ANCIENT ART & ANTIQUITIES

Ca. 2000 BC An ancient Sumerian temple foundation cone of clay with a flat base on the broadside and a rounded tip on the opposite side. The body...

Ca. 200-300 AD Over life size schist head of a bodhisattva, with elaborate coiffure featuring a topknot (Ushnisha) and carefully-detailed hair, ne...

A schist stone standing buddha figure wearing an elaborate robe with layers of flowing folds. His both hands raised. His head has been defaced by ...

Ca. 618-907 AD A beautiful stone statue of a seated bodhisattva depicted wearing voluminous robes elegantly draped over his wide shoulders and bro...

Ca. 581-618 AD A four-sided stone stele depicting Buddhist scenes. Each side contains an arched niche with Buddha sitting in fine flowing robes u...

Ca. 200-300 AD A grey schist carving of a standing Buddha. This excellent figure is backed by a circular halo and dressed in a flowing Kasaya (mo...

Ca. 200-300 AD A remarkable example of Kushan artistry, richly carved in grey schist, combining naturalism of the classical Greek style with the ...

Ca. 200-300 AD A skillfully carved from schist seated Buddha in dhyanasana with his hands folded, the deeply incised folds of his sanghati flowin...

Ca. 2500 BC A very fine squat terracotta bowl rising from a ring foot, with an upper-body well decorated in black painted geometric motifs. This ...

Ca. 2200 BC A beautiful terracotta bowl of a wide bulbous body gently tapering to a ring foot base. The upper body is finely decorated with four ...

Ca. 2000 BC A pretty painted terracotta vessel with a squat body rising from a conical-shaped base. The exterior's decoration consists of a centr...

Ca. 200-300 AD A schist frieze with a central register of a peacock against a latticework design and two headless figures above. Gandhara was an ...

Ca. 200-300 AD A schist stone head of a Buddha. He is depicted with wavey hair gathered up in a topknot above a headband. His face characteristica...

Ca. 1st Millennium BC A stone block fragment with five incised characters in Ancient South Arabian script to the obverse. During the first millen...

Ca. 200-300 AD A schist stone frieze embellished with a beautifully carved scroll of vegetal motif. Gandhara was an ancient region in the Peshawa...

Iran, Ca. 1200-1300 AD A pottery ewer of a bulbous lower body with honeycomb-like decoration resting on a round ring foot. The neck is long and i...

Iraq or Levant, Ca. 13th century ADA ceramic bowl of hemispherical shape rising from an unglazed ring foot. The glazed interior is decorated with ...

Persia, Ca. 10th-11th century AD An amber glazed pottery bowl of a deep hemispherical-shaped body rising from a ring foot. From the 9th century o...

Syria or Persia, Ca. 14th century ADA nicely shaped glazed pottery imitating Ming Dynasty porcelain bowl resting upon a ring base. The interior is...

Persia, Ca. 12th-13th century AD A nicely formed ceramic bowl rising from a ring foot. The interior is painted in black and navy under a transpar...

Kashan, Ca. 1100-1200 AD A rectangular-shaped pottery tile with ochre ground decorated with a central motif of pale blue mihrab - the niche in a m...

Persia, Nishapur, Ca. 10th century AD A nicely formed pottery bowl with its interior decorated with white tin glaze slip with black painted Kufic...

Persia or Mesopotamia, Ca. 800-900 AD A pottery bowl of deep form rising from a wide ring foot. A lovely frill-like decoration runs along the rim...

Persia, Nishapur, Ca. 10th century AD A nicely formed pottery bowl with its interior decorated with white tin glaze slip with black painted Kufic...

Persia, Nishapur, Ca. 9th century AD A ceramic vessel composed of a shallow round-shaped body with a small spout and a handle to the rear. The in...

Persia, Nishapur, Ca. 10th century AD A nicely formed pottery bowl with its interior decorated with white tin glaze slip with black painted Kufic...

Kashan, Ca. 1100-1200 AD A rectangular-shaped pottery tile covered with turquoise glaze, decorated with low relief lines of calligraphy running ar...

Persia, Ca. 1200-1300 AD A charming pottery bowl of truncated conical shape flaring out of a ring foot. The interior of the bowl features black p...

Persia, Nishapur, Ca. 10th century AD A pottery bowl of a conical form on a short unglazed foot. The interior is with cream ground and embellishe...

Persia, Ca. 10th-11th century ADA ceramic bowl with wide, flaring sides sitting upon a low ring foot. The interior is decorated in cream with a th...

