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Small Korean Celadon Ceramic Vase with Slip Inlay Goryeo Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small Korean ceramic celadon bottle vase with inlay design from Goryeo Dynasty (918 to 1392AD) circa 12th century. The vase has a classic baluster form with a slightly flared mouth...
Category
Korean Archaistic Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Purple / Blue Fluorite Mineral Specimen – Xiayang Town, China
Located in Edison, NJ
This breathtaking specimen comes from a distinctive group of fluorites that have affectionately been nicknamed, “tanzanite fluorite” for their gemlike aesthetics and color-shifting a...
Category
Chinese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Multi-gemstone
Decorative Mounted Lapis Lazuli Section
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous slab of vibrant lapis lazuli. Lapis lazuli inclides lazurite (intense
blue), calcite (white veins) and pyrite (gold flecks). Prized since ancient
times, this is a wonder...
Category
Afghan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
30.10 Carats Beautiful Bi Color Tourmaline Crystal From Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Beautiful Bi Color Tourmaline Crystal From Afghanistan
Weight: 30.10 Carat
Dim: 3.6 x 1.6 x 0.9 Cm
Origin : Afghanistan
Tourmaline is a...
Category
Afghan Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
Ancient Cypriot Ceramic Sculpture of a Horse on Wood Plinth Base
Located in New York, NY
This mysterious Ancient Cypriot Ceramic Sculpture of a Horse on Wood Plinth Base originates from Cyprus, 4th Century BCE. Features a beautifully sculpted form with carefully graduate...
Category
Cypriot Egyptian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Genuine Natural Large Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Located in New York, NY
Carcharodontosaurus (Dinosaur) tooth in a glass display box From Tegana Formation, North Africa.
Cretaceous Age 65 million years
Carcharodontosaurus is one of the longest and heavi...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
A Burgundy Christ, 15th century
Located in PARIS, FR
A huge Burgundy 15th century Christ on its cross.
Oak wood .
Cross is modern.
Damages, some parts missing.
98x83 cm without the cross.
Category
French Renaissance Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Vietnamese Celadon Lotus Vessel, Ly or Tran Dynasty, 13th/14th Century, Vietnam
Located in Austin, TX
An unusually large Vietnamese celadon glazed stoneware bowl with carved lotus petal design, Ly or Tran Dynasty, 13th - 14th century, Vietnam.
The large bowl or offering vessel of generous proportions, rising on a short, unglazed foot ring, revealing the reddish buff stoneware body. The globular body elegantly tapered. The lower section deeply carved with a traditional stylized lotus petal design, a band of incised lines above. The upper section of the vessel ribbed, and carved with long, elegant lotus petals that taper upwards, terminating in rounded ends. Another band of incised lines circumscribe the mouth.
The vessel glazed in a wonderful olive celadon glaze. The glaze stopping neatly at the mouth rim. The transparent celadon glaze thinning slightly along the raised sections, and pooling in the recesses, adding additional depth and texture. The celadon with wonderful yellow undertones, giving an overall olive hue.
Reference: For four similar, but smaller examples, all dated 13th-14th century, see Stevenson & Guy, "Vietnamese Ceramics...
Category
Vietnamese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Geode with deep purple amethyst crystals, a central stalactite and agate borders
Located in London, GB
A stunning spherical shaped geode of a deep purple amethyst. The piece is of a wonderful example of a three dimensional geode with particularly thick agate border, revealing grey aga...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Large Medieval 15th Century Religious Hand Carved Marble Sculpture Group
Located in Nottingham, GB
A large and rare second half of 15th century religious marble sculpture group, hand carved, mounted on bronze base for display. This sculpture group depicts the death of Saint Joseph...
Category
French Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Rare limonite formation with quartz
Located in London, GB
Intense yellow - orange limonite formation with inclusions of white quartz.
