- CLASSIC CHAVIN BROWNWARE STIRRUP VESSEL
- HOUSE**Originally Listed At $1800**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Casa Grande, earliest type of stirrup vessel called "Classic Chavin", ca. 1200 BCE. A very fine example...
[more like this] - LATE PALEO-INDIAN CHERT ARROWHEADNative
American, North America, Eastern to Midwest United States, Late Paleo-Indian Period, ca. 9000 to 7000 BCE (11,000 to 9,000 BP). An exemplary hand-knapped chert projectile...
[more like this] - 19TH C. AMERICAN BRASS & STEEL MICROSCOPE
W/ WOOD CASENorth America, United States, New York, Rochester & New York City, ca. late 19th century CE. A fine vintage brass and steel monocular microscope with 3 objectives...
[more like this] - 4 SEA LIFE FOSSILS: CRINOID, TRILOBITES,
& SNAILSNorth America, United States, Ohio, New York, & Indiana, Ordovician, Devonian, & Mississippian period, ca. 488.3 to 318 million years ago. This is a fascinating collection...
[more like this] - NAYARIT POTTERY STANDING FEMALE FIGUREPre-Columbian,
West Mexico, Nayarit, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A large and impressive clay figure of a nude female shown standing on two thick-set legs. The stocky figure...
[more like this] - RARE COLIMA REDWARE VESSEL - CONJOINED
DOGSPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built redware pottery sculpture of an incredibly rare form composed of two emaciated...
[more like this] - MISSISSIPPIAN REDWARE BOWL W/ CORN GOD
HEADNative American, Southeast or Midwest, Mississippian, ca. 900 to 1543 CE. A remarkable pottery bowl displaying the head of the corn god - an important deity in Mississippian...
[more like this] - SIGNED WILLIAM DRAPER PAINTING - SKI
SCENE, CA. 1940SWilliam Franklin Draper (American, 1912-2003). Oil on canvas board, ca. 1940s. Signed "Wm. F. Draper" on lower right. A fabulous painting of skiers enjoying...
[more like this] - 19TH C. FRENCH WOOD, IVORY, & BRASS
FLAGEOLET W/ CASEWestern Europe, France, ca. mid-19th century CE. This is a fine French style flageolet made from cocuswood, nickel brass, and an elephant ivory mouthpiece....
[more like this] - 19TH C. ENGLISH BOXWOOD & IVORY CLARINET
BY D'ALMAINENorthwestern Europe, England, London, ca. 1834 to 1867 CE. This is a beautiful boxwood B-flat clarinet made by D'Almaine & Co, with brass keys and elephant ivory...
[more like this] - VERACRUZ POTTERY SONRIENTE FLUTEPre-Columbian,
Gulf Coast Mexico, Vera Cruz, Remojadas, ca. 100 BCE to 800 CE. An endearing terracotta sonriente (smiling face) whistle figure. Sonrientes are the most well-known of Remojadas...
[more like this] - ZACATECAS BICHROME POTTERY DISH GEOMETRIC
MOTIFPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Zacatecas culture, Early Classic Period, ca. 250 to 450 CE. A stunning pottery bowl on a rounded base with thick walls that rise up to a wide,...
[more like this] - NAYARIT IXTLAN DEL RIO POLYCHROME SEATED
MALEPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A polychrome terracotta male figure, seated in a cross-legged position, holding a rattle, mirror,...
[more like this] - 19TH C. TURKOMAN SILVER BRACELET W/
ELABORATE MOTIFSCentral Asia, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, Turkoman (Turkman) Tekke peoples, ca. 19th century CE. An elegant silver bracelet boasting an elaborately decorated...
[more like this] - 4 NORTH AMERICAN FOSSILIZED TRILOBITES
W/ MATRICESAncient Seas, North America, United States, Ohio & New York, mid to late Devonian Period, ca. 390 to 360 million years ago. This is a wonderful collection of 4...
[more like this] - 19TH C. TURKOMAN GILT SILVER BRACELET
W/ CARNELIANCentral Asia, Afghanistan, Turkoman, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A gorgeous antique gilt silver bracelet comprised of 2 horizontal registers that each...
[more like this] - SIGNED BETTY GOLD IRON ARTIST PROOF,
CA. 1980Betty Gold (American, b. 1935). Iron artist's proof, inscribed "A.P. B.G" (Artist's Proof / Betty Gold) at base of one side, ca. 1980. A special work by American artist...
