This small container, engraved and bearing traces of pink pigment, was used to grind spices using a very fine wooden pestle. It dates from shortly after the Neolithic period. Also, it is not known whe[...]
Very beautiful Kero, in terracotta, Pre-Columbian work of art, Bolivia, Geometric patterns, As is, it has been restored, Very beautiful work, Weight: 477 gr, Dimensions: Height: 16.5 cm, Diameter: 15 [...]
Very beautiful terracotta kero, Pre-Columbian Art, As is, see photos, Stylized animal decoration, Weight: 386 gr. Dimensions: Height: 16.5 cm, Diameter at the neck: 13 cm.
Simulacrum axe, with ceremonial function. The stone ax forming one with the handle also in stone - Green/gray stone. Mayan culture, Post Classic period. Semi-circular "sharp edge", pointed heel protru[...]
Battle or work axe. Black stone. Mayan culture, Post Classic period. The Mayan culture occupied the Yucatan Peninsula in pre-Columbian times, which currently covers part of southern Mexico, Belize, Gu[...]
Micro tools in black stone, dark gray green. Mayan culture, Post Classic period. The Mayan culture occupied the Yucatan Peninsula in the pre-Columbian era, currently corresponding to part of southern [...]
Battle or work axe with a tapered tip. Black/green stone. Mayan culture, Post Classic period. The Mayan culture occupied the Yucatan Peninsula in pre-Columbian times, which currently covers southern M[...]
-- Battle or work axe with rounded tip. Dark green stone. Mayan culture, Post Classic period. The Mayan culture occupied the Yucatan Peninsula in pre-Columbian times, which currently covers part of so[...]
-- Battle or work axe with a sharp edge. Mayan culture, Post Classic period. The Mayan culture occupied the Yucatan Peninsula in pre-Columbian times, which currently covers part of southern Mexico, Be[...]
Quadripod vase with anthropomorphic motif. terracotta. The Tayronas were a pre-Columbian Amerindian culture occupying the territory of the current department of Magdalena in Colombia, in the Caribe Re[...]
Head of a horseman covered with a protection, probably a helmet or a war hood, revealing a face with a concentrated and determined expression. The hair is finely indicated under the helmet, marked by [...]
I offer you this rare and very large collection of prehistoric and Neolithic tools from the closure of a private museum in Indre et Loire. The collection is composed of scrapers, chisels, blades, poin[...]
Visible in Paris. Free hand delivery in the capital and its suburbs. Delivery for France 15€. Contact me for Europe and the world.
Fragment of high relief in gray-blue schist (typical material of Gan[...]
Visible in Paris. Free hand delivery in the capital and its suburbs. Delivery for France 15€. Contact me for Europe and the world.
Fragment of Ilkhanid covering tile (Mongol Iran, 1256-1335)
Standin[...]
Visible in Paris. Free hand delivery in the capital and its suburbs. Delivery for France 15€. Contact me for Europe and the world.
Fragment of a bas-relief in gray-blue schist (typical material of Ga[...]
Visible in Paris. Free hand delivery in the capital and its suburbs. Delivery for France 15€. Contact me for Europe and the world.
Small fragment of bas-relief in gray-blue schist (typical material o[...]
Visible in Paris. Free hand delivery in the capital and its suburbs. Delivery for France 15€. Contact me for Europe and the world.
Fragment of high relief in gray-blue schist (typical material of Gan[...]
Terracotta objects, pre-Hispanic, pre-Columbian, no one knows, as the "design" seems so modern, timeless. Anecdote, the previous owner told me that these objects had been exchanged to recover a debt..[...]
A Luristan bronze pin decorated with a bearded god with horns, a long nose and round eyes, attacking two stylized feline predators with his powerful arms. 9th-8th century BC
To see a similar pin [...]
Beautiful zoomorphic black slip terracotta stirrup vase. Chimu culture, Peru. Provenance: Lost World Artifacts LLC Pre-Columbian Medieval period circa 1100-1300. 17cm tall
Superb beige terracotta statuette with red engoble representing a pregnant woman holding her belly. This type of representation is called maternity. We could see a resemblance to the menhir statues of[...]
Provenance - From the estate of a private Swiss collector.
