{"title":"Gifts for Collectors Under $1,000","description":"\u003cp\u003eReal antiquities under $1,000 that make lasting gifts: Egyptian amulets and beads, Roman glass, ancient coins, small Pre-Columbian figures, African carvings. Every piece comes with a certificate of authenticity and its collection history, and we are glad to help you choose. Gift wrapping and direct shipping available.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"egyptian-faience-scarab-for-protection","title":"Egyptian Faience Scarab for Protection","description":"\u003cp\u003eDynasty XXII-XXVI Ca 945 to 525 BC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNaturalistic carved, smooth wing case; base inscribed with protective powers including the symbol of Neith, two intercepting arcs or two crossed arrows at the center. On the sides; a uraeus cobra and a winged beetle; a fine and deeply cut design. Pierced for suspension. 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His squat, dwarf‑like body was believed to embody magical power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Size 1 3\/8 inch high. + museum wax to black block base. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Ex Secret Eyes Gallery New York 1970's-1980's\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52918673637690,"sku":"17118","price":465.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17118bl.jpg?v=1768949997"},{"product_id":"nazca-woven-textile-small-coca-pouch","title":"Nazca Woven Textile Small Coca Pouch","description":"\u003cp\u003eCentral Coast Ca. 400 to 600 AD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sweet example, small but intricate, with stacked columns of alternating color mythological creatures in natural dyed deep blue, yellow, and white.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize 2-1\/2  in H. x -2-3\/4 in W. unmounted. 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He holds a large horned animal mask with large red‑rimmed eyes, black ground, and red mouth, echoing Northwest Coast formline design but rendered in simplified, folk‑art fashion; but visually very appealing \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize 8-1\/2 inches H.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53027741729082,"sku":"17308","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17308bl.jpg?v=1771109643"},{"product_id":"tlatilco-standing-pottery-pretty-lady-d1-type-female-4","title":"Tlatilco Standing Pottery “Pretty Lady” D1 Type Female","description":"\u003cp\u003e Middle Preclassic period, ca. 1200 to 500 B.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCentral Highlands, Mexico. Standing with truncated arms,  wide hips, overall painted in yellow ochre slip pigment on body and she is adorned with necklace and high applied fillet hair and fancy headdress \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize 4-1\/4 inches Height + custom mount. Choice.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompare similar example in The Jaguar's Children: Pre-Classic Central Mexico. by  Coe, Michael D.  NY: Museum of Primitive Art, 1965. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Private Mercer Island WA collection by descent from Ruth Goldwyn Capps \u0026amp; Henry McClure Capps (known as Mac) who was an art director and production designer for TV \u0026amp; films in the mid-1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53027788620090,"sku":"17278","price":795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17278blu.jpg?v=1771111461"},{"product_id":"tlatilco-standing-pottery-pretty-lady-d1-type-female-5","title":"Tlatilco Standing Pottery “Pretty Lady” D1 Type Female","description":"\u003cp\u003eMiddle Preclassic, ca. 1200 to 500 B.C. Central Highlands, Mexico. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStanding with truncated arms,  wide hips, overall painted in yellow ochre slip pigment on body and she is adorned with necklace and high applied fillet hair and headdress \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize 4-3\/4 inches Height + custom mount. Right arm repaired; choice.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompare similar example in The Jaguar's Children: Pre-Classic Central Mexico. by  Coe, Michael D.  NY: Museum of Primitive Art, 1965. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Private Mercer Island WA collection by descent from Ruth Goldwyn Capps \u0026amp; Henry McClure Capps (known as Mac) who was an art director and production designer for TV \u0026amp; films in the mid-1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53027828236602,"sku":"17167","price":875.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17167blu.jpg?v=1771112997"},{"product_id":"tlatilco-pottery-pretty-lady-d-1-type-bust","title":"Tlatilco Pottery “Pretty Lady” D-1 Type Bust","description":"\u003cp\u003eMiddle Pre classic, ca. 1200 to 500 B.C. 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Nice iridescent surface.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Property from a New York City Collection acquired 1970s-1980s..