- 17TH C. DUTCH DELFT POLYCHROME TILE
W/ DRUMMEREurope, Netherlands, Delft, ca. 17th century CE. A wonderful pottery tile featuring the image of a military drummer facing left, all adorned in hues of blue, brown,...
[more like this] - SIGNED JAPANESE MUROMACHI STEEL KO-WAKIZASHI
& BOOKEast Asia, Japan, late Muromachi period, ca. 1500 to 1550 CE, signed by Kanehisa. A beautiful example of a ko-wakizashi with a single-edged steel blade that is slightly...
[more like this] - JAPANESE MUROMACHI STEEL & LACQUERED
WOOD 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...
[more like this] - ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF STELE - MOTHER,
CHILD, LION, & BULL...Roman, Eastern Empire, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. An exemplary marble relief stele displaying 2 diverse scenes: one of a mother and...
[more like this] - 20TH C. RUSSIAN ICON OF SAINT GEORGE
W/ SWORD & BOWEastern Europe, Russia, ca. early 20th century CE. An impressive icon of Saint George of Lydda seated on a throne, expertly painted with egg tempera and gesso...
[more like this] - 16TH C. SPANISH COLONIAL STEEL / IRON
BROAD 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...
[more like this] - 9TH C. VIKING BRONZE CHAPE OR STYLUS
CASENorthern Europe, Viking / Norse culture, ca. 9th to 12h century CE. A fine cast-bronze chape to protect the blade of a petite blade or tool, with an attached chain for...
[more like this] - 19TH C. RUSSIAN ICON OF SAINT GEORGE
W/ SPEAR & SWORDEastern Europe, Russia, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fascinating icon of Saint George, depicting him from the waist up in hues of green, red,...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - 17TH C. CIRCLE OF WOUWERMAN PAINTING
OF CAVALRY BATTLECircle of Philips Wouwerman (Dutch, 1619-1668). Oil on canvas, 17th century. A grand history painting depicting an action-packed cavalry battle with uniformed...
[more like this] - ROMAN IRON SPATHA W/ BRONZE POMMEL,
IVORY HANDLERoman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A beautiful forged iron spatha of a bifacial design bearing a shallow midrib, extremely sharp edges, and a pointed...
[more like this] - RARE ROMAN TERRACOTTA MURMILLO GLADIATOR
FIGURERoman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. This is an outstanding example of a gladiator figure made from terracotta wielding a short sword and holding up a...
[more like this] - LARGE / EXPRESSIVE ROMAN MARBLE SPOUT
- LION HEAD FORMRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 3rd century CE. A finely carved marble lion-headed spout, likely from an ancient fountain, with wonderful deep drilling characteristic...
[more like this] - SUPERB LURISTAN BRONZE SHORT SWORDAncient
Near East, Northwestern Iran and Southeastern Turkey, Luristan culture, ca. 9th to 7th century BCE. A beautiful short sword cast from bronze via the lost wax (cire perdue)...
[more like this] - RARE & FINE SARMATIAN IRON SWORD W/
ANTENNAE POMMELAncient Central/Eastern Europe, Black Sea region, Sarmatians or other nomadic tribes of the region (Sargat, Sauromation, Saka, or Scythian), ca. 4th to 1st...
[more like this] - Y RARE AND IMPORTANT FRENCH GOTHIC IVORY
COMPOSITE CASKET
CIRCA 1330 the panels intricately carved in bas-relief to include scenes from the Medieval tales Queste del Saint Graal and Tristan & Isolde, with later brass...
[more like this] - TWO GERMAN PORCELAIN CHILD GROUPS20th
Century. Both marked with crossed swords in underglaze blue. One depicting a small child nestled in a broken egg restring atop a bed of cattails, the second, in a cabbage...
[more like this] - TWO GERMAN PORCELAIN CHILD GROUPS20th
Century. Both marked with crossed swords in underglaze blue. One depicting a small child nestled in a broken egg restring atop a bed of cattails, the second, in a cabbage...
[more like this] - 19TH CENTURY GERMAN MEISSEN PORCELAIN
FIGURINE FIGURINE, "The Senses-Touch," model by J.C. Schonheit. Marked with the Meissen crossed swords mark and incised E4. Height 5.5 inches....
[more like this] - Three Antique Continental Walking Sticks19th
century the first with a hollow silver handle terminating in an eagle's head and engraved ''O. Hager '' tapering wooden shaft German silver end cap (35.5 in. LOA) (minor dents...
[more like this] - Five carved panels: relief carvings
of four saints, Peter holding key, Paul holding sword and book, Thomas holding T square and book, other possibly John, possibly British, approximately 17 x 6-3/4 in.; one...
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