$650.00
The body of the censer is in the form of an elegant bombé vessel set with twin handles and four legs in the form of bamboo branches.
Two sides are decorated with rectangular panels hand-chiseled in a low relief on a punched background; one panel with a horned deer next to a tree, the other panel with a bird and a tree.
The censer base...
$550.00
DIMENSIONS: Height: 4.3 cm x 2.2 cm (1.69 inches x 0.87 inches).
CONDITION: In its original condition showing the age and usage with a nice dark brown patina.
$400.00
It was called the Mahdist War since the Sudanese leader Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah (محمد أحمد ابن عبد الله) 1848-85 proclaimed himself " Mahdi of Islam" (the "Guided One").
$900.00
Clad in royal attire with extensive adornments, reflecting the fashion of the Thai royal court, the Buddha sits in a virasana (heroic posture) on a three-tiered pedestal.
His face with a thoughtful expression highlighted by downward gazing eyes, the Buddha sits in intense meditation.
Full lips, an aquiline nose, a decidedly oval face, and hair in the form ...
$450.00
CONDITION: in superb condition.
MEASUREMENTS: Diameter 24 mm x 12 mm.
Cylinder Seals: A recessed inscription was carved onto the cylinder, which produced a raised impression when rolled on a clay tablet or envelope, these types of cylinder seals were frequently used to protect vessels, clay envelopes and storeroom door latches from tampering, the also served as a ...
$350.00
MEASUREMENTS: approximately:
Total length of the double string: 33 cm (12.99 inches).
The biggest middle bead measures: 18.06 mm
WEIGHT: 74 grams.
CONDITION: Excellent, with natural inclusion in amber. It has been restrung on nylon string.
NOTE: We ...
$1,080.00
Approximate measurements: Overall length: 29.5 cm (11.61 inches) and the second spur measure 28 cm (11.02 inches).
CONDITION: Showing age an...
$2,700.00
MEASUREMENTS: 30 inches (76 cm) tall.
CONDITION: in good condition except for damage to the base (please see the pictures) with very nice old patina.
Catalog Number: J38
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$1,500.00
$680.00
$340.00
Condition: Showing age and usage with abrasions and patina. Interior of the box, encrusted with heavy lime paste deposit consistent with age and usage, showing signs of genuine age and usage.
MEASUREMENTS: O...
$1,250.00
The Virgin crowned and nimbate, in a richly embroidered veil, supports a small, rather adult-looking Christ child on the one hand. The Christ is dressed in an elaborate gown and holds a "globus cruciger" in the right hand.
"The top t...
$399.00
MEASUREMENTS: 17 cm x 12.5 cm (6 5/8 in x 4 7/8 in).
CONDITION: The icon is in the original good condition with a nice old patina. The border with remains of the iron nails, which previously held an oklad, in which the icon was originally encased. One minor surface edge crack on the lower part. ...
$900.00
DETAILS: Openwork bronze depicting a seated deer with slender body, large head and antlers, and pronounced musculature; the legs folded beneath the body; the head regardant, resting on the hind quarters; the facial features stylised, with a large, round eye; the reverse with it’s the original clasp for attachment.
REFERENCES: 1) The Golden Deer of Eurasia Scythian and Sarmatian Treasures from th...
$150.00
Very high-quality art work with fine incised details, notched eyebrow, pupil, rear spiral and ribbed drop.
The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection and power and it represents the right eye of the Egyptian falcon god, Horus. As the "Udjat" it also represented the sun and was therefore associated with the Sun god R...
$2,500.00
The cover (filter) is pierced with four, draining holes in the form of Chinese Ming dynasty good Luck charms coins. The...
$75.00
Copper engraved map with contemporary outline hand color.
CONDITION: in good condition.
MEASUEMENTS: 10 ¼ x 8 1/8 inches
ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE AUTHENTIC ANTIQUES, AND NOT REPRODUCTIONS.
ALL OUR ARTIFACTS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.
$300.00
$800.00
$400.00
The sturdy, tapered, double-edged steel blade of a diamond cross-section has a very sharp point. The dagger is signed illegibly on ricasso by the maker, possibly in the Cyrillic alphabet.
The casting is of very good quality,...
$700.00
REFERENCE...
$1,700.00
The base of the blade has an unusual pattern and is shaped on both sides, like a bird's head with a hooked beak and holes pierc...
$950.00
The Theotokos is dressed in an embroidered maroon veil and holds Jesus with her left arm. Around ...
$30,000.00
The onion-shaped partially gilt copper head is encased in, chased, and engraved with stylized floral motifs and set with natural turquoise stones of various sizes and shapes.
