DON BALKE (B. 1933) "BRONTOSAURUS"DonBalke (North Carolina, B. 1933) "Dinosaur / Brontosaurus" Signed lower left. Original Watercolor painting on Illustration Board.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer...
[more like this]
DON BALKE (B. 1933) "TYRANNOSAURUS"DonBalke (North Carolina, B. 1933) "Dinosaur/Tyrannosaurus" Signed lower left. Original Watercolor on Illustration Board.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008),...
[more like this]
DON BALKE (B. 1933) "MUSK OX WITH YOUNG"DonBalke (North Carolina, B. 1933) "Musk Ox with Young" Signed lower right. Original Watercolor on Paper.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover...
[more like this]
19TH C. JAPANESE MEIJI BRONZE KIRINLAMPEast Asia, Japan, Meiji period, 19th to early 20th century CE. A fantastical bronze sculpture of a mythical qilin or kirin that has been converted into a working lamp!...
[more like this]
3 LA BREA TAR FOSSILS: INSECTS, BONE,& MAMMOTH FURNorth America, West Coast United States, California, likely the Rancho La Brea / McKittrick tar pits, Late Pleistocene (Ice Age), ca. 40,000 to 10,000 years ago;...
[more like this]
3 FINE JAMACOAQUE POTTERY ANIMALS -JAGUARS & MONKEYPre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque (Jama Coaque) culture, ca. 500 CE. A trio of mold-formed pottery effigy creatures! The slightly squat and rounded animal...
[more like this]
19TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN PLAINS INDIANSWOOD / HIDE CLUB...Native American, Central United States, Plains Indians, ca. 19th century CE. An impressive club carved from wood and wrapped in animal hide with a smooth...
[more like this]
FOSSILIZED SIBERIAN WOOLLY RHINOCEROSSKULLCentral Asia, Siberia, Pleistocene, ca. 2.58 million to 12,000 years ago. A rare and striking skull from one of the most famous beasts of the last Ice Age - the Woolly...
[more like this]
6TH C. BYZANTINE MARBLE RELIEF - PEACOCKS& FOUNTAIN**This is an oversized piece that may require special shipping. Please inquire for a quote prior to bidding.
Near East, late Roman / Byzantine Period, ca. 6th century...
[more like this]
ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF STELE - MOTHER,CHILD, LION, & BULL...Roman, Eastern Empire, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. An exemplary marble relief stele displaying 2 diverse scenes: one of a mother and...
[more like this]
MOCHE POTTERY LIZARD STIRRUP VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A delightful bi-chrome stirrup vessel in the form of an iguana. The stirrup rises from the lizard's back,...
[more like this]
LURISTAN BRONZE MASTER OF ANIMALS STANDARDFINIALAncient Near East, northwestern Iran and Turkey, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. An intriguing cast-bronze standard finial in the form known as the "master of animals."...
[more like this]
HUARI JAGUAR JAR, EX-CHRISTIE'S, EX-DENVERART MUSEUMPre-Columbian, central highlands of Peru or Lake Titicaca region of Bolivia, Huari (Wari), ca. 6th to 9th century CE. A wonderful pottery jar in the form of a seated...
[more like this]
MASSIVE MOCHE COPPER PANELS AI APECFIGURE (8 PCS)Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche culture, ca. 300 to 500 CE. This is a spectacular and rare copper depiction of the god Ai Apaec (also Ai Apec) as a near...
[more like this]
CHAVIN POTTERY INCISED JAGUAR VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, Santana-Santa River, ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A delightful ceramic vessel in the form of a stylized jaguar presenting a portly...
[more like this]
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...
[more like this]
RARE EGYPTIAN STRIDING IBIS BRONZE /COBALT BLUE GLASSEgypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. An extremely rare example of a majestic ibis exhibiting a body shaped from solid glass in an opaque, cobalt-blue...
[more like this]
PRE-CONTACT THULE PUNUK BONE OR ANTLERHARPOON TIPNative American, North America, Pacific Northwest Coast, Alaska, Pre-Contact Thule, Punuk stage, ca. 800 to 1400 CE. A hand carved marine animal bone or caribou...
