CHINESE RUBBING OF XUE TAO EX. MALCOLMLEINChinese stone rubbing mounted to scroll. Possibly a portrait of Xue Tao (Hsueh Tao), a female scholar.
Provenance: From the collection of Malcolm E. Lein, former director...
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IMPORTANT PSALM 23 FOLK ART QUILT, LENAMOOREcirca 1930, Canton, Mississippi, cotton quilt top with red letter applique yellow stitching, "XXIII Psalms" stitched in gray, yellow rules, featuring scripture from Psalm...
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CANAANITE LEADED BRONZE / COPPER DUCKBILLAXE HEADS (2)...Ancient Near East, the Levant, Canaan, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 1950 to 1539 BCE. A fine pair of cast leaded-bronze and copper axe heads with a characteristic...
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2 TRANSLATED NEO-SUMERIAN CLAY FOUNDATIONCONESAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, city of Lagash, Neo-Sumerian Period, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2144 to 2124 BCE. A pair of hand-built clay foundation cones...
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3 BABYLONIAN TERRACOTTA CUNEIFORM TABLETFRAGMENTSAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 2000 to 1600 BC. This is a fine trio of terracotta tablet fragments that are impressed with dozens...
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2 TRANSLATED NEO-SUMERIAN CLAY FOUNDATIONCONESAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, city of Lagash, Neo-Sumerian Period, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2144 to 2124 BCE. A lovely pair of hand-built clay foundation...
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GROUP OF 6 SUMERIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLETSAncientNear East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. 3rd millennium BCE. A nice gathering of 6 hand-built clay tablets of rectangular forms, each containing a series of inscribed lines of cuneiform...
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BABYLONIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLETAncientNear East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Middle Babylonian Period, ca. late 2nd millennium BCE. A hand-built clay tablet of rectangular form containing 9 full and 7 partial lines...
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SUMERIAN CUNEIFORM TABLET + ENVELOPEAncientNear East, Sumer, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A petite rectangular "biscuit" or tablet with rounded lateral sides, angled edges along the top and bottom, and slightly convex...
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OLD BABYLONIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLET**FirstTime At Auction**
Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian period, ca. early 2nd millennium BCE. A petite, hand-built clay tablet of a rectangular form bearing...
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MESOPOTAMIAN POTTERY CUNEIFORM TABLETMesopotamia,Sumer, ca. late 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A fascinating pottery cuneiform tablet displaying one of the oldest known writing systems in the world upon both sides of the large...
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TRANSLATED NEO-SUMERIAN CLAY FOUNDATIONCONES (PR)Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, city of Lagash, Neo-Sumerian period, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2144 to 2124 BCE. A wonderful set of two hand-built clay...
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DELICATE ROMAN GOLD SHEET TABLET, INSCRIBEDIN GREEKRoman, early Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. A lovely and petite sheet tablet, formed from 73% gold (equivalent to 15K+), that contains a short Greek inscription....
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Group of five ancient Thai clay offeringvotive tablets; largest H 5 3/8" x W 3 1/4" x L 1/2" (approx.); Provenance: Private Northern Colorado collection by descent...
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GROUP ANCIENT SCARAB & TABLET REPLICAS,EX-MUSEUM Incl. (4) Egyptian scarabs and (10) tablet reproductions, examples incl. Assyrian and Babylonian, 4.5"h x 6"w (largest), smallest: 2.5"squ. (smallest)...
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CONTINENTAL CARRARA MARBLE BUST OF ANUDE LADYLate 19th Century. Titled on a tablet above the base, V. CAMPIDOGLIO, signed on the reverse in script F.J. LANSON LUCO, Hamburg. The classical maiden with a diadem...
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ASIAN: JADE BURIAL SUIT, CHINESE, 20THC. IN ANCIENT HAN MANNER, COMPRISED OF HUNDREDS OF PIERCED JADE TABLETS SEWN TOGETHER WITH ME...ASIAN: Jade burial suit, Chinese, 20th C. in ancient Han manner, comprised...
