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Period: 15th Century and Earlier
Khmer Buddha Naga Art, Bronze, Angkor Period, 12 Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Bronze Buddha wearing the monastic garment. It sits on the coiled naga whose body forms the three spirals. The seven heads of the serpent form a canopy to protect Buddha during medit...
Category
Cambodian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Johannes Balbus. Catholicon, 1469, Original Leaf Printed by PETER SCHOEFFER
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author:: Balbus, Johannes.
Title: Catholicon. (An original leaf).
Publisher: Mainz: [Peter Schoeffer], 1469.
Description: An Original Catholicon Leaf Printed By Peter Schoeffer. 36.5 cm x 28.5 cm, printed in double columns with 66 lines to the page, rubricated 15 on recto and 38 on verso, printed on Galliziani paper, the half of the sheet without the watermark, but with the characteristic shadows at wire-line intervals of ca. 5 mm..
Condition: Mild toning to edges of leaf, otherwise invery good condition
Additional Information.: The first nonreligious book ever printed by the first printer. Below is an interesting translation mentioning Africa from Verso: column 2: 11th item: line 34 - "Heliotrope: A green colored stone having blood red veins. If placed in a silver dish filled with water and exposed to the rays of the sun, the water will turn blood red, and the sun will go dark. It is most brilliant when at the rising and setting of the sun it changes color. It is found in Africa."
Aside from a leaf from the Gutenberg bible this is one of the earliest possible obtainable pieces of printing associated with Johann Gutenberg.
Provenance: 1) Sir Hans Sloane...
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German Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Glass Golf Dish with Raised Golfer in the Lid
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage glass golf box & cover.
An Art Deco glass Jewelry box, dish, of rectangular form with lid. The pressed lid moulded with relief golfer in full backswing. We have had a 'Golf Baccarat...
Category
French Art Deco Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Ammonite from Madagascar
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Ammonite from Madagascar,
mounted in metal stand,
exceptional dimensions and great patina and different pallet of colors,
total height 65 cm.
Category
Malagasy Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sandstone
Lapis Lazuli Partly Polished Freeform with Pyrite
Located in BAARN, UT
Intense lapis blue with shiny pyrite details.
Category
Afghan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Group of Ancient Roman Bronze Tools & Hair Pins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine group of ancient Roman bronze implements and artifacts.
Consisting of pins & several small scale tools.
From the private collection of Lawrence Majewski, who was a former co...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Agate Slice on Metal Base
Located in BAARN, UT
Agate is a largely translucent and variety of quartz and subvariety of chalcedony.
Agate consists mainly of chalcedony and sometimes in combination with variants of quartz. Think ...
Category
Brazilian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate
Antique "Ecce Homo" in Carved Stone
Located in Milano, IT
Wonderful carved stone sculpture depicting Christ, modeled by a master sculptor in the 15th century, carved entirely by hand. This sculpture is known as Ecce homo.
As tradition tell...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone
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
Belgian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Ancient Mediterranean Pottery Fragments Amphora Handles Set of 3
Located in Seguin, TX
Group of 3 ancient Mediterranean terracotta pottery handle fragments . I have several sets of these, colors vary from brownish to reddish, size a...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pottery
Antique Enthroned Virgin Mary and Child
Located in Doha, QA
This extraordinary museum piece Enthroned Virgin Mary with the child on her lap comes from the Rhone region in France. The saint symbol and protector ...
Category
French Gothic Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Walnut
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
Malagasy Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Pertrified Wood Slab with Metal Base
Located in BAARN, UT
15 Million year old petrified palm wood bowl.
The slice is 5 x 86 x 69 cm. 55kg.
Category
Indonesian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Mangano Calcite Fully Polished
Located in BAARN, UT
Mangano Calcite is a light pink Calcite variety which shows a very nice fluorescence under the UV lamp
Category
Afghan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Amethyst
Labradorite One Side Polished
Located in BAARN, UT
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 and if cr...
