Rare Minoan Breccia Bird's Nest Bowl, 2000 BC to 1700 BC
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Minoan artisans were crafting beautiful and meticulously carved stone vessels since the late third millenium BC. Examples of such refined stoneware have been found in settlements, c...
Breccia Marble
Pair of Grey marble Italian Obelisks
Located in MILL, NL
Set of 2 large solid marble obelisks. Mid- to late 20th century. With a framed base and spherical knobs in the centre. In very good condition. Dimensions: 50H x 15W x 15D
Breccia Marble
Pair of 18th Century Italian Rococo Gold Leaf Tassel Ornaments
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
Pair of 18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf tassel ornaments. They are two of the same shape of tassel but in two different sizes ...
Metal, Gold Leaf
Small Antique Spanish Colonial Chest, Late 1700’s
By NONO
Located in Guadalajra, Jal
Small Antique Spanish Colonial Chest, Late 1700’s Small colonial chest made of mesquite wood with remnants of paint. Assembled with dovetail joints and featuring impressive wrought i...
Wood
$4,139
H 2.37 in W 1.19 in D 2.29 in
Ancient Greek Hellenistic Marble Head of a Goddess, probably Aphrodite
Located in London, GB
The head carved in luminous marble, likely depicts Aphrodite, the ancient Greek goddess of love and beauty. Shown with her smooth oval face with deeply set eyes, and slightly open lips, her hair centrally-parted with a diadem, and a chignon at her neck. The head would originally have been from a full length figure of the goddess, depicted either entirely nude, or semi-nude with folds of drapery around her hips. Such figures are often known as 'Anadyomene' which means 'rising from the sea'. The tilt of the head and the hair arrangement is seen in other Hellenistic Greek marble heads...
Marble
18th Century Italian Rococo Gold Leaf Tassel Ornaments 'Group of 5'
By Interi
Located in Columbia, SC
18th century Italian hand carved gold leaf tassel ornaments. The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used d...
Metal, Gold Leaf
On Hold|$2,165
H 7.88 in W 17.33 in D 18.9 in
A Large Antique "Trog" w/ Markings, Scandinavia c. 1700s
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Antique Scandinavian Trog A hand-carved trog in aged burled wood, likely Norwegian, 18th or 19th century. The single lug handle with its oval cutout is a hallmark of Scandinavian fo...
Wood
$2,125Sale Price|30% Off
H 14.97 in W 11.03 in D 11.03 in
Large Ancient Cypriot Bichrome Ware Amphora Pottery ca. 800–600 BC
Located in London, GB
Ancient Cypriot Bichrome Ware Amphora – Cypro-Archaic, ca. 750-400 BC A beautifully preserved Large ancient Cypriot bichrome ware amphora dating to the Cypro-Archaic period (ca. 75...
Pottery
Ancient Greek Black-Glazed Kantharos, 5th-4th Century BC
Located in London, GB
A Greek black-glazed pottery kantharos Circa 5th - 4th century BC Height: 17 cm (width: 23.5 cm) Provenance: Norri collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK, 1980s-1990s. The ...
Pottery
$19,500
H 1.01 in W 0.96 in D 0.17 in
Medallic Ancient Greek Silver Coin, Tetradrachm from Leontini, Sicily, c.450 BC
Located in London, GB
A beautifully toned, medallic Greek coin of the finest Classical style with an exceptional provenance. This piece exemplifies the artistic heights reached in Sicilian numismatics dur...
Silver
AR Tetradrachm Attica, Athens, ca. 410 BC
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with olive leaves over visor and spiral palmette Reverse: owl standing right with head fa...
Silver
Ancient Hellenistic Alabaster Lekythos, 4th-3rd Century BC
Located in London, GB
This wonderful little Ancient Greek alabaster pouring jug would have been used to store high value perfumed oils. Carved by hand from a luminous banded stone With a ribbed rim and f...
Stone, Alabaster
16/1700s Brass Mortar and Pestle, France, Primitive Antique, Patina
Located in Skien, NO
Antique French Apothecary Mortar and Pestle, Hand Cast Brass / Bronze, 17th / 18th Century. This rare primitive mortar and pestle, handcraft...
Brass, Bronze
AR Denarius Julius Caesar (48-44 BC)
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: diademed head of Venus right Reverse: CAESAR, Aeneas advancing left, holding palladium and carrying Anchises on his shoulder Weight: 3.97 g Grade: Good Extremely Fine Refer...
Silver
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H 12 in W 4 in D 2 in
Modernist Bronze and Marble Sculpture by Abbott Pattison.. Picasso "like" figure
Located in Buffalo, NY
An abstract modernist bronze sculpture by Abbot Pattison depicting Picasso like figure signed at the base of the sculpture "a pattison" Abbott Pattison (1916 - 1999) Abbott Lawrence...
Breccia Marble, Bronze
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H 18.5 in W 8.75 in D 3.5 in
Diminutive Italian Grand Tour Model of Ruins, Sienna Marble, Statue / Sculpture
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian Grand Tour Corinthian Style Stone / Marble Model of Ruins, Sienna Marble, Statue / Sculpture. Grand Tour Giallo Antico Marble Model of the Temple of Castor & Pollux. A very fine and early Roman neoclassical period grand tour Sienna...
Marble, Breccia Marble
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