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The Mezcala culture refers to an ancient Mesoamerican civilization based in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, particularly within the upper Balsas River region. Though not well...

The eagle staff is an unique, sacred symbol that represents traditional Indigenous culture and clans. It is used at ceremonies and celebratory functions, much like a nation's flag wo...

Framed, signed and dated.

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...

Original oil painting by the Indonesian impressionist painter G.A. Kadir: educated as a painter by the Danish van Russel (1898 - 1975) and active in the first half of the 20th centur...

This evocative three-quarter length portrait, executed in the Venetian School during the 17th century, depicts an imagined figure of an elite Ottoman woman, rendered in rich oils on canvas. Her elaborate headdress, ornate costume, and poised bearing align with Western ideals of exoticism and nobility, shaped through Venetian eyes. The rose delicately held at her chest may serve as a symbolic identifier—an allusion to Rossa or Rosselana, the Western name for Hürrem Sultan (c.1502–1558), the influential consort and later wife of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent...

Bamileke Decorative Wooden Flute or Whistle embroidered with European Glass Beads, Grasslands People, Cameroon. Private collection...

Two wooden witchcups mounted on birdlegs

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

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...

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

Bamileke Kuosi Elephant masks comprise cloth panels and hoods woven from plantain fiber over raffia. On this background glass beads are stitched in geometric patterns. The basic form depicts salient features of the elephant—a long trunk and large ears. The hood fits tightly over the masker's head, and two hanging panels, one behind and one in front, partially conceal the body. The front panel is the elephant trunk, and the two large, stiff circles hinged to either side of the head are its ears, which flap as the masker dances. While the mask symbolizes an elephant, the face is human. Eyeholes provide visibility, and a nose and mouth with teeth are normally present. The glass beads used on these earlier masks were nineteenth-century trade beads of Venetian or Czechoslovakian manufacture, used as well in exchange for slaves. Elephant mask costumes...

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...

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...

Bamileke Decorative Dance Crest, embroidered with European Glass Beads, Grasslands People, Cameroon. Private collection Brussels The raffia splint is covered with cloth and c...

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...

Lovely set of 5 antique earthenware tiles with an elegant pheasant surrrounnded by nature. Strong symbol of luck, imperial bird, the pheasant is associated with immortality and was often used as sepulchral symbol in early Christian art...

Anatomical cut of a human skull composed in natural painted papier-maché, with numbered labels on the different elements

Late 19th to early 20th century New Guinea, Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay, Massim People carved wooden pigs with incised decoration and flat paddle-style tai...

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...

A 6 antique earthenware tiles set evoking a delicate sun-shaped figure surrounded by abstract shapes. A beautiful decorative set that can be used on a chimney or a wall - one of many...

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...

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

Antique early-20th century British made crocodile overnight travel case, with original cotton lining and small document holder on the inside. The case is oozing style and elegance, t...

This artifact carved in wood is from the Kongo people of the Congo. One side represents a crucified Christ ,whilst the other shows a representation of the Virgin Mary. It’s clearly an object of authority and prestige and a combination of locally grounded and foreign insignia.Very nice use patina. The Kingdom of Kongo, founded in the 14th century, has some of the earliest Christian influence in sub-Saharan Africa. The conversion to Christianity in 1512 of King Alfoso I of the Kongo saw the subsequent creation by Kongolese sculptors of Christian crucifixes...

Antique Eyeglasses in nicely decorated Case, China Circa 1900. The core is in wood and the case in shagreen, tinted with copper oxide. Shagreen is s...

Set of 4 wonderful wooden chairs with lovely use patina

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...

A wonderful headrest from the Karamojong People of Uganda in eastern Africa. It is made out of one piece of wood with the legs having a nice bend shape, supporting on a circular bloc...

This evocative three-quarter length portrait, executed in the Venetian School during the 17th century, depicts an imagined figure of an elite Ottoman woman, rendered in rich oils on ...

This ambitious composition illustrates the ancient episode of The Ring of Polycrates, drawn from Herodotus. In the story, the king of Samos, blessed with continuous success, is advis...

« The Roof of Folly: An Allegory of the Fall » This enigmatic 17th-century painting, laden with symbolic content, echoes the allegorical tradition of Hieronymus Bosch, fusing grotes...

Antique Chinese Opium Box in Cloisonné Enamel, decorated with Floral Motifs and Interior Scenes French Private Collection

The knives were handmade with heavily decorated Forged Iron blades with embellished wooden handles. They would use brass or leather wrappings and tacks that turned their weapons into...

Ethnographic Fish Scale Hat Handmade Molucca, Indonesia.

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...

These three shoes were used by a shoemaker as basic show models from which customers could choose. He would then manufacture a customized pair. The three model show age and use relat...

The horse skull has been opened up on one side showing the inplant of the teeth below the gum line and the inside of the cranium.

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...

Old large pectoral necklace in the shape of a breastplate, originating from Tibet. Magnificent color work with a mixture of turquoise stones, red beads, silver and copper. The suppor...

Anthropomorph Terracotta Vase

Dummy Boards’ are flat, oil painted figures in trompe l’oeil- often life-sized (sometimes smaller), which were placed around the house: in halls, corridors, by fireplaces and on stai...

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 ...

Set of 2 small antique earthenware tiles.

Red earthenware set of tiles (3) with an abstract design surrounded by curvaceous ornaments. A charming and inspiring piece of art that can be used as a m...

The Diorama was in a private collection for more than 20 years and is said to have been exposed at the China Exposition 1902 in Copenhagen.This group of Chinese polychromed-decorate...

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

Framed, signed and dated.

Unknown academy student 19th C drawing, pencil on paper, Framed, Signed.

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...

Anthropomorph Terracotta Vase

Beautifully crafted dager from Nigeria (Haussa People) with an organic handle. Hausa people are frond in northwestern Nigeria and adjacent southern Ni...

Hard wood with rests of polychromy.

The artist portrayed an upper-class lady who has some facial features of Reynolds' Mrs Andrews. More specifically, the long, straight nose and the large eyes. Her head resting on her...

Three old and well used bark cloth beater made out of a wooden shaft with a cross-hatched blackened tip which is lashed into position by a strip of cane. These grooved wooden beater were tools used to pound and soften tree bark, for the processing of bark cloth used as clothing. This tool has many different variations that are seen in indigenous cultures worldwide, yet all for a similar purpose. They vary in size, shapes, and materials. They are carved with parallel striations. Some bark beaters...

An old classic Bamana lock , decorated with engraved lines, representing antilope horns ,legs bent appearing at the bottom and a beautiful dark patina a...

Beautiful leather shoe from Eastern Europe tracing back to the 19th century. This vintage item features delicate and detailed patterns. A beautiful item steeped in history that will ...

Gustave Fontaine (Etterbeek 1877-1952 Brussels) was a sculptor–painter. He took courses in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode and continued his training at the Academy of Brussels and with the sculptor Julien...

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...

There is a glass window on just one side so these would not have a counter between the customer and shop assistant, perhaps they were used to weigh tea, or coffee or chocolate.