- 8TH C. ISLAMIC GILT GLASS BOWL W/ ARABIC
SCRIPT & BIRDS...Near East, Islamic culture, ca. 8th to 9th century CE. A marvelous glass vessel boasting a mesmerizing relief decoration adorned with a lustrous gilding comprised...
[more like this] - BACTRIAN LEADED BRONZE PITCHER W/ BULL
HEAD SPOUTAncient Central Asia, Bactria, ca. 2500 to 2000 BCE. An exemplary leaded bronze pitcher presenting a discoid foot, a short, cylindrical leg, a tear-drop form body,...
[more like this] - CHINESE MING SANDSTONE RECTANGULAR VESSEL
- SEA LIFE**Originally Listed At $4000**
East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A monumental hand-carved sandstone vessel boasting a rectangular base and thick...
[more like this] - CHINESE NEOLITHIC XIAJIADIAN POTTERY
TRIPOD VESSELEast Asia, Northeast China, Middle Neolithic, Xiajiadian culture, ca. 5000 to 3000 BCE. A fascinating pottery vessel with 3 pointed legs, a squat body, and a...
[more like this] - IMPRESSIVE INDUS VALLEY POTTERY JARCentral
Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A wonderful, wheel-thrown pottery jar presenting a squat, circular body with a wide hip, a sloped...
[more like this] - NATIVE AMERICAN HOHOKAM POLYCHROME BOWL
W/ HANDLENative American, US Southwest, Arizona, Phoenix Basin, Hohokam culture, ca. 1100 to 1400 CE. A lovely pottery bowl featuring a round yet stable base and convex walls...
[more like this] - ANASAZI BLACK-ON-WHITE POTTERY MUG CHECKERED
MOTIFNative American, Southwestern USA, Colorado, Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloans, Pueblo IV, ca. 1350 to 1600 CE. A fine example of a pottery mug made in the Mesa Verde Black-on-White...
[more like this] - ANASAZI BLACK-ON-WHITE POTTERY CANTEEN
- TRIANGLE MOTIF...Native American, Southwestern USA, Colorado or New Mexico, Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloans, Pueblo II, ca. 900 to 1150 CE. A wonderful, hand-formed ceramic...
[more like this] - BEAUTIFUL CHINESE HAN DYNASTY BLACKWARE
AMPHORA W/ TLEast Asia, Western China, Han Dynasty, ca. 2nd century BCE. An impressive, dark-gray earthenware amphora of a remarkably distinctive form. Panels of incised linear...
[more like this] - RARE APULIAN / MESSAPIAN POTTERY ASKOS
TL TESTEDMagna Graecia, South Italic, Apulia, Messapian, ca. 5th to 3rd century BCE. A gorgeous pottery askos presenting a bulbous body sitting upon an applied, discoid foot....
[more like this] - NATIVE AMERICAN MISSISSIPPIAN GRAYWARE
CLAY JARNative American, Southeast or Midwest, Mississippian, ca. 900 to 1543 CE. A charming pottery jar presenting a bulbous body with a brief shoulder, a gently attenuated...
[more like this] - ZACATECAS BICHROME POTTERY DISH GEOMETRIC
MOTIFPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Zacatecas culture, Early Classic Period, ca. 250 to 450 CE. A stunning pottery bowl on a rounded base with thick walls that rise up to a wide,...
[more like this] - CHIMU BLACKWARE STIRRUP JAR W/ 2 LIZARDS
BITING TAILSPre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A fabulous, mold-made pottery stirrup vessel presenting a planar base, a spherical body, and a tubular...
[more like this] - CHAVIN POTTERY STIRRUP VESSEL, INCISED
GEOMETRIC DESIGN...Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 BCE. A beautiful mold-made earthenware stirrup vessel presenting a circular, rounded base and impressively...
[more like this] - GORGEOUS ROMAN GLASS BOTTLE W/ IRIDESCENCERoman,
Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A stunning, mold-made glass bottle presenting a bulbous body, a planar shoulder, an attenuated neck, and a gently flared rim, all...
[more like this] - GREEK ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS W/
ZOOMORPHAncient Greece, Athens, ca. early 5th century BCE. A beautiful wheel-thrown pottery lekythos - a vessel used to hold perfumes or other scented oils - finely painted...
[more like this] - MINIATURE GREEK ARCHAIC BRONZE OINOCHOE
(3 PCS)Ancient Greek, Archaic Period, ca. 7th century BCE. An impressive trio of bronze oinochoai, each oinochoe presenting an applied, circular base, a bulbous body, a sloped...
