ANCIENT SOUTH ITALIAN PAINTED POTTERYCRATER South Italian, circa 4th century BC, pottery crater depicting a man on one side and a woman on the other side. 4" H x 4.5" diameter....
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PARACAS TEXTILE POLYCHROME SASH EYEMASK MOTIF**Originally Listed At $250**
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Paracas, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A lovely textile sash comprised of tightly-woven natural fibers in hues...
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INDIAN PETRIFIED BONE MIRROR HANDLE- DANCERS, DWARF**Originally Listed At $700**
Ancient South Asia, eastern India, Bengal, Chandraketugarh, ca. 200 BCE to 100 BCE. A lovely intricately hand-carved mirror...
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WEARABLE FOSSILIZED SHARK TOOTH EARRINGS(PR)Ancient Seas, Middle Miocene to end of Pliocene eras, ca. 28 to 1.5 million years ago. A set of ancient shark teeth that have been expertly polished and set with modern...
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PRETTY FOSSILIZED MEGALODON TOOTH W/GRAY HUESAncient Seas, North America, Middle Miocene to end of Pliocene eras, ca. 28 to 1.5 million years ago. This is an attractive example of a fossilized tooth from a megalodon...
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MONUMENTAL MANTENO BLACKWARE SITTINGCACIQUE INCENSARIO...Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manteno, ca. 850 to 1600 CE. An exemplary and sizeable incensario, skillfully modeled in the form of a male figure - likely a...
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GORGEOUS MOCHE AMETHYST BEAD NECKLACEPre-Columbian,North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A stunning necklace composed of 22 ancient, cylindrical amethyst beads in brilliant hues of violet, lavender, and plum. The amethyst...
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NECKLACE W/ OLMEC JADE BEADS, DUCK HEADPENDANTPre-Columbian, southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec culture, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A stunning necklace comprised of nearly 100 ancient beads carved from omphacite jade,...
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RARE APULIAN / MESSAPIAN POTTERY ASKOSTL TESTEDMagna Graecia, South Italic, Apulia, Messapian, ca. 5th to 3rd century BCE. A gorgeous pottery askos presenting a bulbous body sitting upon an applied, discoid foot....
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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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SIGNED BETTY GOLD IRON ARTIST PROOF,CA. 1980Betty Gold (American, b. 1935). Iron artist's proof, inscribed "A.P. B.G" (Artist's Proof / Betty Gold) at base of one side, ca. 1980. A special work by American artist...
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CHINESE MING DYNASTY SWATOW WARE BOWL(SHIPWRECK)East Asia, China, late Ming Dynasty, ca. 17th century CE. A lovely pottery bowl, known as Swatow ware and presenting impressively thin walls that flare out to a...
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CHINESE MING DYNASTY SWATOW WARE BOWLW/ PHOENIXEast Asia, China, late Ming Dynasty, ca. 17th century CE. A sizable and stunning pottery bowl, known as Swatow ware and presenting impressively thin walls that flare...
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EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM WOOD STRIDINGMALE FIGUREAncient Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 11th to 13th Dynasty, ca. 2130 to 1649 BCE. A wonderful example of a hand-carved wooden male figure, perhaps a servant in a tomb...
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RARE ECUDORAN LA TOLITA BONE FIGURALCARVING**Originally Listed At $800**
Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, La Tolita (sometimes Tumaco), ca. 350 BCE to 350 CE. A rare example of a stylized anthropomorphic figure carved...
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WEARABLE FOSSILIZED SHARK TOOTH EARRINGS(PR)**Originally Listed At $150**
Ancient Seas, Middle Miocene to end of Pliocene eras, ca. 28 to 1.5 million years ago. A fabulous pair of brown and gray shark tooth earrings...
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ANCIENT SOUTH ARABIAN LEADED COPPERCAMEL**Originally Listed At $400**
Ancient South Arabia, Yemen, ca. early first millennium BCE. A cast leaded-copper statuette of a camel with an erect head and neck, a slight...