The shaft comprises upper and lower copper tubes, chased and engraved with stylized floral motifs and set with various sizes and shapes of natural turquoise stones, ensuite to the head of the m...
$530.00
CONDITION: Age and usage are showing; with its original patina
Please notice that the pictures in the listing are part of the description of the condition of the object. ...
$1,050.00
MEASUREMENTS: 23.8 cm (9 3/8 in). Tall inclusive.
CONDITION: Nice dark brown patina, and good signs of age and usage.
Due to the fact that the market is flooded by reproductions of Napoleo...
$120.00
This type of sickle was part of the equipment of mounted warriors, a tool useful during military expeditions to cut the grass for the horse. A knight should also have a leather or canvas bucket for watering the horse.
CONDITION: Corroded, in excavated condition, but well-preserved, in stable condition. Please see the photos as they are a part of the description.
MEASUREMENTS: T...
$400.00
The reverse side of the brooch features a secure gold catch clasp, which ensures that the brooch stays i...
$250.00
MEASUREMENTS: Height: 15.3 cm (6 inches). Bottom diameter: 12 cm (4 23/32 inches).
Weight = 854 grams (30.12 ounces).
$3,400.00
The sword's hilt has a finely hand-carved hardwood grip, with beautiful natural grains, and a small pistol-shaped pommel. The brass crossguard has short, slightly downturned quillons, bud-shaped terminals, and a pair of langets. It is made of two halves riveted by iron pins at the terminals. Three iron rivets secure the wooden grip and the crossguard to the tang of the blade. Addi...
$1,600.00
A hand-blown glass vodka shtof decanter of rectangular shape with a sloping shoulder, a short neck with a flaring lip, and a body engraved on one side with an Imperial double-headed eagle under the imperial ...
$750.00
A compressed bulbous body raised on three short cabriole legs rising to a waisted neck under a galleried rim.
The exterior is inlaid with silver wire with three figures of peasants in the field carrying garden tools, and silver inlaid bands of bamboo branches separate the figures.
The bronze circular stand is supported by three scroll-form feet. The rim is inl...
$350.00
Dimensions approximately:
Overall length: 26 cm (10.24 inches). Height: 12.5 cm (4.92 inches). Width: 7.7 cm. 3.03 inches). Weight: 1.233 kg (2lb 11.49 oz).
C...
$520.00
The exterior is finely hand painted in raised enamels and gilded with two opposing large lobed panels depicting samurais, dressed in elaborated brocade kimonos, highlighted with gold and flanked by two vertical panels adorned with intricate geometric designs, and finished in raised enamel and gold. Enclosed at the top and the bottom are raised borde...
$300.00
A rare authentic antique, pre-contact, most likely a 19th – early 20th century, ceremonial wooden hand drum, "Tifa" or "Kundu" from Papua, New Guinea.
The hollow-body entirely carved from one piece of wood in elegant hour-glass form, the base handle decorated in traditional geometric incised designs.
PROVENANCE: From an old Canadian collection of Tribal Art acquired by the owner's grandfather before WWII.
CONDITION: In good condition considering its age, showing the a...
$580.00
Original 19th–20th century African Kurumba headdress adoné design in the graceful form of an antelope head with long neck and slender horns, decorated with horizontal stripes, rising from the top of the head, and echoed by the long forward-curved ears.
The neck and the snout decorated with carved extensive geometric patterns, polychrome with ocher brown, black, beige and kaolin pigments resting on the helmet shaped cap of hemispherical form, adorned with shells and bordered with i...
$500.00
Measurements: Overall length: 12 cm (4.72 inches) .
CONDITION: Green patina with heavy corrosion and encrustation.
Please notice that the pictures in the listing are part of the description of the condition of the object.
ALL OUR ARTIFACTS ARE ACC...
$4,000.00
This is a large, solid silver circular basin that has been embossed from a single piece of silver. It has fluted, petal-shaped walls and a fully hand-forged scalloped rim. The basin's center is exquisitely repoussé and finely chased, showcasing a raised Spanish coat-of-arms within bands adorned with foliage. This basin is a great example of superior Spanish colo...
$90.00
MEASUREMENTS: Length 4 cm (1....
$3,500.00
DETAILS: A superb quality sturdy, slightly curved, single-edged blade hand-forged from the characteristic Indian mechanical Damascus steel with excellent quality watered pattern in the form of Mohammed's ladder.
Gold-inlaid steel hilt of Aurangzebi type comprised of a baluster grip, a cross-guard formed with beautifully shaped quillons and langets, a knuckle bow terminating ...
