The sage gazes out from his hermitage clinging to the hillside upon a sparse scene of falling water and precipitous climbing peaks dominating this painting by Shirakura Niho dating from the prime of his career. Ink and light color on silk mounted in blue cloth with thin piping terminating in white ceramic rollers. It is 40.5 x 187.5 (16 x 74 inches) and is in excellent condition; enclosed in a modern wooden storage box. A published version of the Niho Catalog will accompany the work...

An attractive large unpolished, thinbladed Danish neolithic axe dating to late 4th-early 3rd mill BC.

Very good knapping details on the sides and several old collection tags - found in Korsør By 1939!

Size: c. 21,7 cm. in length.

Condition: Nice VF! Choice axe with edges and a lovely light brown marsh patina, small chip only visible at one side, othervise near EF.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964)...

An attractive large fishtail type of dagger, made in the late neolithic period, Daggertime-bronzeage, c. 2000-1600 BC.

A type with an elaborately knapped handle, stiched in the sides and full size for a grown hand. The blade chipped and resized in later periods. Looks originally like a type IV-V to us. Comes with with very old collection tags and another tag written directly in black ink - found at Sorø 1909!

Size: c. 18 cm...

A fully polished axe with a slightly 'hanging' edge, scarce type of the 4th. millenium BC.

The axe is greyish patinated silex with fine fossils included. 19th. century paper tag on the undeveloped rear end as well as number in white ink.

Attractive and with a very sharp edge / bit!

Size: 16,1 cm.

Condition: Good Very fine, fine old patina.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964)...

An impressive polished greystone axe, from the great buriel mounts of Denmark, in the later 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

The axe carved by micro-crushing and polishing the surface into the large curving broadsides towards the edge and butt. The axe with old tags, found at the island Lolland.

Size: 23,7 cm. long and 9,4 cm. wide. Heavy axe weighing c...

An attractive childs dagger, made in the late neolithic period, Daggertime-bronzeage, c. 2000-1600 BC.

Finely knapped in in a silex with a rare pinkish patina! Comes with a 19th. century collection tag and another tag written directly in white ink from a pre-WWII collection.

Size: 12,9 cm. long

Condition: Very fine, intact with a few tiny losses.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964)...

An attractive unpolished, thinbladed Danish neolithic axe dating to late 4th-early 3rd mill BC.

Very nicely knapping details on the sides and old collection tag - Found at Mols, Jylland.

Size: c. 17,4 cm. in length.

Condition: Good VF, choice axe with a lovely brown patina. a few minor chips.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI and WWII at Sværdborg mose (eng...

Rare Chinese pottery amphora decorated with bronze ornament. In the past, this kind of vessel was used for wine container.

Age: China, Han Dynasty, 206 B.C. - A.D. 220
Size: Height 19.5 C.M. / Width 21 C.M.
Condition: Well-preserved old burial condition overall. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Song dynasty longquan celadon plate with good bluish green color glaze, good condition no chip no restoration with hairline at the center base please see picture for detail, size: 22 cm diameter.

Song dynasty longquan celadon large plate covered with good green gaze good condition no chip no restoration faint glaze line at the rim please see picture for detail, size: 21 cm diameter.

A nice bronzeage paalstaff type of mid bronzeage axe, dating to the mid-late 2nd. millenium BC.

The axe was cat with a long ridge to secure it to the pole / shaft and out-swayed edge.

Size: 16,4 cm...

A very attractive unpolished Danish neolithic axe of the Single Grave slender type, dating c. 2800-2400 BC.

Very nicely knapping details on the sides and several old collection tags! The axe has finding date in black ink given as 4. september 1924, found in 'Hestehave'.

Size: c. 17,7 cm. in length.

Condition: Near EF. Choice axe with near perfect edges and a nice frosty bluish-grey patina.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–19...

An attractive unpolished, thinbladed Danish neolithic axe dating to late 4th-early 3rd mill BC.

Very nicely knapping details on the sides and several old collection tags!

Size: c. 17,4 cm. in length.

Condition: Near EF! Choice axe with perfect edges and a lovely light brown marsh patina.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI and WWII at Sværdborg mose (eng. marsh) and Køng mose at Southern Zealand...

Attractive boatshaped battle axe, from the battleaxe period, ca. mid 3rd. millenium BC.

A finely made battle axe with nice lines and curves, boat-shaped. One end thick and blunt to function as a hammer. Made in attractive brown-grey stone and with old collection tag in white ink (see below).

Size: 12,3 cm. long.

Condition: Choice VF, some minute surface corrosion.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI...

An attractive two-tone silex / flint axe of the unpolished type with small butt and a wide blade, Time of the Great Buriel mounts, c. later 4th. mill. BC.

Size: 23,8 cm. long and quite heavy, so this would probably have been an offer or ritual axe.

Condition: Good Very fine, tiny ding to the edge, othervise perfect and with a nice specled colour with calcification.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI and WWII...

A lovely and scarce Italian closed combat helmet, with eye slits a come or ridge and a hinge at the side; it also have a produding iron guard that could also function as sunscreen, c. 1580-1610.

"Savoyard" helmets are a distinctive form of late Italian close-helmet worn by cuirassiers, the heavy cavalry outfitted with plate armor worn only to the knee and armed with pistols and swords. The term Savoyard is a reference to the large number of these helmets that the Swiss captured fro...

A lovely specimen of the sought after renaissance pewter jugs, this one manifactured in 1653 on the basis of the pewter touch marks of the inside lid.

A very early renaissance type European pewter jug in excellent condition with clear marks and engravings. On the front a crowned H and G inside a heart all inside a wreath and below ACK, so this would have been inscribed for a wedding between H and G in 1700 and the donator was probably ACK.

On the lid also HG inside wreath...

A massive and exceptional German Pewter tankard, Manifactured 1751 and dated 1765 on the front.

Profusely decorated over the entire surface with deeply incised beautiful baroque text: 'ANNO 1765
DER ZEIT BEISITZER
XAVARIUS SCHOLTZ
MARTIN ARGELL
ALT GESSEL EN
JOSEPH STINDL - JOHANNES WITRA VOR GEHER
MATHIAS MAYER JOHANNES KYSLING'

The lid also engraved with a guilds symbol within wreath. With German or Austrian Pewtermarks of a horse / Lilly, ...