Balkan Folk Art

Balkan Sculptures and Carvings

Balkan Ceramics

Balkan Paintings

Balkan Antiquities

Place of Origin: Balkan

AR drachm Mithradates I, Hekatompylos

Located in UTRECHT, UT

Obverse: head left in bashlyk Reverse: archer seated right on omphalos, three line legend, H Not known to Sellwood, unpublished coin of Hekatompylos mint Weight: 3.95 g Grade: Abou...

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15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Balkan Folk Art

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Silver

AR drachm Mithradates I, Hekatompylos

AR Stater Agathokles, Sicily, Syracuse

Located in UTRECHT, UT

Obverse: helmeted head of Athena right Reverse: Pegasos flying left, triskeles below VERY RARE Beautiful toning Weight: 6.80 g Grade: Good Extremely Fine Reference: Pegasi 19 va...

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15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Balkan Folk Art

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Silver

AR Stater Agathokles, Sicily, Syracuse

Greek orthodox icon (1800) painted on wooden pannel

Located in Oostende, BE

Greek orthodox icon (painted around the year 1800). At the top: "Mother of God of the Unfading Flower” Left bottom: Saint George Middle: The Mother of God in Paradise Right: Saint ...

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Early 1800s Antique Balkan Folk Art

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Wood

Greek orthodox icon (1800) painted on wooden pannel

Bronze Siren

Located in London, GB

Sirens were dangerous bird-like females who tempted sailors with their hauntingly beautiful song. In Homer’s Odyssey (XII, 39) Odysseus and his sailors were warned about the lethal c...

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15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Balkan Folk Art

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Bronze

Bronze Siren

AR Denarius Vespasian (69-79)

Located in UTRECHT, UT

Obverse: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS V TR P P P, laureate head right Reverse: AVGVSTAE – PACI, Victory standing right, holding shouldered palm frond with her left hand and a wreath in ...

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15th Century and Earlier Classical Roman Antique Balkan Folk Art

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Silver

AR Denarius Vespasian (69-79)

AR Drachm Bagadat, kingdom of Persis, Persepolis

Located in UTRECHT, UT

Obverse: head right, with mustache and earring, wearing diadem and kyrbasia Reverse: fire temple of Ahura-Mazda, above, half-figure of Ahura-Mazda, to inner left, Baydād (Bagadat) st...

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15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Balkan Folk Art

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Silver

AR Drachm Bagadat, kingdom of Persis, Persepolis

AR Tetradrachm Attica, Athens

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...

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15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Balkan Folk Art

Materials

Silver

AR Tetradrachm Attica, Athens

AR Stater Lucania, Metapontum

Located in UTRECHT, UT

Obverse: head of Demeter left, wearing barley wreath Reverse: ΜΕΤA, ear of barley, pitchfork above leaf in left field Weight: 7.84 g Grade: About extremely fine Reference: SNG ANS 4...

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15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Balkan Folk Art

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Silver

AR Stater Lucania, Metapontum

AR Stater Lucania, Herakleia

Located in UTRECHT, UT

Obverse: [HPAKLHIWN], head of Athena right, wearing crested Athenian helmet ornamented with Skylla; behind, K Reverse: HPAKLHIWN, Herakles, naked, standing facing, holding club and b...

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15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Balkan Folk Art

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Silver

AR Stater Lucania, Herakleia

AR Tetradrachm Attica, Athens

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...

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15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Balkan Folk Art

Materials

Silver

AR Tetradrachm Attica, Athens

AR Drachm Attica, Athens

Located in UTRECHT, UT

Obverse: head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and spiral palmette Reverse: owl standing right with h...

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15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Balkan Folk Art

Materials

Silver

AR Drachm Attica, Athens

AR Stater Thrace, Thasos

Located in UTRECHT, UT

Obverse: Silenus with nymph Reverse: square incuse with four fields AMAZING TONING AND HIGH RELIEF Gewicht: 8.46 g Kwaliteit: Prachtig Referentie: HGC 331; Le Rider, Thasienne, Tf...

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15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Balkan Folk Art

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Silver

AR Stater Thrace, Thasos

AR Stater Lucania, Metapontum

Located in UTRECHT, UT

Obverse: ΜΕΤ, corn ear with eight grains Reverse: corn ear with eight grains, all incuse Weight: 7.77 g Grade: Good very fine Mint: Metapontum Reference: HN Italy 1459; HGC 1, 1027

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15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Balkan Folk Art

Materials

Silver

AR Stater Lucania, Metapontum

Greek gold pendant with siren figurine, Hellenistic

Located in UTRECHT, UT

A gold pendant in the shape of a siren with a human head, hair parted and falling onto back, human upper body, wings on back, standing on drum-shaped pedestal, decorated with granule...

