Height-42 1/4", Depth- 20 3/4", Width- 43 7/8", Empire light brown mahogany chest with bracket feet, solid brass Chippendale hardware circa 1840s-1860s.

Height-42 1/4", Depth- 20 3/4", Width- 43 7/8", Empire light brown mahogany chest with bracket feet, solid brass Chippendale hardware circa 1840s-1860s.   « Less

Origin: Egypt Dimensions: 0.750" (1.9cm) wide Collection: Egyptian antiquities Style: Third Intermediate Period, Dyn. XXI The ancient Egyptians maintained that the sun  More »

Origin: Egypt Dimensions: 0.750" (1.9cm) wide Collection: Egyptian antiquities Style: Third Intermediate Period, Dyn. XXI The ancient Egyptians maintained that the sun was propelled across the heavens by means of a scarab, or sacred beetle. With the passing of time, the Egyptians created a series of amulets in the form of this beetle in a great variety of materials, and these were routinely provided with inscriptions in hieroglyphs conveniently accommodated to their stylized flat bottoms. This amulet in the form of a scarab is one of several Egyptian variations on the theme. The body of the beetle is stylized to the extent that the details of the head, plate, and clypeus are confined to a single zone and rely on a few ornamentally incised strokes for their articulation. The base of our scarab is divided into three vertical zones, the center of which contains a cartouche, or royal ring, with three hieroglyphs spelling the personal name, Men-kheper-Re. To the left, with wings outstretched in a gesture of protection is a serpent associated with two hieroglyphs forming the formulaic phrase, “true of voice,” which habitually accompanies the name of the deceased in funerary contexts. To the right are a series of hieroglyphs which may be translated as, “the Good God, the Lord of the Two Lands.”   « Less

This ancient votive seal was discovered with a cache of similar artifacts along the shoresof Lake Van.Evokingthedawnof  More »

This ancient votive seal was discovered with a cache of similar artifacts along the shoresof Lake Van.Evokingthedawnof Westernculture,theseapparentlywereofferingsatheshrineofsomepowerfulgod.Thisunknowndeityappearstohavebeenassociatedwithfertilityandrebirth.Thedesign that adorns them—of birds, animals, cult idols—probably stoodinproxyformorecostlysacrifices.Pressedintosoftclayorwax,theywouldhavecreatedmultipleimagestowinthefavorofthegod.Carvedwithanabstractsimplicitybutanobservanteyetowardnature,hestarkvisualappealofthispieceistimeless.Thesesealsrepresentdreams,hopesandaspirationsforhealth,success,andhappinessthatareasoldascivilizationitself.-(D.0175)Engraved Votive Seal With An Intaglio D.0175Origin:Lake Van,Anatolia Circa:4000BCto3000BCDimensions:1.375(3.5cm)highx.75(1.9cm)wideollection:Near Eastern Style:Neolithic Medium: Dickite   « Less

Height-51 1/2", Depth-20", Width- 36", Nice light walnut high chest with wreath carved center , Sheraton legs and round solid brass hardware circa 1930s.

Height-51 1/2", Depth-20", Width- 36", Nice light walnut high chest with wreath carved center , Sheraton legs and round solid brass hardware circa 1930s.   « Less

Origin: Egypt Dimensions: 0.750" (1.9cm) wide Collection: Egyptian antiquities Style: Middle Kingdom, Dyn. XII The ancient Egyptians maintained that the sun was propelled  More »

Origin: Egypt Dimensions: 0.750" (1.9cm) wide Collection: Egyptian antiquities Style: Middle Kingdom, Dyn. XII The ancient Egyptians maintained that the sun was propelled across the heavens by means of a scarab, or sacred beetle. With the passing of time, the Egyptians created a series of amulets in the form of this beetle in a great variety of materials, and these were routinely provided with inscriptions in hieroglyphs conveniently accommodated to their stylized flat bottoms. This amulet in the form of a scarab is one of several Egyptian variations on the theme. The body of the beetle is stylized to the extent that the details of the head, plate, and clypeus are confined to a single zone and rely on a few ornamentally incised strokes for their articulation. The bottom of our scarab is decorated with numerous hieroglyphs arranged into the field in a rather free-flowing design which observes, but not rigorously, certain zones. At the top, arranged obliquely in conformity with the oval contour of the scarab, are two confronted uraei, or sacred cobras, flanking an ankh-sign. Beneath their coiled bodies to the left and right is a sun disc with pendant cobra. The central image is a falcon, facing right, wearing the Red Crown and flanked on either side by a nefer-sign. Two vertical emblems of the goddess Bat close the composition at the bottom and these stand on a neb-sign, or basket, on the top center of which appears the hieroglyph for the sun rising at dawn.   « Less

