Superb small African head in terracotta, Djenne culture in Mali or Niger.
Very beautiful details of the hairstyle and the character (with the earrings?)
In good condition and well presented wit[...]
Two small funeral dolls mounted in boxes. Small imperfections. Made from remains of archaeological woven cotton 14th-15th century - Peru. The facial features are sewn. Reinforced limbs. This type of d[...]
Figure Rambha, Queen of the Apsaras. Bronze ceremonial dagger hilt, decorated with an Apsara performing a dance and holding two ritual bells in her hands. The rest of the metal blade is very heavily o[...]
Unusual terracotta object with a very beautiful patina. If you are interested in this object, please contact me by phone and avoid emails except for foreigners.
Rare Pre-Columbian doll.
Peru, CHANCAY period (1000 / 1476 AD). Covered with fabrics: cotton, wool, plant fibers. Associated with the fertility of the earth and the fertility of women.
The art of te[...]
Charming brooch made in Mexico with a statuette from the Mixtec period, 14th-15th centuries AD. This statuette represents a penate, god of the Houses. It is set on a plate that could be copper and hem[...]
Old Torque / Coin stylizing a rope. In bronze with excavation patina. A similar example is reproduced on page 81 in "Orfèvres lointains" by François Borel. Éditions Hazan, France, 2001. Archaeological[...]
Nazca mummy head / sacrificial skull - Peru
Anyone who has visited the province of Nazca, or the Andean region of Peru in general, will know that human bones are, in a way, part of the landscape th[...]
Beautiful spearhead with serrated edge, balanced shape. Flint cut by percussion with patina of time, very good condition, see photos. Dimensions: 10 X 3 cm Provenance: old Orléans collection after suc[...]
Carved stone that was deposited in the stadium where the pre-Columbian ball game was held in the classic Veracruz era. It represents a warrior with a parrot-shaped helmet. Covered with cinnabar. The H[...]
Naked priestess standing with her arms raised towards the sky as a sign of appeal to the divine forces, she wears a veil on her head and a headband on her forehead. Her face with wide-open eyes displa[...]
Beautiful representation of a dignitary cacique, hands placed under the chest. His body of massive and powerful shape is surmounted by an oval head, the eyes underlined by two very fine horizontal inc[...]
Statuette showing a priestess sitting with her hands open to the sky as a sign of appeal to divine forces. Her head has a ritual deformation, covered with a veil indicating her function. She wears a p[...]
Head of a lord wearing a tiered crown with a glyph-shaped diadem and large circular ornaments, "tambas", on the ears. His face has a beautiful hieratic expression. Beige and brown terracotta, marks of[...]
Superb "Sheep Face" type statuette, it presents a seated priestess holding a potion vase in one of her hands and the other symbolically placed on her neck. She wears a free-form necklace, "tambas" orn[...]
Small terracotta Guimbala statue, representing a rider on his mount.
The animal's head and legs are missing. Breaks and re-gluing.
Mali, 9th - 11th century.
Provenance: SVV Binoche and Giquello, lo[...]
Our terracotta head has the classic features of Djenné art, with a chin that juts forward and prominent eyes.
Two large scarifications cross the face.
Djenne culture from Mali.
Supposed date: 13th-[...]
Front part of a censer or large ceremonial vase, it presents a young warrior wearing a helmet held by a chin strap, he holds a shield and wears ear ornaments and a circular pendant. Beige terracotta w[...]
In the paradise islands, we invented the equivalence of our credit cards, several centuries ago... If an essential purchase could not be paid for or honored with a job, in Oceania, we left the seller [...]
Important Totem, (ornamental figure probably from the entrance to a priest's dwelling or temple), it is sculpted with a divinity with powerful hands clasped symbolically on the stomach and resting on [...]
Powerful terracotta bust with arms intertwined on the torso. Hands rest on shoulders. The facial features are soberly modeled.
Djenne culture, Mali. 13th/15th century.
Good condition, a small chip o[...]
MIRROR
Chavín culture, Peru
1,000 - 200 BC
Black anthracite
H. 18 cm, W 19 cm, D 5.5 cm
A circular mirror in black anthracite, cut and polished to reflect light. Its edges are wide and thick[...]
Beautiful funerary terracotta from the BURA region (Niger). It is a cylindrical anthropomorphic sculpture decorated with geometric designs. It represents a human character with a schematized phallic b[...]
Superb full terracotta bust with reddish slip measuring 21cm high wide 16.5cm 8cm deep plus quality base Djenné terracottas date back to the 12th century. They very rarely reached us intact. The sculp[...]
NECKLACE
Krobo culture, Ghana
Glass paste
Length when worn: 41 cm
(later reassembly and accident)
Necklace made of twenty-four round beads in yellow glass paste with blue and brown veins.
