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Rare Funeral Ritual Case

XVII Century

Rare and striking 17th-century funeral vestment, embroidered on both sides with precious silver threads on black velvet, a symbol of mourning and solemnity. One side depicts a skelet...

This 17th-century parade helmet, made in Milan, is an outstanding example of Lombard weapons art of the period. Its iron frame is embellished with embossing and chiseling techniques,...

Fascinating and rare wooden puppet depicting a skeleton, dating from the 19th century and probably of European origin. This piece hand-carved with extraordinary attention to anatomic...

Very rare wooden helmet-bearing head, datable between the 13th and 14th centuries, extraordinary evidence of medieval material culture. This object, carved with essential and primiti...

This stone icon depicts the Crucifixion at the top and Calvary at the bottom. At the foot of the Cross is Our Lady and St. John the Evangelist. The tormentor who flogs Jesus on his a...

An unsigned vintage cast bronze abstract sculpture with natural patina.

Grass juice. The word Euterp appears in the lower right corner. The huge grass juice depicts the nine Muses, Greek female deities, all sisters, as daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, an...

A Chinese Procession Ornament dating from the Liao Dynasty, from 907 to 1125 AD. The Liao Dynasty, also known as the Khitan Empire, was an empire in northern China that ruled over the regions of Manchuria, Mongolia, and parts of northern China proper. It was founded by the Yelu family of the Khitan people in the final years of the Tang Dynasty, even though its first ruler, Yelu Abaoji, did not declare an era name until 916. The Liao Empire was destroyed by the Jurchen of the Jin Dynasty in 1125. However, remnants of its people led by Yelu Dashi established the Xi (or Western) Liao Dynasty 1125 - 1220, also known as Kara - Khitan Khanate, which survived until the arrival of Genghis Khan...