Antique Paradise

The composition features a highly detailed pictorial field, often interpreted as a Garden of Paradise, populated by pairs of stylized fauna including lions, deer, and swans, all fram...

Ancient Mythology believed the ideal place for paradise is through a gate to unspoiled nature where one's soul is guided by Mithraist ideals (Ancient religion that was practised by t...

Featuring a bold series of expansive floral patterns in its mirrored and central borders, the marriage of beige, tea green, blue, and red accents perfectly frames the abrashed pink b...

The four central panels (windows to paradise) are filled with typical Yomut style shrubs.

The circular pietra dura inlaid top centered with a bouquet of flowers including lilies, birds of paradise, roses and others, with colorful marble inlaid pieces including lapis-lazul...

This example is woven with a traditional Ersari design; the four panels in the middle are said to be the windows to Paradise, these are filled with bird heads. A feature of this ensi...

The books included "A Monograph of the Phasianidae (Family of the Pheasants)" (1870–72), "A Monograph of the Paradiseidae or Birds of Paradise" (1873), "A Monograph of the Felidae or...

A stunning wooden inlaid picture in the style of Victor Lurje 1920s with fairytale motif unicorn and fabulous animal under pomegranate tree in the paradise inlaid with various woods,...

Moreover, America had long been viewed as a “hunter’s paradise,” and shooting was a favorite national pastime.1 Tait became a skilled woodsman and marksmen and applied that excellent...

Just as the Bible says after the expulsion from paradise, he has worked by the sweat of his brow throughout the advanced years of his life.

He created approximately three thousand plates of birds in over forty monumental volumes over five decades, including "The Birds of Great Britain", "The Birds of Europe", "The Birds ...

Rare and spectacular bronze mantel clock taking up the theme of the most famous 18th century novel "Paul and Virginia" written by Henri Bernardin de Saint Pierre and powerfully descr...

Originating from Turkey in 1880, this antique transitional Anatolian wool rug features an uncommon floral field design and a wide variety of colorways. hand knotted in high-quality w...

The Buddha of Infinite Light and Lord of the Western Paradise, Amitabha Buddha, known as Amita Bul in Korea, is portrayed seated in the full lotus position, hands in Karana mudra, th...

Having reflected upon the criticisms of his debut novel This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald sought to improve upon the form and construction of his prose in this second book.

He created approximately three thousand plates of birds in over forty monumental volumes over five decades, including "The Birds of Great Britain", "The Birds of Europe", "The Birds ...

The two nude figures are newly aware of their nakedness, and of course it is knowledge that has led to their departure from Paradise and their future of toil and vulnerability.

The subject of this sculpture is taken from a passage in Milton's 'Paradise Lost', where Eve sees her own reflection in a lake for the first time, is surprised and wants to look at h...

Lovely original wooden stand. 2 birds of paradise on either side of the urn with ringed handles.

Two other posthumous publications were 'Histoire des colibris, oiseaux-mouches, jacamars et promerops' (History of hummingbirds, jacamars and promerops) and 'L'Histoire des grimperea...

In the center, it showcases a winged paradise fly catcher, the symbol of the ninth rank civil official in the court of Qing Dynasty.

Barraband's artistic legacy extends to his collaboration with prominent naturalists of his time, notably François Le Vaillant, illustrating significant scientific studies on parrots,...

Delightful Regency period craftsmanship for the fireside Displaying a desirable aged patina and in very good order Select stocks show fine grain interest and deep russet hues Char...

Very rare and excellent Meissen porcelain group around 1900: Juno, the Roman goddess of the air (Greek Hera), as a young woman with her hair pinned up, covered only with a cloth, si...

It meticulously highlights the notable Dutch East India Company (VOC) establishments that dotted this coastal paradise. Crafted with intricate detail and artistic precision, this ma...

He illustrated François Mauriac's Génitrix and Charles Maurras' The Road to Paradise (Le Chemin de paradis). His varied works are characterised by great sensibility which does not ex...

Carved in relief in what appear to be budding roses and a bird of paradise. It sits on 3 carved footed legs. In very good original condition with no chips cracks or losses.

The garden represents Paradise, but also fertility. This painting is an allegory and exaltation of love and marriage, as well as the merry company.

Decorated with polychrome birds or paradise, rock outcroppings, and flowers/floral swags throughout.

The background of the field nods to the Mihrab symbol (widely believed to represent the gateway to paradise in varied cultural interpretations) framed fabulously by the surrounding f...

