REFERENCES: Similar beads are in the collection of the Institute of Oriental Culture, Tokyo University. Please see the picture of the page attached to the listing.
We will also provide the buyer with photocopies of the pages from the mentioned references together with a certificate of authenticity.
MEASUREMENTS: Length 4 cm (1.57 inches).
DIMENSIONS: Height: 5 cm x 2 cm (2 inches x 0.79 inches).
CONDITION: In its original condition showing the age and usage with a nice dark brown patina...
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.
This remarkable artifact is an ancient horse bit dating back to the 6th-4th century B.C. and was used by the Scythian people in the Northern Black Sea Region...
REFERENCES: For related Greek - Achaean's V-shaped tanged arrowhead, please see:
1. http://www.salimbeti.com/micenei/weapons3.htm
2...
REFERENCES: For related Greek - Achaean's V-shaped tanged arrowhead, please see:
1. http://www.salimbeti.com/micenei/weapons3.htm
2. https://...
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...
CONDITION: beautifully preserved with a rich green patina.
Diameter (max.) 11.7 cm (4.61 inches). Weight: 60 grams.
CONDITION: beautifully preserved with a rich green patina.
MEASUREMENTS: Overall length: 8.7. cm (3.43 inches). Diameter of the spirals (max.) 7.5 cm (2.95 inches).
WEIGHT: 1...
Very high-quality artwork with fine incised details, notched feathered eyebrow, raised pupil, rear spiral and ribbed drop. Pierced through the length so that it could be threaded and worn.
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, the "Eye of the Sun God Ra.
The Eye o...