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Period: 15th Century and Earlier
A QINGBAI BOWL Song Dynasty Ex Sotheby's
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Chinese QINGBAI BOWL, Song Dynasty
Height: 6.5 cm Diameter: 17.5 cm
Provenance: Sotheby's, London, Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, Lot 77, 06/02/1979
Category
Chinese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Collected Sculptural Danian-Aged Round Stone Formed 63 Million Years ago
Located in København K, 84
Exceptionally beautiful balanced sculptural stone formed in the Danian age 63 million years ago. Impressive find and a exquisite natural decoration for the sophisticated interior des...
Category
Danish Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stone
Pre Columbian Large Jalisco Figure West Mexico Circa B.C. 100-300 A.D
Located in London, GB
A Pre Columbian Jalisco warrior figure
Jalisco West Mexico circa B.C. 100-300 A.D,
A stunning large pottery warrior figure wearing a banded headdress with disco arm ornaments , ...
Category
Mexican Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Pottery
A Grey Pottery Figure of Boar(Wild Pig), Han Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
This piece is an ancient terracotta animal sculpture in the form of a pig, rendered in a simple yet vivid manner. The pig stands firmly on four stout legs, with a short and solidly m...
Category
Hong Kong Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Ancient Egyptian kohl vessel and applicator, New Kingdom period, 1550–1295 B.C.
Located in London, GB
Ancient Egyptian kohl vessel set, dating to the New Kingdom (c. 1550–1295 B.C.), includes a wooden container for storing kohl, a black cosmetic used for eye adornment and protection,...
Category
Egyptian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Linen
Korean Celadon Jar with Four Handles. Goryeo dynasty, 12th century.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Korean Celadon Jar with Four Handles. Goryeo dynasty, 12th century.
A stoneware body of baluster form with bulbous high shoulder, four small strap ...
Category
Korean Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Celadon
'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 Furniture
Materials
Paper
AR Tetradrachm Thrace, Lampsakos, Lysimachos 305-281 BC
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon
Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, arm resting on shield, monogram to inner left
...
Category
Greek Classical Greek Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Silver
Pre-Columbian Tairona Tumbaga Pendant
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pre-Columbian Tairona Tumbaga Pendant
Rare original Columbian gold copper alloy Tairona Tumbaga effigy. This beautiful piece of jewelry from the 10th to 12th century Tairona culture...
Category
Colombian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Very Refined Tang Dynasty Pottery Statue of Guardians, Oxford TL Tested
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of very refined standing pottery statue of guardians, dramatic facial expression, beautiful detail, early Tang dynasty 618-907, come with one Oxford authentication TL test cer...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Tang Dynasty, Antique Chinese Painted Pottery Horse and Rider with Oxford TLTest
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Rare antique Chinese painted pottery horse and rider with original pigments remaining.
Thermoluminescence (TL) test result from Oxford Authentication Ltd.
is included.
Age: China, T...
Category
Chinese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Genuine Spinosaurus Claw in Display Case (129.4 grams)
Located in New York, NY
This huge, Museum-quality Spinosaur foot claw is genuine, completely in tact with no repairs and in prestine condition. This incredible specimen includes a display box for preservati...
Category
Egyptian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Other
Matched Pair Split Ammonite Fossil Set Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Matched Pair Split Ammonite fossil mineral specimens
Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old
Measures: 5 x 4.25 x 0.5 in. / 13 x 10 x 1.5 cm
Height on custom d...
Category
Malagasy Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stone
Etruscan "Bucchero" Black Ware Two Handle Vase
Located in CA, CA
An Etruscan "bucchero" black ware two handle vase dating from the 6th century BC.
Adorned with boar designs in relief around the body of vessel and a single standing human figure in...
