Oval vessel with bow handle between spout and perforated animal head, Vicús, ca. 100 - 500 AD.
Fine condition vessel from the rather illusive Vicus culture contemporary with the more well-known Moche culture. The vessel misses a very small pseudy lug handle at one side, othervise completely intact and unrepaired with some light weathering at edge of the spout.
Size: 18,5cm long.
Provenance: Heidi Vogelsandt, Darmstadt, prior to 1995.
A rare and interesting depiction of a wild dog on a double vessel with a large mug decorated with a relief carving of human figures and with whistle function.
Size: 19,5 cm. wide and 13,5cm. tall, substantial in hand.
Condtition: Good Very fine, intact with a short closed micro-thin hairline at the rim.
Provenance: Heidi Vogelsandt, Darmstadt, prior to 1995.
An attractive double chambered bridge vessel with bow handle and a human head, body with relief decorations, Pre-columbian Chimú, 1250-1450 AD.
Size: 21,5 cm. wide and 18,5cm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, hairline closed crack in the body and some light chipping of edges, othervise complete and intact.
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A very fine specimen of the earliest metal daggers known, BMAC / Indus, Chalcolithic period, 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.
Interesting and collectable dagger! Flat, leafshaped blade and a very long, twisted tang.
Size: 21,2 cm. long.
Condition: Extremely fine, fine green patina and great metal.
Ex. Danish private Collection, aquired at the Copenhagen antiques market in the 1990s
A very fine specimen of the earliest metal daggers known, BMAC / Indus, Chalcolithic period, 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.
Interesting and collectable dagger! Flat, leafshaped blade and a very long, twisted tang.
Size: 18,3 cm. long.
Condition: Extremely fine, choice green patina and great metal.
Ex. Danish private Collection, aquired at the Copenhagen antiques market in the 1990s.
A lovely wood carving of a pair from Bali. Meticulously carved and painted, the man with keris and the woman holding an offering, standing on a base. Condition: the base with some cracks and a small loss, the hilt of the keris glued, paint with few losses and wear. Dimension: c. 27 cm high.
A Persian small brass or bronze box and lid from the Qajar period, 19th century. Of square shape with indented corners and exquisitely engraved with flowers and birds. A small circular reserve indicates which side of box and lid respectively are meant to fit into each other. Width "2 1/2 / 6.5 cm, height "1 2/3/ 4.2 cm. Condition: fine.
Refined lacquer inro with three compartments expertly decorated in gold with numerous bamboo plants.
This inro is enriched with dense nashiji lacquer dots and a detailed maki-è decoration that features an elegant pattern of bamboo plants in contrast to some stems and leaves of mother-of-pearl flakes inlaid on the surface...
A nicely engraved steatite stone scarab, Egypt New Kingdom, c. 1539–1075 BC.
Stylized with incised features such as the clypeus, prothorax and elytra marked by single lines. Decorated to the reverse with stylised geometric swirls and loop patterns. The amulet is pierced longitudinally for suspension.
Size: 16 mm...
Iron metal rod. Painted with ink on paper. Signed Seiki and sealed.
It is a type of weapon, a thick iron rod with warts on it. In pictures of demons, it refers to the stick that demons are holding in their hands. In Japan, there is a saying, "Kanabo for demons". If you equip a strong demon with a powerful weapon, a metal rod, it will become even stronger. This is a parable about someone who is already strong and becomes even more powerful by having something added to them...
A nice tanged bronze dagger from the Ancient Near East, Caspian Sea Area, Mid-late Bronze age, 2nd. mill. BC.
Slim blade with rounded shoulders and central midrib.
Length: c. 27 cm
Condition: A nice dagger with fine green patina with pots of red. Slight roughness to the edge.
Ex. Private Collection in Denmark.
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Song dynasty longquan celadon with bluish green glaze washer bowl, good condition no damage no chip no crack no restoration on the body small fritts on the foot ring, please see picture for detail, size: 12.5 cm diameter.
A rare Song dynasty longquan celadon conical bowl, good condition no damage no chip crack or restoration please see picture for detail, size: 12 cm diameter.
A rare Song dynasty longquan celadon bottle vase, size: 15.5 cm height.
Song dynasty longquan celadon large vase with flower motif, bluish green glaze, size: 27 cm height, 12 cm diameter.
Black patinated, cast bronze sculpture of a monkey, seated with his arms around his knee.
Unsigned. Stamped in the flat bottom: Yamanaka & Co. Inc., and Made in Japan.
Japan, early Showa era, 1920s-1930s.
H 1.75 x D 1.6 in.
Two small casting flaws that were repaired at the time of production.
The stamp ‘Made in Japan’ was required for objects exported to the US and other western countries in the 1920s and 1930s. The stamp of Yamanaka & Co...