Curated Objects for Your Office

Curated Objects for Your Office

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    At Sands of Time, we have a genuine fondness for smaller works, the kind that sit quietly on a desk and feel right at home there. A bronze fragment, an oil lamp, a carved seal, or a small sculptural form. Each one carries something that is hard to name but easy to feel: a presence shaped by thousands of years of human hands.

    On a desk, these pieces become something more than decorative, they become part of your living history. Something to reach for between calls, to turn over in your hands, or reflect upon during a quiet moment. They offer a small but meaningful pause, a shift in perspective, a gentle reminder that the work you do is part of something much greater.
    A Chinese Grey Limestone Head of a Buddha, Shandong Province, Northern Qi dynasty, ca. 550 - 577 CE
    A Chinese Grey Limestone Head of a Buddha, Shandong Province, Northern Qi dynasty, ca. 550 - 577 CE
    CHF 12,189.00
    An Egyptian Limestone Stele Fragment, New Kingdom, early 18th Dynasty, Reign of Ahhotep I (c. 1575-1530 BCE) - Amenhotep I (c. 1525-1504 BCE)
    An Egyptian Limestone Stele Fragment, New Kingdom, early 18th Dynasty, Reign of Ahhotep I (c. 1575-1530 BCE) - Amenhotep I (c. 1525-1504 BCE)
    CHF 12,230.00
    A Chinese Terracotta Head of a Horse, Han Dynasty, ca. 25 - 220 CE
    A Chinese Terracotta Head of a Horse, Han Dynasty, ca. 25 - 220 CE
    CHF 4,077.00
    A Published Moche Prisoner Effigy Vessel, ca. 500 - 800 CE
    A Published Moche Prisoner Effigy Vessel, ca. 500 - 800 CE
    CHF 3,221.00
    A large Roman Legionnaire Pugio (Dagger), Roman Imperial, ca. 2nd - 3rd century CE
    A large Roman Legionnaire Pugio (Dagger), Roman Imperial, ca. 2nd - 3rd century CE
    CHF 16,306.00
    A decorated Roman Bronze Strigil, ca. 1st -2nd century CE
    A decorated Roman Bronze Strigil, ca. 1st -2nd century CE
    CHF 3,466.00
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    An Olmec Buffware Bowl (Tecomate), ca. 1000 - 600 BCE
    An Olmec Buffware Bowl (Tecomate), ca. 1000 - 600 BCE
    CHF 979.00
    An Egyptian bronze Oxyrhynchus Fish, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE
    An Egyptian bronze Oxyrhynchus Fish, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE
    CHF 6,931.00
    A Roman Bronze Medical Cyathiscomele, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE
    A Roman Bronze Medical Cyathiscomele, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE
    CHF 775.00
    A Luristan Double Bell Pommel Bronze Sword, ca. 1000 - 800 BC
    A Luristan Double Bell Pommel Bronze Sword, ca. 1000 - 800 BC
    CHF 4,036.00
    A Roman Marble Winged Lion-Griffin, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE
    A Roman Marble Winged Lion-Griffin, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE
    CHF 7,746.00
    A Roman Bronze Figure of Lar, ca. 1st - 3rd century CE
    A Roman Bronze Figure of Lar, ca. 1st - 3rd century CE
    CHF 4,036.00
    A fine Maya Stone Vulture Hacha, ca. 500 - 800 CE
    A fine Maya Stone Vulture Hacha, ca. 500 - 800 CE
    CHF 9,784.00
    An impressive Andesite Human Trophy Head, Costa Rica, ca. 1000 - 1500 CE
    An impressive Andesite Human Trophy Head, Costa Rica, ca. 1000 - 1500 CE
    CHF 1,427.00
    A Roman/Samnite Bronze Gladiator Belt Fragment, ca. 350–325 BCE
    A Roman/Samnite Bronze Gladiator Belt Fragment, ca. 350–325 BCE
    CHF 4,077.00
    A Moche Stirrup Bottle with a Seated Man, ca. 200 - 400 CE
    A Moche Stirrup Bottle with a Seated Man, ca. 200 - 400 CE
    CHF 3,221.00
    A fine Luristan Bronze Short Sword, ca. 1200 - 800 BCE
    A fine Luristan Bronze Short Sword, ca. 1200 - 800 BCE
    CHF 9,784.00
    A Roman Bronze Oil Lamp with Duck Head, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 2nd - 3rd century CE
    A Roman Bronze Oil Lamp with Duck Head, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 2nd - 3rd century CE
    CHF 2,039.00
    An Egyptian Limestone Family Plaque, Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1991 – 1786 BCE
    An Egyptian Limestone Family Plaque, Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1991 – 1786 BCE
    CHF 12,230.00