Category
Italian Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Antique Roman Gladiator Short Sword 1.AD with Bronze Teardrop Terminal Belt
Located in Doha, QA
This Roman Gladiator short sword is an absolutely outstanding and unique example of an ancient Roman Pompeian Gladius Sword from 1. AD. There were three ty...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Horse Head
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Horse Head. Crisply modelled with sharp features, including a gaping mouth, nostrils, eyes, ears and an alert exp...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Monumental dynamic split geode
Located in London, GB
A very large split geode, the interior graced with the finest quality deep purple Uruguayan amethyst. The amethyst-lined stalactite walls of the ge...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Important Chinese Ancient Bronze Money Tree, 25BC-220AD
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, Ancient Bronze “Money Tree” Yaoqian Shu with original pottery base, Han dynasty (25 BCE – 220 CE)
Dimensions: 155cm, 62 inches high
A sculpted terracotta pottery base in the form of a tortoise with attendants and inserted with five individual bronze pole segments with twenty four individual hanging bronze open work money “branches” attached in tiers, four per tier and topped with a figure of a bronze phoenix as apex most bearing varying degrees of malachite and azurite encrustation from ancient burial.
Important Description Details:
Pottery "tortoise" base: 14.5" high and 11" wide
Bronze sections:
7pcs pole bronze sections approximately 8" length each
1pc top "phoenix" bronze section approximately 7" high and 6" wide
20 pcs long bronze hanging wings approximately 10" long and 5" wide each
4 pcs short bronze hanging wings (near top) approximately 7" long and 4" wide each
Total 32 pcs with ancient green and blue azurite patina.
Catalog reference: Schneible Fine arts catalog - 35 Years Collecting Treasures- Number 11p. 28 (see photos)
Provenance: Provenance: Private family collection formerly exhibited “Asia Week” New York City, Fuller Building, Zabriskie Gallery, 2008.
History of money trees:
In the late Han Dynasty tombs...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Rare Annamese Stoneware Bowls with olive green glaze, Vietnam, 14-15th century
Located in seoul, KR
These Vietnamese stoneware bowls have shallow, wide, saucer-like form, crafted from pale beige clay with an olive-green glaze. The interior features a delicately molded design of scr...
Category
Vietnamese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Khmer Ceramic Bird Shaped Lime Pot
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Khmer Ceramic Lime Pot. A globular stoneware jarlet in the form of a bird covered in a caramel color glaze stopping short of the elevated and slightly convex string cut foot display...
Category
Cambodian Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
A Collection of 4 Ancient Roman Bronze Coin 200-300 AD Collectible Object
Located in Wembley, GB
A collection of 4 nice original ancient large bronze Roman coins. Could be emperor Caracalla dating from circa.200-300 AD. Shows nice detail, imagine all the places these coins have ...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Ancient Roman Bronze Handle or Artifact
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An antique or ancient Roman bronze element.
This piece was an element of a vase or possibly handle to something larger.
It has the head of...
Category
European Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Oriented Stone Meteorite
Located in London, GB
Oriented Stone Meteorite
Chondrite
5.00 kg
Detached from its parent body by a mighty impact, this large, oriented Meteorite travelled over a hu...
Category
North African Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stone
Lunar Meteorite - A piece of the Moon
Located in London, GB
A beautiful fragment from a lunar meteorite, among the rarest of all geological finds. This specimen belongs to NWA 11303, a feldspathic regolith breccia which formed when the shock ...
Category
Algerian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stone
Tang Dynasty Terracotta Pottery Statue of Civil Officer, Oxford TL Tested
Located in Greenwich, CT
An elegant and superbly sculpted pottery statue of standing civil official, Tang dynasty 618-907, come with oxford authentication TL test certificate. Oxford TL Test...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Sculptural Oriented Meteorite
Located in London, GB
Oriented Chondrite Meteorite Circa 4.56 Billion y/o
Chondrite
24 x 20 cm, 28 cm tall on base
7.1 kg
A sculptural and beautifully weathered chondrite meteorite; upon entering the atmosphere, this extraterrestrial stone would have heated the surrounding air to a temperature of over 1700 C, higher than that of the hottest lava on the planet, and enough to melt away its outer layers, leaving its surface rippled with regmaglypts, thumb-shaped impressions formed as superheated rock streaked off of the main body as it careened toward the earth. The last layer of the rock to melt would have re-solidified as the meteorite made impact, forming a charcoal coloured fusion crust, which has taken on a deep ochre-tinted patina.
