Ancient Art and Antiquities Catalogue


Object Type: Ivory & Shell (49 Items)

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Item Code: 09862
Description: A Neolithic fossilised shell bead necklace, similar in type to burial ornaments excavated at Non Mak La, Lopburi region, Thailand.
cf Higham, Early Cultures of Mainland Southeast Asia, p 99.
Restrung.
Origin: Circa 2nd millennium B.C. Thailand
Dimensions: Complete length: 72.0 cm / Length of cylindrical bead: 8.5 cm
Price: AUD $390.00 USD $273.00 EUR €206.70
Status: Available
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Item Code: 09845
Description: A Neolithic aragonite (fossilised shell) cylindrical bead.
Intact.
Origin: Circa 2nd millennium B.C. Vietnam
Dimensions: Length: 51 mm / Diameter: 15 mm
Price: AUD $180.00 USD $126.00 EUR €95.40
Status: Available
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Item Code: 09850
Description: A Neolithic aragonite (fossilised shell) cylindrical bead.
Intact.
Origin: Circa 2nd millennium B.C. Vietnam
Dimensions: Length: 62 mm / Diameter: 15 mm
Price: AUD $200.00 USD $140.00 EUR €106.00
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Item Code: 09851
Description: A Neolithic aragonite (fossilised shell) cylindrical bead.
Very minor ancient loss, otherwise intact.
Origin: Circa 2nd millennium B.C. Vietnam
Dimensions: Length: 66 mm / Diameter: 15 mm
Price: AUD $220.00 USD $154.00 EUR €116.60
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Item Code: 09852
Description: A Neolithic aragonite (fossilised shell) cylindrical bead.
Intact.
Origin: Circa 2nd millennium B.C. Vietnam
Dimensions: Length: 65 mm / Diameter: 15 mm
Price: AUD $250.00 USD $175.00 EUR €132.50
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Item Code: 09672
Description: An early Islamic bone cosmetic spoon.
Intact, with beautiful patina.
Origin: Circa 10th-12th century A.D. Central Asia
Dimensions: Length: 105 mm
Price: AUD $130.00 USD $91.00 EUR €68.90
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Item Code: e1900
Description: A fossilised shell amulet bead in form of stylised animal form.
Reference: Dubin, L. S. The History of Beads from 30,000 B.C. to the Present, Thames and Hudson.
Origin: Mundigak III-IV, ca 2600-2300 B.C.
Dimensions: Length: 14 mm
Price: AUD $70.00 USD $49.00 EUR €37.10
Status: Available
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Item Code: e1901
Description: A group of three Bactrian fossilised shell beads; one in rosette form; one in stylised cross form; one rectangular in shape. Reference: Dubin, L. S. The History of Beads from 30,000 B.C. to the Present, Thames and Hudson.
Origin: Mundigak III-IV, circa 2600-2300 B.C. Central Asia
Dimensions: Average 10 mm to 15 mm
Price: AUD $90.00 USD $63.00 EUR €47.70
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Item Code: e1904
Description: A fossilised shell amulet bead in form of stylised animal form.
Reference: Dubin, L. S. The History of Beads from 30,000 B.C. to the Present, Thames and Hudson.
Origin: Mundigak III-IV, ca 2600-2300 B.C.
Dimensions: Length: 14 mm
Price: AUD $60.00 USD $42.00 EUR €31.80
Status: Available
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Item Code: bd4
Description: A group of three rare ivory cosmetic spoons.
One in the form of an arm with open hand, the fingers beautifully delineated; another in the form of a sekhem sceptre (emblem of power); the last in the form of an Isis knot (tet) with hieroglyphic inscription.
Two spoons rejoined; the arm intact.
Presented on a custom display stand.
Origin: New Kingdom, circa 1550-1070 B.C. Egypt
Dimensions: Hand: 71 mm / Sekhem spoon: 99 mm / Isis knot: 117 mm
Price: AUD $4,600.00 USD $3,220.00 EUR €2,438.00
Status: Available

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