December 15th, 2021.
We’ve been busy uploading a stash of fantastic Ancient Artifacts.
Many of these items were only ‘re-discovered’ during the recent months of lockdown, where we investigated the deepest storage rooms at Moorabool Antiques: here we found Paul’s accumulations of interesting artifacts, collected while in the UK as a student in the 1990’s. This was a time when metal detectors were becoming common, and every farmers field was apparently littered with delightful little bronze pieces from antiquity.
The Thames River in London was another prime hunting ground; after being used as a dump since prehistory, there was something from every period of history to be found there with a little effort.
Paul was actively buying these small finds from the finders; anything they unearthed was their own to do with as they pleased, and while most would have a collection of their own, multiples or lesser pieces were happily sold off – and happily bought by Paul! Bundled up & shipped to Australia, with the intention of selling, they were forgotten about after the ‘big move’ of 2000, when we moved into our new premises. It was quite a pleasant shock to unearth a small crate, at the back of a store room, full of fascinating artifacts. Now the challenge is to catalogue, mount & present them online. We’re doing ‘spins’ of them as well, so plenty to see & enjoy if you like ancient items…
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Fresh Antiquities
Here’s the latest from the Past for you!
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Thai stoneware covered jar 15th Century$280.00 AUD -
Small Chinese export plate, ‘DR’ monogram, c. 1790$295.00 AUD -
Roman Pottery oil vessel, Roman, 2nd – 5th Century AD$195.00 AUD -
Pre-Columbian figure of a child, Chupicuaro, 5th – 2nd century BC$395.00 AUD -
Hellenistic Greek pottery ‘Actor’s Mask’, Old Man, 4th century BC$345.00 AUD -
Fossil Ice Age Horse Tooth, Pleistocene, Florida, 2.2 million years old$45.00 AUD -
Australian Fossil Shell, Pleurotomaria sp., Carnovan Basin, WA- 66 million yearsSold -
Fossil Nautiloid, Orthoceras sp., 350 Million Years , from Morocco$45.00 AUD -
Fossil Dinosaur Tooth, Spinosaurus, Morocco 99 million years oldSold -
Chinese Ming Dynasty model stove$360.00 AUD -
Chinese pottery model of a stove with 2 vessels, with food & implements, 2nd c. BC$2,450.00 AUD -
Chinese pottery model of a stove with 2 vessels, Western Jin 256-316 AD$580.00 AUD -
Chinese Pottery stove model, stepped facade with flame paint, Tang Dynasty 9th century AD$480.00 AUD -
Fossil Dinosaur Tooth, Spinosaurus, Morocco 99 million years oldSold -
Large Mounted Agate Slice$285.00 AUD -
Hellenistic pottery vessel, Israel, 4th century BC$645.00 AUD -
Bhin Thuan Shipwreck ‘Phoenix’ dish, Chinese Swatow ware, c. 1608Sold -
Victorian simulated Burr Walnut Dwarf Bookcase, c. 1875$1,450.00 AUD -
Hoi An shipwreck large charger with bird in foliage Late 15th C$1,350.00 AUD -
Song Dynasty Mei- Ping, dark brown/black glaze, 11th-12th century AD$950.00 AUD -
Song dynasty shipwreck pot, olive glaze, 960-1269 AD$1,500.00 AUD -
Song dynasty shipwreck pot with 4 small lug handles, 13th -14th century AD$1,500.00 AUD -
Pre-columbian pottery figure of a man, Jalisco, 100BC- 250AD$380.00 AUD -
Pre-columbian pottery figure of a woman, Jalisco, 100 BC – 250 AD$380.00 AUD -
Iron Age pottery vessel, Middle-East, 1st Millennium BC$365.00 AUD
