ASIAN & TIBETAN DECORATIVE ITEMS ANDGILT BRONZE DAGGER...1st item: Grouping of six (6) Thai graduated bronze weights, each depicting the mythical Makara beast. All mounted on a teakwood stand. Ranging in size...
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A GROUP OF THREE SATSUMA PARCEL GILTAND POLYCHROME PAI... AND POLYCHROME PAINTED EARTHENWARES, IMPRESSED AND OVERGLAZE PAINTED MARKS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, each gilt and painted in traditional palette,...
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19TH C. INDIAN WOOD RELIEF PANEL OFVISHNUSouth Asia, India, ca. 19th century CE. An impressive, hand-carved wood relief panel with openwork design depicting a ceremonial procession surrounding the four-armed...
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TEOTIHUACAN POTTERY LIDDED INCENSARIO,EX SOTHEBY'SPre-Columbian, Mexico, Pacific Slope region, Teotihuacan culture, Escuintla type, Classic Period, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A stunning incensario used to burn copal incense,...
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FINE TAINO STONE AXE W/ ZEMI FACEPre-Columbian,Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. This is an amazing and fine polished stone effigy axe featuring an abstract zoomorphic or anthropomorphic zemi figure...
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ZAPOTEC POTTERY INCENSARIO OF CAMAZOTZ- THE BAT GODPre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban, Phase III, ca. 500 to 700 CE. An intriguing, hand-built pottery incensario vessel in the form of...
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UNUSUAL VERACRUZ POTTERY STANDING FIGUREWHISTLEPre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz culture, also known as Totonac (Totonaca), Remojadas, ca. 300 to 600 CE. A fascinating figure of a woman, probably a shaman but possibly...
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PUBLISHED MAYA POTTERY RITUAL CACHEVESSEL W/ GIPre-Columbian, Central America, Guatemala, Peten region, Maya culture, Early Classic Period, Tzakol phase, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. An incredible and sizable...
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ROMANO-EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK,EX-CHRISTIE'SIt's not often we start a listing by stating the provenance, but in this case the pedigree is almost as impressive as the piece. Sold - Christies, December 1996;...
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TAINO STONE ZEMI DOG DEITY / OPIYELGUOBIRANPre-Columbian, Caribbean area, perhaps Dominican Republic, Taino (Arawak) Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. An incredibly well-preserved stone zemi of a Taino dog deity...
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RARE TAINO CAVE SPELEOTHEM ZEMI, MUSEUM-EXHIBITEDPre-Columbian,Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Taino, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. This is one of the most interesting zemis we have seen due to its material which is symbolically significant in...
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IMPORTANT TAINO GREENSTONE TRANSFORMATIONALNUDE FIGURE...Pre-Columbian, Caribbean / Florida, Arawak People, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. A marvelous greenstone zemi figure of a nude male experiencing the transformational...
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EXHIBITED TAINO WOOD ZEMI COHOBA STAND,C-14 TESTEDPre-Columbian, Hispaniola, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino/ Arawak Indians, ca. 15th to early 16th century CE. Incredible! An exemplary wood zemi figure that served...
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TEOTIHUACAN POTTERY INCENSARIO OF RAINGOD TLALOC, TL'D...Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 150 to 650 CE. A marvelous and massive theatre-type incensario featuring an ornately decorated lid with...
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STUNNING SICAN SILVER & TURQUOISE LORDAQUILLA VESSEL**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque or Chimu culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A silver drinking vessel with portrait-like...
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MOCHE FINELINE STIRRUP MUSICIAN HOLDINGCONCH SHELL, TL...Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, late Moche to early Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A fascinating pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a musician...
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RARE 19TH C. CENTRAL ASIAN BRONZE CEREMONIALSUGAR AXE**Originally Listed At $1500**
Near East / Central Asia, Iraq & Afghanistan, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. An incredibly rare and beautiful tool known as a sugar...
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18TH C. TIBETAN GILT TANTRIC / WRATHFULDEITY HAYAGRIVA...**First Time At Auction**
Central Asia, Himalaya region, Tibet / Nepal, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A fabulous gilt brass tantric and wrathful deity known...
