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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Two Antique Niger Bura Peoples Fired Clay Heads on Stands
Located in Morristown, NJ
Bura fired clay heads, possibly 3rd-10th c. CE, Niger, Bura peoples. These are very expressive examples on custom mounts, the larger with manganese deposits.
Between the 3rd and 10th centuries, the dead were laid to rest at a site in present-day Niger downstream from the Inland Niger delta. The burial ground’s density and expanse suggest a veritable city of the departed. Several hundred individual graves were marked by upturned pottery urns, some of which were cylinders topped by figurative imagery. The most elaborate of these were full-bodied equestrians, while the most basic were highly abstract, independent heads.
Note: These figures will be professionally packed by a specialist shipper at the sellers expense.
Dimensions:
11.25"h x 6.75"w x 3"d and 8"h x 3.75"w (incl. stands)
Condition:
Good, wear consistent with age and materials
Provenance:
Acquired by the present owner from Dr. David Rilling, 1990s.
About Dr. David Rilling.
A Pennsylvania based medical doctor, Dr Rilling began collecting African and Oceanic antiques...
Category
Nigerien Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
18th Century Primitive Folk Art Baroque Era Unique Pine Cabinet Chimney Cupboard
Located in Zagreb, HR
Stunning sculptural piece of furniture, a rustic wabi sabi folk art primitive cabinet, "chimney cupboard", from the 18th century.
One of a kind antique rustic piece with loads of...
Category
European Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
French Faux Painted & Gilt Console Cabinet. Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
French faux painted and gilt marbleized console with two hinged flanking doors, fleur-de-lee & figural faces, single fitted interior shelf, and ter...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Wood
Scandinavian Late 17th Century Baroque Angel Candleholder
Located in Copenhagen, K
Late 17th Century Baroque Angel Candlestick, Scandinavian
Amazing carved wood and polychrome candleholder.
Category
Scandinavian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Swedish 18th Century Raindeer Sleigh 100% Original
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a very RARE 100% Original Swedish Rain deer sleigh. I have owned it for over 30 years and its time for someone else to enjoy it. you will NEVER see another!!!!!
Category
Swedish Rustic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Birch, Pine
Petite Pre-Columbian Chupícuaro Redware Olla
Located in Chicago, IL
This small olla jar is a beautiful example of Mesoamerican pottery, decorated with red, white, and orange slip in the style of Chupícuaro ware. Th...
Category
Central American Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
An Egyptian alabaster ribbed cup, New Kingdom, 18th dynasty
Located in UTRECHT, UT
The cup hand-carved from white alabaster with caramel and white veining throughout the composition. The cup stands upon a tapering base, and widens to form the ribbed, cylindrical cup.
Alabaster was a material prized by ancient sculptors...
Category
Egyptian Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Alabaster
1642 Dated Charles I / Jacobean Hand Carved English Oak Coffer Linen Chest Trunk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this sympathetically restored, 1642 Charles I / Jacobean, hand carved English oak coffer, trunk or chest
This piece is stunning, its hand carved t...
Category
British Jacobean Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Oak
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...
Category
Greek Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Collection of Kriss Handles, Java, Indonesia, Late 18th / Early 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
A set of thirteen kriss handles originating from Java, Indonesia, dating from the late 18th to early 19th century.
Beautiful aged patina in dark or amber tones. Exquisite carving wo...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pre-Columbian Funerary Gold Mask with Royal Turquoise Beads in its Eyes
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A high karat heavy sheet gold human face mask with large almond-shaped eyes and recessed pierced pupils. Multiple small perforations along the upper and lower edges for attachment. L...
Category
Ecuadorean Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gold
14.50 Carat Faceted Strawberry Shape Watermelon Tourmaline Drilled Carving
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Lovely Faceted Strawberry Shape Watermelon Tourmaline Drilled Carving From Africa
WEIGHT: 14.50 Carat
DIMENSIONS: 1.98 x 1.64 x 0.63 Cm
ORIGIN: Madagascar, Africa
Shape: Strawber...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
pair of Italian 18th century reverse painted on glass and Fruitwood paintings
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A delightful pair of Italian 18th century reverse painted on glass and ebonized Fruitwood paintings. Each most charming painting is set within an elegant and continuous ebonized Frui...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood, Paint
Coptic textile Byzantine Period; 4th–5th Century C.E.
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Coptic textile
Byzantine Period; 4th–5th Century C.E.
Materials: linen, Wool
23 x 16 cm
This fragment features black decorations on a beige background, depicting human figures with...
Category
Egyptian Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Linen
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...
