- A CARVED BLACKSTONE FRAGMENTARY STELE
DEDICATED TO PARVATI THE GODDESS OF LOVE
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, CIRCA 11TH CENTURY of irregular rectangular form, carved in deep relief with two registers with the...
[more like this] - KHMER LIDDED LIME JAR IN THE FORM OF
AN ELEPHANT
ANKORIAN PERIOD, 11TH-12TH CENTURY the globular body supported on four feet, the head and body moulded with ornate tassels and jewelleries, covered overall stopping...
[more like this] - LONG SCROLL GILT EMBOSSED LEATHER PAPER,
KINKARAKAWAKAMI, BY ROTTMANN STROME AND CO
MEIJI PERIOD, 1884-1890 ?? ?1884-1890? '????? ?????'? ???? ???? ??leather, gilt decorated with hibiscus flowers in tendrils, a rectangular...
[more like this] - COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ON
ASIAN CERAMICS ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????including art reference books on asian art ceramics, in total 85 publications:Ashmolean...
[more like this] - MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF BOOKS ON ENGLISH
FURNITURE, INTERIORS, AND CLOCKSApproximately twenty books.
Including:
Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture
Horace Dan, Architecture and Furniture of England during the 16th...
[more like this] - 13TH CENTURY ENGLISH DEED & SILVER COINFramed
English Medieval land deed dated April 15, 1257 together with a Medieval silver penny from the same period. Framed with these two items is a later translation of the deed,...
[more like this] - PERIOD ENGLISH TALL CHEST18th century
English Hepplewhite 2 over 4 drawer tall chest with bow front and eagle brasses. 54 in high x 40 wide x 20 deep....
[more like this] - PERIOD ENGLISH CHIPPENDALE CHEST18th
century 8 drawer English Chippendale chest or cabinet in mahogany. 34 in high x 38 wide x 20 in deep....
[more like this] - AFTER LAMBERT SUSTRIS(Dutch, 1515-1595)
Venere
nuda distesa con Mercurio e Cupido sullo sfondo del paesaggio , (Reclining Nude Venus with Hermes and Cupid in a Landscape) (D. 147.3, F. Z. 42868), an early copy possibly...
[more like this] - ENGLISH JACOBEAN OAK CHILD'S WAINSCOTT
ARMCHAIRWith a 17th century Flemish tapestry fragment pillow
31 H x 18.75 W x 22 D
Selections from the Collection of Dr. John A. Downey of Manhattan and Sharon Connecticut....
[more like this] - BEAUTIFUL CHINESE HAN DYNASTY BLACKWARE
AMPHORA W/ TLEast Asia, Western China, Han Dynasty, ca. 2nd century BCE. An impressive, dark-gray earthenware amphora of a remarkably distinctive form. Panels of incised linear...
[more like this] - GREEK HELLENISTIC CORE-FORM GLASS AMPHORISKOSAncient
Greece, possibly Cyprus, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. A lovely example of a core-formed glass amphoriskos once used to hold fragrant oil, showcasing a gorgeous...
[more like this] - CHINESE HAN DYNASTY BLACKWARE AMPHORA,
TL TESTEDEast Asia, Western China, Han Dynasty, ca. 2nd century BCE. A lovely, dark-gray earthenware vessel of an incredibly distinctive form. Panels of incised linear decorations...
[more like this] - LARGE ETRUSCAN BLACKWARE KYATHOS, EX-PARKE
BERNETClassical World, Italy, Etruria, Etruscan culture, Archaic Period, ca. 6th century BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery vessel known as a kyathos meant as a wine ladle for large...
[more like this] - 13TH C. MEDIEVAL ENGLISH SILVER SEAL
TEMPLAR KNIGHTNorthwestern Europe, England, or Byzantium, Medieval period, ca. 13th century CE. A lovely Medieval era 95% silver seal from the time of crusades! This seal...
[more like this] - RARE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH SILVER VESICA
ECCLESIASTIC SEALNorthwestern Europe, England or France, late Medieval Period, ca. 13th century CE. This is a rare and exceptional vesica shaped ecclesiastic seal cast from...