$900.00
$350.00
The Hunter case is made entirely of low-grade...
$1,250.00
Dagger consists of a rounded steel hilt with downturned solid steel-shaped quillons in typical Moorish Al-Andalus Nasrid style and a hand-forged double-edged steel blade. With its plane steel scabbard with a shaped shoe.
In the famous Al-Faisal Museum for Arab-Islamic Art, in the Collection of Islamic Art, including arms and armor, in a specia...
$590.00
The painting depicts a red-haired young girl sitting on a stool in front of a fireplace and blowing air by the bellows.
The painting is unsigned, however, to the back of the masonite board is taped a scrap of paper with a hand written note “R.S.A J.B. Abercromby”, this note must have been left by someone who knew the name of the artist of the painting.
MEASUREMEN...
$700.00
Shells such as these were sold in the 18th -19th century to Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, where they were carved in relief and pierced by hand by local Palestinian craftsmen.
This way, the shells found their way to Europe and other parts of the world during the ninet...
$480.00
On the back of the base is an illegible artist's signature with the date 89 (1889) and a stamp of the foundry's mark under the base.
DIMENSIONS: Height: 15 cm (5.91 inches).
$290.00
MEASUREMENTS:
Height: ...
$180.00
MEASUREMENTS: 6.3 x 5.2 cm (2.48 x 2.05 inches)
CONDITION: in good condition considering its age, with a lovely old patina.
NOTE: Please note that the market is currently flooded with reproducti...
$700.00
CONDITION: Shows its age and use with a beautiful old patina, with some loss to the silver inlaid.
MEASUREMENTS:
Height: 22.9 cm (9 inches)
Diameter: 12 cm ...
$4,000.00
PROVENANCE: Ex Important Canadian private collection of Islamic Art.
CONDITION: Showing age and usage. A minor crack in the ...
$250.00
Details: This impressive Sarpech is of classical form, composed of several well-made separate elements of solid silver, soldered together, including a long stem with a flower head end. The upper part of the stem is surmounted by an elaborate terminal that is decorated with delicate filigree work adorned with enam...
$1,100.00
The rectangular brown leather pouch is exceptionally well made by a skilled Turkmen silversmith. It features solid silver, gold-gilded panels engraved with typical Tekke volutes and carnelian stones. The large front panel has five oval-shaped carnelian stones set in raised settings.
The pouch's brown leather strap is decorated with four gil...
$1,800.00
CONDITION: It is in good condition, with no cracks or repairs, except...
$430.00
The central panel is painted with fine figural scenes against a floral background. Horizontal black lines decorate the handle and spout.
MEASUREMENTS:
Height: 19.2 cm (7.6 inches), width (handle to spout): 20 cm (7.7 inches).
CONDITION:
The handle was broken in two places and then reglued (repair almost invisible), firing crack inside one o...
$2,500.00
The walls, hammered from a single sheet of bronze, are decorated with 49 vertical ribs in fine repoussé work, radiating from a central roundel. A slightly flaring rim chased with four rings and a continuous scalloped pattern above the ribs.
Libation bowls, of similar form and pattern, are known as phiale, were used across a wide geographical area - from ancient Greece, C...
$3,000.00
$1,600.00
The hinged lid is decorated with finely hand chased and embossed in high relief Sheshashayi Vishnu and the birth of Lord Brahma, depicting the four-armed Lord Vishnu reclining on a bed formed by the serpent scrolls of Sheshanaga and protected by the Naga’s heads. The four-faced and four-armed Brahma in the lotus emanates from Vishnu’s navel. He is accompanie...
$420.00
The coat-of-arms depicting Heraldic shield with the coat-of-arms of one of the most important European aristocratic families of the famous house De Balbes Berton de Crillon, crowned by the Archbishop Galero (wide-brimmed hat) with 10 tassels on each side.
The bas...
$300.00
The slender hilt consists of ox-horn grip scales enclosed by brass straps, a brass pommel, ferrule, and rosettes. The pommel is affixed with an iron ring for suspension. The dagger comes with its original hand-stitched leather scabbard.
MEASUREMENTS:
Overall length with the scabbard: 32 cm (12.6 inches).
Overall length without scabbard: 32 cm (12.6 inches).
CONDITION...
The shield is of a circular convex form, made of black lacquered buffalo hide, hand-painted in raised gilt polychrome, with four floral sprays pointing towards the center, marked by a round medallion with floral arabesques, surrounded by four gilded solid silver domed bosses with pierced collars.
The upper part is set with a gilded, solid silver, half-moon crescent.
The bottom part is...