ANCIENT SASSANID MINIATURE BLUE GLASS BOTTLE NEAR EAST, FIRST HALF OF THE FIRST MILLENNIUM A.D.

Ancient Near East, The Levant, Hittite culture, ca. first half of the 2nd millennium BCE; northwestern Iran and northeastern Turkey, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE; Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4

Early Kazak 'Long Rug', East Caucasus, first half 19th century, wool/wool, early Caucasian long rug with palmette allover pattern on dark-indigo-blue ground, red-blue reciprocal border, masterpiece wi

First half 19th century, 135 x 112 cm, East Caucasus, Kuba region This small Chichi presents an immaculately drawn Khyrdagyd repeat in the cobalt blue field. The dark brown main border shows a white k

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, 6th millennium BCE. A female fertility idol carved from alabaster. She stands on attenuated, stubby legs with her right arm held straight by her side and her left arm f

Pair of Bronze and Cut Glass Lanterns first half 20th century, set with frosted glass panels with star cutting divided by bellflower-molded bronze elements, the upper rim with molded piercings, suppor

Khotan 238 x 124 cm (7' 10" x 4' 1") East Turkestan, first half 19th century Condition: good, low pile, both ends partially incomplete and frayed, several old repairs and reweavings Warp: wool, weft:

* A Murano Glass Plate first half 20th century Diameter 8 3/8 inches. Estimate $100-200 Property from the Estate of William Lipton, New York, New York

Ancient Sasanian Cut Glass Bottle c.5th century AD. Size 7 1/4inches high. Rare Ancient Cut green glass bottle decorated with bulbous body and tall neck. Provenance: Ex New York City Collection acquir

A Continental Baroque style gilt bronze, cut, beaded and polished glass six light chandelierfirst half 20th centuryapproximate height 43in (109cm); diameter 32in (81cm)

Ancient Near East, Northern Syria, Syro-Hittite, ca. 3rd millennium BCE. An enormous hand-built pottery female fertility idol with its highly-burnished surface covered in tan slip. The columnar-form f

A French Enamel and Diamond Inset Cigarette Lighter Cartier, Paris, First Half 20th Century the blue enameled lid opening to a wick and flint, the body with an inset champleve enameled reserve in the

***Auction Highlight*** NGC 1793 Liberty Cap half cent 1/2c Graded xf details By NGC. Up for Auction is the first Half Cent Struck in America ad one of the first coins struck. The Legendary 1793 Left

First half 19thC. No chips, no cracks. Deep olive-rare mold and color. Purchased from Frances Carey of Haddonfield NJ for $45 in April 1930.

A rare Chinese blue and white cylindrical ewer and cover, decorated with a continuous lotus scroll around body, Ming Dynasty, first half of 16th Cenutry 32cm (with cover) high; 17cm diameter of base P

First half 19thC. No chips, no cracks. Very rare form. Ledlie Laughlin purchased this piece from Annie H. Kerfoot of Freehold NJ during April 1930 for $250, after seeing it pictured for sale in the ma

Miniature Sefer Torah, in Ashkenazi scribal writing. [Poland, first half of 19th century]. Ink on light-colored, thin parchment. Especially charming writing, 42 lines per column. Tagim ornamentation [

First half 19th century, 236 x 103 cm, South East Caucasus In this very beautiful Talish, the undecorated, blazing red met hane field is surrounded by an inner outline decorated with a frieze of point

First half 19th century, 189 x 99 cm, Central Asia, East Turkestan A fragment of a multiple prayer rug (saf) from the Kashgar oasis. The surviving section consists of four mihrab fields which are stil

Pair WWII Naval binoculars on tripod, First half 20th c. and adapted, aluminum, brass, chromed steel, glass lenses, tripod stamped "CLL" and triangle for August Baumgart Feinmechanik & Prazision Masch

Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Sasanian (Sassanian / Sassanid) Empire, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. An incredible sword with a remarkable 91% to 94% silver repousse hilt and scabbard, the depressed a

1911 R. Lalique for Coty Styx clear glass perfume bottle, two-part frost stopper of four wasps, gray patina, label, side molded Lalique. *The first of three versions. 4 1/2 in.

Ancient Greece, Classical Period, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. A beautiful example of a core-formed glass amphoriskos once used to hold scented oils. The near-miniature vase boasts an elegant form with

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Conciones ad Populam, or Addresses to the People, first and only edition, bookplate of Robert, Marquess of Crewe on front pastedown, mid 19th century half calf, gilt, [Wise 3

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Amlash, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A creamy white marble idol each with a distinctive beak-like nose, a narrow torso that widens at the waist, arms stretched outward, a