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Period: 15th Century and Earlier
Beautiful Mix of Purple Amethyst Pink Druze and White Quartz Surrounded by Agate
Located in London, GB
Exquisite minerals fuse together in this uniquely beautiful combination of pinkish amethyst, white quartz and grey and brown agate on a custom metal stand. The natural sculpture rese...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Antique U-Thong Buddha from Thailand
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Material: bronze
19 cm high
Very special !!
Bhumisparsha mudra
Originating from Thailand
13th Century
With traces of the original 24 krt. gilding.
Category
Thai Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Bronze
13/14thC Thai or Khmer Solid Terracotta Buddha Head, 7278
Located in Ukiah, CA
13/14thC Thai or Khmer solid terracotta Buddha head. Very beautiful life-size face that beautifully shows the transition between Khmer and Thai ...
Category
Thai Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
$3,115 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Spanish Metal Shoe Trees - Circa 1960 - AMD Patented
Located in Barcelona, ES
Unearth a piece of shoemaking history with this pair of vintage metal shoe trees, meticulously crafted in Spain circa 1960 and sealed with AMD's pat...
Category
Spanish Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Metal
Agatised Multi-Windowed Geode
Located in London, GB
This heavily agatiised medium sized geode contains 6 “windows” from
which the beautiful amethyst interior can be appreciated. A spectacular
display piece.
This piece was legally...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
900 Year Old Burmese Solid-Cast Burmese Monk-Special, 7510
Located in Ukiah, CA
Delightful Burmese solid-cast monk is likely late Pyu to early Pagan and in the range of 900 years old. From the personal collection of a highly respected Belgian collector who specializes in very early and rare Burmese Buddhist bronzes...
Category
Burmese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Late Medieval Marble Apothecary Mortar
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Marble apothecary mortar. with four lugs having being worked into horses heads. Most likely for private apothecary use Excellent patination. Marble C...
Category
Italian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Marble
Maya Polychrome Copador Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
Exhibiting a rich patina, this petite Maya ceramic bowl dating back to c. 600-900 AD was crafted in the El Copador style. The El Copador style is a polych...
Category
Salvadoran Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Special Antique Bronze Pyu Buddha from Burma
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Material: bronze
Measures: 19 cm high
Weight: 1.45 kgs
Pyu style
Bhumisparsha mudra
Originating from Burma
8th century
With few traces of 24 krt. gilding
With a very nice an...
Category
Burmese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$30,929 / item
91.22 Beautiful Indicolite Tourmaline Crystal From Kunar, Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
91.22 Beautiful Indicolite Tourmaline Crystal From Kunar, Afghanistan
Weight: 91.22 Gram
Dimension: 5 x 3.2 x 3.1 Cm
Origin: Kunar, Afghanistan
Tourmaline is a crystalline silic...
Category
Afghan Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal
Group of Three Framed Pre-Columbian Textile Fragments Chancay Chimu Culture
Located in Atlanta, GA
Three textile fragments framed in Lucite shadow boxes circa 11-14th century. These highly geometrical textiles are from pre-Columbian Chancay Culture in the central coast of nowadays...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
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: 24x20x17cm
Condit...
Category
South American Tribal Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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 Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$4,019
Large Amlash Terracotta Jar 1st Millennium B.C.
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
Large Amlash Terracotta Jar from Iran, 1st Millennium B.C.
A finely proportioned terracotta jar from ancient Amlash, characterized by its harmonious silhouette and warm earthen surfa...
Category
Persian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Pottery, Terracotta
Stunning Ming Period Male Deity Sculpture – 14th–17th Century China
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A rare and evocative wooden sculpture of a male deity, dating to the Ming dynasty (14th–17th century), China. The figure’s calm expression and dignified posture reflect the spiritual...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Small Cizhou Glazed Figure of a Daoist Deity, Song to Ming Dynasty
Located in Austin, TX
A small and charming Chinese cizhou ware glazed pottery figure of a Taoist deity or official, Song to Ming Dynasty, 13th - 15th century, China, ex. Christi...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
A Green-Glazed Stoneware Jar (Hu Vessel), Han Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
Ovoid form escalating to a cylindrical neck with a flaring rim, adorned at the shoulder with three narrow grooved horizontal bands. Each side is equipped with an incised double-loop ...
