RARE DOUBLE HEAD EAGLE PATTERN HANDLEDBUTTERprint ca. 1876 era; believed to be in southeastern PA, the print lathe turned single piece with ball nob hand, central layout line with upper central eight-point star...
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FOLK ART CARVING BY TOM MCLAUGHLINApainted folk art wooden carving of a hunter with two dogs. The hunter with crossed arms holding his rifle with one dog at his side holding a bird. Both mounted on a green...
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CHINESE CARVED JADE LIDDED VESSEL WITHBEAST Finial. Chinese carved jade lidded vessel with beast form finial, and foo lion ring handles. Incised decoration to the body of vessel displaying a Phoenix to one side,...
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2 FOLK ART CARVINGSca. early 20th century;unsigned "J. Reber" type carving (active in Lehigh Co., PA) realistic carved Berkshire breed sow with carved single part body that has flap back ears, flat carved nose and...
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ABRAHAM ANGHIK RUBEN CARVED STONE SCULPTUREAbraham Anghik Ruben (Canadian, Inuit, b. 1951) carved stone sculpture of mystical anthropomorphic and animalier faces and body parts, some figures with greenstone inset eyes,...
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PAIR OF CHINESE LACQUER BOXES & 2 KNIVES,CHINESE & SOU...1st & 2nd items: Pair of Chiese hexagonal carved black lacquer boxes, the lid sides and body with carved cloud decoration. The lids with applied mother-of-pearl...
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VALDIVIAN STONE IDOL ABSTRACT OWL FORMPre-Columbian,South America, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A hand-carved volcanic tuff stone idol of a highly abstract form depicting what scholars believe to be an...
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HUARI LLAMA BONE DRUG SPOON W/ BIRD& CRUSTACEANSPre-Columbian, Central Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A stunning hand-carved spoon made from the leg bone of a camelid, likely a llama with zoomorphic...
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19TH C. INUIT WALRUS IVORY CANE HANDLEW/ BEAR & FOXNative American, Pacific Northwest Coast, Alaska, Inuit, Aleut, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. This is a handsome walrus ivory carving that forms part...
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VERY FINE BACTRIAN STONE PILLAR IDOL,EX CHRISTIE'SAncient Central Asia or Asia Minor, Bactria, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. A beautiful example of a pillar idol (sometimes called a column or columnar...
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INCREDIBLE AZTEC STONE EFFIGY FIRE SERPENTXIUHCOATLPre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1325 to 1475 CE. A large and fantastical carving made from basalt stone in the form of Xiuhcoatl, a mythical fire serpent....
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HUGE TEOTIHUACAN / AZTEC STONE WATERSPOUT ZOOMORPHPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan to early Aztec culture, ca. 600 to 1400 CE. This is a superb volcanic rock carving of a recumbent dog-like or jaguar...
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SUPERB AZTEC STONE COILED SERPENT /QUETZALCOATLPre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1325 to 1475 CE. An incredible stone carving of a serpent with the coils interlacing, forming a large and solid ball,...
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RARE NATURALISTIC OLMEC CARVED GREENSTONEEAR EFFIGIESPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A striking pair of naturalistically rendered ear effigies carved from a greenstone with...
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LARGE CHINESE NEOLITHIC LIANGZHU STONECONG CARVING**First Time At Auction**
China, late Neolithic, Liangzhu period to Shang Dynasty, ca. 2500 to 1046 BCE. A stunning ritual item known as a "cong" that is hand-carved...
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CHINESE SHANG DYNASTY JADE CONG / RITUALITEM**Originally Listed At $1500**
East Asia, China, Shang Dynasty, ca. 1558 to 1046 BCE. A hand-carved ritual funerary item known as a "cong" that is hand-carved from mottled...
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20TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN HOPI WOOD KACHINABY A. HONANIE...Native American, Arizona, Hopi culture, Moenkopi, ca. late 20th century CE. A wonderful, signed wooden kachina doll by the talented Hopi carver and silversmith...
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19TH C. SPANISH COLONIAL PAINTED WOODOF THE PIETANew World, Spanish Colonial, Mexico, ca. early 19th century CE. A hand-carved and painted wood sculpture of the Pieta, dramatically displaying Mary's mournful...
