PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNE FOO LION INCENSEBURNERS Pair of Chinese cloisonne decorated foo lion incense burners. With removable heads and hollow interiors. From a Greenwich, CT estate. Dimensions: foo lions measure...
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CHINESE FLAMBE GLAZED GARLIC HEAD VASEA Chinese flambe glazed garlic head vase. A heavily potted vase with wide body over a recessed base. The wide body is short and quickly tapers to a long curved neck reaching...
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3 CHINESE MINORITY HEAD CLOTHS3 ChineseMinority Head Cloths, two women's ceremonial headcloths, embroidered cotton, Dong people, Guizhou, China and one woman's wedding head covering, "nom pah", silk embroidery...
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3 OLD CHINESE MINORITY TEXTILES, YIPEOPLE2 embroidered and cotton applique woman's head cloths; and a woman's cut and fold applique jacket, Yi people, Guizhou, China. Range in Size: 14" x 17" to 25" x 52".
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11 ASIAN DECORATIVE ITEMS, CARVED FIGURES,BUDDHAS, TRA...Eleven (11) Asian decorative items. 1st-6th items: Six (6) assorted carved Asian figures, including one (1) carved and polychrome painted seated scholar, three...
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CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ARMORIAL PLATEAND SAUCER, RAT...comprising: circa 1750, saucer with Rattray coat of arms, shield with central white stripe, flanked by stripes, each having three gilt crosses, surmounted...
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VERACRUZ JANUS-HEADED STONE PALMA, EX-MESSICK**OriginallyListed At $2000**
Pre-Columbian, Gulf Coast Mexico, Veracruz (Vera Cruz) culture, ca. 550 to 950 CE. Hand-carved from volcanic rock palma in the form of a stylized double-headed...
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RARE ANCESTRAL PUEBLOAN STONE AXE HEAD,EX MUSEUMNative American, Southwestern United States, southern Colorado, Ancestral Puebloan, (Anasazi), Pueblo I to Pueblo III period, ca. 750 to 1300 CE. This is a hand-pecked...
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CANAANITE LEADED BRONZE / COPPER DUCKBILLAXE HEADS (2)...Ancient Near East, the Levant, Canaan, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 1950 to 1539 BCE. A fine pair of cast leaded-bronze and copper axe heads with a characteristic...
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FINE VIRU REDWARE STIRRUP VESSEL W/OWLPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Viru culture, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A fine example of a hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessel of a spherical form resting atop...
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PUBLISHED ROMAN STONE MOSAIC HEAD OFOCEANUSRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A very fine Roman stone mosaic comprised of thousands of stone tesserae, depicting the head of Oceanus - the personification...
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CHANCAY PAINTED WOOD FIGURE TEXTILECLOTHINGPre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1425 CE. An anthropomorphic wooden figure with painted details and a hand-woven textile headdress and cape...
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ROMAN BRONZE SCOOP W/ RAM HEAD FINIALRoman,Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A fine cast-bronze scoop with a concave head and a slender handle with spiraled grooves. The curved finial displays a stylized...
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NAZCA POTTERY TROPHY HEAD JAR + CHIMUPOTTERY JARPre-Columbian, South Coast of Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 400 CE; Central Coast of Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A nice set of 2 hand-built pottery vessels from...
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4TH C. INDIAN GUPTA STONE HEAD FRAGMENTOF DEITYSouth Asia, India, Gupta, ca. 4th to 6th century CE. This is a fine fragmentary sculpture of a head from the neck up depiction a bodhisattva or deity, perhaps Vishnu....
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19TH C. INUIT BONE HARPOON + 2 WOODCARVINGS**Originally Listed At $200**
Native American, Northwestern United States, Alaska, Inuit, ca. 19th to mid-20th century CE. This is a fine collection of 3 hand-made...
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7 COLIMA, AZTEC, JALISCO & TLATILCOPOTTERY FIGURES**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE; Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco...
