ISLAMIC ART, ANCIENT JEWELLERY & SEAL RINGS

A bead/seal made of a variegated orange jasper showing a lizard with a grasshopper in its mouth. The lizard is often used in gnostic iconography a...

Banded agate. An oval Minoan stamp seal showing a cuttlefish. The seal is made of a banded agate and has a rounded back. A narrow piercing thr...

An elaborate stamp seal with a carved faceted back and the seal showing an attendant with Dagon the fish god. Height: 30 mm. Diameter: 20 mm. ...

A carnelian amulet in the shape of a lower leg. On the sole of the foot there are five Aramaic/Phoenician letters. The leg is mounted in a gold ca...

A Phoenician gold ring, made of a filigreed wire shank and a flower shaped bezel decorated with six inlay to form the petal. Filigreed gold globul...

A Phoenician gold ring made from a tightly coiled wire which had been soldered to keep it rigid. The shank in this case is a small circular cell h...

A Phoenician- electrum ring with a carnelian scaraboid engraved with a flying scarab beetle. The head of the beetle is adorned with feathers which...

This exquisite gold ring dates back to the late 6th century BC and represents a striking example of Archaic Greek craftsmanship. The bezel is intr...

A late Hellenistic hollow gold ring with an orange agate intaglio showing naked Aphrodite/Venus standing with Eros standing facing her and offeri...

An early Greek gold ring showing a bull walking to the left, the bezel is an oval lozenge shape while the underside is bevelled and the shank has ...

A highly important hematite weight in the form of a ram's head. This magnificent weight, one of the finest known, shows the well detailed head of ...

White agate with inclusions. A Greek scaraboid in a white agate like stone with a Sphinx facing left. A very well engraved seal of a Sphinx st...

This dynamic Greek scaraboid, expertly carved from lustrous red agate, dates to the 5th–4th century B.C. and showcases the vivid image of a dog ca...

A variegated stone scaraboid with the heads Heracles and Apollo facing right. The gods Heracles and Apollo, while half brothers, were often at odd...

An Eastern Greek in red variegated agate with a chalcedony inclusion. This scaraboid is made from a a deep red/brown agate with the back showing a...

This magnificent Byzantine pendant, dating to the 5th–6th century A.D., is a masterwork of sacred elegance and imperial devotion. Formed in the sh...

A large garnet intaglio showing Heracles walking to the right holding his club and lion skin on his left arm. A flying putto rests on his right sh...

An early Hellenistic gold ring engraved with a seated figure of Nike inscribing a shield. She sits on a rock to the right and the dedication on th...

This extraordinary Greco-Persian scaraboid, carved from luminous chalcedony, showcases a majestic winged lion captured in poised motion, it exempl...

This rare and symbolically rich Greco-Persian scaraboid, carved from luminous chalcedony, features an exquisitely detailed standing vulture beside...

A finely engraved oval agate intaglio featuring a classical motif typical of the Italic traditions during the Hellenistic period. The central figu...

Brilliantly carved in luminous golden citrine, this Early Roman intaglio features the intricate image of a bee in flight—its wings outstretched an...

This finely carved Hellenistic intaglio, made of lustrous amethyst, features a detailed depiction of a grasshopper, rendered with exquisite natura...

A highly important cameo portrait of the emperor Nero probably engraved at the time of his accession in 54 A.D. This cameo would have been produce...

This captivating Roman intaglio, carved in rich violet amethyst, features the finely detailed profile of a nobleman from the early 1st century A.D...

This exquisite Roman intaglio, masterfully carved in vibrant emerald, portrays the expressive visage of Silenus—the wise, bearded companion of Dio...

A cameo with a representation of Alexander the Great deified with the horn of Ammon. Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 2.7 gr.PROVENANCE Property o...

A large Roman hollow gold ring with a black jasper intaglio of Minerva/Athena sitting on a cuirass holding a statuette of Victory and a shield bal...

A gold pendant made in the form of a head of medusa, facing slightly to the right. The pendant is fashioned from a thick sheet of gold which has b...

This exquisite artifact is a large, finely engraved rock crystal plaque, masterfully mounted in a silver gilded frame, dated to the late 2nd to ea...