Origin: Benalmadena Trinidad Mine - Malaga - Spain
Category
Spanish Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Extremely Rare Roman Glass Fragment with Iridescent Patina – 1st–4th Century AD
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A remarkable and rare fragment of ancient Roman glass, dating from the 1st to 4th century AD. The glass is preserved in excellent condition and displays a stunning natural iridescent...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Ancient Gallo Roman Millstone
Located in London, GB
Gallo-Roman Quernstone
Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, France
Circa 2nd century BC - mid-4th century AD
Carved puddingstone
Diameter: 43 cm
The lower grinding stone from a late Iron Age, ea...
Category
French Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Prehistoric Brannerion Fossil Fish Specimen
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This rare Brannerion fossil specimen of a prehistoric fish is an impressive find from an ex private British collection.
Believed to be from Brazil, t...
Category
Brazilian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Natural Fiber
12th Century Indian Carved White Marble Figure of a Jain Tirthankara or Jina
Located in Austin, TX
A well carved Indian white marble Jain temple relief fragment featuring an image of a Jina, circa 12th century, Rajasthan or Gujarat, India.
The Tirthan...
Category
Indian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Prehistoric Fossil Fish Specimen
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This rare fossil of a prehistoric fish is an impressive specimen originating from Brazil, preserved by time over millions of years. Mounted on a metal...
Category
Brazilian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Metal
Twin green tourmaline in quartz
Located in London, GB
A striking composition of nature’s elegance, this beautiful specimen
features two rich green tourmaline crystals dramatically piercing through
a luminous white quartz matrix.
The co...
Category
Brazilian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Quartz, Tourmaline
Roman Marble Statuette of Jupiter
Located in London, GB
Roman Marble Fragment of jupiter
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Measure: Height: 19.7 cm
This beautiful Roman fragmentary statuette depicts Jupiter, the king of the gods, here recognisable from his two chief attributes, the eagle with outstretched wings - according the Pseudo-Hyginus, singled out by Jupiter because ''it alone, men say, strives to fly straight into the rays of the rising sun'' - and the base of the scepter, which remains at the side of the left foot, an aspect likely borrowed from the statue of Zeus at Olympia, once one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Though much of the original piece has been lost, the subtle anatomical detail in the feet mark this out as a piece of exceptional quality, and the work of an artist of particular talent and patience - as Johann Winckelmann once said of the famous Belvedere Torso, ''if you contemplate this with a quiet eye [...] the god will at once become visible in this stone.''
This fragment once caught the eye of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle (1694-1758), a Knight of the Garter and among the most prolific collectors of his day. The piece, acquired during his travels to Rome, was proudly displayed on an alcove of the Western Staircase of Castle Howard...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Pink Druzy Amethyst Sculptural Formation with Central Calcite Crystal
Located in London, GB
Colours fuse together in this uniquely beautiful piece, presenting the viewer with mixed of pink druze, lilac amethyst and white quartz.
A dynamic miner...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Leidyosuchus (Crodilian) Tooth Biting Into Trionyx (Turtle) Shell
Located in New York, NY
This extraordinary fossil specimen captures a dramatic moment from the Upper Cretaceous period 70 million years ago: a Leidyosuchus crocodilian tooth embedded in the fossilized shell...
Category
American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
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 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Stone Carved Anthropomorphic Sculpture From The Recuay Culture Peru 400bc-400ac
Located in Madrid, ES
ANTHROPOMORPHIC SCULPTURE CARVED IN STONE OF THE RECUAY CULTURE PERU 400BC-400AC
Recuay is an archaeological culture of Ancient Peru that developed in the Sierra of the current Peruvian department of Áncash between 200 AD. C. until 600 d. C. It corresponds to the stage called Regional Developments, it has also been called the Huaylas or Santa culture.
Like the other Early Intermediate cultures, little is known about this culture. The most accepted position is that it was an extension of the Chavin culture, after the influence of the "White on Red" style in the region. Regarding the political aspect of the recuay, there is a hypothesis that questions their autonomy and maintains that Recuay would be part of one of the many political units that made up the Moche state.
