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Period: 15th Century and Earlier
Pre-Columbian Chimu Multicolor Banner with Geometric Designs
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Beautiful and Impressive Fragment of a Multicolor Banner with Ocher, Red and Purple with Geometric Designs with Birds and Mythic Creatures in Horizontal Bands.
This piece is accomp...
Category
Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Ancient Coptic Textile with Classical Figures
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Finely woven of wool and linen, this large, ancient, museum level Coptic textile depicts figures derived from classical antiquity, some playing musical ...
Category
Egyptian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Linen
$12,950 Sale Price
30% Off
Pre-Columbian Nazca Textile, Stepped Zig-Zag Design, Nazca Peru 200-400 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Complete Pre-Columbian Nazca textile with stepped zig-zag design in yellow, ochre red, and brown/black shades with yellow fringes.
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Chimu Painting with 3 Warriors, Ex-Guillot Muñoz
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Chimu Painting with 3 Warriors. Part of a larger painting with 3 rectangles representing warriors with the characteristic Chimu Headdress. This one-of-a-kind painting is mounted and ...
Category
Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Published Pre-Columbian Chancay Gauze Panel with Zoomorphs, Ex-Kate Kemper
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A white gauze, triangular panel decorated with a wide band composed of four zoomorphs with curled tails. Upper and lower border having a geometric pattern with upper triangular portion with zoomorphs. Overall excellent condition.
Kate Kemper, of London and Switzerland (1908-2004) was an early collector of Andean art, forming an important collection of ceramics and textiles after...
Category
Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Pre-Columbian Chancay Gauze Panel with Figures, Ex-Kate Kemper Estate
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A large, rectangular panel composed of a large diamond pattern grid, each grid contains a stylized human figure with arms raised. A few very minor imperfections, overall excellent condition. Backed and stretched on a brown linen, it has been stabilized and sealed in a very thick and rigid plexiglass. Estate of Miss Kate Kemper, London.
Kate Kemper, of London and Switzerland (1908-2004) was an early collector of Andean art, forming an important collection of ceramics and textiles after...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Neolithic Grinding Stone from Denmark, circa 3900 – 1700 BCE
Located in Kastrup, DK
Grinding stone used for sharpening and polishing flint tools during the Stone Age. The surface is smooth and slightly curved, shaped through prolonged use. It was likely employed to ...
Category
Danish Folk Art Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Vintage Carved Suriname Stool Tribal Interior Design Home Decoration
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage carved Suriname stool with geometric carved decoration, Tribal South Latin American Antiques
Suriname South America
Measures: 18 cm hei...
Category
Surinamer Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Italian 12th Century Venetian Bronze Tiller
Located in Round Top, TX
An exceptional 12th century Venetian Bronze Tiller now resting on its plexiglass presentation stand. A tiller was attached to the top of a rudder to steer a ship or a boat. Stunning ...
Category
Italian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Nok Terracotta Standing Dignitary Figure, TL Tested, Nigeria Africa 500-100 BC
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Nok Terracotta Standing Dignitary Figure in Royal Pose. I-II Century AD. Certificate of Authenticity with TL Test and Passport from Europe. Museum Piece...
Category
Nigerian Primitive Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Maya Bird Sello Stamp
Located in Chicago, IL
Stamps, or sellos, such as this one were common during the pre-Columbian period in Mesoamerica and most popular during the Formative Period that spanned the years between 1200-800 B....
Category
Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large Polychrome Fruitera Pedestal Dish, Cocle Culture, Panama
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Polychrome Fruitera Pedestal Dish, Cocle Culture, Panama
A large pedestal dish with two hammerhead shark-like sea creatures in plum, ochre and b...
Category
Panamanian Tribal Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
15th Century French Carved Limestone Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare 15th century French carved limestone fragment depicting the back of a man's head with a wavy hair texture, and mounted on a c...
Category
French Renaissance Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Peru Pre-Inca 1270 AD Chimor Pre Columbian Double Face Vessel In Earthware
Located in Miami, FL
Pre Hispanic earth ware vessel from the pre-Inca Chimu culture.
Beautiful ancient vessel, created in northern coast of Peru around the 900 / 1470 AD. by the Chimu culture. This is...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Peru Inca 1200 AD Lambayeque Pre-Columbian Blackware Ceramic Vase with Warrior
Located in Miami, FL
An Inca Peru pre-hispanic black ware huaco vessel, from Lambayeque.
Beautiful piece, created under the Inca culture between the 750 / 1375 AD at the Sican...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
African Bura Stone Funerary Marker
Located in Chicago, IL
This abstract stone sculpture is a funerary marker of the Bura people of the Niger/Mali region. Little is known about the Bura civilization (c. 200 to 1000 AD), but it shares many of...
