INDO-PERSIAN EMBOSSED SILVER FIGURALMIRRORIndo-Persian embossed silver repousse mirror, 19thc., having flat mirror plate, with ornamental arch and shaped bordered accent, encased in heavily embossed arabesque...
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TWO SILHOUETTE SAMPLE ALBUMS, ATTRIBUTEDTO EVELINA BARDWELL EARLY TO MID-19TH CENTURY APPROX. 3.5" X 4.25" AND 3.75" X 5". TO EVELINA BARDWELL, Early to Mid-19th Century, Leather-bound pocket-size albums containing...
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3 MEN'S BATIK HEAD COVERINGS, INDONESIA3Men's Batik Head Cloths ("kain kepala"), one with wayang figures, batik tulis, Java; one wiith dark diamond in center; and one in form of cap. Largest size: 40'' x 40'' (102...
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A LATE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR ERA MAP,"MAPA DE LOS ESTAD... "Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Mejico, Revised Edition," JOHN DISTURNELL, NEW YORK,1848-1850, hand colored copper plate engraving on paper, the Gulf...
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A PAIR OF GERMAN COVERED PORCELAIN URNS,CARL THIEME, P... CARL THIEME, POSTCHAPPEL, 1888-1901
each of baluster form, painted with different courtship scenes between and young man and woman in garden landscapes,...
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OGLALA SIOUX CRAZY HORSE OWNED COLT1860 ARMYThe lot features a truly phenomenal, iconic and important Colt Model 1860 Army 44 caliber percussion revolver owned and marked in Togia language by Crazy Horse an...
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DON BALKE (B. 1933) "MUSK OX AND SITKASPRUCE"Don Balke (North Carolina, B. 1933) "Musk Ox and Sitka Spruce" Signed lower left. Original Watercolor on Paper.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008),...
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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY POTTERY POLO PLAYERW/ TL TESTEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. An exemplary pottery polo player with a well-modeled figure upon a galloping horse with finely painted details...
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18TH C. CHINESE CARVED WOODEN HANDLEW/ DRAGON**Originally Listed At $250**
East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. An impressive hand-carved wooden handle with an openwork body. The handle...
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19TH C. CAMEROON POTTERY PIPE BOWLSW/ FACES (3)West Africa, Cameroon, Grasslands, Bamum or Bamileke, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A fine trio of pottery smoking pipe heads comprised of conical, hollow...
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EARLY 20TH C. AFRICAN WOOD MASK - CLASSICBASSAWest Africa, Liberia, Bassa people, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine example of a dark wooden mask in the classic Bassa style, with the face so deeply set from the brow...
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HANDSOME AZTEC STONE FACE OF MANPre-Columbian,Central & Gulf Coast Mexico, Veracruz region, Aztec culture, Post Classic period, ca. 1200 to 1521 CE. A dramatic mask carved from a gray volcanic stone, the head of a young...
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20TH C. INDIAN NAGA NECKLACES GLASSBEADS W/ PENDANTSSouth Asia, India, Naga peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fine pair of glass bead necklaces with brass face pendants that were made by the Naga culture...
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2 POTTERY FIGURES OF DEITIES - MESOPOTAMIAN& EGYPTIANAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, ca. late 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE; Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A wonderful pair of pottery...
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HUGE 20TH C. MELANESIAN VANUATU SLITDRUM / TAMTAMOceania, Melanesia, Vanuatu, ca. early 20th century CE. A splendid and sizeable slit drum or tamtam, skillfully hand-carved from butterscotch-hued wood in the...
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RARE MISSISSIPPIAN SHELL GORGET W/ COSMOLOGICALFIGURES...Native American, Southeastern United States, Eastern Woodland, Mississippian, ca. 200 to 1000 CE. This is a beautiful and rare incised and openwork gorget made from...
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2ND C. GANDHARAN SCHIST RELIEF NARRATIVEPANELNorthwest Pakistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A remarkable grey schist panel skillfully carved in high relief with two scenes divided by framed classical...
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19TH C. PHILIPPINE IFUGAO WOOD BULULMALE IDOL FIGURESoutheast Asia, Philippines, Luzon Island, Ifugao culture, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a large hand-carved wooden guardian figure known...