Category
Malagasy Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Authentic Solidus Roman Imperial Coin in 22k Gold Necklace Pendant, circa 476 AD
Located in Atlanta, GA
An authentic Zeno the Second Reign, AV Gold Solidus Roman Imperial Coin (Constantinople Mint, circa 476-491 AD), set in a squared 22-karat gold bezel with 22-karat gold bail. The obv...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Mammoth under Jaw
Located in BAARN, UT
Mammutus Primigenius.
Approx. 50 thousand years old.
Fishermen sailing fish and scrape the bottom with trawls and find bones and tusks from mammoths, for example, in addition to ...
Category
German Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Ammonite Fully Polished
Located in BAARN, UT
Really well prepared at the end. Approx. 110 milion years old.
Category
Malagasy Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Ammonite group cluster in matrix
Located in BAARN, UT
Lower lias. Approx. 200 million years old.
Category
British Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Pertrified Wood Slab with Metal Base
Located in BAARN, UT
15 Million year old petrified palm wood bowl.
Category
Indonesian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Natural Amethyst Point on Metal Base
Located in BAARN, UT
Amethyst is a quartz containing traces of manganese oxide are responsible for the violet color. Amethyst is usually found in cavities of volcanic rock and is also present in ore corr...
Category
Brazilian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Amethyst
Palm Petrified Wood Bowl
Located in BAARN, UT
15 Million year old petrified palm wood bowl.
Category
Indonesian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Special formation violet amethyst on wood metal base
Located in BAARN, UT
Amethyst is a quartz containing traces of manganese oxide are responsible for the violet color. Amethyst is usually found in cavities of volcanic rock and is also present in ore corr...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Amethyst
Pair of Impressive Mounted Woolly Mammoth Teeth Bookends
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of impressive mounted Woolly Mammoth teeth bookends.
Each tooth is set into a carved out block of wood, then the hole was fill and teeth surround...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel
Petrified Wood Table
Located in BAARN, UT
Petrified wood slice of 225 million years old on wooden base.
Petrified wood was formed 225 million years ago in Arizona during the triassic period and is 4 times as hard as granite...
Category
American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Fossil, Giant Clam 'Tridacna Gigas'
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Fossile clam shell (Tridacna Gigas). These giant clam shells can live up to 100 years or more. The giant clam fastens itself to a spot on a reef, there ...
Category
Philippine Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Shell
King Edward IV Authentic Strand of Hair with Certificate of Authenticity
Located in Jersey, GB
Edward IV (1442-1483) was the first English king from the House of York, a powerful branch of the Plantagenet dynasty.
His coronation took place in the mi...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
4 trilobites positive and negative pieces
Located in BAARN, UT
Trilobites first appeared during the Cambrian Period (about 520 million years ago) and disappeared at a major extinction event at end of the Permian Period (about 250 million years ago).
Really cool and large piece with positive and negative.
Category
Moroccan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Authentic Greek Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm Coin & 22-Karat Gold Custom Pendant
Located in Atlanta, GA
An authentic Greek Apollonia Pontika, AR Drachm Coin (Thrace, circa 450-400 BC), set in a round 22-karat gold bezel with 22-karat gold bail. The obvers...
Category
Greek Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Silver
Hindi Sandstone Carving of Nandi / Nandikeshwara, 600-800 Years Old
Located in Kastrup, DK
Hindu sandstone carving depicting Nandi God in human form.
600-800 years old most likely older.
An exceptional sculpture carved in sandstone from te...
Category
Burmese Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sandstone
Large South Pacific Tridacna Gigas Clam Shell
Located in Copenhagen, K
Large South Pacific Tridacna Gigas Clam shell
The shell is in very good condition and with a beautiful pink tint.
Category
Pacific Islands Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Shell
Roman Clay Pot Pitcher or Jar Fragment
Located in Miami, FL
Roman clay pot fragment.
