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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Apulian Red Figure Lekanis with Ladies of Fashion
Located in London, GB
A Red-figure lekanis composed of a fitted lid with red-figure "ladies of fashion" in profile. This woman wears a saccos, a type of headdress characterised by its draped fabric, which...
Category
Italian Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Swivel Gold Ring with Egyptian Scarab
Located in London, GB
An Egyptian steatite scarab encased in a possibly later, high-karat gold swivel ring. The scarab is a symbol of rebirth and protection and is decorated with six sacred serpents, repr...
Category
Egyptian Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Pre-Columbian Narino Bowl
Located in Washington, DC
Fine Pre-Columbian Narino footed bowl from Columbia, circa 850 to 1500. Desirable polychrome bowl with vibrant color.
Category
Colombian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Teotihuacan Redware Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
This intriguing redware figure was crafted in 400 A.D. from the ancient Teotihuacan region of Mexico. Earthenware figurines were made in great abundance throughout Teotihuacan's history. After 250 A.D. objects made from clay increased dramatically, serving a wide variety of purposes and functions from religious rituals to burial offerings.
Figurines like this commemorated important people and events within the city of Teotihuacan and other parts of Mesoamerica, portraying individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities. This figure is adorned with an elaborate headdress, a thick beaded necklace...
Category
Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pre Columbian Totonac stone bust Figure Veracruz Mexico Circa 600-900 A.D
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Totonac stone bust Figure
Veracruz Mexico Circa 600-900 A.D
A Rare basalt bust of a Totonac deity with pouted lips and geometric headdress, caved in basalt with dar...
Category
Mexican Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Byzantine Pair of Electrum Earrings
Located in London, GB
A Byzantine matching pair of electrum earrings that are crafted with utmost skill and care. Each earring features a round-section hoop with a central, biconical adornment with a holl...
Category
Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gold, Silver
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Landscape Painting, 1750
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Large Italian landscape from the 18th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting landscape with architecture and farmers of good pictorial qualit...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Roman Beaded Necklace
Located in London, GB
A restrung Roman stone necklace with cream and beige beads, featuring a central pendant comprised of a large, perforated stone. Roman stone beads varied in material and were valued f...
Category
Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Roman Glass Wide-Mouth Jar
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Roman translucent glass jar, with a light blue-green tinge. It has a thick, splayed rim that is folded over and into a short, concave neck. The body is squat and bulbous,...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Blown Glass
Massive Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
Located in London, GB
A cast-bronze Byzantine reliquary cross pendant with two cruciform plaques that open for relic or document storage, depicting the crucified Christ on both faces. Relics, the physical...
Category
Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Ottoman Silver Ring
Located in London, GB
A silver finger ring showcasing the excellence of Ottoman craftsmanship. The flat hoop remains undecorated, whilst the dome-shaped bezel features raised ropework borders and fine gra...
Category
Unknown Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Etrsucan Bronze Pair of Sanguisuga Type Brooches
Located in London, GB
A pair of Etruscan bronze brooches of the Sanguisuga type. Each brooch features a thick arched bow, a long catch, a two-coiled spring, and a straight pin. The Sa...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Collection of 5 Antique Wrought Iron Eel Forks
Located in Søborg, DK
A collection of 5 wrought iron eel forks from the 18th century.
Extremely decorative and each one unique.
Each one is a work of art.
Sizes vary from 37 cm to 42 cm.
Would look am...
Category
Danish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Roman Gold Earrings
Located in London, GB
A lovely pair of Roman gold earrings comprised of a delicate hoop, secured with a hook and eye closure, and adorned with a boss shield. The shield features ...
Category
Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Byzantine Gold Matching Pair of Earrings
Located in London, GB
A matched pair of Byzantine gold hoop earrings with a hook and eye closure. These exquisite earrings have three spherical decorative elements suspended along each loop. At the centre, a ball with beading at its edges and at both sides, symmetrical attachments adorned with circular openwork decoration. The use of gold in Byzantine jewellery...
Category
Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Palanquin and its bearers Glazed terracotta
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Palanquin and its bearers
Glazed terracotta
5 pieces
Ming period (1368-1644)
Figure: h31 x w 6.5 x d 6.5 cms
Palanquin : h 29 x w 16 x d 12 cms
Thermoluminescence test
Rare
Very ...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Roman Gold Pendant with Cabochons
Located in London, GB
A thin, circular Roman gold pendant featuring a central garnet cabochon gem held within a raised cell. Above it, another garnet cabochon enriches th...