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LONGQUAN CELADON 'FLOWER' VASE
MINGDYNASTY OR LATER ???? ?????????the ovoid body supported on a stepped foot, tapering to a high shoulder and cylindrical neck, terminating to an everted mouth rim, a raised...
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A CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO TIERED INCENSEBURNER 20th century, a four part carved wooden incense burner, includes a very finely carved reticulated domed cover with dragons amidst swirling clouds, a column above also...
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CHINESE JADE CARVING OF HORSE, MINGDYNASTY A Chinese jade carving of a horse, dating from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). The carved horse rests on all four legs, its head raised and tail curled around the body....
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AN UNUSUAL "BODY PARTS" CARVED BAKELITEBANGLE Heavily carved solid butterscotch bangle featuring eyes, lips, ears and noses, 2.5 in. interior...
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RENE LALIQUE 'TOURBILLONS' YELLOW GLASSVASEMarcilhac 973; designed 1926; wheel-carved signature "R. Lalique France"; 7 7/8 inches high Condition: Light scratches to the top, flat part of the mouth rim; three adjacent...
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SILVER: HESTER BATEMAN (ENGLISH, 1708- 1794) GEORGE III STERLING TEA POT, 1788, NAVETTE FORM BODY WITH EIGHT FACETED SIDES AND CONC...SILVER: Hester Bateman (English, 1708 - 1794) George III sterling tea pot,...
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A COLLECTION OF THREE BURMESE LACQUERTEMPLE OFFERING BOXES Early 20th century, carved wood with lacquer, each offering box is shaped like a Buddhist shrine stupa, includes three boxes: the largest is red, in...
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SET OF CELADON JADE 'DRAGON' BELT HOOKS
MINGTO QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY ??? ???????????composed in two parts, one part carved in openwork with a form of sinuous chi dragon with its body knotted in lobed geometric...
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FAMILLE ROSE 'LOTUS POND AND MANDARINDUCKS' GINGER JAR
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ???????????of ovoid form, painted to one side with a pair of Mandarin ducks in a lotus pond with large foliage and florals,...
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OX-BLOOD-GLAZED LANGYAO MEIPING VASE
QINGDYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY ? ???????the high shouldered baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck and terminating to a flared rim, covered overall with...
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MUGHAL-STYLE WHITE JADE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM'BOWL
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ???????????elegantly carved with steep and gently flaring plain sides, supported on a medallion of a blossoming chrysanthemum, the thin polished...
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MUGHAL STYLE PALE CELADON JADE HANDLEDBOWL
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ???????????????the delicate body intricately carved in low relief on the exterior with a band of acanthus leaf, the tip rising from the rim...
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SUMERIAN RITUAL VASE
JEMDET NASR PERIOD,3100 - 2900 B.C. carved limestone, standing on a flat base, gently flaring body carved with an energetic scene of two lions attacking a bull carved in high relief, the lip...
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LIFE SIZE UNSIGNED BENZ "LIFELIKE" CANADIANGOOSEca. 1930s; manufactured by Benz Decoy Co. of Jefferson City, MO for Sears Roebuck Co.; wood machine carved full life size body with mounted erect two-part head that has...
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AFRICAN TAMBOTIE WOOD CEREMONIAL CARVEDDUO JAR WITH COVER AND FIGURES 15" x 11 ¾" x 12 ¼" Unusual carved Tabmotie aromatic wood, a ceremonial duo jar with domed cover with two carved openwork alligators and...
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ANTIQUE KOREAN CARVED WOOD WEDDING DUCKKorea16th Century or earlierTwo part carved wood duck with large body and elongated neck....
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TWO FOLK ART BOXES. American late19th-early 20th century softwood. Naughty coffin shaped box with a man inside with articulated body part 4''l. Ex Tom Delach (Ohio). And another carved coffin with a man...
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A Japanese Carved Ivory Erotica Okimonothe upper portion modeled as seated man grasping a woman from behind the bottom portion revealing their exposed and entwined body parts signature cartouche to one side height...
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