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Technique: Hand-Carved
Large Bactrian Bronze Age Alabaster Chalice
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Bactrian alabaster chalice, circa 3000-2000 BC. It has an elegant tapering formed base with a undeep rimmed cup. The alabaster is strikingly vained. ...
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15th Century and Earlier Afghan Archaistic Antique Hand-Carved Antiquities

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Alabaster

19th Century, Mandalay, Antique Burmese Alabaster Marble Seated Buddha Statue
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese alabaster Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base, with inlay of colorful glass pieces on the headband. Age: Burma, Mandalay P...
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19th Century Burmese Antique Hand-Carved Antiquities

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Alabaster

19th Century, Mandalay, Antique Burmese Alabaster Marble Seated Buddha Statue
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese alabaster Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base, with original lacquer and inlay of colorful glass pieces on the headband. A...
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19th Century Burmese Antique Hand-Carved Antiquities

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Alabaster

2-3 B.C., Afghanistan, Rare Bactrian Hardstone Weight
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Rare Bactrian hardstone weight with creamy stone color and 2 holes on the top, the base is flat. In the ancient time, the two holes were used to tie up with rope and measure the weig...
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15th Century and Earlier Afghan Antique Hand-Carved Antiquities

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Stone

19th Century, Mandalay, Antique Burmese Alabaster Marble Seated Buddha Statue
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese alabaster Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base, with inlay of colorful glass pieces on the headband. Age: Burma, Mandalay P...
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19th Century Burmese Antique Hand-Carved Antiquities

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Alabaster

Big Cache Old Chinese Heavenly Green Jade Bi , 94 Pieces
Located in South Burlington, VT
This is a guaranteed authentic old Chinese jade bi cache of ninety four (94) discs from the Qijia culture, Northwestern China. Including our “Certificate of Authenticity” To worship heaven with a bi explains their importance and use in ancient Chinese culture. This group would make an instant collection for reference study, trading, making into your own pendant jewelry, or new year gifts. Dimensions will vary: 1.5-2.8 inches diameters. Quality will vary from good to fair- please refer to the photographs. Shapes will include round, nearly round, and irregular styles. Serious parties may request more photographs. A brief history follows. Note the stunning green and brown calcification and hues combination. We acquired these 20 years ago on one of our dozens of trips to China, northwestern China, Lanzhou area. Provenance: 1 Our private collection and accompanied by our Guarantee of Authenticity. History: Flat jade discs with a round central hole bi are among the earliest surviving artifacts of China and must be considered among great ancient art forms- masterpieces of the Neolithic period. Nephrite jade from which discs were fashioned is a prime hard and strong stone, arduous to work by hand using stone...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Hand-Carved Antiquities

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Jade

Song Dynasty, a Pair of Antique Chinese Pottery Brick Tile with Figures
Located in Sampantawong, TH
A pair of Chinese pottery brick tile with figures. Age: China, Song Dynasty, 10th - 12th century Size: Height 26.5 C.M. / Width 26.5 - 26.8 C.M. Size i...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Hand-Carved Antiquities

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Pottery

Song Dynasty, A Pair of Antique Chinese Porcelain Vases with Dragon and Gods
Located in Sampantawong, TH
A pair of Song Dynasty porcelain olive green vases decorated with gods around the vase and flying dragon on top of each vase. Each lid decorat...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Hand-Carved Antiquities

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Stoneware

Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottle by Ye Zhongsan, Dated to Late Qing Dynasty
Located in Tainan, TW
Ye Zhongsan (1869-1945) was born in the late Qing Dynasty and lived in Beijing his entire life, and the generations in Ye Family were officials at that time. Among the traditional in...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Hand-Carved Antiquities

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Glass

Prehistoric Stargazer Marble Head
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A small, Prehistoric Anatolian marble head of the kiliya type. Of highly stylized geometric form, the marble head is elliptical, with a faintly defined nos...
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15th Century and Earlier Turkish Prehistoric Antique Hand-Carved Antiquities