[more like this] - MASSIVE ROMAN MARBLE TRAPEZOPHORON W/
LION HEAD & PAWRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd century CE. A handsome, large marble table leg, also known as a trapezophoron, with a giant clawed foot, leg joint, and smooth...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED & EXHIBITED ROMAN BRONZE OIL
LAMP WITH LIONRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. A stupendous leaded bronze oil lamp, cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) process, with an elegant, elongated body,...
[more like this] - 17TH C. EUROPEAN WOOD CARYATIDS, MAN
& WOMAN**First Time At Auction**
Northern Europe, Flemish or English, Baroque period, ca. 17th century CE. A fine pair of oak wood caryatids, each meticulously hand-carved...
[more like this] - ROMAN FIBULA, BYZANTINE BELT PLATE,
POST MEDIEVAL CLASP...Romano-British, Late Imperial to Middle Ages, ca. 4th to 8th century CE; Byzantine Empire, ca. 10th to 11th century CE. Northwestern Europe, England,...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN EFFIGY SOTHIC DOG,
EXHIBITED LACMAEgypt, late Ptolemaic to Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 1st century BCE to 3rd century CE. An exceedingly rare, mold-formed terracotta canine, known as the Sothic...
[more like this] - RARE POLYCHROMED YELLOW-GROUND 'NINE-BATS'
BOWL
QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD ??? ????????????????? ??????????thinly potted with slightly rounded sides supported on a splayed foot, the exterior finely...
[more like this] - YELLOW-GROUND GREEN-ENAMELLED 'PEACH
TREES' BOWL
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG MARK, 18TH-19TH CENTURY ? ??? ????????thinly potted with deep rounded sides raised on straight foot, incised on the body with birds in flight...
[more like this] - [A PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION, EDINBURGH]
COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ON JAPANESE, KOREAN, AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART ??????????????????????Including:Brown, Roxanna M. The Ceramics of South-East Asia: their dating...
[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] - SMALL CARVED OAK LIFT-TOP COFFERSMALL
CARVED OAK LIFT-TOP COFFER, Restoration Period, English, 17th century, 14.25"H x 29.25"W x 15.75"D....
[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] - Y IMPORTANT GEORGIAN DOLL'S HOUSE, 'THE
EVANS BABY HOUSE'
18TH CENTURY, WITH LATER ADAPTATIONS AND CONTENTS modelled as a three-storeyed Georgian town house, of ochre and red painted pine and other timber, the hinged...
[more like this] - KINRANDE STYLE BOWL
JIAJING PERIOD ?
????? ???????????thinly potted on a slightly tapering foot, rising to rounded sides and gently everted rim, the exterior with four medallions separated by beaded jewel strings,...
[more like this] - ? ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS POOLEY (IRISH
1646-1723)
HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF JONATHAN SWIFT AS A STUDENT IN DUBLIN COLLEGE With later inscription, feigned oval, oil on canvas71cm x 58cm (28in x 22.75in)Provenance...
[more like this] - TWO WOODBLOCK PRINTS FROM THE MUSTARD
SEED GARDEN PAINTING MANUAL
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY ? ???????????????ink and colours on paper, both depicting peonies, unframed (2)27.4cm x 32.6cm; 27.5cm x 32cmProvenance:...
[more like this] - Early English oak chest on frame, three
side-hung drawers, applied moldings, oak throughout, British, 17th century in part, 43-1/4 x 29 x 19-1/2 in. Rebuilt with period elements, one original lock, later top and...
[more like this] - Japanese Edo Period Katana Sword19th
century or earlier the tang signed on both sides a prominent hamon along the blade iron tsuba matching temple dog menuki lacquered wooden saya with remnants of antique paper...
[more like this] - American Colonial silver spoons by Alexander
Crouckeshanks Boston circa 1768 pair teaspoons one reduced in size and engraved No. 6 and the other engraved with initial D and No. 2; marked: AC spaced by pellet and with...
[more like this] - Thirty-One Books, American Furniture,
Related detailed listing available. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Townsend, Newport Cabinet Maker; T. A. Strange, French Interiors: Furniture, Decoration; Connecticut...
[more like this] - Charles Hook Armco Steel Company Lot
of Manuscripts & Documents Lot includes letters photographs pamphlets mostly from the late 1930s through the 1960s. Born in 1880 the youngest of four children of Henry and...
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