Chondrite meteorites such as this example were formed at the very beginning of our solar system, by the accretion of various types of dust and small grains, adrift in the vacuum of space and, as such, provide important clues about the birth of our own planet. This piece is an especially rare specimen, known as an oriented meteorite...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stone
A Piece of Mars - Martian Meteorite
Located in London, GB
MARTIAN STONE - NWA 14713
Lherzolitic shergottite
127 g
“This 127-gram fragment of the NWA 14713 meteorite displays a green-black mottled exterior. The rock is a martian shergottite (a basalt) composed mainly of coarse grains of pyroxene as well as calcium-plagioclase glass. This glass, called maskelynite, formed from crystalline plagioclase when the specimen was blasted off the surface of Mars by an energetic collision. There are currently less than 350 known martian meteorites...
Category
North African Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stone
Fossilised Dinosaur Skin
Located in London, GB
Fossilised Skin of a Brachylophosaurus
Approx. 80 Million y/o
An exceptional specimen of fossilised dinosaur skin, preserving the hexagonal scales of...
Category
American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stone
Set of Twelve Zodiac Animal Figures, Tang Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
The twelve Chinese zodiac animals are more than just symbols of the calendar—they were once powerful guardians of the afterlife. During the Tang...
Category
Hong Kong Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Antique Venetian Renaissance Cardinal Ludovico Trevisan 1401-1465 Oil on Canvas
Located in Doha, QA
Ludovico Trevisan (November 1401 Venice, Italy - 22nd of March 1465) was an Italian Catholic prelate, who was the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, Patriarch of Aquileia and Capta...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Organic Modern Petrified Wood Side Table with Pyrite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Petrified wood side table adorned with pyrite.
Petrified wood is a special type of fossilized wood. This type of mineralized petrified wood went through an intricate process that to...
Category
American Organic Modern Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Pyrite
Vintage Carved Suriname Stool Tribal Interior Design Home Decoration
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage carved Suriname stool with geometric carved decoration, Tribal South Latin American Antiques
Suriname South America
Measures: 18 cm hei...
Category
Surinamer Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Wood
Architectural roman fragment frieze
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A late roman, Byzantine, frieze fragment. Border fragment with carved ledge and D-section rim with carved running guilloche motifs in high relief.
Beautiful example of the elegant mi...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Marble
Large Chondrite Meteorite with Regmaglypts
Located in London, GB
NWA 12759
Stone, Chondrite - L5
18.3 KG
“This specimen of the NWA 12759 L5 chondrite has a smooth posterior fusion crust where meteoritic melt pooled as the rock descended through the atmosphere and was heated by friction with molecules of air. The meteorite is from the L-chondrite asteroid that was destroyed by an energetic collision 470 million years ago.”
Dr Alan E. Rubin, PhD Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA
Detached from its parent body by a mighty impact, this large, oriented meteorite travelled over a hundred million miles through space before falling to Earth in the North African desert. Beautiful regmaglypts radiate from the apex of its cone shaped nose. These elongated dimples formed when streaks of superheated molten rock streamed off the meteor’s surface as it blazed through the atmosphere. The entire piece is coated in a glossy, umber-coloured fusion crust and close examination reveals remnants of encrusted, orange dirt.
Whilst most meteors tumble as they travel through the Earth’s atmosphere, oriented meteorites...
Category
Moroccan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stone
Yue Celadon Ewer, Late Tang-Northern Song Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
This Yue ware celadon ewer features a gracefully rounded body that expands smoothly, complemented by a wide, flaring mouth. The translucent olive-green glaze envelops the surface, en...
Category
Hong Kong Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Celadon
Meteorite Impact Desert Glass
Located in London, GB
Libyan Desert Glass
Circa 29 Million y/o
Height: 9.5 cm
A beautiful, tactile piece of yellow glass, found between the high crested dunes of the Libyan De...
Category
Libyan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Glass
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 Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Horse Head
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Horse Head. Crisply modelled with sharp features, including a gaping mouth, nostrils, eyes, ears and an alert exp...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Genuine Natural Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Located in New York, NY
Spinosaurus (meaning "spine lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what now is North Africa, during the upper Albian to upper Turonian stages of the Cretaceous period...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Other
Cross Section of Exceptional Lunar Meteorite
Located in London, GB
“This 149-gram slice of the Gadamis 004 lunar meteorite contains a wide variety of sizes of light-colored angular anorthositic clasts. These silicate c...
