This remarkable reliquary constitutes a museum quality collector's item.
The reliquary itself is made up of an octagonal foot with concave sides on which is fixed a hexagonal rod with a crack. Toppin[...]
Rectangular bronze ring, with a high relief showing a Knight with a sword, appointing a young man as a Knight. The bob hair of the two characters allows us to date the ring to the 14th century.
Oil lamp with round spout, side filling hole and pierced handle. It is decorated on the disk of the goddess Africa, with two elephant tusks with the head and stylized trunk in the center. She wears an[...]
Rare pair of gold earrings from the Roman period. They are composed of a convex oval disc decorated with double spirals of wires and granulation, the hoop composed of conjoined twisted wires of square[...]
Popularized by The Golden Legend of Jacques de Voragine, Antoine, an Egyptian hermit from the 3rd century, retired to the desert to live his faith in poverty and chastity. After resisting the attacks [...]
Rope Wire Attachment showing a SEAL HEAD
Thule culture, Alaska
12th - 16th century
Marine ivory
H. 1.3 ; L 2 cm
This carved marine ivory rope tie features a seal's head, its eyes, ears and nost[...]
A devotional gold posy ring engraved with black letter.
Probably English, 15th century.
Ring size Q UK / 8 US.
Weighs 5.2 grams.
The inscription is somewhat hard to decipher although [...]
Rare and large medieval hourglass in solid wood It is composed of a rooster carved in high relief as well as a phylactery inscribed with the words LAN FER... The particularity of this hourglass is the[...]
Vase from pre-dynastic China, around 1800 BC The remarkably thin walls attest to advanced know-how for the time. Traces of polychromy, inscriptions (?). Old restorations, acquired in 1962 from a Paris[...]
Rare Templar ring in 'Orichalcum', a mysterious ancient alloy with a reddish composition. A legendary metal in Greece, it is said to have been considered in Atlantis, almost the value of gold. Called [...]
Square Templar medallion in mercury-plated metal depicting a fortified castle with eight towers. An imaginative interpretation of a 'Magic Square'. Around the Castle, esoteric symbols with beasts and [...]
A very beautiful and large bronze mount with a beautiful patina. Found in Norfolk (UK).
Height: 6.8 cm.
In Norse mythology, wolves represent strength, cunning and ruthless aggression. They are c[...]
Tanagra terracotta statuette with remains of white slip, draped woman sitting on a rock with jar in one hand. Head glued back together and missing fingertips of right hand. Height 14 cm
Mingqi in gray terracotta with white slip and polychrome, representing a rider on his horse.
Very good state of conservation.
Please note that all ancient Chinese terracotta sculptures were placed i[...]
Cigar humidor in rosewood and mahogany Brass plate trimmings with musical attributes and brass fillets. Tournand mechanism for opening doors Napoleon III periods Height: 28 Diameter: 17 [...]
Chapiteau présentant sur trois faces un décor de crochets feuillagés, la quatrième face est simplement dégrossie, présenatnt une encoche en partie haute, probablement pour une agrafe métallique. Alsac[...]
Pretty Sao necklace, made up of 49 terracotta elements dating from the 13th/16th centuries,
in round, starry, flat, and chiseled shapes (from 1 to 5 cm in diameter).
The necklace has been wound on a[...]
Virgin and Child in sculpted marble. Madonna standing, her head surrounded by a crown on a veil, the Virgin carries the naked child on her right side. The inscription on the base is: Anno 1620, Dimens[...]
Small modillon in Gothic stone (tuffeau?), carved with foliage, and dating from the end of the 15th century. Two hooks have been installed on the back for hanging on the wall. Nice little piece of hig[...]
Bactrian civilization, 171-145 BCE, rare and superb glass medallion set in a bronze frame to be used as a pendant and representing the profile bust of King Eucratides Megas, first king of the Eucratid[...]
Engraved and gilded copper processional cross bearing an appliqué cast and gilt bronze Christ figure. The terminals in form of quatrefoils depicting, on the left and on the right, Saint John and the V[...]
A Medieval silver gilt ring.
English, 15th / 16th century.
Ring size U 1/2 UK / 10.5 US.
Weighs 9 grams.
An identical example can be found in the collection of the British Museum, Regi[...]
Silver medallion depicting Frederick's II eagle, made using the relief prop technique. In the center is a round cabochon of agate. The object, highly oxidized, made of low-grade silver, embodies the r[...]
A Medieval silver gilt and niello ring set with dragon heads.
Italian, 13th / 14th century.
Ring size T UK / 9.5 US.
Weighs 2.4 grams.
The band of the ring takes the form of two dragons cl[...]
An ancient gold ring engraved with the name LUPATUS.
Roman, 3rd / 4th century AD.
The ring is a size D 1/2 UK / 2 US.
Weighs 6.2 grams.
The name Lupatus is a derivative of the Latin ‘Lupus[...]