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INCA POTTERY FIGURAL ARYBALLOS W/ LLAMA**OriginallyListed At $500**
Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery aryballos with a stylized anthropomorphic head...
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20TH C. DRC HEMBA KUSU WOOD POWER FIGURE,EX-DARTEVELLE...Central Africa, Dominican Republic of Congo, Hemba / Kusu peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fantastic and fascinating wooden power figure known as a kakudji,...
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MASSIVE COSTA RICAN STONE TROPHY HEADPre-Columbian,Central America, Costa Rica, Central Highlands, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A massive and meticulously carved trophy head from a dense volcanic rock, depicted...
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RARE EGYPTIAN LAPIS LAZULI SEATED SEKHMETAMULETEgypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A lovely and petite amulet depicting Sekhmet, the lioness-headed goddess of war, military strategy,...
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18TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN & USA IRON &STONE AXES (3)Native American, United States, Plains Tribes, ca. 18th to 19th century CE; North America, United States, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A collection of 3 iron...
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EASTERN ROMAN MARBLE FEMALE HEAD W/SEA ENCRUSTATIONSRoman, Eastern Empire, late Imperial Period, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A wonderful, attractive, and expressive example of a female head in provincial stylization...
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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY SEATED CAMEL WEARINGSADDLE, TL'DEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A handsome terracotta statue of a camel, shown seated with legs bent beneath him and head tilted skyward as...
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OLMEC STONE SHAMAN / JAGUAR TRANSFORMATION,EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $3000**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A captivating greenstone figure shown in the process of a...
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ASIAN: FOUR CARVED STONE BELT HOOKS,CHINESE, QING DYNASTY, INCLUDING: THREE POSSIBLY JADE, DECORATED WITH DRAGON HEAD AND SMALLER D...ASIAN: Four carved stone belt hooks, Chinese, Qing dynasty, including: three...
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CHINESE SAND STONE CARVED LUOHAN HEADON STAND Chinese well carved and expressive limestone head of a Luohan, dated to Ming Dynasty, Luohan also called arhats, were the original disciples of the Buddha and are...
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7PC ASSORTED WIND UP TIN LITHO TOYSGermany, China, Japan,Early 20th CenturyIncludes one Gama mule toy with minor losses to color, one Chinese wind up ice cream cart with the figure missing the head and some...
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Chinese whitish-celadon jade insertand wood ruyi scepter late qing dynasty Of typical lingzhi form, the largest head of shaped lingzhi head form, the plaque carved to show a forceful dragon, similar carved...
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Chinese export porcelain underglazeblue and Famille Rose decorated tureen w/undertray, tureen w/boars head handles, one minor chip to boars head, undertray w/one under rim chip and minor wear to enamels and...
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Three Chinese vases: one cylindricalwith guan -type pale celadon glaze, 5 in., 1 in. rim crack ; one ovoid with figures at rim, guan -type apple green glaze exterior, white interior and base, old paper label...
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Pair Chinese famille rose vases: meipingform, mirror images of peonies, shoulders with ruyi -head and floral border, base with red seal mark for Qianlang period (1736-1795), 19th century, 9 in., with information...
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Three pieces Chinese porcelain: celadonvase, Eight Trigrams (Ba Gua), ruyi -head bands, 9-1/8 in., base with star crack, minor chip to elephant head ; hat stand, quatrefoil openings, "Hundred Deer", base...
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Fine Chinese Bamboo ruyi scepter qingdynasty Modeled from a single section of bamboo, showing an aged large lingzhi head and three minor lingzhi heads issuing from a sinuous stem, Japanese tomobako. L: 7 in....
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Four Chinese hardstone carvings, belthook, white with grey vein, chilong below dragon head, verso with flower, 4-3/4 in., red numerical code ; figural group, grey with russet skin, three goats, base with label...
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2 vols. Chinese in The American West:Joint Select Committee Relative to The Chinese Population of The State of California. Report of... (San Francisco), (March 11, 1862). 8vo, modern 1/2 crushed brown morocco...
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