FOUR ANCIENT ROMAN UTILITARIAN CERAMICVESSELS Four Roman utilitarian ceramic vessels comprising, three terracotta oinochoae, one with a coiled body, one with two small handles, and one of classic form; together...
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3 ANCIENT ISRAELI CERAMIC VESSELS INCL.AMPHORA VASEThree (3) Middle Eastern Antiquities. 1st item: Two handled jug, found in Jericho, Middle Copper Age , 4000-1550 BC. 7"H. 2nd item: Amphora Wine Vase, found in...
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MARAJOARA CREAM-SLIPPED OLLA W/ GEOMETRICMOTIFS**Originally Listed At $1500**
Pre-Columbian, Brazil, Lower Amazon Basin, Marajo Island, Marajoara culture, ca. 800 to 1400 CE. A beautiful hand-built vase with a planar...
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PARACAS TEXTILE FRAGMENT - WARRIOR W/TROPHY HEADS**Originally Listed At $900**
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Paracas culture, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A petite textile fragment composed of tightly woven camelid...
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CHINESE NEOLITHIC XIAJIADIAN POTTERYTRIPOD 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...
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TEOTIHUACAN TERRACOTTA DOG EFFIGY VESSEL,TL'DPre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 400 to 600 CE. An incredibly rare Teotihuacan spouted puppy vessel! Mold-made from orange terracotta that was very much...
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MAYA POTTERY CYLINDER VESSEL W/ STUCCO& INCISED DESIGN...Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A gorgeous pottery vessel presenting a cylindrical body...
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CHANCAY BICHROME VESSEL - FEMALE FIGUREHOLDING FRUITPre-Columbian, Chancay culture, Peru, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. Wow! An impressive example of a classic Chancay form, a star gazer, holding a fruit, perhaps a cherimoya...
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ANCIENT ANATOLIAN YORTAN POTTERY VESSELS(PR)Ancient Asia Minor, Western Anatolia, Troy, Yortan culture, ca. 2700 to 2300 BCE. An ensemble of 2 hand-built ceramic jars with round but stable bases and globular bodies....
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ROMAN GREEN GLAZED POTTERY VESSEL, EXROYAL ATHENA**Originally Listed At $1200**
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A rare example of a glazed ceramic vessel, mold-made, with a beautiful floral...
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CHAVIN POTTERY INCISED JAGUAR VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, Santana-Santa River, ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A delightful ceramic vessel in the form of a stylized jaguar presenting a portly...
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GREEK RED FIGURE TREFOIL OINOCHOE, WOMANAT ALTARMagna Graecia, South Italic, most likely Campania, ca. early 4th century BCE. Simply divine in form and decoration; a marvelous pottery oinochoe displaying a bulbous...
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PICASSO CERAMIC "BIRD ON A BRANCH" (1952)PabloPicasso (Spanish/French, 1881-1973). "Oiseau dur la branche" (Bird on a Branch) ceramic vessel (1952). Ed. 500. Reference: A. Ramie 175. Marked "EDITION PICASSO" in black...
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JAMACOAQUE POLYCHROME MYTHICAL BEASTVESSEL, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque culture, ca. 500 CE. A large ceramic vessel in the form of a transformational beast - probably representing a shaman in...
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LARGE SICAN LAMBAYEQUE COPPER TUMI W/NYLAMPPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 1000 to 1350 CE. A rare ceremonial tumi formed from a lengthy sheet of hammered copper with a slightly...
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MAYA POTTERY CYLINDER VESSEL W/ RELIEFGLYPHSPre-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...
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GREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE STEMMED KYLIXW/ EPHEBESAncient Greece, Athens, ca. 500 to 480 BCE. A beautiful pottery kylix, expertly hand-painted with images of ephebes or Greek youths in red-figure technique. Boasting...
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ZACATECAS POTTERY SEATED NUDE FEMALEFIGURAL VESSELPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco region, Zacatecas culture, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A splendid pottery vessel in the form of a nude female...
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LARGE COLIMA POTTERY GADROONED TRIPODJAR W/ PARROTSPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery jar of sizable form covered in lustrous...
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RARE LUSATIAN URNFIELD POTTERY BURIALURN W/ WHITE HUES...Central Europe, Germany & Poland, Urnfield & Lusatian (Lausitz) culture, Bronze Age, ca. 1300 BCE to 500 BCE. An extremely rare Bronze Age ceramic vessel...
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APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER DIONYSIANSCENEMagna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 330 to 320 BCE. An essential for any drinking symposium - a lovely, terracotta bell krater featuring red figure decoration...
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MAYA CYLINDER - JAGUAR / SMOKING GODS,EX KERR**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An exemplary pottery cylinder vessel, finely painted with scenes...
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RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $4000**
Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery...
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CHAVIN MARANON REDWARE VESSEL LOBSTER/ CRAYFISH**Originally Listed At $3000**
Pre-Columbian, Peru (Ecuador border), Chavin Maranon, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A charming ceramic vessel depicting a lobster or crayfish...
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CHINESE SHANG DYNASTY BRONZE GU / WINEVESSEL**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, China, Late Shang Dynasty, ca. 12th to 11th century BCE. A gorgeously preserved ritual wine vessel, known as a "gu", from the Chinese...
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CANOSAN POTTERY VOLUTE KRATER W/ EQUESTRIAN& NIKE, TL**First Time At Auction**
Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, Canosa, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A gorgeous polychrome volute krater, meticulously hand-painted...
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RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $4000**
Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery...
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ZAPOTEC POTTERY SEATED GOD COCIJO VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban III, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A magnificent ceramic vessel in the form of a seated god, Cocijo or Cociyo, the...
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GREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX W/ NUDEEPHEBESAncient Greece, Athens / Attic, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A remarkable pottery kylix adorned with red-figure decoration of nude ephebes and athletes as well as geometric...
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RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,EX-SCHMITTPre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery bowl exquisitely carved with...
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MAYA PETEN POLYCHROME CYLINDER W/ LORD& FIGURES**Originally Listed At $3000**
Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Mayan Territories, Peten Region, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A stunning Maya...
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GREEK FIKELLURAWARE TREFOIL OINOCHOE,EX-ROYAL ATHENAEastern Greece, Rhodes or Asia Minor, Archaic Period, ca. 6th century BCE. An elegantly constructed ceramic trefoil oinochoe with radiating crescent bands painted...
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GREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE STEMMED KYLIXW/ NIKEAncient Greece, Athens / Attic, ca. 6th century BCE. A gorgeous pottery kylix boasting red-figure decoration of a winged Nike (Roman Victoria), the Greek goddess of...
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ANCIENT THAI BAN CHIANG CERAMIC VESSELS,2 Two Ancient Southeast Asian, Thai, Ban Chiang, circa 300 BCE, ceramic earthenware pottery vases, one with bichrome red-on-buff colors depicting a swirling geometric design,...
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GREEK APULIAN GNATHIAN CERAMIC VESSELS,4 Four articles of ancient Greek Apulian Gnathian ceramic pottery clay blackware comprising one glazed lekythos or oil vessel, one handled oinoche jug with trefoil lip, one...
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A Group of Two Grand Tour Black-FigureCeramic Vessels 19th c. height of tallest 17 1/2 in. Note: These striking variations on ancient Greek pottery types include a version of a Kantharos or Kylix (a spreading...
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