Antique Egypt

Particularly striking are the large polished sections of labradorite with their vivid green, blue and yellow coloration and the contrasting granite specimens from Italy and Upper Egy...

An Antique Egyptian Revival specimen bracelet of tapering design comprised of ten scarabs with beaded gold spacers, in 18k.

The geographical coverage extends from Italy and the Balkans eastward to Persia and the Caspian Sea, and from the Black Sea south to Egypt, Arabia and the Red Sea. The map is partic...

It was dedicated to the Nubian-Egyptian sun god Mandulis. Although built under Roman authority, it follows traditional Egyptian architectural forms, with its decoration blending Roma...

During the early twentieth century, the great Western jewelry houses looked widely beyond Europe for inspiration, drawing from the art, architecture, and decorative traditions of Ind...

The temple is an important example of late Egyptian temple architecture, showing how traditional Egyptian religious building styles continued under Greek and Roman rule.

Gazelles were a popular motif in Egyptian and Persian art, symbolizing grace, swiftness, and the vitality of the natural world.

They all shared a love of Greco-Roman and Egyptian antiquity. Argy-Rousseau was interested in many things, studied at the École de Sèvres, but also completed an engineering degree.

Caramidis was a premium brand of Egyptian style cigarettes made with Turkish tobacco.

Today, prints from Roberts’ celebrated series are prized by collectors for their artistic quality and their role in documenting the rediscovery of ancient Egypt during the nineteenth...

It is exquisitely executed with an Egyptian Revival feel with Art Deco influences of wonderful colors and sensual subject matter.

The sphinx is found in both Egyptian and Greek mythology. A sphinx or female sphinx is a mythological creature and often features the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the win...

Directoire period with an Egyptian influence, early 19th century. Shelf Width: 1615 mm 63 5/8 in Overall Height: 1070 mm 42 1/8 in Opening Height: 920 mm 36 1/4 i...

An impressive French Empire fireplace in richly colored Sarancolin marble. The finely carved Egyptian Caryatids in statuary white marble with Sarancolin square tapering pilasters.

A finely crafted 19th-century Mamluk Revival covered jar, produced in Egypt or Syria and executed in brass with intricate silver inlay.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Egyptian metalworkers engaged in a revival of the grand Mamluk decorative traditions, producing finely crafted pieces for both local us...

Philae had significant religious Importance in ancient Egypt. The island of Philae was one of the most important centers for the worship of Isis, one of the major deities in ancient ...

The depicted Desgenettes served as chief physician during Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign and published his medical history of the Army of the Orient in 1802.

One sheet depicts the elders of Israel appearing before Pharaoh, together with Aaron casting down his rod before the Egyptian ruler. Another presents the oppression of the Israelites...

While firmly rooted in the traditions of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, their ornament also draws upon earlier Christian symbolism inherited from Byzantine and Egyptian Copt...

The eye was a popular symbol in antique jewellery and saw a resurgence in the Edwardian era, believed to ward off evil and act as a protective symbol, they were inspired by Mediterra...

There is further inlaid brass work on the tapering pilasters to the sides of the upper and lower sections, with Egyptian mask mounts in patinated bronze. There is a secretaire drawer...

An antique French pair of Egyptian women figure candle holders made of hand crafted marble and patinated bronze, in good condition.

The design is strongly inspired by ancient art, particularly Egyptian and Greco-Roman.

The statues on the left wear the White Crown of Upper Egypt, while those on the right wear the Double Crown.

To align the histories of distinct civilizations (such as Rome, Egypt, China, Judea, and Persia) into parallel columns on a single sheet, Chatelain anchors his timeline to Biblical c...

• The paw feet and acanthus carving on their own could point earlier — to Empire or Restauration (c.1800–1830), when Egyptian/Roman-revival paw feet were at their height.

Details: * Origin: France * Subject: Madame de Pompadour as Sphinx * Date: Late 19th Century * Style: Neoclassical / Egyptian Revival * Material: Carved stone * Dimensions (each): 31...

GASTON LEROUX "Aida" Modeled scantily clad in a robe and head garment seated on a sculpted head of an Egyptian Pharoah, with a tambourine in her hand, with a green and brown patina, ...

An elegantly designed frieze in the prevailing Egyptian style completes the decorative part of the table and gives it a splendid finish.

His monumental Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt established his reputation at the Paris Salon of 1877.

