CARVED RAMSES II TOE FRAGMENT SilverMounted Pink Granite Toenail Fragment, purportedly from one of the colossal statues of Pharoah Ramses II (reigned ca. 1279-1213 BC) at the entrance to the Temple of Luxor...
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Four artworks, including: framed postcards24” x 30”, framed bamboo type trees 17.5” x 21.5”, Thai temple rubbing 18” x 28.5”, print of view looking out a kitchen window 24” x 24”. Condition: good...
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THAI THEPPHANOM GUARDIAN ANGEL STATUES,PAIRA pair of Thai thepphanom ceramic statues, each standing prayerfully, affixed atop ebonized wooden plinths. This type of figure istraditionallyused to stand guard over...
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AN AMERICAN CAST IRON TEMPLE TYPE DARTINGHARPOON, STAMPED "MACY" ON HEAD, "BK/SB", 38 An American cast iron temple type darting harpoon, stamped "Macy" on head, "BK/SB", 38.5"l, Literature: similiar to #132 in Harpoons...
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TEMPLE STYLE HARPOONVintage custom madetoggle type harpoon painted black....
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TEMPLE WHALING HARPOONAntique iron whalingharpoo, Temple type with toggle, 37 inches. Illustrated in Lytle's book "Harpoons & Other Whalecraft" p. 205, #84....
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TEMPLE WHALING HARPOONAntique iron whalingharpoon, Temple type with toggle, 37 inches. Illustrated in Lytle's book "Harpoons & Other Whalecraft" p. 205, #82....
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19TH C. JAPANESE EDO PERIOD BRONZE UMPANGONGEast Asia, Japan, Edo period, ca. early to mid-19th century CE. A beautiful cast bronze gong known as an umpan that was used in a Zen temple or monastery. A suspension...
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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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PUBLISHED MESOPOTAMIAN GLAZED HEAD -GYPSUM & BITUMENAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Kassite period, ca. 14th to 13th century BCE. Staring past the confine of time, a head depicting a haunting guise carved in...
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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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SIGNED MORRIS KANTOR PAINTING - "STAIRCASE"(1931)Morris Kantor (Russian-American, 1896-1974). "Staircase" oil on canvas, 1931. Signed and dated by the artist on the lower right. Morris Kantor's "Staircase" demonstrates...
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SICAN LAMBAYEQUE SILVER VOTIVE PLAQUEFLORA & FAUNAPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A stunning sheet plaque formed from hammered high-grade (98%) silver of a rectangular...
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VERACRUZ HUASTEC POTTERY STANDING FEMALESHAMANPre-Columbian, central Mexico, northern Veracruz, Huastec culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A fantastic standing ceramic figure of a woman boasting applied decorative ornaments...
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IMPOSING MAYA BASALT RELIEF CARVINGOF TLALOCPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Cotzumalguapa region, Maya culture, Late Classic Period, ca. 650 to 900 CE. A stunning and large basalt stone fragment,...
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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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EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC TUFFACEOUS LIMESTONEJARAncient Egypt, Early Dynastic Period to Old Kingdom, 2nd to 3rd Dynasty, ca. 2890 to 2613 BCE. A hand-carved stone jar with a graceful piriform body and a gently rounded...
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PUBLISHED CHAVIN STIRRUP VESSEL EAGLE& JAGUAR**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chavin culture, Jequetepeque-Templadera type, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. One of the more striking examples of ancient...
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CHINESE SONG DYNASTY STONE BUDDHA HEAD**FirstTime At Auction**
East Asia, China, Song Dynasty, ca. 960 to 1270 CE. A sensitively hand-carved stone Buddha head, a piece from a larger sculpture that perhaps resided in...
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2ND C. GANDHARAN SCHIST RELIQUARY STUPAMODEL**First Time At Auction**
Central Asia, Pakistan / Afghanistan, ancient region of Gandhara, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A model of a Buddhist stupa reliquary, finely...
