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Curated Objects for Your Office

Curated Objects for Your Office

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.

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A Luristan Double Bell Pommel Bronze Sword, ca. 1000 - 800 BC
A Luristan Double Bell Pommel Bronze Sword, ca. 1000 - 800 BC Sale price€4.262,95 EUR
A decorated Roman Bronze Strigil, ca. 1st -2nd century CE
A decorated Roman Bronze Strigil, ca. 1st -2nd century CE Sale price€3.660,95 EUR
A Roman Marble Winged Lion-Griffin, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE
A Roman Marble Winged Lion-Griffin, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Sale price€8.181,95 EUR
A fine Maya Stone Vulture Hacha, ca. 500 - 800 CE
A fine Maya Stone Vulture Hacha, ca. 500 - 800 CE Sale price€7.707,95 EUR
A Roman Bronze Figure of Lar, ca. 1st - 3rd century CE
A Roman Bronze Figure of Lar, ca. 1st - 3rd century CE Sale price€4.262,95 EUR
An impressive Andesite Human Trophy Head, Costa Rica, ca. 1000 - 1500 CE
An impressive Andesite Human Trophy Head, Costa Rica, ca. 1000 - 1500 CE Sale price€1.507,95 EUR
An Egyptian bronze Oxyrhynchus Fish, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE
An Egyptian bronze Oxyrhynchus Fish, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Sale price€5.597,95 EUR
A fine Luristan Bronze Short Sword, ca. 1200 - 800 BCE
A fine Luristan Bronze Short Sword, ca. 1200 - 800 BCE Sale price€10.334,95 EUR
A Moche Stirrup Bottle with a Seated Man, ca. 200 - 400 CE
A Moche Stirrup Bottle with a Seated Man, ca. 200 - 400 CE Sale price€3.401,95 EUR
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 Sale price€17.223,95 EUR
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 Sale price€2.152,95 EUR
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 Sale price€12.874,95 EUR
A rare Roman Silver Medical Needle, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE
A rare Roman Silver Medical Needle, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Sale price€1.507,95 EUR
A fine Teotihuacan Obsidian Stone Mask, Early Classic Period, ca. 450 - 650 CE
A fine Teotihuacan Obsidian Stone Mask, Early Classic Period, ca. 450 - 650 CE Sale price€10.334,95 EUR
A large Egyptian Bronze Figure of Nephthys, Late - Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 - 30 BCE
A large Egyptian Bronze Figure of Nephthys, Late - Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 - 30 BCE Sale price€7.320,95 EUR
A Luristan spike butted ceremonial axehead, Early Iron Age, ca. 1200 - 800 BCE
A Luristan spike butted ceremonial axehead, Early Iron Age, ca. 1200 - 800 BCE Sale price€2.152,95 EUR
Roman Bronze Bust of Minerva , Roman Imperial Period, ca. 2nd Cent CE
Roman Bronze Bust of Minerva , Roman Imperial Period, ca. 2nd Cent CE Sale price€4.262,95 EUR
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) Sale price€12.917,95 EUR
A good Egyptian Bronze Figure of Osiris, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE
A good Egyptian Bronze Figure of Osiris, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Sale price€6.846,95 EUR
Guerrero Stone Crescent Disk with Monkey, ca. 400 - 100 BCE
Guerrero Stone Crescent Disk with Monkey, ca. 400 - 100 BCE Sale price€2.152,95 EUR
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 Sale price€12.917,95 EUR
A Published Olmec Jade Celt, Middle Pre-Classic Period: 900 - 300 BCE
A Published Olmec Jade Celt, Middle Pre-Classic Period: 900 - 300 BCE Sale price€3.014,95 EUR
A Published Amarna Sandstone Relief Fragment Depicting Merit-Aten Holding a Sistrum, Amarna Period, ca. 1379 – 1362 BCE,
A Published Amarna Sandstone Relief Fragment Depicting Merit-Aten Holding a Sistrum, Amarna Period, ca. 1379 – 1362 BCE, Sale price€24.112,95 EUR
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 Sale price€4.305,95 EUR
A Published Moche Prisoner Effigy Vessel, ca. 500 - 800 CE
A Published Moche Prisoner Effigy Vessel, ca. 500 - 800 CE Sale price€3.401,95 EUR
Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Cat, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1069 - 945 BCE
Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Cat, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1069 - 945 BCE Sale price€6.846,95 EUR
A Guerrero Greenstone Miniature Standing Figure, ca. 400 BCE - 100 CE
A Guerrero Greenstone Miniature Standing Figure, ca. 400 BCE - 100 CE Sale price€598,95 EUR
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 Sale price€818,95 EUR
A Published Maya Polychrome Tripod Plate with Muan Bird Deity, Classic Period, ca. 500 - 800 CE
A Published Maya Polychrome Tripod Plate with Muan Bird Deity, Classic Period, ca. 500 - 800 CE Sale price€10.764,95 EUR
An Olmec Buffware Bowl (Tecomate), ca. 1000 - 600 BCE
An Olmec Buffware Bowl (Tecomate), ca. 1000 - 600 BCE Sale price€1.033,95 EUR
A Roman Limestone Fragment of a Horse Head, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE
A Roman Limestone Fragment of a Horse Head, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Sale price€2.540,95 EUR

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