[more like this] - 19TH C. FRENCH WOOD CONVERTIBLE FLUTE
/ FENCING RAPIERWestern Europe, France, Paris, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. This is a fine antique wood and nickel-silver low pitch flute that is made by the French maker...
[more like this] - 4 EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS + 1 ROMAN
STONE SEALAncient Egypt, Second Intermediate Period, 15th to 17th Dynasty, ca. 1650 to 1550 BCE; New Kingdom, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1077 BCE; Late Dynastic Period,...
[more like this] - 20TH C. AFRICAN DOGON METAL COUPLE FIGURES**First
Time At Auction**
West Africa, Mali, Dogon culture, ca. mid-20th century CE. This is a fabulous brass sculptural piece cast via the lost wax method of two standing figures...
[more like this] - JALISCO BI-CHROME SEATED MALE FIGURE
W/ JAR ON HEAD**Originally Listed At $300**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery figure of a seated male whimsically balancing...
[more like this] - SALINAR POTTERY STIRRUP VESSEL W/ ZOOMORPHS,
TL TESTED**Originally Listed At $1200**
Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Salinar culture, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A striking ceramic stirrup vessel with a round body with...
[more like this] - MOCHE COPPER MASK - STYLIZED LORD /
KINGPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An impressive hammered-copper funerary mask depicting the stylized face of a lord or king. The visage...
[more like this] - MASSIVE / SPECTACULAR OLMEC JADE CELTPre-Columbian,
Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 600 BCE. A spectacular and massive celt made from a beautiful jade stone. This celt is an ancient tool, shaped like an axe...
[more like this] - RARE CAMPANIAN BLACKWARE MAMMIFORM BABY
FEEDERClassical World, Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Campania, ca. 340 to 320 BCE. A fascinating pottery baby feeder presenting in the shape of a breast with a globular body...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN PAINTED / GESSO CEDAR SARCOPHAGUS
MASKEgypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A gorgeous and endearing example of a mask that is hand-carved from finely grained cedar that would have attached...
[more like this] - MISSISSIPPIAN REDWARE BOWL W/ CORN GOD
HEADNative American, Southeast or Midwest, Mississippian, ca. 900 to 1543 CE. A remarkable pottery bowl displaying the head of the corn god - an important deity in Mississippian...
[more like this] - VERACRUZ POTTERY ARTICULATED MALE SONRIENTEPre-Columbian,
Mexico, Gulf Coast, Veracruz, Classic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 900 CE. An outstanding terracotta figure known as a sonriente - meaning "smiling face" - depicted standing with...
[more like this] - JAMACOAQUE POLYCHROME MYTHICAL BEAST
VESSEL, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque culture, ca. 500 CE. A large ceramic vessel in the form of a transformational beast - probably representing a shaman in...
[more like this] - ANCIENT ARGENTINE CONDORHUASI-ALAMITO
STONE MASKPre-Columbian, Northwest Argentina, Condorhuasi-Alamito culture, Early Period, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. An incredible funerary mask hand-carved from a large stone...
[more like this] - MOCHE PHASE III / IV POTTERY STIRRUP
VESSEL OF AI APECPre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche culture, Phase III to IV, ca. 350 to 700 CE. An evocative, mold-made stirrup vessel in the form of the chief deity of...
[more like this] - CHINESE TANG POTTERY LOKAPALA W/ SANCAI
GLAZE, TL'DEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A fantastical mold-formed pottery guardian figure known as a lokapala with a serious expression wearing elaborate...
[more like this] - CHINESE TANG POLYCHROME LOKAPALA GUARDIAN
FIGUREEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A mold-formed pottery guardian figure known as a lokapala with a fierce expression wearing elaborate armor and robes...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN DARK GLAZED FAIENCE USHABTIEgypt,
Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A fine ushabti figure formed from faience that stands in mummiform atop an integral rectangular plinth with...
[more like this] - TWENTY-FOUR BOTTLE WINE GROUP, MIXED
VARIETY FROMTWENTY-FOUR BOTTLE WINE GROUP, mixed variety from Oregon (9), California (7), Germany (2), Montana (1), Romania (2), and Italy (3). 2006 3 Blind Moose pino grigio,...
[more like this] - CA. 1920 MARKE, GERMANY HILL CLIMBER
FRICTION TOYDEPICTING A CHILD ON A SLED. “KISMET", “HESS ROLLER" ON FRONT. ORIGINAL PAINT, WITH FADING TO ONE SIDE. 7" LONG, 3" HIGH, 1 1/2" WIDE....
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