An interesting painted terracotta vessel from the Yellow River Valley in China. The people of the Majiayao culture produced many types of ceramic vessels, decorated with geometric or vegetal patterns.[...]
Mexico, Vera Cruz - 450-650.
Whistle representing a man wearing a feathered headdress, a large necklace and ear ornaments.
Terracotta.
Dimensions:
Height: 12cm.
Width: 6cm.
Depth: 4cm.
Luristan, Iron Age (c.1300 - 600 BC).
Sharpener handle decorated with a deer protome.
Bronze.
Restorations.
Dimensions:
Height: 10cm.
Width: 11.5cm.
Depth: c. 3.5cm.
Beautiful terracotta bust of a high-ranking character. Nok culture. Thermoluminescence test with dating from 2100 to 2700 years ago. Piece sold with base. Nigeria, 5th - 1st century BC.
Very nice terracotta head from the Nok Culture. Thermoluminescence test with dating between 2300 and 2900 years old. Sold on a base. Nigeria, 5th - 3rd century BC.
Impressionnant par sa taille, ce spécimens de mâchoire de mammouth laineux comporte la présence de deux molaires , caractérisées par les typiques lamelles qui permettaient à ce représentant de la méga[...]
Jama Coaque culture, Ecuador -500 BC - 500 AD.
Bust in pale beige terra cotta.
The skull presents a typical ritual deformation towards the back.
Small hole of cooking at the back.
Work sold with [...]
Three Anatolian polished stone axe heads
Bronze Age, 3rd Millennium B.C.
Marked in white ink: 'LYDIA' and 'Asia Minor P.880'
height 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in)
height 5.5 cm (2 1/4 in)
height 2.7 cm (1[...]
MARBLE RELIEF WITH ACHANTUS LEAVES, ORIGINALLY A 'PULVINO'
Rome, 2nd Century A.D.
marble
19 x 52 x 37 cm
7 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 14 5/8 in
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BRONZE FIGURE OF EROS
Roman Empire, 2nd Century A.D.
Bronze
height 13 cm
height 5 1/4 in
Bronze figure of a young Eros, caught in the pose of riding a dolphin.
Attractive green patina, some fi[...]
BRONZE HEAD OF AN ELEPHANT
Roman Empire, 2nd Century A.D.
Bronze
2.3 x 5 cm
1 x 2 in
PROVENANCE
Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001) collection, Zurich
English Private Collection
Private Collection, F[...]
Roman Marble Altar Fragment with Cupid, 2nd/3rd Century A.D.
MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT OF CUPID
Roman Empire, 2nd/3rd Century A.D.
Marble
height 36 cm
height 14 1/4 in
From the collection of Ni[...]
MARBLE ALTAR FRAGMENT WITH URCEUS
Roman Empire, 1st/2nd Century A.D.
Marble
height 56 cm
height 22 1/4 in
From the collection of Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva
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Fo[...]
Large Roman Marble Lion Fountain Head, 1st/2nd century A.D.
A marble fountain support depicting the head of a lion, the narrow face carved in high-relief with full, wavy mane, the gaping jaws with de[...]
Roman alabaster bust of the god Serapis, circa 1st-2nd Century A.D
Wearing a chiton with a himation draped at the left shoulder, and a modius on the crown of his head, the god's characteristic luxu[...]
Etruscan Votive Head - 3rd-2nd Century BcVotive head Etruscan III-II century BCThe head is half round, the back is almost flat.This type of head quite common in Etruscan art is considered votive.Terra[...]
Rare and stunning Persian ceramic cip, Nishapur (Iran), 9th -10th cty
Samanid period (810-1005)
Colors used (green, yellow and manganese) and the richly intertwined zoomorphic decorations (bulls o[...]
Circa 12th century 2 very fine and light ceramic bowls:
*a Persian 12th century more hollow one on a heel, white background and brown vegetal frieze decoration, with beautiful iridescences,
11 in[...]
-Bust of a woman richly capped and held by a headband. She puts her finger to her mouth. Placed on a base. - Orange terracotta. -Alexendria, around the 4th century .
Luristan, Archaic Dynasty (-2900 - -2340), middle of the 3rd millennium BC.
Tubular mace decorated with chevrons separated by vertical grooves in bas-relief.
Bronze with green and black patina.
Sma[...]
Terracotta statue from the Tumaco / Tolita culture.
Material: terracotta.
Origin: Ecuador.
Date: 400/200 BC.
