- ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS AND ARCHAEOLOGY
BOOKS, 19 Group of 19 Ancient Civilizations and Archaeology Books, comprising: "The First 3000 Years", Falls, C.B., "Wonders of the Past", Hammerton, J.A.,"From Tribe to Empire",...
[more like this] - 3 ANCIENT BRONZES & 1 ANCIENT GREEK
PELIKE1st item: Ancient bronze statuette depicting a deity, possibly the Sumerian goddess Lama, wearing a long tiered robe and a horned tiara with outstretched arms on a decorative...
[more like this] - TWO FIGURINE ANCIENT AND ANCIENT STYLE
GROUPTwo Figurine Ancient and Ancient Style Group To include a syro-hittite terracotta figure Along with a syro-hittite style figure Circa late 2nd millennium B.C. and 20th...
[more like this] - CHINESE TANG DYNASTY POLYCHROME HORSE
W/ TLEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A lovely mold-made pottery horse shown in stride atop an integral plinth. Painted in hues of apricot, peach, and chocolate...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED MESOPOTAMIAN GLAZED HEAD -
GYPSUM & BITUMENAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Kassite period, ca. 14th to 13th century BCE. Staring past the confine of time, a head depicting a haunting guise carved in...
[more like this] - BEAUTIFUL BACTRIAN QUARTZ BEAD NECKLACECentral
Asia, Bactria, ca. 2000 to 1000 BCE. This is a stunning and wearable collection of 19 rock crystals or quartz beads, hand-cut and drilled in ancient times, gathered here and...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN GLASS FAIENCE BEAD NECKLACES
+ EARRINGSAncient Egypt, New Kingdom to Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. mid-16th century BCE to 2nd century CE; Ancient Eastern Mediterranean, Phoenicia, ca. 6th BCE to 1st century...
[more like this] - FOSSILIZED NORTH AMERICAN MASTODON JAWBONE
W/ TEETHNorth America, United States, Colorado, Sterling, Pliocene to Pleistocene (Ice Age), ca. 100,000 to 20,000 years old. An impressive fossil featuring three sizable...
[more like this] - RARE SAKA SCYTHIAN IRON HORSE CHANFRON
HEAD ARMOR PLATE...Central Asia and Siberia, Scythian Empire, Saka people, ca. 8th to 2nd century BCE. An extremely rare example of iron horse armor with superb preservation!...
[more like this] - STUNNINGLY IRIDESCENT ROMAN GLASS FLASKRoman,
Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A dazzling flask free blown from translucent blue green glass that has acquired a breathtaking iridescence of lustrous silver,...
[more like this] - ROMANO-EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK,
EX-CHRISTIE'SIt's not often we start a listing by stating the provenance, but in this case the pedigree is almost as impressive as the piece. Sold - Christies, December 1996;...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR W/ QEBEHSENUEF
LIDAncient Egypt, Third Intermediate to early Late Dynastic (Saite) Period, 21st to 26th Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 525 BCE. A gorgeous and sizable canopic jar from ancient Egypt...
[more like this] - RARE EGYPTIAN STRIDING IBIS BRONZE /
COBALT BLUE GLASSEgypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. An extremely rare example of a majestic ibis exhibiting a body shaped from solid glass in an opaque, cobalt-blue...
[more like this] - NECKLACE W/ ANCIENT ROMAN GLASS MILLEFIORI
BEADSRoman, Imperial period, ca. 1st century CE. A gorgeous strand of 29 glass millefiori beads of various shapes - mostly spherical, some ovoid and cylindrical - as well...
[more like this] - ANCIENT JAPANESE JOMON TERRACOTTA VESSEL,
TL TESTEDEast Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon Period, ca. 3000 BCE. A hand-built terracotta vessel of a tall, deep form with a flat base, the exterior walls impressed with...
[more like this] - TALL ANCIENT JAPANESE JOMON POTTERY
VESSEL, TL TESTEDEast Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2600 to 1400 BCE. A hand-built pottery jar of a tall and conical form exhibiting the ancient coil and scrape methods...
[more like this] - ROMAN IRON SELLA CASTRENSIS STOOL, EX-ROYAL
ATHENARoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A rare ancient iron campaign folding stool known as a sella castrensis, a seat reserved for Roman officers and signifies...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN MUMMIFIED IBIS + X-RAY PHOTO
- 1910 PROVENANCE...Ancient Egypt, found at Abydos, Late Dynastic to Roman Period, ca. 400 BCE to 200 CE. An incredibly well-preserved mummified ibis exhibiting expert layering...
