Ancient, African & Oceanic Art and Natural History

A VERY LARGE FRAGMENT OF THE CANYON DIABLO METEORITE DISCOVERED IN COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1891 a large and sculptural fragment from one of th...

GAO-GUENIE FELL GAO, BURKINA FASO, 5TH MARCH 1960 H5 olivine-bronzite chondrite. On 5 March 1960, the residents of Gao, a village in Burkina Fas...

NWA UNCLASSIFIED ERFOUD, MOROCCO, 2001 H5 chondrite, deep black fusion crust, sculptural shape 791g Found 2001, near Erfoud, Morocco, subseque...

CAMPOS SALES METEORITE FELL 31ST JANUARY 1991, CEARÁ STATE, BRZIL L5; olivine hypersthenic chondrite. This meteorite originates from the well-do...

A LARGE SLICE OF A PRIMITIVE METEORITE FOUND NORTH WEST AFRICA, 2000s, The present specimen is a rare carbonaceous chondrite that preserves some...

EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE PIECE OF THE HOLBROOK METEORITE FELL 19TH JULY, NAVAJO COUNTY, ARIZONA, USA Chondrite – L/LL6; with black fusion crust from ...

EL MILHAS 002, LUNAR METEORITE CROSS SECTION FELL TIRIS ZEMMOUR, MAURITANIA, 26°20’37.05’’ N, 07°10’04.55’’ W lunar feldspathic breccia, feldspa...

OVIRAPTOR DINOSAUR EGG NEST EASTERN EURASIA, CRETACEOUS PERIOD, C. 80 - 90 MILLION YEARS B.P. a group of three associated eggs from the dinosaur...

GOGOTTE FORMATION FONTAINEBLEAU, NORTHERN FRANCE, OLIGOCEN PERIOD, CIRCA 30 MILLION YEARS B. P. a natural sandstone formation caused by the bind...

SMOKY QUARTZ SPHERE ZAMBIA polished quartz sphere displaying a prominent internal crystal inclusion and natural mineral formations, he transpare...

LAPIS LAZULI SPHERE SAR-I-SANG, AFGHANISTAN cut and polished lapis lazuli, worked into a sphere, of deep blue colour, with thin veining and pyri...

AMAZONITE AND SMOKY QUARTZ CRYSTAL CLUSTER COLORADO, USA a fine and varied composition of smoky quartz crystals, contrasting beautifully with tu...

LARGE AQUAMARINE CRYSTAL SKARDU, PAKISTAN a fine and clear aquamarine crystal, hexagonal in shape, sitting in its albite host rock, raised on a ...

PYRITE CRYSTAL CLUSTER NAVAJUN, SPAIN a range of large and beautiful pyrite crystals, sitting on a limestone matrix, originating from the famous...

FOSSILIZED WOOD SLICE MORONDAVA, MADAGASCAR, LATE TRIASSIC, C. 225 MILLION YEARS B.P. cut and polished, a fine specimen displaying a range of hu...

LARGE FRAGMENT OF ROMAN IMPERIAL PORPHYRY GEBEL DOKHAN, EGYPT, C. 1ST – 5TH CENTURY A.D. cut porphyry, front likely re-polished in the 18th cent...

DINOSAUR TOOTH, AFRICAN "T-REX", CARCHARODONTOSAURUS SAHARICUS NORTHWESTERN AFRICA, CRETAEOUS PERIOD, 96 MYA a fine example from Carcharodontosa...

THE TOOTH OF A TYRANNOSAURUS-REX HELL CREEK FORMATION, DAWSON COUNTY, MONTANA, LATE CRETACEOUS, C. 67–66 MILLION B.P. a well-preserved tooth of ...

SABRE-TOOTH CAT CANINE EASTERN EURASIA, LATE MIOCENE TO EARLY PLIOCENE, 12 - 5 MILLION YEARS B.P. a large canine from the sabre-tooth cat Amphim...

STEGODON JAW EARLY PLEISTOCENE, SOUTHEAST ASIA, C. 2 - 1 MILLION YEARS B.P. a fine specimen displaying a deep black patination, a 1 -2 million-y...

SPLIT AMMONITE PAIR GOULMIMA, MOROCCO, UPPER CRETACEOUS, C. 94 - 90 MILLION YEARS B.P. a pair of Chofattiseras segne ammonite shells from a sing...

SPINY AMMONITE SPECIMEN FRANCE, EARLY CRETACEOUS, C. 133-129 MILLION YEARS B.P. a 3.7 inch specimen of Cioceras nolani, sitting on the original ...

SPINY TRILOBITE FOSSIL MOROCCO, DJEBEL OUFATEN, PALAEOZOIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B. P. Walliserops trifurcatus, within a stone matrix ...

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

FOSSIL PALM FROND WITH FISH GREEN RIVER FORMATION, WYOMING, EARLY EOCINE, 50 MILLION YEARS B.P. a large and impressive fossil limestone panel pr...

LARGE FOSSILISED FISH SPECIMEN, DIPLOMYSTUS DENTATUS GREEN RIVER FORMATION, WYOMING, USA, LOWER EOCENE PERIOD, 50 MILLION YEARS B.P. set within ...

FRENCH MEDIEVAL CARVED OAK PANEL, BEARING THE ARMS OF CHARLOTTE OF SAVOY, QUEEN OF FRANCE 15TH CENTURY previously the front panel of a chest, ca...

"CELTIC" STONE HEAD UNITED KINGDOM, EARLY FIRST MILLENNIUM A.D. OR LATER carved granite, arched brows and long nose, almond-shaped eyes, open mo...

MINIATURE VOTIVE TERRACOTTA MASK GREECE, C. 4TH CENTURY B.C. terracotta, moulded to depict a young man's face; with almond-shaped eyes, pursed l...