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SOUTH ARABIAN LIMESTONE FUNERARY STELEW/ INSCRIPTIONAncient Near East, South Arabia, Yemen, probably Qatabanian culture, ca. 2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE. This is a pale brown limestone slab with a carved...
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SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER LIBATION TABLE,BULL & IBEXESSouth Arabia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, probably Qatabanian culture, ca. 2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE. A huge slab of thick alabaster, carved into a table...
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GREEK RED FIGURE TREFOIL OINOCHOE, WOMANAT ALTARMagna Graecia, South Italic, most likely Campania, ca. early 4th century BCE. Simply divine in form and decoration; a marvelous pottery oinochoe displaying a bulbous...
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HELLENISTIC GREEK ALABASTER LIDDED PYXIS,EX SOTHEBY'SAncient Near East, Mesopotamia to Eastern Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 5th to 3rd century BCE. This is a beautiful and elegant pyxis vessel hand carved from...
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GREEK GNATHIAN POTTERY BEAKED OINOCHOEMagnaGraecia, South Italic Colonies, Apulia, Ignazia, Gnathian, ca. 340 to 320 BCE. A fabulous example of a wheel-thrown pottery pouring vessel known as an oinochoe. The vessel...
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EXCEPTIONAL JAMACOAQUE ZOOMORPHIC VESSELPre-Columbian,Ecuador, Jamacoaque culture, ca. 500 CE. A captivating pottery vessel in the form of a fantastical quadruped ornately decorated with incised and applied features, as well...
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FINE SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER MALE HEADAncientMiddle East, South Arabia, modern-day Yemen, Qatabanian culture, ca. 3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE. A hand-carved alabaster head boasting soft honey-yellow and white hues,...
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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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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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BEAUTIFUL SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER TRIPODOFFERING TABLE...South Arabia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, probably Qatabanian culture, ca. 3rd century BCE to 1st century CE. An exceptional and adorable small offering table...
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ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE OINOCHOE W/ ACHILLES,EX-CHRISTIE'SAncient Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 530 BCE. Finely decorated via the black-figure technique with incised and added fugitive red painted details, a beautiful...
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RARE MOCHE WOOD ATLATL W/ FIGURAL DEER,PHALLUS DEITYPre-Columbian, South America, Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 700 CE. Preserved ancient wood is extremely scarce and COMPLETE weapons that were made of wood, even more...
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MAYA STONE FIGURE JAGUAR GUARDIAN, EX-SCHMITT**OriginallyListed At $2500**
Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, probably Guatemala, late Preclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 100 CE. A fabulous stone sculpture of a jaguar - an important animal...
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TRANSLATED SOUTH ARABIAN LIMESTONE STELEABYD**Originally Listed At $6000**
Ancient Middle East, South Arabia, Qatabanian culture, ca. 3rd century BCE to 1st century CE. A striking limestone stele finely carved...
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CANOSAN POTTERY VOLUTE KRATER W/ EQUESTRIAN& NIKE, TL**First Time At Auction**
Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, Canosa, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A gorgeous polychrome volute krater, meticulously hand-painted...
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RARE / FINE GREEK CAMPANIAN ARETHUSACUP - TL TESTEDMagna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Campania, ca. 4th century BCE. Truly a wonder to behold! A rare and exemplary terracotta stemless kylix known as an "Arethusa...
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[A PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION, EDINBURGH]COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ON JAPANESE, KOREAN, AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART ??????????????????????Including:Brown, Roxanna M. The Ceramics of South-East Asia: their dating...
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A Collection of Seven Ancient Articles
comprisingof an Egyptian terracotta ushabti, an Egyptian faience ushabti, a Roman glass vessel, a South Italian female bust fragment, a Roman glass jug, a Roman terracotta lamp, and...
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Leatherbound books: History and literatureSulivan Richard Joseph. VIEW OF NATURE IN LETTERS TO A TRAVELLER AMONG THE ALPS. 6 vols. London: T. Becket 1794. With gilt tooled leather bindings title page signed C. T....
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