355 results for "spectandum"

As an inspiring messenger, eagle is frequently associated with strength. Made of copper alloy, this extraordinary decorative item captures the essence of the majesty of the king of birds...

The central image in Toba Batak art is the singa, a supernatural creature whose likeness protects individuals, homes, and communities from malevolent supernatural forces. The name singa derives from the Sanskrit word meaning lion. However, the Toba Batak singa...

Unusual Balinese monkey mask-most probably a representation of Hanuman Here is some more info from Ubud. Mask-making is one of the oldest art-forms in the world. In Bali, masks (t...

Old Chinese carved bowl with Lid, made of Coconut Shell and decorated with Auspicious Symbols. French Private Collection.

This piece of a pottery vessel, embellished with high relief figures, was made by women of the ethnic group of the Bariba (or Baatonu) in the northern provinces of Benin. The Bariba potters passed their trade from mother to daughter. They didn’t make their vessels on a pottery wheel...

A cased taxidermy display of the Toad and Frog orchestra both playing stringed instruments, the Frog seated on a Terrapin turtle

The bowl of the Vietnamese water pipe is jar-shaped. The metal handle allows easy carrying and moving of the object. The pipe stem that is normally places in the water tank, is missi...

Fidji “mermaid” figure, early modern tradition Mixed media on wooden base This object is a fabricated curiosity combining a small mammalian torso with a fish tail, made to simulate ...

Old Chinese Opium Box in Cloisonné Enamel, decorated with Vases and Flowers. French Private Collection

A new material made from the elytra (shells) of insect jewels from Thailand - Sternoceras Aequisignata - The satin-finish brass stand brings out the incr...

Beautiful Chinese wooden rice box tracing back to 19th century China with hand painted decorations. A rare find filled with history !

This small head of a ceramic figure with a bird headdress is probably Pre-Columbian. It seems to originate from the territory of present-day Mexico. Fur...

Flower Garland Surrounding the Virgin and Child, after Jan Brueghel the Elder (flowers), Circle of Frans Francken II (figures), Antwerp, circa 1615–1625, Oil on copper This finely executed garland painting on copper belongs to the Antwerp tradition of collaborative devotional cabinet pictures developed in the early seventeenth century. The meticulously rendered floral wreath may be associated with the circle of Jan Brueghel the Elder, while the central figures are attributable to the circle of Frans Francken II. The copper support, favored for high-quality works of this type, provides an exceptionally smooth surface that permits minute precision of detail and preserves the jewel-like luminosity of the colours. Set against a dark, subtly modulated background, the oval garland appears to float freely within the pictorial field, leaving the corners and margins open and lending the composition an airy sense of balance. The wreath is constructed from a carefully orchestrated rhythm of large, voluminous blossoms—roses in varying hues, carnations, anemones, and marigolds—interwoven with a profusion of smaller flowers, leaves, and stems. Each bloom is individually characterized, displaying botanical precision, crisp highlights, and delicate tonal transitions consistent with early seventeenth-century Flemish flower painting...

Exceptional allegory of death in carved bone. Depiction of a leper wrapped in a stole. Southern Germany, Tyrol, 18th-19th century. Superb quality of carving, showing no signs of mech...

Anthropomorph Terracotta Vase

Preparation for Carnival: a three day festival of insatiable eating, drinking and carousing that preceded the forty days of Lent, a period of penitence when the pious drank only wate...

19th C Tobacco Shop Publicity Statue smoking a pipe -polychromed wood.In perfect state -stands tall on its own.

Standing Fang Mabea Maternity of Museum quality, holding a pestle with both her hands. The mother's head is slightly turned to the left, while the child, which she carries on her bac...

Set of two antique 19th C Rural Altarpieces in wood and with heavy encrusted patina 25,5 x 12,5 x 2,7 / 18,5 x 8 x 4 cm.

Old Bamboo Opium Pipe, with visible Knot of the Bamboo. The Mouthpiece and Furnace are in Bronze. The Piece comes from South China. French Private Collec...

