Ancient Greek pottery is popular with collectors. We introduce here the timeline, categories and terminology of interest to the beginner.

Archaic jade, or Yu, beautiful stone, from Neolithic to Han Dynasty, was at the core of Ancient Chinese civilisation and sprirituality.

A guide to pottery oil lamp types manufactured and used by Jews in the Holy Land at the time of Jesus.

Jewellery is universal and ancient jewellery styles can seem very contemporary, attractive to collectors, particularly if wearable.

The ancient Chinese tradition of grave goods led to some of the most bewitching pottery horse sculptures of the Ancient World.

The divine scarab dung beetle rolling his Sun ball across the sky gave rise to the mass use of scarab amulets and seals in Ancient Egypt.

Romans of empire had a history of prolific use of glass. Roman glass artifacts can often be affordable to collectors of antiquities today.

Introduction to oil lamps from antiquity, with suggested themes for collectors, including ancient oil lamps for sale.

Focus on key features of Ancient Egyptian shabtis, worker figures ready to assist the deceased in the Afterlife.

Focus on late-medieval pilgrim ampullae or flasks for holding holy water from Christian shrines.

What draws us to these highly personal and yet mass-produced miniature objects, so important for a charmed life, before and after death?

Focus on what we love about ancient pottery from the Near East and Holy Land.