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Excellently preserved samurai sword made in the Muromachi period. From the collection of a Munich lawyer, acquired in the 1970s.

Die Form ergibt ein stilisiertes Tier oder ein Fabelwesen. Rückseite flach. Etwa 300 n. Chr. bis 900 n. Chr.

Form ergibt eine gedrungene männliche Figur mit erhobener Hand und angedeutetem Phallus. Deutliche Gesichtszüge und Kopfbedeckung.

Runder Körper, langgezogene Schnauze, waagerechte Handhaben, kelchförmiger Standfuß. Museale Erhaltung mit wunderschöner grüner Patina.

Magnificent example of the pre-Columbian Tairona culture, which produced the most impressive gold works of ancient America. In mythology, the eagle brought the seeds for one of the main crops, cassava. Made between 900 and 1550 AD.

Rare first edition by Andreas Schott and the only 1604 edition currently available on the market known to us. Dry-embossed pigskin leather over wooden plates. Very good condition, appropriate for the age of the volume.

The only 1535 edition currently available on the market known to us. Very good condition, appropriate for the age of the volume. Especially worth mentioning are the rich illustrations showing Death as Grim Reaper, feasts, a woman giving birth with midwife, and a scholar wearing glasses.

Elegant bowl with shiny black surface. Precolumbian pottery of the 10th to 15th century.

Fragments of Roman and medieval pottery. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.

The imposing vessel shows not just a jaguar but a transformed shaman in his animal form. It was made in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica between 800 and 1200 AD and used for funeral purposes in the Guanacaste region.

History of Rome from it's foundation and until the death of Drusus in 9 B.C. Contemporary leather binding

First edition, volume II (of three) of Cicero's Orations, among which are the famous In Catilina and Pro L. Murena. Printed in Paris by Jacob Dupuys, 1572. Text in Latin with commentary by the famous scholar Denys Lambin. Very nice contemporary leather binding with golden front and back cover vignettes.

Small ancient glass flask, like they are found along the old trade routes of the Islamic world. Such bottles were used around 1000 years ago to transport precious oils and other liquids.

Beautifully patterned old glass beads from Murano and Syria. Ex Christie's.

Large bead made of opaque dark blue glass decorated with yellow lines and light blue eyes.

Matching pair of gold earrings from the Zenú culture. Dating to the 1st millennium. Elegant gold jewellery, once worn as earrings by the Zenú people.

The so-called Tumi was a weapon to cut the throats of humans and animals in ritual sacrifices. The knife certainly fulfilled an additional representative function in the afterlife. From the period of the Sican's cultural florescence during the 10th to 12th centuries AD.

The so-called Tumi was a weapon to cut the throats of humans and animals in ritual sacrifices. The knife certainly fulfilled an additional representative function in the afterlife. From the period of the Sican's cultural florescence during the 10th to 12th centuries AD.

The so-called Tumi was a weapon to cut the throats of humans and animals in ritual sacrifices. The knife certainly fulfilled an additional representative function in the afterlife. From the period of the Sican's cultural florescence during the 10th to 12th centuries AD.

The so-called Tumi was a weapon to cut the throats of humans and animals in ritual sacrifices. The knife certainly fulfilled an additional representative function in the afterlife. From the period of the Sican's cultural florescence during the 10th to 12th centuries AD.

The so-called Tumi was a weapon to cut the throats of humans and animals in ritual sacrifices. The Tumi certainly fulfilled an additional representative function in the afterlife. From the period of the Sican's cultural florescence during the 10th to 12th centuries AD.

The so-called Tumi was a weapon to cut the throats of humans and animals in ritual sacrifices. The knife certainly fulfilled an additional representative function in the afterlife. From the period of the Sican's cultural florescence during the 10th to 12th centuries AD.

The so-called Tumi was a weapon to cut the throats of humans and animals in ritual sacrifices. The knife certainly fulfilled an additional representative function in the afterlife. From the period of the Sican's cultural florescence during the 10th to 12th centuries AD.

Small bronze pot with a bulbous body an high handle. It was probably used as an incense burner. From the collection of the historian Friedrich von Bassermann-Jordan (1872-1959).

Beautiful jewellery with beads made of emerald and garnet. Made in the eastern part of the Mediterranean during the 6th to early 7th century.

Excellent condition, beautiful patina, worth the exhibition in a museum. Middle Byzantine Period, Constantinople or Asia Minor workshop.

Rare and beautifully stamp decorated pottery of the early Baiuvarii around 600 AD. From a find in Riekofen in Bavaria.

A fine gold work once worn as a pendant around the neck by an elite. The small male figure was made by a largely uniform Panamanian culture, right before the old crafts disappeared under the influence of the Spaniards.

Openwork bronze plate from the 11th century. It was once attached to a horse harness strap. The beautiful decorations are typical of the art of the Vikings.

The only 1544 print currently offered on the market. Attractive and rare 16th century print, published in the workshop Froben. Impressive folio in very good condition, thoroughly printed. Beautiful large wood- and metal-cut initials.

Matching pair of gold earrings from the Zenú culture. Dating to the 1st millennium. Impressive gold jewellery, once worn as earrings by the Zenú people.

Matching pair of gold earrings from the Zenú culture. Dating to the 1st millennium. Impressive gold jewellery with highly stylized waterbirds. Once worn as earrings by the Zenú people.

Plastically shaped vessel from the Peruvian Chimú culture, showing a water bird. From the 15th century. With TL report from 1979.

Römischer bis byzantinsicher Armreif aus Glas. Nahtlos gefertigt. Dunkles Glas in schlichter Bandform. Hervorragender Zustand.

Impressive fibula of the Visigoths from the Migration Period. With five originally preserved glass inserts.

Plastically shaped vessel from the Peruvian Chimú culture. It embodies an important agricultural product of the pre-Columbian civilization of Chimor. With TL report from 1979. Part of a special exhibition from 2024 to 2025.