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Period: 15th Century and Earlier
A Finely Carved Gandhara Head of ‘Atlas’
Located in London, GB
A Finely Carved Gandhara Head of ‘Atlas’
Grey schist
India
3rd - 4th Centuries AD
SIZE: 19cm high, 11cm wide, 12.5cm deep - 7½ ins high, 4¼ ins wide, 5 ...
Category
Indian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Schist
African Redware Gooseneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Covered in a beautifully worn red clay slip, this hand-formed African vessel has a dramatic silhouette of a squat, ovoid body and a long, narrow neck. Subtly etched crosshatch patter...
Category
African Primitive Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Petite African Redware Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite hand-formed vessel bears a richly textured surface of worn red clay slip and dark smoke marks. Likely intended for everyday use, the simple bottle-form vessel reflects th...
Category
African Primitive Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Primitive carved sandstone
Located in Miami, FL
Archaïque polished probably ritual stone ring from Central America or Caraïbe island .
Face carved and polished sandstone or granite.
Category
Unknown Folk Art Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Sandstone
Pre-Columbian Multi-Color Diamond Shaped Nazca Unku Textile, Peru, 200-400 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Very colorful complete Nazca unku in multi-color camelid wool with lozenge diamond and zig-zag design patterns. The beautiful blue and light pink color makes this textile very unique...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Chuquibamba Banner, Peru 1000-1400 AD Ex Guillot-Muñoz
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Exceptional Banner of Pageantry with Multicolor Tapisserie Squares with 8 Weave Ornaments in Relief. On the inferior part the ornaments float with the wind. (2 are missing) Very good...
Category
Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Large Pre-Columbian Pottery Jar
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large Pottery Jar with Human Heads from West Mexico. Lobed base and series of human heads emerging from upper shoulder of vessel. Dates between 200 BC and 200 AD. 16” x 16” x 16”. Ex...
Category
North American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Antique Stone Carving of a Claw
Located in Washington, DC
Ancient Stone Carving Fragment of a Claw. France, circa 15th Century.
Category
French Rustic Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Pre-Columbian Ica Fringed Textile Panel, Ex Kate Kemper, Peru 800 to 1200 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A semi-ovoid rectangular panel with heavily fringed border having a very tightly woven multi-color geometric pattern consisting of two scroll devices containing multiple stylized zoo...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
A Trilobite Fossil
Located in Schellebelle, BE
A Trilobite fossil from Morocco,great patina and shine of the fossilized stone,
Trilobits are extinct marine arthropods,easily recognized by their distinctive
three-lobed, three-seg...
Category
Moroccan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ironstone
Depiction of a Head, Han Dynasty period (206 BCE - 220 CE)
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Depiction of a Head, China. Han period (206 BCE - 220 CE). Earthenware with traces of cold painting in black and white.
PROVENANCE
Johanne Huitfeldt's (1932-2023) collection of Asia...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Pre-Columbian Mantle Kilim Type Tapisserie Multicolor Designs - Nazca 200-600 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Beautiful Pre-columbian Mantle with a Central Kilim Type Tapisserie of Multicolor Designs with Priests Upraising their Arms Toward the Skies. It is surrounded by 2 Long Red Plain Cot...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Jalisco Pottery Dog
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Jalisco Pottery dog figure with open mouth. 6 ½” x 3 ½” x 4 ½”. 100 BCE - 250 CE. Ex. Hank Johnson Collection. Hank Johnson was a geologist, and passionate...
Category
Mexican Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
A Small Egyptian Bronze Statue of Harpocrates Ex Sotheby's
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Small Egyptian Bronze Statue of Harpocrates, Circa 1st Century B.C. / 1st Century A.D.
The left hand holds the horn of abundance.
Provenanc...
Category
Egyptian Greco Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Finest Monumental Inca Royal Yupana
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Yupanas were used as calculators or abaci during the Inca Period. This is one of the finest and monumental an example of a Inca table Royal Stone Yupana or...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Pre-Columbian Inca Complete Uncu Textile, Peru 1300-1500 AD, Ex Guillot-Muñoz
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Inca Complete Uncu of beautiful geometric composition with serpent form in red, purple and yellow. This beautiful poncho of a geometric composition has only some worn out sections on...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Casas Grandes Ramos Prehistoric Pottery Olla
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Chihuahua region, Casas Grandes, Ramos Polychrome type, ca. 1150 to 1450 CE. A hand-built and stone-burnished pottery olla jar of a globular form with...
Category
American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
9th Century Silver Processional Priest's Hats, Chimu Culture, Peru
Located in Point Richmond, CA
9th century silver processional priest's hats, Chimu culture, Peru.
