Catalog (1968)

Important large 17 cm. bronze mortar with pestle, European, Flemish/Dutch or German, ca. 1500-1550.

Beautiful Gothic style, with widening body and fine zoomorphic lion handles. Very large size and done in an early bronze alloy, somewhat polished. Comes with very old pestle, possible from the 17th. century.

Size: Massive apothecary mortar, 17 cm. tall and 14 cm. wide, weighing ca. 5,2 kilograms, incl. the 23,5 cm. pestle.

Provenance: The Estate of Carl-johan Hum...

Important and very impressive bronze mortar with pestle, European (German?), ca. 1550-1580.

Beautiful Gothic style, with the square handles and lovely chiselled floral decoration. With the original large bronze pestle and both with a terrific dark bronze patina.

Size: Massive apothecary mortar, 15,7 cm. wide and 13 cm. tall, weighing ca. 5 kilograms, incl. the 23 cm. pestle.

Provenance: The Estate of Carl-johan Hummeltoft (1958-2020), Birkerød, Denmark. Carl-Jo...

A couple of rare vessels in red / black, Quimbaya, Ecuador or Columbia, 7th.-14th. cent. AD

Lot consists of a lovely pedestal rattle vessel with small perferations on the foot and applications of animals on the rim and a jug with a human face impressed on the neck, Anthropomorphic style and decorated with black on red lines.

Size: The pedestal, 15,5 cm. wide and 9,3 cm. tall; the jug 15 cm. tall.

Condition: The pedestal bowl intact with minimal chips, the jug re...

Nice ceramic vessel in a classic vase shape with fine Narino or Quimbaya culture, Northern Ecuador and Southern Colombia, 8th.-15th. cent. AD.

Rough, glazed ceramic in red colour, w remnants of black resist painting.

Size: 18 cm. tall

Condition: Choice, completely intact.

Provenance: Inger and Ebbe Gotzche Frederiksen, Espergærde, Denmark. The couple lived years in South America, in Ecuador in 1958, Columbia from 1964-1966 and later in 1976 in Peru a...

A pair of nice Capuli Complex / Narino pottery bowls, Northern Ecuador and Southern Colombia, 8th.-15th. cent. AD.

One of the typical pedestal bowls and a larger round bowl. The Capulí bowls has the distinctive black on dark red decor with rectilinear geometric designs.

Sizes: The round bowl 21 cm. wide and 8 cm. tall, the pedestal, 17,7 cm. and 10 cm. tall.

Condition: The pedestal bowl intact but for chip to the base, the round bowl with repaired hairline to t...

A very unusual and possible rare pottery bowl with an elongated square design, Quimbaya, 7th.-14th. cent. AD.

A low rim bowl decorated on the sides with multible lines and criss-cross.

Size: 19,3 cm. wide, 15 cm. deep and 6 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice and intact with ancient patina.

Provenance: Inger and Ebbe Gotzche Frederiksen, Espergærde, Denmark. The couple lived years in South America, in Ecuador in 1958, Columbia from 1964-1966 and later in 197...

Attractive Pre-Columbian pottery vessel with heads, Quimbaya/Carchi, Columbia, 7th.-14th. cent. AD

Interesting pedestal vessel with Zoomorphic heads and remnants of negative resist paint in black on red.

Size: 13 cm. wide, 9 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice and intact.

Provenance: Inger and Ebbe Gotzche Frederiksen, Espergærde, Denmark. The couple lived years in South America, in Ecuador in 1958, Columbia from 1964-1966 and later in 1976 in Peru and Boli...

An interestion and rare bronze battleaxe, European, late bronzeage-early Ironage period, 1st. millenium BC.

A beautiful axe, long slender type with mounting hole to the back and a slightly curving blade.

Size: 13,5 cm. long

Condition: Superb, fine green patina with a dusting of earthern encrustations.

This axe comes from a find in Germany and was offcially exported with a license.

A massive and important ceramic vessel, anthropomorhic design, Quimbaya / Calima Culture, Cauca valley, Columbia, ca. 600-1000 AD.

