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Pair of Neolithic Stone Bracelets from Mali
Located in Chicago, IL
These exquisite Neolithic bracelets from Mali are a captivating testament to ancient craftsmanship and ingenuity. Carved from limestone with natural crystalline veins coursing throug...
Category
Malian Tribal Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
15th Century Italian Renaissance Giltwood Carving
Located in Houston, TX
15th Century Italian Renaissance Giltwood Carving .
This magnificent 15th century Italian Renaissance gilt wood carving with a serpent is displayed on a revolving iron base. This mou...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Iron
Natural Petrified Wood Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A natural piece of Petrified Wood set on a stand. Completely organic natural raw fossil, cleaned for display. Appearing as a towering mountain with jutting peaks. To the back sid...
Category
Thai Organic Modern Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
2nd Century Italian Stone Sculpture Roman Relief Aristocrat Mounted Antiques LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
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Large and rare 2nd century Italian hand carved stone sculpture Roman relief of an Aristocrat man mounted Antiques LA...
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Italian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Natural Petrified Wood Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A natural piece of Petrified Wood set on a stand. Completely organic natural raw fossil, cleaned for display. The natural process for petrified wood to be created takes hundreds to...
Category
Thai Organic Modern Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Ancient Greek Corinthian Helmet
Located in London, GB
Corinthian helmet with Bull Horns and Lotus Flower Decoration.
Archaic Period, c.550-500 BC.
Cast, hammered and incised bronze.
An exceptionally well preserved example of one of the most iconic ancient Greek...
Category
European Classical Greek Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Bronze
A Pair of Copper Currencies: “Katanga Crosses”
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Pair of Copper Currencies: “Katanga Crosses”
Central African Copper Belt (DR Congo, Zambia or Zimbabwe)
Cast copper, archaeological patina
Size each:...
Category
Congolese Tribal Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Copper
Pair of Neolithic Basalt Stone Celts, Great Britain
Located in Stamford, CT
Two Neolithic basalt celts mounted on black steel bases. In archaeology, a celt is a long, thin, prehistoric, stone or bronze tool used as an adze, hoe, h...
Category
British Prehistoric Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Geological specimen of Southwestern American petrified wood on stand
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Slice cut and polished geological specimen of Southwestern American petrified wood.
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Petrified Wood
Antique Pre-Columbian Mounted Bird Form Artifacts
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Beautiful set of two pre-Columbian bird form artifacts.
One finely carved bird head stone mounted on primitive wood base, in antique condition with no major...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Clay, Wood
Gothic Architectural fragment abstract sculpture
Located in Vosselaar, BE
We mounted this Gothic architectural fragment on a custom iron stand. In this new context it becomes a sculpture with a almost abstract f...
Category
French Gothic Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Sandstone
15th Century Italian Renaissance Bronze Medallion
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Renaissance bronze medallion made by Master IOFF in the mid 15th century, showing the mythological scene of Ariadne on Naxos.
Made in the mid-15th ...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Bronze
A Rare Islamic Large Porphyry Mortar
Located in London, GB
A Rare Islamic Large Porphyry Mortar
With ‘stylised’ lobes and pouring spout
Old fissures and break
Porphyry, iron ring to base
Egypt
13th / 14th Century
SIZE: 18cm high, 32.5...
Category
Egyptian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Porphyry
Ancient Egyptian Mask, 900-600 BCE
Located in Doylestown, PA
An ancient burial mask that was created to adorn a sarcophagus, 26th Dynasty, Minia, Mid-Upper Nile, circa 900-600BCE, from the collection of Joanna Barnes and Jack Warner, (Warner B...
Category
Egyptian Egyptian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Wood
Mounted Polished Orthoceras Fossil Panel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A natural prehistoric polished Orthoceras fossil panel mounted on a bespoke steel stand. Characterised by its long, straight conical shaped shell, the 370...
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Modern Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Slice cut agate geode specimen
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Slice cut agate geode specimen from Botswana in shades of brown and white, mounted on a custom stand.
Category
Botswanan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Polished Agate Cathedral with a Tangerine Crystal Point
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Polished agate cathedral with a tangerine crystal point.
Agate is characterized by its fineness of grain and brightness of color. These slabs are clas...
Category
American Organic Modern Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate, Rock Crystal, Quartz
Matched Pair Split Ammonite Fossil Set Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Matched Pair Split Ammonite fossil mineral specimens
Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old
Measures: 4 x 3.25 x 0.25 in. / 10 x 8 x 1 cm
Height on custom display stands: 6.25 in. / 16 cm
An excellent quality split ammonite fossil. We hand pick each set.
Ammonites were cephalopods that resembled a squid with a shell. The predatory mollusks had eyes, tentacles, and spiral shells...
