ANCIENT ART, ANTIQUITIES & COINS - DAY 1

Ca. 200-400 AD. A schist head of Buddha, with characteristic topknot (Ushnisha) and elongated, pendular ears. His forehead is ornamented with an u...

Ca. 100-300 AD. A carved schist stone panel representing Buddha and his faithful worshippers, framed by a patterned frieze and elaborate column. B...

Ca. 200-300 AD. An arch-shaped schist frieze exhibiting unparalleled craftsmanship, with intricate carvings of Bodhi tree leaves adorning its surf...

Kushan Period, ca. 400 AD or later. Of square shape, the fragment is carved with a seated couple, seated like a Roman tutelary couple most probabl...

Ca 100-300 AD . A schist figure of a kneeling, hunched worshipper. He is an elderly male, naturalistically presented in the traditional Graeco-Bud...

Ca. 100 AD. A schist reliquary box featuring a round body with a fitted lid, decorated with a knobbed handle. The box was originally used to store...

Ca. 1st millennium BC. A delightful cast bronze vessel for holding kohl. It features a flattened, round body, a long tubular neck with a flat and ...

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. 3000 BC. A conical-shaped bowl with rounded rim, standing on a tripod of three legs, established with a mid-section connecting them to the bow...

Ca. 1000-600 BC. A pair of thick and heavy cast bronze bracelets or arm rings with circular sections and square, recurved terminals with incised d...

Ca. 800-500 BC. A bronze bowl fashioned from hammered bronze sheet. These bowls were containers used to store a variety of different items. They w...

Ca. 1200-700 BC. A cast bronze horse bit composed of two cheekpieces, each in the form of a stylised horse on a groundline, connected to each othe...

Ca. 1800-600 BC. A nicely patinated bronze harness fittings comprising a pair of snaffle bits. The horse bridle bit features terminal rings in dif...

Ca. 1200-700 BC (or later). An exquisite silver figurine in the shape of a reclining ram, with its legs folded beneath its body. The animal’s deta...

Ca. 800-500 BC. A bronze libation bowl of hemispherical body fashioned from a hammered bronze sheet. The interior is ornamented with incised flora...

Ca. 500-300 BC. Six flat-section bronze mounts in the form of stylised zoomorphic beasts with loops to the back. Zoomorphic mounts were affixed to...

Ca. 300-200 BC or later. A miniature and delicate vessel made of two parts: a hollow container and a bell-shaped lid, decorated with horizontally ...

Ca. 800-500 BC. A bronze bowl featuring a hemispherical body with a brilliant patina enhancing the entire surface. This beautiful bowl may have be...

Ca. 3100-2900 BC. A Holy Land storage vessel with a petite spherical body and two ledge handles. The shoulders tapered with a trio of applied loop...

Ca. 300 BC. 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. 3100-2900 BC. The sizable jar of red burnished pottery with a globular form with a rounded base and long everted neck with two small applied h...

Ca. 2nd millennium BC. Carved alabaster bowl having a flat rim with triangular corners decorated with a double incised inner rim border and a dril...

Ca. 3100-2900 BC. A red burnished pottery Early Bronze Age Trans Jordan jar featuring a large bulbous shaped body with an unusual spouted mouth an...

Ca. 1050-750 BC.A bichrome pottery jug with a globular lower body, flattened base, and sturdy handle. The trefoil-shaped spout adds a touch of ele...

Ca. 3rd Millennium BC. A finelly modelled vessel which has been wheel made with a globular base. Its black glaze radiating with a zoomorphic incis...

Ca. 2650-2350 BC. A grey ware terracotta jug with stump base. The Type s referred to as "Abydos Ware" and this one reputedly found at Jericho. Int...

Ancient Near East - Mesopotamia, ca. 1st millennium BC. A carved hardstone ball-type mace head, having central shafting holes. Scattered areas of ...

Ca. 3rd Millennium BC. A Holy Land jug set on a low ring foot with a squat, globular body and a long vertical handle that begins at the widest par...

