An Ancient Near Eastern Carved Stone Feline Figure, ca. 3rd Millennium BCE

Category: Figurines and Statuettes This carved stone figure of a feline from the Near East is an exemplary artifact of early animal representation in art. Its simplistic yet evocative form highlights

Ancient Near East, probably Anatolia, ca. late 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE. A beautiful gathering of three hand-carved stone mace heads of solid, bulbous forms with central hafting holes drilled i

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Mideast - Central Asia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, ca 3rd to 1st millennium BCE. A nice assortment of amulets and beads in carved shell and stone along with

Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Tell Brak, Middle Uruk Period, ca. 4th millennium BCE. An intriguing gathering of two hand-carved stone figures. One figure is an "eye idol," so named because of the pair

Ancient Near East, Sumerian or Achaemenid, ca. late 3rd to mid-1st millennium BCE. A fine selection of 3 hand-carved lapis lazuli amulets from the ancient Near East. First is an abstract anthropomorph

Ancient Near East, probably Anatolia or Mesopotamia, ca. late 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE. A hand-carved stone mace head with a spherical form and cylindrical hafting slots vertically drilled thro

Ancient Africa or Near East, Egyptian or Levantine, ca. 4th to 3rd millennium BCE. A hand-carved stone mace head exhibiting white hues and 5 relatively uniform lobes. A central hafting shaft is drille

**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Africa or Near East, Egyptian or Levantine, ca. 4th to 3rd millennium BCE. A hand-carved stone mace head exhibiting white hues and 5 relatively uniform lobes. A c

Ancient Near East, Babylon or Sumeria, Late Ur III period or Isin Dynasty, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. A ceramic cuneiform "biscuit" and a carved white stone cylinder seal. The cuneiform

Ancient Near East, Sumer, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A lovely hand-carved rock crystal pendant depicting a minimalist duck figure. The recumbent figure has a flat base and rests its neck on its ba

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennia BCE. An earthenware plaque, made using a mold, showing a standing male figure. He has a long, impressive beard in the style of disti

Near East, Bactria, ca. 3rd to 2nd Millennium BCE. A large stone idol, somewhat humorously carved in the shape of a large aspirin tablet, with a groove dividing both surfaces into semi-circles. Size:

Ancient Near East, modern day Turkey / Syria, Archaic period, ca. 3rd millennium BCE; Iron Age II to III, 10th to 6th century BCE. A fabulous ensemble of five stone seal beads from the Ancient Near Ea

**Originally Listed At $750** Ancient Near East, Syria, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. An intriguing terracotta idol with a roughly triangular body, rounded peripheries, and a pair of pierc

Ancient Near East, Syria, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. An intriguing terracotta idol with a roughly triangular body, rounded peripheries, and a pair of pierced 'eyes' surrounded by thinly

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. A large and flat spear blade of a symmetrical composition. The broad, elongated blade is void of a central midrib

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite culture, ca. 3rd millennium BCE. A finely preserved example of a hand-built pottery figure depicting Astarte, an ancient goddess known throughout the Ne

This compelling stone amulet from the Mesopotamian region, dated approximately to the 2nd millennium B.C., measures 4.5x2.5 cm. It represents an animal figure, possibly a domesticated species such as

An ancient stone lioness amulet, crafted in the Near East during the 1st millennium BCE, represents the symbolic strength and protection associated with lioness figures in ancient cultures. This compa

Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 3rd millennium BCE. A hand-carved stone stamp seal of a rectangular form with a pierced suspension loop protruding from the

Near East, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A massive high karat (22 kt) gold and stone ear ornament (or possibly a pendant/brooch) comprised of a large, teardrop/phallic shaped veined agate stone encased in a

Originally listed at $1,000... Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syrian culture, ca. mid-3rd millennium BCE. A hand-built pottery idol of characteristically abstract form depicting a female goddess s

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syrian culture, ca. mid-3rd millennium BCE. A hand-built pottery idol of characteristically abstract form depicting a female goddess standing atop fused columnar leg

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