CHINESE CARVED JADE ELEPHANT PLAQUEPENDANT PECTORAL AM...DESCRIPTION: Fine Chinese Carved Jade Elephant Plaque Pendant Pectoral Amulet. This amulet carving is possibly from Warring States Period. With textured...
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VERACRUZ LORD IN REGAL ATTIRE, EX-HOLLYWOOD,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A remarkable ceramic figure: a standing lord with a lifelike face and elaborate costume....
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EARLY 20TH C. KWAKWAKA'WAKW WOOD FEASTBOWL WHALESNative American, Pacific Northwest, Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) people, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden feast bowl of an enormous size with an ovoid...
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EARLY 20TH C. NIGERIAN YORUBA WOOD EREIBEJI FIGUREWestern Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden standing figure, known as an ere ibeji, that traditionally comes in a...
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CHANCAY POTTERY DOUBLE CHAMBER VESSELW/ FIGUREPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 CE. A wonderful, bridge-spouted, double-chambered vessel adorned in black and cream pigments. Mold-made, the fascinating...
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LOVELY CHANCAY BICHROME WHISTLING VESSELW/ FIGUREPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 CE. A fabulous, musical whistling vessel comprised of 2 discoid vessels atop conical feet, all intricately painted...
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BEAUTIFUL MAYA JADE AVIAN PLAQUE PENDANTPre-Columbian,Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya Territories, Maya, late Preclassic period, 100 BCE to 400 CE. This is a stunning hand-carved rectangular jade stone plaque or pectoral piece,...
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EGYPTIAN FAIENCE FISH SCARABOID W/ HIEROGLYPHSAncientEgypt, New Kingdom, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1077 BCE. A beautiful and petite faience scaraboid pendant of ovoid form featuring the effigy of a Nile tilapia (Oreochromis...
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ZAPOTEC MONTE ALBAN IV POTTERY DOUBLEINCENSARIOPre-Columbian, Oaxaca, Mexico, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban IV, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A mold-made ceramic double incensario, in the form of a seated lord, with two...
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JAMACOAQUE POTTERY VESSEL - TRANSFORMEDJAGUAR SHAMANPre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque (Jama Coaque), ca. 100 to 500 CE. An extremely expressive pottery vessel in the form of a snarling jaguar with almond-shaped...
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GUERRERO MEZCALA BALSAS GREENSTONE PECTORALPre-Columbian,southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala (Balsas) culture, ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A greenstone pectoral, carved on one side to have a sun-like motif. Lines radiate from a deeply...
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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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SICAN GOLD REPOUSSE DEPICTION OF NAYLAMP- 6.4 GPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican/Lambayeque, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A remarkable example of the exceptional luxury arts created by the Sican/Lambayeque peoples,...
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EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM WOOD STRIDINGMALE FIGUREAncient Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 11th to 13th Dynasty, ca. 2130 to 1649 BCE. A wonderful example of a hand-carved wooden male figure, perhaps a servant in a tomb...
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20TH C. PNG AMANAB PECTORAL - TUSK,BOAR TEETH**Originally Listed At $750**
Oceania, Northern Papua New Guinea, near Irian Jaya, Amanab peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An intriguing example of a...
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PAIR OF 20TH C. INUIT SOAPSTONE FISHCARVINGS**Originally Listed At $250**
First Nations / Native American, Canadian Arctic, Inuit, ca. mid-20th century CE. A lovely pair of fish, skillfully hand-carved from...
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6 COLIMA OBSIDIAN PECTORALS & MANY WHITESHELL BEADS**Originally Listed At $500**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A magnificent ensemble of over 100 hand-carved shell beads and 6 hand-knapped...
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RARE ECUDORAN LA TOLITA BONE FIGURALCARVING**Originally Listed At $800**
Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, La Tolita (sometimes Tumaco), ca. 350 BCE to 350 CE. A rare example of a stylized anthropomorphic figure carved...
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INDUS VALLEY MEHRGARH POTTERY FERTILITYIDOL, TL TESTED...**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A hand-built pottery female fertility idol of a characteristically...
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18TH C. SPANISH SANTO OF CHRIST CHILDON ORNATE BASEEurope, Spain, ca. 19th century CE. Expertly carved in the round from elephant tusk, a Santo of the Christ Child with a cherubic visage featuring liberally lashed...
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MISSISSIPPIAN SHELL GORGET W/ COSMOLOGICALFIGURENative American, United States, Eastern Woodland, Mississippian, ca. 200 to 1500 CE. This is a beautiful and rare incised and openwork gorget made from a white shell...
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RARE MISSISSIPPIAN SHELL GORGET W/ COSMOLOGICALFIGURES...Native American, Southeastern United States, Eastern Woodland, Mississippian, ca. 200 to 1000 CE. This is a beautiful and rare incised and openwork gorget made from...
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VERACRUZ HUASTEC POTTERY STANDING FEMALESHAMANPre-Columbian, central Mexico, northern Veracruz, Huastec culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A fantastic standing ceramic figure of a woman boasting applied decorative ornaments...
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COSTA RICAN GREENSTONE DOUBLE CROCODILEPENDANTPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. An exceptional pendant comprised of a beautiful greenstone of a gray-green hue, and expertly string...
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FINE OLMEC STONE STANDING WERE-JAGUARFIGUREPre-Columbian, Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A magnificent Olmec figurine expertly carved from beautiful deep black stone that demonstrates superb...
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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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20TH C. TLINGIT WALRUS IVORY & NACRESHAMAN ORCA AMULET...Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. This is a stunning walrus ivory pendant...
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19TH C. NORTHWEST COAST BONE ZOOMORPHICPECTORALNative American, United States and Canada, Pacific Northwest Coast, probably Tlingit, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved whale bone pectoral in the form...
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19TH C. INDO-PERSIAN GILT IRON ARMORCHEST + ARM GUARDS...Central Asia, Persia / Northern India, Mughal or Indo-Persian culture, ca. 19th century CE. This is a superb gathering and display of antique iron chahar-ayneh...
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EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE BRONZE STANDARD,EX ROYAL ATHENAAncient Central to Eastern Europe, Bronze Age, ca. 10th to 11th century BCE. A magnificent bronze pendant cast into 4 pieces and assembled as a massive ornament...
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MOCHE PHASE III / IV POTTERY STIRRUPVESSEL 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...
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RARE & STUNNING OLMEC JADEITE CEREMONIALPECTORALPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 1500 to 550 BCE. This astounding and rare jadeite pectoral or funerary mask has been skillfully pecked into...
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RARE TAIRONA EFFIGY VESSEL CONJOINEDMAN & WOMAN**Originally Listed At $1800**
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca.1000 to 1550 CE. A hand-built earthenware effigy vessel of a conjoined type with a pair of...
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MAYA GREENSTONE PECTORAL BEADS + EARSPOOL, EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $6000**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A staggering collection of 39 sizable...
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CHINESE HONGSHAN JADE PECTORAL - MASKFORM**Originally Listed At $2500**
East Asia, China, Northeast region, Hongshan culture, ca. 3500 to 3000 BCE. Rare and fine translucent jade maskette from the late Neolithic...
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EGYPTIAN SEBENNYTIC-PTOLEMAIC GLASSINLAY**First Time At Auction**
Egypt, perhaps the city of Sebennytos, Late Dynastic (30th Dynasty) to Ptolemaic Period, Sebennytic-Ptolemaic Period, ca. 380 to 30 BCE. A...
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