The recuay style, characterized by its ceramics and stone sculpture, was initially described by Eduard Seler in 1893, based on ceramic specimens brought to the Ethnographic Museum in Berlin by Mariano M. Macedo. Seler named this style of pottery Recuay, based on the report that these pieces had been found in the town of Recuay. Later studies showed that this characteristic pottery was not originally from Recuay but from Copa, near Carhuaz, for which reason the name change to that of this town was proposed. Eventually the name of Huaylas was used for this culture. In 1919 Julio C. Tello explored the area and recovered lithic sculptures and Recuay-type ceramics. In the 1960s Rafael Larco Hoyle proposed changing the names of Recuay and Copa to Santa, arguing that the Recuay style had originated in the coastal regions of the Santa Valley. However, the name Recuay has persisted.
Its chronology is also highly debatable. The time of its origin between 0 and 200 AD is discussed. C. and its end or collapse is commonly set to 600 d. C. probably caused by the invasion of the Huari conquerors.
It encompassed almost the entire Callejón de Huaylas, a narrow valley fed by the Santa River and enclosed between two mountain ranges, the Cordillera Blanca to the west and the Cordillera Negra to the east. Its influence extended to the east to the Marañón river basin and to the west to the upper parts of the Santa, Casma and Huarmey valleys. To the north it reached the town of Pashash, in the province of Pallasca.
The Copa area, Marca district, Recuay province, Ancash department seems to have been the center or main nucleus of cohesion of this culture. The name of the culture would then be justified, derived from the province of the same name. Other important settlements were those of Huilcahuaín (near the current city of Ancash), Cátac, Araucay, Tambo, Jancu, Upayacu and Pashash (near the current city of Cabana).
Its main form of expression of art was through stone work (carving and masonry), inherited from its predecessor, the Chavín culture. In addition, they made sculptures in lumps that represent warriors with shields or trophy heads, with which they decorated their complex architectural constructions. They also made white clay pottery...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Nayarit Pottery Fertility Female Figure With Child
By Nayarit Culture
Located in Dallas, TX
Nayarit Fertility Female Figure With Child
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit,
Ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE.
A seated terracotta female figure from the shaft tomb tradition, shown cradling an infant over her right shoulder - likely a symbolic representation of fertility, maternity, and the continuity of life. This expressive red-slipped sculpture is boldly modeled with exaggerated limbs and stylized facial features, impressed eyes, a broad nose adorned with a septum piercing, and ear ornaments. Her elaborate coiffure is incised with vertical striations and rises into a high crest, pierced at the top with a vent hole connecting to the hollow interior. Manganese blooms across the surface attest to its long burial. Such figures were ritually interred in shaft tombs to accompany the dead, offering symbolic protection or ensuring rebirth in the afterlife.
Dimensions: 4 Inches Wide x 8.4 Inches Height (10.2 cm x 21.1 cm)
Condition: Presents beautifully with restorations to the head.
Provenance: Collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from a Los Angeles, California, USA gallery acquisition dates range from the late 1990s to 2005
Legal to acquire under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14.
This Nayarit Figure...
Category
Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Korean Very Old Pottery Vase/10th Century to 14th Century/Goryeo Dynasty
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is Korean pottery made between the 10th century and the 14th century.
At that time, it was called the Goryeo Dynasty, and various objects such as metalwork and pottery were mad...
Category
South Korean Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Oblong body, flat discoidal base, rimmed lip and edge, Egypt, Late Period.
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Oblong body, flat discoidal base. Rimmed lip and edge.
Alabaster. H. 27 cm, Diam. 13,5 cm
Egypt, Late Period, 664-332 BC. AD
A Late Period alabaster jar. 664-332 BC
Category
Egyptian Egyptian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster
Quartz Var. Grape Agate from Indonesia
Located in New York, NY
From near Pantai Manakarra, Mamuju, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Double-sided cluster of translucent grape purple quartz agate in spherical formations with a radial internal structure and are found in cavities in pillow basalt. Also known as Grape Agate...