Category
Nigerien Primitive Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Prehistoric Casas Grandes Jar
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Casas Grandes, ca. 1100 to 1200 CE. A delightful coil-made and hand-painted pottery vessel of figural form, all enveloped in beige slip beneath red an...
Category
American Native American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
A Small Egyptian Bronze Statue of Harpocrates Ex Sotheby
s
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Small Egyptian Bronze Statue of Harpocrates, Circa 1st Century B.C. / 1st Century A.D.
The left hand holds the horn of abundance.
Provenanc...
Category
Egyptian Greco Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Depiction of a Head, Han Dynasty period (206 BCE - 220 CE)
Located in Hønefoss, 30
Depiction of a Head, China. Han period (206 BCE - 220 CE). Earthenware with traces of cold painting in black and white.
PROVENANCE
Johanne Huitfeldt's (1932-2023) collection of Asia...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Ancient Persian Blue Glazed Pottery Vessel Jug Islamic Calligraphy Khurasan 1200
Located in Portland, OR
A rare ancient Persian totally intact 12th/13th Century Islamic vessel/jug, from Khurasan.
The vessel with a deep blue glaze and having a band of incised Islamic calligraphy to the t...
Category
Persian Khorassan Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$2,720 Sale Price
20% Off
An Anatolian Marble ‘Star Gazer’ Figure
Located in London, GB
An Anatolian Marble ‘Star Gazer’ Figure
Marble
Anatolian
Early Bronze Age / Circa 2700 - 2100 BC
Size: 5cm high, 3cm wide - 2 ins high, 1¼ ins high
The highly stylised oval head wi...
Category
Turkish Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Marble
African Redware Gooseneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Covered in a beautifully worn red clay slip, this hand-formed African vessel has a dramatic silhouette of a squat, ovoid body and a long, narrow neck. Subtly etched crosshatch patter...
Category
African Primitive Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
A Roman bronze head attachment of a youth
Located in UTRECHT, UT
A finely detailed appliqué with the face of a youth, wavy hair framing the circular face, with well defined eyes, pierced for inlays.
5.5 cm (h)
Provenance:
Ex Jean-Phillipe Mariaud de Serres...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Tonto Polychrome Jar
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Tonto polychrome pottery jar. 5 1/2" x 4 1/2". Tonto Polychrome was defined by Gladwin and Gladwin (1930). This type exhibits treatments and styles similar to those noted for Gila Po...
Category
American Native American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$3,000
Alabaster Crucifixion from a Retable of the Passion
Located in London, GB
A Very Fine Carved Relief of the Crucifixion
Alabaster
Circa 1450 - 1470
Nottingham, Midlands, England
Size: 49.5cm high, 26.5cm wide, 5cm deep - 19½ ins high, 10½ ins wide, 2 ins ...
Category
English Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Alabaster
An Egyptian alabaster ribbed cup, New Kingdom, 18th dynasty
Located in UTRECHT, UT
The cup hand-carved from white alabaster with caramel and white veining throughout the composition. The cup stands upon a tapering base, and widens to form the ribbed, cylindrical cup.
Alabaster was a material prized by ancient sculptors...
Category
Egyptian Egyptian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Alabaster
Petite African Redware Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite hand-formed vessel bears a richly textured surface of worn red clay slip and dark smoke marks. Likely intended for everyday use, the simple bottle-form vessel reflects th...
Category
African Primitive Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
AR Drachm Bagadat, kingdom of Persis, Persepolis
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: head right, with mustache and earring, wearing diadem and kyrbasia
Reverse: fire temple of Ahura-Mazda, above, half-figure of Ahura-Mazda, to inner left, Baydād (Bagadat) st...
Category
Greek Classical Greek Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver
1950
s Restored Two-Strand Rectangle Rattan Wall Mirror
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This beautifully restored Paul Frankl-inspired 19-inch-tall rectangular mirror, framed in a beautifully crafted double-strand rattan design. The outer frame's natural texture is comp...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Rattan, Mirror
Roman Period Glass Vessel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This light blue glass jar from the Roman period features beautifully executed ribbons that gently swirl around the body of the jar. It has a rounded body, narrowing into a thick neck...
Category
Jordanian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Glass
Zoomorphic Llama Vessel with an Elongated Body
Located in London, GB
This zoomorphic vessel in the shape of a llama with an elongated
globular body is from the Chancay civilisation, dated between 1000 and 1400 AD.
Th...