Condition - It needs a piece of Blu Tack to make him stand up striaght.
Measurement - Height 14.2 cm
SOLD WITH A CERTIFICATE OF[...]
Skull of Saber-toothed Tiger
Homotherium crenatidens Eurasia,
Pleistocene species extinct 30,000 years ago in Eurasia and 10,000 years ago on the American continent.
Sanded mineralization
Slight l[...]
Comb with a refined shape, with double rows: a row of spaced teeth and a row of tight teeth. From an everyday object, the Egyptians made it a work of art full of charm and symbolism. Wood with signs o[...]
Beautiful collection of 49 Neolithic flint tools Nucleus - Arrowheads, Serrated points Sahara The largest is 4.5cm long The smallest 1.4cm long This lot comes from the same collection as the other art[...]
Very beautiful Egyptian eyeshadow palette with an ovoid shape. Beautiful patina. Quartzite Broken and glued back together in width, clearly visible in the photos. An old chip on one edge. Probably fro[...]
Limestone bowl or cup, possibly Egyptian alabaster. Some losses on the neck, traces of old restorations. 5.5cm high 9cm diameter Ancient Egypt - Very difficult to date - Middle Kingdom - New Kingdom O[...]
Statuette representing a mummiform servant also called, oushebti or shaoubti. Arms crossed in front. Earthenware with greenish patina and enhanced with black paint on the headdress, to draw the eyes, [...]
Head of Buddha or Bodhisattva in sandstone. The character wears a large, richly decorated headdress. The face is marked by large eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes and a mouth with a moustache (missing in t[...]
Beautiful Mammoth molar Molar of Mammuthus primigenius (woolly mammoth), dating from the Pleistocene, period estimated between 40,000 and 10,000 years before our era, corresponding to the last ice age[...]
Very beautiful throat axe Work from the Neolithic Chad, Gouro region It has a superb double patina. A very dark side washed by the wind and sand of the Sahara, a light side, the face remaining for mil[...]
Beautiful set of sixteen archaeological pieces from the Tumaco culture La Tolita Ecuador Colombia -300 BC/ +300 AD including a rare fragment of an old man's mask (16 cm long), fragments representing t[...]
Encolpion - obverse (1/2 part) representation of Christ and the Apostles
Byzantine age > 6th century
resin presentation base provided.
Prior validation of administrative and customs formalities[...]
Cette statuette de concubine en bois recouvert de pigment blanc, est debout , hiératique. Son corps est trés allongé et elle est coiffée d'une perruque tripartite.
Elle est dans un très bon état de[...]
Plaster canopic vase.
The grip of the lid has a human shape, perhaps an interpretation of Amset's face. Hieroglyphs, divinities, lotus flowers, pyramids, are present all around the vase.
Even if it [...]
Large arrowhead or spearhead, triangular with straight edges and deep notches, resting on a wide heel with a slightly concave foot. Blond flint with small cloudy reflections, cut with marks of use and[...]
Old Flint Collection Old flint collection comprising 70 pieces presented in a frame with their description on the back. For shipping abroad, please contact me before purchase
Rare drop-shaped lightning stone ending in a point. Originally used in the Iron Age as a striker. This piece was later transformed in antiquity into an amulet to protect its wearer from lightning. The[...]
Rare set of seven arrowheads, probably used for hunting, they have various shapes. Quartz cut by percussion, mark of use and time, good general condition of conservation, see photos. Cochise Culture, [...]
Rare dagger with a tapered tip on a convex circular heel. White flint cut by percussion, good general condition of conservation see photos. Agate Bassin, Wyoming, circa 7000 BC Dimensions: 11.5 X 3.3 [...]
Rare large radius of woolly rhinoceros Radius bone of a woolly rhinoceros that lived about 30,000 years ago. It measures 29 cm long and weighs almost a kilo. Very well preserved. Origin: North Sea. A [...]
Anepigraphic Chaouabti, of massive proportions; the face with a soft expression, the features erased by time. The arms crossed on the torso in a mummiform position. Ceramic with remains of green and b[...]
Ceramic bottle covered with a reddish-brown glaze. Decorated on the side with two representations of solid plastic fish, with faithfully rendered scale or tail details. At the top, a double spout with[...]
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