Set of beautiful moulded tiles made of earthenware. Featuring flowerheads and foliage, this set of antiques creates a universe on its own.

Drawing framed, dated and signed.

Eight Antique Chinese Tobacco Pipe Holders with Antrophomorphic Subject, made of the Wood of Fruit Trees. French Private Collection.

The cylindrical opium container is executed in hammered brass and decorated with an expressive repose design of a rider in a landscape with blossom tre...

The impressive life-size statue of St. Anthony (Lisbon, 1195 – Padua, 1231) used to be probably in a church or monastery of the mendicant order of the Franciscans. You can immediately recognize a Franciscan monk by his brown habit, brown hooded cloak...

Allegorical Scene of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806) Attributed to Léon Cogniet (1794–1880) This ambitious and romanticized composition captures a defining moment in Amer...

Five ceremonial beaded flutes or whistles from the Cameroon grasslands. They come in various geometric forms, taking on the shape of a hollowed, stylized figure that combines human a...

An elytron is a modified, hardened forewing of certain insect orders, notably beetles and a few of the true bugs such as the family Schizopteridae

Worn by chiefs and other notables on ceremonial occasions, these beaded heads were highly symbolic power accoutrements and probably represent the heads of enemies taken in battle. Ol...

Nepalese ritual Large Lingzhi Fungus Terai Mushroom Mask. Important and rare mask carved in wood fungus, of the tinder fungus type (fomes fomentarius), of rounded triangular form, wi...

Rare and spectacular bat dance mask from Mexico. Crafted in the late 19th to early 20th century, with later retouches to the polychromy. This type of mask is made of hammered copper ...

Antique French wooden steer's head,used as the exterior sign of a butcher’s shop (in French they would call it a boucherie). The sign must be over a hundred years old,still has his o...

Commedia dell'arte,also known as "italian comedy" was a humorous theatrical presentation performed by professional actors who traveled in troupes throughout italy in the 16th C.

Zacharie Noterman or Zacharie Notermann or Zacharias Noterman, Ghent 1820 and Paris 1890, is a Belgian painter and engraver, specializing in the painting of antics, scenes of monkeys...

Saint Erasmus or Saint Elmo (Antioch, ca. 240 – Formia, 303) was an Italian bishop and patron saint of the sailors. His attribute was the capstan, a winch on which the anchor chains were rolled up. He died as a martyr for his faith, and his bones were transferred to Gaeta in the 9th century, where they are kept in the cathedral to this day. The electric phenomenon of Saint Elmus fire is named after Saint Erasmus and the 16th C humanist Desiderius Erasmus. Little is known with certainty about Saint Erasmus' life. However, many legends may have been passed on orally until - no older writings are known with certainty. His birthplace was in present-day Syria. However, the persecution of Christians under Emperor Diocletian forced him to flee to Mount Lebanon...

French polychrome plaster anatomical “écorché” figure, after the celebrated model by Jean-Antoine Houdon. Finely detailed study of the human musculature, originally designed as an ac...

Wooden sculpture of a Dancing Tengu, Late Edo–Meiji Period, Japan An animated and finely sculptured wooden figure of a Tengu, captured mid-step in a vigorous dance. The supernatural ...

Lovely rectangular earthenware tile representing a woman's face surrounded by ribbons and folliage. An exquisite antique with a lot of character that draws the eye and makes you wonder.

Eric Wansart (Ukkel, 1899 - Elsene, 1976), Drawing of a Panther, Charcoal, Signed and Dated.

The sculpture dates from the beginning of the 20th century and has a wonderful patina.

Depicted standing and shown frontally, the skeletal figure is largely concealed by a long, cinctured monastic habit. The hooded skull is inclined slightly to one side, and the figure...

Ethnographic Fish Scale Hat Handmade Molucca, Indonesia.

Don Quichotte and Pancho, Oil on canvas, 20th C, Signed Pauli

Singerie is a visual art genre that features monkeys imitating human actions, often dressed in stylish clothing, designed to amuse and offer a satirical take on society. The term ori...

