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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Material: Metal
Group of Mounted Natural Sea Stone Specimens from Denmark
Located in New York, NY
A delightful grouping of natural sea stone specimens of flint and chalk from the shores of Denmark. Each stone is unique with the result of years of ero...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Danish Primitive Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
Pair of Reliefs, Carved, Polychrome and Gilt Wood, Castilian School, 16th C
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of reliefs. Carved, polychrome and gilt wood. Castilian school, 16th century.
Pair of carved and polychrome wooden reliefs with figurative relig...
Category
16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Ceratarges Spinosus Trilobite from Morocco, '452.1 Grams'
Located in New York, NY
Trilobites, an early arthropod relative of spiders, horseshoe crabs, and scorpions, preserved in this level of detail only occurred as a result of very sudden underwater landslides c...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Chinese Ming Dynasty Bronze Nanhai Guanyin, 16th/17th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A decidingly charming Chinese polychromed and gilt cast bronze figure of Nanhai Guanyin, Guanyin of the South Sea, Ming Dynasty, 16th/17th century, China.
Guanyin, the bodhisattva of compassion, is portrayed here as a beatific figure seated upon a raised lotus pedestal over waves. Guanyin is dressed in heavy robes, and wears an elaborate headdress. The small figure of Amitabha Buddha in the headdress positively identifies this figure as Guanyin.
Guanyin rests one hand in his lap, holding a cup of pure water said to be able to alleviate all suffering. His other hand is raised, holding a willow branch which is used to sprinkle the healing waters.
The two lotus blossoms to either side of Guanyin would originally have supported figures of the acolytes...
Category
Early 1600s Chinese Ming Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture of Santa Rosa in Huamanga Stone 17 Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sculpture of Santa Rosa in stone Huamanga 17th century
Origin Upper Peru
Circa 17-18th century Former Viceroyalty of Peru
Lime pink Santa and child motif
Huamanga Stone Material
Handmade
polychrome
It has some missing
He is missing his left arm
This piece is many years old.
Its main structure is very good
The stone carving of Huamanga is one of the crafts that emerges as soon as Ayacucho is mentioned, it is in this artistic field where the most varied and interesting application of Huamanga stone is found, being used in the manufacture of religious-themed figurines.
Saint Rose of Lima (Lima, April 20, 1586-Lima, August 24, 1617), with the secular name Isabel Flores de Oliva, was a Dominican Tertiary Catholic saint...
Category
1750s Peruvian American Colonial Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Authentic Pre Historic Basilousaurus Whale Tooth .75" x .25" x 2.55", 21.5 Grams
Located in New York, NY
This well preserved tooth is 40 to 34 million years old from the Late Eocene Period. Basilosaurus was first thought to be a reptile but was later identified as a genus of ancient cet...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Etruscan Bronze Statuette of Discus Thrower
Located in London, GB
A remarkably fine example of Archaic sculpture. A figure of a discophoros, or discus bearer, standing with his right leg forward, gripping a discus in his right hand, the left arm raised with an open palm. Described with admiration in Münzen und Medaillen's 1961 auction, "The figure is a masterpiece and illustrates with rare vividness the essence of good Etruscan sculpture...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Head of the Buddha, 17th Century, Thailand
Located in Stamford, CT
A Thai bronze head of Buddha, Sukothai period, late 16th-early 17th century. His face with serene expression, arched eyebrows above incised eyes and l...
Category
Early 17th Century Thai Other Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rhodochrosite N’Chwaning Mines
Located in New York, NY
Rhodochrosite
N’Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
2.6 cm tall x 4.4 cm wide
The N'Chwaning Mine has produced many of the finest kn...
Category
15th Century and Earlier South African Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Asaphus intermedius Trilobite from Morocco (844.4 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Trilobites, an early arthropod relative of spiders, horseshoe crabs, and scorpions, preserved in this level of detail only occurred as a result of very sudden underwater landslides c...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Italian Antique Frieze
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Long Italian antique frieze in silvered copper on wooden base.
It is no longer easy to find these ancient friezes: this is very decorative and can be hu...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Calcite var. Manganocalcite From Inner Mongolia, China
Located in New York, NY
From Huanggang Mine, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China
Pink mangano calcite flower. The pink color of the calcite is caused by manganese ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
Elbaite Tourmaline from Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Located in New York, NY
From Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Large watermelon pink elbaite tourmaline with transparent lighter pink to cherry red zoning at the top. The tourmalin...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Afghan Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Khmer Bronze Maitreya Buddha 17th/18th Century with Writings
Located in Dallas, TX
Khmer Bronze Buddha
Cambodia, 17th/18thC
Copper and Bronze sculpture representing seated Buddha with traces of gilding. Writings on verso; possibly a prayer.
Dimensions: Height 6 1/4 inches (15.8 cm)}
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18th Century Cambodian Malayer Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Candle Holders, 17th Century Italian Polychromed Carved Wood
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair of early 17th Century Baroque polychromed carved wood Angel sculptures with torch shaped candleholders.
