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Indian Subcontinent : Pre AD 1000
item #1091006
Zentner Collection
SOLD Beautiful Ghandaran modeled stucco head. This artifact is from the McCloud collection. Ghandara refers to the Peshawar valley and some parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. This region was heavily influenced by greco-roman style as a result of Alexander the Great's campaign in the far east. The facial features are more european with almond shaped eyes and a bow shaped mouth...
Depicting the Jain goddess Ambika. H. 24 cm (excl. stand), W. 18 cm. Very rare and early piece. Condition: see pictures. Comes with a museum quality metal stand. Provenance: private collection Belgium. More pieces will be coming from this collection, mainly in bronze and some in stone. Email me for more info.
SwisSiam-Arts-Antiques-Gems
USD $1,250.00 Very handsome and attractive small head of Buddha, GANDHARA, 2-3rd Century, Grey Schist.
The youthful face is well defined with handsome features following a classical Hellenistic-Greek style. The crescent shaped hair is toped by a raised ushnisha and a small urna is between the delicately arched eyebrows. The ear has a large pierced lobe. The nose and earlobe are slightly chipped, but inconsequential when
considering the overall beauty of the exceptional face...
SwisSiam-Arts-Antiques-Gems
USD $3,250.00 A newly made 18K. Gold (750) Ring set with an ancient genuine Cabochon Garnet BACTRIAN INTAGLIO carved by hand, depicting a bearded, seated Angel playing a Lyra. Very fine detailed carving. Provenance: Afghanistan, dated 1-2 Century B.C. Good condition overall. Intaglio size: 14 x 12 x 4 mm. Ring size: 62 (10). This item is legal to buy and sell under international laws relating to cultural patrimony. Classic linear style. A very rare and unique one-of-a-kind collector's item.
Archaic Indian stone fragment carving of a woman's upper half, sitting on Custom Iron stand. Strands of beads cascade down her shapely front. Her outstretched arms are fragmented at the elbows. Reticulated designs are carved behind her. Custom made iron stand is included. Dates between 6th-8th century.
Size: 13" H x 12" W x 7.5" D (17" H on stand)
SwisSiam-Arts-Antiques-Gems
USD $1,850.00 A very beautiful schist head of a Bodhisattva, 2-4 Century AD, with soft, youthful features, wearing a diadem with rosettes. The hair is pulled up into an elaborate top knot, urna between the eyebrows. Acquired on the London (UK) Art Market prior to 1980. Mounted on a Museum Quality metal stand. Size of head alone: 12.5 cm. (5"), excluding stand. Very fine condition.
Indian Subcontinent : Pre AD 1000
item #1334881
(stock #UEE)
SwisSiam-Arts-Antiques-Gems
USD $1,850.00 A very fine and genuine schist head of a Bodhisattva, 2-4 Century A.D., with soft, youthful features, wearing a diadem with rosettes. The hair is pulled up into an elaborate top knot, Urna between the eyebrows. Mounted on a Museum Quality Metal Stand. Size of head alone 12.5 cm. excluding stand. Origin: London Art Market.
JJ Oriental
$4,500.00 A Kushan gold necklace delicately strung with very small ancient lapis lazuli beads (approximately 24 beads to an inch). There are 12 gold coins with images of 6 ancient kings - six on each side. There are 2 kings that we recognize - one is Vasudeva I, the other is "Ohsho" holding an elephant goad, thunderbolts, a trident and a goat. The center bead is a oblong fluted gold bead. There are also two blue glass beads flanking the central gold bead.
Wearable...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Ghandara grey schist frieze of the birth of the Buddha with five figures.
Provenance: Spinks and Son, London 1960s Handley Collection 4th century 8" H x 10" W x 1 3/4" D
AfricAsia Primitive and Antiques
€2,200.00 Statue of a Yakshi, or Yakshini, wearing a necklace and a dhoti, standing under a flowering ashoka tree and holding a branch with her left hand. Bronze, with dark green and red partly encrusted patina and with some soil encrustation. India, ca. 2nd-1st century BC. Height: 15.2 cm. The statue is nicely mounted on a custom stand. Very good condition.
Abhaya Asian Antiques
$150.00
Quirky strands of bronze beads and Kushan charm in the shape of a Hindu Trishula (trident). I acquired these with a group of Kanishka coins that were found in the same place, circa 100CE. Large strand 25cm/9.8in and small strand 9.5cm/3.8in (the holes were too small to fit on the same cord as the larger one). Weight total: 40 grams. See last enlargement for scale. .Free shipping Hong Kong Registered Airmail.
Abhaya Asian Antiques
$120.00
Strand of ancient Afghani glass beads, circa Roman era. These are original beads (not re-carved bangles or glass vessel fragments). Some are decorated with gold leaf, others exhibit dichroism. Traces of calcification. A total of 27 beads (note 3 are broken). Total length: 50cm/19.8cm- note last enlargement for scale- 17 grams. Free shipping.
Abhaya Asian Antiques
$350.00
Ensemble of vintage silver and ancient banded agate beads from Sri Lanka. These were acquired in Kandy in 1998 or 1989, the banded agates are all hand carved and are at least 1000 years old (conservatively). The silver beads are high content silver and intricately crafted with a 24K Asian style fastener. L: 52cm/20.5in. Combined eight 34 grams. See last enragement for scale. Free shipping.
Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre AD 1000
item #1482485
(stock #7277)
Abhaya Asian Antiques
$250.00
Two strands of Kushan/Bactrian of mixed stone (mostly carnelian) beads. I acquired these along with coins dating from 1st- 4th CE from the same site in North West Pakistan, so these can be dated no later than 1500 years old. There are a few agate and quartzite beads in the lot, some with traces of “etching”. The crescent shaped beads would have originally small ringed shaped ornaments that have been drilled and “knapped” to some extent to accommodate them being strung...
Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre AD 1000
item #1495222
(stock #MC551)
Indus Valley Bronze Age Pottery Female Figure (c.3300 - 1300 BC)
This unusual and striking pottery figure was made during the latter part of the Indus Valley Civilisation that flourished in the North-western region of South Asia during the Neolithic to Bronze Age periods (c.3300 - 1300 BC). It is made from a reddish pottery that is fairly highly-fired, the body being of a cylindrical / cone-shaped form with applied outstretched arms, breasts and bird-like features to the face...
Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre AD 1000
item #1495225
(stock #MC554)
Indus Valley Bronze Age Pottery Female Figure with Oxford TL Test (c.3300 - 1300 BC)
This unusual and striking pottery figure was made over 3,000 years ago during the latter part of the Indus Valley Civilisation that flourished in the North-western region of South Asia during the Neolithic to Bronze Age periods (c.3300 - 1300 BC)...
Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre AD 1000
item #1495226
(stock #MC555)
Indus Valley Bronze Age Pottery Figure (c.3300 - 1300 BC)
This unusual and bizarre pottery figure was made over 3,000 years ago during the latter part of the Indus Valley Civilisation that flourished in the North-western region of South Asia during the Neolithic to Bronze Age periods (c.3300 - 1300 BC). It is hollow and made from a reddish pottery that is fairly highly-fired...
Zentner Collection
$600.00 Mounted Egyptian Ba-bird amulet. Five clay faience (blue -green) stone. Hand carved with outstretches wings. Custom Bronze stand for presentation. Traces of the original pigment intact.
These Ba-bird amulets were placed on the chest of a mummy, presumably as protective substitute for an individual’s own ba... |