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Bezoars at Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

Bezoar Spanish, 3rd quarter 16th century. Bezoar, gold, emeralds, rubies. H. 25,5 cm, B. 16 cm, T. 13,3 cm. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer, 981. © KHM-Museumsverband. The bezoar, a gastrolith (stomach stone) from goats and llamas, has found...

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16 mars 2024

Coral Cabinet, Late 1500s - Schloss Ambras Innsbruck

Coral Cabinet, Late 1500s - Schloss Ambras Innsbruck. Collection Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien .

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15 mars 2024

A Collection of Renaissance and Baroque Scientific Instruments, German and French, 16th-18th centuries

A Collection of Renaissance and Baroque Scientific Instruments, German and French, 16th-18th centuries. Wood, silver, brass, ivory, glass. Height 4-18.5 cm. KUNSTKAMMER GEORG LAUE at TEFAF 2024. © 2024 TEFAF Provenance: French and German private collections.....

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23 novembre 2023

Victorian summer fire-screen with taxidermy birds by and labelled for Henry James Burton (1814-1895)

A superb Victorian summer fire-screen with taxidermy birds by and labelled for Henry James Burton (1814-1895). Made in London in the second half of the 19th century, this case contains a variety of rare birds such as quetzal, trogon, cotinga and a multitude...

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Tags: Victorian, Henry James Burton, summer fire-screen, taxidermy birds

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9 novembre 2022

Discover the natural wonders of the world & its ancient civilizations: Hindman to present a cabinet of curiosities

Courtesy Hindman. CHICAGO, IL .- Step into a cabinet of curiosities this November 10th with Hindman ’s Ancient Art & Natural History: A Cabinet of Curiosities auction. Highlighting the auction is a rare and completely preserved iridescent ammonite fossil...

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Tags: bronze, egyptian, Horus, Isis, greywacke, Roman, Old Kingdom, limestone relief, Meteorite Slice, Isis-Hathor

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24 août 2022

A North European ormolu-mounted nautilus-shell cup, first half 19th century

Lot 206. A North European ormolu-mounted nautilus-shell cup, first half 19th century; 7 1 ⁄ 4 in. (19.5 cm.) high; 5 1 ⁄ 2 in. (14 cm.) wide . Price Realised GBP 6,930 (Estimate GBP 2,500 - GBP 4,000 ). © Christie's 2022 With a winged mask and dragons...

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Tags: ormolu-mounted, first half 19th century, North European, Anthony and Marietta Coleridge Collection, nautilus-shell cup

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24 août 2022

Shell boxes from Anthony and Marietta Coleridge Collection sold at Christie's London,

Lot 202. Two English gold-mounted shell boxes; the turritella box, London, circa 1765; the cancellaria shell with mark of David Arthur Thomas, London, 1966. The turritella: 4 in. (10 cm.) long; the cancellaria: 31⁄2 in. (9 cm.). Price Realised GBP 3,276...

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Tags: George III, cowrie shell, Anthony and Marietta Coleridge Collection, David Arthur Thomas, shell box, cancerallia, turritella, Scottish silver

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15 juillet 2021

Sulawesi Macaque, and Owl in Dome

Lot 2015. A Sulawesi Macaque, and Owl in Dome; Sulawesi Macaque: h. 48 cm, Owl in Dome: h. 40 cm . Estimate: 50,000 - 80,000 HKD. Lot sold: 27,720 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Get Stuffed, London, 2012. Sotheby's . Eclectic , Hong Kong , 14 July...

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Tags: owl, Sulawesi, Macaque Monkey

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15 juillet 2021

A phallic gogotte, Fontainebleau, France, Oligocene (30 million years old), and a coco de mer, Seychelles

Lot 2002. A phallic gogotte, Fontainebleau, France, Oligocene (30 million years old), and a coco de mer, Seychelles; gogotte h. 28 cm, overall h. 36.2 cm; coco de mer h. 29 cm, overall h. 33 cm . Estimate: 12,000 - 18,000 HKD. Lot sold: 17,640 HKD. Courtesy...

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Tags: Seychelles, France, Fontainebleau, OLigocene (30 million years old), gogotte, phallic, coco de mer

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2 janvier 2021

A pair of fossilised 'Irish elk' antlers, Prehistoric

Lot 1. A pair of fossilised 'Irish elk' antlers, Prehistoric; 295cm. wide; 9ft. 8in. Estimate: 25,000 - 40,000 GBP . Lot sold: 44,100 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. with twenty-one points, restorations. Property of a Gentleman. Note: 'Irish Elk' or Giant Deer...

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Tags: Irish elk' antlers, Prehistoric

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