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53301054767418,"sku":"17462","price":895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17462bl_b9516ae5-3115-440e-b9c5-84cdf612ed77.jpg?v=1775839503"},{"product_id":"roman-green-glass-amphoriskos","title":"Roman Green Glass Amphoriskos","description":"\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eEastern Mediterranean, circa 1st to 3rd Century AD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eAn elegant free-blown glass amphoriskos of amphora form, fashioned from translucent olive-green glass. The vessel rises from a flattened disc base to a full ovoid body with prominent vertical indentations (tooled ribs), tapering to a tall cylindrical neck that flares to a wide, flat-folded disk mouth. Two applied ribbon handles of matching green glass are attached at the shoulder, arching upward to join the neck with characteristically looped terminals.\u003cspan class=\"citation-nbsp\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"group\/trigger inline-flex min-w-0\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation inline\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eThe glass displays a rich olive-green coloration with areas of golden amber and deep teal visible where the surface catches light at varying angles. A handsome silvery iridescence covers much of the body, the result of centuries of burial causing the laminar decomposition of the silica;  a quality highly prized by collectors of ancient glass.\u003cspan class=\"citation-nbsp\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"group\/trigger inline-flex min-w-0\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation inline\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eThe lower body is tooled with bold vertical indentations or pinched ribs radiating downward from the shoulder, creating a melon-like lobed profile on the lower half,  a decorative technique common in Eastern Mediterranean glass workshops of the Roman Imperial period.\u003cspan class=\"citation-nbsp\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"group\/trigger inline-flex min-w-0\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation inline\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eSize: 7¼ inches (18.4 cm) Height\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eCondition: Reassembled from fragments with visible crack lines and areas of professional restoration. Some losses to the surface, particularly at the handle attachments and on the body where patches of iridescent surface have flaked, revealing the darker core glass beneath. Areas of sandy incrustation and surface deposits consistent with burial remain. Despite the repairs, the vessel retains its elegant form and impressive green coloration.\u003cspan class=\"citation-nbsp\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"group\/trigger inline-flex min-w-0\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation inline\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eGlass amphoriskoi of this type were luxury vessels used to store perfumed oils, unguents, or wine in wealthy Roman households. The amphora form deliberately echoes the shape of the large ceramic transport amphoras used throughout the Mediterranean, scaled down here to an intimate tabletop size. The olive-green color indicates the use of naturally occurring iron impurities in the sand, characteristic of Syro-Palestinian and Eastern Mediterranean glass production\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eProvenance: Property from a New York City collection, acquired 1970s–1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53319025230138,"sku":"17490","price":995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17490bl.jpg?v=1776204172"},{"product_id":"roman-green-glass-double-handled-unguentarium","title":"Roman Green Glass Double Handled Cosmetic Tube Unguentarium","description":"\u003cp\u003eEastern Mediterranean,  ca 1st to 3rd Century AD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA green glass vial with long cylindrical chamber, twin loop handle trailed on.    Good condition with windswept ancient patina. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize 4-1\/8 inches (10.4cm) Height, Repaired \u003cbr\u003eProvenance Property from a New York City Collection who bought in the 1970s-1980s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA classic example.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53335700668730,"sku":"17416","price":595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17416bl.jpg?v=1776527140"},{"product_id":"bahia-pottery-applique-mask","title":"Bahía Pottery Applique Mask","description":"\u003cp\u003eEcuador, Circa 550 AD. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModeled as a projecting human face framed by an impressive, fan‑shaped headdress, the broad plaque worked in high relief with multiple concentric bands of incised scrolls, raised bosses, and geometric motifs that evoke plaited textiles and beaded ornament, hallmarks of Bahía headdress representation. The central face is rendered in a strong profile with coffee‑bean eyes, pronounced nose and chin, and large circular ear ornaments; perforations at the ears and along the upper border likely served for the attachment of additional elements or for suspension, indicating use as an architectural or funerary applique rather than a wearable mask.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 6 in (15.24cm) (mask height); 7 1\/2 in H on custom mount.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompare: Alan Lapiner, Pre-Columbian Art of South America, nos. 785–794, for related Bahía headdress plaques and masks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA strong sculptural rendition with good mineral and earthen deposits overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Private collection R. \u0026amp; B. S, New York and Palm Beach, assembled in the late 20th century. By descent within the same family to the present owners.