Near East carved basalt head of a bull w/ inlays

**Originally Listed At $1000** Near East, Anatolia, Turkey or Syria, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 2000 to 1000 BCE. A remarkable altar vessel hand carved from a red-brown stone, the shallow basin resting

**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

Near East / Central Asia, Iran (Persia) Empire, Qajar Dynasty, ca. late 18th to 19th century CE. A pair of cast iron mace heads used primarily in symbolic and ceremonial contexts, but based on a class

Near East, Iran, Marlik, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A large burnished terracotta pitcher boasting a long, graceful spout and a loop handle decorated with an angular mythological animal of a horned bull or p

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Early Dynastic Sumer (Syria), Provincial type, Archaic Period, ca. 2800 to 2500 BCE. A lovely bifacial carved-stone stamp seal bead of rectang

Ancient Near East, Achaemenid Empire, ca. 550 to 330 BCE. A hand-carved stone stamp seal depicting a horse laying with head down around its forelegs, perhaps deceased. The underside displays a dense s

This is a a carved red sandstone South East Asian head with jeweled ushnisa most likely depicting Surya, the chief solar deity in Hinduism. This item is described in a certified insurance appraisal da

Ancient Near East jasper stone bull head with incised design, c.2nd Millennium BC, Drilled hole for wearability, 2 cm. Provenance: Ex private NY collection.

CARVED BASALT BUDDHA HEAD, C. 1900, H 10 1/2", W 6", D 6" (HEAD) A carved basalt Buddha head. Depicting long bulgy earlobes, eyes gazing forward and hair with a ushnisha top. Presented on painted blac

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, Iron Age I-II, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A cast bronze axe head of dramatic form with a lengthy triangular blade, a zoomorphic head adorning the neck, and a

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Early Dynastic IIIb to Akkadian Empire period, ca. 2500 to 2218 BCE. An impressively preserved stone head featuring carefully striated

**Originally Listed At $600** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Early Dynastic IIIb to Akkadian Empire period, ca. 2500 to 2218 BCE. An impressively preserved stone head featuring carefully stria

Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A rare cast-bronze axe head of sturdy form featuring a cylindrical socketing shaft adorned with 2 abstract zoomorphic creatures. Th

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. This is certainly the most interesting bronze axe head from Luristan that I have seen! The blade is thin

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. An elegant and rare example of a bronze axe head with a rounded disc as its butt. The axe head was made using the lost wax casting

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A bronze axe head of socketing form with 4 zoomorphic heads protruding from the ovoid eye and a hook-shaped protuberance extending

Ancient Near East, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 650 BCE. An impressive copper mace head in the shape of a standing bull, his horns tilted forward and his tail up and perked. The ancient weapon would have bee

Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A cast-bronze axe head of impressive form bearing a quartet of protruding nodules along the verso of the socketing shaft. The neck

Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. An intriguing mace head of conical form bearing a trio of hemispherical lobes protruding from around the upper body. The dark gray

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A gorgeous weapon with a rare patina, this is a lost wax cast flat axe head with a spiked butt. The head is elongated and rectangul

Ancient Near East, Canaanite, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 2000 to 1600 BCE. A remarkable pair of Canaanite bronze figures: a figural buckle or fibula and a statuette of a bull and rider. First, a wonderful

Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A cast-bronze axe head of intimidating form bearing a vertical blade edge that extends from a lengthy neck. The cylindrical socketi

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A fascinating iron mace head of tubular form with 3 pairs of slithering serpents undulating vertically down the sides. Size: 1.3" D

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 800 BCE. A skillfully cast leaded-bronze mace-head, tubular in form with three rows of twelve faceted spikes around the body, and small rims