Ex-Christies Empire Desk

DESCRIPTION: Ex-Christies Empire style desk with wood foundatiion, green leather inlaid writting desk top, gilt bronze mounted collum legs, and double swung stretcher. Features pull-out drawers with s

Qianlong period (1736-1795) With rectangular overhanging top above a conforming case fitted with two short dovetailed drawers separated by a vertical strip of zitan, each drawer with zitan interiors a

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

Roman Empire, Lebanon, Sidonian, ca. mid 1st to early 2nd century CE. A breathtaking amphoriskos, comprised of translucent aubergine glass, blown in a two-part mold (note the seam running down the len

It's not often we start a listing by stating the provenance, but in this case the pedigree is almost as impressive as the piece. Sold - Christies, December 1996; Ex Alan Dershowitz (legal and TV fame)

DESCRIPTION: Ex-Christies pair of large Napoleon III ormolu vases each with spirally gadrooned neck flanked by female masks and linked by suspended floral swags, the body cast in high relief with putt

Described By:Nikki CNX 1178 4694 Title:Ex-Christies Rare Ming Female Immortal Blue And White Porcelain Description: Fantastic ex-Christie’s rare late Ming female immortal blue and white porcelain st

Greek colonies, Southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 325 BCE. Each side of this gorgeous krater has a female head in profile to the left - a "lady of fashion" as this common motif is sometimes called. There is

DESCRIPTION: Ex Christie's Auction Guaranteed GIA Grade A Jadeite carved on both sides, yellow and gold mounted brooch. (Grade A Jadeite Guaranteed- GIA certificate lost.) CIRCA: Late Qing Dynasty ORI

Greco-Romano culture, late Hellenistic to early Roman, ca. 2nd to 1st century BCE. A magnificent marble stela of pentagonal form, skillfully carved with the relief of a funerary banquet between a male

Extremely Rare Ex Christie‘s Antique Chinese Yuan B&W Paste Box ,Christie's Lot 337(3) , Jun 28 , 1984 , diameter : 6 CM , height : 4 CM

George II mahogany silver table, ex Christie's, c. 1750, the rectangular top above a fretwork-carved skirt with gadrooned edge, on cabriole legs headed by scrolled acanthus, on claw-and-ball feet, auc

A Very fine old carved wooden mask in the form of a Rabbit with tall ears and painted designs of traditional stylized mask with large open geometric eyes and organic pigments. Dogon peoples, Mali, Afr

Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. late 2nd to 1st century BCE. A stunning bowl of a substantial size in the form of a mastos or mastoid, a drinking vessel shaped like a breast, shaped from near-pure (99

Ancient Etruscan Large Pottery Youthful Male Head Ca.7th-5th century B.C. Ex Christies. Size 14 inches High + stand. x 8-1/4 inches Wide. Life size, orange-brown hollow pottery votive head, depicting

A carved wooden effigy of a Rooster, with elaborate design and carving style. A very elegant old example. In the Benin / Edo culture roosters are placed on ancestral altars commemorating the queen mot

Ancient Egypt, Early Dynastic Period to Old Kingdom, 2nd to 3rd Dynasty, ca. 2890 to 2613 BCE. This is a large and gorgeous stone jar, carved from a mottled diorite. The conical, squat vessel rests on

FANTASTIC OIL STUDY JASPER FRANCIS CROPSEY. Beautifully rendered autumn landscape. Signed "J F Cropsey"a sensitive and bucolic landscape by one of America's finest Hudson River artists.EX-christies la

William "Billy" Haines, custom sofa, ex Christie's, c. 1960, American, fully upholstered in Colefax & Fowler printed linen, 30"h x 91"l x 32"d, 17"h (to seat) Provenance: Property from a Private New C

Greece, ca. early 5th century BC. Lovely black figure Oinochoe with a central figure of a running Maenad holding thrysos, flanked by two partially-clad male figures. Ex: Rhode Island collection, most

Ancient Egypt, Late Period, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. Wow! A fantastic pair of Egyptian funerary writing and artwork. First, a papyrus fragment from the Book of the Dead, comprising a variant version of Cha

DESCRIPTION: Ex-Christies lapis lazuli carved and lidded pouring vessel with Archaic form, on wood carved stand. Character markings engraved at underside. Christies auction label at interior, label fr

Pair Kangxi blue & white bottles, ex Christie's, Kangxi Period (18th c.), the square bottles each with four panels decorated in various scenes of a lady in garden, lotus flowers to shoulders, unmarked

**Originally Listed At $3000** Egypt, Late Period, XXVI Dynasty, 664 to 525 BCE. Finely cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) process, a bronze statue of Mnevis, the bull-headed god worshipped in Heliop