Ca. 300 BC. A hand-carved alabaster head of a man delineated in high relief, perhaps from a funerary stele, presenting a quixotic visage comprised...

Ca. 2nd millennium BC. A schist bead of elongated, bi-conical shape is both elegant and practical, allowing it to be easily strung onto a necklace...

Ca. 1st millennium BC. A stone block fragment with incised characters in Ancient South Arabian script to the top edge and below are three standing...

Ca. 2500-1800 BC. A square-shaped steatite seal featuring an engraved obverse depicting a left-facing bovine animal with its head over an altar. A...

Ca. 2500 BC. A nicely-shaped pottery bowl rising from a low ring foot. The body flares gently to a shoulder and then tapers gradually to an outwar...

Ca. 2500-1800 BC. A square seal in white steatite; Indus valley signs in a formal script to the upper edge, bovine animal standing left facing an ...

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. 2nd millennium BC. A globular-shaped pottery vessel with a pronounced spout with an animal head form, the body with the figurative design of h...

Ca. 1st millennium BC. A stone block fragment with incised characters in Ancient South Arabian script to the top edge and below are two standing f...

Ca. 1st millennium BC. A hollow terracotta vessel with an elongated body with a bull protome with a finely detailed head with staring eyes, a long...

Ca. 3000 BC. A basalt vessel of conical form, tapering towards the rim, a linear line of incised relief adorns the side, with encompassing dots fo...

Ca. 1st millennium BC. A hand-carved alabaster head of a female delineated in high relief, perhaps from a funerary stele, presenting a quixotic vi...

Ca. 1st - 2nd Millennium BC. A small bronze stylised votive statue of a deity with raised hands. The figure is wearing a headdress and has a flatt...

Ca. 1200-1000 BC. A ceremonial bronze cast mace head featuring a globular body flanked with two short necks to either side with a circular shaft h...

Ca. 500-300 BC. A lovely collection of three repousse gold appliques, crafted in the flat-section style, each representing a stylized animal. Each...

Ca. 500-300 BC. A stunning collection of gold beads and fittings showcasing a range of styles and designs characterized by a high degree of techni...

Ca. 500-300 BC. A magnificent collection of four gold pendants in the shape of a reclining stag. Each is carefully shaped to capture the essence o...

Ca. 500-300 BC. A stone pendant features an irregularly shaped body with elegant curves and pleasing asymmetry. It is expertly set in a gold penda...

Ca. 3rd Millennium BC. A nice example of a monochrome Indus Valley civilization pot, with a biconvex body sitting upon a flat circular base. A sho...

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 of a flaring body densely inscribed with lines of incantations against evil spirits. It is written...

Ca. 2nd millennium BC. A globular-shaped pottery vessel with a pronounced spout. The body decorated with horizontally oriented bands. The Amlash c...

Ca. 1st millenium BC. A blackware cup with a bulbous-shaped body, gently tapering to a low foot. The upper part of the body decorated with a band ...

Ca. 1000-800 BC. A Luristan bronze clothing pin with a rectangular section tapering towards the end; stylised with ram's head finial with long cur...

Ca. 5000-3000 BC. A nice boat-shaped stone axe head with a square butt and rectangular in section, the ground socket with expanding edge has a hol...

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

Ca. 550-330 BC. A rare Western Asiatic bronze bowl featuring a hemispherical body, undulating sides and simple, flattened rim. The centre of the b...

Ca. 3rd Millennium BC. A cream-coloured pottery bull figure with black-painted details. The animal features the curved horns characteristic of Ind...

Ca. 600-800 AD. A pottery incantation bowl decorated with inscriptions written in a distinctive form of Aramaic known as the "square script". Thes...

Ca. 1200-800 BC. A large broad bulbous vessel with a flat base, broad mouth with flared rim; small pouring spout; decorated with a fish neck patte...

Ca. 3000-2000 BC. A terracotta bowl characterized by its gradual rise from a flat, circular base to a slightly inward-turned rim. The interior of ...

Ca. 3rd millennium BC. A large cream-coloured painted vessel with an out-turned rim, bulbous body gently tapering to a flat base. The exterior of ...