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$3,200 USD
cast in one piece using the lost-wax process, the fine, sharp blade tapers with a low, broad midrib; the guard juts out slightly to form...
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Similar to a modern example, the 'J' shaped length of bronze twisted at the top for attachment to a lure, the hook sharpened to a...
$3,500 USD
This openwork pin, cast from the lost-wax process, depicts a master of animals figure wearing a headdress and ribbed collar with arms raised, flanked by...
$350 USD
of crossbow form, comprising a highly arched semi-circular bow, flanked by a crossbar, the long flat foot with domed terminal, repeated at the top of...
$2,000 USD
A finely cast bronze bracelet featuring the "master of animals" motif. Here, the "master ", a subhuman figure, stands above the heads and necks of equally stylized,...
$1,950 USD
With a long triangular tapered blade, a thick tapered hilt and crescent-shaped pommel that retains most of the original bone inserts. A very interesting piece! Dimensions: Length: 16...
$1,950 USD
this engaging bronze portrays a young man dancing, his left arm poised above his head in a graceful arch, his right holding a globe, his...
$550 USD
A bronze example including a heavy squared pin having an open cage finial. Background: These pins are comprised of two different groupings of Western Persian...
$450 USD
Bronze pin of very large example having a mushroom type finial and tightly banded ring decoration on the upper portion of the pin. Background: These...
$2,500 USD
The god with an elongated face, bulbous eyes, and long nose, shown seated on a stool, his left hand placed on his left knee, his...
$995 USD
Comprising of a hollow bronze cylinder terminating in a lion's head protome, the snarling face rendered naturalistically with fangs bared, framed by the stylized mane....
$12,000 USD
This delicate bronze hand mirror was cast in two pieces: the thin, ellipsoidal mirror disc has a tang that neatly fits into a hole in the socket...
$5,500 USD
Comprised of a heavy ring, the ends bent back, the terminals ornamented with large bud finials. Bibliography: Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics, and Seals: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck...
$3,500 USD
The naked god portrayed as a child with the right index finger to his mouth, wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt, with a frontal...
$7,500 USD
Comprising individual rectangular fittings each cast with alternating raised circular bosses, rectangular terminals and a triangular clasp. Originally attached to leather belt. Condition: All elements of the...
$6,500 USD
a graceful appliqué of the young Eros wearing a low tunic, exposing the right shoulder, the sweet chubby face finely detailed with idealized nose, ears, and mouth. His...
$4,950 USD
Finely detailed solid cast bronze river god, shown reclining in a boat, holding a cornucopia in his proper right hand. The figure is bare-chested with...
$6,500 USD
This large, and remarkably well-preserved bronze patera (or offering dish), features a shallow concave bowl with square lip; a single oval loop handle attached to the...
$6,500 USD
With a rounded lunate blade, and curled protrusion at back. A sheep’s head projecting from the back of the shaft hole, the blade emanating from a...
$5,500 USD
A bronze horse-bit comprising a square-section bar with loop terminals. The cheek pieces, at each end of the mouthpiece, are cast in the form of...
$3,500 USD
An exceptionally rare pair of ancient Chinese bronze lidded bowls, dating to the Tang dynasty. Sturdily constructed, they may have been made originally as alms...
$750 USD
cast using the lost wax process; of elongated tapering form, gently curved shoulder and projecting rectangular-sectioned midrib, a rat-tail or bent tang with button end. ...
$4,500 USD
This Luristan bronze sword is a rare example of the double disk pommel found in the great museums such as the Ashmolean (Oxford, UK) and...
$650 USD
Cast bronze chisel with tapered single edge blade and socket shaft. Dimensions: Length: 4 1/4 inches (11 cm) Condition: Intact and in very good condition overall...
$7,950 USD $8,950 USD
The Samnites, a tribe from Campania the Romans fought in the fourth and third centuries BC, were the prototype for Rome's professional gladiators. It was...
$550 USD
This bronze weight in the shape of a knucklebone is referred to as an astragalus. In ancient Greece, the word astragalus referred to the vertebrae and...
$1,950 USD
This fine cheekpiece, in the shape of an advancing, horned mouflon, was originally one of a pair of horse-bits; an essential part of the horse...
$12,000 USD $16,000 USD
A superb Egyptian bronze mirror handle of a naked woman shown with her hands by her side and wearing a hairstyle of thick braided hair popular during the middle...
$1,200 USD
A fine footed bronze bowl, with a shallow rim and nice patina throughout. Dimensions: Height: 1 3/8 inches (3.49 cm) Diameter: 5 7/8 inch (14.9 cm)...
$1,200 USD
Composed of two arching bails rectangular in section, each of the fluted ends folded back and terminating in a bud-shaped finial. Dimensions: Length: 8 inches (20.5...
$6,000 USD $7,500 USD
The dark-brown surface of this lovely bronze vessel is partially covered with a beautiful green patina. Made from elements separately worked then assembled, it features a slender...
$300 USD
of triangular form, the body with knobbed design, the clasp in the form of a stylized hand.cf: David Stronach, Development of the Fibular in the Near East,...
$3,950 USD
The late bronze age Luristan culture was renowned for their bronze workmanship and this cast bronze sword is an excellent illustration of their skill. Cast using the lost wax process,...
$550 USD
A bronze pin with a l. Luristan bronze pins, such as this example with its lollipop-type finial and ribbed geometric pattern, is one of two different...
$1,500 USD
Characteristic of this particular type is both the cutaway, slanted lower part of the socket, and the flange butt with a horizontal ridge; the socket...
$12,500 USD
Depicting the god Horus as a falcon, this well cast, and richly detailed falcon wears the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, fronted by the royal uraeus....
$700 USD
A long bronze needle, with a four-sided shaft tapering into a fine point. Background: Early Roman medicine was heavily based on religious and holistic practices, including...
$550 USD
An unusually-shaped Roman spathomele with a flat duck bill-shaped spatula with an olivary point at the other end. Spathomele were pharmaceutical rather than strictly surgical...
$600 USD
This Roman medical instrument has a flat spatula at one end and a pointed probe at the other. It is probably a variation of a...
$650 USD
This medical instrument consists of a long thin handle with a narrow leaf shaped spoon on one end and the other tapering into a curved...
$7,500 USD
Excavated in Cyprus, this small bronze skillet is a testament to Roman export trade of goods throughout the empire. The bowl is small with curving...
$950 USD
Probably a god, with beak nose, elongated head and large circular eyes, a small cap perched on top of his head, the nude figure with...
$4,000 USD
This well-balanced weapon features a slender round hilt with central grip joining to a capped pommel. A rectangular guard carefully designed with crescentic horns extends down to...
$1,500 USD
Koban culture is a late Bronze Age and Iron Age culture of the northern and central Caucasus. It is preceded by the Colchian culture of...
$1,500 USD
An expressive applique typical of a first slave as depicted in the New Comedy, the beadless mouth wide open, a roll of hair across the...
$5,500 USD
a handsome piece, formed from a single piece of bronze, of flat, hemispherical form with everted rim, the base with prominent central omphalos surrounded by...
$5,000 USD
With vertical ridge in the center, the lower section with chased frieze comprising lions hunting ibex, bordered by a bud-chain line and band of incised zigzags with punched...
$650 USD
polygonal, with fifty-one small flat sides decorated with concentric circles, the flat top and bottom each with a drilled center. Condition: Intact and in excellent condition overall. ...
