Author: beatrice

HEAD OF A DIGNITARY

Written by beatrice on October 20, 2023. Posted in Egyptian, Objects.

Greywacke
Egypt, Late Period, ca. 525-343 B.C.
Height: 8.9 cm
Ex private collection USA

BRONZE MIRROR

Written by beatrice on October 20, 2023. Posted in Egyptian, Objects.

Dark bronze hand mirror with two falcons
Egypt, New Kingdom, ca. 1500-1300 B.C.
Height: 18 cm
Ex private collection Belgium

RELIEF FRAGMENT

Written by beatrice on October 20, 2023. Posted in Egyptian, Objects.

Grey granite relief fragment depicting a falcon-headed deity
Egypt, end of Late Dynastic Period / early Ptolemaic Period, ca. 4th century B.C.
Height: 15.3 cm
Ex private collection France

FUNERARY MASK

Written by beatrice on October 20, 2023. Posted in Egyptian, Objects.

Polychrome cartonnage funerary mask
Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, ca. 600-400 B.C.
Height: 21 cm
Ex private collection USA

BOAT-SHAPED AXE

Written by beatrice on October 20, 2023. Posted in Neolithic & Varia, Objects.

Ornamented black hardstone votive hammer axe
Scandinavian, Neolithic, ca. 2400 B.C.
Length: 14.3 cm
Ex private collection Germany

MASSIM SPLASHBOARD

Written by beatrice on August 26, 2023. Posted in Neolithic & Varia, Objects.

Papua New Guinea, Trobriand Islands
Late 19th / early 20th century
Wood. Height: 50.2 cm
Ex private collection Canada

Group of tools

Written by beatrice on August 26, 2023. Posted in Neolithic & Varia, Objects.

Hardstone tools and blades
Western Sahara, Neolithic, ca. 6000-4000 B.C.
Height: 12.1 – 20.5 cm
Ex private collection Germany + Belgium

GUARDIAN OF THE WEST

Written by beatrice on August 26, 2023. Posted in Asian, Objects.

Gilt wood, glass inlays and traces of pigment
Tibeto-Chinese, Yuan / Ming, 14th/15th century
Height: 44.5 cm (17.52 in.)
Cat. 2017, No. 19

STANDING BUDDHA

Written by beatrice on April 13, 2022. Posted in old.

Bronze figure, wearing a flaring robe
Southern India, probably Amaravati school, 6th-8th century
Height: 21.5 cm
Ex private collection England

BOWL WITH LOTUS DESIGN

Written by beatrice on April 13, 2022. Posted in Egyptian, Objects.

Clay with paint
Egypt, New Kingdom, ca. 1460 B.C.
Diameter: 21 cm (8.26 in.)
Ex private collection USA