A very beautiful goose-shaped jug, on which on each side of the head you can still see the delicately painted eyes and eyelashes. The Han Dynasty polychrome earthenware jug is an excellent example of [...]
ARCHAEOLOGY
4th - 1st century AD
Ancient Greece, origin Southern Italy (Apulia)
Important and superb Greek crater neck featuring on its main face a portrait of a young man in the antique style,[...]
Visible in Paris. Personal delivery possible in the capital and its suburbs. Free delivery for France. Contact me for Europe and the rest of the world.
Mounted intaglio
Gold and carnelian
Weight [...]
Goblet with globular body, truncated cone-shaped neck and small pedestal. Wheel decoration on the body. Grey terracotta Gallo-Roman art, 1st/2nd century 10.5cm high
This bronze brooch looks like a variation of the famous Anglo-Saxon brooch with a staring horse. Instead of the horse type, it is a more dragon-like beast in a similar pose with a serpent's head, a ta[...]
Large mosaic depicting a wild animal (panther?) leaping on a beige background, metal frame painted in Pompeian red.
Very good general condition, with minor losses.
19th century, possibly older.
[...]
Priestess standing with her arms raised to the sky as a sign of appeal to the divine forces. She is naked, her body painted for a ceremony, her torso covered with a rich multi-row necklace. She wears [...]
Cette statuette de concubine en bois recouvert de pigment blanc, est debout , hiératique. Son corps est trés allongé et elle est coiffée d'une perruque tripartite.
Elle est dans un très bon état de[...]
Fragment of a vase showing the sea god Poseidon in relief. Sealed ceramic, good general condition of conservation, see photos. Roman period 100 to 250 AD. Dimensions: 6 X 5.8 cm. Origin old Paris coll[...]
Rare arrowhead or spearhead, lanceolate in shape, it rests on a wide rectangular heel. The tapered edges are slightly serrated. Beautiful aerodynamic balance of the whole intended to optimize speed an[...]
Plaster canopic vase.
The grip of the lid has a human shape, perhaps an interpretation of Amset's face. Hieroglyphs, divinities, lotus flowers, pyramids, are present all around the vase.
Even if it [...]
Large arrowhead or spearhead, triangular with straight edges and deep notches, resting on a wide heel with a slightly concave foot. Blond flint with small cloudy reflections, cut with marks of use and[...]
Old Flint Collection Old flint collection comprising 70 pieces presented in a frame with their description on the back. For shipping abroad, please contact me before purchase
Beautiful arrowhead with a sharpened edge by percussion in fine scales, it rests on a rectangular heel with straight notches. Brown obsidian cut by percussion, marks and patina of time, good general c[...]
Rare drop-shaped lightning stone ending in a point. Originally used in the Iron Age as a striker. This piece was later transformed in antiquity into an amulet to protect its wearer from lightning. The[...]
Small axe with a sharp edge, fitted to an adze, probably intended for finishing work on wooden idols. Dark green hard stone, carved and polished, marks of time and use, good general condition of conse[...]
Rare set of seven arrowheads, probably used for hunting, they have various shapes. Quartz cut by percussion, mark of use and time, good general condition of conservation, see photos. Cochise Culture, [...]
This antefix of deep green-grey patinated terracotta offers us a hairy and bearded man's face worthy of being included in the Louvre in the Etruscan and Greco-Roman facsimile collections. An antefix w[...]
Han period silver-plated bronze mirror (206 BC - 220 AD) The back of the mirror is decorated with stylized animals in relief on the concentric circle. The grip is in the shape of a half-sphere pierced[...]
Tang period bronze mirror The back of the mirror is decorated in a concentric circle with two stylized dragons facing each other in the center The pearl-shaped grip is pierced in its center These mirr[...]
Beautiful Egyptian bronze Osiris from the late period. Depicted standing with agricultural implements. Brown to green patina. Sold with certificate of authenticity. Old French collection height 7.6 cm[...]
Archaic bronze vase on pedestal from the Western Zhou dynasty (1100-771 BC) Exterior walls decorated with friezes of Taotie masks in relief incised. Below, an inscription is engraved in the bronze On [...]
Pair of funerary urns with ovoid body, high cylindrical neck molded with a decoration of Taoist sages and coiled dragons in fine porcelain stoneware with a monochrome creamy white celadon glaze finely[...]
Sculpture of a Camel Driver in Polychrome Terracotta Ming Dynasty Polychrome terracotta painted with a white, orange and green slip Represents a merchant or camel driver perched on his mount. Intact c[...]
Amulet in enamelled frit representing the deity shou depicted kneeling. Egypt, late period. Old chips visible on the side. Former French collection since 1960.
Lot of 70 prehistoric tools Location → Luzillé - Le Coudray (Indre et Loire) This lot is in bulk. Each tool is numbered (museum inventory). The prehistoric objects that I present for sale all come fro[...]
