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$10.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Near Eastern techniques of filigree and granulation were introduced to Crete about 2000 B.C., and evidence also indicates that Egyptian styles influenced ... moreMinoan jewelry. Minoan culture and its jewelry styles spread to the mainland of Greece, then dominated by the city-state of Mycenea, about 1550 B.C.
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$17.99 Shipping Location: Ferndale, United States The tone is set by the very first item in the catalog: a contemporary bust in the round of Queen Elizabeth as Hercules. Much jewelry depended for its ... moresplendor of effect chiefly upon its inlay of brilliantly colored stones, jaspers, agates, lapis lazuli.
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$7.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States TRANSLATE Arabic Chinese French German Greek Indonesian Italian Hindi Japanese Korean Swedish Portuguese Russian Spanish Ancient 3.000 Year Old Hand Carved ... moreWooden Cowrie Shell Money Amulet(Brooch/Stickpin) CLASSIFICATION: Hand Carved Wooden Cowrie Shell Money. Hand-Drilled Suspension Hole(Bow Drill) Approximately 800 B.C. ATTRIBUTION: Ancient China. Western Zhou Dynasty(1027BC-770BC) SIZE/DIMENSIONS: Weight: 1.35 grams. Length: 18 millimeters. Width: 14 millimeters. Thickness: 6 millimeters. Chain: Contemporary gold electroplate 60 centimeters(24 inches) A wide variety of other chains are available upon request in sizes from 16 to 30 inches. And in metals ranging from gold and silver electroplate to sterling silver and solid 14kt gold as well as a bronze-toned copper chain. The default chain(absent contrary instructions) is gold electroplate, 24 inches. For a more authentic touch, we also have available handcrafted Greek black leather cords. CONDITION: Exceptional! Completely intact. DETAIL: A remarkable hand carved wooden cowrie shell money pendant/amulet almost 3.000 years old attributable to the Western Zhou Dynasty of ancient China. Though the use of shells as“money” originated in Sumeria around 3,000 B.C. it was the cowrie shell that became the world’s longest-lived form of currency. The first use of cowries, the shell of a mollusc that was widely available in the shallow waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, was in China around 1,200 B.C. Historically, many societies have used cowries as money, and even as recently as the middle of the last(20th) century, cowrie shells were still used in some parts of Africa. As such the cowrie shell was the most widely and longest used currency in history. So important a role did the cowrie play as money in ancient China that its pictograph was adopted in their written language for'money' During the Zhou Dynasty four different forms of money developed in ancient China. Aside from the traditional cowrie shells. Iron, copper, and wooden forms of money
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$5.99 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States AethelflAed’s legacy is enigmatic, wrapped up in the “making of England”. But she was a ruler of consequence in an era defined by male authority. [Ancient ... moreOrigins]. In April 1016 Aethelred died of illness, leaving his son and successor Edmund Ironside to defend the country.
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$17.05 Shipping Location: TELFORD, United Kingdom 4 x Lead Net / Snare Weights found in Britain in uncleaned as found condition.
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$7.99 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States They include a significant grouping of precious diamond-set rings. The pectoral is gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, car-nelian, and turquoise, and the eyes ... moreof the shape made of actual flowers, fruits, and leaves, which were presented to guests to wear at banquets and other festivities.
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$9.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States In the ancient world ruby was believed to possess magical powers, and was worn as a talisman for protection from plagues, poison, sorrow, and evil spirits. ... moreThe ruby symbolized freedom, charity, dignity and divine power, and was associated with fire and blood, implying warmth and life for mankind.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Ferndale, United States In the case of the zoomorphic variety the heads are, as it were, adorsed relative to one another, each having been turned around 180° to face the hoop ... morein a pose that is often said to be ‘hoop-swallowing’.
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$26.34 Shipping Location: BEDALE, United Kingdom The piece of paper it is stuck on reads that this is Lady Vera Watkin done at Florence. In collectable condition with normal signs of age and use wear. ... more60mm x 52mm. It depicts a Roman looking lady in a toga knelt down feeding a huge bird.
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$9.99 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Lummi Island, United States The pectoral is gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, car-nelian, and turquoise, and the eyes of the shape made of actual flowers, fruits, and leaves, which ... morewere presented to guests to wear at banquets and other festivities.
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$5.99 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Ferndale, United States Publisher: Lark Books (2005). Pages: 408. This entry in the “500” series features the most gorgeous bracelets you've ever seen. Lovingly crafted by renowned ... moreart jewelers from around the world, these one-of-a-kind pieces display technical excellence, diverse forming techniques, and unceasing beauty.
