a cylindrical socketing shaft, a crescent-shap

Ancient Near East, Amlash Empire, early 1st Millennium BCE. Standing figure with exaggerated wide hips, thighs, and buttocks - emphasizing her fertility - attenuated arms, relatively long tapering nec

Egypt, Pre-Dynastic Period, Naqada II, ca. 3500 to 3000 BCE; Ancient Near East, perhaps Bactrian, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A striking ensemble of 2 Egyptian and 2 Near Eastern stone mace heads all with

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Iron Age, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A lovely pair of terracotta redware bowls from the ancient Holy Land. The first vessel has a short concave foo

**Originally Listed At $100** Central Asia/Ancient Near East, Scythian culture, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A flat cast bronze applique buckle in the form of four Ibex heads, one at every corner. The icon

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 2nd to 1st millennium BCE. A mold-made terracotta plaque depicting a seated dog in profile, with the face of the dog wonderfully portrayed

Near East, north of Iran, Marlik, second half of 2nd millennium to early 1st millennium BCE. A thick-walled piriform macehead carved from a lustrous black stone with a cylindrical socket, open at both

**Originally Listed At $150** Ancient Near East / Western Asia, Anatolia, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A footed ceramic plate with a meander pattern in black around its raised rim and an abstract pattern o

Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. An impressed decorative ceramic panel depicting the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar (also known as Astarte), shown here as she often is wit

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Amlash, ca. early 1st millennium BCE. A hand-built earthenware sculpture depicting two seated musicians - one playing a double flute and the other a circular perc

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Amlash, ca. early 1st millennium BCE. A lovely, hand-built earthenware sculpture depicting 2 seated musicians - one playing a double flute and the other a circula

**Originally Listed At $200** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, ca. late 2nd to 1st millennium BCE. A pair of black stone scaraboid seals, with the larger pierced for suspension. The larger has an incis

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Israel (Canaan/the Levant), ca. 1st millennium BCE. A charming quartet of terracotta cups, each with a wide body corseted at its center, an everted rim, an

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Iron Age, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A rotund wheel-thrown terracotta jar with a ringed base, a bulbous body with minute horizontal striations, a c

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Iron Age, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A squat wheel-thrown terracotta drinking chalice with a wide footed base, a narrow neck, wide shoulders, a sha

**Originally Listed At $75** Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Iron Age, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A short terracotta redware bowl with a circular foot, sloping walls, a deep interior cavity, and a flared r

Ancient Near East, Sumeria or Babylon, ca. 2nd to 1st millennium BCE. A well-preserved ceramic plaque bearing a mold-made depiction of a mythical beast. The animal has four legs, with the front two go

Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. late 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. A ceramic mold used to make relief plaques or friezes of a priestly figure. The figure stands in profile, one hand raised as if ge

Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. late 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. A powerful depiction of a human figure riding a bull, a symbol of royalty in Sumerian art. Bulls were linked to Enlil, the god of