Lot of a hundred prehistoric microburins Location → Luzillé - Le Coudray (Indre et Loire) All the tools are glued with patafix on a panel. 36x26cm The prehistoric objects that I present for sale all c[...]
Indus civilization (-2600 -1900 BC), superb and rare steatite cylinder bucket with an incised motif representing a helmeted man standing and holding a spear on his left shoulder, a mythical bird stand[...]
Human Votive Statuette - Bronze Warrior - Paleo-Venetian Work The warrior is naked, standing, legs apart, right arm raised and bent at a right angle, while the left arm is lowered and away from the bo[...]
Roman amphora, originating from the Mediterranean Sea in its original condition, the top of the amphora is missing, height 63 cm, diameter 26 cm,
height with base 70 cm
Oil lamp with full handle, Atlante VIII type, oblong reservoir and elongated spout with open channel, flanked by two slight ribs. Flat band distinct from the disc decorated with a plant decoration. Th[...]
Oil lamp with a standard round spout of the Bussière D II type. The anchor point of the spout on the lamp headband is marked by an incised horizontal line, flanked by two points. The disc is delimited[...]
China, Han Dynasty period (206 BC – 220 AD), very pretty and unusual "Bi" disc in light green jade, finely decorated in relief on both sides with dragons and chimeras. Good condition. Traces of soil i[...]
Oil lamp with a round spout, flanked by two points, incised on the bands with concentric motifs, the hollowed handle is ribbed. The disc is decorated in relief with a merchant carrying a wine amphora,[...]
Iridescent glass from the Roman period, in the shape of an ampoule topped with a long neck.
`Total height: approximately 13 cm.
Base diameter: 3.5 cm.
Lachrymatories or balsamaries (Balsanum) were [...]
Beautiful head presenting the portrait of a young lord with an intense and hieratic expression. He wears a headband on his forehead and tambas on his ears (edge of the ornament visible despite the old[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 5, L. 7.5, Thickness 3 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American colle[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 11; L 11; Thickness 2 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American collec[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 8.5; L. 11; Thickness 2.5 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American co[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 6.5; L. 9; Thickness 2 cm
(restoration)
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 8; L 10; Thickness 2.5 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American colle[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 7.5; L 12.5; Thickness 2.5 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American c[...]
Axe Head
State of Pará, archaeological period
Stone
H. 9, L 14, Thickness 3 cm
Provenance:
- Former Silvana and Walter Costas collection, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
- Former private American collect[...]
Period: 3rd - 2nd century BC Origin: Magna Graecia Provenance: Private collection of Mr. B. (Acquired before 1973), South of France Charming terracotta statuette representing Eros, the god of love, in[...]
Period: 3rd century AD Origin: Roman Empire Provenance: Private collection of Monsieur B. (Acquired before 1973), South of France Superb glass bottle with a globular body and truncated cone-shaped nec[...]
Period: 2nd century BC Origin: Magna Graecia Provenance: Private collection of Mr. B. (Acquired before 1973), South of France Beautiful terracotta statuette representing a young Eros or a child, naked[...]
Period: 2nd century BC Origin: Narbonne Gaul Provenance: Private collection of Mr. B. (Acquired before 1973), South of France Charming indigenous ceramic with a flared neck, from the local terracotta [...]
Period: 2nd - 1st century BC Origin: Narbonne Gaul (South of France) Provenance: Private collection of Mr. B. (Acquisition before 1973), South of France This indigenous ceramic with two side handles i[...]
Period: 2nd century BC Origin: Provence, Narbonne Gaul Provenance: Private collection of Mr. B. (Acquired before 1973), South of France Superb indigenous ceramic with two handles, characteristic of lo[...]
Period: 1st century AD Origin: Mediterranean (Probably Rome or surrounding region) Provenance: Private collection of Mr. B. (Acquired before 1973), South of France Superb antique terracotta oil lamp, [...]
Four fragments of pre-Columbian textiles mounted in a frame. The photos were taken at an angle to avoid reflections in the glass.
Size - outside of frame 41 x 111.5 cm
SOLD WITH A CERTIFICATE [...]
Lanceolate biface Beige brown flint, hammered, marks of time, good general condition of conservation, see photos. North Africa, Early Acheulean period. Dimensions: 11.8 X 6.5 cm Provenance: old Orléan[...]
Rare dagger with a tapered tip on a convex circular heel. White flint cut by percussion, good general condition of conservation see photos. Agate Bassin, Wyoming, circa 7000 BC Dimensions: 11.5 X 3.3 [...]
Rare large radius of woolly rhinoceros Radius bone of a woolly rhinoceros that lived about 30,000 years ago. It measures 29 cm long and weighs almost a kilo. Very well preserved. Origin: North Sea. A [...]
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