A SOUTHERN INDIAN POLYCHROME WOOD SCULPTUREOF A DANCIN... OF A DANCING FIGURE, ATTRIBUTED TO KARNATAKA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, the multi-tiered crown issuing a peacock sarpech hair ornament, joined by a mirror inlaid medallion...
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LARGE BRITISH BIBLICAL NEEDLEWORK19thcentury, inscribed across bottom in gilt "Then Pilate took water, and washed his hands, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person. Matt. Chap.27 V.24.", depicting...
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11TH C. KHMER STONE BUDDHA ON NAGA THRONESoutheastAsia, Cambodia, Khmer Empire (Angkor culture), ca. 11th to 13th century CE. A monumental, finely carved stone Buddha, seated on a three-tiered serpentine throne, with the...
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8TH C. INDIAN PALA DYNASTY STONE RELIEFOF SURYA**Originally Listed At $6000**
South Asia, India, Pala Dynasty, ca. 8th to 10th century. This stone stele depicts the deity Surya (the supreme light), the principle...
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INSCRIBED PALMYRAN MARBLE RELIEF W/BANQUETERNear East / Holy Land, Palmyra, Roman Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. An impressive Palmyran funerary relief, hand-carved from creamy white marble to depict a...
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20TH C. RUSSIAN ICON OF SAINT GEORGEW/ SWORD & BOWEastern Europe, Russia, ca. early 20th century CE. An impressive icon of Saint George of Lydda seated on a throne, expertly painted with egg tempera and gesso...
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KUSHAN SCHIST RELIEF FRIEZE OF MAN W/LION HEADCentral Asia, Pakistan & Northwestern India, Kushan Empire, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A hand-carved gray schist frieze depicting an elite man dressed in a tunic...
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GANDHARAN SCHIST RELIEF PANEL SEATEDFIGURE & ANIMALSAncient Central Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. An impressive, hand-carved schist relief panel of rectangular...
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19TH C. RUSSIAN ICON OF SAINT GEORGEW/ SPEAR & SWORDEastern Europe, Russia, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fascinating icon of Saint George, depicting him from the waist up in hues of green, red,...
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2ND C. GANDHARAN SCHIST HEAD OF BUDDHACentralAsia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A hand-carved miniature grey schist Buddha head, depicted nearly in the round, with a wavy coiffure,...
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LARGE 13TH C. SELJUK KASHAN POTTERYBOWL, FLORAL MOTIFNear East, Persia, Seljuq Empire (Seljuk, Saljuq), Kashan, ca. 13th century CE. A beautiful pottery bowl, displaying impressively thin walls that span outwards...
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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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PAUL OESTREICHER BRONZE SCULPTURE -ROY ROGERS (1999)Paul Oestreicher (American, 20th-21st century). Roy Rogers bronze sculpture, 1999. Signature, edition number (AP 2/4), and date (1999) are inscribed. A cast...
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CHINESE MING DYNASTY SANCAI GLAZED SOLDIERFIGURES (PR)...East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A pair of mold-made and glazed ceramic soldier figures dressed in heavy armor, standing guard upon an integral...
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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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10TH C. INDIAN RAJASTHAN RELIEF LION,ELEPHANT, CONSORT...South Asia, India, Rajasthan, ca. 10th to 13th century CE. A remarkable figural relief sculpture, meticulously carved from sandstone to depict a lion,...
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12TH C. KASHAN LUSTERWARE EWER HORSES,RIDERS, LEOPARDS...**First Time At Auction**
Western Asia, Iran, Kashan, ca. 12th to early 13th century CE. A delightful lusterware ewer, elaborately hand-painted with a...
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16TH C. EUROPEAN BOXWOOD RELIEF CARVING,ALLIANCE SCENE...**Originally Listed At $2500**
Northern or Western Europe, probably Germany or Italy, Renaissance period, ca. 16th to 17th century CE. A remarkably intricate...
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ZAPOTEC POTTERY SEATED GOD COCIJO VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban III, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A magnificent ceramic vessel in the form of a seated god, Cocijo or Cociyo, the...