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15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Balkan Folk Art

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Gold

Greek gold pendant with siren figurine, Hellenistic

Attic Black Figure Skyphos

Located in London, GB

A black-figure skyphos skillfully crafted from fine reddish clay. The body of the skyphos rises gracefully from a slightly splayed foot, gradually widening towards the mouth. The ves...

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15th Century and Earlier Classical Greek Antique Balkan Folk Art

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Terracotta

Attic Black Figure Skyphos

A Hellenistic Funerary Stele in High Relief with Two Male Heads

Located in London, GB

A Hellenistic Funerary Stele in High Relief with Two Male Heads Marble Greek Hellenistic Circa 2nd Century BC Size: 20.5cm high, 38cm wide, 11cm deep - 8 ins high, 15 ins wide, 4...

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15th Century and Earlier Antique Balkan Folk Art

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Marble

A Hellenistic Funerary Stele in High Relief with Two Male Heads

A Rare and Finely Detailed Greek Bronze Statuette of an Actor with Large Phallus

Located in London, GB

A Rare and Finely Detailed Greek Bronze Statuette of an Actor with Large Phallus Bronze Greek First half of 4th Century BC Size: 10.5cm high - 4¼ ins high Provenance: Ex Privat...

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15th Century and Earlier Antique Balkan Folk Art

Materials

Bronze

A Rare and Finely Detailed Greek Bronze Statuette of an Actor with Large Phallus

Folk Art Pottery Charger, Hand Painted Sheep, Signed, Greece, Circa 1970's

Located in Chatham, ON

M. MIXA?HE - Vintage folk art pottery charger or wall plate - large size - hand made and hand painted and incised with a sheep and flowers - applied slip decorative scrolls to the ba...

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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Balkan Folk Art

Materials

Ceramic

Folk Art Pottery Charger, Hand Painted Sheep, Signed, Greece, Circa 1970's

Karos Hand Painted Carnations and Tulips Decorative Plate Rhodes Greece

By Iznik Pottery

Located in North Hollywood, CA

A decorative I Karos pottery, I Caro collector polychrome hand painted and handcrafted in Rhodes, Greece ceramic wall decorative plate with an antelope, carnations and tulip polychrome design. The plate is decorated with a white, blue, aqua, green, and sienna red design and gilded with 24-karat gold. These are intricately, hand painted plates made in Rhodes, Greece by the famous I Caro pottery. Rhodes is famous for its kiln products, such as tiles and pottery, which are glazed and multicolored. It has a beautifully hand painted carnation and tulip in burgundy, light and dark blue and turquoise foliage. An Islamic ceramic plate in the Iznik style, painted in vivid colors with decoration of tulips and carnations. The back of the plate is signed and numbered, it has a string to the back for hanging. It is marked “handmade in Rhodes Greece by Ikaros Pottery...

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Mid-20th Century Medieval Balkan Folk Art

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Ceramic

Karos Hand Painted Carnations and Tulips Decorative Plate Rhodes Greece

Painting portrait Sad Clown, oil, hardboard, Oto Dobovišek, Yugoslavia 1989s

Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI

This oil painting, titled "Sad Clown," is a remarkable piece of Naive art created by Oto Dobovišek in Yugoslavia during the 1980s. This folk art portrait beautifully captures the poi...

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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Balkan Folk Art

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Paint

Painting portrait Sad Clown, oil, hardboard, Oto Dobovišek, Yugoslavia 1989s

Diptych paintings in the style of Naive art, Oto Dobovišek, Yugoslavia 1970s

Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI

Immerse yourself in the charming and whimsical world of rural life with this captivating set of two diptych paintings of style Naive Art by Oto Dobovišek, an artist from Yugoslavia i...

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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Balkan Folk Art

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Paint

Diptych paintings in the style of Naive art, Oto Dobovišek, Yugoslavia 1970s

Antique Greek Pair of Silk/Metal Thread Embroideries, 18th Century

Located in San Francisco, CA

Antique Greek Pair Silk/Metal Thread Embroideries, 18th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 0'11" L x 0'6" W Origin: Greece Period: 18th Cen...

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18th Century Antique Balkan Folk Art

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Metal

Antique Greek Pair of Silk/Metal Thread Embroideries, 18th Century

Greek Warriors Black with 24k Gold Porcelain Decorative Wall Plate, 1970s

Located in North Hollywood, CA

Vintage black porcelain decorative wall plate with 24k gold hand painted Greek warriors on horse chariot 1970's. Hand made in Greece decorative black and gold wall plate depicting Greek Mythology. Porcelain black glazed with 24k. gilt gold, backside indicates, "hand-made in Greece, and below that 24k Gold, and next to this is a Greek Key boxed...

