This engraved cassowary bone dagger comes from the Abelam region and dates from the beginning of the 20th century. Weapon of war initially, this one was converted into a lime spatula in its second lif[...]
This lime container dates from the beginning of the 20th century and shows a very beautiful dark and shiny patina. The engraved patterns are typical of the Abelam people in Papua. Some traces of lime [...]
Cup on terracotta pedestal with red painted decoration of geometric patterns. Slight gaps in the pedestal.
Culture Ban Chiang, Thailand, end of the old period (-2500; -1000 BC)
H: 14 cm; diam: 11 cm
Bowl on a terracotta pedestal with red painted decoration of interlacing and wave patterns. Some gaps at the level of the pedestal and the collar.
Culture Ban Chiang, Thailand, end of the old period [...]
Period - 19th century
Condition - Good - the glass shade and the gallery are missing.
Measure - Width 7.2 cm Height 6.1 cm
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Period - 19th century
Condition - used
Measure - 26 cm & 17 cm
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Gulf Huon armband made of orchid fibers and small Nassa shells, which can also be used as a wedding currency. This object is of a very good quality, rarely available in this condition.
Java shadow theater puppet - Indonesia Wayang Kulik's term "shadow and leather". This is Kresna an avatar of Vishnu. Leather painted on both sides. Blackened and carved wood. 69.5 cm high all inclusiv[...]
This type of mask was placed at the top of the yams during the great harvest ceremonies in the Abelam region in Papua. Made up of Lygodium liana fern fiber, the masks are then coated with natural pigm[...]
Period - 20th century
Condition - Good condition
Measure - Height 3.5 cm.
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Two pairs of cylindrical pewter SPRINKLERS with screw caps.
Heights: about 9 cm.
FRANCE, mid-19th century.
Good used condition
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Old flame with veterinarian bleeding. Horn handle deploying two blades. Blade engraved with a pegase. Blond horn handle. Good condition, oxidation of the blades. 14cm deployed.
AMERVAL (Eloy d ') - La Grande diablerie. Poem from the 15th century. Paris, Georges Hurtrel, 1884; in-12, 216 pp., paperback, cover with flaps in a red calico casing, decorated smooth spine. One of 1[...]
Fun set of doll furniture in gray-green lacquered wood with bird decor painted with a stencil. Period 1925. In the state of discovery in good condition despite some marks of age on the lacquer. No bre[...]
Very curious Pass or Eat ball representing a clowns. The object of the game was to throw rag balls into the hole formed by the mouth. Hand painted papier maché mounted on a wooden plinth. Fairly beaut[...]
This KARAUT is a mouth adornment used by Abelam warriors to scare their enemies. It is said that this was the prerogative of a man who had already killed in battle. They were then worn around the neck[...]
Used as a currency of exchange at weddings in the Western Sepik Province and particularly in the Torricelli Mountains, this object consists of many Nassa shells woven in natural fibers on a coconut sp[...]
Antique 19th century marquetry game box decorated with a fisherman in the center and in each corner, decorated with a clover, a tile, a pick and a heart. This box includes a whole lot of tokens and ol[...]
Piriform body, forged, assembled by crenellated brass brazing, with molded neck reinforcement. Tripod base, in bronze, with cut-out plate and roll-up shoe. Large flat spout, flared at the opening. Lid[...]
HOFLER CANE MONKEY Small mechanical toy in lithographed sheet metal and in perfect working order. Manufactured by HOFLER in Germany in the 1950s, made in US Zone Germany. 9.5 cm in length. A label fro[...]
Small mechanical toy in lithographed sheet metal and in perfect working order. Made in Germany in the 1950s by GAMA, made in US Zone Germany. 18 cm high.
Inscribed in Kannada or Telugu "Rama Beddappa (a name), Savanur (a city)".
Period - XVIII - XIXth century
Condition - Good condition
Measurement - Height 6.5 cm. Diameter 7.7 cm
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Mask representing a man's face. The nose is long and slightly hooked, the mouth is parted and shows the teeth. The canines are well marked.
Wood with patina of use, split.
Middle Hills, Nepal.
Firs[...]
Very old mask from the beginning of the 20th century, perhaps even the 19th century in hard wood having suffered the ravages of time and use, with native restorations shiny patina in places with trace[...]
ALBERTI (Rafael) - Poems. Paris, G.L.M., 1952; in-12, 117 pp., softcover, uncut, flap cover. Frontispiece of the author. Translation by Guy Lévis Mano. One of the numbered copies on vellum.
Statuette showing us a figure standing with folded hands on his prominent belly. He is shown wearing a "Kifwebe" mask. This type of statuette are protective fetishes of the house. It had to be placed [...]
Very pretty little snuffbox, rectangular, in solid silver. It is equipped on each side with a different Pyrogen system, a classic scraper on the one hand, and a chemical match scraper on the other. Th[...]
Old game (first half of the 20th century) of backgammon or backgammon. Noici wooden box (some scratches). 30 counters, 15 in ivory and 15 in blackened wood. Approx 5.2cm in diameter. Leather dice cup [...]
