Caucasus
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Several elements of his legend such as his punishment seem to have been borrowed by the greeks from the legends of the caucasusafter the victory of the new gods led by zeus over the titans, prometheus goes to the chariot of the sun with a torch, hides a firebrand in a hollow stem of a common ferrule and gives the "sacred fire" to the human racerare small group representing prometheus chained on his rock, spelter and block of pale green onyxare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableextreme finesse of details, very beautiful patinaheight: 20 cm - width:11 cm - depth: 12 cm weight: g in very good conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevery secure packagingwrathful of this disloyal act, zeus condemns him to be tied to a rock on mount caucasus, his liver devoured by the caucasian eagle every day, and growing back at nighta figure inherited from the " fire transmitter ", prometheus is best known for having stolen the sacred fire from olympus to give it to humansin greek mythology, prometheus is a titanplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
93 €
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Nice trinket bowl with metal structure decorated with champleve enamel, antique piece from around , from turkey or iran (possibly russian caucasus)the whole is in very good conditionmeasurements: 14 x 7
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"kindjal" from the caucasus with hilt and scabbard covered with nielloed silver decorations chiselled with foliage of palm leaves and floretson the back of the sheath an inscription in armenian characters (the name of the owner)blade with fullers with stylised floral decoration engraved with etchingweight of the sheath 414 gweight of the blade 632 gshipping via colissimo read moresouth caucasus61 cm
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Handwovencondition: in good conditionmeasurements: 129 x 111 cmorigin: caucasuspile: woolwarp threads: wooldye: plant-basedwith certificate and warrantyfast shipping using gls, can also be picked up in cruquius (hoofddorp, the netherlands)
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Lot of two beautiful kurdish bag faces; bag fronts soft, shiny highland wool! read more
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Comes with certificate of authenticitydimensions: 200 x 310 cmkilim karabagh, caucasian manufacture, handwoven in wool on woolstate of preservation: very good, with minor interventions (past restoration work)
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Causacus, russiavery good conditioncm circa wool and silk on silkhand-knotted rug
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Antique hand-knotted kasak/caucasiaoverall in good condition, a couple of thin spots, around natural dyescollector's item read more
451 €
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For true connoisseurs/collectorswill be shipped registered and insured with track & tracethe rug is in good, used condition and features gorgeous patterns and colours and a stunning appearanceextraordinary rug made of the best woolallow us to introduce this special, semi-antique kazakhunique opportunityspecial design and great appearance - truly a collector's itemsize: 172 x 121 cm knot density is approxplease take a good look at the photos and be convinced
248 €
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Knots per m²; with certificate of authenticity and a one-year warrantysize: 192 x 130 cmcondition: moth damage, see photos; professionally cleanedknot density: approxworldwide shipping with ups
95 €
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Travels and studies in contemporary european russia, finland, siberia, the caucasus & central asiaall the russiaslondon, heinemann, pp - hardcover - size: cmwith 4 maps and 137 photoswith a map and numerous engravingsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki(total of 2) read more2) henry norman, mcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition: good (minor damage to spine, otherwise fine)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storechester - russia, past and present - new york, young & co, pp - hardcover - size: cmcondition: good (to very good, minor damage to spine, no foxing)a penetrating image of russia in the late 19th centuryplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
53 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisplendid 19th century russian wedding belt, in niello silver, gold and silver threads! the diamond-shaped buckle is embellished with 4 medallions whose centres are inlaid with turquoise cabochonscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit contains a small removable dagger held on by a chainour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe cyrillic letters spell ‘caucasus’ it is niello silver, grade 84, but hallmarks are not visible, because you would have to unravel the belt to see themthe belt is made of gold and silver threads! length 56 cm, width 5 cm, weight 89 g registered and insured shipment: €28please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
451 €
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Accompanied by daniyar, a sullen newcomer who was wounded on the battlefield, jamilia spends her days hauling sacks of grain from the threshing floor to the train station in their village in the caucasusa classic from the award-winning kyrgyz novelist chingiz aitmatovsee oxfam website for delivery information read more"-louis aragon the second world war is raging, and jamilia's husband is off fighting at the frontoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the most beautiful love story in the worldspurning men's advances and wincing at the dispassionate letters she receives from her husband, jamilia falls helplessly in love with the mysterious daniyar in this heartbreakingly beautiful tale
2 €
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An atlas of war and tourism in the caucasus is the result of a five-year project; it is a contemporary masterpiece that combines photography and reporting and fits into the tradition of collaboration between james agee and walker evans or dorothea lange and paul taylorare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikikummer & herrman are the designers of the book, website and exhibition about the sochi projectcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesince , rob hornstra and arnold van bruggen have been working together to tell the story of sochi, the city in russia where the winter olympics will be heldour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeas convinced supporters of slow journalism, they have visited the area many times and, through their research, have laid a solid foundation and developed a strong sense for this small but unimaginably complicated region, even before it comes into the spotlight of the international mediaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