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CHAVIN STONE JAGUAR MORTAR FOR CEREMONIALHALLUCINOGENS...**Originally Listed At $1800**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin / Cupisnique, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A fantastical stone metate or mortar stone, carved...
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19TH C. COOK ISLANDS WOOD ADZE HANDLE(RUATANGAEO)**Originally Listed At $1000**
Oceania, Polynesia, Southern Cook Islands, Mangaia Island, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A beautiful openwork adze handle of...
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19TH C. NEPALESE BONE BUDDHA & SKULLDIADEM PLAQUECentral Asia, Nepal, ca. 19th century CE. A fine diadem plaque carved from bone of a Buddha seated atop a skull with an arching aureola surrounding. The piece...
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20TH C. INDONESIAN STEEL KRIS W/ GOLDSHEATHSoutheast Asia, Indonesia, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fine kris (also keris) used as ceremonial attire when attending court for any number of reasons. The hand-carved...
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TAINO RHYOLITE CEREMONIAL SCEPTER W/CACIQUE FIGUREPre-Columbian, Hispaniola, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino/ Arawak Indians, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. An exceptionally rare rhyolite ceremonial scepter depicting...
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KANDIMBONG ANCESTOR FIGUREAncestor figure,Kandimbong, large, with conical headdress and mask-like face. Simple, clean lines, yet very expressive.
Traditional Lower Sepik River figures, representing clan founders,...
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PHOTO #25, JO MORA HOPI AKWANTI FESTIVALRarephotograph, taken between 1904-1906 by Joseph Jacinto Mora (American, 1876-1947), one of the last known images taken from Mora's original negative. (Photo number represents...
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3 JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY AND DEITY SCROLLS2tea ceremony or tatejiku wall scrolls and a wall scroll featuring Daikokuten or Okuninishi, the Japanese deity of wealth and fortune.
Largest scroll: 77" (including knobs...
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INDIAN CARVED WOOD PANEL OF VARAHAINDIANCARVED WOOD PANEL OF VARAHA, carved in a rectangular panel, the central deity with a ceremonial drum strapped across its body, flanked by small acolytes in the background,...
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AFRICAN CARVED WOOD FETISH FIGURE EreIbeji Figure, Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, wood with glass bead necklace, 12" tall. Wear from use and veneration.
Per Dr. Perri Kim: "The Yoruba have one of the highest rates...
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SINO-TIBETAN GILT BRONZE PHURBA CEREMONIALDAGGER Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze ceremonial dagger / phurba inlaid with coral and turquoise, the handle with three faces of deities wearing crowns, together with a lucite stand....
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CHINESE MING BRONZE OF WENCHANG WANG17th c. Bronze Figure of Taoist Deity Wenchang Wang, God of culture and literature, depicted seated and clad in a ceremonial robe and headdress, holding a hu tablet, with...
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PR CARVED HARDWOOD INDIAN DEITY FIGURESIndia,19/20th centuryDepicted standing adorned in ceremonial dress....
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''IFUGAO''-STYLE BUL-UL FIGURE. Philippines20th century. Wooden carving of Hipag a minor war deity sometimes represented as a boar. Reproduction after a ceremonial lidded box in the form of a large boar. 15''h....
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3 PIECE FAR SOUTHEAST ASIAN OIL ON CANVASPAINTINGS: Depicting various scenes with deities and ceremonial figures age unknown unstretched OIL/Canvas sight size 26 1/2'' x 19 1/2'' matching frames 38'' x 31''.CONDITION:...
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African Yoruba bronze male figure, Nigeria;Onile (earth deity) figure originating from Ogboni/Oshugbo society, seated position and presence of ceremonial scepter(?) indicates elevated social status, typical attenuated...
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A Chinese Signed Hand Carved Ivory Groupingon Stand Detailed ivory carving depicting two deities as philosophers and their disciple during tea ceremony under trees; on rosewood footed stand. Signed on the bottom with...
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An Antique Tibetan Bronze CeremonialBell, ca. 19th Century or Earlier Cast bronze bell with bronze tongue inside and "vajra" handle with three heads of deities. Measures approx. 8-1/4"H x 3"D....
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