Charming artifact, a very good example of Roman pottery.
This fragment was found in one of France's oldest ports, Fos-sur-Mer, ...
Category
French Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Clay
Fossilised Wood Plinth
Located in London, GB
Fossilised Wood Plinth
Category
Indonesian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Small South Pacific Tridacna Gigas Clam Trinket
Located in Copenhagen, K
Small South Pacific Tridacna Gigas clam trinket.
Category
Pacific Islands Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Shell
Prehistoric Mimbres Corrugated Bowl
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Prehistoric Mimbres prehistoric pottery bowl in as found condition. The Mimbres region of the American Southwest is celebrated for the beautiful and expressive black-on-white pottery...
Category
American Prehistoric Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pottery
Set of Eight Quartz Crystal Geode Geologic Specimen Bowls
Located in Ferndale, MI
Eight geological specimen bowls in varying sizes.
Category
American Arts and Crafts Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate
Amethyst Crystal Cluster with Exceptional Calcite Formation, Mineral Art
Located in London, GB
An incredible amethyst formation with central calcite "arch" and calcite spear.
Two special calcite formations are shown here; the first is a beautiful arch covered with a blanket...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Rare Antik Judaic Kiddush Cup Medieval Period
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very rare small Judaic cup from medieval period used for the Kiddush ceremony and also probably for circumcision. This chiseled bronze cup is decorated on its belt, with Hebrew characters. The back of the cup is decorated with the Star of David. The whole has a beautiful old patina.
This object with certain oriental influences, probably comes from medieval Spain...
Category
Spanish Islamic Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Amethyst Mineral Sculpture with High Crystal Peaks on Metal Stand
Located in London, GB
A stunning deep purple amethyst cluster with unusually high peaked crystals on metal stand. The polished frame shows mineral layers developing from the rough basalt, to the grey/blue...
Category
South American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
12th Century Rare Romanesque Wood Sculpture of the Virgin Mary
Located in Vero Beach, FL
12th century extremely rare romanesque wood sculpture of the Virgin Mary.
Magnificent wood hand carved sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding a book to her chest.
It is an extremely rare survivor of the 12th century. The style is European, possibly French or English. This statue is a testimony to beautiful religious art from about 1150. A truly rare Romanesque sculpture...
Category
English Medieval Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone
'World Chronicle', 1st Edition, by Schedel & Wolgemut, Nurnberg, 1493
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
'World Chronicle' 1st edition, by Schedel, Nurnberg, 1493
Original woodcut, one page with seven illustrations and Latin text
By Hartmann Schedel, originally published: July 12, 1493
Illustrator: Michael...
Category
German Renaissance Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Nepalese Carved and Painted Buddhist Manuscript Cover, 15th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and unusual wooden book or manuscript cover with a carved exterior and painted interior, 15th century, Nepal.
The exterior of the manuscript cover exuberantly carved with ...
Category
Nepalese Tibetan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Pre-Columbian Diquis Spotted Animal with Tail
Located in New Orleans, LA
This rare Pre-Columbian vessel from the ancient Diquís culture of present-day Costa Rica possesses the features of a bird. The three-pegged jar was a common type of burial vessel, me...
Category
Colombian Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
China Zhou Dynasty Bronze Perfume Burner
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Bucket burns perfume in bronze resting on three feet. The body is sculpted with a band frieze with an archaic motif. Two inverted U-shaped handles punctuate the edge. This type of bronze bucket was cast with lost wax from molds in several parts and assembled when the piece was poured, these are the traces that can be seen on the back of the bucket. . The bronze has a beautiful green and dark gray excavation patina. This perfume burner was originally to have longer feet, no doubt arched, cut very long ago since the place of the cut has the same patina as the rest of the piece.
China Zhou Dynasty...