Category
Greek Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Incredible 20.30 Carat Bi Color Tourmaline Specimen from Kunar Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Incredible 20.30 Carat Bi Color Tourmaline Specimen From Kunar Afghanistan
WEIGHT: 20.30 grams
DIMENSION: 2.8 x 1.2 x 0.9 Cm
ORIGIN : Kunar Afg...
Category
Afghan Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Antique Spanish Colonial Folk Art Santos Figure folk art sculpture
Located in London, GB
Antique Spanish Colonial Poly chrome Folk Art Santos figure probably Philippines The finely sculptured large hard wood figure standing on a pedestal base, painted in polychrome col...
Category
Peruvian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Pre- Columbian Jamacoaque Pottery Bird
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Jamacoaque pottery bird vessel- dating between 300 BC and 300 CE. 6 ½” x 3 ½” x 4 ½”. Ex. Hank Johnson Collection. Hank Johnson was a geologist, and passionate collector of historica...
Category
Mexican Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
"The Adoration of the Magi" Oil on Panel Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
"The Adoration of the Magi"oil on wooden panels painting depicting a religious scene.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th C. Painting on Canvas of King James I Visit to Hoghton Tower
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite 18th-century oil painting captures the historic moment of King James I visit to Hoghton Tower during his return from Scotland on August 15, 1617. The scene is richly d...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Magnificent Chimu Precolumbian Tapestry with 21 Multicolor Royal Attendants
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Complete and magnificent Chimu Pre-Columbian Tapestry with 21 multicolor Royal attendants and fringe. No restoration, professionally cleaned. Overal...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Tapestry
Pre-Columbian Nazca Unku with Stepped “V” Design, Peru, 200-300 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Complete Nazca Unku in vibrant red with blue, green, yellow and white squares forming V design around the brown neck opening. The multicolor squares in stepped design make a diamond ...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Colima Pottery Bird
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Colima Pottery Bird Vessel. Chip on back of comb and wings. Colima culture dating between 300 BC and 300 CE. 4” x 3 ½” x 5”. Ex. Hank Johnson Collection. Hank Johnson was a geologist...
Category
Mexican Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Late Naive English School "Bull Broke Loose" Bull Baiting Oil on Canvas
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A late 18th century oil on canvas depicting a bull baiting scene
In England during the time of Queen Anne, bull-baiting was practised in London at Hoc...
Category
English Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Maple, Canvas
Exceptional Surinam-Themed Amsterdam Long-Case Clock
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Surinam-themed Amsterdam long-case clock
The Netherlands, 1746-1756, dial signed Nicolaas Weylandt/Amsterdam
The case of the clock is made of Rio palisander veneer and snakewood, with the arch showing a painted scene of the harbour of Paramaribo, Fort Zeelandia and Dutch ships in anchorage, the spandrels decorated with figural representations of the four continents, the centre of the dial painted with Mercury, the god of trade, seated on a bale signed VCS (Vereenigde Compagnie Suriname), and one of the barrels bearing the initials “RBS,” on the left the river god of the Surinam river, with a Dutch three-master in the background.
Measures: H 259 x W 60 x D 35 cm (case)
Diameter 32 cm (clock dial)
This exceptionally rare long-case clock probably was ordered by one of the many wealthy families living along the Amsterdam canals that owned or had shares in plantations in Surinam. It’s a successful marriage of
the work of an accomplished 18th century Amsterdam clockmaker, a Dutch cabinetmaker working with exotic tropical timbers, a woodcarver familiar with both Dutch Rococo design and Surinamese iconography, and
a painter with knowledge, whether first-
hand or through other visualisations, of the Paramaribo waterfront. In the production of this Gesamtkunstwerk, only the name of the clockmaker is known: Nicloaas Weylandt (circa 1700-1754), who had a business situated on the Nieuwendijk near the Haarlemmersluis in Amsterdam from 1742 until his death.
The case is made of imported timbers from Surinam; Rio-palisander and snakewood. A very similar clock-case, veneered in walnut,
is illustrated in J. Zeeman, De Nederlandse staande klok...
Category
Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Palisander
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...
Category
Greek Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gold
English Regency Mahogany Marble Top Console, Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency mahogany marble-top console with flanking Phoenix heads, original ormolu mounts, ebonized tapered legs, centered gilt urn and terminating on rectangular molded edge b...
Category
English Regency Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Marble, Gold
Large 18th Century Italian Mirror
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fabulous bright gilt 18th Century Italian mirror within a bordered glass frame.
This mirror has had some minor restoration, commensurate with age.
Circa 1790.
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
Magnificent 18th-Century Brazilian Shrine - Minas Gerais Colonial Cabinet
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Magnificent 18th-Century Brazilian Shrine - Minas Gerais Colonial Devotional Cabinet
A rare and evocative piece of Brazilian colonial history, this 18th-century wooden shrine from M...