Category
Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Large Vintage decorative Mexican terracotta bust Montezuma
Located in London, GB
Large Vintage decorative Mexican terracotta bust Montezuma
A Vintage pottery bust of Montezuma with headdress and ear ornaments in red/brown terracotta with polychrome pigment decoration. Oaxaca Mexico Circa early 20th century.
Height 11 inches 28 cm
Condition Good with age discoloration minor wear and surface paint...
Category
Mexican Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
A Hellenistic Funerary Stele in High Relief with Two Male Heads
Located in London, GB
A Hellenistic Funerary Stele in High Relief with Two Male Heads
Marble
Greek Hellenistic
Circa 2nd Century BC
Size: 20.5cm high, 38cm wide, 11cm deep - 8 ins high, 15 ins wide, 4...
Category
Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Seljuk Silver Bracelet
Located in London, GB
A silver Seljuk penannular bracelet with a central ridge and round rosette designs. In Islamic art, these designs symbolise divine creation and eternal nature, with arabesques repres...
Category
Persian Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Archeological Hand Painted Ceramic Vessel From Mexico, Circa 12th Century
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Hand painted ceramic vessel from the El Cajon region of Nayarit, Mexico, circa 12th century. The four pointed peaks most likely allude to the cardinal points.
Category
Mexican Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
A Rare and Finely Detailed Greek Bronze Statuette of an Actor with Large Phallus
Located in London, GB
A Rare and Finely Detailed Greek Bronze Statuette of an Actor with Large Phallus
Bronze
Greek
First half of 4th Century BC
Size: 10.5cm high - 4¼ ins high
Provenance:
Ex Privat...
Category
Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Pre Columbian Jalisco Figure West Mexico Circa B.C. 100-300 A.D
Located in London, GB
A Pre Columbian Jalisco seated figure
Jalisco West Mexico circa B.C. 100-300 A.D,
A Male pottery figure with red slip with elongated head and linear delineated hair wearing ear and nose ornaments, the slim body finely modelled with hands on chest seated...
Category
Mexican Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Hellenistic Matched Pair of Gold Earrings
Located in London, GB
A Hellenistic matching pair of gold earrings that exude beauty and elegance. The delicate filigree work, coupled with the spherical baubles at each point of the radiating design, sho...
Category
Hellenistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Byzantine Matching Pair of Gold Earrings with Pearls and Glass Beads
Located in London, GB
A matched pair of Byzantine gold earrings, each with a tapering hoop, hook-and-clasp closure, and a single elongated pendant. The pendant is co...
Category
Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Late 18th century Decorative Double Sided Swedish Folk Biblical Wall Hanging
Located in London, GB
A large size decorative Swedish folk art painted wall hanging - Bonad - which may have been originally from a church.
Painted on canvas in natural pigments it depicts naive biblical themes...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Collection of 5 Antique Wrought Iron Eel Forks
Located in Søborg, DK
A collection of 5 wrought iron eel forks from the 18th century.
Extremely decorative and each one unique.
Each one is a work of art.
Sizes vary from 38 cm to 50 cm.
Would look am...
Category
Danish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Collection of 5 Antique Wrought Iron Eel Forks
Located in Søborg, DK
A collection of 5 wrought iron eel forks from the 18th century.
Extremely decorative and each one unique.
Each one is a work of art.
Sizes vary from 52 cm to 37 cm.
Would look am...
Category
Danish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Mid 18th Century Floral Painted Blanket Chest
Located in Albignasego, IT
Tyrolean painted chest
H. 81 – W. 147 – P. 69
Ancient Tyrolean chest, entirely built in fir wood. The surface has been decorated with a dark brown background color, semi-covering, ...
Category
Austrian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Fir
Byzantine Gold pair of Earrings with Dangles
Located in London, GB
A stunning matched pair of Byzantine gold earrings, each comprised of a hinged and elongated hoop attached to a triangular-shaped plaque with a...
Category
Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Roman Double-Chambered Balsamarium
Located in London, GB
A Roman double balsamarium made of translucent, bright blue-green glass. The vessel is composed of two tubular phials, rims folded inward and bulging slightly in the middle. Both phi...
