- (LOT) ID'D CIVIL WAR PHOTOS, DOCUMENTS,
MEMOIR(lot) Family archive of Albert Henry Clay Jewett (New Hampshire, Washington, D.C.,1841-1898), discharged as First Lieutenant, Fourth Regiment of Volunteers, State of...
[more like this] - GROUP OF CHINESE CLAY FIGURESGroup of
Chinese Clay Figures, comprising a ram, a bull, a horse's head, and a seated figure, together with a disk with stand Dimensions: Seated figure: 4 5/8 x 3 1/4 x 2 7/8 in....
[more like this] - (2) BURA FIRED CLAY HEADS Possibly 3rd-12th
c. CE, Niger, Bura peoples, very expressive examples on custom mounts, the larger with manganese deposits, 11.25"h x 6.75"w x 3"d and 8"h x 3.75"w (incl. stands)...
[more like this] - CHINESE YIXING BROWN CLAY TEAPOT, ON
WOOD STAND 4" x 7 ½" x 4 ?" teapot Of bulbous form brown clay Yixing teapot with organic handle and pronounced spout, fitted lid with Awabi bat and peaches branches finial,...
[more like this] - OLEN BRYANT, GILDED SUN FACE ON STAND
& MOTHER CHILD SC...Two (2) Olen L. Bryant (American/Tennessee, 1927-2017) gilt sculptures. 1st item: Ceramic sculpture of a textured spherical head with closed-eye face,...
[more like this] - BABYLONIAN TERRACOTTA PORTRAIT PLAQUE
OF HUMBABAAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 2000 to 1600 BCE. A fine, press-molded terracotta plaque featuring the intimidating countenance...
[more like this] - 2 TRANSLATED NEO-SUMERIAN CLAY FOUNDATION
CONESAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, city of Lagash, Neo-Sumerian Period, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2144 to 2124 BCE. A pair of hand-built clay foundation cones...
[more like this] - NAYARIT POTTERY STANDING FEMALE FIGUREPre-Columbian,
West Mexico, Nayarit, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A large and impressive clay figure of a nude female shown standing on two thick-set legs. The stocky figure...
[more like this] - 5 COLIMA POTTERY FIGURES W/ GINGERBREAD
& HUNCHBACKPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An attractive group of 5 hand-built pottery figures, in varying poses and styles, all from ancient Mexico!...
[more like this] - ANCIENT BABYLONIAN POTTERY FACE OF HUMBABAAncient
Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 2000 to 1600 BCE. A fine, press-molded terracotta plaque featuring the intimidating countenance of the legendary...
[more like this] - 2 TRANSLATED NEO-SUMERIAN CLAY FOUNDATION
CONESAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, city of Lagash, Neo-Sumerian Period, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2144 to 2124 BCE. A lovely pair of hand-built clay foundation...
[more like this] - 3 VALDIVIAN POTTERY VENUS FIGURES -
TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A charming trio of female or Venus figures, all skillfully hand-built from pottery to present stylized...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - NAYARIT POTTERY FIGURE - HUNCHBACKED
MALE MOURNERPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine, terracotta, hunchbacked figure shown with a recognizably somber attitude and a traditional...
[more like this] - PICASSO CHOUETTE AUX TACHES CERAMIC
VASE (1951)Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). "Chouette Aux Taches" (A.R. 120) ceramic vase, 1951. Ed. 300. Marked with handwritten "EDITION PICASSO" as well as "EDITION PICASSO"...
[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] - PUBLISHED / HUGE GANDHARAN STUCCO BUDDHA
HEADCentral Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 4th to mid-5th century CE. A larger-than-life stucco head of the enlightened Buddha, modeled in the traditional...
[more like this] - TRANSLATED NEO-SUMERIAN CLAY FOUNDATION
CONES (PR)Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, city of Lagash, Neo-Sumerian period, reign of Gudea of Lagash, ca. 2144 to 2124 BCE. A wonderful set of two hand-built clay...
[more like this] - 20TH C. HOPI POLYCHROME WOOD KACHINA
BIRD-FACED FIGURENative American, Southwestern United States, Hopi, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden kachina doll depicting a large, bird-faced figure....