Category
Peruvian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
$2,038 Sale Price
70% Off
Ecuadorian Carved Skull Shaped Whistle
Located in London, GB
This unique and amazing Ecuadorian primitive piece is a whistle carved in a skull form, and dates to the formative stage from the woodland period. It measures 2 in – 5 cm wide, 2 ½ i...
Category
Ecuadorean Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
$796 Sale Price
55% Off
Teotihuacan Ceramic Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
This intriguing head fragment was once attached to a bust or full effigy figurine crafted in 400 A.D. Mesoamerica. Earthenware figurines were made in great abundance throughout Teotihuacan's history. After 250 A.D. objects made from clay increased dramatically in Teotihuacan, serving a wide variety of purposes and functions from religious rituals to burial offerings.
Figurines like this commemorated important people and events within the city of Teotihuacan and other parts of Mesoamerica, portraying individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities. This figure is adorned with an elaborate headdress, a thick beaded necklace...
Category
Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Casas Grandes Pottery Effigy Vessel
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Ramos polychrome style pottery effigy vessel in the form of a human with a bulbous body, anthropomorphic head, low relief eyes, nose and slit mouth. Precisely painted surface with fi...
Category
American Native American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Petite African Redware Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite hand-formed vessel bears a richly textured surface of worn red clay slip and dark smoke marks. Likely intended for everyday use, the simple bottle-form vessel reflects th...
Category
African Primitive Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
African Black Stone Palette Dish Bowl Ashtray Relief Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Native carved blackened stone artifact, weighs 2 lbs 12 oz. Age is unknown, estate purchase.
Category
Puerto Rican Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Cast Stone
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Casas Grandes Villa Ahumada Toad Jar
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Prehistoric Casas Grandes Villa Ahumada polychrome horned toad pottery jar. Medio Period, Diablo Phase, circa 1180 to 1360 CE. A captivating creature of earth and clay, this ceramic ...
Category
American Native American Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Vibrant Pre-Columbian Nazca Textile Poncho, Peru 200-600 AD, Ex Guillot-muñoz
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Magnificent Pre-Columbian Nazca Textile Poncho with a Geometric Step Design in Vibrant Ochre, Red, Green and Brown colors with its Original Fringes. Moun...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Antique African Neolithic Era Marble Bracelet
Located in Katonah, NY
:: Antique handmade African Neolithic era marble bracelet. These marble bracelets were hand carved in North Africa and likely used for currency. This piece is a unique collectible, w...
Category
North African Prehistoric Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Natural 29.70 Gram Lovely Purple Appetite Bunch Specimen From Pakistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Natural lovely purple appetite bunch specimen from Pakistan
WEIGHT: 29.70 grams
DIMENSIONS: 2.4 x 1.7 x 1.4 Cm
ORIGIN : Pakistan
TREATMENT None
The Fluorite meaning comes from the L...
Category
Pakistani Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Rock Crystal
Antique North African Red Slip Ware Vase
Located in Katonah, NY
Antique handmade African red slip ware vase. Circa 300-600 CE (AD), this beautiful handmade piece red slip ware pottery was handmade in North Africa. This pi...
Category
North African Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Pre-Columbian Funerary Gold Mask with Royal Turquoise Beads in its Eyes
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A high karat heavy sheet gold human face mask with large almond-shaped eyes and recessed pierced pupils. Multiple small perforations along the upper and lower edges for attachment. L...
Category
Ecuadorean Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Sublime 17.15 Carat Loose Bi Color Tourmaline Drilled Carving for Jewelry Making
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Sublime Loose Bi-Color Tourmaline Drilled Carving For Jewelry Making
Weight: 17.15 Carats
Dimension: 2.3 x 1.6 x 0.7 Cm
Origin: Africa
Color: Pink & Green
Shape: Carving
Qualit...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Glamorous 162.08 Gram Fluorite Specimen with Dog Tooth from Pakistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Glamorous Fluorite specimen with dog tooth from Pakistan
WEIGHT: 162.08 grams
DIMENSIONS: 5.9 x 5.6 x 3.4 Cm
ORIGIN : Pakistan
TREATMENT None
...
Category
Pakistani Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Rock Crystal
13.70 Carat Glamorous Rubellite Tourmaline Drilled Craving from Africa
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Glamorous Rubellite Tourmaline Drilled Craving From Africa
Weight : 13.70 Carats
Dimensions : 2.8 x 1.4 x 0.5 Cm
Origin : Madagascar Africa
Clarity : SI
Color: Pink
The rubel...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
A Roman bronze foot
Located in UTRECHT, UT
With square fitting, hollow at the top for attachment to furniture, one large paw on round base sprouting into lion’s head with visible teeth.
