- HARD STONE DRESS CANE-Ca. 1850 -Substantial
rose quartz knob wheel cut in a reversed teardrop pommel shape and presented on a longer silver collar with twin ring borders embellished with four applied repeating bloom...
[more like this] - SUPERB BYZANTINE GOLD CROSS W/ GARNET
CABOCHONNear East, Holy Land, Byzantine empire, ca. 6th to 8th century CE. A lovely 89% gold (equivalent to 21K+) cross pendant with solid conical arms presenting hexagonal...
[more like this] - LARGE ROMAN POTTERY AMPHORA W/ MARINE
ENCRUSTATIONSRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A sizable and superb, wheel-thrown pottery transport amphora with a slender nubbin base, a globular body with...
[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] - 19TH C. INDO-PERSIAN GILT IRON ARMOR
CHEST + ARM GUARDS...Central Asia, Persia / Northern India, Mughal or Indo-Persian culture, ca. 19th century CE. This is a superb gathering and display of antique iron chahar-ayneh...
[more like this] - SUPERB 10TH C. INDIAN PALA STONE PANEL
GREEN TARASouth Asia, India, Bihar region, Pala Empire, ca. 10th to 12th century CE. A stunning hand-carved phyllite stone high relief panel of Green Tara or Shyamatara, a...
[more like this] - STUNNING SICAN SILVER & TURQUOISE LORD
AQUILLA VESSEL**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque or Chimu culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A silver drinking vessel with portrait-like...
[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] - SUPERB FRANKISH MEROVINGIAN GOLD & GARNET
RING**First Time At Auction**
Central Europe, Frankish, Merovingian Dynasty, Migration Period, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. A beautiful gold and garnet ring, with a thick hexagonal...
[more like this] - 2ND C. GANDHARA KUSHAN SCHIST STANDING
MAITREYA BUDDHACentral Asia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Northern India, Gandhara / Kushan Empire, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A superb gray schist bust of the Bodhisattva Maitreya,...
[more like this] - BANKNOTE ENGRAVER POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW
WHALE'S TOOTH MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 7". WHALE'S TOOTH, Mid-19th Century, A first-quality example of the Banknote Engraver's work. Obverse with an exceptionally rendered...
[more like this] - EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S
TEETH, LIKELY BY A SAILOR ABOARD THE H.M.S. "IRIS" CIRCA 1855 LENGTHS 7". INCLUDE WOODEN STANDS. TEETH, LIKELY BY A SAILOR ABOARD THE H.M.S. "IRIS", Circa 1855, Superb and...
[more like this] - SUPERB PAIR EMPIRE PAINTED AND GILT
BERGERES 19th c., boldly carved frames decorated with winged leafy fronds and fruiting, ribbon-tied cornucopia on round, tapering legs with five-pointed headed by ionic capitals,...
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