Category
Hong Kong Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
$2,793 Sale Price
30% Off
15th Century Majapahit Terracotta Handmaiden Figure (Fertile Woman with Child)
Located in Bagnolo Mella, Brescia
Immerse yourself in the captivating legacy of the Majapahit Empire with this rare and beautifully preserved 15th-century terracotta handmaiden figure. Depicting a fertile woman tenderly holding her child, this evocative sculpture symbolizes the deep-rooted cultural values of fertility, family, and domestic protection that were integral to Majapahit society. These figures were often kept in households as guardians of the hearth, believed to bring prosperity and ensure the well-being of the family.
This statue radiates a sense of ancient spirituality and reverence. Its connection to both the sacred and the everyday life of Majapahit culture makes it a fascinating piece for collectors and historians alike.
Hailing from the esteemed Trowulan region in East Java, this rare piece has journeyed through centuries before finding its place in the private collection of Anacleto Spazzapan. Documented in the Majapahit catalog on page 144 as figure number 11, it has been meticulously studied and authenticated by Professor Agus Aris Munandar, a prominent authority in Indonesian archaeology.
Professor Munandar, born in 1959, is currently the professor of Indonesian Archaeology at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta. His extensive research focuses on Hindu-Buddhist archaeology, iconography, and the ancient history of Indonesia and Southeast Asia. He served as a member of the Indonesian team of experts at National Cultural Heritage from 2015 to 2018 and previously held the role of Head of Institute and Research at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Indonesia. Now the head of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Indonesia, Professor Munandar has authored numerous articles and 19 books, many of which delve into Majapahit culture and artifacts, solidifying his reputation as a leading scholar in the field.
Professor Munandar's endorsement, complemented by a preface from Professor Massimo Vidale of the University of Padua, offers invaluable insights into the religious and decorative significance of Majapahit terracotta...
Category
Javanese Folk Art Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Statuette of a Nuragic Warrior 18th Century before J-C
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very beautiful statuette of a Nuraghic warrior dating from 18 century before J-C. The warrior rests on a hollow base. He carries in his right hand a weapon, surely a knife, and in his left hand a shield decorated with a four-petal flower. He is wearing a headdress decorated with two horns. This statuette was realized in bronze by a technique of casting of "lost wax" (a process of precision), and carries a label in the hollow base: "bronzetto nuragico guerriero" (bronze nuragic "warrior").
The Nuraghic culture makes its appearance in Sardinia, in the age of bronze...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Celadon Chinese Porcelain Bowl
Located in Tampa, FL
A Chinese ming dynasty porcelain celadon bowl. China, Ming dynasty so therefore they could be anywhere from the 1300s to the 1600s.
Category
Chinese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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
$1,387 Sale Price
25% Off
14th Century, Antique Marble Statue from Jain Temple from India
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Material: marble
32,5 cm high
14 cm wide and 11 cm deep
Weight: 8.5 kgs
Originating from India
14th century
Originating from a temple in Rajasthan
Indra as a carrier of a fly...
Category
Burmese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Marble
Antique Granite Jain Fragment of Parikara from India
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Material: Granite
Material: wood
29,5 cm high
53,5 cm wide and 13 cm deep
Weight: 16 kgs
Originating from India
12-13th century
This motif is intended to frame and protect th...
Category
Indian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Wood
$5,655 / item
Heavenly Beings Carved Limestone Stele Fragment, Northern/Eastern Wei Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
Flying two heavenly beings depicted in the stone. They are celestial beings called an Apsara. While having the same fragment and shape, another work I uploaded exhibits small dots on...
Category
Hong Kong Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Limestone
$6,435 Sale Price
35% Off
Golden Barite with Marcasite Crystals from Nandan County, Hechi, Guangxi, China
Located in New York, NY
From Nandan County, Hechi, Guangxi, China
Complex intersecting formation of lustrous gem translucent golden barite crystals with lustrous faces and sharp modified rhombic faces.
...
Category
Chinese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Other
$5,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Natural brain coral in the form of a sitting monkey
Located in London, GB
A natural brain coral specimen named as such for its distinct resemblance to the human brain. Its bulbous shape is naturally formed with deep grooves created over centuries beneath t...
Category
Indonesian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stone
Egg Shaped Amethyst Geode with Calcite
Located in London, GB
A beautiful mostly complete egg shaped geode with a prominent calcite
to the left, partially polished. The amethyst crystals with high peaks and
of intense purple. The thick amethy...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
"Cauliflower" Fossil Agate Coral with Baroque Pearls and Shells
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
"Cauliflower" fossil agate coral adorned with natural-forming baroque pearls and shells.
