New modern geography of the five parts of the world by C.de Varign 1890 4 volumes Numerous engravings Numerous color maps Good condition Height 30cm Width 23cm Depth 5cm 130 euros
Authentic Wooden Statue From The Teke Tribe From Congo - Africa - Early 20th Century With the original fetish still wrapped around the stomach. Ex. Belgian private collection
Kris handle representing a Dvarapala
Indonesia, Bali, 20th century
Wood, metal, glass
L.T.: 14.5cm
Wooden sculpture covered with a gold-colored alloy, in the form of a benevolent Dvarapala holdi[...]
Painted wooden theater decorated on the front with columns on each side, musical attributes, angels on the pediment with the coat of arms of Chalon sur Saône in the center.
Interior, exterior of the [...]
Unique and marvelous Edition of the Theater Works of Pierre Corneille, printed in Geneva in 1774. These 8 large volumes in 4 in glazed tortoiseshell calfskin, smooth spines decorated with beautiful gi[...]
Very beautiful and rare old toy representing an elephant in decoration and titled; Between the two of us Gaspar. Which consists of aiming and throwing the red ball into the hole in front of the animal[...]
Zoomorphic defensive cane concealing a sword and whose pommel represents the head of a hunting dog bringing in game, late 19th century, early 20th century. Zoomorphic pommel and speckled bamboo shaft [...]
Pair of horse saddle racks, from the Haras de Cluny in Burgundy. The arms are articulated. The uprights are to be fixed to the wall. Good workmanship, quite rare.
very rare Xhosa -mpondo or Sotho or Tswana-Ngwato doll. ethnic name "ngawana" made of a calabash with a beaded skirt, the trunk wrapped in glass beads, arms in beaded leather
Provenance Galerie Lapru[...]
beautiful Mwana hiti ,Zaramo,Kwere doll Tanzania
nice patina the doll has eyes and mouth which give her a nice expression
Provenance
Pierre Dartevelle Belgium
Emmanuel Dehan Belgium
Fertility s[...]
19th century China basket
Numerous discolorations are present as well as some defects, notably a crack at the handle.
The height without the handle is 41 cm.
Folder :
Fully carved with a central rosette inscribed in a circle and 4 circles in the shape of points, at the 4 ends.
Walnut,
Auvergne,
19th century.
Lace folder :
Carved with a central rosette surrounded by festoons and 4 openwork hearts surrounded by wolf teeth at the ends.
Auvergne,
Beech,
Dated 1875.
Absolute Leave of Reform Pluviose Year Ten of Citizen Sergeant François Renaud -
Native of Charleville department of Ardennes
5th Company of the Second Battalion
February 19, 1803 - Consulate / 1st[...]
Weight for Weighing Gold Powder depicting a maternity: a woman stands holding a pestle in her hands and carrying her child on her back. The scene rests on a rectangular base.
Akan culture, Ghana an[...]
Stoneware cider service, comprising a pitcher and 5 bowls or cups with a very original handle. Very good condition pitcher height 22 cm bowl height 8.5 cm
A beautiful piece of antique malachite from the end of the 19th century, in a polished octagonal shape.
The piece is a solid piece, not glued, or made from different pieces
8.7 x 8.7 cn, height 3.4 [...]
Statuette Depicting A Female Character sitting cross-legged, holding a small gourd in his right hand.
Dogon culture, Mali
19th century or earlier
Copper alloy
H. 7.2 cm, length 5.2 cm
N[...]
Statuette Depicting a Female Character wearing several buns and a large necklace, seated on a large openwork throne.
Niger Valley
Circa 1900
Copper alloy
H. 7 ; L 3.8 cm
N°207
Rare silver denarius of the Eravisci people / Eravisci Celts of the Danube Obverse: Juno Sospita on the right, wearing goat skin. Reverse: Rudder, globe and winged thunderbolt. Below, RAVIS (S retrogr[...]
Salt box :
Opening with a sloping lid that swings upwards.
Facade carved with a Lyre-shaped vase surrounded by 2 olive branches.
Drawer decorated with a floral pattern. Front legs in the shape of a[...]
Miniature models are very rare
This is a miniature model of a mansion in walnut, bronze, noble materials, mother-of-pearl and ebony, the combination of all these materials used gives it a very partic[...]
Telescope or Lorgnette signed Nairne and Blunt C.1790 The telescope has an achromatic lens, and the tube has three adjustment points to fine-tune the magnification. It has its protective screw cap, it[...]
