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Scarce antique 18th-century posthumous medal struck in 1733 from solid silver to commemorate the death of Augustus II the Strong in 1733. Made by the medalist Georg Wilhelm Vestner (1677-1740).

Obverse: The bust of the King is to the right, around the inscription D G AVGVSTVS II REX POLON ELECT SAXON. It is signed under the bust "VESTNER. F."

On the obverse, to the right of the King's bust, there is an inscription from the end of the 18th century commemorating the birth of Barbara Ann...

Antique Medieval 13th -14th century Mongolian or Tatars Golden Harde, (اولوغ اولوس‎) fragment of lamellar armor comprising of 94 iron narrow lamellar scales with a slightly convex shape and pierced with holes to be connected by the leather laces. Some of the scaleless still retain their original leather laces.

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1.Arms and Armour of the Nomads of the Great Steppe in the Times of the Mongol Expansion (12th to 14th...

Ancient European Neolithic 5500 - 2750 BC. Cucuteni Trypillia Tripolye Culture Mother Goddess Ceramic Figurine.

This female ceramic figurine made by the Neolithic Age people known to scholars as the Cucuteni -Trypillia culture.

These people, known for their massive settlements that rivaled the earliest cities in Mesopotamia in size, flourished on the territory of Eastern Europe in what is now Ukraine, Romania, and Moldova from, 7,500 to 4,750 years ago.

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Ancient Neolithic, circa. 5500 - 2750 BC. Eastern European, Cucuteni – Trypillia – Tripolye, culture hand sculptured clay ceramic figurine of a Mother Goddess.

This female ceramic figurine made by the Neolithic Age people known to scholars as the Cucuteni -Trypillia culture.

These people, known for their massive settlements that rivaled the earliest cities in Mesopotamia in size, flourished on the territory of Eastern Europe in what is now Ukraine, Romania, and Moldova from, 7,500 ...

Antique, late 18th century, Austrian silver mounted hunting sword with a straight broad tapering blade, double-edged towards the tip, cut on each side with a shallow fuller and a slender fuller, along the back-edge, engraved and gilded with foliage, trophies, and a stag on a blued panel (worn) at the forte. The silver hilt comprises a crossguard made of solid silver with a pair of straight faceted quillons and an oval silver collar. The ebony-wood grip is retained by three rivets with domed silv...

Authentic Ancient Luristan bronze Sword circa 1200 -1000 BC. A flanged hilt and blade finely cast in one piece. A very fine example of an authentic Ancient Luristan bronze dagger, of elegant form, from the Bronze Age circa 1200 -1000 BC. A tapering double-edged blade, a shaped hilt with an elliptical pommel, hollowed on each face for a pair of grip-scales. In the period when the sword was used, the handle would have had a bone or wooden insert, but these never survive three thousand years of t...

Antique, 18th century, Imperial Russian, beautifully hand-painted miniature portrait of Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (1734–1783), one of the most prominent lovers of Catherine the Great in Russia. The Prince is depicted in armor, with an ermine slung over his right shoulder, a white cravat, with a blue moiré sash of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Andrew the First-Called across his chest, and with a medal of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Anna suspended from his neck on a red rib...

Antique, 19th century, of superb quality, finely hand-painted on an organic wafer, miniature portrait of a lady wearing an elegant dress.

The painting is signed and illegibly dated (possibly 1889) at her right shoulder. Set under glass in the original oval brass frame adorned with a bow at the top.

The back of the frame is fitted with a hinged easel and is lined with green velvet.

Dimensions of the oval frame with a bow: High: 9.7 cm (3.8 inches). Wide: 7 cm (2.76 inches).

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Antique bronze scholar's brush rest - holder in the form of a Chilong dragon, Ming Dynasty (1368–1644. AD), China.

This brush rest was cast in the form of a sinuous dragon with hand-chiseled details. It is further distinguished by a single horn and a bifurcated tail that coils and unfurls.

This brush stand is more than a functional object; it is an imaginative and auspicious sculpture designed to decorate a scholar's table. Its neck, body, and tail provide places for resting writing...

Antique Islamic, Yemeni, Arab dagger, Khanjar Jambiya with a belt, 19th century, Yemen.

A tribal pattern is engraved on a shaped hilt made of two sheets of low-grade silver alloy, which are bounded in the middle by an embossed brass strap.

The outer side and the pommel are ornamented with embossed brass rosettes, and the base is mounted in the embossed iron ferrule.

Jambiya is mounted with a broad, slightly curved, double-edged blade formed with a pronounced medial ridge on each ...

This is an antique, museum-quality, Spanish Colonial polychrome wood crucifix from the 17th to early 18th century. The cross is designed in a typical 17th-century style. The figure of Christ is well-carved and polychrome with gild highlights. He wears a windswept perizonium tied at the waist and a thorn-crowned head adorned by a sunray aureole behind it. Beneath the statue of Christ stands a beautifully carved and polychromed figure of the Virgin Mary on a pedestal. She holds her hands in adorat...

Antique, 18th century, Polish nobleman walking cane "Obuszek" with steelhead in the form of a war hammer "Nadziak," composed of a hand forged, faceted steel head with a down-curved, tapered, curved rear fluke and a three-stage hammer, with a rounded face, separately made tubular steel socket, fused to the head.

It is mounted on its original hardwood haft of a circular section, pierced with a hole for suspension cord at the top, and a copper eyelet on one site.

The "Obuszek" walking can...

Antique 19th century Islamic Indo-Persian Qajar papier-mache lacquer hand-painted book cover with clean pages ready to write poems.

The bindings are rectangular, and the front and the back are finely hand-painted with central lobed medallions depicting various figures in domestic and garden settings surrounded by flower sprays and foliage within a further border of flower sprays. The inner sides are painted with birds and antelope amongst vegetation on a black background. The book has clea...

Large antique late 18th century Islamic Indo-Persian steel shield Separ-Dhal of a circular convex form. This shield is made from a single piece of thick solid steel that has been hand-hammered. The inside of the shield shows visible hammer marks, while the exterior surface is perfectly smooth. The shield also features four domed bosses and is affixed with four ring bolts on the reverse side for straps to hold it.

The shield features intricate hand-chiseled patterns throughout. A double-star...

Antique, late 18th or early 19th century, imperial Russian casket, or chest, veneered with bone in a manner characteristic of the 18th-century works of Khalkogory artisans from the Arkhangelsk region.

The Kholmogorsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast is located near the port of Arkhangelsk on the White Sea coast. It was a significant trading post in the far north of the Russian Empire.

The rectangular wood casket has a beveled lid supported by four bracket feet. The lid and sides are...

Antique late 16th century circa 1580 A.D. Italian well hand-forged all-steel stiletto dagger with sturdy, tapered steel blade of flattened triangular section, cut on each side with series of short groves and turned ricasso.

Hilt comprising hand chiseled in relief spiral baluster grip with flattened pommel carved with an ancient Norse Swastika solar symbol of sun with rotating wings which is similar to the Georgian Borjgali. Massive crossguard including a rectangular quillon block, turned qu...

Antique Middle Eastern Early Islamic Umayyad Caliphate Period: 7th – 8th century.AD. • (23 AH –184 AH) Islamic Bronze oil lamp with bulbous body, In the form of a toll cauldron long tubular spout slightly tapering towards the tip and mounted at the back with large leaf shape flattened handle.

CONDITION: Showing the age and usage. in good condition, considering its age of more than 1200 years, with no restorations or repairs, showing the age and usage with beautiful patina with areas o...

Superb quality, antique European pair of solid silver marriage spoons. The spoons have a deep oval bowl with an elaborate stem. The front and back of the stems are finely hand-chiseled and engraved, and the finials are in the form of a 17th-century bust of a woman. The quality of the spoons is superb, and they are in excellent condition.

The stem's lower part bears a heraldic shield with the date 1625. The backs of the shields are adorned with mascarons. These spoons are exquisitely hand-c...