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Malagasy Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
121.53 Gram Lustrous Pyrite Cube On Marl Matrix Rock Specimen From Spain
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Lustrous Pyrite Cube on Marl Matrix Rock Specimen from Spain
Weight: 121.53 Gram
DIM: 4.3 x 4.1 x 4.8 Cm
Origin: Spain
The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gol...
Category
Spanish Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
Genuine Trilobite Cluster in Matrix with Acrylic Display Stand (wall mount)
Located in New York, NY
This incredible cluster of trilobites is found in it's original matrix and displays 11 complete or partial fossils throughout. This cluster comes with an acrylic stand so you can pro...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Acrylic
Matched Pair Split Ammonite Fossil Set Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Matched Pair Split Ammonite fossil mineral specimens
Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old
Measures: 5 x 4.25 x 0.5 in. / 13 x 10 x 1.5 cm
Height on custom d...
Category
Malagasy Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Selected Tooth of Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur
Located in Funchal, PT
Tooth of a carnivorous dinosaur (from a very imposing African T-rex) with coffee-coloured fossilisation and wine-coloured highlights. Very nice fossilisation, crenellations of the ed...
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North African Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Selected Tooth of Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur
Located in Funchal, PT
Carnivorous dinosaur tooth (from a very large African T-rex) of honey coloured fossilization. Superb condition, crenellations of the edge visible and in...
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North African Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Selected Tooth of Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur
Located in Funchal, PT
Carnivorous dinosaur tooth (from a very large African T-rex) with chocolate coloured fossilisation. Very nice fossilization, crenellations of the edge v...
Category
North African Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Selected Tooth of Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur
Located in Funchal, PT
Carnivorous dinosaur tooth (from a very large African T-rex) with mahogany coloured fossilization. Superb condition, crenellated edge visible and in ver...
Category
North African Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Selected Tooth of Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur
Located in Funchal, PT
Tooth of a carnivorous dinosaur (from a very large African T- rex) with a caramel coloured fossilization. Superb condition, crenellated edge visible...
Category
North African Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Incredible Trilobite Wallicerops Trifurcat
Located in Funchal, PT
This strange organism is an outer skeleton in the form of armor adorned with numerous spines. The circumference is decorated with thorns, including two large ones on either side of the body as well as three frontal thorns. The specimen is curiously adorned with an outgrowth at the end of the head in the form of a three-pointed fork. This specimen is presented in a directional plexiglass display case.
Category
Moroccan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Mica in an Albite Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Mica in an albite matrix.
Albite is a type of feldspar mineral. Mica is formed from silicate which creates the delicate, glimmery sheets that combine and layer together. This combination of minerals creates a rare, museum-quality formation. This is also a very big specimen and weighs approximately 54 lbs or 24.5 kg.
The albite and mica create a rare, sculptural, natural formation.
Category
American Organic Modern Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
Ancient Silver Celtic Tetradrachm Coin
Located in London, GB
Celtic ‘Dachreiter’ Tetradrachm
Minted in Eastern Europe, circa 1st-2nd Century B.C.
Silver
A magnificent Celtic tetradrachm of the Dachreiter (“roof-rider”) type, minted by a C...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Silver
Rare English Romanesque Limestone Capital on Stand
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This weathered English Romanesque limestone capital is centuries old, dating from the Norman era of the 11th and 12th centuries. Originating from Oxf...
Category
English Medieval Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Han Dynasty, Laying Doe Wood Sculpture, China 100AD
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb sculpture of a laying doe from the Chinese Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD). Remainders of polychromic paint, namely red, symbol of good fortune and joy as well as the season of summer, and green, symbol of vigor and vitality and the season of spring. Mounted on base.
A similar sculpture in bronze is kept at the Met Museum with the following description " A low bed, small table, and screen were often the only furnishings in a Han-dynasty room. The floors were generally covered with mats kept in place with weights in the shape of single animals, fighting beasts, or entertainers."
Condition seen in pictures.
Dimensions in cm ( H x L x l ) :
- Sculpture : 35 x 40 x 10
- With base : 45.5 x 44 x 15
The Han Dynasty ruled China from 206 B.C. to 220 A.D. and was the second imperial dynasty of China. It is known for its promotion of Confucianism as the state religion and opening the Silk Road trade route to Europe, permanently altering the course of Chinese history. Han Dynasty art and inventions like paper still influence the world today.
From the Han Dynasty to the present, deer can be found in many materials and media—rock crystal, nephrite, ink on paper, porcelain, cloisonné enamel, jade, bamboo root, textile, bronze, etc.—alone or in groups, among trees and rocks and in various positions. They appear on everyday objects, from boxes to incense burners, incense holders, lamps, mirror holders and the droppers scholars used when they wrote. A symbol of longevity and grace in Chinese mythology, the word deer is pronounced lu, a homonym for emoluments—favors granted to officials. They therefore represent wealth, nobility and success in imperial examinations (civil service exams for selecting candidates for the state bureaucracy in Imperial China).