The sources of the Art Deco movement include Egyptian and Mayan Art, Cubisim, Fauvism and Expressionism, heavily influencing the chief force underlying all Art Deco with the emphasis...

This lithograph depicts the ancient Egyptian site of Hermontis (modern-day Armant), located in Upper Egypt, just south of Thebes (Luxor).

Jean Baptiste Claude is certainly the most iconic silversmith of the Empire style, influenced by the return of the classical Greek and Egyptian patterns: his pieces, often silver-gil...

The figure of Judith, which in our sculpture combines several stylistic elements from the Mediterranean basin such as an Egyptian scarab, an Ottoman scimitar, a Caucasian headband an...

Lithograph Archaeology - Egypt Louis Haghe lith. - mounted on cardboard 34 x 51cm

Created after Augustus's victory over Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Actium in 31 BC, the first major triumph of his political career, its origins probably date back to 29 BC, when Aug...

Clément was particularly interested in designs drawn from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, as well as from Renaissance maiolica.

At the centre of the composition stands a monument adorned with military trophies, featuring an imprisoned Moor that recalls the famous Monument of the Four Moors in Livorno, flanked...

Daguet mined many sources for inspiration be they Egyptian, Celtic, Japanese, Byzantine, Medieval or contemporary.

Porcelain vase with a glaze meant to imitate the sought after stone Egyptian porphyry, with bronze dore mounts. French circa 1890.

Title: Alexander the Great’s Empire Map — Classical Campaign Routes, c.1800 This striking and intellectually engaging map charts the vast empire and legendary campaigns of Alexander...

During the early 1870s, before receiving formal artistic training in Paris, he journeyed through Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, filling sketchbooks with observations drawn directly fro...

This gesture was meant to solidify Franco-Egyptian relations at a time when France, following Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign, was deeply fascinated with Egyptian antiquity and eager to...

Below, an allegorical pair of gilt bronze winged maidens with their arms raised and flanked by a pair of Egyptian revival masks of females, all above a pair of patinated bronze winge...

The luminous moonstone carving displays soft adularescence that enhances the mysterious and symbolic nature of the design, while the serpents and wing motifs evoke themes of protecti...

After the 1914-1918 World War, Linke undertook the extraordinary commission to furnish the Ras al-Tin Palace in Alexandria for King Fuad of Egypt, possibly the largest single furnitu...

English Victorian style colored botanical print of lotus flowers titled \"The Sacred Egyptian Bean\" in white painted frame (after Dr. Robert John Thornton)

Inspired by the monumental obelisks of Ancient Egypt, these sculptural decorative objects were produced for the finest interiors during the Art Deco period.

The Joseph series includes episodes such as Joseph's brothers accused of theft, Joseph revealing himself to his brothers, Joseph presented before Pharaoh, Joseph interpreting Pharaoh...

Several Royal Navy ships carried the name Aboukir, commemorating Nelson's 1798 victory at the Battle of the Nile, fought in Egypt's Aboukir Bay. The ship portrayed here — full-rigged...

A gold, antique Swedish Gustavian freestanding console table made of hand crafted gilded, painted Pinewood in the Egyptian style with a crystal red porphyry top, designed and produce...

In 1838 and 1839 he traveled to Egypt and then in 1840, through the Holy Land, concluding in Jerusalem.

Italian Neo-classic (19th Century) small bronze pedestal base stand with an Egyptian figure supporting a round \"card holder\" tray with classical motifs.

The series entitled "Pictorial Ideas on the Flight into Egypt of Jesus, Mary and Joseph" and published in 1753 in Würzburg is considered the etching masterpiece of the old master Gia...

Coming from a family originally from Egypt , Dufeu moved to Paris in 1860 and frequented the studio of Charles Gleyre .

The architecture and decorative arts of ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt were translated monumental forms into furniture of remarkable elegance.

A Pair of Gouaches: “The Pilgrims of Emmaus” and “The Flight into Egypt,” France, 17th century A finely executed pair of 17th-century French gouaches depicting two major episodes f...

This ring, designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany for Tiffany & Co., exemplifies the Egyptian Revival aesthetic. At its center is a finely carved scarab beetle set within an ornate ye...

The ancient Egyptian Temple of Debod was originally located in Wady Dabod in Nubia (approximately 15 km south of Aswan, Egypt) when Roberts visited in the 1830's.