Set of three: Chalcolithic Age Pottery Cups in custom olive wood case with lucite lid. Found in the Holy Land. ca. 4000 - 3100 BCE. Sizes of cups are 4", 2 3/4", 2 1/2". Case is 9" x 12" x 6 1/4". Ex: Arieh Klein collection, Jerusalem.
Terracotta Cuneiform Letter from Ur - ancient Sumeria, 2046 BCE. Commercial letter still in its envelope. Small chip in corner and opening on side to reveal letter inside. This piece was in the possession of the son of Lawrence of Arabia's guide. Excellent condition. 3 1/4 in. x 2.1/4 in. x 1/2 in. Published: Nouvelles Assyriologiques Breves et Utilitaires (N.A.B.U.) June 1992
Maya Polychrome Cylinder depicting two Chiefs, ca. 600 - 900 CE, from El Salvador - Honduras border. Two standing chiefs wearing elaborate feathered headdress. Upper glyph band with stylized profile heads. 5" high, intact and in excellent condition.
Depicted in the form of Harpokrates, the young Horus, the Greek god of silence and secrecy. The nude figure wearing the side-lock of youth, a uraeus on cap and right hand index finger raised to mouth. Figure seated on custom stand. Circa 30 B.C.E - 395 C.E. In excellent condition. 3 3/4" high.
From the Age of the Patriarchs. Rare Middle Bronze Age I Twin Jug, Canaanite, ca. 1950 BCE. Bridged and intact with encrustation due to age, incised with puncture design around both necks. In excellent condition. 4" high x 9 1/2" long
Colima Seated Dwarf, Protoclassic, ca. 100 B.C. - 250 A.D.. A muscular hunchback with rounded spinal projection, arms extended out from the sides, the face with coffee-bean eyes, lips tightly closed, and spout flaring from his head. Painted in reddish-brown. Height 11 1/2 inches. Professional repair to shoulder but in excellect condition.
An Early Bronze Age I Pottery Miniature Ledge Handle Vessel, ca. 3100 - 1850 BCE. 2 1/4" high. With wide mouth surrounded by stitched incisions and double ledge handles. Intact with hairline crack but in excellent condition.
Exceptional Javanese volcanic stone head of Hindu God Brahma, the Creator, with four heads facing in the four Cardinal directions, hair rising to a tall domed adorned topknot. Compare with the complete figure of Brahma in P. Pal, Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum and Christie's Indian and Southeast Asian Art 31 Mar, 2005 lot 106, 14th Century C.E., on rotating custom stand. In excellent condition, h. 13"
Maskette with white hollow eyes, pursed lips and protruding chin. Pierced ears and eyes with furrowed brow. On custom stand. Mask is 3 1/2" diameter, ca. 400 B.C.E. - 500 C.E., In excellent condition.
A fine Roman Green Glass Globular Vessel, ca. 1st - 4th Century CE. with dual green handles and wide mouth. 4 1/2" high. Intact and in excellent condition.