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mounted Specimen: Apophyllite, Stilbite, Chalcedony
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mounted Specimen: Apophyllite, Stilbite, Chalcedony #L9W
Dimensions: 6 x 8.5 x 2.5 in. / 15 x 22 x 6 cm
Height on custom display stand: 9 in. / 23 c...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Other Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Large 18th Century French Cast Iron Bust of Jean Jacque Rousseau
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressive life size cast iron bust of a gentleman, possibly Jean Jacques Rousseau.
A handsome decorative antique statue for the garden, gard...
Category
18th Century French Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Genuine Large Canyon Diablo Iron Meteorite
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Canyon Diablo iron Meteorite in display box. This nickel-iron meteorite was found in the world famous Baringer crater (meteor crater) AZ, USA. Th...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other, Iron
Quartz var. Amethyst Flower from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Quartz var. Amethyst flower from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Aesthetic formation of lustrous transparent purple amethyst quartz crystals in fan-shaped aggregate. These formations a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Brazilian Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Amethyst, Other
Small Thai Seated Bronze Buddha Maravijaya, Ayutthaya, 16th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A small Thai cast seated bronze figure of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni, Northern Thailand, Ayutthaya period, 16th century.
This sculpture captures the m...
Category
16th Century Thai Tribal Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Septarian on Custom Made Metal Base
Located in BAARN, UT
Cut and polished to reveal internal calcite and aragonite structures, supported on fitted custom stand.
Septarian nodules or clay spheres occur be...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Belgian Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Tourmaline
Located in New York, NY
Tourmaline
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
6.6 cm tall x 3 cm wide
This colorful tourmaline comes from the recent discoveries in ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Congolese Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Genuine Natural Pre Historic Basilousaurus Whale Tooth
Located in New York, NY
This well preserved tooth is 40 to 34 million years old from the Late Eocene Period. Basilosaurus was first thought to be a reptile but was later identified as a genus of ancient cet...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Naturally Formed Mineral, Clear Apophyllite Sculpture
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Naturally formed mineral, clear apophyllite sculpture
India
Measures: 11 x 8 x 4 in. / 28 x 20 x 10 cm
Height on custom display stand: 14 in. / 36 cm
Custom mounted on a ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Other Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Steel
18th Century Italian Sunburst Religious Artifact
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful 18th century Italian sunburst religious artifact resting in its stone base.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Iron
Collection of Splendid Mineral Specimens Naturally Formed as Snowy Mountains
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A collection of splendid mineral specimens naturally formed resembling snowy mountains
All found in Trepca, Kosovo
From left to right:
Sphalerite, Rock Crystal, Pyrite & Ca...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Balkan Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Iron, Lead, Zinc
Baroque Bronze Mermaid Door Knocker Mounted on Lucite Stand, German 1680-1700
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early German baroque bronze mermaid door knocker on frosted lucite stand.
This door knocker is a work of art; heavy bronze with original patina, ...
Category
Early 1700s German Baroque Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pyrite Clusters on Basalt From Navajun, Spain
Located in New York, NY
A world-class cluster of perfectly terminated cubic Pyrite crystals, interlocked on it's natural Basalt matrix. This specimen was discovered in the famous mines of Navajun, Spain - c...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Spanish Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Pyrite, Other
Quartz 'with Multi-Zoned Inclusions'
Located in New York, NY
Quartz (with multi-zoned inclusions)
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
19.1 cm tall x 12.9 cm wide
12% of the Earth’s crust is quartz, making it among the most common of all min...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Brazilian Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other
18th Century Italian Carved Wood and Polychromed Figure Depicting Baby Jesus
Located in North Miami, FL
Presenting an extraordinary 18th-century Italian carved wood and polychromed figure, capturing the tender image of baby Jesus in a standing posture, gracefully perched upon an intric...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
15th Cen Four Pillars of the Christian Faith Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Luke
Located in North Miami, FL
15th century Italian carved wood, polychromed and gold gilded sculptures of four Pillars of the Christian Faith (Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Luke, Saint Matthew).
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Aragonite from Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
Located in New York, NY
Aragonite from Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia lamproite outcrops, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain.
Lustrous interconnected purple-gray crystals with minor matrix. Color ranges fro...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Spanish Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Tourmaline
Located in New York, NY
Tourmaline
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Measures: 5.1 cm tall x 2 cm wide.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Congolese Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Small Burmese Shan Tai Yai Bronze Buddha, 18th Century, Burma
Located in Austin, TX
A decidedly charming small cast bronze figure of the Buddha, 18th century, Shan Tai Yai peoples, Burma (Myanmar).
The small image of the Buddha is portraye...
