- A Phoenician Gold Burial Mask
Circa
1000-500 B.C. or Later
Width of mouth 2 3/4 inches (6.99 cm); 22 karat gold; 4.67 dwt....
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MASKTaino (c. 1000-1500 CE) Ritual Burial Mask . A ritualized burial mask made of light colored serpentinite. Undecorated concave back. Stone masks are believed to be characterized...
[more like this] - VERACRUZ LORD IN REGAL ATTIRE, EX-HOLLYWOOD,
TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A remarkable ceramic figure: a standing lord with a lifelike face and elaborate costume....
[more like this] - UNUSUAL VERACRUZ POTTERY STANDING FIGURE
WHISTLEPre-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...
[more like this] - ANCIENT ARGENTINE CONDORHUASI-ALAMITO
STONE MASKPre-Columbian, Northwest Argentina, Condorhuasi-Alamito culture, Early Period, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. An incredible funerary mask hand-carved from a large stone...
[more like this] - SUPERB TEOTIHUACAN SERPENTINE MASKPre-Columbian,
Central Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 450 to 650 CE. How lovely! An exemplary Teotihuacan mask sculpted from serpentine in rich hues of midnight green, olivine, and sage, and presenting...
[more like this] - OUTSTANDING HUARI / TIWANAKU MUMMY BUNDLE
HEADPre-Columbian, Coastal Peru, Huari (Wari) or Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) culture, ca. 600 to 1000 CE. An incredible mummy head made of woven textiles and colorful feathers from...
[more like this] - MAYA GREENSTONE PECTORAL BEADS + EAR
SPOOL, EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $6000**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A staggering collection of 39 sizable...
[more like this] - CHINESE SHANG DYNASTY BRONZE GU / WINE
VESSEL**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...
[more like this] - ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS PANEL W/ THEATER
MASK**First Time At Auction**
Roman, Imperial period, probably Phrygia (modern Turkey), ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A breathtaking marble sarcophagus panel, festooned with...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - ANTIQUE AFRICAN BRONZE CEREMONIAL MASK
OF THE FOUMBAN OF CAMEROON, WITH OPEN MOUTH, HOODED EYES, WITH BIRD MOUNT AND GEOMETRIC MOTIFS, USED IN FUNERAL AND BURIAL CERMONIES; 17"H 9"W 7"D; PROVENANCE: THE HUMPERT...
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C. IN ANCIENT HAN MANNER, COMPRISED OF HUNDREDS OF PIERCED JADE TABLETS SEWN TOGETHER WITH ME...ASIAN: Jade burial suit, Chinese, 20th C. in ancient Han manner, comprised...
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[more like this] - PRE-COLUMBIAN POTTERY. TOLTEC Terracotta
Mask of a Warrior, a burial offering, Central Mexico, 10h-12th c., CE, displayed on a lexan cube. 4" mask, 4" cube. Reassembled....
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Aztec Burial Mask in the Anthropology Museum in Mexico City. Carved alabaster with applied turquoise stone mosaic, bone teeth and eyes, descending frog/man figure on the forehead...
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MUMMY MASK Egypt,700 BCMulticolored faience disc beads strung in the form of a mask which would have been placed on a mummy during burial....
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engraved plates of Hawaiians and Hawaii from Cook's Voyages comprising Habitations and People of the Island of Atooi; Tereoboo King og Owyhee bringing Presents to Capt. Cook;...
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