A Japanese heavy bronze incense burner with Murashido marbled areas decorating the sides, bottom, and lid. The burner is six sided, has a lid pierced with three bats (good fortune), and a top knob in the shape of a mushroom (long life). There is a makers mark stamped on the bottom (Esteemed Hall?). The burner measures 4 1/2" tall x 3 1/2" in diameter. We cannot find any comparable bronze burners, but we believe it dates to the turn of the Century. The condition is excellent with minor wear...
A Swiss sterling silver engraved hunter case pocket watch with a chain with a Routier Quebec retailer signature. This size 13 ligne or size 0 watch has fancy tooling on its full hunter sterling silver case which has an MQ '04 monogram on one side. The front and back cases and dust cover all have Swiss 935 sterling silver marks including the bear mark and the works resemble a barred Swiss movement from around the 1900 era. The porcelain dial with a single sunk second hand dial is signed A.C...
Set of 3 Meiji Kanzashi, Japanese hair pin sticks, have deep black lacquer background with ornate swirls of red and black lacquer and inlays of abalone shells.
1 stick is 9 inches long
2 sticks are 7.75 inches long
HIGHLY DECORATED SPOUTED POTTERY VESSEL
BYZANTINE EMPIRE, 5th CENTURY AD
Nicely decorated with circular lines around the body, concave base, cylindrical-shaped neck with a rim folded outwards.
Dimensions:
Height: 20 cm
Width: 15 cm
Height on stand: 25 cm
Condition: Professional hard to see reparation.
Found in Jerusalem, Israel
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Ancient Egyptian alabaster vase
Dated from, 1096 - 747 BC
LARGE Ancient Egyptian elegant cosmetic vessel, in slender form with a collared rim, tapering to a narrow base...
BIBLICAL POTTERY COOKING POT
HOLY LAND – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great
Short cylindrical neck with two handles and circular lines around the entire body and base
Dimensions:
Height: 11 cm
Diameter: 16.5 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm
Condition: Good condition
Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land
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PARTHIAN CLAY FIGURE OF A RECLINING MAN IN PARTHIAN DRESS
PARTHIAN EMPIRE, 1ST CENTURY AD
Dimensions:
Length: 11 cm
Height: 10 cm
Height on stand: 13 cm
Condition: Good condition as found
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A large ovoid Chinese Martavan (aka Martaban) jar from the 16th/17th century. (Martavan jars were produced in China's southern region and shipped, via the port of Martabanin present day Myanmar, to various neighboring countries as storage containers for various commodities...these storage vessels became prized possessions by the local peoples.) The jar has a lovely honey brown colored glaze with bold dragon relief motif and loop handles around the shoulder...
Rare Ceramic stirrup spout vessel with seated Scorpio. Moche Culture, Peru, 100 BC to 700 AD.
A superb vessel in very good intact condition. A Scorpio is seated on top of the vessel and from it's back, the stirrup handle evolves.
Size: 20 cm.
Condition: Superb.
Ex Estate sale of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 2003 and since then in a Hessen Collection.
An ancient carnelian necklace found in Southeast Asia. Many of these carnelian beads were traded around 3000 years ago in mainland Southeast Asia. Many of these carnelian beads could be from India. This necklace was found intact and restrung. Wearable. Size: L. 66 cm. end to end.
A fine example of a textile fragment from a 17th century chausable, purple cut velvet in a geometric vine design on a yellow background, mounted on silk. Overall fine condition, with a sight size of 18" by 18 1/2".
Antique Tibetan gilt bronze ritual vessel. In two parts, the cup and base both cast with lotus petals to represent purity undefiled by Samsara. The inner rim of the cup with deep forest green patina and wear from ritualistic use. The lotus base stands on a round, recessed foot.
18th Century
Dimensions: 3 1/4" x 1 5/8" H
Antique Tibetan silver statue of the Tibetan Vajra Buddhist fierce deity Mahakala. He stands on top of two bodies atop a lotus pedestal, wielding two important symbols of Tibetan Buddhism: A dorje and a bell. He wears the skin of a tiger around his waist, a crown of five skulls to represent the Five Poisons- anger, desire, ignorance, jealousy, and pride- transformed into Five Wisdoms. A snake wraps itself around Mahakala's neck and arms...
A Barbour Silver Co. silver plated tilt kettle, stand and associated burner from the 1890s. It has a simple, elegant design and it stands 13" tall from the top of the ebony wood handle to the bottom of the stand's ball feet. The base is unsigned, the kettle is stamped BARBOUR SILVER CO. NICKEL SILVER 4002 (operating from 1892-98) and the associated burner has the Meriden stamp...
A substantial and impressive glass bottle, Roman Empire, 1st.-3rd. cent. AD.
The bottle in dark green glass with a globular body, long neck and folded round lip. The piece with an exceptional thick silver irridescence!
Size: ca. 13,2. cm. tall.
Conditionm: Superb.
Ex. German Private Collection, with auction provenance.
An 18th Century Japanese porcelain scalloped serving bowl, with lid, decorated with the Imari colors of red, blue, white, cream, and gold. The tureen measures about 9 1/4" long x 6 1/2" wide x 7" tall. The Shippo design family crest has been applied in gold on the blue panels. The finial is modeled as a sixteen pedal chrysanthemum blossom. The condition is excellent, with some wear to gold highlights. The asking price includes shipping within the USA.
A quite large mother of pearl shell carving, the pierced decoration is showing the deity Magu among birds and flowers. Condition: the rim with a short crack, without stand. Dimension: c. 20.5 cm long x 17.6 cm high.
Roman Rod formed miniature glass vessels, 3rd.-4th. century AD
Size: ca. 23-29 mm. tall each.
Condition: 6 intact, 3 with minor repairs to the handles.
Provenance:
These small vessels comes in a variety of forms and colors, and first appear in the archaeological record around the mid-3rd Century AD. Production seems to have begun in the broader Syria / Palestine area, though examples have been found over a very wide area, including western Europe...