Category
Indonesian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Quartz, Other
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Paradoxides Trilobite Fossil
Located in New York, NY
This Paradoxides trilobite specimen presented as-unearthed in matrix dates back over 499 million years to the Middle Cambrian Epoch. Paradoxides is one of the earliest known genus of...
Category
Asian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
Etruscan Sculpture Head, 4th Century B.C., Italy
Located in Girona, Spain
DESCRIPTION: Etruscan sculpture head made with terracotta, the art represents a young man from the 4th century. It's a very decorative piece and the stat...
Category
Italian Classical Greek Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Amethyst Crystal Cluster with Exceptional Calcite Formation, Mineral Art
Located in London, GB
An incredible amethyst formation with central calcite "arch" and calcite spear.
Two special calcite formations are shown here; the first is a beautiful arch covered with a blanket...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Fossil Fish Plate
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional Fish Plate,one large and and 5 smaller Fish, Green River Formation, Priscara Fish,
Wyoming USA, Eocene Period, very decorative object,
can be mounted on a wall, very deco...
Category
American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
$3,454
Gem grade, Amethyst Geode Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gem grade, Amethyst Geode Sculpture
The amethyst geodes from Uruguay are mined from the same rock formation as their relatives just to the north across...
Category
Uruguayan Organic Modern Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Amethyst, Rock Crystal
15th Century French Carved Limestone Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare 15th century French carved limestone fragment depicting the back of a man's head with a wavy hair texture, and mounted on a c...
Category
French Renaissance Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Large Imperial Black Porphyry specimen
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Rare and Large Imperial Black Porphyry architectural fragment
partially polished,
23,5 x 15 x 12 cm
Porfido Nero is a rare Black Variety of Imperial Porphyry from Gebel Dokhan (th...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Porphyry
Chinese Sui Dynasty White Glazed Jar with Loop Handles, 6th-7th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A simple and elegant Chinese high fired white glazed jar with four lug handles, Sui Dynasty (581 to 618), probably Heibei Province.
The voluptuou...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Ming Dynasty Longquan Celadon Dish with Geometric Design, 15th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A heavily potted and richly glazed celadon dish, Longquan kilns, early Ming Dynasty, mid 15th century, China.
The large dish glazed in a deep olive cela...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Freestanding Polished Lapis Lazuli Freeform
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large scale freestanding polished lapis lazuli freeform originating from Afghanistan, one of two similar naturally-formed lapis lazuli specimens we are selling.
With its naturally...
Category
Afghan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Natural Fiber
Epidote
Located in London, GB
An exceptional cluster of lustrous epidote crystals from Casca, La Libertad, Peru, rising in sharp, elongated formations with a deep green tone that shifts to almost black in subdued...
Category
Peruvian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
$3,500
Large Thai Ban Chiang Painted Pottery Vessel, Late Period, circa 300 BC
Located in Austin, TX
A massive Ban Chiang culture painted pottery vessel, circa 300 BC, Thailand.
The large storage jar painted with a bold spiral pattern in red ochre on a b...
Category
Thai Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Rare English Romanesque Limestone Capital on Stand
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This weathered English Romanesque limestone capital is centuries old, dating from the Norman era of the 11th and 12th centuries. Originating from Oxf...
Category
English Medieval Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Pre Columbian Terracotta Chimu Vessel Pottery
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pre-Columbian terracotta Chimu vessel pottery - explore the rich history of ancient artistry with this unique artifact as an enduring testament to the artistic value of the ancient C...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta, Pottery
Extra Large 12.5 in Luminescent Ammonite Fossil, Jurassic Cretaceous Period #LP3
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Madagascar
Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old
Dimensions: 12.75 x 11 x 2.25 in. / 32 x 28 x 6 cm
Weight: 12 lbs 14 oz/ 5.85 kg
In this example, the complex...