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53336465867066,"sku":"17458","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17458blu.jpg?v=1776550062"},{"product_id":"attic-black-figure-kyathos-fragment-with-symposiast","title":"Attic Black-Figure Kyathos Fragment with Symposiast","description":"\u003cp\u003eGreek, Attic; late 6th century BC, circa 520–500 BC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWall fragment from an Attic black-figure kyathos (single-handled ladle-cup used to dip wine from a krater). within the floruit of kyathos production by workshops such as those of the Theseus Painter and related hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: 2¼ in. H × 1½ in. W (approx. 5.7 × 3.8 cm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fragment repaired from two pieces preserves a portion of the figural frieze showing a reclining bearded symposiast at the banquet. The figure wears an elaborate white-dotted fillet\/wreath in the hair, reclines on a couch (kline) with striped cushion\/mattress articulated in added red and reserved ground, and the torso is rendered in the characteristic black silhouette with fine incised interior details for the drapery folds and anatomy. At right, a large black grape-cluster\/vine pendant with added-white dotted berries hangs before him — a quintessential Dionysiac attribute of the symposion scene. Above the figure runs a reserved zone bordered by a double row of black dots (a band-ornament common on the shoulder of kyathoi and small oinochoai of this period), and below, the compositional field terminates in a reserved line above the lower body-glaze with added-red accents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProperty from a New York City Collection\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344352895290,"sku":"17503","price":595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17503bl.jpg?v=1776714335"},{"product_id":"moche-shell-feline-head-mace-or-staff-finial","title":"Moche Shell Feline Head Mace or Staff Finial","description":"\u003cp\u003eNorth Coast Peru, ca. 200 to 500 AD.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarved from a dense mollusk shell (likely Spondylus or conch strombus), depicting a snarling feline head with broad muzzle, bared fangs, bulging circular eye sockets (originally shell-inlaid, now empty), and pronounced rosette\/spot markings rendered as drilled and incised circles across the crown and sides; hollow socket at the base for hafting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: 1¾ in. H × 2¼ in. W (on custom black iron and wood display stand).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance (As Documented)\u003cbr\u003e1984 — Bettina Schwimmer, 2440 N. Lakeview, Chicago IL — invoice dated Nov. 19, 1984 describing \"1 carved bone mace head in the form of a feline head. Original inlays lost. Early Chavin Culture, north coast Peru, 1500–1000 B.C.\" at $425.00 (with goods shipped to Florida).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2002 — The Art Institute of Chicago, Richard F. Townsend, Curator, Department of African and Amerindian Art — letter dated February 1, 2002, revising the identification to: \"Head of a feline. Marine ivory (?) with traces of pigment and (empty) circular inlays of shell. Peru, North Coast. Moche. 200–500 AD.\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Townsend opinion is the stronger and a more recent scholarly viewpoint. Townsend was a senior Andean specialist at the AIC, and his reclassification from Chavín bone to Moche marine ivory  shell is consistent with the form of the eye-sockets and spotted pelage, which fit Moche rather than Chavín stylistic norms.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377362428218,"sku":"17520","price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17520blu.jpg?v=1777412090"},{"product_id":"costa-rican-stone-sukia-shamanic-figure","title":"Costa Rican Stone Sukia Shamanic Figure","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeriod VI  Circa 1000–1500 AD.   \u003cbr\u003eA finely carved volcanic stone figure of a sukia,  the shaman or spiritual intermediary of the Pre-Columbian peoples of the Atlantic Watershed and Central Highlands regions of Costa Rica. The standing\/crouching figure is depicted in a characteristic pensive posture, with one hand raised to the side of the head and the other resting against the torso, the pierced arms forming open negative space against the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sukia was the community's healer, diviner, and ritual specialist, believed to communicate with the spirit world and preside over ceremonies involving transformation and trance. Stone sculptures of this type are thought to portray the shaman in a moment of meditation or spirit communion, and would have been placed in ceremonial contexts or elite burials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 4-3\/8 inches H. (plus custom mount)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Excellent ancient condition; surface pitting consistent with the porous lava stone; stable throughout with heavy mineral deposits characteristic of long burial\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance:  