9,5 cm (h)
Ex German private property...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
$4,050
38.50 Carat Elegant Tourmaline Flower Shape Carving From Madagascar Africa
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
38.50 carat elegant tourmaline flower shape carving from Madagascar Africa
Weight: 38.50 Carats
Dimension: 2.3 x 2.1 x 0.8 Cm
Origin: Africa
Color: Red & Green
Shape: Carving
Qualit...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Natural 44.30 Carat Bi Color Combined Tourmaline Crystal from Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Natural Bi-Color Combined Tourmaline Crystal From Afghanistan
WEIGHT: 44.30 Carat
DIMENSION: 3.6 x 1.4 x 0.9 Cm
ORIGIN: Afghanistan
COLOR: Mint Green And Green...
Category
Afghan Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Group of Mounted Natural Sea Stone Specimens from Denmark
Located in New York, NY
A delightful grouping of natural sea stone specimens of flint and chalk from the shores of Denmark. Each stone is unique with the result of years of ero...
Category
Danish Primitive Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Metal
39.70 Carat Attractive Bi Color Tourmaline Crystal from Kunar, Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Attractive Bi-Color Tourmaline Crystal from Kunar, Afghanistan
WEIGHT: 39.70 Carat
DIMENSIONS: 3.3 x 1.2 x 1 Cm
ORIGIN: Kunar, Afghanistan
COLOR: Mint Green and Green
TREATMENT:...
Category
Afghan Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Rock Crystal
Incredible 20.30 Carat Bi Color Tourmaline Specimen from Kunar Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Incredible 20.30 Carat Bi Color Tourmaline Specimen From Kunar Afghanistan
WEIGHT: 20.30 grams
DIMENSION: 2.8 x 1.2 x 0.9 Cm
ORIGIN : Kunar Afg...
Category
Afghan Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Stunning 37.10 Carats Bi Color Fish Shape Tourmaline Drilled Carving
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Stunning 37.10 Carats Bi-Color Fish Shape Tourmaline Drilled Carving.
Weight: 37.10 Carats
Dimension: 2.5 x 2.3 x 0.9 Cm
Origin: Africa
Color: Red & Green
Shape: Carving
Quality: AA...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
51.05 Carat Incredible Natural Loose Bicolor Tourmaline Carving from Africa
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
51.05 carat incredible natural loose bicolor tourmaline carving from Africa
Weight: 51.05 Carats
Dimension: 2.8 x 2.8 x 0.8 Cm
Origin: Africa
Co...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
111.85 Carat Glamorous Natural Bi Color Flower Tourmaline Drilled Carving
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
111.85 Carat Glamorous Natural Bi Color Flower Tourmaline Drilled Carving
Weight: 111.85 Carats
Dimension: 4.4 x 3.0 x 0.7 Cm
Origin: Africa
Col...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
A Roman bronze applique in the shape of a theatre mask
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Mask of a bearded deity, short beard and hair braided in the characteristic high hairstyle, with layered ringlets on either side.
4 cm (h)
Green patina
...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
42.00 Carat Unique Bi Color Tourmaline Carving from Madagascar Africa
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Unique Bi-Color Tourmaline Carving From Madagascar Africa
Weight: 42.00Carats
Dimension: 2.9 x 1.7 x 0.9 Cm
Origin: Africa
Color: Peach & Green...
Category
Malagasy Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Glamorous 46.05 Carat Tri Color Combined Tourmaline Specimen from Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Glamorous Tri Color Combined Tourmaline Specimen From Afghanistan
WEIGHT: 46.05 Carat
DIMENSIONS : 3.0 x 1.8 x 1.3 Cm
ORIGIN: Afghanistan
TREAT...
Category
Afghan Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Rock Crystal
Gorgeous 160.40 Carat Tri Color Tourmaline Specimen from Nooristan Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Gorgeous 160.40 Carat Tri Color Tourmaline Specimen From Nooristan Afghanistan
WEIGHT: 160.40 grams
DIMENSIONS : 2.3 x 3.8 x 2.6 Cm
ORIGIN: No...
Category
Afghan Adam Style Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Extremely Rare Pre-Columbian Chimu Gauze Poncho Textile, Peru, 1000-1450 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Chimu brown gauze shirt with multiple red and white fringe lines forming V designs like the one around the neck, with very rarely seen sleeves and border fringe in the same material.
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Textile
AR drachm Mithradates I, Hekatompylos
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: head left in bashlyk
Reverse: archer seated right on omphalos, three line legend, H
Not known to Sellwood, unpublished coin of Hekatompylos mint
Weight: 3.95 g
Grade: Abou...
Category
Greek Classical Greek Antique 15th Century and Earlier Folk Art
Materials
Silver
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