Origin: Egypt Dimensions: 0.625" (1.6cm) wide Collection: Egyptian antiquities Style: Third Intermediate Period, Dyn. XXI The ancient Egyptians maintained that the sun  More »

Origin: Egypt Dimensions: 0.625" (1.6cm) wide Collection: Egyptian antiquities Style: Third Intermediate Period, Dyn. XXI The ancient Egyptians maintained that the sun was propelled across the heavens by means of a scarab, or sacred beetle. With the passing of time, the Egyptians created a series of amulets in the form of this beetle in a great variety of materials, and these were routinely provided with inscriptions in hieroglyphs conveniently accommodated to their stylized flat bottoms. Our scarab is just such a variation. Its top is designed in the classic manner in which the component elements of its head, plate, and clypeus are carefully articulated, although the thorax and elytra, or wing case, are treated as a single unit. The bottom of our scarab exhibits finely cut hieroglyphs, the contours of each being both crisply and clearly executed. The top and bottom features identical, stylized versions of a pool with lotus flowers (Gardiner, Sign List M8) which frame the central zone. This is framed to the left and right by a uraeus, or sacred cobra, flanking two hieroglyphs in the center representing the sun disc itself and the sacred beetle or cobra. These two signs may be read as Re-kheper. It is preferable, perhaps, to interpret these two signs as the prenomen of Pharaoh Osorkon II who ruled during Dynasty XXII. Osorkon II was an aggressive builder of temples, of which the best known is undoubtedly his great festival hall at Bubastis, home of the cat goddess in Egypt’s Eastern Delta.   « Less

Height- 47 1/4", Depth-20", Width- 35 3/8", Nice red mahogany serpentine front high chest with fluted column sides, applied panel front and solid brass hardware , with  More »

Height- 47 1/4", Depth-20", Width- 35 3/8", Nice red mahogany serpentine front high chest with fluted column sides, applied panel front and solid brass hardware , with bracket feet circa 1940s.   « Less

Height-48 1/4", Depth-21", Width-35 5/8", Nice dark mahogany bow front high chest with floral decorated sides with bracket feet and oval brass hardware circa 1940s.

Height-48 1/4", Depth-21", Width-35 5/8", Nice dark mahogany bow front high chest with floral decorated sides with bracket feet and oval brass hardware circa 1940s.   « Less

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1991 BC to 1783 BC Dimensions: 0.825" (2.1cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: Dynasty XII The entomological details of the top of this scarab are  More »

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1991 BC to 1783 BC Dimensions: 0.825" (2.1cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: Dynasty XII The entomological details of the top of this scarab are carefully designed and include the head and its component elements, namely, the plate, eyes, and clypeus, all of which are clearly articulated. The thorax is divided from the elytra, itself divided into two parts, by deeply scored lines, and the legs are likewise well-defined. The bottom of our scarab is inscribed with a title and name of its owner, “The Great One of Nubia (?), [named] Sa-sobek.” The orthography of the individual hieroglyphs and their arrangement in the field find their exact correspondences in a second scarab, assigned by Petrie to his “scarabs without borders” classification, so named because there are no framing elements around the perimeter of their inscribed bottoms. All of the hieroglyphs on our scarab appear in exactly the same order and exhibit the same orthography as the scarab published by Petrie with the exception of the last sign. Our pin tail duck is replaced by a swallow in Petrie’s example. The change documents that the name of the owner of Petrie’s scarab was an individual called, “Wer-sobek.” Both that individual and our Sa-sobek were holders of the same title, “The Great One of Nubia.”   « Less

This ancient lamp might have burned in the Holy Land at the height of the Israelite monarchy. Judging by its low, flat base, this lamp probably derives from the Northern  More »

This ancient lamp might have burned in the Holy Land at the height of the Israelite monarchy. Judging by its low, flat base, this lamp probably derives from the Northern Kingdom of Israel during the pre-Exilic Period. Its simple, pinch pot construction is a tribute to the antiquity of the design, likely having Canaanite origins. Made of terra cotta, this simple item would have held olive oil and probably a wick of plant fibers or textile, allowing it to provide light for a few hours perhaps. This lamp of open-bowl design would later give way to more elaborate, enclosed lamps of the Hellenistic and Roman periods.A metaphor for joy and prosperity, for hope, for life itself, lamps have illuminated the path of civilization for centuries. They have shed light on mundane and extraordinary events alike, guiding great thoughts through the night, and standing vigil with lonely passions. In the presence of this simple object, we are in touch directly with a vanished world, with the rooms and shrines once warmed by its glow, with the people who drew comfort from its light. Today it remains as an enduring symbol of man's desire to conquer the darkness. - (SP.424)   « Less