Fishing Hook
Bronze and silver
H. 7.5; L 2.5 cm
Bronze hook with chased silver sheath and barb. A rectangular ring with a chased cartouche adorns the central part of the shank, while the eyelet[...]
Beautiful funerary terracotta from the BURA region (Niger). It is a cylindrical anthropomorphic sculpture decorated with geometric designs. It represents a human character with a schematized phallic b[...]
Superb full terracotta bust with reddish slip measuring 21cm high wide 16.5cm 8cm deep plus quality base Djenné terracottas date back to the 12th century. They very rarely reached us intact. The sculp[...]
NECKLACE
Krobo culture, Ghana
Glass paste
Length when worn: 41 cm
(later reassembly and accident)
Necklace made of twenty-four round beads in yellow glass paste with blue and brown veins.
[...]
NECKLACE
Bactrian civilization, Afghanistan
Alabaster
Length when worn: 27 cm; Total length: 55 cm
(later reassembly)
Necklace made of thirty-six alabaster half-spheres forming eighteen roun[...]
NECKLACE
Djenné culture, Mali
13th century
Terracotta
Length when worn: 60 cm
(later reassembly)
Necklace made of forty-four round and spherical beads in blackened terracotta. Some are de[...]
Rare jade bead from the Olmec period, 800 BC its half-spherical shape certainly made it possible to collect blood during self-sacrifice ceremonies. Very rare object due to its function and difficult t[...]
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[...]
LOT of six Eskimo tools
Thule culture, Alaska
Marine ivory
Set of six Eskimo tools including a harpoon point, an adze, two fishing charms, a fossilised sperm whale tooth, a fishing element and a[...]
Pre-Columbian area, Caribbean, possibly Dominican Republic, Taino Indians (Arawak), ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. An incredibly well preserved stone zemi depicting a Taino deity depicted in a crouching positio[...]
Chimu mummy shroud – Peru
Former Gérald Bergenot collection.
REGION: Peru
MATERIAL: Fabric
PERIOD: 9-13th century
DIMENSION: 79cm x 37cm
inventory number: AMS025
Chimu mummy shroud – Peru
Former Gérald Bergenot collection.
REGION: Peru
MATERIAL: Fabric
PERIOD: 9-13th century
DIMENSION: 115cm x 77cm
inventory number: AMS024
Stirrup vase with a spherical body, presenting two stylized lizards, with great modernist graphics. They are painted red on the spherical body with a beige background. Terracotta with smooth polychrom[...]
ANTHROPOMORPHIC PENDANT
Olmec transition Teotihuacan ?, Mexico
Around 300 BC - 450 AD
Veined and crystallised green stone
H. 8.5 cm, length 3.2 cm
(restorations)
Small pendant depicting an[...]
Hacha Maya - Guatemala
Hacha representing a face in profile, open mouth and half-closed eyes.
Cut stone bearing traces of pigments.
REGION: Guatemala
MATERIAL: Stone
PERIOD: 6th-9th century
DI[...]
Bird Bit
Luristan, Iran
Iron Age I or II, 9th-7th centuries BC
Bronze
H. 5; psalia length: 11 cm
This tripartite bronze bit with a green-brown patina is composed of two psalia with two pair[...]
Anthropomorphic statue – Costa Rica
Naked male figure, standing, arms detached from the body with hands placed on his hips. Slightly bent legs separated by a large vertical notch. Head in shoulders s[...]
Elephant head (fragment) – Gandhara, Pakistan
Elephant head in schist typical of Gandhâra composition and “Greco-Buddhist Art”.
We can then think of the bronze horses of Constantinople which, in a c[...]
Stone figure – South America
REGION: South America
MATERIAL: Stone P
ERIOD: Pre-Columbian period
DIMENSION: 14 x 10 x 7.5 cm (Base)
Inventory number: AMS006
Dancer – Khmer Bas-relief carved with a dancer, her chest is bare and dressed in a loincloth or skirt. This woman is wearing the traditional Khmer bun. The discerning eye will recognize the dance perf[...]
Weapon mace sculpted with an insect. Speckled stone, carved, polished and pierced. Provenance: Former Alvaro Guillot-Munoz collection, years 1935-1950 Bibliography: “Jade in Ancient Costa Rica”, Editi[...]