Category
Malagasy Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Precious Stone
Large Fossilised Natural Ammonite Specimen
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large-scale fossilised natural ammonite specimen from an ex UK private collection. Sourced from South Ferriby Quarry, Lincolnshire, this striking fossil is of prominent structure, ...
Category
English Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Natural Fiber
Spessartine Garnet with Aquamarine Crystals on Albite from Pakistan
Located in New York, NY
From Himalayan mountains - Shengus area, near Skardu, Pakistan
This red Spessartine Garnet cluster, has perfectly terminated crystals, with beautiful blue Aquamarine crystals, formed...
Category
Pakistani Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 15th Century Polychrome Wood Carving Depicting the Nativity
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
While the birth of Christ is briefly told in the Gospel of Luke (2, 7) it is in the apocryphal texts that we find most of the elements and details that have then inspired artists. As of the 14th century and even more of the 15th century the subject of the Adoration of the Child replaces in Western art the scene of the Birth, much favoured in Byzantine art. Instead of being depicted lying with the new-born swathed in the manger, the Virgin is now kneeling, her hands joined in prayer in front of the naked child. This change was probably hastened by the popularity of the visions of Saint Bridget of Sweden to whom the Virgin allegedly appeared to show how she had given birth to Jesus (Visions, VII, chap. 21).
Sheltered by a thatch-roofed structure the Virgin is kneeling in front of the Child Jesus. She wears a magnificent red dress under a large gold cloak. Her curled blond hair is partially veiled. The newborn is lying on a straw mat. Joseph is depicted with a parted beard and stands opposite from the Virgin. He wears a tunic and a coat with a purse hanging from the belt. His costume reminds us of the long journey him and Mary have accomplished to reach Bethlehem.
Two other women are present. One is looking through the stable’s window to observe the Holy Family while another one kneels in prayer in front of the divine child. The rich costume of the lady might indicate she is a donator.
However they could also both represent the women who took part in the birth of Christ, Zelemi and Salome. Salome, incredulous did not believe in the virginal conception of Mary and she is represented far from the scene. The artist has depicted her with an expression of doubt on her face. Zelemi, on the contrary, is a believer. She is rewarded by a place of honour at the heart of the scene, close to Mary.
To the left the donkey and ox that have accompanied Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem observe quietly the scene.
On the foreground two angels hold a scroll reading an excerpt from the Gloria : “/Gloria/ in excelsis /Deo/.” One of the angels wears a blue cape while the other’s is red Those two colours are very significant as during Middle-Ages blue symbolises hope and red charity. Together they express the hope in redemption thanks to the advent of Christ and his sacrifice to come.
Above the main scene, up a cliff, a small shepherd lets his herd of sheep graze amidst the trees. He is framed by two walled cities.
This wood carving is the work of a very skilled and inventive artist. The piece bears witness to his exceptional talent. The realism of the scene is emphasised by the amount of details depicted. The refinement of the carving itself is highlighted by the well preserved polychromy.
This key moment of the New Testament is set in a contemporary context thanks to the clothes of the characters and the scenes of rural life. The universal dimension of the scene is intensified while allowing contemporary viewers to grasp its meaning more easily.
This care for details, the picturesque realism as well as the extraordinary rendition of the cloths suggest it was made by a Flemish artist during the late 15th century.
This relief can be compared with the panel of the Nativity from the Saint-Vaast altarpiece made by Jacques Daret between 1433 and 1435, today in Madrid’s Thyssen-Bronemisza Museum.
Literature
Louis Réau, Iconographie de l’Art chrétien...
Category
Dutch Gothic Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Chinese Northern Wei Terrecotta Attendant - TL Tested
Located in Dallas, TX
Circa 386-534 ADA well defined Chinese Northern Wei Terracotta Attendant Statue.
The Figure is depicted standing with his hands along the body, wearin...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Monumental Peruvian Pyrite Cluster Weighing 92 lbs.
Located in Miami, FL
Monumental Peruvian Pyrite Cluster Weighing 92 lbs.
Offered for sale is a huge specimen of Peruvian Pyrite that weighs an astounding 92 pounds.