Very beautiful stater with a gold cross. People of the Senons Gaul 100 to 80 BCE 12mm in diameter 7.34g!!! These staters, of a very simple typology, are of a complex technology. Extremely simplified, [...]
Cambodia - important gray sandstone statue representing Buddha, hands in dhyana mudra, seated in padmasana on the naga wound with three turns, forming a canopy with its five heads protecting Buddha
K[...]
Templar war pendant amulet, to be hung around the neck in contact with the body, with the representation of the three crosses of Golgotha and a stylized bird of prey. On the sides are two six-pointed [...]
Frederick Templar signet ring, in bronze with the depiction of two greyhounds facing each other. Laterally on the stem, two Templar crosses are flanked by arrows and concentric globes repeated. Object[...]
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Important statue representing a seated warrior shaman, holding in one of his hands a maracas (ritual rattle intended to ward off evil spirits), in the other he holds an arrowhead to breathe into him t[...]
Head of the god Harpocrates, presenting the chubby face of childhood topped with the white crown of the South "Hedjet". Orange terracotta, very small crack on the edge of the crown and marks of time, [...]
Oushebti in Osirian position, holding agricultural implements. He wears a long wig falling over his chest and a fake beard. Leaning against a straight column, it rests on a quadrangular base. Dark bei[...]
Beautiful terracotta pavement tile with coat of arms, bearing in a shield: gules with three gold spur wheels placed 2 and 1.
Seems to be the coat of arms of the Truffier family, lords of Villers i[...]
Ceremonial jade ax blade Neolithic period China.
Green jade veined with brown, white and black, forming translucent areas 3rd millennium BC circa 4000 BC Rests on a plexiglass base, the blade pierced[...]
Terracotta vase with amber glaze Liao dynasty (907-1125)
The upper part covered with an amber glaze, has a beautiful flow on the body. Chips on the collar and belly.
Can form a pair with the secon[...]
Terracotta vase with amber glaze Liao dynasty (907-1125)
The upper part covered with an amber glaze, has a beautiful flow on the body.
Chips on the collar and belly.
Can form a pair with the seco[...]
Porphyry birdstone. Rare model published in Lars Hothem's book "Rare and unusual artifacts", page 125. former collection of Dave Boeticker, and Donald Boudeman. These objects are generally given for t[...]
Sandstone child sarcophagus from the Vosges Probably from the Merovingian period In 1976 during excavations around the cathedral of Saint die des Vosges identical sarcophagi were found For more inform[...]
Renaissance majolica, Urbino 16th century "Peleo et Tettise".
Historiated dish with mythological subject; decorated majolica attributable to the Fontana workshop in Urbino and datable to the second[...]
Very rare embossed copper bracelet with the Cross of the Jerusalem Knights in the centre, with residues of pure gilding. The central cameo in black glass paste bears the engraved and gilded Jerusalem [...]
Beautiful bottle with double globular bellies, probably intended for the conservation of cosmetics. It ends with a hemmed and widely open common lip (this one is very slightly broken stuck in two plac[...]
Large porphyry fragment of a building or base.
Fragment of Egyptian porphyry of irregular shape with worked and polished face.
Dimensions: 53 x 34 x 11 cm.
Provenance: Belgian Private Collection
Pre-Columbian whistling vase with 4 feet in terracotta, 4 feet in the shape of fruits connected by a handle in the shape of a bridge decorated with a small bird, origin Lambayeque - Peru, period appro[...]
Globular vase with a long pre-Columbian neck in terracotta, decorated with two small handles and two applied decorations, origin most certainly Chancay or Chimu* culture - Peru, period approx. 1100-14[...]
Particolare dipinto con finiture fondo oro, raffigurante saint Thomas d'Aquin
Scuola italiana, fine sec. XV
Incorniciato in bella cornice in plexiglass: 40x28cm
olio su tela, cm 30x20
Bowl with pressed decoration of lotus leaves. Unglazed stoneware.
China, Song dynasty, 10th-13th century.
Diameter 16.1 cm, height 4.2 cm.
State of conservation as seen in the photographs, no[...]
Celadon glazed stoneware bowl with beautiful cracks.
China, Song dynasty, 10th-13th century.
Diameter 16 cm, height 2.9 cm.
Condition as seen in the photographs, no cracks, loss at the edge.
[...]
Rare due to its extremely small size and also rare due to its erotic decor, this terracotta lamp with brown patina is authentically from the Roman period. Note: A small hole in the lamp (see photos). [...]
Lot of fossil bones of cave bear Ursus spelaeus dating from the Upper Pleistocene (around 80,000 years ago), from the Carpathians of Romania. - An incisor (single, well-patinated crown): 21 mm - An in[...]
Cloche musicale en bronze époque Romaine, sa base est rectangulaire dotée de 4 pieds, la coupe à la forme d'une pyramide avec une anse.
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