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Late 20th Century Greco Roman Balkan Folk Art

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Porcelain

Greek Warriors Black with 24k Gold Porcelain Decorative Wall Plate, 1970s

20th Century Greek Icon of Mary Mother of God with Child with Gold Leaf

Located in DE

Beautiful Greek icon of Mary mother of god with Jesus next to her. Gold leaf and red details make this a beautiful icon.

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20th Century Classical Greek Balkan Folk Art

Materials

Wood

20th Century Greek Icon of Mary Mother of God with Child with Gold Leaf

Post Social Folk Art Student Work from West Balkan

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Post social student work. Farm house full of hand made animals and all is hand made.

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1960s Folk Art Vintage Balkan Folk Art

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Plaster, Plywood

Post Social Folk Art Student Work from West Balkan

Early 20th Century Adzed Food Vessel

Located in Debenham, Suffolk

Early 20th century adzed food vessel circa 1900. Here we have a rustic made food vessel, usually made for feeding animals in eastern Europe. Hand carve...

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Early 20th Century Rustic Balkan Folk Art

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Wood

Early 20th Century Adzed Food Vessel

Small Late 18th Century Oil Painting of Greek Orthodox Priest on Board in Frame

Located in Middleburg, VA

Small Late 18th century oil painting of Greek Orthodox Priest on Board Painting still maintains vibrant colors and is housed in gold tone frame. ...

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Late 18th Century Classical Greek Antique Balkan Folk Art

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Wood, Paint

Small Late 18th Century Oil Painting of Greek Orthodox Priest on Board in Frame

Mid-Century Oil on Canvas by Dordevic Miodrag, Serbia, 1970s

By Dordevic Miodrag

Located in Brussels, BE

Mid-century oil on canvas by Dordevic Miodrag - Serbia 1970s.

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1970s Vintage Balkan Folk Art

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Paint

Mid-Century Oil on Canvas by Dordevic Miodrag, Serbia, 1970s

Mid Century Wooden Lacquer Pull Toy Caterpillar Banana Slug and Colorful Balls

Located in San Diego, CA

Beautiful unique caterpillar toy solid lacquer painted wood in colorful colors, circa 1950;s Made in Greece by Kouvalias.

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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Balkan Folk Art

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Wood, Lacquer

Mid Century Wooden Lacquer Pull Toy Caterpillar Banana Slug and Colorful Balls

19th Century Icon of Bishop with Brass Work and Painting

Located in DE

Beautiful gold brass icon of a bishop with halo and painting on wood.

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19th Century Classical Greek Antique Balkan Folk Art

Materials

Brass

19th Century Icon of Bishop with Brass Work and Painting

Large Greek Style Repousse Oval Metal Plaque

Located in Guaynabo, PR

This is a large Greek style repousse oval metal plaque depicting a scene of a Spartan warrior trying to defend himself against two nudes warriors from another tribe. There are two shields standing at each side of them. There are also a Spartan helmet...

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20th Century Greek Revival Balkan Folk Art

Materials

Metal

Large Greek Style Repousse Oval Metal Plaque

Pair of Antique Folk Art Hand-Carved Wooden Circular Wall Plaques

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

This pair of antique folk art carved wall plaques are unsigned, but believed to have originated from Greece in approximately 1920. These circular wall plaques are done with a softwoo...

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Early 20th Century Folk Art Balkan Folk Art

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Softwood

Pair of Antique Folk Art Hand-Carved Wooden Circular Wall Plaques

19th Century Greek Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah

Located in New York, NY

Brass Hanukkah Lamp, Salonika, Greece, 19th century. Openwork backplate with scrolled branches; three stylized flowers support central triangular c...

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Mid-19th Century Antique Balkan Folk Art

Materials

Brass

19th Century Greek Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah

A Giant Wedding Cake Has Us Looking at Portuguese Tiles in a New Light

At Waddesdon Manor, artist Joana Vasconcelos has installed a three-tiered patisserie inspired by the narrative tile work of her homeland. We take a look at the cake sculpture and how Portuguese tiles have been used in architecture from the 17th century to today.

Why Jules Chéret Was the King of the Modern Poster

The streets of fin-de-siècle Paris were set aglow with colorful poster ads, thanks to the printing techniques invented by Jules Chéret. Now, the Milwaukee Art Museum is celebrating this undersung talent in America's first solo show dedicated his exuberant works.

Why the American Flag Has Had So Many Different Star Patterns

Expert Jeff Bridgman explains the history and meaning behind the twinkling constellations that have graced Old Glory.

Peggy Guggenheim Loved Modernism, but She Also Collected Tribal Art

The iconoclastic style setter displayed African and Oceanic art, as well as works by indigenous peoples of the Americas, alongside pieces by such major modernists as Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock.