THREE CHINESE QIJIA NEOLITHIC VESSELSFinelypotted with painted geometric designs and inserted shell fragments on the shoulders and handles. Rare examples from either the Qijia ( ca. 2200 to 1800 BCE) or Siba (2000-1600...
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NECKLACE W/ PRE-COLUMBIAN NAZCA SHELLBEADS**Originally Listed At $300**
Pre-Columbian, south coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A lovely and wearable necklace fashioned from dozens of petite seed-form beads...
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GROUP OF 3 COLIMA OBSIDIAN LABRET PLUGSPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine collection of 3 labrets or lip plugs, all exhibiting an attractive minimalist design, and hand-knapped from jet-black obsidian....
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PUBLISHED ROMAN GAUL SILVER-WASHED BRONZEFIBULARoman Gaul (France)/ Western Roman Empire, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. A delightful silver-washed, cast bronze fibula or brooch in the form of a standing...
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20TH C. RUSSIAN ICON OF SAINT GEORGEW/ SWORD & BOWEastern Europe, Russia, ca. early 20th century CE. An impressive icon of Saint George of Lydda seated on a throne, expertly painted with egg tempera and gesso...
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20TH C. RUSSIAN ICON W/ ST. GEORGE,PRINCESS, & DRAGONEastern Europe, Russia, ca. early 20th century CE. Finely delineated in egg tempera and gesso on wood, a beautiful icon depicting Saint George atop a white...
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2 COLIMA OBSIDIAN LIP LABRET PLUGSPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This is a fine pair of stone labrets or lip plugs exhibiting an attractive minimalist design, all hand-knapped from jet-black obsidian,...
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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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18TH C. SPANISH COLONIAL ANIMAL HIDEPETACA**Originally Listed At $600**
North America, New Mexico, Spanish Colonial period, ca. late 18th to early 19th century CE. A fine example of a Spanish Colonial petaca...
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ECUADORAN POTTERY SPINDLE WHORL DOUBLESTRAND NECKLACE**Originally Listed At $200**
Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi culture, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A beautiful necklace comprised of two conjoined strands of modern...
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SUPERB 18TH C. FRENCH IRON & BRASS CUIRASSARMORWestern Europe, France, ca. late 18th to early 19th century CE. A forged-iron cuirass breast and back plate fastened together with brass and leather straps to create...
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PRE-CONTACT THULE PUNUK BONE OR ANTLERHARPOON TIPNative American, North America, Pacific Northwest Coast, Alaska, Pre-Contact Thule, Punuk stage, ca. 800 to 1400 CE. A hand carved marine animal bone or caribou...
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ANCIENT ALASKAN BERING SEA BONE OR ANTLERHARPOON TIPNative American, Northwestern United States, Alaska, Beringian / Old Bering Sea Culture, ca. 200 BCE to 1000 CE. A hand carved marine animal bone or caribou antler...
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MOCHE POTTERY SKELETAL FIGURE STIRRUPVESSELPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A fabulous pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a figure with a globular body and a skeletal visage, all...
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CHINESE MIAO CULTURE SILVER FASTENERS,2 Chinese, Miao people, 600 silver garment fasteners, two, of typical whorl and S-curve form, for fastening wrapped textiles with tension. Weight: 15.36 ozt.; 1.75" H x 7"...
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