Large flour pan :
Treated like a small piece of furniture. Front with sliding lid in grooves.
Arched front legs exposed in the mass of the sides.
Scrolled lower rail, sculpted with a central floral[...]
Copper medallion: Minerva presenting the allegory of Liberal Arts Painting.
Germany (?), 19th century. Copper electrotype.
There is a bronze casting proof from the beginning of the 17th century [...]
Superb denarius of Domitian Caesar Minted in Rome, 80-81 (under Titus). Obverse: CAESAR DIVI F DOMITIANVS COS VII. Laureate head right. Reverse: PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS. Lit altar, decorated with a garlan[...]
Berlin cast iron, Very beautiful wall dish, Rich mythological decoration with attributes of the sea, Decorated with tritons, scallop shells, palmettes, scrolls of acanthus foliage, German work from th[...]
Beautiful and old snuff box with musical cylinder. The box is pressed horn with a silver lid and hinge. On the front there are two buttons with a mother-of-pearl pinion to operate the mechanism. The m[...]
MAGNIFICENT INSTRUMENT FOR DEMONSTRATION OF METALLIC EXPANSION, SIGNED "W & S.JONES-LONDON". A METAL BAR IS PLACED ON THE FLAMES DELIVERED BY THE SMALL URNS AND ITS EXPANSION WILL PUSH A METALLIC NEED[...]
Very rare electroscope called "Bohnenberger" which uses two dry batteries invented by the Italian abbot Zamboni in 1800. Very rare model in excellent condition.
In its very beautiful and fresh binding in cream vellum (pigskin), spine ribbed black morocco title, boards struck with a generous cartouche in the center, dark green morocco laces with gold, two-tone[...]
Jacquet game - Backgammon - and checkers game in perfect condition - 19th century period - Delivered with 30 two-color boxwood pucks and two leather cups and two dice. The checkers game is in perfect [...]
Beautiful locksmith work, this large main key of a French safe, late 18th or early 19th century, these iron-covered oak cabinets with large rivets, as seen on last picture, and not to sale.
… It gene[...]
Beau flacon de poche de forme rectangulaire à profil galbé, en cristal taillé toutes faces, une spécialité des cristalleries du Creusot, dont on reconnait ici la limpidité et le soin apporté à la tail[...]
Je vous propose ce bel exemplaire ayant quelques rousseurs. A noter que les coins sont érodés. Sinon complet des gravures et de la carte dépliable de la fin.
The ingenious Hidalgo by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Translation of Louis Viardot with 370 compositions by Gustave Doré engraved on wood by H. Pisan. These two volumes are in a good general state of[...]
Signed "Cartailier - Avignon", circa 1770-1780, brass and glass. Large and beautiful graphometer executed by Cartailier, active in the 18th century, constructor of graphometers, constructed an astrono[...]
Section of atropic ovule of Chinese rhubarb. [Brendel Reinhold, Berlin Grunwalde Germany], 1900-1901, varnished polychrome papier-mâché, metal, on original black painted wooden base. Longitudinal sect[...]
Kapala – Tibet
Cup made from a human skull, used as a container during rituals specific to Hindu tantrism and tantric Buddhism.
This Kapala is made up of a skull with a shiny brown patina, decora[...]
19th century, Tinted mirror, brass, cast iron base. Flat mirror screwed onto a tripod base, articulated in a brass bracket with two screws allowing tilting. This type of mirror was used in physics off[...]
Large Apothecary Mortar in Carrara marble from the 19th century in good condition, (a few small chips) total width 33.5cm height 23.5cm, interior diameter 24cm.
Kwoma pottery involved in a fertility cult linked to the yam harvest and used as a ceremonial flute. The shape of this pottery is reminiscent of the yam itself, a sacred tuber. Very good sound for thi[...]
[France], 19th century, Turned mahogany wood, brass. Convex spherical mirror, articulated and mounted on a stand, completely removable.
This type of mirror was used during the 19th century in physics[...]
Two So-called “Dry Point” Compasses
Germany, 17th - 18th century
Brass, iron and steel
Length: 19.5 cm (largest)
(slight age wear)
Two dry point compasses with spherical hinges, brass ribs and[...]
NECKLACE
Krobo culture, Ghana
Glass paste
Length when worn: 41 cm
(later reassembly and accident)
Necklace made of twenty-four round beads in yellow glass paste with blue and brown veins.
[...]
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