COLIMA POTTERY BOUND PRISONER & TWOSTAMPSPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A nice selection of 3 hand-built pottery items from ancient Colima. First is a pair of pottery stamp seals:...
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19TH C. BORNEO DAYAK DEER ANTLER SWORDHANDLEIndonesia, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Dayak peoples, ca. 19th century CE. A beautiful and ornate Dayak "Mandau" sword handle that is hand-carved from deer horn and...
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RARE COLIMA POTTERY FIGURAL WHISTLE- BOUND PRISONERPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A rare and interesting pottery figure that depicts a captive prisoner seated with bent legs and...
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ROMAN QUARTZ INTAGLIO SET IN SILVERRINGRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A gorgeous intaglio carved from a fragment of translucent quartz depicting a reclining woman reaching out towards an...
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IMPRESSIVE MOCHE POTTERY BOUND PRISONERVESSELPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III to IV, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A dramatic pottery vessel of a bound prisoner shown nude. Limbs spread and tied with ropes to a...
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CHAVIN POTTERY INCISED JAGUAR VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, Santana-Santa River, ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A delightful ceramic vessel in the form of a stylized jaguar presenting a portly...
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NATIVE AMERICAN EASTERN WOODLANDS CHERTSPEAR POINTNative American, central/midwestern United States, Eastern Woodlands, ca. 500 to 1500 CE, found in Warren County, Missouri. A hand-knapped chert spear point exhibiting...
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18TH C. HAIDA / TLINGIT BONE FISHINGTOTEM AMULETNative American, North America, Pacific Northwest Coast, Haida or Tlingit, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A fine marine mammal bone carving of a stylized figure...
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19TH C. TLINGIT / HAIDA WALRUS IVORYPENDANT & AMULET 2...Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit or Haida people, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A pair of walrus ivory...
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MISSISSIPPIAN NODENA WALLS ENGRAVEDPOTTERY JAR TL'DNative American, American Southeast, Nodena Phase, Mississippian Culture, “Walls Engraved” type ca. 1350 CE. A fine example of a rare ceramic type, most...
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MISSISSIPPIAN POTTERY BOWL WOUNDED HAWK,TL'DNative American, Southeast or Midwest, Mississippian, Mound Builders, ca. 900 to 1543 CE. An exemplary, hand-built pottery bowl boasting a flat, circular base, a bulbous...
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JAMACOAQUE POLYCHROME MYTHICAL BEASTVESSEL, 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...
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GREEK CLASSICAL MARBLE STELE, RELIEFOF WOMANAncient Greece, Classical to Hellenistic Period, ca. 5th to 3rd century CE. A stunning marble funerary stele hand-carved to depict the relief of a woman in profile....
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ANCIENT JAPANESE JOMON TERRACOTTA VESSEL,TL TESTEDEast Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon Period, ca. 3000 BCE. A hand-built terracotta vessel of a tall, deep form with a flat base, the exterior walls impressed with...
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TALL ANCIENT JAPANESE JOMON POTTERYVESSEL, TL TESTEDEast Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2600 to 1400 BCE. A hand-built pottery jar of a tall and conical form exhibiting the ancient coil and scrape methods...
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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY SEATED CAMEL WEARINGSADDLE, TL'DEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A handsome terracotta statue of a camel, shown seated with legs bent beneath him and head tilted skyward as...
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CHINESE TANG POTTERY LOKAPALA W/ SANCAIGLAZE, 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...
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CHINESE MING PORCELAIN BLUE ON WHITEPLATE, TL TESTEDEast Asia, China, late Ming to early Qing Dynasty, ca. 1600 to 1700 CE. A lovely export style porcelain dish with a blue-on-white patterning. The piece rests...
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18TH C. CHINESE QING GLAZED POTTERYDISH, TL TESTEDEast Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 18th century CE. A hand-built pottery dish of sizable form with a ringed foot, squat walls, and a thick rim surrounding...
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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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RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $4000**
Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery...
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CHINESE HAN LIFAN POTTERY AMPHORA W/BRONZE, TL TESTED**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, Western China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A large pottery vase, the surface burnished to a fine grey hue and...
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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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RARE PERSIAN ARDEBIL BEAKED PITCHER,BIRD SPOUT, TL'D**Originally Listed At $1200**
Ancient Central Asia, southern Azerbaijan and northern Iran, Ardabil region, ca. mid-3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A sizable,...
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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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MASSIVE GNATHIAN POLYCHROME SKYPHOS,TL TESTED**First Time At Auction**
Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 360 to 325 BCE. A magnificent pottery skyphos finely hand-painted in intricate decoration of...
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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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GREEK ARCHAIC POLYCHROME PROTOME, PERSEPHONEDEMETER TL...**First Time At Auction**
Greece, Archaic period, ca. 470 to 450 BCE. Doesn't she take your breath away? This beautiful, mold-made terracotta protome bust probably...
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RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $4000**
Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery...
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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 ANCIENT PERSIAN IRON AGE PEDESTALDISH, TL TESTED**Originally Listed At $2000**
Central Asia, Persia, Iron Age I-II, ca. 1350 to 800 BCE. A refined pottery pedestal dish of a complex form with 3 elongated,...
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RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,EX-SCHMITTPre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery bowl exquisitely carved with...
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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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CAPTAIN JAMES COOK AUSTRALIA BOUND -KIPPSOLDWEDELSalmagundi Oil on Canvas titled, "Captain Cook: Australia Bound" (Salmagundi Club Collection), signed Kipp Soldwedel - 1978. Kipp Soldwedel (1913 - 1999) was an internationally...
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FREDERICK TEMPLE WEST (AUSTRALIA, ACTIVE1895-1910) "The 'Battle Abbey' Under Full Sail, black and white oil on academy board, signed lower right, titled on Wiscasset Bay Gallery of Maine label verso, housed in a...
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