Ex Collection of Howard T. Knapp, a former physicist for the Space Program at NASA, who had a deep passion for antiquities, armor and weaponry and acquired many fascinating objects from the 60s to the 80s during his extensive world traveling. With an impressive collection that included a three thousand-year-old Ancient Greek sword and over five thousand pieces of pottery, later in life Knapp was an antique dealer and director of Castle Armory Antique Arms Museum in St. Augustine, Florida. He died in 2010 at the age of 95. The statue is accompanied by his card with typed description on back as illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53404737995066,"sku":"17533","price":595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17533blu.jpg?v=1777837568"},{"product_id":"casas-grandes-ramos-polychrome-olla","title":"Casas Grandes Ramos Polychrome Olla","description":"Northern Mexico (Chihuahua), Paquimé \/ Medio Period, c. 1200–1450 A.D.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA handsome Pre-Columbian Ramos Polychrome olla from the Casas Grandes culture, hand-coiled and -burnished in the characteristic buff-to-cream slipped earthenware of Paquimé, of classic globular form with a low rounded shoulder, short flaring neck, gently everted rim, and a rounded base. The exterior is painted in the canonical three-color Ramos Polychrome palette; deep matte black and iron-red mineral pigments on the natural cream slip,  and organized in a continuous, bilaterally-balanced panel composition around the body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe primary design band is divided by vertical framing columns (triple parallel lines) into four panels of alternating motifs: (a) large stepped \"lightning\" \/ terraced scroll forms with red triangular infill, and (b) open scroll\/hook motifs with red-accented flanking bars. The shoulder and neck are bordered above and below by neatly ruled horizontal framing lines in black. The composition is executed with the confident, slightly loose brushwork typical of mature Ramos Polychrome production at Paquimé.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: Height 6 ½ in. (16.5cm)  diameter 8 in. (20cm).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition intact and in very good original condition: body complete, rim even. A fine horizontal hairline crack appears faintly along one side of the neck.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvenance Ex-Dr. David Gardner Collection, NY and FL.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53409171046714,"sku":"17538","price":895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17538bl.jpg?v=1777932715"},{"product_id":"coptic-carved-bone-figure-of-a-standing-figure","title":"Coptic Carved Bone Figure of a Standing Figure","description":"\u003cp\u003eEgypt, ca. 5th–8th Century CE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA hand-carved bone figure from Late Antique \/ Early Byzantine Egypt, depicting a frontal standing personage with a columnar head, prominently incised almond eyes with drilled pupils accented in black ink, and a narrow ridged nose set above a squared chin. The figure is rendered in the characteristic schematic, block-like Coptic manner, with broad shoulders drilled out to hold a seprately made articulate limb. The geometric garment indicated by shallow incised planes and chevron folds descending to a tapered lower terminus. Traces of black pigment highlight the brows and contours — a decorative convention consistent with Coptic bone-carving workshops active in centers such as Alexandria, Antinoöpolis, and the Fayum, which produced figural plaques, doll-like figures, furniture inlays, hairpins, and amuletic figures for both domestic and funerary use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: H. 3-5\/8 in. (9.1 cm)\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Ancient condition with expected wear; old stabilization\/repair and minor losses; natural age-cracks along the grain of the bone; visible consolidant\/adhesive residue on the reverse consistent with a prior conservation campaign. Old collection inventory number \"339-6-8f\" inked at the top of the head.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComparable Coptic worked-bone figures are represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Louvre, the Brooklyn Museum, and the British Museum, many deriving from late 19th- and early 20th-century excavations in Middle Egypt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53412062069050,"sku":"17537","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17537blu.jpg?v=1778016867"},{"product_id":"roman-pale-green-glass-footed-shallow-bowl","title":"Roman Pale Green Glass Footed Shallow Bowl","description":"\u003cp\u003eEastern Mediterranean, ca. 2nd–4th Century CE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA free-blown translucent pale sea-green glass bowl of broad, shallow form, with a gently incurved tubular-folded rim, a flaring convex side, and a raised central \"omphalos\" set within a tubular tooled foot-ring on the underside. The vessel is a classic Roman domestic service form  used as a fruit, food, or offering dish  paralleled in published collections including the Allaire Collection and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and related to Isings Form 116\/118 shallow bowls of the middle-to-later Imperial period. The glass retains a lovely surface