Pyrite is a shiny stone known as foo...
Category
Peruvian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pyrite
Exceptional Neolithic Chinese Painted Terracotta Storage Jar, 3rd Millennium B.C
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
Exceptional Neolithic Chinese Painted Terracotta Storage Jar, 3rd Millennium B.C.
A rare and visually arresting terracotta storage jar from Neolithic China, dating to the 3rd millenn...
Category
Chinese Primitive Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Purple Amethyst Crystal Cluster Slab Calcite Hematite Spike
Located in Forney, TX
A large brilliant natural amethyst specimen that displays large crystal terminations, rich inclusions and calcite formations throughout, and a single large hematite spike.
Dimensi...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Amethyst
Large Dark Purple Amethyst Geode, Uruguay
Located in NICE, FR
Elevate your space with this striking Amethyst Geode—an extraordinary natural specimen showcasing deep purple druzy crystals. This captivating piece is a perfect harmony of geologica...
Category
Uruguayan Prehistoric Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Amethyst
Sky-blue Aragonite Mineral Specimen – Wenshan Mine, China
Located in Edison, NJ
Aragonite is a polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). It is elementally identical to calcite but is considerably rarer due to the very specific geological conditions required for it...
Category
Chinese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Fluorite Mineral from Hunan, China
Located in New York, NY
Fluorite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan Province, China.
Huge cluster of fully crystallized, gem-purple fluorite crystals. The transparent fluorite crystals are lus...
Category
Chinese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Other
$11,250 Sale Price
25% Off
Khmer Sandstone Figure of a Female Deity
Located in Austin, TX
A wonderfully sensual Khmer statue of a female divinity delicately carved from gray sandstone.
Her face radiates a cool serenity. Almond shaped eyes ga...
Category
Cambodian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Sandstone, Metal
Genuine Natural Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Located in New York, NY
Spinosaurus (meaning "spine lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what now is North Africa, during the upper Albian to upper Turonian stages of the Cretaceous period...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Six Dynasties Pottery Model of an Armored Horse, 3rd-4th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
An extremely rare Chinese painted pottery model of an armored horse, Six Dynasties period (220-581 AD), TL tested by Oxford Authentication.
The stocky ...
Category
Chinese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Morganite with Smoky Quartz, Afghanistan
Located in New York, NY
Morganite with Smoky Quartz
Mawi pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum pegmatite field,
Nuristan, Afghanistan
9.7cm tall x 11.5cm wide
Ex-collection Stephen Smale
All the members of the Beryl f...
Category
Afghan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
Smoky Quartz Gwindel, Switzerland
Located in New York, NY
SMOKY QUARTZ GWINDEL
Les Courtes, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
12 cm tall x 12 cm wide
This Alpine region is most well known...
Category
Swiss Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
Greek Black Glazen Column Krater (4th Century BC)
Located in Soho, London, GB
Black Glazen column krater,
mid-4th century BC, Apulia.
With broad avoid body on a short echinus foot and thick mouth.
The two handles form loops around t...
Category
Italian Classical Greek Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Pink Fluorite on Smoky Quartz, Switzerland
Located in New York, NY
PINK FLUORITE ON SMOKY QUARTZ
Tiefengletscher, Furka, Uri, Switzerland
28.5 cm tall x 12.7 cm wide
In the mineral kingdom there are hierarchies, not all of them actually correct. Bu...
Category
Swiss Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
French Gothic Stone Sculpture of a Bishop – 15th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Striking Gothic stone sculpture from 15th-century France, depicting a bishop adorned with remnants of original polychromy in shades of blue and green. A highly decorative piece, show...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Limestone
Large Amethyst Crystal Cluster with Purple Fluorite
Located in New York, NY
Museum quality, rare undulating formation of a gemmy transparent amethyst cluster with a cluster of spherical purple fluorite. These amethyst crystals ...
Category
Indian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects
Materials
Amethyst, Crystal, Other
$9,600 Sale Price
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