Category
Libyan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stone
Chinese Archaic Bronze Hu and Cover, Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), China
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic Chinese Han Dynasty archaic bronze ritual wine vessel, hu, and cover, ex. Michael Goedhuis, Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), China.
The archaic ritual bronze hu of typical...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French Gothic Stone Sculpture – 14th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Possibly a Noblewoman
Elegant stone sculpture from 14th-century Gothic France, possibly representing a noble lady. The bust features finely carved details in the attire, with attent...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Monolithic Stone Meteorite
Located in London, GB
Unclassified Meteorite
Stone
Height: 36.83 cm
42.5 kg
A dramatic extraterrestrial sculpture, of monolithic form, covered in a thick grey-brown fusion crust and with areas of sandy deposits from untold years spent on the desert floor. Formed in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter during the formation of our solar system, some 4.55 billion years ago, this large stone would have been separated from its parent body by an enormous impact before journeying through interplanetary space and eventually reaching Earth.
Upon atmospheric entry it would have reached cosmic velocity, heating the surrounding air to 1700°C and producing a large ball of fire. The heat was sufficient to melt the outer surface of the stone, exposing a new surface which in turn also melted away, losing as much as 95% of its initial mass before reaching the ground. The last molten layer to form as it collided with the Earth covered the stone in a layer of fusion crust, evidence of the incredible impact force delivered by this extraordinary specimen.
“This unclassified stone meteorite was found in Northwest Africa. It has a relatively smooth, dark brown, slightly weathered fusion crust; some small melt veins are visible on the surface. Due to the near-absence of terrestrial rocks in this region of the Sahara, meteorite hunting in this area has yielded many notable discoveries.”
Dr Alan E. Rubin, PhD Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences...
Category
North African Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stone
Natural Genuine Large Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth from Egypt- 334.4 grams
Located in New York, NY
This huge, Museum-quality Spinosaur tooth is completely in tact with no repairs. This incredible specimen includes a display box for preservation and display purposes. Spinosaurus (m...
Category
Egyptian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Bone
Gogotte Formation
Located in London, GB
Gogotte formation
circa 30 Million y/o
Measures : 42 x 21 x 63 cm.
A magnificent example of a gogotte formation, composed of thick swirls and fo...
Category
French Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Sandstone
Genuine Natural Large Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Located in New York, NY
Carcharodontosaurus (Dinosaur) tooth in a glass display box From Tegana Formation, North Africa.
Cretaceous Age 65 million years
Carcharodontosaurus is one of the longest and heavi...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Other
Franconia Meteorite
Located in New York, NY
Found in 2002 at Franconia in Mojave, Arizona, this H5 chondrite meteorite can be found strewn amongst many other varieties of metorite in what has been coined a Dense Collection Are...
Category
American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Other
Ancient Persian Khurasan Islamic Engraved Calligraphy Bronze Oil Lamp c.1200
Located in Portland, OR
A 12th Century Islamic bronze oil lamp, Eastern Persia, Khurasan.
The cast bronze body of compressed globular form, raised on a trumpet shaped foot, the...
Category
Persian Islamic Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Framed Pre-Colombian Peruvian Textile, 900 to 1470 AD
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Peruvian Pre-Colombian (Chancay) textile panel of camelid wool embroidered on cotton with three birds, each holding a lizard in its beak.
Category
Peruvian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Sculptural Iron Nickel Meteorite
Located in London, GB
A magnificent and extremely sculptural specimen of the Seymchan meteorite, recovered in the Russian Far East. This rare and large end cut preserves the patinated and partially melted...