Category
Brazilian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Very Rare and Early Carved Vessel in the Form of a Hedgehog
Located in London, GB
A Very Rare and Early Carved Vessel in the Form of a Hedgehog
Alabaster
Near Eastern
3rd Millenium BC
SIZE: 9.5cm high, 9.5cm wide, 15.5cm deep - 3¾ ins high, 3¾ ins wide, 6 ins ...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Alabaster
William & Mary Rare Pewter Trefid Spoon with Portraits, Circa 1690
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Very rare William and Mary pewter trefid spoon the handle molded in relief with portraits and dating from around 1690. The spoon has an elongated rounded ...
Category
English William and Mary Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pewter
Abstract Paracas Precolumbian Textile, Peru, 1100-1400 AD, Ex Ferdinand Anton
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Earth tones pre-Columbian textile fragment with abstract embroidered figures. 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 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
French antic stoneware ceramic pticher from Martincamp 18th century pottery
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Martincamp - France
Antic 18th century stoneware ceramic pitcher
Original good condition - some original little cracks
Height 27 cm
Large 17 cm
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
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
Danish Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Metal
Italian Folk Art Fish Sculpture from 18th/19th Century Fragments Found Objects
Located in Forney, TX
A fabulous large Italian folk art fish sculpture. Hand-crafted in the 21st century using found 18th and 19th century architectural fragments and decorative antique / vintage elements...
Category
Italian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Driftwood, Giltwood, Reclaimed Wood
Pre-Columbian Ceremonial Inca Tokapu of Multicolor Geometric Diamond Shapes
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Magnificent Ceremonial Inca Tokapu of Multicolor Geometric Diamond Shapes.
Tokapu were textiles worn by the Inca elite consisting of geometric figures enclosed by rectangles or squa...
Category
Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Antique African Neolithic Era Marble Bracelet
Located in Katonah, NY
:: Antique handmade African Neolithic era marble bracelet. These marble bracelets were hand carved in North Africa and likely used for currency. This piece is a unique collectible, w...
Category
North African Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Kapati textile - Epoque Byzantine; 4th–5th Century C.E
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Kapati Textile
Byzantine Period; 4th–5th Century C.E.
Materials: Plant and Animal Fibers, Wool
9,5 x 9,5 cm
This woolen fabric is woven in the traditional Coptic Kapati style, characteristic of Egypt during the Christian era. The name "Kapati" refers to the Copts of Egypt and describes a weaving technique that does not use embroidery or printing. It is said that Al-Muqawqis, the governor of Egypt, offered the Prophet garments made from Kapati fabric.
At the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, the French archaeologist Albert Gayet showcased the results of his excavations from the winter of 1898-1899. Around one hundred Coptic textiles and fragments were displayed at the Palais du Costume. Their aesthetic generated considerable enthusiasm, particularly among artists like Auguste Rodin and Henri Matisse. This led to a "Coptomania," which, among other things, influenced fashion designers.
The square fragment features black decoration on a beige background; the two squares at the center are separated by scalloped edges, from which hang various ornaments or geometric motifs. At the center of the fragment is an image of a dancing figure surrounded by geometric decorations. This piece dates back to a time when ancient...
Category
Egyptian Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
76.80 Carat Natural Bi Color Drilled Tourmaline Carving Gemstone From Africa
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
76.80 Carat Natural Bi Color Drilled Tourmaline carving gemstone From Africa
Weight: 76.80 Carats
Dimension: 3.5 x 3.0 x 0.7 Cm
Origin: Africa
C...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Danish 18th Century Gilded Freemason Guild Rococo Mirror
Located in Copenhagen, K
Fantastic Rococo Ealdorman mirror, with incredible gilded carvings of carpenters tools. Made for or by a ealdorman.
Category
Danish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 18th Century Engraving of the Northern Whale Fishery, circa 1720
Located in Nantucket, MA
Very early 18th century Dutch woodblock engraving of the Northern Whale Fishery, circa 1720, a hand colored engraving illustrating the Dutch whaling flee...
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Gorgeous 53.65 Carat Bi Color Tourmaline Crystal From Paprok Mine Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Gorgeous Bi Color Tourmaline crystal from paprok mine Afghanistan
WEIGHT: 53.65 Carat
DIMENSION: 5.7 x 1.0 x 0/9 Cm
ORIGIN : Paprok Mine, Afghanistan
COLOR: Pink And Green
TRE...
