Friday, November 5, 2010

Gandharan Statue



Carved black basalt torso of a Goddess with finely detailed collar necklace, arm bracelets and wearing a lower garment. Mounted on a base.

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Hebrew Manuscript Leaves



Hand-illustrated blue manuscript leaf with Hebrew calligraphy text on both sides. On the front, a colorful illumination of the Old Testament story of the Israelites returning from the Land of Milk and Honey.

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Egyptian Vessels



Alabaster vessel with a short neck with a wide flaring lip with a pedestal base. Third Intermediate Period.

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Egyptian Arrowheads



Lot of 5 Neolithic flint tips, rough carved surface in various colors.

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Egyptian Fragment



Egyptian wooden hand of a sarcophagus in a loose fist with the thumb out straight. 26th Dynasty.

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India Painting



Part of the Karma Sutra book: a couple copulating, phallus visible. Painted on paper with Indian inscriptions to the back. Comes in a shadow box.

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Egyptian Scarab



Scarab, brownish green limestone with Egyptian symbols to the bottom including a beetle. Hole for wearing. Ptolemaic.

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Ancient Phoenician Glass Pendant



Ancient Phoenician pendant. Fused pieces of mauve and ivory swirled glass, a face with wavy red eyebrows, the curled lock of hair to the forehead serving as the loop.

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Egyptian Cartonnage Fragment



Stucco on linen cartonnage fragment with a standing Osiris in profile, Lord of the Underworld and God of Vegetation, God of the Dead, God of inundation and fertility, protector of all human beings: dead or alive, the most revered of the Gods, husband of Isis, father of Harpokrates. Ptolemaic. Mounted on a lucid base.

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Asian Axes



Bronze ceremonial axe head, the blade covered with an incised geometrical patterns, the top with a dragon and head of a peacock. Traces of green patina.

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Egyptian Wall Fragment



Sandstone carving of smiling Egyptian Goddess in profile with cosmetic outline to the eye. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty.

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First Crusader's Cross Holy Land Ancient Cross



Bronze First Crusader's cross with the five wounds of Christ. Loop at the top for wearing. Traces of green patina.

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Roman Statue Head



Carved white marble head portrait of a Goddess or muse, the face with full bow-shaped mouth, straight nose, eyes looking towards the sky, the hair parted in the center, bound in a chignon above the nape of the neck and tied in a fillet. Mounted on a base.

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West African Comb



Wooden comb with a face to the top of the handle.

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