ANCIENT GREEK TERRACOTTA PROTOME OF A LADY EASTERN MEDITERNENA, C. 5TH CENTURY B.C. fired terracotta, depicting a veiled female head with a diad...

CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA DOLPHIN EX CESNOLA COLLECTION HELLENISTIC, 4TH CENTURY B. C. naturalistically modelled, with some remnants of white slip and ...

APULIAN RED FIGURE LEKANIS SOUTHERN ITALY, 4TH CENTURY B. C. painted terracotta lekanis with lid by the Armidale Painter depicting two women wit...

APULIAN RED-FIGURE OLPE SOUTHERN ITALY, 4TH CENTURY B. C. painted terracotta plate depicting a lady of fashion wearing a necklace and earrings, ...

APULIAN RED-FIGURE PLATE SOUTHERN ITALY, 4TH CENTURY B. C. painted terracotta plate depicting a lady of fashion wearing a necklace and earrings,...

APULIAN RED FIGURE PYXIS SOUTHERN ITALY, LATE 4TH CENTURY B. C. painted terracotta pyxis depicting two women with beaded headdresses and hair ti...

ANCIENT GREEK STYLE OINOCHOE 19TH CENTURY painted terracotta, after the antique, the ovoid body standing on a tiered foot, tapering neck, and tr...

LARGE ANCIENT GREEK BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS ATTICA, C. 5TH CENTURY B.C. painted ceramic, of slender form with cylindrical body tapering to a disc ...

TRIO OF OIL LAMPS ITALY, 4TH - 5TH CENTURY A. D. terracotta, three late Roman oil lamps; one fired in red clay with spiral and teardrop ornament...

COLLECTION OF ROMAN OIL LAMPS ITALY, 1ST CENTURY A. D. red terracotta, the largest with an arrow handle to one side adorned with intertwining li...

GROUP OF SEVEN ROMAN GLASS VESSELS ITALY, 1ST - 3RD CENTURY A. D. all blown glass including one green goblet and one blue beaker, one green ungu...

ANCIENT MARBLE TILE FRAGMENT INSCRIBED "POMPEI" ITALY, C. 1ST CENTURY A. D. OR LATER a fragment of carved and polished marble tile floor tile, e...

CHIMU MANTLE FRAGMENT PERU, C. 1200 A.D. featuring alternating red, brown, and black bands with natural cotton-coloured motifs depicting repeate...

DIQUIS STANDING FIGURE COSTA RICA, 600-900 A.D. carved volcanic stone, the standing figure depicted nude, with arms held to the sides, muscular li...

A PAIR OF PRE-COLUMBIAN GOLD ORNAMENTS SOUTH AMERICA, TAIRONA CULTURE, C. 10TH - 17TH CENTURY A. D. gold; the first a small bell in the form of ...

LARGE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT (AND LATER) INTAGLIOS & CAMEOS, FORMED EARLY 20TH CENTURY NEAR EAST AND EUROPE, 5TH CENTURY B.C., AND LATER a Roman ...

OLD BABYLONIAN ROCK CRYSTAL CYLINDER SEAL, ACQUIRED EARLY 20TH CENTURY NEAR EAST, C. EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. carved and polished rock crystal,...

BABYLONIAN HEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL, ACQUIRED EARLY 20TH CENTURY NEAR EAST, C. 1900 - 1700 B.C. carved and polished hematite, engraved with a thre...

SUMERIAN LIMESTONE CYLINDER SEAL, ACQUIRED EARLY 20TH CENTURY NEAR EAST, C. 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. carved and polished limestone, showing large jar...

PAIR OF MESOPOTAMIAN CYLINDER SEALS, ACQUIRED EARLY 20TH CENTURY NEAR EAST, 3RD - 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. the first carved and polished carnelian, d...

AKKADIAN SERPENTINE CYLINDER SEAL, ACQUIRED EARLY 20TH CENTURY NEAR EAST, C. 2350 - 2150 B.C. carved and polished in dark serpentine, centrally ...

PAIR OF PERSIAN SASANIAN STAMP SEALS, ACQUIRED EARLY 20TH CENTURY NEAR EAST, C. 3RD - 7TH CENTURY A.D. the first of carved and polished rock cry...

LARGE BANDED AGATE SASANIAN STAMP SEAL NEAR EAST, C. 3RD - 7TH CENTURY A.D. carved and polished banded agate, bearing an engraved oval bezel dep...

PERSIAN SASANIAN AGATE STAMP SEAL, ACQUIRED EARLY 20TH CENTURY NEAR EAST, C. 3RD - 7TH CENTURY A.D. carved and polished agate, bearing an engrav...

OLD SYRIAN HEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL, ACQUIRED EARLY 20TH CENTURY NEAR EAST, C. 1820 - 1730 B.C. carved and polished hematite, depicting a cultic s...

GOLD AND LAPIS BEADED NECKLACE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C carved polished lapis lazuli and gold, composed of graduated gold and l...

CARNELIAN BEADED NECKLACE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. carved carnelian beads, divided by small gold spaces, with a large carnelia...

HELLENISTIC GOLD AND LAPIS NECKLACE WITH AGATE CENTRE STONE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. beaded lapis and gold, with three lapis a...

DANCE STAFF TIWI PEOPLES, MELVILLE ISLANDS, AUSTRALIA carved wood and pigment, cylindrical, terminating in a head with two-pronged point, painte...

MAORI WAHAIKA CLUB NEW ZEALAND carved whalebone, the broad, flattened blade with characteristic lateral notch and gently curved striking edge, o...

AKAU TAU CLUB TONGA ISLANDS carved wood, the long cylindrical shaft tapering toward the grip, a raised collar below a broad leaf-shaped head ter...