HUARI POTTERY STIRRUP VESSEL WITH WARRIOR**OriginallyListed At $650**
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A dramatic double-spouted polychrome ceramic stirrup vessel, featuring a silvery gray lower...
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19TH C. CHINESE WOOD ACUPUNCTURE TEACHINGMODEL**Originally Listed At $2500**
East Asia, China, ca. 1860 to 1880 CE. A sizeable, carved wooden male model with black-painted inscriptions used to teach acupuncture...
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ASSYRIAN POTTERY FIGURE - STANDING APKALLU,TL TESTEDAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Old Assyrian Empire, ca. 2025 to 1378 BCE. An impressive, mold-made pottery relief of a standing male genius or apkallu - an ancient...
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ROMAN LEADED BRONZE PROTOME OF BACCHUSRoman,Imperial, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A fabulous bronze protome displaying the bust of Bacchus - Greek Dionysus - the Roman god of wine, vegetation, and festivity, depicted...
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CHOICE ROMAN SILVER DENARIUS COIN OFCARACALLARoman, Imperial Period, Caracalla, ca. 198 to 217 CE. A choice silver AR denarius, Rome minted in 212 CE. Obverse: Laureate head right. Reverse: Hercules standing...
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19TH C. SPANISH COLONIAL GOURD W/ INCISEDVILLAGE SCENE...Spanish Colonial, South America, Peru, 19th century CE. An enormous gourd that is finely engraved with a village scene. The art of gourd carving has been practiced...
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RARE COLIMA REDWARE VESSEL - CONJOINEDDOGSPre-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...
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1947 HAIDA WOOD & IVORY DZUNUKWA MASK,B. WILLIAMSNative American, Northwestern Canada, Haida, ca. 1947 CE. A stunning wood and walrus ivory mask of Dzunukwa (or Dzonokwa) or Wild Woman, skillfully hand-carved...
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SIGNED JAPANESE MUROMACHI STEEL KO-WAKIZASHI& BOOKEast Asia, Japan, late Muromachi period, ca. 1500 to 1550 CE, signed by Kanehisa. A beautiful example of a ko-wakizashi with a single-edged steel blade that is slightly...
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JAPANESE MUROMACHI STEEL & LACQUEREDWOOD WAKIZASHIEast Asia, Japan, late Muromachi period, ca. third quarter of the 16th century CE. A beautiful wakizashi with a single-edged blade, a lacquered (urushi) wood...
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ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF STELE - MOTHER,CHILD, LION, & BULL...Roman, Eastern Empire, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. An exemplary marble relief stele displaying 2 diverse scenes: one of a mother and...
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GREEK LAMPSAKOS ALEXANDER THE GREATAR SILVER DRACHMGreece, Macedon, ca. 310 to 301 BCE. A very fine Lampsakos minted silver drachm struck under Antigonos I Monophthalmos in the name and types of Alexander III....
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19TH C. MOROCCAN BERBER GILT SILVERARM CUFFNorth Africa, Morocco, Berber culture, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a beautiful and sizable cast silver (60% to 90.05%) arm cuff with applied openwork...
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AFRICAN NEOLITHIC TENERIAN FLINT KNIVES/ SKINNERS (2)Northern Africa, Sahara Desert, Niger region, Tenerian (also Tenerean) culture, Neolithic Period, ca. 3000 to 2000 BCE. A fine pair of nicely proportioned hand...
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FINE PAIR COLIMA OBSIDIAN PIERCERSPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine pair of piercers or bloodletters that are hand-knapped from slender fragments of jet-black obsidian. Each tool features...
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INCA STONE CEREMONIAL VESSEL W/ SNAKESPre-Columbian,North Coast Peru, Inca, ca. 1400 to 1533 CE. A fine hand-carved stone ceremonial bowl featuring high relief snakes across the sides. The vessel's body has a rounded but stable...
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8TH C. INDIAN PALA STONE RELIEF OF VISHNUSouthAsia, India, region of Bengal, Pala Empire, ca. 8th to 12th centuries CE. A beautiful relief and openwork carved stone plaque depicting the Hindu deity Vishnu. The god stands...
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7 ROMAN BRONZE, BRASS, BONE, & IRONMEDICAL TOOLSRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An interesting group of 7 Roman bronze, brass, iron, and bovine bone medical tools - all showing the fascinating...
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MOCHE POTTERY LIZARD STIRRUP VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A delightful bi-chrome stirrup vessel in the form of an iguana. The stirrup rises from the lizard's back,...
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ROMAN LEADED BRONZE STRIGILRoman, ImperialPeriod, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A lovely example of a strigil created from a single sheet of hammered leaded bronze with a wide, curved blade that tapers to a rounded end....
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WWII ENGLISH SYKES-FAIRBAIRN BRASS KNIFEW/ SHEATHNorthwestern Europe, England, ca. 1941 CE. This is a fine example of the popular second pattern of the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife with the "B2" guard marking....
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20TH C. INUIT CARIBOU, RABBIT, & SEALCHILD'S MOCCASINS...Native American, Northwestern United States, Alaska, Inuit, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fine pair of handmade children's moccasins, comprised of...
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FINE CHAVIN POTTERY VESSEL W/ SNAKES,EX ARTE PRIMITIVO...Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 600 BCE. This is an incredible hand-built pottery vessel that is molded with raised serpents...
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12 NATIVE AMERICAN DEER BONE AWLS**OriginallyListed At $250**
North America, Native American, ca. 1200 to 1800 CE. An impressive collection of 12 awls, finely sculpted from deer bone and deliberately blackened from...
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DENHAM CLEMENTS PAINTING "OLD CROW"(1998)Denham Clements (b. 1944, American). "Old Crow" acrylic on canvas, 1998. Signed on the lower right. A remarkable, large-scale painting of "Old Crow" by Denham Clements,...
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HUGE 20TH C. MELANESIAN VANUATU SLITDRUM / TAMTAMOceania, Melanesia, Vanuatu, ca. early 20th century CE. A splendid and sizeable slit drum or tamtam, skillfully hand-carved from butterscotch-hued wood in the...
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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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GREEK HELLENISTIC BRONZE HERAKLES W/NEMEAN LION PELTAncient Greece, late Hellenistic Period, ca. 2nd to 1st century BCE. A lovely cast-bronze figure of Herakles (Roman Hercules) standing nude atop an integral...
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19TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN STONE FROG EFFIGYPLATFORM PIPE...Native American, Southeastern United States, Tennessee, likely Cherokee, ca. 19th to mid-20th century CE. A cute and fabulous effigy stone platform smoking...
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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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19TH C. TIBETAN BRASS VARAPANI HANDW/ MUDRA GESTUREEast Asia, Tibet or China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A larger-than-life brass hand from Varapani, the bodhisattva whose name literally...
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LARGE / EXPRESSIVE ROMAN MARBLE SPOUT- LION HEAD FORMRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 3rd century CE. A finely carved marble lion-headed spout, likely from an ancient fountain, with wonderful deep drilling characteristic...
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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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PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN STONE PANEL TOMBOF NEB-AMUN (TT90)**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, later 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose IV to Amenhotep III, from the tomb of Neb-Amun (TT90) in Thebes,...
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AFRICAN ZEBRA SKIN FLOOR RUG, CUSTOMBLACK LEATHERAFRICAN ZEBRA SKIN FLOOR RUG, custom black leather backing, 70 x 109 inches overall....
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CUSTOM AFRICAN GIRAFFE SKIN AND BROWNLEATHER CARP LEATHER CARPET, 7'5" x 10'3"....
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