43 €
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Oxfam bookshop hexham an acclaimed historian tells, for the first time, the full story of the conspiracy between the germans and the turks to unleash a muslim holy war against the british in india and the russians in the caucasusthere is a sticker at the foot of the spine and the cover shows some minor scratches and signs of shelf-wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing on recently opened intelligence files and rare personal accounts, peter hopkirk skillfully reconstructs the kaiser's bold plan and describes the exploits of the secret agents on both sides-disguised variously as archaeologists, traders, and circus performers-as they sought to foment or foil the uprising and determine the outcome of world war ipublished by kodansha international in , this paperback edition is in a good, used condition overallthe page block appears to be clean and free from annotation
9 €
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Originally,traditional brown astrakhan hats were worn by shepherds in many countries, especially in eastern europe, balkans, and caucasusoxfam shop hampstead vintage grey astrakhan hat with original label and seal datedmade in moscow and from special persian lamb fleece with tight curlssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinterior hat size approx 52 cm, so smallish but it is meant to be worn high on headnicknamed pie hat in the soviet unionit was later popularised by soviet politicians and is sometimes known as the diplomat/ambassador hatin unworn condition
250 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilimited edition of numbered copiescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableloreena mckennitt ?– live in paris and toronto label: quinlan road ?– qrlp108 format:3 × vinyl, lp, album, limited edition, numbered, reissue, 180 gram country:usa, canada & europe released: genre:folk, world, & country tracklist a1\tprologue\t4:51 a2\tthe mummers' dance\t4:12 a3\tskellig\t5:13 b1\tmarco polo\t4:56 b2\tthe highwayman\t9:33 b3\tla serenissima\t5:58 c1\tnight ride across the caucasus\t6:24 c2\tdante's prayer\t5:26 c3\tthe mystic's dream\t6:33 d1\tsantiago\t6:35 d2\tbonny portmore\t3:58 d3\tbetween the shadows\t4:35 e1\tthe lady of shalott\t9:25 e2\tthe bonny swans\t7:08 f1\tthe old ways\t5:37 f2\tall souls night\t4:36 f3\tcymbeline\t7:22 recorded at salle pleyel, paris, on april , and massey hall, toronto, on mayour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeissued in tri-fold sleeve read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
30 €
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There are 72 full pages plates in this book, together with innumerable woodcut illustrations in the text, and of course the six coloured maps of asia; china and the indo-chinese states; north america; south america; turkey in europe and greece; and africacontents - five days at jerusalem; sicily as it is; china (pages ), cochin china and japan; islands of the indian and eastern seas; up and down the amoor; from asia to america; vancouver island; from the atlantic to the pacific; cremation ghats at calcutta; cuba and the cubans; to cuba and back; the search for the franklin expedition; dalmatia; galapagos archipelago; coral islands; maldiva islands; society islands; mount athos and its monasteries; the great plains of north america; travel and sporting adventures in south africa; the steppes of russia and the caucasus; morocco or maroccovery good condition with both boards firmly attached and no pages loose or missingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwith 200 illustrations after drawings by gustave dore, berard, lancelot, jules noel and other eminent artists, and six finely engraved full coloured mapsfold out plate showing jerusalem from the mount of olives; illustrated title page with vignette of the great eastern laying the atlantic cable; plain text title page; xii pages of preface, contents and illustrations; 820 pagesthis is the first series, so presumably more were planned or actually publishedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablei have here for sale a book entitled all round the world: an illustrated record of voyages, travels and adventures, in all parts of the globe, edited by wf ainsworthquarter bound in brown buckram on maroon buckram hardboards, with five raised bands on the spine, and gilt letteringpublished in by william collins of london and glasgowour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
95 €
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Oxfam shop ulverston eastern united states texas new mexico arizona colorado utah south dakota wyoming montana idaho nevada california oregon washington alaska hawaii western canada mexico central america west indies guiana highlands brazil argentina-chile bolivia peru ecuador colombia venezuelan andes antarctica the far north british isles norway spain pyrenees alps corsica and sardinia apeninnes and the italian volcanoes greece southeastern europe carpathians caucasus atlas mountains sahara cameroon south africa and malawi virunga mountains ruwenzori tanzania kenya ethiopia madagascar and reunion arabian peninsula sinai lebanon turkey iran ceylon and southern india central asia altari mountains siberia new zealand australia philippines new guinea borneo indonesia southeast asia taiwan eastern china korea japan plus maps see oxfam website for delivery information read more
9 €
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Nonetheless, it does provide a unique view of life in russia when he was in the caucasus in the early sit has been called a "biography of the soul" rather than a biography of eventsthis is the fifth volsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepaustovsky () was a russian soviet writer nominated for the nobel prize for literature inof his autobiographyit is not a strictly historical document but rather a long, lyrical tale focusing on the internal perceptions and poetic development of the writeroxfam shop kendal hardback with dust jacket in vgc
24 €
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It was the task of the german army group south to capture the caucasus oilfields, an operation that led them into the horrific fighting in stalingrad, sevastopol, and during operation citadel
11 €