[more like this] - COSTA RICAN CHIRIQUI POTTERY TRIPOD
RATTLE COCOA CUPPre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Diquis region, Chiriqui, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A fine pottery cocoa cup, known as a spider or chocolate pot, presenting a rounded...
[more like this] - MEDITERRANEAN / NEAR EAST POTTERY &
BRONZE VESSELS (4)Magna Graecia, Southern Italic, Daunian, ca. 4th century BCE; Central Asia, Bactrian, ca. 2nd Millennium BCE; Near East, Holy Land, ca. 1st century CE; Egypt,...
[more like this] - DAUNIAN BICHROME KYATHOS BANDED / GEOMETRIC
MOTIFSMagna Graecia, Italy, Apulia / Daunian, ca. 4th century BCE. A charming example of a pottery dipping vessel known as a kyathos, presenting a bulbous body, a conical...
[more like this] - LARGE 13TH C. SELJUK KASHAN POTTERY
BOWL, FLORAL MOTIFNear East, Persia, Seljuq Empire (Seljuk, Saljuq), Kashan, ca. 13th century CE. A beautiful pottery bowl, displaying impressively thin walls that span outwards...
[more like this] - POST-CLASSIC COLIMA REDWARE JAR W/ THREE
HORNS**Originally Listed At $300**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Post-Classic period, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A lovely handmade pottery jug enveloped in a vibrant hue...
[more like this] - MOCHE BICHROME RATTLE FLORERO, W/ TL,
EX-MUSEUM**Originally Listed At $650**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III to V, ca. 350 to 850 CE. A marvelous rattling florero (also sonajero) - a dramatically flared...
[more like this] - LOVELY CHIMU WOOD ZOOMORPHIC DISH**Originally
Listed At $250**
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. An attractive hand-carved wood bowl in the form of a zoomorph resembling a reptile. Sitting upon 4 squat...
[more like this] - MISSISSIPPIAN CADDO HODGES ENGRAVED
POTTERY JAR, TL'DNative American, Southeast or Midwest, Caddo / Mississippian, ca. 770 to 1270 CE. A fabulous pottery jar presenting a bulbous body, a sloped shoulder, and...
[more like this] - LOVELY IRIDESCENT ROMAN GLASS FOOTED
BOWLRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An elegant bowl, free blown from translucent, blue-green glass to present a flared, ring-form foot, a rounded bottom,...
[more like this] - STUNNINGLY IRIDESCENT ROMAN GLASS FLASKRoman,
Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A dazzling flask free blown from translucent blue green glass that has acquired a breathtaking iridescence of lustrous silver,...
[more like this] - GREEK BOEOTIAN POTTERY KANTHAROS W/
WHITE IVY MOTIFAncient Greece, Boeotia, ca. 450 to 425 BCE. A fabulous Boeotian kantharos, boasting an elegant silhouette with a cup-shaped body, a flared rim, and a pair...
[more like this] - HELLENISTIC GREEK ALABASTER LIDDED PYXIS,
EX SOTHEBY'SAncient Near East, Mesopotamia to Eastern Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 5th to 3rd century BCE. This is a beautiful and elegant pyxis vessel hand carved from...
[more like this] - MISSISSIPPIAN / CADDO POTTERY JAR W/
INCISED SUN MOTIFS...Native American, Southeast or Midwest, Caddo / Mississippian, ca. 900 to 1400 CE. A fabulous pottery jar with a round yet stable base, a bulbous body,...
[more like this] - ANASAZI MESA VERDE POTTERY NEGATIVE
RESIST BOWLNative American, North America, Southwestern United States, Colorado or New Mexico, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), Mesa Verde type, Late Classic, ca. 1150 to 1280...
[more like this] - MAYA POTTERY CYLINDER VESSEL W/ RELIEF
GLYPHSPre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A gorgeous pottery vessel presenting a cylindrical body with straight...
[more like this] - ELEGANT / TALL ROMAN TERRA SIGILLATA
AMPHORARoman, Imperial Period, ca. late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE. An elegant terra sigillata amphora presenting a bulbous body and sloped shoulder that dramatically...
[more like this] - MUSEUM-EXHIBITED ROMAN GLASS FLASKRoman,
Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A truly breathtaking glass flask boasting a simple yet elegant form enveloped in layers of fiery iridescence. Sitting upon a concave...
[more like this] - EXHIBITED ROMAN GLOBULAR GLASS FLASK
W/ TRAILINGRoman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A wonderful glass flask featuring a globular body and a conical spout encompassed by cyan-hued bands of trailing....
[more like this] - ANCIENT VESSEL, OIL LAMPS AND FAIENCE
ARTICLES Ancient Vessel, Oil lamps and Faience Articles...
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