Camassei Andrea, Apollo and the python

SIGNED LUXURY DESIGNER ANDREA MABIANI Python Shoulder bag, never used with original tag. Chrome tone metal frame with snap closure. Interior has signed label affixed , reads Andrea Mabiani Made in Ita

Andrea Appiani (1754 - 1817)[cerchia di], Apollo e le Muse. Penna e inchiostro acquerellato su carta vergellata. mm 345x370. Quadrettatura a matita, in alto a sinistra a penna "N. 2112" ripe

Ca. 1300 AD The great helm is composed of five riveted sheets of iron, four of which stand upright and are covered with an overlapping oval-shaped, flat top. The round top rivets are hand-forged, foll

Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 332-30 BC. A brightly painted in polychromy cartonnage mummy mask made from layers of linen covered with plaster. The idealised portrait of a deceased features a voluminous tripa

Ca. 600 BC. A bronze combat helmet of Archaic Corinthian-Type, hammered from a single sheet of bronze with finely contoured almond-shaped eyes that gently taper to a point. Simplistic curvilinear eyeb

Ca. AD 1300 - 1400. An Islamic Seljuk gilded bronze candlestick bell, decorated with Kufic inscription around the body and the neck. The bell shaped body is connected to a narrow neck. Most of the sil

Ca. 900-1000 AD. Silver chain, 80 cm long, with a two-part reliquary cross which shows traces of gilding. The construction and imagery of the front reveal Byzantine influence. Centrally, a stylised Ch

Ca. 202 BC–220 AD. Han Dynasty. A hollow-formed terracotta cream-coloured rhinoceros shown standing four-square with a well-cast head with two horns of different length, rose-coloured ears pric

Ca. 200-300 AD. A grey schist carving of a standing Buddha. This excellent figure is backed by a circular halo and dressed in a flowing Kasaya (monastic robe). The head features thick, rich lips, an a

An importnat bronze helmet formed from two curved segments each with a flared rim, nasal, raised panels to the upper section of the bowl, repousse ridge forming curved brows; integral cheek-plate to e

New Kingdom, Ca. 1550-1070 BC Finely modelled in the form of human-headed Imsety, one of the Four Sons of Horus, guardian of the liver wearing a beard with a curled tip and voluminous wig, the face wi

Middle Kingdom, Second Intermediate Period, Ca. 1900 - 1600 BC. An extremely large and heavy khopesh sword of early type, complete with a wooden handle and golden pommel. Judging by its size, weight,

C. 100-300 AD. Gandharan. Stunning carved schist stone panel from Gandhara representing Buddha and four attendees. Buddha is presented standing on the right, dressed in an elegant sanghati or mantle,

Ca. 500-300 BC. Greek. A superb Chalcidian helmet. The bowl is forged in one piece, featuring high-arched eyebrows with an ear drop-shaped nose guard and a flaring neck-guard. The raised curves demarc

Ca. 300 BC-100 AD. Celtic. Western European. A rare and superbly preserved Celtic iron and bronze helmet. The helmet has a hemispherical one-piece bowl of cast, hammered, chased, and engraved iron, wh

Ca. 1000-800 BC Composed of a circular sheet gold applique with centred pair of ibex goats inlaid in banded black agate portrayed in an elevated pose with paws up right, in between the tree of life wh

ca. 500–700 AD. Merovingian. A stunning gold ring comprising a circular band with flared shoulder and applied oval bezel set with a cabochon garnet gem; fully wearable condition. The item has underg

Ca. 1st Millenium BC. A bronze age heavy 23 ct gold hair ring with four spirals and round hoops, with cylindrical section and conical edges. This piece has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to con

Ca. 200-300 AD A magnificent gold finger ring of a round hoop rounded on the exterior, flat on the interior, expanding to a large bezel set with a finely engraved carnelian intaglio with a bust of Sep

NORTHERN BLACK SEA COAST, Ca. 400 - 300 BCA rare and attractive Greek Chalcidian helmet with original armoured plate cheek guards conjoined to the ridge by conical shaped shields. The bowl was forged

Ca. 2050-1786 BCA large limestone carved in raised relief with two columns of hieroglyphs containing titles of an official, the column on the left translated " The Seal Bearer (Treasurer) of the King

Ca. 525-500 BC A large Etruscan amphora by Micali painter with double sided panels of black and red sirens are beautifully rendered as well as looming pairs of eyes and accented in ivy. The actual nam

Ca. 320 AD. A huge and beautiful red figure Apulian amphora. On one side is a seated, a flowering plant in an Ionic naiskos, a small temple often applied as a motif in ancient funerary art. On the rev

C. 100-300 AD. Gandharan. Superb life-size schist head of Buddha, with characteristic topknot (Ushnisha) and elongated, pendular ears. His forehead is ornamented with a well-defined urna and his heavy