ROMAN STYLE MARBLE FEMALE PORTRAIT HEADPossibly c. 2nd c. CE, white statuary marble, hair braided and tied in a chignon at nape of the neck, classic features, mounted to ebonized stand, 4.5"h x 3"w x 5.5"d...
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ROMAN STYLE MARBLE FRAGMENT OF A LEFTFOOT Likely 1st - 2nd c. CE, white statuary marble, naturalistically modeled, the toes emerging from sandal straps and resting on a sandal sole, 4"h x 7"l x 4"w...
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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY POTTERY POLO PLAYERW/ TL TESTEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. An exemplary pottery polo player with a well-modeled figure upon a galloping horse with finely painted details...
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MARAJOARA CREAM-SLIPPED OLLA W/ GEOMETRICMOTIFS**Originally Listed At $1500**
Pre-Columbian, Brazil, Lower Amazon Basin, Marajo Island, Marajoara culture, ca. 800 to 1400 CE. A beautiful hand-built vase with a planar...
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5 LARGE ISLAMIC EGYPTIAN FUSTAT GLASSBEADSNorth Africa, Egypt, Fustat, Islamic culture, ca. 7th to 11th century CE. A wonderful ensemble of 5 sizeable glass beads, each presenting a barrel form and formed using...
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ROMAN, PERSIAN & ISLAMIC GLASS BEADNECKLACE EX-BONHAMS...Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE; Near East, Islamic Period, ca. 500 to 1000 CE; Persia, modern day Iran and Turkey, ca. 500 to 1000...
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GORGEOUS 9TH C. VIKING GLASS BEAD NECKLACENorthernEurope, Viking / Norse culture, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A lengthy strand necklace strung with dozens of glass beads dating to the Viking era or earlier Roman and Byzantine...
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ROMAN, PERSIAN & ISLAMIC GLASS BEADNECKLACE EX-BONHAMS...Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE; Near East, Islamic Period, ca. 500 to 1000 CE; Persia, modern day Iran and Turkey, ca. 500 to 1000...
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EGYPTIAN GLASS FAIENCE BEAD NECKLACES+ EARRINGSAncient Egypt, New Kingdom to Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. mid-16th century BCE to 2nd century CE; Ancient Eastern Mediterranean, Phoenicia, ca. 6th BCE to 1st century...
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5 CHINESE MING POTTERY JARLETS, BINTHUAN SHIPWRECKEast Asia, China, late Ming Dynasty, ca. 17th century CE. A wonderful ensemble of 5 pottery jarlets, each presenting an apple-form body, a flat shoulder, and...
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6 CHINESE MING POTTERY VESSELS BINHTHUAN SHIPWRECKEast Asia, China, late Ming Dynasty, ca. 17th century CE. A remarkable ensemble of 6 Chinese pottery vessels: 4 jars and 2 bowls. Enveloped in a pale gray-green...
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5 CHINESE MING POTTERY BOWLS W/ MARINEENCRUSTATIONSEast Asia, China, late Ming Dynasty, ca. 17th century CE. A lovely collection of 5 pottery bowls, each presenting ring-form feet and impressively thin walls that...
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CHINESE SONG, YUAN, MING & ANAMESE POTTERYVESSELS (6)East Asia, China, Song Dynasty, ca. 960 to 1279 CE; Yuan Dynasty, ca. 1271 to 1368 CE; Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE; Southeast Asia, modern day Vietnam, Anamese...
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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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2 JALISCO, 1 MICHOACAN, AND 1 NICOYAPOTTERY FIGURESPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan culture, ca. 500 to 100 BCE; Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 600 to 1000...
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NAZCA POTTERY TROPHY HEAD JAR + CHIMUPOTTERY JARPre-Columbian, South Coast of Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 400 CE; Central Coast of Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A nice set of 2 hand-built pottery vessels from...
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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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4 CHINESE MING SWATOW WARE CUPS, BINHTHUAN SHIPWRECKEast Asia, China, late Ming Dynasty, ca. 17th century CE. This is a fabulous group of four petite Swatow porcelain cups all from a shipwreck near the Binh Thuan...
