Antiquities, Pre-Columbian & Ethnographic Art

Ca. 2nd to 3rd millenium BCE. Terracotta seated female figure of a Goddess nursing a child; well-articulated hands, face and baby's body. Dim...

Ca. 4000-2500 BCE. Clay tablet in good form. Cuneiform was one of the earliest writing systems developed by the Sumerians and deriving from the pictog

The first is a Bust of Ishtar, Goddess of War and Sexual Love Ishtar was the daughter of Sin or Anu, courtesan of the gods, known as the Mother of the

Early Bronze Age ca . 3100 - 2900 BC. This large round jug has a wide neck and flaring rim; equidistant handles rise from the shouler of the vessel an

Iran, Ca 1000 BC. In the form of a naked female figure with prominent pointed breasts, her short right arm raised, her left hand on hip, with incised

Near East, Bronze Age, dating to approximately 1800 - 1200 BC. Solid copper leaf-shaped spear. The beautiful, extremely elegant example survives with

Northern Iran, Iron Age I - II, ca. 1400 - 800 BC. Large, carinated bowl with narrow flat rim is supported by three small feet that turn outward. The

Iran, ca. 1000 – 800 B.C. Sold with TL test # 01270308. Size 12 cm. Provenance: Belgium collection: M.D. bought in Paris 1975

Ca. 800 – 1000 A.D. Solid bronze animal with cross applique. S. 8,5 x 7,5 cm P. Provenance: Dutch private collection, collected 1968 - 2000.

Caspian Sea area, ca. 1st Millennium BC Open conical cage with two clapper balls inside, small foot at base opposite loop hole at top. 4-1/2"H....