- BRONZE IRON SHIPS PORT HOLE SIDE TABLEA
bronze and iron ships port hole repurposed as a side table. Ht: 15.5" Wd: 14.5"...
[more like this] - 18 INCH BRONZE PROPELLEROld bronze ship
propeller stamped PORT 13299, 18 in diam, center hole is 1 inch across....
[more like this] - BRONZE SHIP'S BELL "CITY OF PERTH",
AS LAMPlaunched May of 1868, re-launched 1884 as "Turakina" after capsizing 86 days earlier. Later the ship was renamed "Elida". Bell: 9 1/4" high, 8 1/2" wide. Lamp: 22 1/2"...
[more like this] - ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ELAMITE BRONZE
AXE HEADAncient Near East, Southwestern Iran, Elamite culture, ca. 1900 to 1300 BCE. A gorgeous bronze axe head, made to imitate a fierce weapon but with ornate flourishes...
[more like this] - 19TH C. JAPANESE EDO PERIOD BRONZE UMPAN
GONGEast Asia, Japan, Edo period, ca. early to mid-19th century CE. A beautiful cast bronze gong known as an umpan that was used in a Zen temple or monastery. A suspension...
[more like this] - VIETNAMESE DONG SON LEADED-BRONZE STUPAAsia,
Vietnam, Dong Son, ca. 1st millennium 206 BCE. An interesting form of stupa made of leaded-bronze from this early Vietnamese culture. Once cast as three separate pieces and...
[more like this] - EARLY BYZANTINE BRONZE OIL LAMP W/ CROSS
HANDLENear East / Holy Land, early Byzantine culture, ca. 4th to 6th century CE. A wonderful leaded bronze oil lamp presenting a slipper-form body that tapers to an annular...
[more like this] - ROMAN LEADED BRONZE PROTOME OF BACCHUSRoman,
Imperial, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A fabulous bronze protome displaying the bust of Bacchus - Greek Dionysus - the Roman god of wine, vegetation, and festivity, depicted...
[more like this] - MEDITERRANEAN / NEAR EAST POTTERY &
BRONZE VESSELS (4)Magna Graecia, Southern Italic, Daunian, ca. 4th century BCE; Central Asia, Bactrian, ca. 2nd Millennium BCE; Near East, Holy Land, ca. 1st century CE; Egypt,...
[more like this] - CELTIC IBERIAN LEADED BRONZE FIGURAL
AMULET FERTILITYWestern Europe, Spain / Portugal, Iberian, Late Bronze Age (Celtic), ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A lovely leaded bronze pendant in the form of a male figure...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN CHALCOLITHIC BANDED ALABASTER
MACE HEADAncient Egypt, Chalcolithic Period, Bronze Age II, ca. 2700 to 2500 BCE. A beautiful mace head exhibiting an apple-shaped form, all hand-carved from honey-yellow...
[more like this] - 19TH C. BURMESE / MYANMARESE BRASS KYEEZEE**Originally
Listed At $750**
Southeast Asia, Burma / Myanmar, ca. 19th century. A fascinating brass Kyeezee or gong of triangular form with two flat sides and a horizontal drill hole...
[more like this] - MOCHE GOLD TWEEZER IMPLEMENT ANTHROPOMORPHICPre-Columbian,
Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A fine pair of tweezers skillfully made from a hammered sheet of 50.89% (equivalent to over 12 karat) gold folded in...
[more like this] - GREEK CAMPANIAN POTTERY HYDRIA W/ SATYR,
TL TESTEDAncient Greece, Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Campania, near present-day Ignazia, ca. 340 to 320 BCE. A spectacular pottery hydria from the Greek territories of...
[more like this] - EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE BRONZE STANDARD,
EX ROYAL ATHENAAncient Central to Eastern Europe, Bronze Age, ca. 10th to 11th century BCE. A magnificent bronze pendant cast into 4 pieces and assembled as a massive ornament...
[more like this] - 18TH C. INDONESIAN BRONZE LANTAKA DRAGON
HEAD MUZZLESoutheast Asia, Indonesia, ca. late 18th to 19th century CE. A cast-bronze signal cannon or swivel gun known as a lantaka (also rentaka) meant to be mounted on...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN WOOD SARCOPHAGUS MASK W/ BRONZE
& SHELL EYESEgypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A sarcophagus mask carved from cedar (or possibly sycamore) wood presenting a mesmerizing...
[more like this] - CHINESE HAN LIFAN POTTERY AMPHORA W/
BRONZE, TL TESTED**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, Western China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A large pottery vase, the surface burnished to a fine grey hue and...
