Elegant and rare wheel of XVIIIth century living room in walnut. it rests on a table covered with a velvet framed by a molded plinth. The mechanism consists on the one hand of a wheel and on the oppos[...]
Carved oak tall wall barometer in the Louis XV style. It is a rare Eugène Bourdon flat metal tube barometer marketed, around 1855 by A. Chevallier, 1 rue de la Bourse, in Paris. It bears the mark of [...]
Small mold presenting two characters dressed as peddlers; one, with boots and a heavy coat, carries a wicker basket on his shoulder and wears a large hat. Bearded as the first, the second carries an a[...]
Very curious ROCKET locomotive with flywheel in painted sheet metal. This very naïve toy dates from the mid-nineteenth century, of English or French manufacture. The painting although summary seems or[...]
Very nice Pass or Eats ball representing Polichinelle. The object of the game was to throw cloth balls into the hole formed by the mouth. Hand-painted papier mâché mounted on a wooden base. Superb ori[...]
Superbe bracelet en bronze , XIXème , porté par une personne royale lors des cérémonies.
Origine Bénin.
Objet décoratif car pesant 940 g, mais, vous pouvez toujours essayer !!!!
Beau travail du br[...]
Sculpture with geometric patterns. Two circular +/- perforations are on one side and a false perforation exists on the other side. The wood is light brown on one side and darker on the side where the [...]
Representing a naked man standing, the buttocks leaning on a seat. The face has a small reddish earthy beard on which the hairs were embedded. New Guinea, Papua Middle Sepik. Maybe Iatmul speaker's se[...]
Probably representing a crocodile. This divination instrument is covered on the lateral sides of the belly with oblique scarifications in the shape of lozenges of reddish-brown hue as well as on the j[...]
Decor small oblique rectangles, striated and entangled. This cephalomorphous wine cup rests on a small ring-shaped foot. The features of the face are beautiful and very finely carved. The patina is be[...]
Stylized and triangular. It has been reduced to a few essential elements: the eyes, the nose, the mouth. The surface is smooth and accentuates the majesty of the work. Three holes are due to wear and [...]
Representing a stylized character, only the head with a broad bilobed hairstyle and torso, customize the whistle. There are no legs or arms. Wood, beautiful patina slightly lustrous. Small crusts in d[...]
Amulet with human head. Body conical, a hole is made in the neck to pass a cord. The shape is slightly curved. Ivory (warthog or hippopotamus). Good state of conservation. No restoration. South-East o[...]
Beautiful and large carved wooden sign, indicating OFFICES, From the beginning of the century, dimensions: length: 200 cm width: 30 cm depth: 4 cm Good general condition, A small lack at the right end[...]
This great memento-mori (remember that you are mortal) is carved in such a way that the slicing of the tool used is very visible. It has a bright dark brown patina. Part of the jaw bone on the left si[...]
A curved animal head serves as a neck (probably for a buire). Bronze, beautiful green patina. Excellent state of conservation. No restoration. Flanders, 14th - 15th century. H_5.5 cm. L_6.5 cm. Former[...]
Subject: Naked male character. The pectorals are underlined. In his right hand, he presumably holds a musical instrument. Material: Bone Origin: Italy, Etruscan or Roman, 4th-3rd centuries ACN. State:[...]
Material: Terracotta. Condition: Very good condition, nevertheless small blow on the nose. Dimensions: H_17 cm. Parallels: Similar heads were found near Capua. See book: Sacred Lands of Persephone: It[...]
Faïence bleue.
Cette figurine égyptienne date du 1er ou 2èmesiècle PCN.
Seule la tête de l'animal, une toute petite partie du tronc et le commencement du haut des pattes ont subsisté. Les oreill[...]
VALERY (Paul) - VIRGILE (after) - VILLON (Jacques, lithographs of). The Bucolics of Virgil. Paris, Scripta & Picta, 1953. A strong flight. in sheet-form (383 x 289 mm) xxx - 126 pp., in sheets, under [...]
It is painted with black marks on the plumage of the back as well as the head and the tail. Traces of light, red and whitish colors appear in places. The eyes are marked with a big red dot. Egypt, Low[...]
Bes is in a pretty static posture. The back of the object is quite flat. This faience is characterized by an intense blue, darker in the hollows. Egypt, Roman period, around 50 PCN. The lower part of [...]