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$16.99 Shipping Condition: New without tags Location: Lummi Island, United States Near Eastern techniques of filigree and granulation were introduced to Crete about 2000 B.C., and evidence also indicates that Egyptian styles influenced ... moreMinoan jewelry. Minoan culture and its jewelry styles spread to the mainland of Greece, then dominated by the city-state of Mycenea, about 1550 B.C.
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$6.99 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States REVIEW : Diverse, extensive, and incredibly beautiful, this awe-inspiring collection features the most magnificent rings ever. With designs that range ... morefrom the traditional to the very avant-garde, each of the 1,000 examples is an exceptional work of art, finely crafted by the best contemporary jewelers.
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$6.99 Shipping Condition: New Location: Ferndale, United States These include the Golden Madonna, a silver crucifix, a pair of richly decorated silver candlesticks, and sumptuously illuminated manuscripts, all of which ... morewill be included in the exhibition. Pages: 148.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States The pectoral is gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, car-nelian, and turquoise, and the eyes of the shape made of actual flowers, fruits, and leaves, which ... morewere presented to guests to wear at banquets and other festivities.
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$7.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States As the only type of jewelry worn continuously through the ages, finger rings have held many ceremonial facets and functions throughout history. They include ... morea significant grouping of precious diamond-set rings.
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$11.20 Shipping Location: Cyprus GOLD GILDED - GOLD LEAF OR GOLD PLATING. SILVERED - SILVER LEAF OR SILVER COLOUR. WE WILL CONSIDER IT. AR - HIGH GRADE SILVER. AU - HIGH GRADE GOLD. Ottoman ... moreEmpire (1453-1923). Habsburg Empire (1452-1806).
$11.20 Shipping Location: Cyprus GOLD GILDED - GOLD LEAF OR GOLD PLATING. IN THE STYLE OF/STYLE - A MODERN PIECE WITH AN ANCIENT STYLE. ANCIENT - A VERY OLD ITEM. Ancient Chinese Empires: ... moreShang (1751-1111 BC), Chou (1000-800 BC), etc.
$11.20 Shipping Location: Cyprus IN THE STYLE OF/STYLE - A MODERN PIECE WITH AN ANCIENT STYLE. ANCIENT - A VERY OLD ITEM. Ancient Chinese Empires: Shang (1751-1111 BC), Chou (1000-800 ... moreBC), etc. Modern Chinese Empire: esp. Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911).
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Free Shipping Location: Cyprus WE WILL CONSIDER IT. Roman Empire (264 BC to 476 AD). Parthian Empire (247 BC- 224 AD). Indian Empires, including Chola Empire (11th cent), Empire of ... moreMahmud of Ghazni (998-1039 AD), Mughal Empire (1526-1805).
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$5.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States The Gallic Chronicle of 452 A.D., talks about the Saxons ruling over a large part of Southern Britain, also consistent with the rise of the number of ... moreSaxon archaeological material after 450 A.D. The earliest Anglo-Saxon burial in Britain has been dated by archaeologists to no later than 425-450 A.D.
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$5.99 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States The Gallic Chronicle of 452 A.D., talks about the Saxons ruling over a large part of Southern Britain, also consistent with the rise of the number of ... moreSaxon archaeological material after 450 A.D. The earliest Anglo-Saxon burial in Britain has been dated by archaeologists to no later than 425-450 A.D.
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$5.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States This was to lead to the formation of a single united kingdom of England only a few years later. "King Alfred's Coins: The Watlington Viking Hoard" by ... moreJohn Naylor and Gareth Williams. Written to honor the newly discovered National Treasure that the Ashmolean hopes to acquire in the not too distant future.
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$5.99 Shipping Condition: New Location: Lummi Island, United States This was to lead to the formation of a single united kingdom of England only a few years later. "King Alfred's Coins: The Watlington Viking Hoard" by ... moreJohn Naylor and Gareth Williams. Written to honor the newly discovered National Treasure that the Ashmolean hopes to acquire in the not too distant future.
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$6.99 Shipping Location: Ferndale, United States Pages: 148. These include the Golden Madonna, a silver crucifix, a pair of richly decorated silver candlesticks, and sumptuously illuminated manuscripts, ... moreall of which will be included in the exhibition.
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$17.99 Shipping Location: Ferndale, United States The tone is set by the very first item in the catalog: a contemporary bust in the round of Queen Elizabeth as Hercules. Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers ... more(2016). Pages: 320. One of the world’s finest assemblages of rings and gemstones, the Guy Ladrière Collection in Paris is of major importance both to the collector and the art historian.
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