Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art (137)

BRONZE OIL LAMP
ROMAN PERIOD, 100 - 300 AD
Beautifully made and decorated with 4 engraved floral design at the nozzle

Dimensions:
Length: 11.5 cm
Width: 7 cm

Condition: Handle missing otherwise intact with lovely patina

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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#927837

TERRACOTTA FEMALE HEAD WTH SHARP FACIAL FEATURES
Greco - Roman period, 100 BC/AD

Dimensions:
Height: 7 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Height on stand: 10 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found Jericho "Jordan Valley" Holy Land

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#744847

HOLLOW TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A STANDING IDOL
EGYPT, GRECO-ROMAN 100 BC – 100 AD
This is a wonderful opportunity to own an authentic piece of ancient art that represents a fusion of three of the greatest cultures in history

Measurements:
Height: 16 cm
Width: 10 cm
Height on stand: 18 cm

Condition: Minor hairline crack at the lower part of the back other un-touched as found with remains of white pigments.

Mounted on a plexi-glass “Lucite”...

HOLLOW TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF HARPOCRATES
“GOD OF SILENCE”
EGYPT, GRECO-ROMAN 100 BC – 100 AD

This is a wonderful opportunity to own an authentic piece of ancient art that represents a fusion of three of the greatest cultures in history

Hollow terracotta figure of harpocrates with remains of white paint on the surface “God of Secrecy and silence” Harpocrates is shown seated, crossed legs holding a jar with his right forefinger to his lips

This gesture was mis...

HOLLOW TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF HARPOCRATES
“GOD OF SILENCE”
EGYPT, GRECO-ROMAN 100 BC – 100 AD

Hollow terracotta figure of harpocrates with remains of white paint on the surface “God of Secrecy and silence” Harpocrates is shown seated with his right forefinger to his lips

This gesture was misconstrued by the Greek and Roman conquerors as an exhortation of silence and consequently adopted Harpocrates as the God of secrecy and silence

Measurements:
Height...

BRONZE COIN SESTERTIUS NECKLACE
ROMAN EMPEROR PHILIP (MARCOS JULIUS PHILIPPIS AUGUSTUS)
Struck, 244 - 249 AD

Impressive bronze sestertius coin, beautifully set in handmade sterling silver wire pendant and guanine leather choker with silver clasp.

The obverse with a powerful portrait of Philip, shown draped, facing right and wearing laurel wreath...

DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Late Roman period, 4th Cent. AD

Nicely decorated with two large palm branches on the sides. Dimensions:
Length: 9.5 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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#830732

DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Late Roman period, 4th Cent. AD

Dimensions:
Length: 8.5 cm
Width: 6.5 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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#817576

POTTERY HEAD OF ASTARTE "FERTILITY GODDESS"
HOLY LAND, ROMAN, BEIT NATIF, 300 - 400 AD

Measurements:
Height: 5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm
Height on stand: 12.5 cm

Found near Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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POTTERY HEAD OF ASTARTE "FERTILITY GODDESS"
HOLY LAND, ROMAN, BEIT NATIF, 300 - 400 AD

Measurements:
Height: 5.5 cm
Width: 4 cm
Height on stand: 10.5 cm

Found near Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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LIMESTONE HEAD OF A YOUTH
Roman, PALMYRA, 1st Century AD

A charming limestone head of a youth. Depicted with a serene expression on his face, oval face with a rounded chin, his hair in thick luscious corkscrew curls brushed forward in short pointed locks...

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE EYES
EGYPT, LATE PERIOD, 664 - 330 BC

A fine pair of ancient Egyptian bronze & alabaster almond-shaped eye inlays and eyebrows, the well-formed lid and cosmetic line crafted of bronze and inlaid with irises of alabaster; the pupils in black pigment...

RARE – Golden-Yellowish glazed pottery wine rython flask Persia, Parthian period, 100 – 300 AD

Graceful globular body with a cylindrical- shaped neck with a rim folded outward, two handles and a roundel base...

Aweidah Gallery is pleased to offer this EXTREMELY RARE- ancient LARGE biblical black pottery oil lamp with four nozzles. A large filling-hole, whose rim is formed as a ledge with a ridge. The handle is a wide strip with two lengthwise grooves forming three raised mouldings, the nozzles are elongated with an almost straight end and finely scraped sides. Impressed circles and rows of other impressions ornament the nozzles...

EGYPTIAN FAIENCE GLAZED JAR
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

Rare style with spherical body, two handles, disc foot, short cylindrical neck and flattened rim, decorated in molded relief with a band of stylized lotus flower.

Measurements: Height: 16.5 cm – Diameter: 19 cm

Condition: Hole and chips in the base with missing parts at the rim as shown otherwise intact, not repaired and not restored

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RARE - Ancient miniature Nabatean reddish pottery wine vessels (Set of two drinking bowls and a miniature pitcher)

Dated from, 100 BC - 100 AD

Measurements: Height: 13.5 cm -Width: 5.5 cm
Height: 5.5 Diameter: 11.5 cm
Height: 5 cm - Diameter: 14.5 cm

Condition: One bowl with a small hole at the base otherwise Intact, not repaired and not restored as found

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Rare style ancient Roman painted clay and highly decorated clay oil lamp known as "BEIT NATIF". The oil lamp is nicely decorated with geometric deign all around the shoulders with soot marks...

Aweidah Gallery is pleased to offer this ancient very rare museum quality Roman - Egyptian pottery FROG oil lamp with a star potter's mark on the backside, dating to around 200 AD

THIS LAMP WILL SURELY MAKE A MAJOR ADDITION TO THE FINEST OIL LAMP COLLECTION, A REAL MASTERPIECE

Measurements: Length: 8 cm - Width: 6.5 cm

Condition: Excellent archaeological condition, not repaired and not restored very well preserved

The symbolism of the frog related to childbirth and new life

Thi...