Boot Scraper Called T'iiguzat
Inuit culture, Alaska
18th century or earlier
Marine ivory
8.5 cm long, 5.2 cm long
(old crack)
An instrument reserved for women, this scraper in the shape of a s[...]
A DIVINITY BUST whose ovoid skull is crowned by a small circular headdress with a globular protrusion.
He is wearing a necklace with a round pendant, his arms crossed in prayer and his hands resting[...]
BOUDDHA Maravijaya
Thai culture, Thailand or Laos
18th - 19th century ?
Bronze
H. 9.5; L 3.8 cm
This bronze statuette, made using the lost-wax technique, depicts Buddha seated cross-legged on [...]
Rare and large bronze ingot called tiger's tongue This is a currency of the Kingdom of Lanchang used from the 17th century. Lanchang currency appeared in the 14th century at the same time as the kingd[...]
MASK of Ko-Omote from the Nō THEATRE
Attributed to Deme Tosui Mitsunori
Signed on the inside
Japan, Edo period, early 18th century
Cypress wood, gofun and pigments
H. 21.5 ; L 13.5 cm
Wooden [...]
Cylindrical CONTAINER or POT on slatted base called Kuduo with hinged lid, flared body and decorated with floral motifs, interlacing and rosettes.
Akan culture, Ghana and Ivory Coast, 18th century or[...]
CALUMET
Sioux, Indiens des Plaines, Amérique du Nord
XIXème siècle
Catlinite et bois
Dim. du fourneau : H. : 11,3 ; Long. : 22,2 cm
Long. totale : 71,3 cm
Le fourneau de pipe est en catlin[...]
Anthropomorphic statuette, Nomoli, Sierra Leone, Soapstone, African Art.
Very difficult to date because these objects were carved from the 16th to the 19th century.
Good condition, very nice old pat[...]
PITCHER with pewter shoulder, flared foot, short goblet with a straight heel and tasseled thumbpiece (type 1 Norman)
Hallmark (very worn) of Pierre FAIRAND received master after 1750: crowned arrow h[...]
TSUBA
Japan, Edo period (1603-1868)
Sentoku, silver, gold
H.: 7.7; L.: 7.7 cm; Ep.: 3 mm
Tsuba nagamarugata representing a rider inlaid with gold, crossing a bridge on stilts, a flowering branc[...]
TSUBA
Japan, Edo period (1603-1868)
Iron, gold, silver, copper, shakudō
H.: 7.1; L.: 6.5 cm; Ep.: 3 mm
Tsuba nagamarugata, depicting a rice farmer relacing his sandal seated on a branch at the [...]
Head of a Hampatong statue, anthropomorphic sculpture of a guardian charged with driving out evil spirits and epidemics.
Belian wood or gullied ironwood, only the front of the head remains.
Head hei[...]
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