Fossil agate coral is Florida's state stone and is known for its unique formation that can take place over 20 million years. It's a natural gemstone that is created when prehistoric coral is gradually replaced with agate. This is a complete piece of fossil coral head...
Category
American Organic Modern Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Agate, Coral
$2,625 Sale Price
25% Off
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
Pair of Petite Chinese Sancai Spice Jars
Located in Chicago, IL
With sancai glaze and a richly-aged patina, these petite ceramic spice jars are likely originated as a form of míngqì sculpture, a centuries-old tradition of burial figurines or "spi...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
$1,280 / set
Pre-Columbian Nazca Cross-Patterned Textile, Peru, 300-600 AD, Ex-Sotheby's
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Complete Pre-Columbian Textile panel woven in plain weave with interlocking and alternating squares in bright shades, with elongated stepped diamonds, looped fringe on the short ends...
Category
Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Amethyst Mineral Specimen with High Crystal Peaks on Wooden Stand
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous deep purple amethyst cluster with high peaked crystals. The polished frame shows mineral layers developing from the rough basalt, to the grey/blue agate, the thick layer o...
Category
South American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
15th Century Thai Architectural Detail , on Stand
Located in New York, NY
A 15th Century Thai Stupa, hand-crafted in terracotta, unglazed.
The Stupa shape represents one of the most ancient Buddhist architectural traditions in the Khmer culture, commonly...
Category
Thai Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Biconvex Bronze Age Bactrian stone Idol
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A Bactrian biconvex stone idol. Alongside column and figurative idols these intriguing objects belong to the Bactria-Margana culture. An ancient civilization dating between the 3th a...
Category
Afghan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Slate
Golden Calcite with Sphalerite Crystal from Elmwood Mine, Tennessee (4 Lbs)
Located in New York, NY
From Elmwood Mine, Tennessee, United States.
Large, museum-quality, lustrous transparent deep golden calcite with sphalerite crystal at the base of the crystal. Double terminated ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Roman Bronze Hand Mirror with Beautiful Patina, circa 1st Century
Located in Austin, TX
A simple and elegant Roman bronze hand mirror, late Republic Period, circa 1st century, Italy.
The bronze mirror of simple form. The round face with a pierced border design. The openwork handle...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Western Han Painted Grey Earthenware Standing Female Tomb Figure
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Chinese Painted Grey Earthenware Standing Female Tomb Figure, Western Han Dynasty.
The tall slender court lady stands with knees and elbows slightly bent to reveal the hands, now lost with sockets remaining. The detachable rounded head has a delicately modeled face with small features and painted accents. The neck serves as an extended plug into the neckline of the hollow body ata slight cant as if eyes are downcast and bowing. The hair full at the hairline in form and painted black continuing on the back of the body on center to the waist. The body form of draped layers of long robes, crossing left over right over sloping shoulders with a stiff collar, deep full sleeves tied with a sash low on the waist and trumpet flared at the base, all outlined in red, white and black pigments. Custom black silk storage box in Chinese hinged lid style.
Weight: 15.5 lbs.
Western Han Dynasty 206 B.C. - A.D. 9
Thermoluminescence testing of head and body with Bortolot Daybreak Corporation, Guilford, CT, 1989 sample #379A1. Date of firing 2300 +/- 600 years ago.
Provenance:
Upon Request
For similar examples see:
Oriental Ceramics, The World’s Great Collections, The Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Vol. 9, 1975, pl. 8 & 9.
Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Vol. 1, 1976 p.53, pl.123
Sotheby’s New York, The Bernat Collection, November 1980, lot # 19. With hands covered and folded in front of the figure.
Yutaka Mino and James Robinson, Beauty and Tranquility: The Eli Lilly...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Clay
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 Furniture
Materials
Textile
15-16th century Early antique wooden Burmese Buddha statue from Burma
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Early antique wooden Burmese Buddha statue
Material : wood
70,7 cm high
38,5 cm wide and 20,7 cm deep
With traces of the original lacquer and 24 krt. gilding
Ava style
Bhumisparsha m...
Category
Burmese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Wood
Steel Colored Heart Shaped Open Quartz Geode
Located in London, GB
This open geode is lined with steel coloured quartz and embelished with a large central calite covered with tan coloured amethystine quartz. Several other calcites to the side.
Di...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
15-17thC Baby Krishna, 6261
Located in Ukiah, CA
Very good 15-17thC Baby Krishna. Sits 3.25 inches tall - 6261.