Category
Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Blown Glass
Greek Black Glaze Pottery Guttus
Located in London, GB
A black-glazed terracotta guttus (oil-lamp filler) with a spool-shaped foot, a wheel-shaped body, a protruding ring handle, and a cylindrical spout with an everted rim. The tondo fea...
Category
Italian Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Attic Black Figure Skyphos
Located in London, GB
A black-figure skyphos skillfully crafted from fine reddish clay. The body of the skyphos rises gracefully from a slightly splayed foot, gradually widening towards the mouth. The ves...
Category
Greek Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Roman Three Handled Flared Rim Jar
Located in London, GB
A Roman three-handled jar, blown from greenish-yellow glass. The handles and trail of the jar are rendered in a darker tint. The jar is rounded with a slightly inverted rim and wide ...
Category
Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Blown Glass
A Matched Pair of Gold Earrings
Located in London, GB
A matched pair of gold earrings, each made of a wire elongated hoop culminating with a teardrop turquoise cabochon. The bottom half of the loop is decorated with three rows of gold b...
Category
Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Maya Bird Sello Stamp
Located in Chicago, IL
Stamps, or sellos, such as this one were common during the pre-Columbian period in Mesoamerica and most popular during the Formative Period that spanned the years between 1200-800 B....
Category
Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Bronze Age Matched Pair of Gold Earrings
Located in London, GB
A Bronze Age, matched pair of gold earrings. Each piece is characterised by hollow-formed construction. The terminals of these earrings expand gracefully, while central bulges with p...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Greek Gnathian Black Glaze Pottery Oinochoe
Located in London, GB
A black-glazed pottery oinochoe that boasts distinctive features that characterise this specific type of Greek pottery. The vessel has a rounded body that exhibits delicate fluting t...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Neapolitan Polychrome Terracotta Nativity Heads from the 1700s Set of Ten Figures
Located in Milan, IT
Neapolitan Nativity Scene Heads in Terracotta from the 1700s set of ten traditional Neapolitan nativity scene figurine heads, in polychrome terracotta from the 1700s, small collectio...
Category
Italian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery, Paper
A Fine and Large Egyptian Limestone Relief Carved in Shallow Relief
Located in London, GB
A Fine and Large Egyptian Limestone Relief Carved in Shallow Relief
Traces of original polychrome
Old Kingdom / 5th Dynasty / 2454 - 2311 B.C
Size: 32cm high, 70cm wide, 5cm deep - 12½ ins high, 27½ ins wide, 2 ins deep
Provenance:
Ex Private Swiss collection, acquired mid 1960s and thence by descent
Ex Rupert Wace Limited London
Ex Private London collection
cf A...
Category
Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Limestone
Seljuk Heavy Bronze Mortar and Pestle
Located in London, GB
A Heavy Seljuk bronze mortar and pestle. The mortar is comprised of a cylindrical bowl, tapered stem, and wide, circular foot. A pestle features a disk-s...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Greek Gnathian Epyichysis
Located in London, GB
A delicate South-Italian epichysis. The vessel was a wine jug, composed of a narrow neck, a small lip and a high-arching handle. This Gnathian-ware epichysis was decorated with tongu...
Category
Italian Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Teotihuacan Ceramic Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
This intriguing head fragment was once attached to a bust or full effigy figurine crafted in 400 A.D. Mesoamerica. Earthenware figurines were made in great abundance throughout Teotihuacan's history. After 250 A.D. objects made from clay increased dramatically in Teotihuacan, serving a wide variety of purposes and functions from religious rituals to burial offerings.
Figurines like this commemorated important people and events within the city of Teotihuacan and other parts of Mesoamerica, portraying individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities. This figure is adorned with an elaborate coiffure or headdress and ear spools...
Category
Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
A 17th/18th century English apothecary’s oak and wrought iron mounted crusher
Located in Central England, GB
A 17th/18th century apothecary’s oak and wrought iron mounted crusher
This very rare and beautifully made early oak and wrought iron or apothecary’s chemists open ended crusher simi...
Category
English Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Chinese Antique Tang Dynasty Pottery Figure Asian antiques
Located in London, GB
A large Chinese Tang Dynasty Seated pottery figure
Tang Dynasty circa Circa AD 618 - 906 China,
Finely sculpted Black earthenware sculpture of a court lady with remains of pigme...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
St. John Santos Sculpture, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A large Saint John the Baptist santos sculpture, 18th century.