[more like this] - RARE MOCHE WOOD ATLATL W/ FIGURAL DEER,
PHALLUS DEITYPre-Columbian, South America, Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 700 CE. Preserved ancient wood is extremely scarce and COMPLETE weapons that were made of wood, even more...
[more like this] - SUPERB PERSIAN ACHAEMENID 23K+ GOLD
LION APPLIQUES**Originally Listed At $5000**
Near East, Iran, Achaemenid Empire, ca. 6th to 4th century BCE. A pair of 99% gold (equivalent to 23K+ to 24K) applique ornaments...
[more like this] - ANCIENT PHOENICIAN POTTERY TRANSPORT
AMPHORA**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Near East, Phoenicia, ca. 8th to 5th century BCE. A sizable and splendid wheel-thrown pottery transport amphora with a wide hemispherical...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED ROMAN / BYZANTINE GLASS BEAKER**First
Time At Auction**
Late Roman Imperial Period to Early Byzantine, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A conical mold-blown glass beaker with a rounded bottom and a thick, flat rim,...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED / EXHIBITED ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUMRoman,
Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A wonder to behold; the most astonishing example of iridescence in Roman glass that we have ever seen! A captivating candlestick...
[more like this] - MUSEUM-EXHIBITED ROMAN GLASS FLASKRoman,
Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A truly breathtaking glass flask boasting a simple yet elegant form enveloped in layers of fiery iridescence. Sitting upon a concave...
[more like this] - EXHIBITED / PUBLISHED GREEK COREFORM
GLASS ALABASTRONAncient Greece, Classical Period, ca. 5th century BCE. A stunning core-formed glass alabastron comprised of deep sea blue glass with opaque tangerine yellow...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED / EXHIBITED ROMAN GLASS BOWL**Originally
Listed At $1500**
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A broad and deep bowl that is free-blown from semi-translucent glass of soft yellow-green hues. The substantial...
[more like this] - MUSEUM-EXHIBITED ROMAN WHEEL CUT GLASS
BEAKER**First Time At Auction**
Roman, Imperial period, Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A gorgeous glass beaker boasting a minimalist form highlighted by...
[more like this] - EXHIBITED / PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN GLASS
SARCOPHAGUS EYE**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. An alluring, mold-cast glass eye from an Egyptian...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM FAIENCE USHABTI,
TL'D**Originally Listed At $6000**
Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th to 19th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1189 BCE. A stunning funerary figure of tall form called an ushabti that...
[more like this] - ANCIENT ANATOLIAN STONE IDOL W/ GREEK
SCRIPT**Originally Listed At $400**
Ancient Near East, Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey, Anatolia, Early Bronze Age, ca. 3000 to 2500 BCE. An intriguing stone figure of anthropomorphic...
[more like this] - NECKLACE W/ ANCIENT ROMAN GLASS BEADS
& GOLDRoman, Republic to Imperial Period, ca. 2nd BCE to 3rd century CE. An incredibly beautiful and unique necklace strung with over 50 ancient glass and carnelian stone...
[more like this] - EXHIBITED ROMAN GLOBULAR GLASS FLASK
W/ TRAILINGRoman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A wonderful glass flask featuring a globular body and a conical spout encompassed by cyan-hued bands of trailing....
[more like this] - [A PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION, EDINBURGH]
COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ON CHINESE ART: MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS ?????????????????????Including but not limited to:Art Chinois: Musée Cernuschi acquisitions...
[more like this] - COLLECTION OF 14K GOLD AND ANCIENT COIN
JEWELRYCollection of 14K Gold and Ancient Coin Jewelry, comprising a ring set with an Ancient Greek Silver Drachm, 7.74 dwts., size 7 3/4; a pendant set with an Ancient Roman...
[more like this] - (3) ANCIENT ROMAN EMPIRE COINS NGCLot
of 3 NGC certified Roman Empire coins. 1) Roman Empire Quintillus, AD 270 BI Double Denarius NGC Ancients graded XF, cert# 2412411-075. 2) Roman Empire Valerian II, AD 256-268...
[more like this] - [CHINESE JADE]
A group of reference
books and catalogues about Chinese jades, including several important early publications, with titles comprising:
LAUFER, Berthold. Archaic Chinese Jades Collected in China...
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