Category
18th Century Burmese Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Golden Calcite Crystal From Elmwood Mine, Tennessee
Located in New York, NY
Large, museum-quality, lustrous transparent deep golden calcite with small sphalerite crystal at the base of the crystal. Double terminated scalenohedra...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Natural Giant Diplomytus Fish Fossil Plate (60.2 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
60-Pound fossil plate, with three stunning, fossilized Diplomytus fish in their natural matrix. Towards the right side of this piece, there is a beautiful...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Purple Fluorite from Durham, England
Located in New York, NY
From Greenlaws Mine, Victoria Flatt, Weardale, County Durham, England
Lustrous transparent-to-translucent purple-grey cubic fluorite crystals. The flu...
Category
15th Century and Earlier English Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
18th Century Rococo German Painted and Gilt Wine Cooler in the Form of a Swan
Located in Troy, NY
Extraordinary wine-cooler in the form of a beautifully sculpted, gilt and polychromed Swan of impressive stature, makes certainly the conversation-piece of the party. The white paint...
Category
18th Century German Rococo Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Tin
Purple Yellow Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Located in New York, NY
Purple yellow fluorite from elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee.
Transparent 3D cubic formation of bi colored purple fluorite with gem yellow core. Bright vibrant core...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Wulfenite Mineral Crystal from China (1.33 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
From Jianshan Mine, Kuruktag Mountains, Ürümqi, Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Region, China
Lustrous translucent orange bladed wulfenite crystals covering the gray matrix. The wul...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Calcite with Apophyllite from Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
Located in New York, NY
From Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
Large cabinet specimen of rich golden yellow calcite crystal cluster partially covered in lustrous gem apophyllite cr...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Miniature Fragment with Fossil Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian miniature fragment with fossil agate coral.
The fragment was originally part of an 18th century Italian candlestick from a historic church. It has the original gold leaf and red bole paint that coordinates with the fossil agate coral. Fossil agate coral is also Florida...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
Labradorite XL Front Polished
Located in BAARN, UT
151 kg. Labradorite is named after the Canadian peninsula of Labrador where the rock was first found and described.
It is a plagioclase feldspar that rarely if ever forms crystals a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Rubellite Tourmaline on Quartz, Russia
Located in New York, NY
Rubellite Tourmaline on Quartz, Malkhan Pegmatite Field, Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
Measures: 12.5 cm tall x 15 cm wide
All ru...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Russian Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Calcite on Amethyst cluster From Uruguay
Located in New York, NY
From San Eugenio, Artigas Dept., Uruguay
Large 6'' sharp scalenohedral crystal of Calcite centered on matrix of grape purple translucent to transparent top-quality Uruguayan Amethyst...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Amethyst, Crystal, Other
Pyrite Cluster with Quartz from Peru ( 20 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Pyrite with Quartz from Huaron District, Cerro de Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru.
Complex cluster of colorless quartz crystals inter grown with metallic yellow pyrite crysta...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Pyrite, Other
Purple Yellow Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Located in New York, NY
Purple Yellow Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee.
Transparent 3D cubic formation of bi colored purple fluorite with gem yellow core. Bright vibrant core w...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Azurite with Malachite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
Located in New York, NY
From Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
This specimen has lustrous rich blue wedge-shaped azurite crystals inter-grown partially covering one side of its white clay-rich matrix...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Azurite Milpillas Mine, Mexico
Located in New York, NY
Azurite, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Measures: 8 cm tall x 7.5 cm wide
This Azurite was found in the most important pocket, the Electric Blue...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Green Fluorite Cluster From Hunan, China
Located in New York, NY
From Xianghualing, Hunan Province, China
Internally clear transparent crystal cluster of vivid green cubic fluorite crystals on matrix. The matrix is clearly visible through the c...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Blue Barite From Morocco
Located in New York, NY
From Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, L'Oriental Region, Morocco.
Here is a superb incredible new blue Barite that have been discovered this p...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
Crocoite from Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
Located in New York, NY
From red lead mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
Colorful specimen of bright red-orange translucent crocoite crystals on brown gossan with minor yellowish-white gibbsite microcryst...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Australian Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Other
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
15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Amethyst, Crystal, Other
Peace Depicting the Crucifixion in Dark Patina Bronze 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
18th Century. Peace depicting the Crucifixion
Dark patina bronze, 21 x 14.5 cm
The bronze examined is an ancient peace (in Latin osculum pacis or table pacis), the object of th...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Quartz, Other
Natural & Genuine Large Carcharodontosaurus Tooth from Morocco (109 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Carcharodontosaurus (Dinosaur) tooth in a glass display box From Tegana Formation, North Africa.
Cretaceous Age 65 million years
Carcharodontos...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Other
Herkimer Quartz Cluster from Herkimer County, New York
Located in New York, NY
Doubly-terminated, stacked cluster of Herkimer Quartz crystals from Herkimer County, New York. This aesthetic specimen, translucent to transparent 3d diamond shaped cluster, is in pr...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Crystal, Other
Pair of Roman Sculptures Early 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Roman manufacture of the 18th century.
Pair of sculptures in burnished and gilded metal.
Measures: Height 40 cm.
Marble base.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Metal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
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