17 ½ inches wide by 14 inches deep by 43 inches tall
Category
European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pre Inuit/ Eskimo Thule Culture Artifacts
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A curated collection of Pre Inuit Thule Culture (1,200-1,600 A.D.) Artifacts housed in a Museum Style Frame. The Collection includes various implements used in daily life by the wide...
Category
North American Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stone
1800's Swedish Mortar made of solid Öland limestone.
Located in Boden, SE
Mortars made of Öland limestone in the 1800's was used by many in Sweden.
They was known for its durability and ability to withstand wear over time.
In good vintage and charmy condit...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stone
1642 Dated Charles I / Jacobean Hand Carved English Oak Coffer Linen Chest Trunk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this sympathetically restored, 1642 Charles I / Jacobean, hand carved English oak coffer, trunk or chest
This piece is stunning, its hand carved t...
Category
British Jacobean Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Pre Columbian Jalisco Figure West Mexico Circa B.C. 100-300 A.D
Located in London, GB
A Pre Columbian Jalisco warrior figure
Jalisco West Mexico circa B.C. 100-300 A.D,
A stunning large pottery warrior figure wearing a banded headdress with disco arm ornaments , ...
Category
Mexican Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Lady Portrait Painting, 1750
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the mid-18th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a portrait of a young girl with a bouquet of flowers of good pictorial quality. Painting of beauti...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Antique 18th Century Dutch Delft Tile of a Mermaid & Serpent
By Delft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique 18th century Dutch Delft pottery tile.
Depicting a mermaid in the ocean wringing a snake with her hands.
Simply a wonderful Dutch Delft tile!
Date:
18th Cent...
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Chupicuaro Redware Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
This standing effigy figure was crafted in 300 BC from the ancient Chupicuaro region of Mexico and was likely used as a ritual or burial offering. The ceramic works of the Chupicuaro...
Category
Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Peruvian Cuzco Colonial Painting St Michael Oil on Canvas 19th C
Located in London, GB
A fine 19th century full length portrait of St Michael standing with his sword raised.
South American Cuzco school 19th century and earlier.
Unsigned
Oil on canvas, 56 by 78cms. Fram...
Category
Peruvian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Teotihuacan Ceramic Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
This intriguing head fragment was once attached to a bust or full effigy figurine crafted in 400 A.D. Mesoamerica. Earthenware figurines were made in great abundance throughout Teotihuacan's history. After 250 A.D. objects made from clay increased dramatically in Teotihuacan, serving a wide variety of purposes and functions from religious rituals to burial offerings.
Figurines like this commemorated important people and events within the city of Teotihuacan and other parts of Mesoamerica, portraying individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities. This figure is adorned with an elaborate headdress, a thick beaded necklace...
Category
Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Polychrome wooden statue depicting Guanyin Bodhisattva, Ming, 16th century
Located in Milano, IT
In a realm where time stands still, there exists a 16th-century masterpiece, a sculpture of unparalleled beauty that transports you to the heart of the Ming dynasty. Here, in a place...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th/19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Polychrome Wood Santo Altar Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A most impressive antique Spanish Colonial hand carved polychromed wood Santo Catholic church altar figure. circa 1800
Hand-crafted in the late 18th / early 19th century, exceptionally executed intricate detailing, the large scale antique religious sculpture depicting the female Saint Teresa of Avila, polychrome painted gesso over finely sculpted wood, inset glass eyes, shown in Carmelite nun habit...
Category
Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
La Tolita-Tumaco Standing Female Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
This standing effigy was crafted in 500 A.D. - 1000 A.D. Mesoamerica using the gray clay paste that characterizes La Tolita-Tumaco ceramics of early Colombia-Ecuador. The art of La Tolita-Tumaco civilization is considered one of the most developed of the pre-Columbian period as metalwork and ceramics were the most popular form of cultural expression. The ceramic creations of this culture were often based on the human figure to create portraits of people and realistic daily scenes of life cycles and the human condition.
This figure appears to be wearing a loincloth and is adorned with a beaded necklace and an elaborate coiffure or headdress. There are holes lining each ear indicating the potential use of ear spools...
Category
South American Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
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