[more like this] - LARGE CHINESE NEOLITHIC LIANGZHU STONE
CONG CARVING**First Time At Auction**
China, late Neolithic, Liangzhu period to Shang Dynasty, ca. 2500 to 1046 BCE. A stunning ritual item known as a "cong" that is hand-carved...
[more like this] - ANCIENT LURISTAN BRONZE FINIAL ABSTRACT
ZOOMORPHS**Originally Listed At $1000**
Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran and southwestern Turkey, Caspian Sea region, Luristan culture, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A wonderful...
[more like this] - CHINESE SHANG DYNASTY JADE CONG / RITUAL
ITEM**Originally Listed At $1500**
East Asia, China, Shang Dynasty, ca. 1558 to 1046 BCE. A hand-carved ritual funerary item known as a "cong" that is hand-carved from mottled...
[more like this] - ANCIENT NEAR EAST ARDABIL TRIPOD VESSEL,
TL TESTED**Originally Listed At $2000**
Ancient Central Asia, southern Azerbaijan and northern Iran, Ardabil region, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 2200 BCE. A fabulous tripod vessel...
[more like this] - MYCENAEAN SILVER-COPPER FUNERARY MASKETTEGreece,
Mycenaean Period, Late Bronze Age II, ca. 1600 to 1000 BCE. A discoidal sheet made from a silver-copper alloy (52.3% silver) stamped with a repoussé and stylized face of...
[more like this] - 19TH C. EUROPEAN BRONZE REALISTIC SNAKE
PLAQUEWestern Europe, France, Italy, or Austria, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A charming and realistic cast bronze snake plaque. The plate is signed with an indistinct...
[more like this] - VIENNA BRONZE STATUE OF BLINDFOLDED
WOMANAntique, circa 1900 bronze sculpture of blindfolded woman holding a sword, measuring 7-5/8" high. Appears at first to be a depiction of Lady Justice, but conspicuously...
[more like this] - BRONZE ELEPHANT CALL BUTTON / SWITCHUnique
antique cast bronze servant's call button. A full-bodied African elephant stands on a field of grass, trunk raised. He has great detail. A white button sticks up underneath...
[more like this] - HEINTZ ART METAL STERLING ON BRONZE
DESK LAMPVintage Mission Arts & Crafts sterling on bronze poppy boudoir table lamp. Lamp measures approx. 9 1/2" tall with shade. Shade diameter is 8 1/2". Lamp is in working...
[more like this] - ALBRECHT DURER, BRONZE PLAQUE, MELANCHOLIABronze
plaque after Albrecht Durer's 1514 engraving "Melancholia." Signed at lower right by sculptor. Measures 7 1/2" x 9 1/2". Excellent condition. Original mounting holes present...
[more like this] - LARGE CHINESE BRONZE CENSERA bronze
covered tripod censer. Figural foo dog or lion lid, dragons on body, claw and ball feet. Signed on bottom. Approx. 20 1/4" tall x 15 1/2" handle to handle x 13 1/2", approx....
[more like this] - CHINESE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSERLarge three-footed
censer, drilled with four screw holes in bottom, presumably for mounting a jade tree or something like that. Measures 12" handle-to-handle. Signed on bottom, nice detail on...
[more like this] - THREE ASIAN BRONZE VESSELSThree Asian
bronze vessels, largest - 5 1/4" h., 6 3/8" w.
Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.
Condition:
Larger open vessel - pin hole to side. Covered vessel...
[more like this] - F. BARBEDIENNE BRONZE FIGUREF. Barbedienne
bronze figure, 7 3/4" h., 14 1/4" w.
NO in-house shipping for this lot.
Condition:
Area of rust and wear to shoulder. Drilled hole in lower abdomen...
[more like this] - DECO ERA BRONZE ELECTRIC CIGAR LIGHTERThere
is no manufacturer's name on this unusual cast bronze tabletop cigar lighter. It is quite heavy and stands 4" high. It appears to be from the Deco era, a mish-mash of an Aladdin's...
[more like this] - ITALIAN BRONZE APOLLO SCULPTURE ROHRICH
ROMAItalian classical bronze sculptures on wood base. "Apollo", signed on base, A. Rohrich Roma. Measures 17.5" high add 8" including base. Drilled hole to base. shipping...
[more like this] - SHIP'S WHEEL COFFEE TABLE - Solid Bronze
Eight-Spoke Ship's Wheel mounted on mahogany plinth and with 3/4'' tempered glass top for use as a coffee table does not rotate 49'' diam 15'' tall base with 40'' glass having...
[more like this] - A Bronze Ships Bell Bronze Port Window
and a Bronze Ships Mirror First a 6" ships bell by Davey & Co. London. Second a 6 " port hole stamped WC. Last an 11-1/2" brass port hole with a mirror put in it....
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