Category
Indian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Matched Pair Split Ammonite Fossil Set Mineral Specimen #L2L
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old
Dimensions: 8 × 6.25 × 0.75 in. / 20 × 16 × 2 cm
Dimensions on custom display stands: 10.5 × 5.5 × 3.5 in. / 27 × 14 × 9 c...
Category
Malagasy Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stone
Chinese pottery horse with rider, Tang Dyansty
Located in New York, NY
pigmented horse; please refer to the pictures, which include documentation detailing its provenance
Category
Chinese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Crinoid (Codiacrinus) on Matrix from Morocco (15.2 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Crinoids, also known as sea lilies, are members of the Echinodermata phylum along with starfish and sea urchins. This well preserved sea fossil is from Morocco. Crinoids have the app...
Category
Moroccan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Cement, Other
Cut and Polished Heart with Cotton Candy Inclusion
Located in London, GB
An attractive geode section cut and polished into a heart shape, revealing
white quartz layers with various agate layers. A cavity to the left with pink
druze resembling cotton can...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Heart Shaped Amethyst Formation with Central Stalactite "EYE" and Agate Border
Located in London, GB
This natural piece is surrounded and adorned with a beautiful polished border, where one can see the mineral layers developing from the rough basalt, to the grey/blue agate, white qu...
Category
Uruguayan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Pair of Etched Dogu-Style Terracotta Figures
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricately styled pair of terracotta figurines is sculpted in the style of Japanese Dogū sculptures of the Jōmon period (10th-4th century B.C.). Reminiscent of Pre-Columbian redware figures, Dogū ceramics are known for their primitive abstract rendering of the human form and decorative geometric etchings. This pair of ceramic figurines...
Category
Unknown Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$1,980 / set
Japanese Rare Copper Wall Hanging Buddha Statue / 14th-16th Century / Temple
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a so-called hanging Buddha. (Called Kakebutsu in Japan)
Kakebutsu is a combination of a circular plate and a Buddha statue, which was hung in shrines and temples.
It can be s...
Category
Japanese Other Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Copper
Chinese Han Dynasty Standing Cowled Lady, Gray Pottery, 202 BC - 9 AD, China
Located in Austin, TX
A tall and dramatic Chinese high fired gray pottery model of a standing lady wearing a hood and a flared skirt, Western Han Dynasty (202 BCE - 9 CE), Shaanxi, China.
This striking ...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
15th Pair of Spanish Gothic Doors Known as “Servilleta”
Located in Marbella, ES
15th Pair of Spanish Gothic Doors Known as “Servilleta”
Category
Spanish Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Wood
58.60 Carat Gorgeous Indicolite Blue Color Tourmaline Cluster From Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
58.60 Carat Gorgeous Indicolite Blue Color Tourmaline Cluster From Afghanistan
Weight: 58.60 Carat
Dimension: 3 x 2.2 x 1 Cm
Origin: Kunar, Afghanistan
Tourmaline is a crystallin...
Category
Afghan Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal
Purple Yellow Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Located in New York, NY
Purple Yellow Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee.
Transparent 3D cubic formation of bi colored purple fluorite with gem yellow core. Bright vibrant core w...
Category
American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Other
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Medieval Limestone sculpture of seated Madonna with 6 fingers on her right hand
Located in Bakewell, GB
Wonderful limestone carving of Madonna with child seated on the throne of knowledge, probably 14th century, and with 6 fingers on her right hand it’s in excellent condition
size 78c...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Annamese blue and white bowl, circa 15th century.
Located in seoul, KR
The bowl's design features fluid, dynamic brushstrokes typical of Annamese pottery, where cobalt blue underglaze was used to create intricate patterns before a clear glaze was applied. The artwork, with its foliage and floral motifs, suggests a connection to the natural world—a common theme in Vietnamese art. Such items were highly traded, and their recovery from shipwrecks helps us understand the extent of maritime commerce in Southeast Asia during the 15th and 16th centuries. This piece embodies the craftsmanship and aesthetic values of the period, providing insights into the cultural and economic contexts of its time.
Dates : 15th century Le Dynasty
Region : North Annam, Vietnam
Type : Dish
Found/Acquired : Southeast Asia , South China Sea, Hoi An Ship
Diameter : 17cm
Reference : Double checked with reference to the original catalogue
Butterfield Treasures Hoi An Hoard Auction Catalogs / San Francisco Butterfields 2000
* Vietnamese trade ceramics
Around the mid-14th century, Vietnam developed its ceramics production technology by producing blue and white porcelain, and began to export it overseas. During this period, China Ming Dynasty implemented a policy of lifting the ban from 1371 to 1657 and restricted foreign trade. This served as a good opportunity in the trade history of Vietnamese ceramics, and ceramic exports...