These silver hats were originally covered with fabric, as can be seen in the remaining surface pattern. The hol...
Category
Peruvian Tribal Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Sublime 17.15 Carat Loose Bi Color Tourmaline Drilled Carving for Jewelry Making
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Sublime Loose Bi-Color Tourmaline Drilled Carving For Jewelry Making
Weight: 17.15 Carats
Dimension: 2.3 x 1.6 x 0.7 Cm
Origin: Africa
Color: Pink & Green
Shape: Carving
Qualit...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Ecuadorian Carved Skull Shaped Whistle
Located in London, GB
This unique and amazing Ecuadorian primitive piece is a whistle carved in a skull form, and dates to the formative stage from the woodland period. It measures 2 in – 5 cm wide, 2 ½ i...
Category
Ecuadorean Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Pre-Columbian Prehistoric Large Pottery Dog Head
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large Pottery Dog Head from West Mexico. Lobed base with dog head emerging from upper shoulder of vessel. Chip on dog muzzle and jar rim. Dates between 200 BC and 200 AD. 7 ¼”D x 7 ¼...
Category
Mexican Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Small Ecuadorian Moulded Clay Figure on Stand
Located in London, GB
This rare and wonderful example of a formative stage figure from the woodland period is attached to a small wire and wood stand, and is in extraordinarily very good condition for its...
Category
Ecuadorean Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Pre-Columbian Chimu Textile, Meander Design and Fringe, Peru circa 900 to 1300AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A woven textile shirt of rectangular form having small rectangular panels on the front and back, all with fringed borders, and open head slit in center. Decorated with zigzag rows of...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Pair of Costa Rican Terracotta Ovoid Bowls
Located in London, GB
This beautiful and highly decorative pair of Costa Rican terracotta bowls are ovoid in shape and come from the Talamancan Mountains region. They are decorated stylized human faces in...
Category
Costa Rican Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
67.05 Carat Gorgeous Tri Color Tourmaline Drilled Carving from Africa
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
67.05 carat gorgeous tri-color tourmaline drilled carving from Africa
Weight: 67.05 Carats
Dimension: 3.5 x 2.4 x 0.8 Cm
Origin: Africa
Color: Red Pink and Green
Shape: Carving
Quali...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Mayan Bichrome Tripod Bowl (Usulatan Ware)
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mayan Bichrome Tripod Bowl (Usulatan Ware). Quiche Area, Guatemala. C. 200 - 950 CE/ Mayan. Intact with small rim chip. Light orange and dark Mayan bowl is ...
Category
Guatemalan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
AR Denarius Julia Paula, wife of Elagabalus (219-220)
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: IVLIA PAVLA AVG, draped bust right, showing later coiffure with small bun
Reverse: CONCORDIA, Concordia seated left, holding patera, star in left field
Beautifully detaile...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Glamorous 46.05 Carat Tri Color Combined Tourmaline Specimen from Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Glamorous Tri Color Combined Tourmaline Specimen From Afghanistan
WEIGHT: 46.05 Carat
DIMENSIONS : 3.0 x 1.8 x 1.3 Cm
ORIGIN: Afghanistan
TREAT...
Category
Afghan Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Rock Crystal
Moche Red Ware Pottery Vessel
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Moche Red Ware Pottery Vessel with man figure. Moche Horizon of Peru, Circa 450 - 550 CE. In overall good condition, some chipping around the mouth of the narrow spout, and there’s a small spiderweb push on the back of the jar that appears to have resulted from a probe that penetrated the left side just below the figure (two small holes, one on the front upper left corner of the throne, and the other just around to the side, have been repaired). 6” x 4” x 6”. Ex. Hank Johnson Collection.
Hank Johnson was a geologist, and passionate collector of historical and ancient artifacts. Starting with relics and bottles from ghost towns, he later focused on Anasazi pottery...
Category
Peruvian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Pre-Columbian Warrior Banner, Chimu, Peru, circa 1100-1476 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Pre-Columbian ornamental banner with fringes composed of warriors/divinities holding figures in their hands, surrounded by geometric frets. Two-headed birds in alternating colors decorate the top and bottom of the banner. This one-of-a-kind tapestry has preserved its vibrant original colors and fibres. Professionally cleaned.
Provenance: Private European Collection
Textiles from elite Chimu tombs include elaborate gauzes, embroidery, painted plain weave and tapestry, and three-dimensional fibre sculptures. Among others, shades of yellow and brown, scarlet, white, lavender-blue and olive green were the colors used. Birds and a deity wearing a crescent-like headdress have been the most popular decorative motifs.