The Triumph of Bacchus, a large oil painting by Ferdinand Leeke Oil-on-canvas, German, 1918 Frame: height 175cm, width 227cm, depth 10cm Canvas: height 148cm, width 200cm, depth 3cm ...

Paradijs Weduwe -Vidua paradisea (Paradise Whydahbird.) This scarse original old antique print / engraving originates from: 'Vogelwereld, Handboek voor liefhebbers van kamer- en p...

Inside, and flanking the face of the clock, we are presented with Original Sin below and the Expulsion from Paradise, with Adam on one arm of the cross that forms the clock, Eve on t...

A really amusing satiric and anti-clerical print representing a modern allegory of the Paradise: to each character corresponds an identification number with a detailed capture.

Here, the border functions as the architectural frame of an enclosed paradise, completing a rug of exceptional decorative presence—an exquisite work of art created for spaces shaped ...

They include several of the most influential structures in all of Western architecture, such as the palace of Versailles and the magnificent, lost complex at Marly, which contemporar...

He returned to Birmingham, then living in Paradise Street, and later moved to Haverstock Hill in London two years later.

The publication was a massive, 13 volume, natural history encyclopedia, which was the first to publish an image of toucan and bird of paradise birds. The first three volumes focussed...

The publication was a massive, 13 volume, natural history encyclopedia, which was the first to publish an image of toucan and bird of paradise birds. The first three volumes focussed...

An impressive vase with striking detail Displaying a desirable aged patina by way of fine weathering Bronze shows wonderful tonality with a natural tarnish from decades of polishin...

These include: "The Birds of Great Britain", "The Birds of Europe", "The Birds of Australia", "The Birds of Asia", "The Birds of New Guinea", "A Monograph of the Paradiseidae" (Birds...

Elliot's great work on the Birds of Paradise, one of the most admired bird prints ever produced.

Rinaldo falls under the spell of a sorceress named Armida in garden of otherworldly paradise. Édouard Muller arranges the garden as a theatrical trompe l’oeil, the exuberant flowers,...

Its breathtaking composition evokes the lush serenity of a Persian paradise garden, where nature’s majesty is immortalized in wool and dye.

His career spanned 40 years during which he wrote and/or directed 80 movies including: Love Affair (1939), Destination Tokyo (1943) , Hollywood Canteen (1944), Dark Passage (1947), B...

A finely hand-knotted vintage Central Anatolian golden purple rug with a Classic all-over paradise design of small patterns. The high-quality wool pile on strong silk foundation of t...

A significant early 20th century landscape watercolor of the paradisical gardens at San Anton Palace in Attard, Malta by Nicholas Krasnoff, 1920 (Russian, 1864-1939).

A finely hand knotted vintage Central Anatolian golden purple rug with a Classic all-over paradise design of small patterns. The high-quality wool pile on strong silk foundation of t...

The panels on the top/lid are of elephants, tigers and birds of paradise with foliage. The carving on the sides is foliage only.

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare, fully stamped, A Blain & Son Liverpool, Pollard Oak, open bookcase / cupboard circa 1840 Victorian A very good loo...

These elements speak to a weaver’s intention to mirror the sacred geometry and floral ornamentation of paradise gardens—offering protection, fertility, and serenity in each looped kn...

He took a precious ring that the Virgin Mary handed to her and put it in her finger, saying "I, your Creator and Saviour, take you in marriage; confident that you will keep you pure ...

As with the deer and paradise flycatchers, both cranes and chrysanthemums are symbols of longevity.

This sense of infinite repetition was long associated with paradise gardens, a concept central to Mughal aesthetics, symbolizing eternal harmony and divine balance.

At age 14, he did a set of plates illustrating John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost. He had a job as a bank note engraver, and then he and his father had a business, collaborating ...

Each rank was represented by a different species, and while there were slight variations over time, by the Qing Dynasty the order from highest to lowest was: (1) crane, (2) golden ph...

The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council established that, assumed into Heaven, the Mother of God should operate a continuous intercession in favor of those children waiting for Paradis...

Bernstein op de begraafplaats te Ternate 3) Groote Mesigit te Ternate 4) Het Dorp Roemsaro op Mefoor 5) Het Dorp Warefondi op Soëk 6) De Rivier van Andai voorbij het Zendelingsh...

., Inc. of New Orleans pursued the acquisition of a gilt copper reproduction of Ghiberti's "Gates of Paradise". In 1910, the Reale Istituto di Belle Arti had granted WMF the exclusiv...

Thomas Edgar, Master of the Discovery, wrote of the island that it 'affords some of the most romantic and beautiful valleys in the world... there is great abundance of every thing fo...