Deer were the faithful companions of Shu Lao, the god of longevity, and the goddess Magu. They were reputed to live long and to be the only creature able to find the mushroom of immortality, linghzhi. Although its spots are different, deer are sometimes confused or associated with stags, a Manchu hunting trophy whose antlers served to make prestigious furniture. (La Gazette Drouot, Claire Papon)
For the colours found on this piece, in Chinese culture, red symbolizes good fortune and joy. Green, symbolizes the spring when everything is brimming over with vigor and vitality.
The Han Dynasty (206 B.C. to 220 A.D.) continued the Qin Dynasty’s use of dark colours, but incorporated red. During the earlier years, or Western Han Dynasty, ordinary people wore red while court dress was black. Shoes were red in color. The clothing worn for sacrificial rites was black edged with red. In the later Eastern Han Dynasty, red symbolized the dynasty’s “fire Virtue” and became predominant. Court dress was red. Sacrificial rites called for a red-edged white layer under robes with red socks...
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Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Wood
Huge Prehistoric Fossilised Whale Bone
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Standing at over 120cm (47 inches) tall, this rare prehistoric fossilised whale bone is a fascinating sculptural artefact for an interior or live-in museum....
Category
English Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Metal
Fossilized Horse Leg. Equus Sp., Pleistocene, Florida, USA
Located in Madrid, ES
A fossilized horse leg. Equus sp., Pleistocene, Florida, USA
This set of fossil horse bones dates from an extinct equine. The inter-locking bones are eleg...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Bone
Amethyst Crystal Specimen on Stand
Located in Miami, FL
A large specimen mounted on metal display.
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Amethyst
Mounted Specimen: Apophyllite, Stilbite, Chalcedony
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mounted Specimen: Apophyllite, Stilbite, Chalcedony #L9W
Dimensions: 6 x 8.5 x 2.5 in. / 15 x 22 x 6 cm
Height on custom display stand: 9 in. / 23 c...
Category
Indian Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Steel
Fossil Agate Coral with Iridescent Ammonites
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Fossil agate coral adorned with iridescent fossil ammonites.
The grey piece of fossil agate coral is cut and polished and adorned with the iridescent...
Category
American Organic Modern Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate, Coral
15th Century French Carved Limestone Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare 15th century French carved limestone fragment depicting the back of a man's head with a wavy hair texture, and mounted on a c...
Category
French Renaissance Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Marble
Collection of Splendid Mineral Specimens Naturally Formed as Snowy Mountains
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A collection of splendid mineral specimens naturally formed resembling snowy mountains
All found in Trepca, Kosovo
From left to right:
Sphalerite, Rock Crystal, Pyrite & Ca...
Category
Balkan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal, Iron, Lead, Zinc
Primitive Head Figure From the Pre-Columbian Period Made of Stone
Located in North Miami, FL
Introducing a remarkable artifact from the Pre-Columbian period—a primitive head figure intricately carved from stone. This ancient relic stands proudly...
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Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Naturally Formed Mineral, Clear Apophyllite Sculpture
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Naturally formed mineral, clear apophyllite sculpture
India
Measures: 11 x 8 x 4 in. / 28 x 20 x 10 cm
Height on custom display stand: 14 in. / 36 cm
Custom mounted on a ...
Category
Indian Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Steel
15th Cen Four Pillars of the Christian Faith Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Luke
Located in North Miami, FL
15th century Italian carved wood, polychromed and gold gilded sculptures of four Pillars of the Christian Faith (Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Luke, Saint Matthew).
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Cauliflower" Fossil Agate Coral with Baroque Pearls and Shells
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
"Cauliflower" fossil agate coral adorned with natural-forming baroque pearls and shells.
Fossil agate coral is Florida's state stone and is known for its unique formation that can take place over 20 million years. It's a natural gemstone that is created when prehistoric coral is gradually replaced with agate. This is a complete piece of fossil coral head...
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American Organic Modern Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate, Coral
Black and Cream Tourmaline Stone Sculpture on Stand, Brazil, Prehistoric
Located in New York, NY
Brazilian large black cut tourmaline stone on stand.
Black mixed with cream.
Black Tourmaline is a stone often used for protection.
It's a great stone for soaking up negative ene...
Category
Brazilian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Tourmaline
Light Grey With Light Olive Thin Slice Agate Sculpture, Brazil, Prehistoric
Located in New York, NY
Brazilian thin slice of agate mounted on a wood stand.
Agate is a banded form of finely-grained, microcrystalline Quartz.
