Arabian Sands

With this book, Wilfred Thesiger takes his place among the few great Arabian travelers - not only as an explorer but as a writer. Doughty, Lawrence, Bertram Thomas and St. John Philby preceded him, bu

SALVATORE FERRAGAMO silk scarf displaying an Arabian scene of a camel rider in an oasis surrounded by lush flora and architectural detailing over a sand background and framed by a bright red border. S

A Near Eastern terracotta incense burner, ca. 1st millennium BC: Of good red terracotta, standing on a flat round base, a large cylindrical body with ovoid holes in two registers around the waist, Dim

An Islamic Cupping Glass or Alembic, ca. 9th - 11th Century AD: Of a blue-green glass, with a globular, cup-like body and a long curved spout. A very rare example. While numerous examples of this type

An Islamic pottery star tile, ca. 14th century AD: In the form of an eight-pointed star, decorated in a cobalt blue background and white flowering plants, with a white border around the edge. Dimensio

A pair of Greek Gold Plaques, Hellenistic Period, ca. 1st century BC: both made from fine sheet gold and pierced for attachment, used for garment decoration. Dimensions: Width: 1.5 cm (1 1/4 in), Heig

A Roman Glass Candlestick Ungentarium, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 2nd - 3rd century AD: Clear, light blue-green glass, with wide, slightly concave base and low spreading conical body that is about one

Wedjat Eye Bead, Late Period, ca. 664 - 525 B.C.: of bright blue faience, with incised wejat eye in raised relief on both sides. Pierced vertically for suspension.The wedjat-eye amulet represents a hu

An Egyptian Glazed Steatite Scarab, Late Period, ca 664 - 332 BC Finely carved from steatite then fired with a fine green glaze the scarab with beautifully carved head, eyes, clypeus plate, pro-thorax

A Group of Attic Vase Fragments, Classical Period, ca. 5th - 3rd Century BC: Comprising of three black figure ware fragments, one depicting a male torso and leg, and one red figure fragment depicting

A Greek unpainted Lebes Gamikos, Canosa, ca. 4th - 3rd century BC: This elegant lebes gamikos is a wedding bowl distinguishable by its high looping handles set on either shoulder. Like the loutrophoro

An Egyptian Anthropoid Mask, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BC: The face carved with high cheekbones, prominent nose and eyebrows and painted with dark red pigment with black pupils and cosmetic lines aro

Egyptian Amarna Vessel Sherds, 18th Dynasty, 1479-1336 BC: Constructed of Nile silt clay, fragments decorated in linear patterns with rare powder blue pigment made from cobalt. Such vessel types were

A group of Roman Sherds, Roman Imperial Period, 1st - 2nd century AD: A group of Roman terra sigillata ware sherds, each with decoration of type. Dimensions: Max length: 3 1/4 inches (8 cm) Reference

A Byzantine Pottery Grenade, Byzantine Empire, ca 8th-10th Century AD: This hollow piece of bulbous shaped pottery is decorated with groups of incised concentric circles around the top and bottom, as

An Egyptian Conical Alabaster Vessel, Old Kingdom, ca. 2649 - 2150 BC: Of acorn form with rimmed collar. Dimensions: Height: 2 1/2 inches (6.3 cm) Reference No: EV1551 PROVENANCE: Private NYC collecti

Three Roman Glass Bottles, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st century AD: All three with flat bases and globular bodies, two with tall cylindrical necks all with everted rims. A lovely iridescence on the

Two Roman pottery vessels, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st century AD: A red-painted round bowl with a wide mouth sitting on a small rounded foot and a small buff-colored carinated juglet with a single

A Greek blackware plate, Classical Period, ca. 4th century BC: A blackware pottery dish with a gently sloping floor and raised decorated rim, sitting on a shallow rounded base. Dimensions: Diameter: 8

Coptic Textile Panel, ca. 4th- 5th Century AD: Coptic textile featuring four dancers red, black, brown, and green. Coptic textiles are among the great heritages from antiquity and one of the finest gr

Terracotta Figural Head, Hellenistic Period, ca. 5th-3rd century BC: A molded male terracotta head, originally from a figure. Head tilted to the side with stylized hair and realistically depicted eyes

An Egyptian Miniature Offering Plate, Old Kingdom, ca. 2800 BC: Of red clay, with a flat base and shallow sides. Old label affixed that reads: "Offering plate, Egypt, 2800 BC Pyramid of Abousir." For

Holy Land Spouted Vessel, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1200 BC: A large Holy Land spouted vessel, with twin handles on either side, a wide neck decorated with linear patterns, and a wide belly that tapers to

A string of Chimu beads, Chimu Culture, Peru, ca. 900 - 1200 AD: Two black and three red clay beads, each bead carved with individual linear and circular designs Dimensions: Length: 4 inches (10.16 cm