This exceptional massive redware vessel was found in the village of Virginia in the Cauca Valley. Anthropomorphic design depicting a male figure with a fat belly and hands holding something(?). His headdress or hat has a relatively small hole at the top (mouth of the vessel) where we imagine that straws for sucking up liquids was inserted.

The ...

A beautifully carved sculpture of a lady in an erotic pose, Gandharan, ca. 1st.-5th. century AD.

Clearly inspired by classical greek and roman art. She is holding her longs strands of hair and wearing garments that exposes her naked shoulder and arm. Archictorial piece, impresive size. Some remnants of pinkish pigments still on the surface. Mounted to a metal base.

Size: ca. 32-33 cm. tall and 20,5 cm. wide.

Ex. Pax Romana Gallery, London. From an Oxfordshire Co...

A very rare and complete antique license document, Spanish and signed by the Spanish King Philip the IV (Ruler 1621-1665).

The document is binded with 8/16 pages with 14 decorated or with signatures (let us know if you like to receive pictures of all pages by e-mail). We would like to stress the importance of the document which signed by no less than 15-20 signatures, besides the signature of Philip himself. These co-signers could well be important members of his cabinet or high leve...

A nice figure, Coptic, Egypt, 1st. century BC - 1st. century AD.

Attractive female idol carved from a hollowed-out bone. The face is dominated by huge, round eyes and a small nose and mouth. The artist has also carved a round belly and female genitals.

Size: 66 mm.

Ex. Danish Private Collection.

A wonderful sculturel stone figure, Andes, perhaps Recuay culture, 1st. mill. AD.

The very expressive figure shows a human figure holding another smaller human figure below, perhaps a child. The larger figure with a wrathful expression and both shouting with their mouths and eyes wide open.

Perhaps a mother protecting her child or a god protecting a the child of a god?

Very dramatic depiction carved in an attractive hard and glossy stone that we think is in fam...

A large and beautiful pottery dish from Le Dynasty Vietnam dating to 13th-14th cent.

Finely decorated with blue floral motifs on a white underglaze. Also concentric rings in the interior.

Size: 23,5 x4,8 cm.

Condition: Near mint, with signs of age and wear.

Ex. Danish collection of South East Asian pottery.

An interesting and impressive large Thai bronze sculpture with silver and glass decoration, early-mid 18th. century.

Surely made for a wealthy temple or person. The Buddha is made in the finest later Ayutthaya style, likely 1750 or so. Crowned Buddha with an exceptionally rich decoration in silver and bronze beads and thick thread of Jewellery and floral design on the entire figure. Many of the leafs looks like solid silver and much of the decor too. The flame also looks to be partl...

A very important and lovely larger Thai bronze buddha, 13th.-15th. century AD.

Beautiful archaic features of his crowned head, seated in Dhyana mudra wearing jewellery; On a U-shaped pointy throne.

Just a wonderful archaeological bronze figure of the finest early style, really a gem. It's mounted in a slightly elavated manor on a square plint, professionally made with a metal rod in the center.

Size: ca 22 cm. tall (24 cm. incl. the base) and 15 cm. wide. Heav...

An important laquered and gilt seated bronze figure of Buddha, Thailand, ca. 15th. century AD.

Lovely buddha in an exceptional quality and condition. He is crowned and seated in the deepest of concentration, in the "Samadhi" - meditation mudra.

Made by very skilled artisans with a fantastic expression; highly arched brows, downcast eyes and the distinctive extra line around the mouth. Three stepped throne with sharp lifted corners.

Size: 23,5 cm. tall and 14,2...

A superb and near lifesize Thai head of Buddha, Ayutthaya, Thailand. c. 15th century

The head of longish oval shape, with clearly delineated eyes and lids lowered in meditation, a smiling mouth and tiny curls covering head and ushnisha.

Sandstone was a highly coveted material during the early part of the Ayutthaya period, and the use of curved lines and petite bumps for hair reflect the influence of Indian Gupta stylization.

Size: 29 cm. tall and 17 cm. wide, ...