A large Roman hollow gold ring with an orange carnelian intaglio showing a tetrarchic emperor (Diocletian). 25 by 29 mm. Size: 22 Weight:...

A Roman gold ring, hollow, with a small carnelian intaglio of horse to the left, lowering its head. A very elegantly made ring of robust construct...

The engraved image features a finely detailed hedgehog, depicted in profile with naturalistic spines and distinctive snout. The gem reflects the R...

This powerful Roman gold ring features a vivid orange intaglio carved with the dynamic image of a centaur—half man, half horse—poised in mid-motio...

This finely carved Roman intaglio, cut from deep red garnet, features a detailed and vivid depiction of a scorpion—a potent symbol of protection, ...

A Roman green jasper intaglio of an elephant with a bee above. This interesting type suggests that it is a depiction of an Indian war elephant wit...

An octagonal intaglio in garnet showing a facing bust of Serapis flanked by the moon and a star. Garnet, Roman,1/2nd.c.A.D. 19 by 14 mm. ...

This masterfully engraved Roman intaglio, carved in glowing orange agate, presents a powerful and noble portrait of Emperor Hadrian. Dated to the ...

A round cameo showing the head of medusa in low relief.2.2 cm. Weight: 1.80 gr.

The gold ring formed of two filigree wire with oval filigree wire over the oval frame which containing a banded agate stone of a parrot and an ear...

A Roman carnelian gryllos showing a bearded man conjoined to the head of a boar while above are the heads of two lions seen from the side. The Rom...

A Roman hollow gold ring with a cameo of a sleeping dog. Around the setting a line of filigreed granulation has been added. A very popular choice ...

A Roman intaglio of Aelius, who was Hadrian's appointed successor who predeceased him in 138 A.D. The intaglio shows the bust of the caesar to the...

A large Roman gold ring made from a heavy beaded gold wire, attached to a large beaten sheet gold bezel which holds an agate intaglio of a butterf...

A charming hollow gold ring from early imperial times showing the head and neck of an eagle finely engraved on a cabochon garnet. 21 by 24 mm. ...

This striking intaglio, carved from deep red jasper, presents the bearded face of Silenus, a companion and tutor to the god Dionysus in Greek and ...

A Roman amulet made of light grey chalcedony in the form of a cicada. Length: 31 mm. Weight: 6.7 gr.PROVENANCE Ex-European private coll...

A Roman carnelian bead in the form of a head of a Barbarian or Gaulish He is bearded and his head is shaved bar a pony tail. He quite possibly rep...

A hollow gold ring mounted with an agate intaglio showing the head of medusa. 25 by 24 mm. Size: 13 3.2 gr. PROVENANCE Ex-European ...

A Roman gold ring with an elaborate shank ending in palm or acanthus finials which grasp the bezel which holds a banded agate/sardonyx conical sto...

A Sassanian stamp seal in a grey/brown chalcedony. A reposing lion is shown to the right, above him is a crescent moon and below, a star. At t...

A gnostic intaglio in a dark red carnelian with some inclusions. The subject is an eagle facing to the right standing on a prostate who lies on a ...

A gnostic intaglio showing Harpocrates seated on a lotus flower perched on a crocodile, surrounded by various animals. Knoubis is shown on the bac...

A group of seven intaglios and cameos: one cameo of a facing medusa and a small cameo of Dionysos or Apollo, bust of a young man. The intaglios ar...

An attractive gold ring in pale gold with a cross inlaid with garnets for the bezel. The cross in interspaced with river pearls attached to the be...

A large pectoral cross in pale gold/electrum. the cross is made from a robust sheet construction with identical striated decoration on both sides....

Features a radiant floral design crafted in gold, with a central pink tourmalinecabochon surrounded by a symmetrical arrangement of precious stone...

Is crafted from vibrant red carnelian and features a striking depiction of a crab, its legs symmetrically outstretched and claws raised, flanked b...

This exquisite ancient ring, dating back to the 5th–6th century A.D., is a remarkable example of early Byzantine or Late Roman craftsmanship. Fash...

A blue chalcedony head of a man, possibly a paleo-Christian saint(?). Length: 33 mm. Weight: 19.4 gr.PROVENANCE Ex-European privat...