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TWENTY INDIAN REVERSE PAINTED MICA MINIATURESTWENTYINDIAN REVERSE PAINTED MICA MINIATURES, OFTEN CALLED COMPANY PAINTINGS Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, 19th Century. Each colorfully painted depict either a single...
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TEMPLE-TYPE TOGGLE HARPOON MID-19THCENTURY LENGTH 35.5".TEMPLE-TYPE TOGGLE HARPOON, Mid-19th Century, Marked on head "Bk. Union" and with a pound sign. The bark Union was a New Bedford whaler from 1855 to...
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TOGGLE-HEAD TEMPLE-TYPE IRON NEW BEDFORD,MASSACHUSETTS, MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 36".TOGGLE-HEAD TEMPLE-TYPE IRON, New Bedford, Massachusetts, Mid-19th Century, Head marked "SEM" for the ship Emily Morgan of New...
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TEMPLE-TYPE TOGGLE HARPOON FOR A SHOULDERGUN, PROBABLY EXPERIMENTAL SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 26". GUN, PROBABLY EXPERIMENTAL, Second Half of the 19th Century, Unmarked. Dimensions: Length 26". Provenance:...
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IRON TEMPLE-TYPE TOGGLE HARPOON 19THCENTURY LENGTH 27.25".IRON TEMPLE-TYPE TOGGLE HARPOON, 19th Century, Similar to #218 in Harpoons and Other Whalecraft, by T.G. Lytle. Dimensions: Length 27.25"....
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COMPLETE 40 VOLUME SET OF THE NEW TEMPLESHAKESPEARE (London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. and New York: C. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., no date, 1930s), M. R. Ridley, M.A., ed., small octavo (8-1/2 in.), red and black linen...
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A PAIR OF SOUTH ASIAN CARVED WOOD YALITEMPLE GUARDSA pair of South Asian carved wood Yali temple guards, 19th/20th Century Each polychromed carved wood figure in the form and a lion-type Yali with scrolled tail...
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TWO 19TH C. OLD MASTER STYLE RELIGIOUSSCENES, OIL Two Northern European or Dutch School, untitled, 19th century or older, oil on wooden panel, Old Master type religious scenes, the first depicting the adoration...
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PAIR CHINESE COBALT BLUE PORCELAIN TEMPLEJARS Pair of Chinese monochrome cobalt blue porcelain temple jars, each having a baluster form with knob handle, Kangxi type blue double circle mark to the underside of each....
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HIGHLY UNUSUAL TEMPLE-TYPE DARTING GUNTOGGLE-HEAD HARPOON 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 30.25”. TOGGLE-HEAD HARPOON, 19th Century, Notable for a round whale-line loop, instead of the usual teardrop shape, and for the...
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WROUGHT IRON TEMPLE-TYPE HARPOON MID-19THCENTURY LENGTH 40”.WROUGHT IRON TEMPLE-TYPE HARPOON, Mid-19th Century, Traces of marks on both sides of toggle head. Dimensions: Length 40". Provenance: The Collection...
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CHINESE BLUE & WHITE DOUBLE HAPPINESSTABLE LAMP Chinese blue and white porcelain temple jar, now mounted as a table lamp, having scrolling florals and moths, reserves decorated with Double Happiness symbols,...
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A George Medal and WWII five medal groupto Detective Constable Edward N. Snitch Metropolitan Police comprising GM Exemplary Police Service Medal 1939-45 star France and Germany star DM and WM; with a scrap album...
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Rare and Spectacular Chinese Tile WorksPanel, from an exterior wall, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the thick tile works panel in two parts modeled in high relief depicting four haloed arhats in monk's robes, each...
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WHALING HARPOON. American mid 19thcentury iron. Lewis Temple-type toggle-headed harpoon with rope lashing possibly original. Expected wear. 33 1/2''l. Born a slave in Virginia Lewis Temple (1800-1854)...
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