15th Century and Earlier Sculptures and Carvings

This Han pottery figure of a foot soldier is molded and engraved with facial details. It has been fired at high temperatures. The color pigments are painte...

A Tang dynasty sancai (three color) glazed pottery model of a Taoist official, TL tested by Ralf Kotalla - worldwide oldest private laboratory specialized for genuine thermoluminesce...

A large antique Italian marble fragment depicting a section of the Calydonian Boar Hunt. Likely once forming part of a great carved frieze, this marble fragment is thought to be 600 ...

This 12th century Pagan Votive Tablet Material: Terracotta 20,8 cm high 15 cm wide and 9 cm deep Bagan style 12th century - original from the Pagan peri...

Glamorous Tri Color Tourmaline Crystal From Pakistan WEIGHT: 65.80 Carat DIMENSIONS: 2.8 x 1.7 x 1.6 Cm ORIGIN: Stak Nala, Gilgit Baltistan, P...

Lovely Bi Color Tourmaline From Kunar Afghanistan WEIGHT: 110.85 Carat DIMENSIONS : 2.8 x 2.9 x 1.5 Cm ORIGIN: kunar, Afghanistan TREATMENT: None Tourmaline is an extremely popu...

Glamorous Natural Bi Color Tourmaline Crystal From Afghanistan WEIGHT: 69.75 Carat DIMENSION: 5.0 x 1.3 x 1.1 Cm ORIGIN : Paprok Mine, Afghanistan COLOR: Pink And Green TREATMEN...

Gorgeous Bi Color Tourmaline crystal from paprok mine Afghanistan WEIGHT: 53.65 Carat DIMENSION: 5.7 x 1.0 x 0/9 Cm ORIGIN : Paprok Mine, Afghanistan COLOR: Pink And Green TRE...

67.05 carat gorgeous tri-color tourmaline drilled carving from Africa Weight: 67.05 Carats Dimension: 3.5 x 2.4 x 0.8 Cm Origin: Africa Color: Red Pink and Green Shape: Carving Quali...

Gorgeous Natural Tri Color Tourmaline Specimen with Mica WEIGHT: 5.25 grams DIMENSIONS : 3.4 x 1.2 x 10 Cm ORIGIN: Afghanistan TREATMENT: None To...

Natural muddy skeletal scepter quartz specimen from balochistan, Pakistan WEIGHT: 18.71 grams DIMENSIONS : 5.3x2.8x1.7 cm ORIGIN: Balochistan, Pakistan TREATMENT : None Today quartz ...

Natural 3.70 Gram Beauteous Elongated Tri Color Tourmaline with Mica Weight : 3.70 grams Dimensions : 1 x 0.74 x 0.433 inches Origin : Afghanista...

Early Burmese Monk. Cast out of a lead/bronze alloy. Probably over 1,000 years old looks to be a very rare Pyu/Mon example, and likely contemporary with e...

Slab pottery constructed Model of a Paper Mill, in Green and Cream Color Glazed Terracotta having a peaked roof – open walled form with a mechanical pounder and a large round storage container. Light blue-green mottled glazed surface with some iridescence patina to the glaze. The Iridescence is a refraction of the layers on the glass that produces multicolor hues & metallic luster, and only develops after one thousand years of being buried in the ground. An unquestionable mark of antiquity, impossible to falsify. Han Dynasty, dated 206 B.C-220 A.D. Condition: Excellent, wear commensurate with age, an unusual example. This fantastic piece is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Sculptural effigies of domesticated animals were often interred in the tombs of nobility and elite members of the social hierarchy. Models like this one were made to represent everything from simple goat or pig pens to the most elaborate towers and palaces. Because very few ancient Chinese buildings have survived intact, these models, along with descriptions from ancient texts, give a good representation of what the buildings might have looked like. Burial figurines of graceful dancers, mystical beasts, and everyday objects reveal both how people in early China approached death and how they lived. Since people viewed the afterlife as an extension of worldly life, these figurines, called mingqi, sometimes referred as “spirit utensils” or “vessels of ghosts” disclose details of routine existence and provide insights into belief systems over a thousand-year period. For the first time in Chinese history, we have images of rural and daily life during the Han in the form of contemporary records...