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LARGE DIQUIS TUMBAGA PENDANT OF NUDESHAMANPre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Diquis, ca. 500 to 1200 CE. A wonderful tumbaga - gold copper alloy - pendant in the form of a nude male shaman in an ecstatic...
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GREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX W/ NUDEEPHEBESAncient Greece, Athens / Attic, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A remarkable pottery kylix adorned with red-figure decoration of nude ephebes and athletes as well as geometric...
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18TH C. INDO-PORTUGUESE IVORY STATUETTEOF MARYSouth Asia, western India, Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka) or Goa, Indo-Portuguese culture, ca. 18th century CE. A beautiful ivory carving of the Virgin of the Immaculate...
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8TH C. INDIAN PALA STONE PANEL OF TARABODHISATTVASouth Asia, India, region of Bengal, Pala Empire, ca. 8th to 12th centuries CE. A graceful stone sculpture depicting the goddess Tara - literally "savioress" -...
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MONUMENTAL 9TH C. INDONESIAN STONE STATUEOF GANESHSoutheast Asia, Indonesia, Central Java, ca. 9th century CE. An enormous volcanic stone statue of Ganesha, the elephant-headed deity known as the "Remover of Obstacles,"...
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POTTERY FIGURE OF A BOY HOLDING RABBIT
SONGDYNASTY ? ???????naturalistically moulded in a seated posture on a hexagonal base, the boy holding a rabbit between his legs and right arm, and a lobbed ball in his left hand,...
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Antique Chinese late Ming dynasty 17thcentury bronze seated figure of cross-legged Buddha with hands in mudra, dressed in elaborate robes and jewelry with high topped crown and elaborate top knot to head, some...
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? ROBERTS, DAVID
EGYPT AND NUBIA fromDrawings made on the Spot by David Roberts R.A., with Historical Descriptions by William Brockedon, F.R.S., Lithographed by Louis Haghe. London: F. G. Moon, 1846-49. Large...
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GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRASATTVA
QINGDYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY ? ?????????cast seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base with right hand raised in karanamudra holding an upright vajra, left hand holding a ghanta...
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Y IMPORTANT GEORGIAN DOLL'S HOUSE, 'THEEVANS BABY HOUSE'
18TH CENTURY, WITH LATER ADAPTATIONS AND CONTENTS modelled as a three-storeyed Georgian town house, of ochre and red painted pine and other timber, the hinged...
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7 CHINESE CARVED GILT WOOD WARRIOR DEITYSTATUES China19th Century or earlierIncludes a pair of opposing gilt foo lions, a seated figure in an elaborate outfit, a man holding out his hands with a foo beast face belt,...
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17th Century Hondius World Map "NovaTotius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula," by Henricus Hondius, originally published in the Mercator-Hondius atlas, Amsterdam, 1630 or later, double-hemisphere...
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17th Century Map of the Southeast "Virginiaepartis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis...," by Willem Blaeu, after Mercator and Hondius, from Blaeu's Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas, Amsterdam, 1640, showing the...
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Black Stone Stele Indian, possibly Karnataka,13th century, depicting Vishnu or Surya, the elaborately coiffed and ornamented deity holding lotuses in either hand, consorts flanking legs and holding mace, tama, lotus...
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Antique Jeweled Russian Icon of St.Nicholas19th century the rectangular panel painted traditionally with a saint holding a text and his hand raised in benediction his head flanked by Christ and the Mother of...
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Portrait, follower of Pickenoy, three-quarterportrait of an aristocratic woman in elaborate jewels and clothing, unsigned, oil on oak panel, Dutch, 17th century, 38-3/4 x 31 in.; 20th century Dutch style ripple molding...
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John Speed Map of Great Britain English,17th century, "The Kingdome [sic] of Great Britaine and Ireland," by John Speed, engraved by J. Hondius, printed by Sudbury and Humble, London, 1610, with elaborate cartouches...
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