LARGE OLD MASTER STYLE OIL, HOLY FAMILYWITH ST. ELIZAB...Large Italian oil on canvas Baroque religious painting depicting the Holy Family with Mary holding the infant Jesus as he reaches out to bless young John...
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TADE (TADEUSZ) STYKA (POLISH 1889-1954)TADE(TADEUSZ) STYKA (POLISH 1889-1954)
Portrait of Jayne Manners , circa 1940-1945
oil on canvas
104.5 x 76.5 cm (41 1/8 x 30 1/8 in.)
signed lower left
PROVENANCE
Gift of the...
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BALENCIAGA CITY 2WAY SHOULDER HAND BAGLEATHERBrown leather Balenciaga City 2Way shoulder handbag. Made in Italy. Measuring approx. 9.8" high and 14.2" wide. In very good condition with little to no wear...
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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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LOVELY & IMPORTANT ROMAN SILVER STATUETTEOF VENUSRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to early 3rd century CE. An exquisite statuette cast from 70% to 75% silver depicting Venus (Greek Aphrodite), the goddess of love,...
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INDUS VALLEY MEHRGARH POTTERY FERTILITYIDOL, TL TESTED...Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A lovely, hand-built pottery fertility idol exhibiting characteristically feminine...
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LURISTAN BRONZE SHORT SWORD W/ RECESSEDHANDLEAncient Near East, northwestern Iran and Turkey, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A formidable short sword that is cast from bronze via the lost wax (cire perdue) technique....
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SUMERIAN POTTERY SEATED FIGURE W/ BEARD,TL TESTEDAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. A remarkable pottery figure of a male shown seated. Positioned with knees bent as though...
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GREEK ATTIC POTTERY WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOSAncientGreece, Athens (Attic), ca. 5th century BCE. A slender cylindrical vessel with a pronounced flat foot, a thin neck rising to a flared, flat rim, a small strap handle, and...
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19TH C. MEXICAN TIN RETABLOS REFUGEOF SINNERS, CHRISTLatin America, Mexico, Spanish Colonial Period, ca. 19th century CE. This is a finely painted pair of Spanish Colonial style retablos on heavy gauge tin...
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EGYPTIAN STEATITE RELIEF AMULET W/ DEITIESEgypt,Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A wonderful amulet, skillfully hand-carved from steatite to display the relief of 3 standing deities: Ptah, the creator...
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LARGE TLATILCO POTTERY FEMALE FIGURE,EX ARTE PRIMITIVO...**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 1200 to 200 BCE. An exemplary hand-built pottery sculpture of a standing female...
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20TH C. DRC HEMBA KUSU WOOD POWER FIGURE,EX-DARTEVELLE...Central Africa, Dominican Republic of Congo, Hemba / Kusu peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fantastic and fascinating wooden power figure known as a kakudji,...
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ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF TROPAEUM FRAGMENT,CUIRASS & SHIELD...Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2ndto 3rd century CE. An exceptional marble relief fragment of a tropaeum or trophy monument depicting the spoils of war with...
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PUBLISHED / EXHIBITED ROMAN BRONZE VENUSW/ SILVER EYES...Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A stunning leaded bronze figure of Venus (Greek Aphrodite), the goddess of love and beauty, enveloped in...
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GREEK CAMPANIAN POTTERY HYDRIA W/ SATYR,TL TESTEDAncient Greece, Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Campania, near present-day Ignazia, ca. 340 to 320 BCE. A spectacular pottery hydria from the Greek territories of...
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3 ARCHAIC MISSOURI NATIVE AMERICAN CHERTSPEAR TIPSNative American, Midwestern United States, Missouri, Clark, Franklin, & St. Louis County, Eastern Woodland, early to late Archaic period, ca. 7500 to 1000 BCE. A...
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GOLD RING W/ ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIORoman,Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A handsome hand-carved carnelian intaglio stone set in a modern 50% gold (equivalent to 12K) shank. The ovoid stone is a deep red...