Mask hammered in a thin plate of copper metal to which time has given a deep green patina. Chimu funeral masks come in many variations of size and refinement which gives each piece a uniqueness that i[...]
Mask hammered in a thin plate of copper metal to which time has given a deep green patina. Chimu funeral masks come in many variations of size and refinement which gives each piece a uniqueness that i[...]
Archaeological element in volcanic stone from the Teotihuacan site. Unknown use. REGION: Mexico MATERIAL: Volcanic stone PERIOD: Pre-Columbian DIMENSION: 13.5 x 11.5 x 8 cm (Base)
Condor Huasi Mask – Alamito Culture, Argentina Rare mask with characteristic features of the genre, remarkable for its hemmed mouth which seems to blow and indicate that life comes out of the stone. T[...]
Ceremonial metate – Costa Rica Basalt table, beige gray volcanic stone. It is rectangular and rests on three legs, a frieze decorates the underside of the top, undoubtedly a funerary object. It is ext[...]
The eccentrics are one of the most original forms of Mayan art. These are objects made of hard rock, flint or obsidian. Unlike many other objects carved from the same rocks, they appear to have no pra[...]
Oblong-shaped terracotta with a snake and chevron decoration. Two holes are present (one at the bottom and the other at the top. The function of this object is unknown, perhaps it was for religious or[...]
African School, 20th century Head of a young African woman carved in exotic wood 1950s Height: 39 cm x Width: 14 cm A small slit on the base Very good condition
Nepal, end of the 19th century – beginning of the 20th century, very old statue of a carved wooden hearth protector. Seated with his hands in prayer posture, he wears a very unusual conical headdress.[...]
Heavy bronze bracelet, cast with lost wax, Djenne culture, Mali.
The jewel is made in two parts, joined by hinges. The fastenings are missing.
Herringbone lines decorate the outer parts. The whole p[...]
DISC Huan carved with DRAGON
Culture probably Hongshan, China
Neolithic Era
Nephrite jade
Diameter: 20; Thickness: 3 cm
Nephrite jade disc carved in bas-relief with a zoomorphic figure with a [...]
Religious tablet, decorated on both sides, with 3 characters wearing a belt and necklace with several rows, symbolizing their important ranks in the clan. They are standing and their hands are joined [...]
In Céladon green enamelled sandstone, the cylindrical body, the high neck topped with characters and a rich anthropomorphic and zoomorphic decoration in relief, mainly a dragon. The lid with a shape r[...]
Pair Of Unfinished Snow Goggles
Punuk (?) culture, Alaska ca. 800 - 1400 AD
Fossilised marine ivory
Length : 14,5 cm
An astonishing pair of goggles where neither the eye slits nor the side p[...]
Ceramic vase modeled of a deity richly adorned with necklace and ear ornaments, arms resting on the sides. An animal decorates the handle.
Brown terracotta with black reflections.
Lambayeque cultu[...]
Large ceremonial cup presenting on the external wall a wide band divided into several registers, decorated with leaping gladiator orcs and marine waders with plunging beaks. This work evokes the symbi[...]
Offering cup presenting a contorted fish with beautiful stylized shapes in the heart of the receptacle. Broken polychrome terracotta glued in one place. Good general state of preservation (see photos)[...]
An exceptional material, the fossil font has given birth to unique objects reserved for Melanesian men of power.
They greatly appreciate these prestigious objects, which are far more durable than o[...]
An exceptional material, the fossil stoup has given birth to unique objects reserved for Melanesian men of power.
They greatly appreciate these prestigious objects, which are far more durable than ob[...]
Tairona culture also called Tayrona, Colombia.
800 - 1200 AD.
Beautiful circular tripod vase with anthropomorphic and zoomorphic decoration.
Terracotta with brown slip and engraved decoration.
Res[...]
Headrest
Egypt
Old Empire (4th to 6th Dynasties (ca. 2630 - 2250 BC)
Wood
H. :19,5 ; W. :21 ; Thickness :7 cm
This wooden headrest can be dismantled in two parts. The flat base tapers into a [...]
funeral jar from the Cotabato plateau, Kulaman valley or Lebak, Philippines 5th century Mindanao. In the late metal age, anthropomorphic jars were used as secondary burial jars, i.e. the body was buri[...]
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