She is standing and naked in a portico or temple entrance. Arms stretched along the body. Soft limestone of clay color. Missing the upper right part. State of preservation altered at the belly and ank[...]
Remarkable skimmer of the XVIII century in turned brass and wrought iron with a very beautiful hallmark of master dinandier. Folk art object of very good quality, worthy of the greatest seigniorial ki[...]
Subject: The leather cover is decorated with metal motifs, it is folded on a leather opening. The lighter is surrounded by a copper lamella. Suspension strap for hanging on the belt (perhaps less old)[...]
He holds a cylindrical instrument that is probably a musical instrument (2 gourds are attached to his body). Bronze. China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1643). Good condition and no restoration. H_11 cm. L_5 cm[...]
This bronze vessel with repousse motifs probably represents a zoomorphic god sitting on a throne. He seems to receive a deer offering as a feline standing on his legs. To the left of this character, s[...]
Zoomorphic weight representing a stylized duck at rest, head turned upside down. Brown Breach? Shine at the level of the "shoulder". Mesopotamia, 2nd millennium ACN. H_3,5 cm. L_5,7cm. Former Parisian[...]
Double-sided mythical character taming two animals with feline heads and prominent noses. Bronze, crusty green patina. Object glued in its upper part and at its base, but no lack. Iran, Louristan, 8th[...]
Bronze, very beautiful black-green-beige patina, sometimes crusty. Good state of conservation. Blunt tip. Iran, Louristan, around 1000 ACN. H_6 cm. L_21 cm. Old Belgian collection.
Light gray flint. Denmark, Slagelse, Neolithic. Good condition, sharp edges and polished surface. L_11.4 cm. 4.6 cm. Old Belgian collection of the 20th century.
Bronze. Center of France, Age of the Final Bonze (900 to 750 ACN). Nice traces of greenish oxidation, mainly on one of the two faces. Very good state of conservation. Small old break in the heel. H_14[...]
Egypt, Low Period. // When Re governed Egypt, his eye (the Oudjat eye) left the palace one day in a moment of anger, to reach Nubia. He took on the appearance of a bloodthirsty lioness, wild and destr[...]
Egyptian earthenware - Low Period. Pateque was on crocodiles (absent due to breakage). On his shoulders are 2 hawks and holds a snake in each hand and his skull is covered by a beetle. he is leaning a[...]
Subject: This shamanic object is double sided. The leather is maintained by thin strips of wood. A phurbu serves as a handle and is beautifully carved. This ritual object is loaded according to the le[...]
A young girl sits next to a “lubricious” old man who has a hand under the chin of the girl. Both cranial deformation. They could be two deities. Small traces of blue and red engobes.
Brown terracotta[...]
His attitude is rigid and his eyes too. Two important feathers strands are on his head like hairdressing. He’s wearing big earrings, a powerful necklace and a loincloth.
Probably he’s a dignitary or [...]
There is the same character on 2 faces in slight relief. The character is sitting and touch with his two hands he touchs felines. A serrated frieze with animals is around the character. The neck of va[...]
Greenish colour with some black points.
China, Han Dynasty (Western HAN), 2nd -1st century BC.
This object was in the dead person’s hands and means the wish of wealth during death.
Very good state [...]
The border of the ink pot is decorated with a broad band of interlacing plants. The object was supposed to have a cover, still lost to date. The interior of the ink pot contains a lead container f[...]
Subject: Hands on the belly and meditative state. The head is haloed.
Material: Schist.
Origin : Pakistan, Gandhara, 2nd-3rd century AD.
Condition: Very good.
Dimensions: 28 cm. X 12,8 cm.
Proven[...]
large and very decorative this very old lantern spade candle sheet pierced and painted in very pretty color! red and green white blue with decor in particular hearts. clasp shaped clover. the central [...]
Large wooden shield Papua New Guinea. Decorative shield of the Asmat tribe (Papua New Guinea) Shield decorated with wooden ornaments, paintings and 14 straw brushes Very unusual dimensions: Height: 2.[...]
imposing globe or world map prepared by Ch.Larochette (draftsman) and L.Bonnefont (Professor of the University of France), designed by A.Mouraux, engraved by Delamare, dated 1866, XIXth century. This [...]
French work, time XIXth Commode of mastery in marquetry and gilded bronze, opening with three drawers in facade. High quality work, entirely from the 19th century.
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