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DYNAMIC GREEK CANOSAN MASKED ACTOR &MAIDENAncient Greece, Magna Graecia, Apulia, Canosan Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd century BCE. A fascinating and rare ceramic figure, dynamically posed, featuring a masked...
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MESOPOTAMIAN MARBLE CULT FIGURE DEITY/ WORSHIPPERAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumer, ca. 3rd millennium BCE. A fascinating marble figure - perhaps a deity or worshipper - standing in a rigid pose with hands...
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ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF HERMES KRIOPHOROSTHE GOOD SHEPHERD...Roman, Imperial / Early Christian, ca. 3rd to 4th century CE. A magnificent marble fragment, skillfully carved in high relief to depict a man holding a...
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EXHIBITED ROMAN BRONZE STATUE NUDE APOLLO**FirstTime At Auction**
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An exquisite bronze statue of Apollo in the nude standing in contrapposto with his left leg bent at the...
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JALISCO POTTERY HUNCHBACK FIGURE, EX-SOTHEBY'S**FirstTime At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An evocative pottery hunchback figure depicted nude and lunging forward as he sits with...
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ZAPOTEC POTTERY SEATED GOD COCIJO VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban III, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A magnificent ceramic vessel in the form of a seated god, Cocijo or Cociyo, the...
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TALL TLATILCO POTTERY FEMALE FIGURE,EX-ARTE PRIMITIVOPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 1200 to 200 BCE. An exemplary hand-built pottery sculpture of a standing female presenting bulbous legs, wide...
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3 ARCHAIC NATIVE AMERICAN ETLEY & GRAHAMCAVE POINTSNative American, Midwestern United States, Missouri, St. Louis County & Calloway County, early to late Archaic period, ca 8000 to 500 BCE. A fine collection of...
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MINIATURE ANCIENT BACTRIAN SCHIST JAR- INCISED MOTIFSAncient Central Asia, Bactrian, ca. 2500 to 2250 BCE. A lovely jar of a miniature form, hand-carved from forest-green schist with dark grey inclusions. The...
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ARCHAIC GREEK BRONZE KNEELING NUDE KOUROS(MALE YOUTH)Ancient Greece, Archaic to Classical Period, ca. 640 to 430 BCE. A cast-bronze figure of a nude male youth called a kouros in a kneeling position with feet drawn...
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CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND WHITE HU-FORMVASE, IN THE QIANLONG STYLE AFTER THE ORIGINAL IN THE NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM, TAIPEI, TAIWAN, MODERN 12 1/2 X 6 3/4 IN. (31.75 X 17.15 CM.) VASE, IN THE QIANLONG STYLE AFTER...
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THREE NATIVE AMERICAN MARKET ART POTTERYPIECES / HARRIET WILCOX / ROSE RYDINGS PIECES / HARRIET WILCOX / ROSE RYDINGS, Cincinnati, OH; Zanesville, OH and Kansas City, MO, including a Rookwood portrait tobacco jar,...
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GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF ZHENWU
MING DYNASTYOR LATER ???? ???????cast in generous proportions, the figure seated mightily with legs bent and both hands rested on knee and thigh, he wears an armour beneath his full robe...
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A THREE COLOR ACOMA OLLA, THIRD QUARTER20TH CENTThe Acoma Pueblo potter jar decorated in panels of geometrics on th classic form with flared shoulder and rising neck is signed 'B M Terivio Acoma N. Mex' in unknown...
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Brevet Brigadier General James M. Ruggles1st & 3rd Illinois Cavalry Civil War Archive 69 letters and documents; 1 diary; 2 presidential appointments; Veteran's hat; 2 shoulder straps; and coin purse with 19 coins....
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Four-Piece Collection of 1960's NewYork Designer Clothing, consisting of a "Ronald Amey" russet wool jacket and dress, the sleeveless sheath dress trimmed with copper satin with one-inch bands from shoulder...
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Attributed to Michael Dahl (Swedish/British1656-1743) "A Lady three-quarter length Seated with her Head on her Right Hand" c. 1700 oil on canvas unsigned 50 in. x 40 1/4 in. in an antique carved and gessoed wood frame....
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