The lovely color patterns and banding make this transluce...
Category
Brazilian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate
Dark Grey Thin Slice Agate Sculpture, Brazil, Prehistoric
Located in New York, NY
Brazilian thin slice of dark grey agate mounted on a wood stand.
Agate is a banded form of finely-grained, microcrystalline Quartz.
The lovely color patterns and banding make this...
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Brazilian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate
Roman Antique Marble Sculpture, 2nd Century Ad, South of France
Located in Girona, Spain
Roman Antique marble sculpture, 2nd century AD, South of France.
This sculpture is a Roman Antiquity.
Frontal section of a Roman Sarcophagus.
Made...
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French Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Marble, Iron
Grey Border Thin Slice Agate Sculpture, Brazil, Prehistoric
Located in New York, NY
Brazilian thin slice of agate mounted on a custom steel stand.
Agate is a banded form of finely-grained, microcrystalline Quartz.
The lovely color patterns and banding make this t...
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Brazilian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate
Taupe Border with Light Grey Thin Slice Agate Sculpture, Brazil, Prehistoric
Located in New York, NY
Brazilian thin slice of agate mounted on a wood stand.
Agate is a banded form of finely-grained, microcrystalline Quartz.
The lovely color patterns and banding make this transluce...
Category
Brazilian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate
15th Century or Earlier Redware Tangas, Marajoara Culture, Marajo Island, Brazil
Located in Point Richmond, CA
15th Century or Earlier Redware Tangas, Marajoara culture, Marajo Island, Brazil
Tangas are thin concave triangular ceramic pubic covers found in burial mounds associated with fem...
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Brazilian Tribal Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Tree Agate Sculpture On Stand, Brazil, Prehistoric
Located in New York, NY
Brazilian tree agate mounted on stand.
Colors are cream with grey.
Vertical shape.
Beautiful coloring.
From a large collection, many different sizes ava...
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Brazilian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate
Large Fantastic Wood 'Scholars Rock'
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A large fantastic wood 'scholar's rock'
The formation of natural knots, gnarled and twisted projections
Of the variety greyish brown-toned wood, imitating a vertical scholar’s rock.
Much appreciated by Chinese scholars for contemplation, artistic and poetic inspiration.
Also in the west these fantastic wood formations resembling organic microcosm habitat
Never stopped to inspire some surrealist artists like Max Ernst or Frantisek Muzika.
Measures: 27¾" in. (70.5cm.) high.
Approx. 10" in. (25.5 cm.) wide, 7" in. (17.5 cm.) deep.
On soft wood stand.
For comparison see Christie’s sale NY, 19 Sep 2002, lot 104
“Fine Chinese Archaic bronzes...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Other
Dark Brown Thin Slice Agate on Stand, Brazil, Prehistoric
Located in New York, NY
Brazilian thin slice of agate mounted on a wooden stand.
Agate is a banded form of finely-grained, microcrystalline Quartz.
The lovely brown color patterns and cream banding...
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Brazilian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate
Megalithic Stone Chicken Statue from Sumba Island, Indonesia, c. 1500
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Sumba Island has maintained a megalithic tradition from the Neolithic times to the present day and is one of the few remaining truly megalithic cultures. Sumba Island Nobility and th...
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Indonesian Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Dark Grey Thick Slice of Agate Sculpture on Stand, Brazil, Prehistoric
Located in New York, NY
Dark grey Brazilian thick slice of agate mounted on a steel stand.
Agate is a banded form of finely-grained, microcrystalline Quartz.
The lovely color patterns and banding make th...
Category
Brazilian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate
Roman Bronze Hand Mirror with Beautiful Patina, circa 1st Century
Located in Austin, TX
A simple and elegant Roman bronze hand mirror, late Republic Period, circa 1st century, Italy.
The bronze mirror of simple form. The round face with a pierced border design. The openwork handle...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Bronze
15th Century Monumental Monolithic Stone Slab with Fossiles
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A 15th century French recuperated floor slab of huge proportions. Because of its beauty, unusual size and the richness of fossilles we decided to mount this piece as a sculpture.
We...
Category
French Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Sandstone
African Bura Stone Funerary Marker
Located in Chicago, IL
This abstract stone sculpture is a funerary marker of the Bura people of the Niger/Mali region. Little is known about the Bura civilization (c. 200 to 1000 AD), but it shares many of...
Category
Nigerien Primitive Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Stone
Mounted Naturally-Formed Indian Mineral Clear Apophyllite
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mounted naturally-formed Indian mineral: clear apophyllite
An attractive specimen that reflects the light similarly to a multifaceted gem giving the specimen an unusual brightness. ...
Category
Indian Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mounted Objects
Materials
Crystal