Bamum Decorative Wooden Ancestor Figure embroidered with European Glass Beads, Grasslands People , Cameroon Private collection Brussels These commemorative statuettes ,representing a...

Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 - 23 February 1792) was a leading 18th-century English portrait painter and President of the Royal Academy from 1769 to 1792. He was born on 16 July...

Sir Frederick Lugard-Colonial administrator Nigeria. Bronze by Herbert Cawood 1938, 92 x 27 x 27 cm, 36 1/4 x 10 5/8 x 10 5/8 in: Herbert Harry Cawood (1890-1957) was an English scu...

This painting combines a lavish still life with human figures. On the left, large jugs and bowls of fruit are presented by a servant depicted as a “Moor”; on the right, a young boy p...

Neapolitan nativity scenes are very different from those seen in churches due to the importance of secular settings. They are not limited to staging the child Jesus surrounded by the holy family. Still, they managed to reproduce the daily life of the Neapolitans of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The elegance of the figuration and the fineness of the execution of these santons also reveals the quality of the know-how of the Neapolitan artisans. The markets, hotels, dances, itinerant vendors, beggars, taverns, various trades, guarding herds, the royal procession and all that was within reach of everyday life or fantasy had their place in the Neapolitan crèches...

Bamileke Decorative Dance Crest, embroidered with European Glass Beads, Grasslands People, Cameroon. Ex J.Klejman Paris The raffia splint is covered with cloth and colourful minia...

The Japanese smoking pipe or Kiseru was used to smoke only a tiny pinch of kizami tobacco (about 25 mg). This particularly original and beautifully ex...

Hunting played an essential role in the lives of princes and nobles for centuries. It was no different in the 17th century. Paintings depicting hunting scenes were hung, for example, in the hunting lodges of elites. It should be noted that the upper bourgeoisie also began to show interest in painted hunting scenes during the 17th century. In the Southern Netherlands there were a number of skilled animal painters who produced hunting scenes, including Frans Snijders, Paul De Vos, Jan Roos, Pieter Boel and Jan Fyt. Snijders knew how to render the anatomy of the animals masterfully. Also, he managed to make his animals look intelligent. He let them express a variety of feelings. His colleague, Paul De Vos, seems to have been less familiar with animal anatomy. His animals lack a kind of individuality and psychological expression. The panel shows a boar hunt with dogs. It was a prevalent theme, portrayed by Rubens, Snijders, De Vos and others. Buyers were especially interested in the showdown between animal species. The mental and physical strength appealed to their imagination. The painter of this little work has no solid knowledge of dog breeds. Due to a lack of insight into dogs' bone and muscle structure, he makes them look rather stiff. Mainly the heads have something naïve about them. It cannot be ruled out that the artist of this painting is Jan van Kessel...

Wooden powder flask with bone inlay, the surface richly decorated with geometric and foliate motifs. The flat, tapering body is fitted with a narrow spout and iron mounts, likely int...

The 39-year-old gentleman had himself portrayed as an aristocrat in an idyllic landscape. At the time, parks and forests were associated with the nobility's lands and pastimes. The s...

Back aprons (negbe, pl. egbe) such as these were particularly popular among upper-class Mangbetu women at the turn of the 20th century. This distinctive kidney-shaped ornament pad wa...

This vessel exemplifies the anthropomorphic style, incorporating distinct human-like features into its design. Most notably, the upper portion of the vessel includes a stylized human...

Terracotta animal head, probably Ghana.

This pair of female torsos presumably decorated a fair stand or an organ in a theme park. Most likely, they were part of an immense organ that was intended ...

This Italian mortar dates from the early 19th century. It was used to mill grain and wheat. The object is carved out of a single piece of wood and...

Old, White Porcelain Table Water Pipe with Blue-Glazed Decoration, that represents a Rider asking his Way. This 19th Century Object from Vietnam is provided with a Silver or Metal St...