Dimensions: height 10 cm, width 6 cm
Condition: see photo, s
Rare and lovely bottle with tapered wall, finished with a beaded lip. Lachrymal flask, or kohl (Kohol) flask. Resting on a discoidal foot. rare model by the presence of a handle forming a flat semi-ci[...]
Very beautiful amulet pendant representing a symbolic bell. In hollow bronze with an inserted quartz cabochon. Beautiful excavation patina datable around the 10th century and 12th century AD. Excavati[...]
Greek art - Geometric period, 8th century BC.
Hydria with dark brown geometric style decoration.
Terracotta.
Dimensions:
Height: 20 cm.
Width: 15.8 cm.
Depth: 12 cm.
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Luristan, Iron Age Psalia / Horse bit plate with bovid wearing a collar.
A ring on the rump and one on the neck were used to fix the reins.
Bronze with a beautiful green patina (lost wax casting).
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Archeology
MUSEUM, exceptional zoomorphic embossed and hammered silver, and gilded Rython (protome of ram or ibex)
Persian Achaemenid art (6th - 5th BC)
Very elegant custom-made pexyglas base
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Archeology
Exceptional carved stone bowl / cup from Neolithic period (Circa 5th to 3rd millennium BC), used as mortar.
The cup bottom has been fully polished by repeated use over thousands of year[...]
Très belle tête de boudha en terre cuite de la civilisation Majapahit 11ème siècle 14ème siècle de notre ère
Java central
Pièce acquise auprès d'une personne l'ayant trouvé elle même lors de fouil[...]
Cup on terracotta pedestal with red painted decoration of geometric patterns. Slight gaps in the pedestal.
Culture Ban Chiang, Thailand, end of the old period (-2500; -1000 BC)
H: 14 cm; diam: 11 cm
An-thropomorphic head representing the face of a dignitary, the skull ritually deformed backwards as a sign of the high status of the person represented. Beige terracotta. Tumaco, Ecuador, 500 BC. - 5[...]
Magnificent black enamelled stoneware pot with incised decoration. Two rows of patterns, one with a glossy glaze and the other mat. China - Cizhou ovens - Ming period (1368 - 1644) Cizhou ovens (Hebei[...]
Bust of a mother goddess with generous breasts wearing a fan-shaped headdress decorated with patterns probably evoking Hindu symbols. She wears a necklace and two different ear ornaments on each one. [...]
Beautiful metate or grinding stone in volcanic stone of small dimensions, a model reserved for grinding spices or condiments or perhaps for the funeral ceremony.
** Dating: 500-1200 AD **
Zoomorphic[...]
Portrait of the Roman god Apollo, size larger than human size, stylized curly hair, pulled back and falling to the nape of the neck., Almond-shaped eyes. Probably from Vosges, Grand region. 1st centur[...]
Stone head from Alise Sainte-Reine. Excavations ordered by Napoleon III from 1861 to 1865 on the site of Alésia .. Bronze label "Alesia 1865" on green marble base. Period: 1st century BC
Archaic Cyprus. Beardless male wearing a conical helmet.
Head of an individual in beige limestone wearing a conical helmet, almond-shaped eyes sculpted in relief, arched eyebrows and well-marked ears[...]
Queen Arsinoe II Hellenistic period. Marble head, portrait of the queen Arsinoe II as Aphrodite. The hair is incomplete because it was made in stucco following the Alexandrian custom, due to the rarit[...]
PREHISTORIC BIRDS EXCREMENT THIS PIECE WHICH IS A FOSSIL, IS A PREHISTORIC BIRD EXCREMENT THEY IS ESPECIALLY A COLLECTOR'S PIECE THAT IS GENERALLY FOUND IN THE NORTH SAHARA, THE HIGH ATLAS OF MOROCCO [...]
Beautiful Anthropomorphic Idol Statuette in beige clay with flat body, concentric eyes and Bird's Beak.
** Syro-Hittite art. End of II, Beginning of III Millennium BC. J.-C. **
The stylized figure i[...]
Bronze statuette of the god Osiris on a marble base
Egypt, XXVI-XXXth Dynasties
Fragment of a bronze statuette depicting the god Osiris.
Ancient Egypt, XXVI-XXX Dynasties (664 to 380 BC).
Resting [...]
Bronze Harpocrate sculpture, ancient period.
Dimensions of the sculpture : height 8 cm, width 2,5 cm, depth 1cm.
Dimensions with base : Height 7cm, width of the base 3cm, depth of the base 5cm
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