Superb Indo-Persian basin in copper engraved and decorated on all sides with fifteen domed mandorles bearing decorations of chitals also called axis deer.
The axis deer or Chital is a deer naturally [...]
Beautiful carpenter's tool with an iron part serving as a tendril and a boxwood handle carved in the shape of a fish. Only the head is truly sculpted, the rest being engraved on the handle. Dimensions[...]
Beautiful and imposing basin in squared yellow copper, dovetail assembly, riveted brass ears, wrought iron handle. Good general condition for this unusual piece. Height under the ears 26 cm Length 62 [...]
Violin, 20th century copy by luthier Giovanni Paolo Maggini (1580-1630) The violin is in good condition, the bow is not. Table size 35.9 cm Total size 58.8 cm
Cauldron in yellow copper, dovetail assembly, brass handle. Small usual repairs, a small hole at the bottom. Cauldron height without lid 23 cm Internal diameter 25 cm France 19th. careful and tracked [...]
Chinese Toggle finely carved in the shape of a "fingered lemon" or Buddha's hand decorated with foliage and mushroom. H 7cm (2 3 / 4in). Late 18th century.
Bronze mortar, with zoomorphic handles, with a slightly tapered body, the foot stuffed with strong rings. Northern Italy. End of the XVIth / Beginning of the XVIIth Century. The grips with the heads o[...]
Elegant 18th century pewter medallion representing Caesar-Augustus. Augustus, in Latin Augustus, born under the name of Caius Octavius on September 23, 63 BC. AD in Rome, first called Octavian then be[...]
Shoulder body, cavet foot. Molded collar. Quarter round cup with pinched spout. Catch of the lid in buds. On the cover, hallmark of BINIA (…) ORET à VEVEY. On the cup, double gauging punch, and cone i[...]
ABRAHAM (Pierre) - Proust. Paris, Les Editions Rieder, 1930; in-8, 92 pp., and 60 plates, paperback, large margins, provide a binding. The cover is detached from the body of the work. One of 220 numbe[...]
Old chevrette blown glass carafe. Norman work dating from the second part of the 18th century. Decor of painted flowers. Very good condition, natural wear to the decor. 13.5cm high
Wrought iron fireplace arch decorated with brass flowers (with gaps), decorated with 3 Fleurs de Lys and 3 hooks ending in well-crafted bronze pompoms Hot riveted hooks All original, original patina, [...]
ABELLIO (Raymond) - In a soul and a body (Journal 1971). Paris, Gallimard, 1973; in-8, 273 pp., paperback. First edition. One of 25 numbered copies on pure Lafuma-Navarre vellum.
Beautiful and imposing red copper cauldron with brass strapping at the neck and N ° 42 eyelets, dovetail mounting. Wrought iron handle. Good general condition. Dimensions height 31.5 cm Diameter 43.5 [...]
Beautiful and imposing red copper cauldron with brass strapping at the neck and N ° 42 eyelets, dovetail mounting. Wrought iron handle. Good general condition. Dimensions height 30.5 cm Diameter 44 cm[...]
Covered pot in yellow copper, hand-forged iron handles, red copper rivets. Good general condition, wear of time, 18th century France. Dimensions high neck 25 cm Diameter neck 39 cm Careful shipping an[...]
19th century safe key with drilled hollow rod, very beautiful bit.
Dimensions L 16.8 cm and L 5.5 cm.
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ABELLIO (Raymond) - My last memory. A suburb of Toulouse 1907-1927. Paris, Gallimard, 1971; in-8, 225 pp., paperback. First edition. One of 20 numbered copies on pure Lafuma-Navarre vellum.
Uncommon model of an instrument named "Vernier declination" and signed "Breveté Jacques Dartois" and "Alexis Wéry Fab [sneering] t in Liege". The instrument is equipped with a rotating circle divided [...]
Beautiful furniture key, sometimes called Holy Trinity, ring is pierced of 3 circles, upper stud, thick embasement turned with an engraved ring as rope, hollow stem, stepped zig-zag bit.
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Original yellow copper kettle embossed with fleur-de-lys decorations in good general condition, some small indentations and usual restorations. Early 19th Height taken from the cover 24 cm Careful and[...]
Rare and imposing table kettle in yellow copper with its tap. Back mounted in a dovetail, also brass handle fixed to the rings by mat iron rivets. Fixing of the rings at 3 points in red copper. Good g[...]
ABELLIO (Raymond) - The Pit of Babel. Paris, Gallimard, 1962; in-8, 645 pp., half-morocco red binding with corners signed Alix, smooth spine, upper edge. golden, preserved cover. One of 50 numbered co[...]
2 SEDITIOUS NAPOLEON 1st MARIE-LOUISE Pawns 2 Seditious fruitwood chess pawns representing NAPOLEON 1st and MARIE-LOUISE. Around 1820. Height: 44 and 42 mm
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