African & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Natural History

ADMIRALTY ISLANDS KNIFE MANUS PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA obsidian, wood and pigment, the obsidian blade held in place by parinarium nut resin, the...

GUNSTOCK CLUB, KIAKAVO FIJI carved wood and fibre, of classic form, with curved head and spur, etching and good preservation of the original fibre...

PADDLE CLUB SOLOMON ISLANDS carved wood, leaf shaped blade with medial ridge, the shaft tapering to a point (Dimensions: 108cm long) Provenance: P...

PADDLE CLUB NEW IRELAND palm wood, long paddle shaped head tapering down to a long shaft and flared handle with original fibre binding, rounded on...

MOUNGALAULAU CLUB TONGA of tapered form with a pointed tip, carved with opposing geometric bands (Dimensions: 89cm long) Provenance: From a Scotti...

NECKLACE MARSHALL ISLANDS coral and fibre, composed of three rows of disc shaped coral pearls, with an old label reading "Coral necklace worn by c...

HEI-TIKI PENDANT NEW ZEALAND nephrite, the ornament with carved features, the subtly head angled and arms shown held towards the sides (Dimensions...

SOLOMON ISLANDS BOWL SOLOMON ISLANDS carved wood and shell, standing on a single stem foot, with shell inlay and fish handles (Dimensions: 36cm lo...

MAORI BLUDGEON, PATUKI NEW ZEALAND carved wood, handle with head terminal carved with moko, of square section tapering to a point, each side decor...

SAMOAN TAPA CLOTH, SIAPO MAMANU SAMOA pigment on bark cloth, of rectangular form, with panels split into two triangles containing opposing breadfr...

ABORIGINAL SHELL PENDANT AUSTRALIA carved pearl shell, with perforation at the top for attachment to a string or fibre band, incised decoration of...

RAINFOREST SWORD CLUB QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA carved wood, of classic form with a curving broad blade (Dimensions: 109.5cm) Provenance: Private coll...

CREE BAG GREAT LAKES, NORTH AMERICA hide, cloth and beads, stitched hide with antique repairs, a border of cloth and glass beads, tassled fringe (...

HAIDA FIGURE OF A LADY NORTHWEST COAST, CANADA carved argilite, depicting a western lady, perhaps a sea captains wife, shown with her hair tied at...

PAIR OF BACTRIAN BOWLS BACTRIA, LATE 3RD TO EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. carved alabaster, both conical in form, tapering to the circular flat base (...

COLLECTION OF BRONZE AGE AND LATER BLADES AND IMPLEMENTS NEAR EAST TO WESTERN EUROPE, BRONZE AGE TO cast and worked bronze, the collection consist...

ARABIAN STELE SOUTHERN ARABIA, 3RD CENTURY B.C. limestone, the head of a man carved in relief, with closed mouth, angular nose merging into the br...

URARTIAN BELT URARTU, IRON AGE III, C. 7TH CENTURY B.C. engraved bronze, of typical form, with incisions along the border for attachment to a leat...

COLLECTION OF ORDOS BRONZE PLAQUES CHINA, EASTERN ZHOU, 5TH - 3RD CENTURY B.C. openwork plaques human and animal, one pin (6) (Dimensions: longest...

PERSIAN PHILAE ACHAEMENID EMPIRE, 6TH - 4TH CENTURY BC hammered bronze, produced from a single sheet of bronze, the exterior with a series of peta...

LURISTAN HORSE BIT CHEEKPIECE ZAGROS MOUNTAINS, EARLY 1ST MILLENIUM B.C. cast bronze, at the centre stands a horned deity, flanked at either side ...

ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN HELMET PERSIA, C. 4TH - 5TH CENTURY A.D. hammered and applied bronze, of domed form, decorated with seven boss-shaped element...

GROUP OF CYPRIOT VESSELS CYPRUS, C. 950 - 750 B.C. painted terracotta, the jug with trefoil mouth, strap handle and decorated with horizontal band...

ANCIENT GREEK VOTIVE BOEOTIA, MID 4TH CENTURY B.C. fired terracotta, depicting a standing dog with two fish slung across its back (Dimensions: 9.5...

GREEK GREAVE GREECE, 4TH CENTURY B.C. hammered bronze, to protect the left shin, with four perforations along the edge for the attachment of leath...

ANCIENT GREEK HELMET OF ILLYRIAN TYPE ARCHAIC PERIOD, 600 - 550 B.C. hammered bronze, domed helmet with a pair of raised parallel ridges, each wit...

APULO-CORINTHIAN HELMET SOUTHERN ITALY, C. 350-300 B.C. hammered bronze, with two small eye holes, nose guard and dual raised brow ridges, neck gu...

RED FIGURE BELL KRATER ATTRIBUTED TO PYTHON PAESTUM, C. 340-330 B.C. painted terracotta, the obverse with a youthful Dionysos holding a thyrsos , ...

ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS ATTICA, 550 - 500 B.C. painted terracotta, with a strap handle and sitting on a ring base, decorated with a scene feat...

APULIAN RED FIGURE PELIKE SOUTHERN ITALY, C. 340 - 320 B.C. painted ceramic, standing on a ring base, the body piriform, with strap handles and c...

APULIAN RED FIGURE PATERA SOUTHERN ITALY, C. 340-320 B.C. painted ceramic, with painted knob handles, the tondo decorated with the head of a lady...

