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Luristan Miniature Bronze of a Saddled Horse Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Metalwork: Pre AD 1000   item# 1110746 (stock# 1729)  click for details Griffin Gallery Ancient Art tel.561-994-0811 fax.561-994-1855 $5,100  Splendid Lurisan Bronze of a Saddled Horse, Ancient Iran, ca. 1000 - 800 BCE. Small bulbous eyes, flowing mane and tail and standing on four legs. Beautiful patina from age and intact and on custom stand. 2" high x 3" long. Ex: Avraham Rosen collection, New York. For a long time, Iran was an important center of metalworking in the ancient world. Luristan bronze ware covers a wide range of categories: functional and religious, ceremonial and ritual objects, personal decorations, ornamen ...click for details Sasanian Carnelian Bead Necklace Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000   item# 945451 (stock# 1578)  click for details Griffin Gallery Ancient Art tel.561-994-0811 fax.561-994-1855 $1,250  Sasanian Empire, Carnelian Bead Necklace, (224 - 651 CE), length approx. 25". In excellent condition. The Sassanid era, during Late Antiquity, is considered to have been one of Iran's most important and influential historical periods. In many ways the Sassanid period witnessed the highest achievement of ancient Persian civilization, and constituted the last great Iranian empire before the Muslim conquest and the adoption of Islam. Indus Valley Civilization Pottery Goddess Astarte Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Pre AD 1000   item# 797871 (stock# 1551)  click for details Griffin Gallery Ancient Art tel.561-994-0811 fax.561-994-1855 $1,500  Petite Indus Valley Civilization Pottery Goddess Astarte (goddess of fertility, sexuality, and war) circa 3rd Millennium BCE. With large hollow eyes, pointed nose and slender arms and legs. Wearing headdress and ceremonial collar. 4 1/2" high not including custom lucite stand. Intact and in excellent condition. Brass and Silver Qur'an Box from Damascus Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Metalwork: Pre 1900   item# 627324 (stock# 1351)  click for details Griffin Gallery Ancient Art tel.561-994-0811 fax.561-994-1855 Box $4,700, Plate $1,100  Decorative handmade brass and silver box from Damascus to hold Qur'an. This city thought to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. Box Circa 1900, 10" x 12" x 8". Also a handmade brass and silver plate with figural motif 11" diameter. Both in excellent condition. Parthian Turquoise Glazed Pottery Jug Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Ceramics: Pre AD 1000   item# 658823 (stock# 1390)  click for details Griffin Gallery Ancient Art tel.561-994-0811 fax.561-994-1855 $3,000  With solid splayed foot, globular body with encircling underglaze grove on shoulder, cylindrical neck and handle. Circa 1st - 3rd BCE. 6" high. Minor chips on lip and encrustations due to age, but in good condition. 18th Century Sephardic Torah Section on Parchment Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Pre 1800   item# 1037023 (stock# 1660)  click for details Griffin Gallery Ancient Art tel.561-994-0811 fax.561-994-1855 SOLD  18th Century Sephardic Torah Section on Parchment Paper, ca. 1750 from Cochin India. Leviticus: VII 8 - 38, VIII 1 - 36, IX 1 - 9. Ex: Rabbi William Dalin, first leader of San Francisco's Conservative Congregation Ner Tamid. Rabbi Dalin obtained this Torah as a U.S. Army Chaplain while stationed in Cochem India in 1946. Torah: 17 1/2" x 14 1/2", Framed: 26 1/2" x 22 1/2". Persian, Iron Age III, Avian Pottery Juglet Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Pre AD 1000   item# 786949 (stock# 1539)  click for details Griffin Gallery Ancient Art tel.561-994-0811 fax.561-994-1855 $4,000  Persian, Iron Age III, Avian Pottery Juglet, Circa 586 - 332 BCE, in globular form with neck of juglet shaped like a birdhead, bulbous eyes, opened beak, some earthen encrustation due to age but intact and in excellent condition. 8 1/4" H Islamic Medieval Bronze Lion Head Mask Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Metalwork: Pre 1492   item# 797866 (stock# 1550)  click for details Griffin Gallery Ancient Art tel.561-994-0811 fax.561-994-1855 $7,250  Charming Islamic Medieval Bronze Lion Mask, circa 12 - 13th Century CE. Squinted eyes with yawning mouth showing small tongue and teeth. Striated incisions for whiskers and hair. 3 1/4" high not including custom lucite stand. Ex: Dr. K.A. Moosberg collection, Tel Aviv Two Bronze Figures of Bulls Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Metalwork: Pre AD 1000   item# 697240 (stock# 1416)  click for details Griffin Gallery Ancient Art tel.561-994-0811 fax.561-994-1855 $3,000 EACH  A Late Bronze Age and Hittite solid cast bull with long tubular body, splayed legs, long necks, and long tapering horns canted forward. The Late Bronze Age Bull (on the left),found in the Holy Land,circa 1500 - 1200 B.C.E. and stands at 2 1/4" tall. The Hittite bull,(on the right), from ancient Syria, circa early 2nd Millennium B.C.E. and stands at 2 3/4" tall. Both in excellent condition. Parthian Terracotta Green Glazed Amphora Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Ceramics: Pre AD 1000   item# 779303 (stock# 1507)  click for details Griffin Gallery Ancient Art tel.561-994-0811 fax.561-994-1855 $3,500  Parthian (ancient Iran) Terracotta Green Glazed Amphora, circa 1st Century BCE, globular body with wide mouth. 8 1/2" high and in excellent condition. Return To Top View Next 10 Items PAGE: 1  2  3