- Carved oak wall hanging depicting St
Mary Magdalene holding a chalice, Early Christian tradition holds that Jesus' follower Mary Magdalene collected Christ's blood in a sacred vessel after the Crucifixion.
Originally...
[more like this] - GIERS NASHVILLE ARCHIVE 2 - UNBOUND
IMAGESAn archive of images of Nashville, most circa 1880s. 1st group: sixteen loose 11 1/2" x 15" album pages, each containing 9 images of Nashville businesses, homes, institutions...
[more like this] - HICKS FAMILY ARCHIVE, TNAn extensive
archive of material related to the family of Edward Dickson Hicks II, Edward Dickson Hicks III and Edward Dickson Hicks IV of Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. The archive...
[more like this] - ALFRED WALLIS "THE WHITE HOUSE" PAINTING
ON BOARDAlfred Wallis (1855-1942). Pencil and gouache on cardboard drawing titled "The White House." Gallery and museum label attached on the verso. Unsigned. Provenance:...
[more like this] - 4 PRE-COLUMBIAN POTTERY FIGURES - COLIMA
/ CHUPICUAROPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Jalisco, Chupicuaro, & Michoacan, ca. 300 BCE to 600 CE. A collection of 4 ancient Mexican pottery figures which may have been...
[more like this] - HUGE EGYPTIAN LATE DYNASTIC BLUE FAIENCE
OFFERING CUPEgypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 664 to 525 BCE. A pretty blue faience cup of simple form with a narrow, rounded rim and a flat bottom. The faience...
[more like this] - EXHIBITED / PUBLISHED ROMANO-EGYPTIAN
FLASK ST. MENAS, ...Egypt, Romano-Egyptian to Coptic Period, ca. 4th to 7th century CE. A mold-formed pottery flask depicting Saint Menas, an early Christian martyr, on both...
[more like this] - GEORGES BARBIER (FRENCH, 1882-1932)Georges
Barbier
French, 1882-1932
Untitled, 1925
Pochoir, signed and dated in graphite
Two nude women washing their hair in a wide fountain, beneath a stylized tree with seven doves....
[more like this] - (3) RUSSIAN ICONS, OIL ON PANEL Likely
19th/20th c., One depicting St. Nicholas, with gilded background, one Jesus at the Tomb, with elaborate etched and painted border design, and one Jesus or a saint in star-decorated...
[more like this] - TWO PAIR OF CAST BRASS LION BOOKENDS
Early 20th century, appear unmarked, the first pair of reclining lions on a rectangular plinth, after Antonio Canova's (1757-1822) marble pair made for the tomb of Pope Clement...
[more like this] - A LONG STRAND OF BANDED AGATE BEADS
Banded agate bead necklace with hidden clasp in bead, two 14K hand engraved charms reading, "Excavated from the Tomb of Ur 4000-3050 BCE, these beads were worn by royalty...
[more like this] - ALESSANDRO ALGARDI (ITALIAN, 1602-1654),
TOMB OF LEO XI IN ST. PETER'S BASILICA, ROME. SANGUINE DRAWING ON PAPER, SIGHT 16" X 12". FRAMED BEHIND GLASS. SCATTERED FOXING TO PAPER. NOTE: ALGARDI WAS COMMISSIONED AND...
[more like this] - PAIR OF SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH WITH
BRITISH AND NAPOLEONIC MOTIFS MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTHS 5". BRITISH AND NAPOLEONIC MOTIFS, Mid-19th Century, Obverse of one tooth depicts "Royal Navy Forever" over a scene...
[more like this] - ? AN UNRECORDED ITALIAN [URBINO] ISTORIATO
MAIOLICA DISH, ATTRIBUTED TO NICOLA DA URBINO, CIRCA 1520-23
SAMSON AND DELILAH Depicting the treacherous Delilah, with scissors and holding to one side the locks of hair...
[more like this] - AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA (ITALIAN, 1757
- 1822) 8 ½"H x 27"L x 11" Pair of sleeping lions, bronze garden sculptures after the pair made for the tomb of Pope Clement XIII in St. Peter's, Rome....
[more like this] - Pair of German Stained and Leaded Glass
Panels16th century depiction of the Vision of St Hubert Latin inscription reading: ''Dovne H Debrane'' clear yellow and black glass; both tomb-stone form.35 x 15.5 in.Panel...
[more like this] - Pair of German Stained Glass Panels16th
century leaded glass panels each depicting a figure and inscribed with an invocation to St. Hubert clear yellow and black colors both of tomb-stone form; one with an upper...
[more like this] - Fine Group of Abraham Lincoln CDVs &
Cabinet Photographs Plus Lot of 13 including: CDV of President Lincoln reading to Tad anonymous publisher; CDV of a similar scene stamped Lincoln and Family with childlike...
[more like this] - Set of four Italian carved alabaster
plaques ca. 1800 depicting the Angel Gabriel St. Francis Christ lifted from the tomb ... ?...
[more like this] - French Patinated Bronze Funerary Monument
of the Emperor Napoleon I, second quarter 19th century, the imbricate domed column surmounted by a figure of the standing Emperor in military dress, above a frieze decorated...
[more like this] - A Pair of Patinated Bronze Recumbent
Lions after those modeled by Antonio Canova (Italian 1757-1822) for the tomb of Pope Clement XIII in St. Peter's Basilica Vatican City Rome rectangular plinth ball feet height...
[more like this] - McPherson & Oliver Civil War CDVs Taken
at Baton Rouge LA Lot of 5 cartes all but one with McPherson & Oliver's Baton Rouge La. backmark plus period ink identification. Includes the following manuscript titles:...
[more like this] - Italian School (18th century) Two polychromed
plaster relief cartouches: St. Ignatius Resurrects a Hanged Man, 6-1/2 x 10-1/8 in.; Angels in the Tomb of St. Ignatius, inscribed verso "WV Legros", 6-1/4 x 9-7/8 in.; matching...
[more like this] - 19th c. architectural Ecclesiastical
model after the Bernini canopy ''The Baldacchino'' that sits above St. Peter's tomb in the Vatican. 18'' W 11 1/2'' D 39'' Ht....
[more like this] - ''Napoleonic Tomb - St. Helena'' watercolor
on paper laid to artist's board. paper size: 10.75'' H x 15.5'' W....
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