ROMAN BRONZE HORSE WESTERN EUROPE, 2ND - 3RD CENTURY A.D. cast bronze, shown at a gallop, the front legs raised, the mouth slightly agape, bridle ...

ETRUSCAN ANTEFIX FRAGMENT LATE 6TH - EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C. painted terracotta, preserving the proper left side of a female head, the red hair bor...

OVER LIFESIZE ROMAN ARM 1ST - 3RD CENTURY B.C. gilt bronze, a fragment from an over lifesize statue, depicting the right arm, bent at the elbow, p...

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN STAMP SEAL OF THUTMOSE III EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY 1479–1425 B.C. carved bone, bearing the feather of truth alongside the cartouche of...

SHABTI FOR ANKH-HOR EGYPT, LATE PERIOD, 640-570 BC faience, shown in mummiform pose, wearing the tripartite wig and beard, the obverse and reverse...

SHABTI FOR NE-HEMT WA-AYT EGYPT, NEW KINGDOM, 19TH DYNASTY, 1292-1187 B.C. white faience, shown mummiform, holding dual hoes, wearing a tripartite...

ANCIENT CELTIC SHIELD WESTERN EUROPE, 5TH CENTURY B.C. hammered sheet bronze, of circular form with an outer border of small raised dots, moving ...

PAIR OF WINGED AXES WESTERN EUROPE, 1000 - 800 B.C. cast copper alloy, both with twin lateral flanges with folded sides, an attachment loop and f...

FLINT AXE SCANDINAVIA, 4TH - 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. knapped flint, of a rich caramel colour, the stone worked into a rectangular form with sharp tap...

VINCA VESSEL BALKANS, MID 5TH MILLENIUM B.C. fired and impressed terracotta, sitting on a rounded base, the globular body decorated with incised ...

VINCA VESSEL BALKANS, 5TH MILLENIUM B.C. fired and impressed terracotta, the round and squat vessel sits on a flat base, curving at the shoulders...

BYZANTINE PROCESSIONAL CROSS EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, 6TH CENTURY A.D. cast bronze, composed of four flaring sections, each with double circular te...

FOSSIL SHRIMP SOLNHOFEN, GERMANY, JURASSIC PERIOD, 150 MILLION YEARS BP of the species Aeger , set within a limestone matrix (Dimensions: 20 x 23c...

FOSSIL DRAGONFLY SOLNHOFEN, GERMANY, JURASSIC PERIOD, 150 MILLION YEARS BP finely preserved specimen of Urogomphus eximus within a limestone matri...

KEICHOUSAURUS FOSSIL PLAQUE CHINA, TRIASSIC PERIOD, 230 MILLION YEARS BP a finely preserved Keichousaurus hui , set within a slate matrix (Dimensi...

FINE GAR FISH FOSSIL GREEN RIVER FORMATION, USA, LOWER EOCENE PERIOD, 50 MILLION YEARS BP a large and fine fossil plaque featuring Lepisosteus si...

PHAREODUS FISH FOSSIL PLAQUE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, USA, LOWER EOCENE PERIOD, 50 MILLION YEARS BP a finely preserved Phareodus testis fish, set w...

PAIR OF MEGALODON TEETH SOUTH CAROLINA, MIOCENE PERIOD, 15 MILLION YEARS BP a pair of teeth from Carcharocles megalodon, one with intact serration...

TRIO OF ALLOSAURUS BONE SPHERES ATLAS MOUNTAINS, MOROCCO, LOWER CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 120 MILLION carved and polished, raised on circular stands (3) ...

LARGE PETRIFIED WOOD SPHERE JAVA, INDONESIA cut and polished, of a jet black colour with grey and white veining, presented on a wooden mount (Dime...

PAIR OF FOSSILISED WOOD STOOLS JAVA, INDONESIA, MIOCENE PERIOD, 10 MILLION YEARS OLD cut and polished, the taller example an all-over cream and ru...

FOSSIL SYCAMORE LEAF GREEN RIVER, WYOMING, EOCENE PERIOD, 50 MILLION YEARS BP in a superb state of preservation, with minute details and the vein ...

AMMONITE PLATE MADAGASCAR, JURASSIC PERIOD, 180 MILLION YEARS BP cut and polished, formed of many individual ammonites, presented on a perspex mo...

LARGE GASTROPOD FOSSIL FRANCE, MIOCENE PERIOD, 10 MILLION YEARS BP sitting on a flat cut matrix, excellent preservation of the shell (Dimensions: ...

ASTEROCERAS AMMONITE JURASSIC COAST, UNITED KINGDOM, JURASSIC PERIOD, 180 MILLION YEARS BP preserved in yellow calcite which vividly stands out a...

PECTEN PLATE PROVENCE, FRANCE, MIOCENE PERIOD, 12 MILLION YEARS BP multiple specimens contained within a limestone matrix (Dimensions: 47cm tall)

PENTACRINUS SEA LILY DORSET, UNITED KINGDOM, LOWER JURASSIC, 190 MILLION YEARS BP set in a dark shale matrix (Dimensions: 33 x 38cm) ...[more]

MULTI SPECIES AMMONITE CLUSTER MADAGASCAR, JURASSIC PERIOD, 180 MILLION YEARS BP a natural collage of large Cleoniceras and Douvilleceras in the ...

ARCHAEOGERYON CRAB FOSSIL ARGENTINA, MIOCENE PERIOD, 20 MILLION YEARS BP a fine example, fully three dimensional (Dimensions: 19cm across) ...[mo...