Category
Afghan Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Masterpiece Complete Chimu Shirt with Feathered Motif
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
An intact shirt with motif of rows of feathers in several shades of mustard yellow on a red ground, depicted as they would have been attached in rows in an actual feather textile.
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
N.d. Marriage Hessel van Hermane & Anna van Lyauckema
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: H ✶ VAN ✶ – HERMANA ✶, crowned coat of arms with lion crest
Reverse: ✶ A ✶ VAN ✶ – ✶ LYAUCKEMA ✶, crowned diamond-shaped coat of arms
Earliest known Dutch wedding medal and...
Category
Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Large Antique Americana Carved Elm Burl Bowl with Handles
Located in Atlanta, GA
A massive Americana bowl hand-carved from Elm wood (with some possible burl pattern in the wood) circa 18th century. The bowl was from Northeastern part or Eastern Woodlands of the U...
Category
American American Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ironstone
Chiseled Bronzw Processional Cross Cap of the "Christ of the Agony", Spain, 17th
Located in Madrid, ES
Processional cross cap of the "Christ of the Agony". This Christ belonged to the parish of San Pedro de Ariznoa located in the town of Vergara in Guipuzcua. The piece is handcrafted ...
Category
Spanish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Natural 44.30 Carat Bi Color Combined Tourmaline Crystal from Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Natural Bi-Color Combined Tourmaline Crystal From Afghanistan
WEIGHT: 44.30 Carat
DIMENSION: 3.6 x 1.4 x 0.9 Cm
ORIGIN: Afghanistan
COLOR: Mint Green And Green...
Category
Afghan Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
18th Century Carved And Painted Wooden Crucifix From France
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An early 18th Century antique hand carved and polychromed hand painted table crucifix from France with its original patina preserved.
This crucifix could possible date back as early ...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
Rouen Faience Corpus
Located in Kent, Dover
A French faience corpus manufactured in Rouen. The cross now missing and with historic damage to the wrists and ankles.
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Faience
N.d. Charles V dedication medal on his crowning and the planned Imperial
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: crowned and armoured bust right with order chain of the Golden Fleece
Reverse: blank
After H. Krafft, after a design by A. Dürer
OLD SILVER CAST
EXTREMELY RARE
Four ...
Category
German Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Large Brazilian or Guyana Amazon Indigenous Macana War Club, 18th or Earlier
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A splendid and rare Amazon indigenous wamara wood Macana war-club
Southern-Guyana or Northern Brazil, Wapitxana group of the Aruak peoples, 18th century, possibly earlier
Measure: H. 43 cm
The deep patina of the club present, and the residue on the part where it was held, attest to its great age.
This unusually large Macana is decorated with several incised whitened anthropomorphic and human figures, a decoration only found on one other documented club in the British Museum, which is illustrated in: Hjalmar Stolpe, Amazon Indian...
Category
Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
16th Century Pair of Spanish Polychrome Wooden Footings with Medieval Scenes
Located in Marbella, ES
16th Century pair of Spanish wooden footings with medieval scenes of fantastic animals and floral motifs. Polychrome in dark colors on a vivid red background.
Two pieces with grea...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Baroque Handcarved Lion Sculpture, Italian or Austrian
By Antonio Raggi
Located in Vienna, AT
Early fine carved sculpture of a lying lion. Attributed to the circle of Alessandro Vittoria, located in northern Italy/ Venice. Original late Renaissance or early Baroque figure.
T...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Expedition ro Brazil and capture of St. Tomas by admiral Van der Does
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: EN ALTERA QVÆ VEHAT ARGO, the ship the Argo seen from the side, a standing soldier on the prow, the large sail with the name of Jehovah, the golden fleece hanging from the p...
Category
Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Trompe L'Oeil Oil painting, "Le Prisuer"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
18th Century Trompe L'Oeil Oil painting, "Le Prisuer" Framed. See pic for details on piece written in french. Very handsome and fun piece for any unique space. Message us with ques...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
130.60 Carat Stunning Tri Color Tourmaline Crystal from Paprok Mine Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Stunning Tri-Color Tourmaline Crystal From Paprok Mine Afghanistan
WEIGHT: 130.60 Carat
DIMENSIONS : 5.1 x 2.4 x 1.7 Cm
ORIGIN: Nooristan, Afghanistan
TREATMENT: None
Tourmaline...
Category
Afghan Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Rare Pre-Columbian Chimu Stirrup Vessel – Sea Plant or Fungi Motif
Located in London, GB
Rare Pre-Columbian Chimu Stirrup Vessel – Sea Plant or Fungi Motif – 12th–14th Century AD, Peru
An intriguing and rare Chimu stirrup vessel from Pre-Columbian Peru, dating to the 12...
Category
Peruvian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
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