[more like this] - IMPRESSIVE NAYARIT CHINESCO POTTERY
SEATED NUDE MALEPre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco, Type C, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. An impressive pottery figure of a male shown seated with...
[more like this] - LARGE NAYARIT SAN SEBASTIAN REDWARE
SEATED FIGUREPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, San Sebastian style, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A massive pottery figure depicted seated on a two-legged...
[more like this] - PICASSO HIBOU DES BOIS (OWL) CERAMIC
VASE (1968)Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). "Hibou des bois" (Wood Owl) ceramic vase, 1968. Edition 211/500. Marked with handwritten "EDITION PICASSO", "MADOURA", "RA 46"...
[more like this] - 4TH C. GANDHARAN STUCCO HEAD ENLIGHTENED
BUDDHACentral Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 4th to mid-5th century CE. A larger-than-life stucco head of the enlightened Buddha, modeled in the traditional...
[more like this] - JALISCO POTTERY NUDE PREGNANT FEMALE,
EX-SOTHEBY'SPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, Late Preclassic period, ca. 300 to 200 BCE. A charming pottery figure of a pregnant female figure depicted nude as she stands...
[more like this] - SASANIAN BRONZE CIRCULAR SEAL - HEAD
OF KINGNear East, Sasanian Empire (also Sassanian, Sasanid), ca. 2nd to 7th century CE. A disc-shaped bronze stamp seal, pierced laterally for suspension, bearing on its face...
[more like this] - (4) JAPANESE HANDMADE PAPER KABUKI ACTORS
20th c., clothing of handmade paper, heads, feet and hands of clay, with other plant fibers and wicker, includes samurai with swords, each on wood and metal stand, approx....
[more like this] - KOMA-BULSA CULTURE, (18) CLAY HEADS
Possibly 14th-16th c. CE, North Ghana, terracotta, most mounted on custom stands, 3"h to 4.5"h (not including stands)...
[more like this] - BAMUN/BAMILEKE, (5) FIGURAL CLAY PIPES
Cameroon, (1) double-headed with bird -form handle, (2) with human head-shaped bowls, the barrel molded as elaborate headdress, (1) floral shaped pipe with long copper stem,...
[more like this] - BLACK CLAY CHINESE STANDING DRAGONBlack
clay Chinese dragon, 20th c., a dragon figure standing with its tail coiled around its feet, the dragon with protruding head and claw front arms, impressed initials MC, approx...
[more like this] - AFRICAN CLAY HEAD ON MUSEUM STAND Fragment
from neck up of terra cotta figure, Bamana, having coiffed hair and scarification....
[more like this] - SMOKING PIPE COLLECTION Including: Meerscham
'Bird Claw" in original case from Lenovil of Paris; (3) Partial German Black Forest; PLUS (2) Long Clay Pipes & a Figural Clay Turk's Head; PLUS Indian Head Carved wood; PLUS...
[more like this] - A GRAND TOUR EGYPTIAN STYLE RED CLAY
HIEROGLYPHIC PANEL A Grand Tour Egyptian style red clay hieroglyphic panel headed by a head 6"h x 2.5"w, mounted on modern weight black metal stand. Provenance: Property from...
[more like this] - BLACK CLAY SCULPTURE OF WOMAN CARRYING
BUCKET Folk Art manner black clay sculpture of a standing woman carrying a vessel on her head, unsigned. 26" H x 8" W....
[more like this] - RARE UNGLAZED TANG DYNASTY TERRA COTTA
FIGURE Buff colored clay Standing Bull, hollow, realistically rendered, in harness with tassels, head slightly raised, in remnants of polychrome decoration, encrusted, on...
[more like this] - CHINESE HAN DYNASTY CLAY SOLDIER HEAD
Solid Clay Head of a Soldier, Western Han (206 BC-9 AD), from the Imperial tomb of Jingdi (188-141 BC) unearthed by Yangling near Kian, Robert McPherson of London label on...
[more like this] - Letters Between the Sturges Brothers
Most Antebellum Including J.R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA These 58 letters encompass a "snapshot" of antebellum life in the South.Samuel Sturges (1774-1831) was born in Fairfield...
[more like this]