Urartian Macehead

Early 8th century B.C. A Urartian or Assyrian broad hammered bronze helmet of conical form with high pointed apex, the front with a raised linear motif comprising two encircling ribs above the brim; t

Predynastic Egyptian, ca. 3200 B.C. Yellow stone with beige and white inclusions D: 6.5 cm Serial: 27383 Provenance: Ex- Joseph Handy collection, Massachusetts, acquired in 1967

**Originally Listed At $3500** Ancient Near East, Eastern Turkey, Iran, and Armenia, Urartu culture, Iron Age, ca. 7th century BCE. An incredibly rare collection of bronze armor plates from the ancien

Ancient Near East, Urartian culture, ca. 9th to 7th century BCE. A rare example of a cast-bronze dagger with a tall, slender handle bearing columns of dense openwork motifs. The rhombus-shaped guard f

An Egyptian nummulitic limestone macehead Predynastic, circa 3000 B.C. With grey veining, the centrally pierced shaft-hole tapering towards one end, 5.1cm high Footnotes: Provenance: Maurice Nahman

13th-6th century BC. A tubular bronze macehead with gusseted collar to the lower end, ropework bands with geometric infill below a frieze of profile standing figures in ropework cells with hands clasp

Early Dynastic III, 2900 BC-2350 BC. A white fine grained stone macehead with vase-shaped body and pierced through the centre; to one side the lion-headed bird deity Imdugud with wings outstretched; t

Bronze, of characteristic spiked form, popular among the Rus, notably at the Battle of Kalka in 1223. From a private Hungarian collection displayed in the Godollo Royal Castle Exhibition in Pest and i

Urartian Pottery Painted Jar Circa 3rd Millennium BC. Buff clay bulbous vessel with rounded body decorated with animals and birds, and geometric motifs painted decoration to exterior. Good deal of ear

Neolithic, 3rd-2nd millennium BC. A mottled igneous breccia macehead-shaped axehead, pierced through the body for insertion of haft, round bodied in shape. 494 grams, 83mm (3 1/4") The property of a G

Armenia; 8th- 7th century BC A fragment from a bronze warriors belt, showing three registers of repooussed war scenes, including soldiers on horseback and on chariot. Finely crafted and with a nice pa

13th-7th century BC. A tubular bronze macehead with flanges to the sockets, collar with incised triangular decoration, bulb with applied pellets. 310 grams, 87mm (3 1/2") Property of a North West Lond

10th-7th century BC. A slender bronze tapering blade with crescentic lower guard, balustered grip with hatching, convex disc pommel. 170 grams, 31.5cm (12 1/2") From an important London collection, ac

7th century BC. A broad hammered bronze medium-size military belt fragment or cuirass band, the register decorated in chased low-relief with actual and fantastic animals (lions, griffins, ibexes, sphi

2nd millennium BC. A piriform macehead with band of bosses to the equator, each with central incised ring, flared and chamfered rim to the socket. 455 grams, 69mm (2 3/4"). Ex an important central Lon

2nd millennium BC. A hardstone globular macehead with polished and pecked surface. 165 grams, 48mm (2"). Property of a London W1 collector; formerly acquired between 1970 and the late 1999s.

8th-7th century BC. A bronze statue of a reclining stylised lion with menacing face, open mouth with visible canines, raised pellet detail to the mane, long tail curved to the side, incised pellet and

A pair of Urartian bracelet made from bronze round-section, each with penannular design and opposed zoomorphic terminals. Good condition. Provenance: previously from London art gallery before 2000. Si

Bronze cast round-section penannular design with opposed dragon(?)-headed terminals bracelet. each head with stylised features, large pellet eyes and tendril nostrils. Good condition. Provenance: Prev

A nice Near Eastern bronze spiked mace-head, c. 1200 - 600 BC, comprising of a squared central column, the edges of which tapered into eight short spikes, a larger spike protruding from each of the fo

12th-15th century AD. A bronze macehead comprising a flared socket with three rows of lozengiform spikes. 198 grams, 49mm (2"). Property of a European gentleman living in the UK; formerly in a private

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

Urartu, modern day Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey, ca. 9th to 6th century BCE. This is a small section of a bronze belt from Urartu (sometimes known as the Kingdom of Ararat, or the Kingdom of Van)

13th-15th century AD. A bronze macehead with six triangular projections, closed flat top and circular shaft hole. 195 grams, 59mm (2 1/4"). Property of a European gentleman living in London; acquired