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This is a replica of an ancient design that dates to the Paleolithic age in Spain. This dates the design to about 20,000 years ago.
We all know that some of the oldest petroglyphs found were located in Spain. But this rendition of three “beings”…
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- Item Number: F-8888
- Composition: Slate, paint and stain
- Dimensions: 17.5" tall x 11.5" at widest point x ~ 0.5" thick
- Weight: 5 pounds
- Price: $ 225.00 USD
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Cartonnage is an Egyptology and Papyrology term used to describe plastered layers of fiber or papyrus . . . flexible enough (when wet) to mold around irregular surfaces such as a body, cases, coffins, masks during the funerary process. Such a finished flat surface allowed for painting of…
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- Item Number: O-4336
- Provenance/Origin: Circa 300 BC. Near Sais, Nile Delta
- Composition: Papyrus and/or linen. Paint.
- Dimensions: 8" tall x 12.75"
- Weight: 1.5 pounds in case
- Price: $ 615.00 USD
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Egyptian tapered monolithic pillars (obelisks) were erected in pairs at the entrances of ancient temples. Often carved out of one piece of stone – usually granite from Aswan – they were covered in alloys of gold and silver. All four sides were embellished with hieroglyphics, …
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- Item Number: O-1365
- Provenance/Origin: Likely Aswan Egypt. Age unknown.
- Composition: Stone composite
- Dimensions: 15.5" tall x 4" x 4" square at base
- Weight: 4.25 pounds
- Price: $ 122.00 USD
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In the early spring of 1974, workers sinking a well in Xiyang Village suddenly discovered an ancient bronze weapon and pieces of broken terracotta armored warriors. That was the start. Within two years, three pits were found and within 8,000 terracotta warriors, horses and more than…
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- Item Number: S-6259
- Provenance/Origin: China. Age unknown.
- Composition: Terracotta. Clay.
- Dimensions: 14" tall x 10" wide x 9" deep
- Weight: 21 pounds including tubular stand
- Price: $ 885.00 USD
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Original pieces from ancient Egypt are almost impossible to acquire at a reasonable price. And there are the issues of importing, exporting, authentication and language.
With that said, here is an item that is old but not necessarily ancient.
Pharaonic figures painted on a small…
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- Item Number: C-1710
- Provenance/Origin: Luxor antique shop. Likely from the 1930s or earlier
- Composition: Box is wood. Ushabti is stone
- Dimensions: Box: 7" wide x 5" deep x 4" tall; Shabti: 4.75" tall
- Weight: 2 pounds for both
- Price: $ 175.00 USD
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I’ve spent almost a year now researching him, his family, his enemies (who turned allies), his horse, his motivations, his mental state, his death, his art, his monuments and homes… and a lot more.
Here is a replica coin from his era .…
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- Item Number: O-3088
- Provenance/Origin: Greece. Made to look ancient.
- Composition: Silver plated copper
- Dimensions: 1.5" diameter
- Weight: 0.5 pound
- Price: $ 22.00 USD
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In the 1860s, Greek field peasants unearthed hundreds of clay figurines in ancient graves near the town of Bratsi, in the region of Boeotia, 40+ miles north of Athens. The more they dug, the more they unearthed beautifully made small terracotta statues. They seemed to be…
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- Item Number: S-3985
- Provenance/Origin: Boeotian Tanagra. Hellenistic Period.
- Composition: Terracotta
- Dimensions: 11.5" tall x 3.25" wide x 3.5" deep
- Weight: 2 pounds
- Price: $ 1,250.00 USD
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Anubis is one of the most prominent and mystical gods of ancient Egypt. He was known since the earliest periods in the history of the civilization . . first mentioned during the First Dynasty period. In ancient Egyptian language, he was called Anpu or Inpu. …
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- Item Number: S-8953
- Provenance/Origin: Egypt. 1290 - 1275 B.C. Archaeological dig.
- Composition: Terracotta
- Dimensions: 7.25" tall x 2.25" wide x 1.5" deep
- Weight: 0.75 pound
- Price: $ 165.00 USD
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Several Egyptian gods took the form of a cat . . most notably, Bastet. Bastet, half feline, half woman, was the goddess of the home, women’s secrets, fertility, childbirth…. and cats. In many ways, cats became a religious icon and as well as household…
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- Item Number: S-6339
- Provenance/Origin: Budastic Egypt. Artifact
- Composition: Stone / clay with linen, paint
- Dimensions: 8" tall x 4.5" wide x 2.25 deep
- Weight: 1.75 pounds
- Price: $ 235.00 USD
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This was acquired from an estate of an Israeli archaeologist . . . about him, I know little or nothing.
This vessel seems very primitive to be a Greek or Roman Burial vessel. It is more likely to be an ancient funerary vessel placed in the tomb…
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- Item Number: V-5971
- Provenance/Origin: Middle East. Estate of an archeologist
- Composition: Clay
- Dimensions: 9" tall x 5.25" at widest point
- Weight: 2 pounds
- Price: $ 210.00 USD