Many Chimu textiles...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
51.05 Carat Incredible Natural Loose Bicolor Tourmaline Carving from Africa
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
51.05 carat incredible natural loose bicolor tourmaline carving from Africa
Weight: 51.05 Carats
Dimension: 2.8 x 2.8 x 0.8 Cm
Origin: Africa
Co...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
A Roman bronze foot
Located in UTRECHT, UT
With square fitting, hollow at the top for attachment to furniture, one large paw on round base sprouting into lion’s head with visible teeth.
9,5 cm (h)
Ex German private property...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
An Anthropomorphic Celt Axe God Pendant
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Central-America, Costa-Rica, Pre-Columbian
Jadeite and other greenstones were utilized in a diverse array of items that served as symbols of social and political power. Among the mo...
Category
Costa Rican Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Extremely Rare Pre-Columbian Chimu Gauze Poncho Textile, Peru, 1000-1450 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Chimu brown gauze shirt with multiple red and white fringe lines forming V designs like the one around the neck, with very rarely seen sleeves and border fringe in the same material.
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
An elaborate collection of stone tools used by the Mapuche culture
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Mapuche Culture, Southern Chile, Pre-Columbian
A collection of eleven stone tools all varying in sizes.
Category
Chilean Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Striped Inca Pre-Columbian Textile, Peru, circa 1400-1532 AD, Ex Ferdinand Anton
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Earth tones adorn this striped pattern pre-Columbian textile.
It is a wonder to behold antiquities such as a pre-Columbian textiles, an authentic piece of art that has been preserved for centuries and that survives generation after generation. Textiles are infinitely more delicate than wood, metal, or rock artifacts...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
A Roman bronze applique in the shape of a theatre mask
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Mask of a bearded deity, short beard and hair braided in the characteristic high hairstyle, with layered ringlets on either side.
4 cm (h)
Green patina
...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Intricate Pre-Columbian Textile, Peru Ex Ferdinand Anton
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Extremely detailed yellow embroidered Pre-Columbian textile fragment with hints of red from the Chancay culture in Peru. This piece is framed in a black shadowbox.
It is a wonder to behold antiquities such as a Pre-Columbian textiles, an authentic piece of art that has been preserved for centuries and that survives generation after generation. Textiles are infinitely more delicate than wood, metal, or rock artifacts -- so the existence of these pieces after hundreds and thousands of years is exceptional. These textiles maintain their vibrant colors, natural threads, and their unique, historical designs.
Provenance: This textile comes from the collection Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart and former collection of the archaeologist Ferdinand Anton...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Stunning 37.10 Carats Bi Color Fish Shape Tourmaline Drilled Carving
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Stunning 37.10 Carats Bi-Color Fish Shape Tourmaline Drilled Carving.
Weight: 37.10 Carats
Dimension: 2.5 x 2.3 x 0.9 Cm
Origin: Africa
Color: Red & Green
Shape: Carving
Quality: AA...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
39.70 Carat Attractive Bi Color Tourmaline Crystal from Kunar, Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Attractive Bi-Color Tourmaline Crystal from Kunar, Afghanistan
WEIGHT: 39.70 Carat
DIMENSIONS: 3.3 x 1.2 x 1 Cm
ORIGIN: Kunar, Afghanistan
COLOR: Mint Green and Green
TREATMENT:...
Category
Afghan Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Rock Crystal
Tonto Polychrome Jar
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Tonto polychrome pottery jar. 5 1/2" x 4 1/2". Tonto Polychrome was defined by Gladwin and Gladwin (1930). This type exhibits treatments and styles similar to those noted for Gila Po...
Category
American Native American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Casas Grandes Pottery Olla
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Prehistoric Casas Grandes pottery olla. Hand coiled and painted polychrome design. Restored. Two strap holes. Four geomorphic faces. Rim crack through one hole. Ex. Barnard. 6"D x 7"...
Category
American Native American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Prehistoric Casas Grandes Pottery Olla
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Prehistoric Casas Grandes pottery olla. Hand coiled and painted polychrome design. Ex. Barnard. 5" x 5".
Casas Grandes (Spanish for Great Houses; also known as Paquime) is a prehi...
Category
American Native American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Antique North African Red Slip Ware Vase
Located in Katonah, NY
Antique handmade African red slip ware vase. Circa 300-600 CE (AD), this beautiful handmade piece red slip ware pottery was handmade in North Africa. This pi...