Ca. 8th-9th century ADA ceramic bowl of hemispherical shape rising from an unglazed ring foot. The interior with a white slip is decorated with da...

Kashan, Ca. 1100-1200 AD A rectangular-shaped pottery tile with a brown ground decorated with a dotted and vegetal motifs and navy glazed calligr...

Persia, Nishapur, Ca. 9th century AD A ceramic vessel composed of a shallow round-shaped body with a small spout and a handle to the rear. The in...

Ca. 3rd Millennium BC A beautiful flat-bottomed cylindrical vessel skillfully carved from grey schist. The pronounced rib runs through the middle ...

Ca. 2500-2200 BC A beautiful stone bowl resting upon a circular flat base. The spherical body with a horizontal and straight beak-shaped pouring ...

Ca. 700-800 AD A pentagonal-shaped hardstone panel with the carved impression of a fish-like creature with meticulously incised scales, possibly u...

Ca. 3rd Millennium BC A skillfully carved stone bowl, featuring a hemispherical body with walls flaring outwards, creating a deep basin. The Grec...

Ca. 300 BC A stone-carved anthropomorphic idol of a highly-stylized oblong form featuring a large head with a long prominent nose joined together...

Ca. 300 BC A stone-carved anthropomorphic idol of a highly-stylized tapering form with its face featuring a long prominent nose merging into a br...

Ca. 5000-4000 BC A terracotta female fertility idol of a rather curvaceous body, depicted in a seated position with upraised knees. Her right arm...

Ca. 3rd Millennium BC A flat-bottomed cylindrical vessel skillfully carved from schist stone. The vessel features concave walls with delicately i...

Ca. 2000 BC A very interesting stone statuette sometimes referred to as Bactrian princess or Bactrian goddess. It depicts a seated lady wearing k...

Ca. 300BC A flat stone offering table with one edge ending in a bovine head with its head down. Through the upper face of the altar and the bull'...

Ca. 1200-700 BC A bronze spout fitting coming from a vessel, with riveted attachment plate and a long channeled spout. Decorated with a head of a...

Ca. 1100-1200 AD A hollow cast bronze protome in the shape of a partridge bird with a characteristic short curved beak. The eyes are hollow, poss...

Ca. 1100 AD A bronze fitting coming from an incense burner, formed as a tubular shaft with a pear-shaped finial. Both parts are decorated with op...

Ca. 1200-700 BC A bronze tubular finial with ribbed collars, and shaft widening at one end to form a schematic lion protome. The lion was a symbo...

Ca. 3rd-2nd Millennium BC A cast bronze elongated male head wearing a cap. His broad brows are merging with a prominent nose, the lips closed, wi...

Ca. 700-800 AD A copper figure of an ibex standing proudly on four legs. The body is well rendered, tapering to a long upright neck. The head wit...

Ca. 1100-1200 AD A bronze finial coming from an incense burner in the shape of the head of the lion. The head with pair of erected ears and nice f...

Persia Ca. 1100-1200 AD A delightful cast bronze vessel for holding kohl. The pot has a highly decorated rounded body with incised patterns and a...

Ca. 1100-1200 AD A beautiful cast bronze figurine depicting a lion standing in profile atop an integral flat base. Its captivating visage comprise...

Ca. 3000 BC A skillfully carved from basalt, this is an ornately incised vessel of a cylindrical form that rises to a slightly flared, unpronounc...

Ca. 3100-2900 BC An Early Bronze Age red burnished terracotta jar with globular shaped body with four prominent ledge handles, gently crimped app...

Ca. 600-800 AD A Judeo-Aramaic "devil trap" terracotta bowl with black lines of inscription spiraling around the interior. Bowls like this exampl...

Ca. 600-800 AD A Judeo-Aramaic terracotta bowl with black lines of inscription spiraling around the interior and the upper edge of the exterior. ...

Ca. 600-800 AD A Judeo-Aramaic "devil trap" terracotta bowl with seven black lines of inscription spiraling around the interior and further scrip...

Ca. 600-800 AD A Judeo-Aramaic terracotta bowl of a hemispherical body densely inscribed with lines of incantations against evil spirits. It is w...

Ca. 1850-1550 BC A cream-slip pottery drinking chalice standing on a wide pedestal foot. The deep bowl features a flange to its bottom. Found in ...

Balochistan Nal, Ca. 2300 BC A flat-bottomed terracotta shallow plate with dark brown painted shoulders and the main register of two fish swimming...