PENNSYLVANIA PIECED QUILTED LAP ROBE,CA. 1880Highly unusual Pennsylvania pieced quilted lap robe, ca. 1880, with multicolored banding, 68 12" x 84".
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18TH C. BOSTON WALNUT QUEEN ANNE WINGCHAIR. Ca. 1760, unusual small size Boston area walnut wing chair, with an arched crest and scalloped wings, with rolled arms, on Queen Anne cabriole legs and stretcher. 42”H...
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DEERFIELD MA 18TH C. Q.A. MAPLE ANDWALNUT HIGHBOY. A fine and unique example, descending in the Strong family. Ca. 1740-1760 Jonathan Strong, two part Queen Anne highboy with an old pleasing finish and period...
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PETROLIANA ADVERTISING: 2 STANDARD OIL1920S CHINESE CA...Two (2) rare Standard Oil Company calendars, c. 1920, printed on silk in the form of Chinese scrolls by the Commercial Press Ltd., Shanghai, with SOCNY...
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BULL PIZZLE CANE-Ca 1920 -The singlepiece cane with an integral crook handle is fashioned of a stretched, twisted and dried bull penis. Stiff enough to lean on, the cane has an intriguing fibrous structure and...
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BEAUTIFUL NATURAL MALACHITE BOTRYOIDALMASSCentral Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ca. millions of years ago. This is a lovely natural malachite mineral with unusual bubbly crystalline structures known...
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19TH C. MEXICAN RETABLO - HOLY TRINITYLatinAmerica, Mexico, ca. 19th century. A beautifully painted Mexican retablo depicting the Holy Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost dressed in flowing white robes...
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PUBLISHED ROMAN STONE MOSAIC HEAD OFOCEANUSRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A very fine Roman stone mosaic comprised of thousands of stone tesserae, depicting the head of Oceanus - the personification...
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GREEK GEOMETRIC BRONZE IMPLEMENT, ROOSTER& BRACELETAncient Greece, Geometric period, ca. 8th century BCE. A fine gathering of bronze items from ancient Greece, cast into a bracelet, bird finial, and an unusual pendant-like...
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COLIMA REDWARE SEATED FIGURAL VESSEL**OriginallyListed At $700**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An intriguing redware pottery vessel of an unusual form with anthropomorphic features protruding...
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12TH C. KHMER ANGKOR POTTERY LIDDEDSTUPA INCENSE JAR**First Time At Auction**
Southeast Asia, Cambodia or Northern Thailand, Khmer Empire (Angkor culture), ca. 12th to 14th century CE. This is a beautiful...
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SICAN-LAMBAYEQUE WOOD THRONE FOR ANEMPERORPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican-Lambayeque, ca. 750 to 1375 CE. A hand-carved wooden throne from the Sican-Lambayeque Empire which was known for creating the...
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MEZCALA POTTERY FEMALE FIGURE W/ CESAREANINCISIONPre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala culture, ca. 1000 to 400 BCE. An impressive pottery female figure of an unusual form - depicted post-birth after undergoing...
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RARE / LARGE JALISCO POLYCHROME 2-HEADEDFIGURALPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This unusual and large hand-built pottery figure is notably made with 2 heads protruding from the shoulder,...
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1900S NATIVE AMERICAN TLINGIT MAMMOTHIVORY TOTEM POLENative American, Northwestern United States, Tlingit, ca. 1900s to 1920s CE. An impressive hand-carved miniature totem pole made from fossilized mammoth ivory....
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IMPORTANT MIMBRES POTTERY BOWL W/ WALKINGFISH - TL'DNative American, Southwestern US, Mimbres Valley, New Mexico, ca. 950 to 1150 CE. A smallish, deep bowl of classic form and decoration from an imaginative and unique...
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IMPOSING MAYA BASALT RELIEF CARVINGOF TLALOCPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Cotzumalguapa region, Maya culture, Late Classic Period, ca. 650 to 900 CE. A stunning and large basalt stone fragment,...
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RARE CHAVIN ANTHRACITE BOX - INLAIDDISCS, ORIG. CORDPre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. An incredibly rare carved anthracite box held together with cotton cords and inlaid with...
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HUGE ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO WARE KYATHOS- TL TESTEDClassical World, Etruria, ca. early 6th century BCE. A massive, perfectly formed ceramic kyathos, a bowl-like vessel with a distinctive high, strap handle. It is...
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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...
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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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GREEK BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS - HOUND& HARE GROUP, TL'D**First Time At Auction**
Greece, Attic (Athens), attributed to the Hound and Hare Group, ca. 500 to 480 BCE. A splendid pottery lekythos attributed to...
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MICHOACAN POTTERY TWO-HEADED PRETTYLADY FIGURE**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A hand-built pottery female figure known as a 'pretty lady' with an unusual...
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RARE AND UNUSUAL GROWTH OF A CENTURYBOARD GAMERare and unusual Growth of a Century board game, ca. 1890, manufactured by Meyer & Co., complete with original instruction sheet, box bottom with turning wheel,...
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FEDERAL SUPERIOR INLAID NORTHSHORE AREASECRETARY. Ca. 1800 two part North Shore MA/ Southern NH area, finely inlaid mahogany secretary, the crest with an inlaid central panel with unusual applied mounts to cornice,...
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CA 1900 UNUSUAL ROOMSIZE ORIENTAL RUG,BLUE ANDIVORY FIELD WITH OVERALL FLORAL DESIGN IN CENTER AND A WIDE FLORAL BORDER. SEVERAL AREAS OF WEAR. 10' 9" X 15' 7"....
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CA 1910 PERSIAN AREA RUG WITH UNUSUALPAISLEYGULL DESIGN IN CENTER. SHOWS SLIGHT WEAR AT ENDS. 4' 8" X 8'....
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Photographic Archive of Miles City MontanaPhotographer R.C. Morrison 1880s-1890s Cowan's is proud to present the photographic archive of pioneer Montana photographer Robert C. Morrison (1850-1938) descended directly...
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Thirty-Nine-Piece Set of French RestaurationFirst Standard (.950) Silver Flatware, touchmarked Paris, 1819-1838, by Jean-Joseph Rivet (fl. 1816-1832), in the traditional "Fiddle Thread" pattern, including eighteen...
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