*** | A luminous piece of Roman glass, from Syria, 2nd century AD. Beautifully coloured jaw with baluster shaped body and flared neck, an excellent example of free-blown glass. Glass is a material of contrasts: red hot, viscous and malleable during manufacture:… | *** | |
*** | A 4th-3rd millennium BC beaker, Harappa culture, Indus valley, made from terracotta. A short body with a long flared neck. With hand-painted designs of cattle, height 12.7 cm, depth 13 cm, Provenance: Private Collection, Aotearoa, Previously of the… | *** | |
*** | A bronze age Amphoriskos, holy land, c. 3100-2900 BC. Made from terracotta in a spherical form and flared mouth. Featuring two small loop handles at the shoulders and-painted with wave patterns in sections alternating vertical lines, height 14 cm, depth… | *** | |
*** | A 4th-3rd millennium BC terracotta bowl, bronze age. A conical form with a small discoid base. Featuring a band of impressed slashes around the rim. With three small radiating lugs, height 10.6 cm, depth 20.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A map of the North Island produced by universal Business Directories Ltd, a colourful graphic map of the North Island. Issued by universal Business Directories Ltd, featuring an AD for Silich's garage Ltd. The background includes artistic impressions of… | *** | |
*** | Rare pre Incan mask, a rare example of a carved wooden mask with raised facial features a slotted base for attachment to a wall. Weathered dry patina. Pre-Inca 400-900 AD. Tiahuanaco Ruins, Bolivia, south America. Length 38 cm. Width 16 cm | *** | |
*** | A Pre-Columbian vase from Panama, Panama, 500 - 1400 BC. Red ceramic with cream lines, bulbous body and ridged neck. Signs of age and wear. Along with a 1978 authenticity certificate by Royce E. Hubert, evaluator in Panama, height 12 cm, width 11 cm | *** | |
*** | A pair of Mayan style ceramics, in organic forms, one with two spouts. Maker's mark to base. Larger height 25.5 cm, depth 16 cm, smaller height 17.5 cm, width 20 cm, depth 18 cm | *** | |
*** | An ancient Persian pottery small oil lamp excavated at Naishapur, the pale copper turquoise glaze with some age related ‘Opalesence', the lamp with some minor faults, circa 500B.C. Height 7.8 cm diameter 9 cm | *** | |
*** | East Central Arizona pot Salado Pottery bowl, geometric designs, black on white slip, restored,1200 - 1350 AD. Collected pre 1940's, Eastern Arizona, USA length 12.6 cm. Diameter 24 cm | *** | |
*** | A pre-Hispanic pottery head, circa 800-200BC the red clay head modelled with pierced ears and impressed eye and mouth details. Recovered in north Guerro, Mexico. Height 6 cm | *** | |