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20TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN SIOUX PORCUPINEFUR HAIR ROACHNative American, Midwest to Eastern United States, Eastern Plains Tribes, Sioux, ca. late to mid-20th century CE. A fine hair roach, an iconic adornment of Native...
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GREEK TANAGRA TERRACOTTA STANDING WOMANW/ TL TESTCentral Greece, Boeotia, ca. 3rd century BCE. A wonderful example of a Greek Tanagra terracotta figure, her form elegantly wrapped in a thin himation and standing...
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MASSIVE MAYA BASALT BOUNDARY MARKERBOUND PRISONERPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Classic to Postclassic period, 500 to 1300 CE. A monumental volcanic stone carving of a prisoner crouching...
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LIFESIZE ROMAN MARBLE HEAD BALDING MANWITH BEARDRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A masterful, life-size marble portrait of a man displaying a bushy beard and a hairless scalp surrounded by a...
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19TH C. SOLOMON ISLANDS SHELL KAPKAP(HEAD / PECTORAL)**Originally Listed At $1000**
Oceania, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful example of a kapkap, a head or pectoral...
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RARE PAPUA NEW GUINEA WOOD / SEED STORK(DEMA RITUALS)**First Time At Auction**
Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Marind / Marind-Anim people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A rare example of a wood and seed covered...
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19TH C. AFRICAN IGBO SPIRIT MASKS OKOROSHIOJO STYLE**Originally Listed At $750**
Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A pair of dark wooden masks in the Okoroshi Ojo style carved...
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2 JAMES KIVETORUK MOSES MIXED MEDIA- "HOME ALASKA"James Kivetoruk (Kivitauraq) Moses (Inupiat/Inupiak, ca. 1899-1982). Two mixed media works on paper, ca. 1960s. Both signed and inscribed "Home Alaska" on lower...
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UNION SOLDIER SENDS BATTLE LETTER HOMEON PATRIOTIC STATIONERY Autograph Letter Signed "James" from Williamsburg, Virginia to his mother in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on patriotic stationery (8 x 5 in.) imprinted...
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THREE CHINESE BRONZE SEATED MUSICALGROUP: A MAN GROUP: a man and woman seated playing matching stringed raised instruments, together with a man playing a cymbal. Dark brown patination, each in elaborate traditional...
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WWII AIR RAIDS OVER ENGLAND WC PAINTINGEngland,Early 20th CenturyDepicts an air raid with planes bursting over head while buildings catch fire on the ground with men, women, children, and soldiers running for cover....
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Historic Guthrie Oklahoma/ChickamaugaPresentation Gavel to First Major D.B. Dyer With associated newspaper clipping and printed pamphlet relating to the opening of the Oklahoma Territory in 1889. The symbolic...
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Executive Officer Henry W. WashburnUSS Morning Light Civil War Archive War-date archive of five letters one partial letter and three transmittal covers. Written by ill-starred Acting Master Henry W. Washburn...
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Confederate Order Book 1st VirginiaRegiment Pre-First Bull Run 8 x 10 in. hardbound order copy book with gilt title ADJUTANTS REPORTS. /1ST. REGIMENT. This book is a record of the orders received by the 1st...
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Books on the Battle of Fort Pulaskiand Partial ALS of Charles Olmstead 1p 6. x 9.5 in. Partial ALS signed by Charles Olmstead on Chas. H. Olmstead & Co. Bankers letterhead. Savannah n.d but 1880s from preprinted...
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Four Netsukes Japanese, late 19th/earlyto mid 20th century: marine ivory sennin, one eye closed while he uses a back scratcher, 1-3/4 in.; ivory Okame at Setsubun (bean-throwing festival), an oni cowering under...
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Pattison Virginia Civil War sketch (JamesWilliam Pattison, Illinois/Asheville, North Carolina, 1844-1915), encampment with tents, soldiers and barrel "flue", inscribed "Winter Quarters (1864-5) of...
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Pair Chinese blue and white vases: mirrorimage club forms, standing rim, dragon-form handles, cartouches of three men in fenced garden on prunus flower ground, ruyi -head border at shoulder, stiff leaf border at...
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