ITALY MID 19TH CENTURY AN ELEGANT BRONZE LANTERN FROM VENICE WITH SCROLLS, ACANTHUS LEAVES AND A GILT FINIAL MOTIF. ONE LIGHT.

ITALY MID 19TH CENTURY AN ELEGANT BRONZE LANTERN FROM VENICE WITH SCROLLS, ACANTHUS LEAVES AND A GILT FINIAL MOTIF. ONE LIGHT.   « Less

FRANCE EARLY 19TH CENTURY VERY GOOD DETAIL ON THIS EARLY 19TH CENTURY BUST DEPICTING A NOBLEWOMAN.PAINTED TERRACOTTA.

FRANCE EARLY 19TH CENTURY VERY GOOD DETAIL ON THIS EARLY 19TH CENTURY BUST DEPICTING A NOBLEWOMAN.PAINTED TERRACOTTA.   « Less

ITALY A SMALL BEAUTIFULLY CARVED GILTWOOD MIRROR, THE CARTOUCHE SHAPED LATER PLATE WITHIN THE FRAME OF CARVED OPEN WORK SCALLOP SHELL, C SCROLLS AND MASKS.

ITALY A SMALL BEAUTIFULLY CARVED GILTWOOD MIRROR, THE CARTOUCHE SHAPED LATER PLATE WITHIN THE FRAME OF CARVED OPEN WORK SCALLOP SHELL, C SCROLLS AND MASKS.   « Less

FLANDERS 17TH CENTURY THIS PEN AND INK DRAWING IS IN THE MANNER OF RUBENS AND DEPICTS THE NATIVITY WITH THE CHRIST CHILD, MARY AND JOSEPH AND THE ATTENDANT ANGELS AND  More »

FLANDERS 17TH CENTURY THIS PEN AND INK DRAWING IS IN THE MANNER OF RUBENS AND DEPICTS THE NATIVITY WITH THE CHRIST CHILD, MARY AND JOSEPH AND THE ATTENDANT ANGELS AND SHEPHERDS IN THE STABLE.   « Less

FRANCE EARLY 20TH CENTURY A LARGE UNUSUAL COPPER PATINATED IRON 6 LIGHT CHANDELIER WITH SUNDRY AND VARIOUSLY SHAPED FACETED CUT GLASS PENDANTS.

FRANCE EARLY 20TH CENTURY A LARGE UNUSUAL COPPER PATINATED IRON 6 LIGHT CHANDELIER WITH SUNDRY AND VARIOUSLY SHAPED FACETED CUT GLASS PENDANTS.   « Less

Origin: Egypt Circa: 716 BC to 30 BC Dimensions: 1.5" (3.8cm) high x 2" (5.1cm) wide Collection: Egyptian antiquities Style: Late Period Medium: Faience This important  More »

Origin: Egypt Circa: 716 BC to 30 BC Dimensions: 1.5" (3.8cm) high x 2" (5.1cm) wide Collection: Egyptian antiquities Style: Late Period Medium: Faience This important work depicts a blue faience figure of a four-headed ram (sacred to the god Khnum) standing astride a rectangular base. The animal is powerfully built and well-modelled throughout. These figures are comparatively well known in the Late Period: the extract presented below provides more detailed information. Condition is excellent.   « Less

Egyptian Bronze Figure of Osiris - LO.1234 Origin: Egypt Dimensions: 10.825" (27.5cm) high Collection: Egyptian antiquities Medium: bronze

Egyptian Bronze Figure of Osiris - LO.1234 Origin: Egypt Dimensions: 10.825" (27.5cm) high Collection: Egyptian antiquities Medium: bronze   « Less

FRANCE CIRCA 1900 CHANDELIER OF CUTGLASS AND GILTMETAL WITH A CORONA OF NICELY CAST PALMETTES REPEATED ON THE PIERCED WAISTBAND.

FRANCE CIRCA 1900 CHANDELIER OF CUTGLASS AND GILTMETAL WITH A CORONA OF NICELY CAST PALMETTES REPEATED ON THE PIERCED WAISTBAND.   « Less

FRANCE 1800 VERY GOOD LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRONZE 3 CANDLEARM SCONCES WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN ELECTRIFIED. FINELY CAST WITH GREAT DETAIL IN THE LAUREL LEAVES AND GARLAND.

FRANCE 1800 VERY GOOD LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRONZE 3 CANDLEARM SCONCES WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN ELECTRIFIED. FINELY CAST WITH GREAT DETAIL IN THE LAUREL LEAVES AND GARLAND.   « Less

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1000 BC to 650 BC Dimensions: 10.5" (26.7cm) high Collection: Egyptian Antiquities Style: Dynasty XXI-XXV Medium: Bronze This remarkably large  More »

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1000 BC to 650 BC Dimensions: 10.5" (26.7cm) high Collection: Egyptian Antiquities Style: Dynasty XXI-XXV Medium: Bronze This remarkably large image of Osiris, Lord of the Westerners, depicts the god in his characteristically tightly-fitting costume which is meant to recall mummy bandages tightly wrapped around the body in order to reveal its forms beneath. Both of the god’s fisted hands protrude from beneath these bandages which are placed on his abdomen with their knuckles touching. These hands originally held the crook and flail, traditional agricultural implements with which Osiris was associated. His accessories include a plaited false beard with a curved end and the tall, White Crown fronted by a uraeus, the body of which snakes its way along the front. The hollow eye sockets were, apparently, originally inlaid. Our statuette is in a remarkably excellent state of preservation and, to judge from its large size and style, can be dated to the Third Intermediate Period. This was an epoch during Egypt’s long history when the art of casting statuettes in bronze reach an apogee of technical perfection. Never before nor after were the ancient Egyptians to cast such technically accomplished, large scale metal sculptures. Their proficiency was so-well regarded that the ancient Greeks adopted the technology of casting bronze in the lost wax method from the Egyptians during the very period in which our example was cast. This was the period as well in which the cult of Osiris, as the consort of the goddess Isis, likewise rose to prominence. Sanctuaries dedicated to his honor at Karnak such as the Lake Edifice of Taharqa and the Temple of Osiris-Heka-Djed are still tangible reminders of the prominence of his cult during this time.   « Less