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ANCESTRAL PUEBLOAN MANCOS BLACK ON WHITEPOTTERY MUG**First Time At Auction**
Native American, Southwestern United States, Four Corners Region, Colorado, Dolores, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), ca. 980 to 1150 CE....
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LARGE NATIVE AMERICAN TULAROSA POTTERYJARNative American, southwestern United States, New Mexico, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) period, Tularosa, ca. 900 to 1450 CE. A stunning pottery bowl of an impressive scale,...
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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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PAIR OF HUGE BYZANTINE STONE MOSAICSW/ GEOMETRIC MOTIF...Near Eastern, Eastern Empire, Early Byzantine Period, ca. 7th century CE. An opulent pair of ornamental floor or wall mosaics, each of a massive, rectangular...
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ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS FRAGMENT -LEG & TORCHAncient Rome, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A deeply carved relief section of white marble, originally part of a sarcophagus, depicting a partial image of a leg and...
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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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CHINESE MING DYNASTY STONE BUST OF BUDDHAEastAsia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A superb stone bust of Buddha draped in a robe with a skillfully-incised, spiral motif hem that folds at his chest, all adorned...
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TRANSLATED BYZANTINE MOSAIC GEOMETRICMOTIF W/ CROSSNear East or Europe, Byzantine / Early Christian Period, possibly southern Spain, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. A riveting mosaic presenting an elaborate, abstract...
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TRANSLATED MAYA COPADOR CYLINDER W/STUCCO, TL'DPre-Columbian, Central America, El Salvador, Maya, Copador, Ruler 13, ca. 724 to 726 CE. An exemplary pottery cylinder vessel boasting an incised band of glyphs,...
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ROMANO-EGYPTIAN NECKLACE MILLEFIORI& MOSAIC GLASS BEAD...**First Time At Auction**
Roman, Republic to Imperial Period / Romano-Egyptian ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Eastern Mediterranean, Greece & Phoenicia, ca....
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PRE-COLUMBIAN PERUVIAN TEXTILE SWATCHES,11 PCS**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, South Coast of Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 100 to 300 CE; North Coast Peru, Chimu & Chancay, 800 to 1400 CE; South Coast Peru,...
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CHINESE MING POTTERY CIZHOU WARE WINEJAREast Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A splendid, hand-built pottery wine jar of a sizable form from the Cizhou Ware tradition with a narrow, circular base,...
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LARGE ANASAZI TULAROSA POTTERY BLACKON WHITE OLLANative American, southwest New Mexico, villages in southern Cibola Anasazi/northern Mogollon, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) culture, Tularosa, ca. 1200 to 1400...
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CHINESE WHITE-GLAZED CARVED EWER LikelyLiao Dynasty (907-1125 CE), white glaze pottery with unglazed foot, the ovoid body carved with floral designed, issuing a short spout and ribbed conical neck ending in a deep...
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KOREAN INLAID CELADON FACETED BOWL,KORYO DYNASTY (918-1392 CE) HEIGHT: 1 7/8 IN. (4.8 CM.), DIAMETER: 4 3/4 IN. (12.1 CM.) KORYO DYNASTY (918-1392 CE), the low bowl with eight sides, each decorated with a...
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TWO PIECES OF KOREAN INLAID CELADON:CUP AND SMALL BOWL, KORYO DYNASTY (918-1392 CE) HEIGHT OF CUP: 2 3/4 IN. (7 CM.), BOWL: 2 X 6 1/2 IN. (5.1 X 16.5 CM.) CUP AND SMALL BOWL, KORYO DYNASTY (918-1392 CE), the...
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KOREAN INLAID CELADON STEM CUP, KORYODYNASTY (918-1392 CE) HEIGHT: 3 IN. (7.6 CM.) DYNASTY (918-1392 CE), the scalloped and fluted cup molded to resemble a chrysanthemum flower, the body decorated in each section...
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