[...]
NECKLACE
Bactrian civilization, Afghanistan
Alabaster
Length when worn: 27 cm; Total length: 55 cm
(later reassembly)
Necklace made of thirty-six alabaster half-spheres forming eighteen roun[...]
NECKLACE
Djenné culture, Mali
13th century
Terracotta
Length when worn: 60 cm
(later reassembly)
Necklace made of forty-four round and spherical beads in blackened terracotta. Some are de[...]
Rare jade bead from the Olmec period, 800 BC its half-spherical shape certainly made it possible to collect blood during self-sacrifice ceremonies. Very rare object due to its function and difficult t[...]
Pretty Sao necklace, made up of 49 terracotta elements dating from the 13th/16th centuries,
in round, starry, flat, and chiseled shapes (from 1 to 5 cm in diameter).
The necklace has been wound on a[...]
LOT of six Eskimo tools
Thule culture, Alaska
Marine ivory
Set of six Eskimo tools including a harpoon point, an adze, two fishing charms, a fossilised sperm whale tooth, a fishing element and a[...]
Chimu mummy shroud – Peru
Former Gérald Bergenot collection.
REGION: Peru
MATERIAL: Fabric
PERIOD: 9-13th century
DIMENSION: 115cm x 77cm
inventory number: AMS024
ANTHROPOMORPHIC PENDANT
Olmec transition Teotihuacan ?, Mexico
Around 300 BC - 450 AD
Veined and crystallised green stone
H. 8.5 cm, length 3.2 cm
(restorations)
Small pendant depicting an[...]
Bird Bit
Luristan, Iran
Iron Age I or II, 9th-7th centuries BC
Bronze
H. 5; psalia length: 11 cm
This tripartite bronze bit with a green-brown patina is composed of two psalia with two pair[...]
Dancer – Khmer Bas-relief carved with a dancer, her chest is bare and dressed in a loincloth or skirt. This woman is wearing the traditional Khmer bun. The discerning eye will recognize the dance perf[...]
Weapon mace sculpted with an insect. Speckled stone, carved, polished and pierced. Provenance: Former Alvaro Guillot-Munoz collection, years 1935-1950 Bibliography: “Jade in Ancient Costa Rica”, Editi[...]
Weapon mace sculpted with an owl's head with beautiful stylized shapes. The beak projects for optimized impact during fights. The owl is the totem animal of shamans and warriors because it possesses t[...]
Mask hammered in a thin plate of copper metal to which time has given a deep green patina. Chimu funeral masks come in many variations of size and refinement which gives each piece a uniqueness that i[...]
Mask hammered in a thin plate of copper metal to which time has given a deep green patina. Chimu funeral masks come in many variations of size and refinement which gives each piece a uniqueness that i[...]
Archaeological element in volcanic stone from the Teotihuacan site. Unknown use. REGION: Mexico MATERIAL: Volcanic stone PERIOD: Pre-Columbian DIMENSION: 13.5 x 11.5 x 8 cm (Base)
Condor Huasi Mask – Alamito Culture, Argentina Rare mask with characteristic features of the genre, remarkable for its hemmed mouth which seems to blow and indicate that life comes out of the stone. T[...]
Ceremonial metate – Costa Rica Basalt table, beige gray volcanic stone. It is rectangular and rests on three legs, a frieze decorates the underside of the top, undoubtedly a funerary object. It is ext[...]
The eccentrics are one of the most original forms of Mayan art. These are objects made of hard rock, flint or obsidian. Unlike many other objects carved from the same rocks, they appear to have no pra[...]
Oblong-shaped terracotta with a snake and chevron decoration. Two holes are present (one at the bottom and the other at the top. The function of this object is unknown, perhaps it was for religious or[...]
African School, 20th century Head of a young African woman carved in exotic wood 1950s Height: 39 cm x Width: 14 cm A small slit on the base Very good condition
DISC Huan carved with DRAGON
Culture probably Hongshan, China
Neolithic Era
Nephrite jade
Diameter: 20; Thickness: 3 cm
Nephrite jade disc carved in bas-relief with a zoomorphic figure with a [...]
Religious tablet, decorated on both sides, with 3 characters wearing a belt and necklace with several rows, symbolizing their important ranks in the clan. They are standing and their hands are joined [...]
In Céladon green enamelled sandstone, the cylindrical body, the high neck topped with characters and a rich anthropomorphic and zoomorphic decoration in relief, mainly a dragon. The lid with a shape r[...]
Pair Of Unfinished Snow Goggles
Punuk (?) culture, Alaska ca. 800 - 1400 AD
Fossilised marine ivory
Length : 14,5 cm
An astonishing pair of goggles where neither the eye slits nor the side p[...]
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