Category
Russian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Other
Massive Chinese Han Dynasty Sichuan Terracotta Pottery Horse, Oxford TL Tested
Located in Greenwich, CT
A massive Chinese Han dynasty Sichuan terracotta pottery figure of a horse
Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Powerfully modelled in a pose of alert attention, its strong neck and head po...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Etruscan Bronze Statuette of Discus Thrower
Located in London, GB
A remarkably fine example of Archaic sculpture. A figure of a discophoros, or discus bearer, standing with his right leg forward, gripping a discus in his right hand, the left arm raised with an open palm. Described with admiration in Münzen und Medaillen's 1961 auction, "The figure is a masterpiece and illustrates with rare vividness the essence of good Etruscan sculpture...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Hellenistic Grotesque Theatre Mask of Maccus
Located in London, GB
Grotesque theatrical mask of Maccus
Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial period, circa 1st century B.C. – 1st century A.D., likely from Southern Italy.
Terracotta with remains of pin...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Genuine Natural Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Located in New York, NY
Spinosaurus (meaning "spine lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what now is North Africa, during the upper Albian to upper Turonian stages of the Cretaceous period...
Category
Moroccan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Other
Genuine Natural Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Spinosaurus (Dinosaur) tooth.
Spinosaurus (meaning "spine lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what now is North Africa, during the upper Albian to upper T...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Other
Fossil Agate Coral with Iridescent Ammonites
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Fossil agate coral adorned with iridescent fossil ammonites.
The grey piece of fossil agate coral is cut and polished and adorned with the iridescent...
Category
American Organic Modern Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Agate, Coral
Giant Muonionalusta Meteorite '86 lbs' on Custom Metal Stand
Located in New York, NY
Truly a museum quality piece, this giant meteorite is a completely solid, natural Muonionalusta Meteorite sliced & polished which boasts its be...
Category
Scandinavian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Other
Khmer Pedestal Jar, 12th century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Khmer Pedestal Jar, 12th century. A sturdily potted earthenware globular form on a raised and waisted pedestal base decorated with bands at the shoulder and tightly packed applied pe...
Category
Cambodian Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Exquisite 13th Century Rock Crystal and Gold Bowl in Superb Condition
Located in London, GB
Rock crystal vessels were highly demanded and valuable in Medieval times. Inventories from European royal houses and the highest aristocratic families detail the important and sophisticated collections of ewers and bowls. Rock crystal has also been used extensively in religious art. Fine European reliquaries were also made of Rock Crystal including gems, enamel and other precious materials. The work of rock crystal is very ancient. The materials has been worked and valued for its solidity and its purity: it has been believed to be water ice permanently frozen.
Our superb example is a gold-mounted rock crystal bowl with enamel.
The items origin is not clear and various features and characteristics may lead us to think of different origins and periods of creation.
A single piece of stone mounted with gold could be a Milanese work. Although the cut could be French as similar pieces belonged to the French royalty (especially the art lover Duc de Berry, (1340-1416)). French and Italian crystal cutters have been active at the same time and it is often difficult to differentiate their works.
Islamic art also influenced European artists. The famous Fatimid treasury provided examples of their sophistication and quality. The seven ewers carved for the Fatimid Imans (known as "The Magnificent Seven") display impressive quality of both rock crystal and enamelled mounts.
Even though not identical to works by French silversmith Jean-Valentin Morel who was appointed goldsmith to Queen Victoria in 1852 or Reinhold Vasters (1927-1909) another renown German goldsmith who embellished older rock crystal items, there are similarities between these works. Both reduce their use of colour to black and white on pure gold mounts. Moreover the black enamel design is quite similar. Also, no gems are included and no human figure is represented.
Sotherby's described our bowl as a "German Rock crystal bowl with later gold mounts, 15th century." Other items from the period from Germany or Austria are usually silver mounted and the decorations are more colourful and include gems or human figures but they have in common enamel motifs.
In our case, the gold foot, handles and rim could date from the 1900s. An expert has established the foot, handles and rim are pure gold. The goldsmith responsible for the improvement of the bowl is possibly the most famous Reinhold Vasters whose work has been displayed in the greatest museums such as the V&A in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
The Rock Crystal bowl we have is gold mounted. The gold shows in enamelled details that are black and white. The gold handles are also enamelled with black acanthus-like leaves.
The enamelling method could be "champleve" or "painting metal". The metal that is usually preferred is copper but these techniques are also applied to gold.