of silvery-golden iridescent weathering and stable earthen deposits across the interior and exterior, the natural result of long burial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: H. 1-5\/8 in. (4.1 cm); Diam. 5-7\/8 in. (14.9 cm)\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Intact, excellent condition; nice iridescent surface with stable weathering and mineral deposits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance  Property from a New York City private collection, acquired in the 1970s–1980s  predating the 1983 UNESCO\/U.S. cultural-property implementing legislation and current MOU regimes, and consistent with the provenance standards preferred by major auction houses and institutional buyers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53412091560250,"sku":"17461","price":795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17461bl.jpg?v=1778017281"},{"product_id":"neo-babylonian-achaemenid-graeco-persian-smoky-chalcedony-conoid-stamp-seal","title":"Sasanian Chalcedony Smoky Chalcedony Conoid Stamp Seal with Gayomard","description":"\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCirca. 224–651 CE.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eMounted as a 14K Gold Pendant Necklace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eA fine and well-polished domed conoid stamp seal of translucent smoky grey chalcedony, a stone\u003cspan\u003e perforated for suspension, the flat face engraved in schematic linear intaglio with the figure of Gayomard — the primeval man of Zoroastrian belief — shown with outstretched arms and legs between two star-topped staves, his dog \"Yellow Ears\" below. Strung on a modern gold-tone chain for display.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eThe dome is vertically pierced through the apex for suspension, the original intended mode of wear on a cord around the owner's neck or wrist, and has been strung on a modern wearable 14K gold rope chain for present display.\u003cspan class=\"citation-nbsp\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-state=\"closed\" class=\"group\/trigger inline-flex min-w-0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation inline\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eDimensions: Seal 7\/8 × 7\/8 × 13\/16 in. (approx. 2.2 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm); chain length 22 in.\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Intact; crisp intaglio; fine polish to the domed body; natural minor surface wear consistent with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"provenance\" class=\"font-editorial font-bold mb-2 mt-4 [.has-inline-images_\u0026amp;]:clear-end text-lg first:mt-0 md:text-lg [hr+\u0026amp;]:mt-4\"\u003eProvenance:  Private collection, Newark, Delaware, acquired prior to 1981 which satisfies the pre-1970\/1983 UNESCO-era provenance threshold preferred by major auction houses for ancient Near Eastern seals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53415504871738,"sku":"14635","price":995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/14635.jpg?v=1778098870"},{"product_id":"indian-bronze-shrine-depicting-crowned-hindu-deity","title":"Indian Bronze Shrine depicting crowned Hindu Deity","description":"\u003cp\u003emost probably Vishnu,  Circa late 18th to 19th century (c. 1780–1880)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA charming cast brass\/bronze household shrine depicting a two-armed crowned Hindu deity, most probably Vishnu, Venugopala, or a folk Vishnu-Durga (Narayani), standing in a hieratic frontal pose on a stepped square pitha, with a small subsidiary figure (a consort, devotee, or child attendant) nestled at the deity's left side. The icon is backed by a separately cast arched prabhavali (backplate) surmounted by a stylized kirtimukha finial, which lifts cleanly off the base as originally intended for ritual bathing and seasonal worship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe deity wears a tall conical kirita-mukuta, simple beaded ornaments, and a short dhoti; facial features are rendered in the bold, abstracted manner typical of Deccan\/Karnataka village bronzes, with an elongated nose, incised brow, and almond eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions  5 3\/4\" H x 4 3\/4\" W\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Excellent antique condition with expected wear from ritual use; prabhavali detaches cleanly from the base as originally intended; rich untouched patina. \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe surface retains a warm golden patina with reddish cuprite bloom, pitted reverse casting, and traces of sindoor and ghee in the crevices — all consistent with long devotional use on a family altar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Antique Dealer from Khajurah, India, 2004 acquired by Dr. Henry Cherrick, a professor and dean at UCLA School of dentistry who pioneered government programs promoting dental care in HIV\/AIDs patients. He was an avid collector of fine art and antiquities and died at the age of 84 in 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53433338429754,"sku":"16043","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/16043bl_17d80a02-0ebf-4c42-b705-4dc9baa3123a.jpg?v=1778441747"}],"url":"https:\/\/howardnowes.com\/collections\/gifts-for-collectors.oembed?page=3","provider":"Art for Eternity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}