[more like this]
20TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN HOPI HIDE &WOOD HAND DRUMNative American, Southwestern United States, Hopi, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fabulous hand drum comprised of 2 circular pieces of animal hide sewn...
[more like this]
LURISTAN BRONZE STANDARD / FINIAL MASTEROF ANIMALSAncient Near East, Luristan (modern day Iran), ca. 1000 to 700 BCE. An impressively preserved, bronze standard in the style of a "master of animals" presenting a...
[more like this]
LARGE CORINTHIAN SKYPHOS ANIMAL FRIEZE,TL TESTEDAncient Greece, Corinth, ca. 6th to 5th century CE. A wheel-thrown skyphos of sizable form with a flared discoid foot, an inverted bell-shaped body with swelling...
[more like this]
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...
[more like this]
MOCHE LOMA NEGRA COPPER MASK POWERFULLORDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Loma Negra region, Moche culture, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. A stunning gilt copper funerary mask inlaid with white shells and blue lapis...
[more like this]
OUTSTANDING HUARI / TIWANAKU MUMMY BUNDLEHEADPre-Columbian, Coastal Peru, Huari (Wari) or Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) culture, ca. 600 to 1000 CE. An incredible mummy head made of woven textiles and colorful feathers from...
[more like this]
ROMAN IMPERIAL STATUE BULL STRIDINGFORWARDRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A handsome brass statue of a humped bull depicted in the midst of motion, striding forward in a strikingly naturalistic...
[more like this]
EGYPTIAN MUMMIFIED IBIS + X-RAY PHOTO- 1910 PROVENANCE...Ancient Egypt, found at Abydos, Late Dynastic to Roman Period, ca. 400 BCE to 200 CE. An incredibly well-preserved mummified ibis exhibiting expert layering...
[more like this]
CHINESE HAN DYNASTY MYTHICAL RHINO BEAST,TL'DEast Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A fantastic mold made pottery effigy of a rhinoceroses-pig hybrid creature, with horns protruding from the neck and...
[more like this]
RARE PAPUA NEW GUINEA WOOD / SEED STORK(DEMA RITUALS)**First Time At Auction**
Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Marind / Marind-Anim people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A rare example of a wood and seed covered...
[more like this]
CHAVIN STONE JAGUAR MORTAR FOR CEREMONIALHALLUCINOGENS...**Originally Listed At $1800**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin / Cupisnique, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A fantastical stone metate or mortar stone, carved...
[more like this]
VIKING JELLING GILT SILVER BROOCH W/GRIPPING BEAST**Originally Listed At $4000**
Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Viking or Norse culture, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A beautiful 65% to 98.6% silver brooch or...
[more like this]
19TH C. VANCOUVER HAIDA ARGILLITE BOATW/ TOTEM ANIMALS...First Nations, Pacific Northwest Coast, Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Haida people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful and...
[more like this]
NAGA HEAD HUNTER MONKEY SKULL, TUSK,& SHELL NECKLACECentral Asia, northeastern India/Burma, Konyak Naga people, ca. early 20th century CE. A decorated monkey skull with boar tusks, teeth, and shells attached...
[more like this]
20TH C. TSIMSHIAN WOOD & HIDE DRUM +WOOD MALLETNative American, Pacific Northwest Coast, Canada, British Columbia, Tsimshian tribe, ca. 20th century CE. A beautifully constructed hide and wood drum intricately...
[more like this]
PAIR OF CARVED WALNUT ARMCHAIRSeachwith pierced armrest supports and terminals carved as an animal's head; covered with machine-embroidered silk floral upholstery 35 inches wide; 24 inches deep; 31 inches high;...
[more like this]
GERMAN MUSICAL HAND CRANK SANTA CLAUSOutstandingGerman animated musical hand crank Santa Claus with children, mid to late 20th c. , featuring composition Santa Claus beside a cloth pack, with nodding head while waving a...
[more like this]
Two Chinese Brown Glazed Animal Figures
TangDynasty (618-709)
? ???????
both are naturalistically modelled standing foursquare on short legs on a rectangular base with the head facing forward and short tails flicked...
[more like this]
