ANCIENT BEADS INCLUDING TIBETAN CORAL1stitem: Tibetan strand of fossilized coral, graduated sizes strung as a necklace. Beads range in size from 1/2" to 1 3/8". 18" folded L. Late 19th/Early 20th century. 2nd item:...
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A LARGE BERLIN KPM HAND PAINTED PORCELAINPLAQUE OF ST ... PLAQUE OF ST JEROME, BY EMIL ECKARDT, IMPRESSED MARKS, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, of rectangular form and centering St Jerome kneeling in prayer before a large...
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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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PAIR OF 19TH C. SPANISH COLONIAL MEXICANTIN RETABLOSLatin America, Mexico, Spanish Colonial Period, ca. 19th century CE. A pair of heavy gauge tin retablos featuring hand-painted religious iconography. The first...
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TEOTIHUACAN POTTERY FIGURAL INCENSARIOLID TL'DPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A lovely incensario lid used to funnel the smoke from burning copal incense upwards and out of the...
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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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19TH C. RUSSIAN WOODEN ICON - JOY OFALL WHO SORROWEastern Europe, Russia, ca. 19th century CE. A gorgeous wooden icon known as "Joy of All Who Sorrow" featuring the image of the Mother of God or Theotokos holding...
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EARLY 20TH C. RUSSIAN ICON - CHRISTENTHRONEDEastern Europe, Russia, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A wonderful icon of Christ Enthroned, finely delineated in cyan, orange, yellow, green, red, beige, white,...
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20TH C. FELIPE ARCHULETA WOODEN WOODPECKERSCULPTUREFelipe Benito Archuleta (Hispanic American 1910-1991), ca. 1970 to 1980s CE, "Woodpeckers." This is a fabulous hand carved and painted wooden sculpture by the folk...
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18TH C. JAPANESE WOOD FIGURE - KNEELINGBODHISATTVAEast Asia, Japan, Edo Period, ca. 18th century CE. A remarkable, hand-carved figure of a Bodhisattva depicted kneeling with hands together in the Anjali Mudra or...
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TRANSLATED ROMAN ROUND MOSAIC - HOUSEHOLDDEDICATION**This is an oversized piece that may require special shipping. Please inquire for a quote prior to bidding.
Roman, the Levant, late Imperial Period, ca. 3rd to...
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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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19TH C. RUSSIAN WOODEN ICON - THE DEPOSITIONOF CHRISTEastern Europe, Russia, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful wooden icon depicting the Deposition of Christ - the moment when Joseph of Arimathea and...
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20TH C. RUSSIAN ICON W/ ST. GEORGE,PRINCESS, & DRAGONEastern Europe, Russia, ca. early 20th century CE. Finely delineated in egg tempera and gesso on wood, a beautiful icon depicting Saint George atop a white...
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FINE TAINO CARVED STONE ZEMI FIGUREPre-Columbian,Caribbean, Arawak People, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. A remarkable, hand-carved stone figure known as a zemi, presenting in an abstract, ovoid form. Gazing forward from bulging...
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19TH C. GILT RUSSIAN ICON - OUR LADYOF UNEXPECTED JOYEastern Europe, Russia, ca. 19th century CE. Finely painted in gold, egg tempera, and gesso on wood, this icon depicts a scene called "Our Lady of Unexpected...
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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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20TH C. RUSSIAN ICON - LIFE OF PROPHETELIJAHEastern Europe, Russia, ca. 20th century CE. Finely rendered in egg tempera and gesso on wood, a breathtaking icon showing scenes from the life of the Prophet Elijah....
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17TH C. OTTOMAN LEATHERBOUND MANUSCRIPTOF ISLAMIC TEXT...Near East, likely Ottoman Empire, ca. 17th to 18th century CE. A remarkable, leatherbound book containing hundreds of laid-paper pages of an Islamic text...
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FRAMED SPANISH COLONIAL PAINTING SANFRANCISCO DE PAULA...Spanish Colonial, Mexico, ca. 18th to 19th century. A large oil on canvas painting depicting San Francisco de Paula, the Italian saint who founded the...
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ORNATE 20TH C. MAORI WOOD CANOE TAUIHUPROWOceania, New Zealand, Maori, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. This is an incredibly ornate canoe prow known a tauihu with several figure heads, hand-carved from wood,...
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RARE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH SILVER VESICAECCLESIASTIC SEALNorthwestern Europe, England or France, late Medieval Period, ca. 13th century CE. This is a rare and exceptional vesica shaped ecclesiastic seal cast from...
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19TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN STONE FROG EFFIGYPLATFORM PIPE...Native American, Southeastern United States, Tennessee, likely Cherokee, ca. 19th to mid-20th century CE. A cute and fabulous effigy stone platform smoking...
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18TH C. JAPANESE GILT WOOD AVALOKITESHVARAFIGUREEast Asia, Japan, Edo Period, ca. 18th to mid-19th century CE. This is a gorgeous wooden stature of Avalokitesvara, one of the most revered and celebrated bodhisattvas...
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11TH C. INDIAN RAJASTHAN SANDSTONE RELIEFOF A JINASouth Asia, India, India, Rajasthan, ca. 11th to 12th century CE. A fabulous sandstone panel, meticulously hand-sculpted with the high relief scene of a Jain Tirthankara...
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19TH C. CHINESE QING PORCELAIN JARDINIEREW/ DEDICATION...East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, reign of Emperor Guangxu, ca. 1878 CE. An incredible blue-on-white porcelain jardiniere with a dragon motif as well as an intricately...
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MASSIVE 19TH C. TIBETAN SILVER CONCHSHELL TRUMPETCentral Asia, Tibet or Nepal, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A massive conch shell trumpet covered in a sterling silver repousse plating adorned with...
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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 NEW KINGDOM GRANITE USHABTI,EX-PHILIP MITRYAncient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1077 BCE. Wow! A truly remarkable granite ushabti incised with a central column of finely preserved...
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19TH C. MAORI WOOD HOE KOWHAIWHAI MOTIFS,ABSTRACT TIKI...**First Time At Auction**
Oceania, New Zealand, Maori culture, likely Te Arawa people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A superb wooden paddle known...
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PUBLISHED ROMAN / BYZANTINE GLASS BEAKER**FirstTime At Auction**
Late Roman Imperial Period to Early Byzantine, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A conical mold-blown glass beaker with a rounded bottom and a thick, flat rim,...
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EGYPTIAN BRONZE NUDE HARPOKRATES AMUNW/ GILT EYESAncient Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A rare and remarkably preserved bronze figure of Harpokrates Amun presenting as the nude child...
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VICTORIAN SILVER GOBLET WITH JUDAICSCENE, ATKIN BROTHERS, SHEFFIELD, 1876, AND A SIGNED FRANK MEISLER MEZUZAH SCENE, ATKIN BROTHERS, SHEFFIELD, 1876, AND A SIGNED FRANK MEISLER MEZUZAH, the large silver goblet...
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IMPORTANT ANCIENT EGYPTIAN STONE SCULPTURESmall Black Granite Figure of a Supplicant kneeling in prayer to a God or the Pharoah. 5 1/4" x 2 1/4" x 3"....
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ANCIENT CELLECTS AND OTHER PRAYERS,5TH EDITIONAncient Cellects and Other Prayers. Fifth Edition. Author: William Bright. Publisher: Oxford and London: James Parker and Co. Date: 1875...
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