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Marble

19th Century a Pair of Chinese Silk Fans with Giltwood Handles
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 19th century hand painted floral motifs on silk Chinese fans Qing dynasty, the fan in silk with silk fringe and giltwood handles, housed within a conforming paper covered box...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand-Carved Antiquities

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Silk

A Stucco Torso of the Buddha, Gandhara, 4th-5th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a STUNNING piece of Indian Antiquity from circa the 4th-5th Century, namely, A Stucco Torso of the Buddha, Gandhara. Ancient Gandhara is located in the rugged foothills of the Himalayas in what is today northwest Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, was for centuries a thriving center of trade along the Silk Road linking China, South Asia, and the Mediterranean. The piece was purchased by a Private Collector at Sotheby’s, or more probably, Christies of New York Auction pre-2000. The paper label on the wooden base is “7281/465” for Sale Number 7281, Lot No. 465. Sotheby’s and Christies operate a twice yearly auction of Southeast Asian Art & Antiquities in New York in the months of March and September. The Sale Number is more like a ‘Christies;’ Sale Number but we cannot locate any records for this sale online as it was pre-2004. The sculpture is a Gandharan stucco headless bust...
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15th Century and Earlier Afghan Medieval Antique Hand-Carved Antiquities

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Stucco

19th Century, Mandalay, Antique Burmese Alabaster Marble Seated Buddha Statue
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Burmese alabaster Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base, with inlay of colorful glass pieces on the headband. Age: Burma, Mandalay P...
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19th Century Burmese Antique Hand-Carved Antiquities

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Alabaster

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Located in Vosselaar, BE
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15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antique Hand-Carved Antiquities

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Egyptian limestone architectural fragment
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A fragment of a rectangulare limestone panel from a larger relief with a portion of a extended arm holding a was sceptre. New Kindom 1550-1070 bC.
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Egyptian limestone architectural fragment
Egyptian limestone architectural fragment
H 11.42 in W 3.94 in D 3.94 in
Bactrian Alabaster Aniconic Idol
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A carved alabaster ovoid or aniconic idol with distinctive hole to the narrow end. 10.3 kg, 22cm (8 3/4"). Fine condition. Bactrian culture, circa 2nd millennium B.C. The Bactrian culture existed between the 3rd millennium B.C. and the 6th century in Central Asia comprising modern Afghanistan and bordering India. Its origins as a bronze age civilization was only recently (1970s) discovered by Russian archaeologist. And it was only in the 1990s that Western countries learned about it. At its most famous site, the Bactria-Margiana complex, they found an astonishing amount of remains which still is being researched today. Apart from beautiful metal objects a lot of stone idols...
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Bactrian Alabaster Aniconic Idol
Bactrian Alabaster Aniconic Idol
H 9.45 in W 5.12 in D 4.73 in
500 B.C, Prehistoric Shell Bangle Bracelet with Stand
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Prehistoric shell bangle with stand. Age: Cambodia, Prehistoric, 500 B.C. Size of bangle: diameter 10.9 cm Size including stand: height 24.8 cm Condition: Nice condition overal...
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15th Century and Earlier Cambodian Antique Hand-Carved Antiquities

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500 B.C., Prehistoric Shell Necklace
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Prehistoric shell necklace. Age: Cambodia, Prehistoric, 500 B.C. Size: Length 35 C.M. / Width 1.8 C.M. Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its ag...
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500 B.C, Prehistoric Shell Bangle Bracelet with Stand
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Prehistoric shell bangle with stand. Age: Cambodia, Prehistoric, 500 B.C. Size of bangle: diameter 12.3 cm Size including stand: height 28.8 cm Condition: Nice condition overal...
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Bactrian Alabaster Disc Idol, 2nd Millennium B.C.
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Bactrian Bronze Age Stone Column Idol
Bactrian Bronze Age Stone Column Idol
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