Category
Vietnamese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Important Ancient Chinese Effigy Pug Dog, Ming Dynasty 1368-1644
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, a carving of a canine “Pug”, Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 CE
Dimensions: 38 cm, 15” High
Photographs taken indoors and out of doors for your viewing pleasure.
The hand carved limestone beast shown on its haunches with naturalistic joyful expression and a well defined compact head, ears, noes, eyes, feet, and tail parted to one side on reverse with distinctive collar ornament seated four square on a thick base all-over showing a weathered surface from significant age.
Formerly exhibited “Asia Week” New York City, Fuller Building, Hutton Gallery 2006.
Provenance: ex collection luoyang, Henan Province, China.
Includes custom display base as shown
Catalog reference: 35 years collecting 35 treasures, Number 35, p.76 (photo)
In ancient China, it is a well-known fact that several types of small dogs were bred and were favored pet gifts between emperors and kings including Lion Dogs, Pekingese and Lo-sze breeds. Some Lo-sze are pictured wearing collars with bells a frequent combination fancied by European royalty of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Lo-sze or pugs were prized for their compact body, good bones, flat face, square jaw, short coat, curled tail, side set back ears, and temperate disposition.
History:
Placing stone animals in important tombs can be traced back at least to the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE), some two thousand years ago. In ancient times, stone animals and human figures placed before imperial tombs symbolized royal power and privilege in addition to decorative functions.
The first Ming tomb...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Limestone
$6,800 Sale Price
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Apsara Carved Limestone Stele with Extremely Rare 'Oolitic silica', Wei Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
The small dots apparent on the surface of this stone stele are indicative of an oolitic silica structure or oolites formed in what is known as "Oolitic chert." The same phenomenon can also be observed in the Tang Dynasty Limestone Stele at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. This formation occurs gradually over the course of thousands to several hundred thousand years within the soil or sea. Similar structures are commonly found in ancient fossils or arrowheads. Ancient peoples chose certain types of stones for tool-making, preferring materials that were easier to work with and could be sharpened effectively. This predilection is believed to be the reason why oolitic silica structures are frequently found in ancient arrowheads.
The development of these oolitic silica structures is a very slow process involving the accumulation of siliceous layers around particulates. This phenomenon, where silica reacts with water to form layers around a nucleus, occurs under specific chemical and physical conditions. Typically, it takes thousands to hundreds of thousands of years for silica to gradually accumulate in layers through contact with moisture, a process that requires a precise harmony of many variables, including chemical conditions, temperature, pressure, pH, and biological activity.
It is known that no other stele with such a silica structure has been identified to date, serving not only as evidence of its authenticity but also significantly enhancing the rarity of this piece.
This stele appears to be a stone sculpture of an apsara, a celestial nymph from Buddhist and Hindu traditions. Despite its fragmentary state, the sculpture conveys grace and movement. The apsara is captured in a dynamic pose, perhaps once part of a larger tableau, playing a flute-like instrument.
The black stand was made in Hong Kong at the time of the acquisition.
Date : Northern Wei/Eastern Wei Dynasty(386~550)
Size : 22cm (Height) x 16cm(diameter)
Condition : Good (oolites dots on surface)
Provenance : Acquired in late 1990s from Hongkong
Reference :
1) Sotheby's New York 20 March 2018 - Jingyatang Treasures Of Chinese Buddhist...
Category
Hong Kong Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Stone, Limestone
$14,950 Sale Price
50% Off
Song Dynasty, Antique Chinese Painted Pottery Panel of Musician Drummer
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Chinese painted pottery panel of musician drummer.
Age: China, Song Dynasty, 10th - 12th Century
Size of panel only: Height 27 C.M. / Width 14.1 C.M.
Height including stand:...
Category
Chinese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Neolithic Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
Northern China has a settled history that goes back more than 5,000 years. All along the western reaches of the Yellow River settlements sprung up and some of the first evidence we h...
Category
Chinese Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
$4,000
Impressive Pair of Large Petrified Wood Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
An impressive pair of large petrified wood bookends, circa pre-history from Arizona. Brightly colored tan, cream, grey, black and red tones with n...
Category
Unknown Organic Modern Antique 15th Century and Earlier Furniture
Materials
Petrified Wood
$380 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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 Furniture
Materials
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Hand Carved Italian Gold Frame
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