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ASIAN: JADE BURIAL SUIT, CHINESE, 20THC. IN ANCIENT HAN MANNER, COMPRISED OF HUNDREDS OF PIERCED JADE TABLETS SEWN TOGETHER WITH ME...ASIAN: Jade burial suit, Chinese, 20th C. in ancient Han manner, comprised...
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Group of five ancient Thai clay offeringvotive tablets; largest H 5 3/8" x W 3 1/4" x L 1/2" (approx.); Provenance: Private Northern Colorado collection by descent...
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ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HIERATIC SCRIPT TABLETAncient Egyptian hand-carved stone plaque incised with Hieratic characters, together with a fitted ebonized wood stand. Tablet: 2" L x 1.5" W; base: 1.25" H x 2.5" W x 2"...
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(6) ANCIENT SEALS AND TABLETS, EX-MUSEUMIncl. (3) Babylonia tablets, Tell Jokha Sumerian (Iraq) clay tablet, Egyptian stone seal (encased in protective plastic case), and an Egyptian clay tablet, most with accession...
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GROUP ANCIENT SCARAB & TABLET REPLICAS,EX-MUSEUM Incl. (4) Egyptian scarabs and (10) tablet reproductions, examples incl. Assyrian and Babylonian, 4.5"h x 6"w (largest), smallest: 2.5"squ. (smallest)...
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SUMERIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLET circa2000 B.C. Third Dynasty of Ur. The tablet has been examined and translated by Vaughn Emerson Crawford, curator of the department of ancient Near Eastern art at the Metropolitan...
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A Cuneiform Tablet in a Wooden DisplayCase Babylonian clay tablet with cuneiform impressions on both sides enclosed in a swiveling table top wooden case behind glass 9-1/4"H to the top of the finial 6-1/4"W with...
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Five Books relating to The Bible andit's Regions and Culture Amurru the home of the Northern Semites a study showing that the religion and culture of Israel are not of Babylonian origin by Albert T. Clay Ph....
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1 piece. Engraving. Canova, Antonio.Seated statue of George Washington as an ancient Roman. N.p., n.d. [ca. 1820]. 17 1/2 x 12 3/8 inches (445 x 314 mm) - plate mark, full margins; very slightly toned. Signed...
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Ancient Babylonian Cuneiform Clay Tablet,ca. 1500 B.C., records the receipts and offerings at the local Uman temple, h. 1-3/4", w. 1-1/2"....
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Large Ancient Babylonian Cuneiform VotiveTablet, ca. 1500-1400 B.C., inscribed "For Sin-ga-Shid, the mighty hero, King of Erech, King of Amann in the temple of the goddess Ishtar which he built in the royal residence...
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Ancient Babylonian Clay Cuneiform TabletRecording the Sale of Barley, ca. 1500-1400 B.C., of pillow form, excavated in the ruins of Jakha, Central Babylonia, h. 1-3/8", w. 1-1/4"....
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Ancient Babylonian Cuneiform Clay TabletRecording That Four Lambs Were Delivered to the Temple for Offerings, ca. 1600-1400 B.C., of pillow form, excavated at Drehen, an outlying district of the city of Nippur,...
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Ancient Babylonian Cuneiform Clay TabletRecording the Receipt of One Fat Sheep, ca. 1550-1400 B.C., of pillow form, excavated at Jokha, Central Babylonia, in the early 1920's, h. 1-1/8", w. 1-1/8"....
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Ancient Conical Cuneiform Tablet, ca.1600-1500 B.C., inscribed to "Sin-ga-shid, the mighty hero King of Erech, King of Amann, in the temple of the goddess Ishtar which he built in the royal residence of his kingdom",...
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Ancient Babylonian Cuneiform Clay TabletRecording a Contract for Produce for the Temple, ca. 1500-1400 B.C., excavated at Drehen, Babylonia, h. 1-1/4", w. 1-1/8"....
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