Category
Chinese Archaistic Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Authentic Roman Silver Denarius Coin w/Pegasus Set in a Custom 22k Gold Pendant
Located in Atlanta, GA
An authentic Q. Titius, silver denarius coin (Rome, circa 90 BC), set in a custom 22-karat gold bezel, suspended within a squared bezel with gold bead ac...
Category
Italian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Silver
Large Ammonite Fossil
Located in Napa, CA
Ammonites were predatory Prehistoric cephalopod mollusks which existed between 400 and 66 million years ago before dying out during the extinction event which killed the dinosaurs. V...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Roman Clay Jar Handle Fragment
Located in Miami, FL
Roman clay fragment, this is the remains of the jar handle.
This fragment was found in one of France's oldest ports, Fos-sur-Mer, not far from Arles whe...
Category
French Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Clay
Roman Empire Domitian Coin circa 81-96 AD Set in Gold with Diamond Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
An authentic Roman Empire, Domitian (circa 81-96 AD), silver Denarius coin, minted in Rome, set in a custom 22-karat gold bezel with 22-karat gold bail with gold bead and diamond acc...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Fine Chinese Stucco Head of Bodhisattva Southern Dynasties
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a fine Bodhisattva head made of stucco around a wood core circa 6th century AD. The fragment was part of high-relief wall sculpture based ...
Category
Chinese Archaistic Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Earthenware, Stucco, Petrified Wood
Ancient Bruttium Coin with Crab Design Set in 22-Karat Gold Ring
Located in Atlanta, GA
An authentic ancient Bruttium, the Brettii, Æ quartuncia coin, (circa 216-214 BC) custom mounted within a 22-karat gold band and bezel. The obverse, or front side of this coin is hea...
Category
Italian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Metal
Saint Blaise, Carved, Polychrome and Gilded Wood, Castilian School, 14th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Sculpture "San Blas". Carved, polychrome and gilded wood. Castilian school, 14th century.
The figure stands, looking straight ahead with large, expressive ...
Category
Spanish Gothic Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
15th Century Spanish Gothic Virgin and Child Polychrome Wooden Sculpture
Located in Marbella, ES
15th century Spanish Gothic Virgin and child polychrome figurative wooden sculpture.
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Greek Bronze Illyrian Helmet, Archaic Period
Located in New York, NY
Greek bronze Illyrian Helmet
Archaic period, circa 500-500 BC.
Hammered from sheet-bronze, of domed form, with two parallel ribs to the bowl, a straig...
Category
Greek Classical Greek Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Ancient Hellenistic Glass Finger Ring
Located in London, GB
This beautifully preserved ring was cast from light green transparent glass. Its large size and shape are typical of Hellenistic finger rings, and its now ...
Category
Classical Greek Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
An Authentic Greek Apollonia Pontika, AR Drachm Coin Set in 22 kt Gold Pendant
Located in Atlanta, GA
An authentic Greek Apollonia Pontika, AR Drachm Coin (Thrace, circa 450-400 BC), set in a custom squared 22-carat gold bezel and 22-carat gold bail, wi...
Category
Greek Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Silver
Four 12th Century Islamic Semi-Precious Stone Bead Chains
Located in London, GB
These four bead chains form a beautiful set, and could be worn as necklaces or used as an ornamental decoration. Remarkably, the beads are just shy of 1000 years old, and were crafte...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Carnelian, Rock Crystal
French Statue of Jesus Christ
Located in Atlanta, GA
An absolutely stunning 15th century statue of Christ from the Provenance region of France. Masterly hand carved from polychromed wood. Wonderful patin...
Category
French Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
15th C Gothic Tabernacle 4 ft.+ Rare Architectural Religious Art, Museum Quality
Located in Vero Beach, FL
15th century period Gothic Tabernacle, extremely rare (Medieval) architectural religious art, museum quality ecclesiastical altar piece.
This is an ...
Category
German Medieval Antique 15th Century and Earlier Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paint
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