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HEAD OF A DIGNITARY

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

BRONZE MIRROR

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

RELIEF FRAGMENT

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

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

BOAT-SHAPED AXE

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

MASSIM SPLASHBOARD

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

Group of tools

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

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

BOWL WITH LOTUS DESIGN

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

HEAD OF BUDDHA

Grey schist 
Pakistan/Afghanistan, Gandhara, ca. 3rd / 4th century A.D.
Height: 29.2 cm
Ex private collection France

HATHOR SISTRUM

Pale green glazed composition fragment 
Egypt, late dynastic period, ca. 380 – 340 B.C.
Height: 7.6 cm
Ex private collection Belgium

HAND-BELL

Copper alloy
Tibet / Tibeto-Chinese style, Yuan, ca. 13th / 14th century
Height: 17.5 cm (6.89 in.)
Cat. 2015, No. 30
 

LARGE BOWL

Quartzite
West-Sahara, Niger,
Neolithic, ca. 6000-2000 B.C.
32 x 25 cm (12.6 x 9.84 in.)
Ex private collection Belgium

AMITAYUS

Mercury gilt copper alloy
Tibeto-Chinese, Yuan, 14th century
Height: 15.2 cm (5.98 in.)
Cat. 2017, No. 16

BUDDHA AMITABHA

Copper alloy, remains of lacquer gilding
Chinese, Ming, 2nd quarter 15th century
Height: 28.7 cm (11.39 in.)
Cat. 2017, No. 25

HEVAJRA

Mercury gilt copper alloy
Tibeto-Chinese, Ming, mid-15th century
Height: 17.2 cm (6.77 in.)
Cat. 2017, No. 24

BODHISATTVA

Copper alloy, remains of lacquer gilding
Chinese, Yuan, early 14th century
Height: 24.5 cm (9.64 in.)
Cat. 2017, No. 7

Textile fragment

Silk and Gold Thread Lampas Weave
Tibeto-Chinese, Yuan, late 13th century
72.3 x 42.2 cm (28.46 x 16.61 in.)
Cat. 2015, No. 31

GREEN TARA

Copper alloy with glass inlays
Tibeto-Chinese, Yuan, early 14th century
Height: 20 cm (7.87 in.)
Cat. 2017, No. 13

FIGURE OF A LION

Wood, traces of pigments and gilding
China, Dali Kingdom, 12th/13th century
Height: 20.2 cm (7.95 in.)
Cat. 2017, No. 1

PAIR OF SUTRA COVERS

Wood and red lacquer
Tibeto-Chinese, Ming, mid-15 th century
Length: 79.4 cm (31.26 in.) each
Cat. 2017, No. 33

Guanyin with lotuses

Copper alloy
Chinese, Yuan 13th / 14th century
Height: 29.2 cm (11.5 in.)
Cat. 2015, No. 2