All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1700 item #1491451
Hand-colored page with extensive woodcut depicting the genealogical tree with the offspring of Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah, and of his wife Funda.
The verso with further descendants as well as exponents of the line of Christ (Sale, Leber, Phaleg, Reu or Regau).
Page from Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle published in 1493 by Anton Koberger in an edition of 2000 copies.
Tower with battlements as watermark.
Rare hand-colored version...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1700 item #1399580 (stock #na143)
A fine watercolor on vellum painting of an aristocratic woman. The sitter, a blue-eyed blonde powder haired woman who is coquettishly toying with a long lock of her hair, is gloriously decked out in a very low cut white gown with a red shawl. The gown is partially held up by a long strand of diamond and gold jewelry with a matching bracelet on her left arm. Farther up that arm the sleeve of the gown is cinched by a diamond and pearl brooch. A pearl bracelet circles her right arm...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Pre 1700 item #854584 (stock #2016)
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This is a copy of the 17th century portrait of Rembrandt's son Titus around 1668. The canvas has been relined and is mounted in its original stretcher. The frame is a old replacement frame. The original portrait of Titus by Rembrandt is in the Lourve. We will try to determine the age of the canvas and more information later.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Asia : Pre 1492 item #1460571 (stock #2516)
L'Enfant Gallery
$32,000.00
Japanese Buddha Imperial Court Of Kyoto circa Eleventh to Fourteenth Century height:30 inches inch comes from one of the earliest collections of Japanese artifacts in America more information coming….
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Stone : Pre 1492 item #1490373 (stock #8)
Gallery Samdao
$8,990.00
The Iconic Khmer Horse Headed Divinity Figure, Standing with both arms broken, His head with almond-shaped eyes, stylized ears, wearing a conical-shaped headdress finely decorated and secured with a floral patterns decorated tiara. Wearing a short sampot secured with a belt, a double fish-tail falling in front. Estimate value: $12 000 = $15 000 Measurements: Height - 105 cm (41 In) , Width 33 cm (13 In) The piece is in Good condition (Please see Pictures O...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Stone : Pre 1492 item #1478510 (stock #56)
Gallery Samdao
$14,900.00
The Splendid Buddha Sakhyamuni figure, standing on a stylized lotus throne. With both hands raised in vitarkamudra and dressed with a long diaphanous sanghati. His face with deep serene expression, downcast eyes, arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes. His hair arranged in tight curls over the ushnisha. Height 100cm (34 1/2 In) Don't hesitate to send your offer, we always do our best to offer the most attractive pieces for the best price...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Italian : Pre 1492 item #1280736 (stock #2668)
King Art
$5,000.00
Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian, 1449-1494, Florence. Oil on panel in sepia tones. He lived when the Italian Renaissance was gathering speed and producing an astonishing succession of painters of genius. "Now that I have begun to get into the spirit of this art, I wish they would give me the walls of Florence to paint the whole circuit with stories." This is said to be Ghirlandaio's reaction to painting.popes, princes and members of the newly flourishing class of merchants...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Stone : Pre 1492 item #1490387 (stock #10)
Gallery Samdao
$4,990.00
Powerfully carved with slightly smiling lips, broad nose, incised almond-shaped eyes, elongated earlobes and ridged eyebrows. His hairdress arranged into a cylindrical coiffure secured with a decorated tiara knocked in the back. A splendid large head of the Creator, Powerfully Carved with a great character. Estimate Value: $8 000 - $12 000 Measurements: Height - 35 cm (13 3/4 In), Width 24 cm (6 1/2 In) Provenance: A Private Collection , property of a Singaporian ...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Stone : Pre 1492 item #1490371 (stock #6)
Gallery Samdao
$4,490.00
The divinity, finely carved kneeling in Praying posture. Wearing a long Sampot secured by a decorated belt. Bare upper body with broad shoulders. Her face with brad lips, meditative expression, elongated earlobes. Her Hairdress with an image of Buddha Amitabha...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Clay : Pre 1492 item #1485308 (stock #3617)
L'Enfant Gallery
$5,500.00
Mexican Nayarit culture Classical Period painted terra cotta pregnant or nursing mother. Measuring 11” tall, 9” wide, amd 7” deep The provenance Dr Camara Peon. 1940-2015 The important part of the nursing mother is that he excavated it from a burial mound on the family’s property in the 1920s, which accounts for the flawless condition
All Items : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Pre 1492 item #1453447 (stock #1651)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,200.00
The textile with multicolored threads in Red, Blue, etc. possibly from Peru in great condition
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1449840 (stock #1362)
L'Enfant Gallery
$12,000.00
(Consignment). An important and rare portrait in terracotta of an attractive Etruscan woman from the 5th century BC Rome, Italy. She is wearing a crown polos which is covered by a veil that drapes along the sides and behind her head. She also wears a necklace of many Amphora-shaped pendants, and her hair is dressed into curls and ringlets...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1485760 (stock #3631)
L'Enfant Gallery
$6,000.00
A very rare Han Dynasty Chinese Terra Cotta Guanyin sculpture measuring 16” in height. The sculpture with traces of polychrome. Dressed in fine clothes, it was made as an object of worship and most likely had a bouquet in her left hand, as a symbol of marriage. An incredible rare piece for the advanced collector.
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #569168
Fine Stucco head of Buddha mounted on base, Gandhara Kingdom, 3rd/4th Century AD.,size: H.15cm x W. 8cm x D. 8cm.
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #670036
Zentner Collection
$2,500.00
Chinese Spirit Stone. It's very dramatic and could make a great center piece. The coloration is veined black and white striations. Height:17" Length"17.5
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre AD 1000 item #1368665 (stock #3053)
This note was written by Robert Craft and discusses Maki's use of an archaic form of Chinese script called seal script.
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #578963
Gandhara Kingdom stucco head of Buddha mounted, 3/4th Century, condition: good, left ear damaged and a few inconsequential nicks, common considering the age of this fine sculpture, size" H. 12cm x W. 8cm x D. 11cm. The idealized style is reminiscent of Greek Hellenistic sculpture which strongly influenced the Buddhist imagery of Central Asia and in particular of Gandharan artists.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre AD 1000 item #1405439 (stock #3054)
This note discusses Haku Maki's Poem 70–14. Poem from the Manyoshu, and the sources of the kanji he used to create the print. The note was written in August 2019 by Robert Craft.