Category
North African Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
111.85 Carat Glamorous Natural Bi Color Flower Tourmaline Drilled Carving
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
111.85 Carat Glamorous Natural Bi Color Flower Tourmaline Drilled Carving
Weight: 111.85 Carats
Dimension: 4.4 x 3.0 x 0.7 Cm
Origin: Africa
Col...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
42.00 Carat Unique Bi Color Tourmaline Carving from Madagascar Africa
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Unique Bi-Color Tourmaline Carving From Madagascar Africa
Weight: 42.00Carats
Dimension: 2.9 x 1.7 x 0.9 Cm
Origin: Africa
Color: Peach & Green...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Gorgeous 160.40 Carat Tri Color Tourmaline Specimen from Nooristan Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Gorgeous 160.40 Carat Tri Color Tourmaline Specimen From Nooristan Afghanistan
WEIGHT: 160.40 grams
DIMENSIONS : 2.3 x 3.8 x 2.6 Cm
ORIGIN: No...
Category
Afghan Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
46.55 Carat Stunning Bi Color Drilled Tourmaline Carving from Madagascar Africa
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
46.55 Carat Stunning Bi Color Drilled Tourmaline Carving From Madagascar Africa
Bicolor Tourmaline Carved
Weight: 46.55 Carats
Dimension: 3.3 x ...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Pre-Columbian Chimu Painting with 3 Warriors, Ex-Guillot Muñoz
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Chimu Painting with 3 Warriors. Part of a larger painting with 3 rectangles representing warriors with the characteristic Chimu Headdress. This one-of-a-kind painting is mounted and ...
Category
Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
An Openwork Copper Alloy Garment Pin
Located in London, GB
An Openwork Copper Alloy Garment Pin
Superb colour and patina
Bronze
Eastern Iran or Central Asia
2000 BC
SIZE: 35cm wide - 13¾ ins wide
A similar pin in the Louvre-France, was exh...
Category
Persian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Roman Micro-Mosaic Portrait of a Warrior Woman in Concrete
Located in Middleburg, VA
This incredible Roman micro-mosaic portrait of a woman shows off a woman warrior in all her glory. Not only interesting because of its age, but the subject...
Category
Italian Greco Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Concrete
Glamorous 162.08 Gram Fluorite Specimen with Dog Tooth from Pakistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Glamorous Fluorite specimen with dog tooth from Pakistan
WEIGHT: 162.08 grams
DIMENSIONS: 5.9 x 5.6 x 3.4 Cm
ORIGIN : Pakistan
TREATMENT None
...
Category
Pakistani Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Rock Crystal
Glamorous Natural 69.75 Carat Bi Color Tourmaline Crystal From Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Glamorous Natural Bi Color Tourmaline Crystal From Afghanistan
WEIGHT: 69.75 Carat
DIMENSION: 5.0 x 1.3 x 1.1 Cm
ORIGIN : Paprok Mine, Afghanistan
COLOR: Pink And Green
TREATMEN...
Category
Afghan Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Incredible Loose 31.00 Carat Bi Color Tourmaline Drilled Craving from Africa
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Incredible Loose Bi-Color Tourmaline Drilled Craving From Africa
WEIGHT: 31.00 Carat
DIMENSIONS: 2.5 x 2.2 x 0.6 Cm
ORIGIN: Madagascar, Africa
Color : Pink and Green
TREATMENT...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Zoomorphic Llama Vessel with an Elongated Body
Located in London, GB
This zoomorphic vessel in the shape of a llama with an elongated
globular body is from the Chancay civilisation, dated between 1000 and 1400 AD.
Th...
Category
Peruvian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Pre-Columbian Chavín vessel, 900 BC – 300 BC.
Located in Madrid, ES
Pre-Columbian vessel from the Chavín culture in the form of a seated man, probably a hunter, with an animal on his back.
Chavín art is known for its complex iconography and mythical ...
Category
South American Tribal Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Pre-Columbian ceramics vessel
Located in Madrid, ES
Pre-Columbian Redware Ceramic Flask Vessel – 15 x 13 x 5 cm
This striking Pre-Columbian redware ceramic vessel showcases the sophisticated artistry and utilitarian craftsmanship of ...
Category
South American Tribal Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pre-Columbian ceramics cup– Tiahuanaco Culture
Located in Madrid, ES
"Pre-Columbian Ceramics – Tiahuanaco Culture"
Material: ceramics
Origin: Southern Sierra of Peru, Lake Titicaca Plateau
Period: Boom Age (1 AD – 800 AD)
Dimensions: 12 x 11 cm diamet...
Category
South American Tribal Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
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