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$125.00
$125.00
A nice pair of large antique wooden textile stamps, dating to 15th.-17th cent AD.
Hand carved wood stamps with geometrical and floral motifs for coloring textiles.
Size: 18,5 & 9 cm. - c. 7,5 & 3,5 inches.
Condition: Choice & intact comdition. Fine old patinas.
Ex. German Private collection.
Hand carved wood stamps with geometrical and floral motifs for coloring textiles.
Size: 18,5 & 9 cm. - c. 7,5 & 3,5 inches.
Condition: Choice & intact comdition. Fine old patinas.
Ex. German Private collection.
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$100.00
$100.00
A large and finely patinated bronze opium weight of the 20 Tical, square base, c. 1750-1780.
Sharp 9-ray verification / currency mark. Beautiful green patina and a super attractive specimen!
Weight: c. 310 grams = 20 Tical
Condition: Good very fine!
Provenance: John Abrahamsen Collection, important Danish private collection of c. 250 Opium weights, hand-picked from 1991-2006, by the collector from German British and Danish dealers...
Sharp 9-ray verification / currency mark. Beautiful green patina and a super attractive specimen!
Weight: c. 310 grams = 20 Tical
Condition: Good very fine!
Provenance: John Abrahamsen Collection, important Danish private collection of c. 250 Opium weights, hand-picked from 1991-2006, by the collector from German British and Danish dealers...
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$75.00
$75.00
An choice bronze 5 tical opium weight with lovely patina, ca. 1750-1776 AD.
Attractive weight of the Toe type, with a octagonal base engraved with concenthric lines and fine details to the cast.
Possible released by King Hsinbyushin in connection with his war campaigns into Manipur, Lanna and Siam in 1763-1767. Reff: Leif B. Mikkelsen 'Opium Weights', p.133, fig. 71.
Weight: 80 grams (Weight unit: 15,8-16,4 grams)
Condition: Nice very fine...
Attractive weight of the Toe type, with a octagonal base engraved with concenthric lines and fine details to the cast.
Possible released by King Hsinbyushin in connection with his war campaigns into Manipur, Lanna and Siam in 1763-1767. Reff: Leif B. Mikkelsen 'Opium Weights', p.133, fig. 71.
Weight: 80 grams (Weight unit: 15,8-16,4 grams)
Condition: Nice very fine...
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$495.00
$495.00
A lovely smaller but massive heavy bronze figure of a seated deity, probably Sri Devi / Lakshmi, holding implements and tall headdress and a breast band around her sizable attributes, South Indian, perhaps Tamil Nadu, c. 17th.-18th. century or earlier.
Size: 86 mm. tall and weighing a hefty 342 grams.
Condition: Choice Very fine, lovely oold patina, with a fine chestnut brown colour from high copper content.
Ex...
Size: 86 mm. tall and weighing a hefty 342 grams.
Condition: Choice Very fine, lovely oold patina, with a fine chestnut brown colour from high copper content.
Ex...
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$100.00
$100.00
Nice different specimens of the old Karaweik bird type 5 tical bronze opium weight, Burma (from Ava, Rangoon, Amarapura), 18th. century.
All on octagonal base, with three neck-ridges and spikes, with different varieties of backcovers etc.
Weight: 73-81 grams = 10 tical.
Condition: Nice Very Fine with rich brown patinas
Refference: Gear Group 2/3...
All on octagonal base, with three neck-ridges and spikes, with different varieties of backcovers etc.
Weight: 73-81 grams = 10 tical.
Condition: Nice Very Fine with rich brown patinas
Refference: Gear Group 2/3...
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$250.00
$250.00
An early decorative temple carving of a Taoist deity seated on a donkey, painted in white, black, red and gold, Late Ming-early Qing dynasty, c. 16th.-17th. century.
Hidden room in the back, closed lid.
Size: c 30 cm. tall.
Condition: Nice very fine for the type and age, intact with much of it's pigments still preserved. Minor losses and completions.
Provenance: Ulf Gudmundsen collection, c. 1950s-2007.
Hidden room in the back, closed lid.
Size: c 30 cm. tall.
Condition: Nice very fine for the type and age, intact with much of it's pigments still preserved. Minor losses and completions.
Provenance: Ulf Gudmundsen collection, c. 1950s-2007.
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$95.00
$95.00
A nice early powder flask, Greater Persia, shaped as the first stomach of the Camel with fine engravings.
Size: 25 cm.
Condition: Intact, but with much patina and wear.
Ex. Old Danish Private Collection and the flask comes with an identity card from the collection, added in 1992.
Size: 25 cm.
Condition: Intact, but with much patina and wear.
Ex. Old Danish Private Collection and the flask comes with an identity card from the collection, added in 1992.
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$650.00
$650.00
A very nice early carving and highly unusual!
Buddha is depicted as a crowned king seated on his double Lotus Throne held by a dragon below and with a great flaming halo behind, carved with dragons.
The carving can be dated to the late Ming-early Qing dynasty, c. 17th. century.
Size: 38,3 cm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine. even wear and drying of the wood chips and degradation of the paint, but with much of the original laquer and paint still preserved...
The carving can be dated to the late Ming-early Qing dynasty, c. 17th. century.
Size: 38,3 cm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine. even wear and drying of the wood chips and degradation of the paint, but with much of the original laquer and paint still preserved...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre 1800
item #1462612
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$350.00
$350.00
A lovely lot of handpicked bronze stamp seals with fine caligraphy, Ottoman / Syrian?, c. 15th.-18th. cent. AD.
The lot incl. a couple of rare larger seals of fine style as well as early personal seals with greek letters!
Condition: Choice, fine patinas, one seal bend and one with handle lost.
The lot incl. a couple of rare larger seals of fine style as well as early personal seals with greek letters!
Condition: Choice, fine patinas, one seal bend and one with handle lost.
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$75.00
$75.00
Nice different specimens of the old Karaweik bird type 10 tical bronze opium weight, Burma (from Ava, Rangoon, Amarapura), 18th. century.
Both on octagonal base, with three neck-ridges and spikes, with different varieties of backcovers.
Weight: 152 & 156 grams = 10 tical.
Condition: F-VF, rich brown patinas
Refference: Gear Group 2/3...
Both on octagonal base, with three neck-ridges and spikes, with different varieties of backcovers.
Weight: 152 & 156 grams = 10 tical.
Condition: F-VF, rich brown patinas
Refference: Gear Group 2/3...
A very rare massive Bi glass disc, made in very dense fine Peking glass, imitation rock-crystal, Late Ming-Early Qing dynasty, 17th.-18th. century.
Impressive piece done in an achaeistic manor, in high relief depicting a Chilong / Lion, carved and finely polished in transperant glass.
The glass disc was made in a rivial period in Chinese art, where all sorts of ancient items in different stone types were imitated in glass...
Impressive piece done in an achaeistic manor, in high relief depicting a Chilong / Lion, carved and finely polished in transperant glass.
The glass disc was made in a rivial period in Chinese art, where all sorts of ancient items in different stone types were imitated in glass...
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$95.00
$95.00
Interesting Sukhothai Walking Buddha [Phra Leela] amulet in metal, Thailland, c. 14th.-16th. cent. AD.
With finely crackled surfaces, intact with greyish-green patination.
Size: 40 mm. tall.
Ex. L.P. Niederrhein, aquired before 1980.
With finely crackled surfaces, intact with greyish-green patination.
Size: 40 mm. tall.
Ex. L.P. Niederrhein, aquired before 1980.
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$115.00
$115.00
A pair of superb bronze Hamsa bird opium weights of 10 tical, Late Shan Empire, c. early 1800s.
The Hamsa with 1 spikes, both standing on symethric hexagonal bases. One with V-tail and the other with U-tail...
The Hamsa with 1 spikes, both standing on symethric hexagonal bases. One with V-tail and the other with U-tail...
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$250.00
$250.00
A fine quality smaller bronze figure of Vishnu, South Indian, perhaps Tamil Nadu, c. 18th. century or even earlier.
Size: c. 10,5 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine, lovely old patina, with a fine red-brown colour.
Ex. Old and important Private collection of Ulf Gudmundsen from the 1950s and onwards.
Size: c. 10,5 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine, lovely old patina, with a fine red-brown colour.
Ex. Old and important Private collection of Ulf Gudmundsen from the 1950s and onwards.
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...
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...
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$295.00
$295.00
A pair of attractive dishes, finely painted with floral motifs in blue and white, China, Kangxi Period, 1661–1722 AD.
Size: c. 22 cm. in diameter.
Condition: Dish 1: Intact, microscopic wear to the glaze of the rim. Dish 2: Intact, but for a very faint short hairline and micro-wear to the glaze of the rim which is almost always the case with the type of thin dinner plate.
Ex. Old Danish Collection
Size: c. 22 cm. in diameter.
Condition: Dish 1: Intact, microscopic wear to the glaze of the rim. Dish 2: Intact, but for a very faint short hairline and micro-wear to the glaze of the rim which is almost always the case with the type of thin dinner plate.
Ex. Old Danish Collection
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$250.00
$250.00
A fine and scarce very early or transitional style Golden Hamsa Opium Weight, Burma, c. 1730 AD.
A massive weight, very attractive in hand, the bird with two backcovers, mouth appendage and standing on a rounded octagonal base.
Weight: c...
A massive weight, very attractive in hand, the bird with two backcovers, mouth appendage and standing on a rounded octagonal base.
Weight: c...
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$135.00
$135.00
Massive specimen of the old Karaweik bird type 20 tical bronze opium weight, Burma (from Ava, Rangoon, Amarapura), 18th. century.
Impressive Karaweik weight on a large octagonal base, with three neck-ridges, one back cover which is bended strongly backwards up.
Weight: c. 316 grams = 20 tical.
Condition: Nice Very fine for type with a lovely rich brown patina! Very smooth and attractive.
Rarity: Common.
Refference: Gear Group 2/3. Mikkelsen...
Impressive Karaweik weight on a large octagonal base, with three neck-ridges, one back cover which is bended strongly backwards up.
Weight: c. 316 grams = 20 tical.
Condition: Nice Very fine for type with a lovely rich brown patina! Very smooth and attractive.
Rarity: Common.
Refference: Gear Group 2/3. Mikkelsen...