GRP: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART BOOKSLargegroup of reference books, monographs, and catalogs on modern and contemporary art, including works on major movements such as Futurism and Synchromism, and artists including...
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ART NOUVEAU DAY CANE-Ca. 1900 -L-shapedsilver plated handle fashioned in a stylish shape and embossed with decorative Art Nouveau elements. Simplified forms from nature, berries, leaves and sinuous curves helped...
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16TH C. INDIAN BRONZE STATUETTE DANCINGKRISHNA**Originally Listed At $600**
Central Asia, India, ca. 16th century CE. A cast-bronze statuette depicting Krishna in a dancing pose. The deity stands with one foot...
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OVER-LIFESIZE ROMAN BASALT HEAD OF SERAPIS**Thisis an oversized piece that may require special shipping. Please inquire for a quote prior to bidding.
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A finely sculpted...
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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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LOT OF 8 ANCIENT MEXICAN POTTERY & STONEOBJECTSPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE; West Mexico, Jalisco and Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 3rd...
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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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1ST C. GANDHARAN SCHIST STUPA HEAD FRAGMENTAncientCentral Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 1st century CE. A skillfully carved head with a lively visage comprised of expressive eyes, a naturalistic...
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21 BAROQUE ENGRAVINGS OF ARMOR (CUSTODIS-FONTANA)DavidCustodis (German, active early 17th century) after Giovanni Battista Fontana (Italian, 1524-1587), ca. early 17th century CE. Twenty one early Baroque engravings, broadsheets...
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NAZCA POLYCHROME STIRRUP VESSEL, TLTESTEDPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 1st century BCE to 2nd century CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of a relatively spherical form with a round but stable base,...
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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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8 EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC & ROMANO POTTERYHEAD FRAGMENTSEgypt, Late Dynastic and Ptolemaic to early Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 5th to 1st century BCE; Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 2nd century BCE. This...
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20TH C. US POSTAGE STAMP MINT SHEETS& DOLLAR BILLS**First Time At Auction**
North America, United States, ca. 20th to 21st century CE. A great collection of stamps and three circulated American $1- and $5-dollar...
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GANDHARAN SCHIST BUDDHA HEAD W/ GRACEFULFEATURES**Originally Listed At $750**
Central Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. An absolutely stunning and expertly carved...
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PUBLISHED / HUGE GANDHARAN STUCCO BUDDHAHEADCentral Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 4th to mid-5th century CE. A larger-than-life stucco head of the enlightened Buddha, modeled in the traditional...
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ROMANO-EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK,EX-CHRISTIE'SIt's not often we start a listing by stating the provenance, but in this case the pedigree is almost as impressive as the piece. Sold - Christies, December 1996;...
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2ND C. GANDHARAN SANDSTONE BUDDHA DHARMA-CHAKRAMUDRACentral Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A magnificent hand carved stone carving of Buddha seared in full lotus position...
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EASTERN ROMAN MARBLE FEMALE HEAD W/SEA ENCRUSTATIONSRoman, Eastern Empire, late Imperial Period, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A wonderful, attractive, and expressive example of a female head in provincial stylization...
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ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT - HEADOF A BEARDED MANRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A marvelous marble head, expertly hand-carved in high relief to display a veristic presentation of a man,...
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GREEK ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA, DIONYSIAN& BATTLEGreek, Attic (Athens), ca. 480 BCE. A splendid pottery amphora adorned with black-figure decoration of a Dionysian scene on 1 side and 2 warriors on the other, both...
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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...
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GREEK TANAGRA TERRACOTTA STANDING WOMANW/ TL TESTCentral Greece, Boeotia, ca. 3rd century BCE. A wonderful example of a Greek Tanagra terracotta figure, her form elegantly wrapped in a thin himation and standing...
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HUGE 5TH C. PERSIAN MARLIK PITCHER,TL TESTED**Originally Listed At $2500**
Central Asia, Persia, Gilan, Marlik / Cheragh-Ali Tepe, ca. 4th to 6th century CE. A beautiful and rare terracotta pitcher of magnificent...
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TALL 12TH C. PERSIAN AMOL TERRACOTTAWINE JAR, TL'D**Originally Listed At $1800**
Western Asia, Northern Persia, Amol, ca. 12th century CE. A magnificent terracotta royal wine jug of an impressively large scale,...
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HOLYLAND BYZANTINE BRONZE BELT - CROSS/ MOON MOTIFS**Originally Listed At $1500**
Near East / Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 6th to 8th century CE. A beautifully displayed bronze belt, composed of dozens of...
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ROMAN BRONZE STATUETTE NUDE MALE BOXERW/ CESTUS**Originally Listed At $1500**
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A rare statuette of a nearly nude boxer shown in stride as though about to deliver...
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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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ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA BUST OF MINERVA**FirstTime At Auction**
Egypt, Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A beautiful pottery bust of Minerva - Greek Athena - the Roman goddess of war and wisdom, crowned...
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HUGE 5TH C. PERSIAN MARLIK PITCHER,TL TESTED**Originally Listed At $2500**
Central Asia, Persia, Gilan, Marlik / Cheragh-Ali Tepe, ca. 4th to 6th century CE. A beautiful and rare terracotta pitcher of magnificent...
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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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MATHIAS JOSEPH ALTEN (GERMAN-AMERICAN,1871-1938)Mathias Joseph Alten
German-American, 1871-1938
Valencia , 1912
Oil on board, signed, dated, and titled lower right
Oxen and drivers with a boat in the Mediterranean...
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PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH CHARLOTTE, MADAMEPALATINE (GERMA... PALATINE (GERMAN 1652-1722)
Oil on canvas, unsigned. The lady in a teal dress fancifully embroidered in gold, a gold cloak, and pearls, an ivory fan delicately...
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NINE SMALL FRAMED PIECES. Nineteenthand 20th centuries. Reverse painting of a lighthouse, 5.5"h. 7"w., a Dutch tile with windmill and canal signed "C. Holland", 5"h. 8"w. and seven silhouettes. Two are German...
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(THEOLOGY GERMAN) A group of seven booksin German pertaining to religion mainly eighteenth-century. Den Tredie Bog us den Sande Christendom. [By Johann Arndt]. Kopenhagen: Bockenhoffer 1715. 8vo contemporary calf;...
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Library of foreign language leatherboundvolumes 18th through 20th centuries including 58 various Scandinavian French German and some English titles all bound in quarter to full leather with gilt-tooled spines. Together...
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An Important Miami Pipe With Ties tothe 1795 Treaty of Greenville delicately carved curly maple stem with engraved bands of German silver and diamond-shaped inlay; brass mouthpiece and German silver tip; stem...
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