Search results for: 'Mittelalter'

So-called "Mint and Moneyer" series, moneyer: Rignicharius.Found 2021 in Horncastle, UK.

Impressive pottery with turquoise glaze and black paint. From 13th century Iran. With a letter from the Royal Victoria and Albert Museum.

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 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.

Slender glass flask from the Golden Age of Islam. With a nicely shaped handle and a wonderful, subtle patina. Ex-Sotheby's.

Bulbous flask from the Golden Age of Islam. Made of beautiful reddish brown glass. Ex-Sotheby's.

Great example of the intricately designed vessels of the Peruvian Chimú culture, decorated with a monkey and birds. The squash was an important fruit in the pre-Columbian Kingdom of Chimor.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

Beautiful small gold figure from the pre-Columbian Quimbaya culture, made by lost wax casting around 1000 years ago.

Charles II, Potosi (Bolivia) 1687. Very fine, great patina. Nice quality and preservation for a cob coin.

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

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.

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.

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