The bowl itself could be from the 14th century. It's cut reminds of an estimated 14th century rock crystal ball bearing the Buoncompagni family arms...
Category
Italian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal
Genuine Natural Calcified Ammonite Fossil, '2.3 LBS'
Located in New York, NY
Museum-quality, fossilized and calcified ammonite shell with an iridescent, opalized shimmer displaying hints of vibrant red. The fossilized shells of ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Other
Genuine Natural Large Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Located in New York, NY
Carcharodontosaurus (Dinosaur) tooth in a glass display box From Tegana Formation, North Africa.
Cretaceous Age 65 million years
Carcharodontosaurus is one of the longest and heavi...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Other
Pre Columbian Jalisco Figure West Mexico Circa B.C. 100-300 A.D
Located in London, GB
A Pre Columbian Jalisco seated figure
Jalisco West Mexico circa B.C. 100-300 A.D,
A Male pottery figure with red slip with elongated head and linear delineated hair wearing ear and nose ornaments, the slim body finely modelled with hands on chest seated...
Category
Mexican Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Genuine Sericho Pallasite Meteorite Slab (394.3 grams)
Located in New York, NY
In 2016, large masses of the Sericho pallasite meteorite were acquired from villagers in Isiolo County, Kenya, marking its formal discovery. The olivine crystals range in colour from...
Category
Kenyan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Other, Iron
Giant Palm Frond with Diplomytus Fish Fossil Plate
Located in New York, NY
This large fossil plate is incredibly unique, featuring a long Diplomystus dentatus along with two Cockerellites (Priscacara) liops, fossilized in its natural matrix. The entire piec...
Category
American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Other
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 Furniture
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
25.54 Gram 99 Million Year Old Burmese Amber Medley
Located in New York, NY
This genuine Burmese amber specimen dates back approximately 99 million years. Pieces like these are sometimes called a menagerie and this one contains s...
Category
Burmese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Other
Stunning Labradorite sphere
Located in London, GB
This stunning sphere is crafted from Labradorite, a mesmerizing mineral renowned for its remarkable play of colors, known as labradorescence. The sphere predominantly showcases a gre...
Category
Malagasy Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Tourmaline on Lepidolite, Aricanga mine, São José da Safira, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Tourmaline on Lepidolite
Aricanga mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.5 cm tall x 12 cm wide
Large "rocket-like" crystals burst forth from a lavender lepidolite matrix...
Category
Brazilian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Other
Whole Ammonite Fossil with Crystals, Mineral Specimen Jurassic Cretaceous #T7G
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Madagascar
Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old
Dimensions: 7.5 × 5.5 × 1.25 in./ 19 × 14 × 3 cm
Weight: 1 lb 9 oz/ 710 gm
In this example, the complex patte...
Category
Malagasy Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Precious Stone
Jewish Judaea Silver Shekel – Year 2 of the First Jewish Revolt (AD 67/68)
Located in New York, NY
This silver shekel, weighing 14.32 grams, was struck in Judaea during the First Jewish–Roman War, a significant period of resistance against Roman occupation that lasted from AD 66 t...
Category
Israeli Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Silver
Ancient Persian Rare Bowl Islamic Pottery Art
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Stoneware bowl, enameled; Made in syria Circa 15th and Earlier.
Green and Yellow colors. Hand painted Pottery.
Category
Unknown Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
15th Century Ferronerie Silk Velvet
Located in Canterbury, GB
The Olive green silk velvet of Ferronerie design
Dating from 15th century.
With stylised pomegranate motifs.
Renaissance possibly Florence
Consisting of two joined panels.
The ...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Metallic Thread
Tang Dynasty Full Set Of Painted Pottery Zodiac Figures TL tested
Located in Dallas, TX
Tang Dynasty Full Set Of Painted Pottery Zodiac Figures (TL tested)
The Thermoluminescence Report (Item #185404) will accompany this sale.
A Rare Set of Chinese Pottery Zodiac Figures from the Tang Dynasty painted with black and orange pigments. The conventional order of the twelve Chinese zodiac...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Pottery
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