CHINESE RITUAL COVERED DOU VESSEL, EASTERNZHOU Chinese ritual covered Dou vessel, dated from Eastern Zhou- Warring State, the deep rounded body supported by a stem and flared foot ,flanked by two loop handles on the...
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BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER,BIANHU
HAN DYNASTY ? ????of flattened globular form raised on a spreading oval foot, the curved sides accentuated by shallow, recessed panels, flanked by a pair of suspending...
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BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL AND COVER,HU
HAN DYNASTY ? ???????the pear-shaped vessel rising from a flaring foot to a waisted neck and slightly everting mouth, the shoulders encircled by a wide band with a ridge...
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A Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel, Gu, LateQing Dynasty, Early 20th Century ?? ????? Covered throughout in dark green encrustation and patina height 9.7 in — 24.6 cm...
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An Archaistic Bronze Ritual Wine Vesseland Cover, You, Ming Dynasty ? ???? overall (including handle) height 8.2 in — 20.8 cm...
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A Bronze Ritual Tripod Vessel and Cover,Ding, Warring States Period (475-221 BC) ?? ?????? ?? ??????...
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An Official Palace Museum Replica ofa Bronze Ritual Food Vessel and Cover, Dou ??????? ?????????? Numbered 24/50; together with storage box
?????????24/50 height 11.8 in — 30 cm...
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HUGE 19TH C. FIJIAN WOOD YAQONA BOWL(TANOA)**Originally Listed At $2000**
Polynesia, Fiji, ca. 19th century CE. An enormous wooden kava vessel carved in the form of a sea turtle. The deep circular bowl is supported...
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2 COLIMA & NAYARIT POTTERY CARGADOR& EFFIGY FIGURESPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan Del Rio style, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE; Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This is an interesting...
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ENORMOUS 20TH C. SHIPIBO POLYCHROMEPORTRAIT JARSouth American, Upper / Western Amazon Basin, Ucayali River, Peru, Shipibo people, ca. mid-20th century CE. Wow! A marvelous pottery portrait jar of a tremendous...
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ZAPOTEC POTTERY INCENSARIO OF CAMAZOTZ- THE BAT GODPre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban, Phase III, ca. 500 to 700 CE. An intriguing, hand-built pottery incensario vessel in the form of...
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PUBLISHED MAYA POTTERY RITUAL CACHEVESSEL W/ GIPre-Columbian, Central America, Guatemala, Peten region, Maya culture, Early Classic Period, Tzakol phase, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. An incredible and sizable...
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COLIMA REDWARE EMACIATED DOG VESSELW/ INCISED FEETPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine example of a hand-built and highly burnished redware pottery vessel in the shape of an emaciated...
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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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MAYA POTTERY CYLINDER VESSEL W/ RELIEFGLYPHSPre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A gorgeous pottery vessel presenting a cylindrical body with straight...
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GREEK APULIAN KANTHAROS W/ LADIES OFFASHIONMagna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 340 to 320 BCE. An elegant kantharos (wine cup) boasting a pair of sweeping high handles with support struts, and thumb spurs....
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RARE LUSATIAN URNFIELD POTTERY BURIALURN W/ WHITE HUES...Central Europe, Germany & Poland, Urnfield & Lusatian (Lausitz) culture, Bronze Age, ca. 1300 BCE to 500 BCE. An extremely rare Bronze Age ceramic vessel...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN CHIMU GOLD RITUAL KERO(DRINKING VESSEL)Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chimu, Late Intermediate Period, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. An elegant ritual kero (drinking cup) formed from a single sheet...
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MAYA CYLINDER - JAGUAR / SMOKING GODS,EX KERR**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An exemplary pottery cylinder vessel, finely painted with scenes...
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CHAVIN MARANON REDWARE VESSEL LOBSTER/ CRAYFISH**Originally Listed At $3000**
Pre-Columbian, Peru (Ecuador border), Chavin Maranon, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A charming ceramic vessel depicting a lobster or crayfish...
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CHINESE SHANG DYNASTY BRONZE GU / WINEVESSEL**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, China, Late Shang Dynasty, ca. 12th to 11th century BCE. A gorgeously preserved ritual wine vessel, known as a "gu", from the Chinese...
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COLIMA REDWARE DOG EFFIGY VESSEL**OriginallyListed At $1500**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A beautifully constructed, hand-built redware dog vessel of a charming form that exhibits a playful...
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RARE CHINESE HAN DYNASTY BRONZE HU VESSELW/ LID!**Originally Listed At $2500**
East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, 206 BCE to 220 CE. An elegant, pear shaped hu vessel, the iconographic program of this piece comes to...
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TWO BAN CHIANG POTTERY JARS, RED ONBUFF & BLACKWAREAncient Southeast Asia, Thailand, Ban Chiang culture, ca. 1st millennium BCE. An impressive pair of pottery vessels from ancient Ban Chiang culture: a globular...
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RIO MAGDALENA MOSKITO POTTERY URN W/LID, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Northern Colombia, Rio Magdalena, Moskito, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A This is an incredible funerary effigy vessel with a figural lid, and a conical...
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ACHAEMENID SILVER PHIALE / LIBATIONBOWL (FOR WINE)Ancient Near East, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 500 to 330 BCE. A gorgeous libation bowl used for holding wine known as a phiale that exhibits a slightly...
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EGYPTIAN OLD KINGDOM MARBLE JARAncientEgypt, Old Kingdom Period, 3rd to 6th Dynasty, ca. 2686 to 2181 BCE. An elegant marble jar of a squat form with a round yet stable base, a broad shoulder, and an inward-curving...
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MOCHE POLYCHROME STIRRUP PORTRAIT VESSELOF A LORDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A superb and expertly decorated pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a portrait head of a lord...
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MAYA PETEN POLYCHROME CYLINDER W/ LORD& FIGURES**Originally Listed At $3000**
Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Mayan Territories, Peten Region, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A stunning Maya...
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[A PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION, EDINBURGH]BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DUI
HAN DYNASTY OR LATER ????? ???of slightly compressed globular form supporting on everted foot, covered with geometric patterns, sides...
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[A PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION, EDINBURGH]BRONZE RITUAL VESSEL WITH COVER, DING
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY OR LATER ????? ????????the globular vessel crisply cast to the exterior with dense bands leiwen motif with bosses,...
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CHINESE BLUE GLAZED PORCELAIN RITUALVESSELChinese Blue Glazed Porcelain Covered Ritual Vessel or Dou , twisted knot knob, body molded with archaistic bands, foot with apocryphal Qianlong mark, h. 10 1/2 in...
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CHINESE SHANG STYLE ARCHAIC BRONZE ritualvessel Possibly 2nd millennium BCE, ritual wine vessel of cylindrical form, with rounded handle decorated with large horned Taotie mask, the cover adorned with raised horns,...
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CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE COVERED RITUAL,YOU, WINE VESSEL. 6 1/2"H X 5 1/4"W X 3 1/4"D (HANDLE DOWN)Chinese archaic bronze covered ritual, You, wine vessel., Band of relief design on body just below mouth rim, and...
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CHINESE MUSTARD GLAZED RITUAL VESSEL,GUANGXU MARK Chinese mustard glaze covered ritual vessel in the archaic taste, the domed lid having impressed characters and a leiwen band at the rim, resting on a globular...
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A large Chinese archaic bronze ritualfood vessel Ding Eastern Zhou Dynasty of compressed globular form the domed cover cast in relief with leiwen and with three ring handles the body with central girdle and similar...
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