JAPANESE MUROMACHI STEEL & LACQUEREDWOOD WAKIZASHIEast Asia, Japan, late Muromachi period, ca. third quarter of the 16th century CE. A beautiful wakizashi with a single-edged blade, a lacquered (urushi) wood...
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17 ROMAN BRASS, BRONZE, GLASS, & AMETHYSTRINGSRoman, Imperial to Early Byzantine Period, ca. 1st to 6th century CE. A fabulous ensemble of 17 ancient rings - 7 brass, 6 leaded bronzes, 1 bronze, 1 leaded brass, 1...
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7 ROMAN BRONZE, BRASS, BONE, & IRONMEDICAL TOOLSRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An interesting group of 7 Roman bronze, brass, iron, and bovine bone medical tools - all showing the fascinating...
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16TH C. SPANISH COLONIAL STEEL / IRONBROAD RAPIERWestern Europe or North America, Spain or Mexico, Spanish Colonial Period, ca. 16th century CE. A striking broad rapier, known as an espada ropera in Spanish or...
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7 NEAR EASTERN & ROMAN BRONZE, BRASS& GLASS MINIATURES...Ancient Near East, ca. 2nd to 1st millennium BCE; northwestern Iran and Turkey, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE; Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd...
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15TH C. JAVANESE MAJAPAHIT BRASS SARASWATIFIGURESoutheast Asia, Indonesia, Eastern Java, Majapahit Empire, ca. 15th to 16th century CE. This is a rare brass depiction of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, the goddess of...
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EIGHT 7TH C. EUROPEAN SILVER, BRONZE,& BRASS BROOCHESNorthern Europe, England and Northern France, Medieval Period, ca. 7th to 14th century CE. A fine collection of 8 silver, bronze, and brass brooches. The first...
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ROMAN GLASS PENDANT NECKLACE, BRASS& GOLD-FILLED CAGERoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A beautiful free-blown, translucent, pale-green glass vessel fragment set within a sunburst chain cage...
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FOSSILIZED DINOSAUR BONE HANDLE & DAMASCUSSTEEL KNIFENorth America, Western United States, ca. 21st century CE. An impressive knife made from Damascus steel with a lovely, watered pattern and a handsome handle made...
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LIFESIZE 16TH C. THAI AYUTTHAYA GILTBRASS BUDDHA HANDSoutheast Asia, Thailand, Ayutthaya Kingdom, ca. 16th to 17th century CE. A beautiful example of a life-sized brass hand of Buddha in the traditional Abhaya...
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ROMANO-EGYPTIAN NECKLACE MILLEFIORI& MOSAIC GLASS BEAD...**First Time At Auction**
Roman, Republic to Imperial Period / Romano-Egyptian ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Eastern Mediterranean, Greece & Phoenicia, ca....
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