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FOSSILS: BIG CHALK AMMONITE
Upper Cretaceous (Newhaven Chalk Formation) - marine environment,
80 - 85 million years,
16 cm x 12 cm x 6 cm.
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FOSSILS: STARFISH FURCASTER PALAEOZOICUS
"Hunsrueck-slate", Bundenbach Germany,
Devon, c. 400 million years,
c. 14 cm x 10 cm, c. 5.5 in x 4 in.
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FOSSILS: TRILOBITE
"Hunsrueck-slate", Bundenbach Germany,
Devon, c. 400 million years,
c. 12.5 cm x 6.5 cm, c. 5 in x 2.6 in.
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PRECOLUMBIAN: MAYAN WHISTLE WITH CLEAR SOUND
Central America, c. 550 - 900 A.D.
hole for suspension, brown burnished terracotta ware,
intact, 6.5 cm.
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STONE AGE: LOT OF FIVE FLINTSTONE BLADES FROM SCANDINAVIA
NEOLOTHICUM, 4th - 3th Mill. B.C.,
72 - 95 mm.
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GREEK: A RECENTLY ACQUIRED COLLECTION OF
APULIAN XENON WARE MINIATURE VESSELS
2nd half 4th ctry BC., mostly intact.
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PRECOLUMBIAN: GROUP OF VERY DECORATIVE
LA TOLITA POTTERY FRAGMENTS
Colombia, ca. 600 B.C. - 400 A.D.
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MEDIEVAL: RHENISH MINIATURE AMPHORA
Siegburg (near Cologne), Germany,
early 15th ctry. A.D.,
intact, 9 cm.
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ROMAN: LID OF A BRONZE LAMP WITH AN EAGLE
Roman, c. 3rd ctry. A.D.,
green patina, some incrustation yet uncleaned,
h. : 37 mm, diam. plate: 29 mm.
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ROMAN: LATE ROMAN GLASS PENDANT
dark blue glass with loop for suspension, depicting a rider (emperor ?)
on horseback, Eastern Mediterranean, 4th - 5thctry. A.D.,
intact, with some uncleaned incrustation, 21 mm.
A very similar specimen in Sammlung Ernesto Wolf: H. Cantz, Römisches,
byzantinisches und frühmittelalterliches Glas (Ostfildern, 2001), No. 213.
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ROMAN: HELMETED TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A WARRIOR
Roman, c. 2nd ctry. A.D.,
4 cm, 1.6 in.
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GREEK: FINE PAIR OF APULIAN SALT DISHES
Magna Graecia, 4th ctry. B.C., intact,
h. 4 cm ea., diam. 5.8 cm and 6.3 cm.
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ROMAN: LEAD MIRROR
with glass inlay, c. 3rd ctry. A.D.,
intact, grey patina, some remaining incrustation, 12 cm.
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ROMAN: GALLEY AND SEA MONSTERS
Samian ware fragment of a bowl,
Gaul, 1st ctry. A.D.,
c. 6 cm x 8 cm, c. 2.4 in x 3.2 in.
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ROMAN: FRAGMENT OF A SUPERB 1st CENTURY OIL LAMP
showing a family of lions,
mirror of an oil lamp in buff coloured clay,
fragmentary, 4.5 cm x 5.5 cm.
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CHINA: MYTHICAL BEAST: WINDING SNAKE WITH RAM'S HORNS
China, Ming Dynasty, 1368 - 1644 A.D.,
terracotta lid or applique with green glaze,
diam. 6.8 cm.
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CHINA: SITTING SHEEP
China, Han Dynasty, 202 B.C - 220 A.D.,
unglazed terracotta, some remaining incrustation,
slightly chipped at one foot, otherwise intact, 10 cm x 6 cm.
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CHINA: KHMER MINIATURE HONEY POT
with rough redish surface,
Cambodia, Bayon period, circa 12th-13th A.D.,
intact, h. 5.5 cm, diam. 8 cm.
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ROMAN: RIBBED GLASS BALSAMARIUM
greenish glass with 17 ribs,
c. 4th ctry. A.D.,
some incrustation, absolutely intact, h. 7.4 cm.
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PRECOLUMBIAN: LA TOLITA POTTERY CYLINDER SEAL
Colombia, ca. 600 B.C. - 400 A.D.,
l. 5.6 cm, diam. 2.5 cm.
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