- PIERO FORNASETTI "POMPEIANA" DIMINUTIVE
CABINET Piero Fornasetti (Italian, 1913-1988) side end table or night stand in the "Pompeiana" pattern on an ochre ground with door opening to reveal cabinet compartment,...
[more like this] - CUSTOM CARPET BY V'SOSKE, OPEN FIELD
WITH LEAF BORDER, ...Custom Carpet by V'Soske, open field with leaf border, 9' x 17'. Provenance: The Estate of Alina Roisen, Park Avenue, New York.
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[more like this] - ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE SMITH CUSTOM UPHOLSTERED
OPEN ARMC...Attributed to George Smith Custom Upholstered Open Armchair, having all legs set on large brass casters, height 36 inches, width 28 inches, depth 40 inches.
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[more like this] - 19TH C. TAHITIAN SOCIETY ISLANDS WOOD
CYLINDRICAL DRUM**Originally Listed At $800**
Oceania, French Polynesia, Tahiti, Society Islands, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A lovely cylindrical drum, hand-carved...
[more like this] - 2 TURQUOISE & AMMONITE FOSSIL IN SILVER
& COPPER CUFFSAncient Seas & North America, ca. 400 to 50 million years ago. A beautiful and wearable pair of modern sterling silver and copper bracelet cuffs inlaid with...
[more like this] - 1950S CISNEROS / SPRATLING SILVER BUCKLE
BRACELETMiguel Cisneros Arce (Mexican, active mid 20th century) and William Spratling (American/Mexico expatriate, 1900-1967). A gorgeous William Spratling design sterling...
[more like this] - 20TH C. SPRATLING STERLING SILVER BIRD
W/ BELLS BROOCHWilliam Spratling (American/expatriate in Mexico, 1900-1967), Mexico, post 1979 under auspices of Sucesores de William Spratling. A stunning sterling silver...
[more like this] - 20TH C. SPRATLING STERLING SILVER LINK
BRACELETWilliam Spratling (American/ex-patriate in Mexico, 1900-1967), Mexico, post 1979 under auspices of Sucesores de William Spratling. A gorgeous sterling silver bracelet...
[more like this] - 20TH C. AMERICAN & ENGLISH SILVER &
STONE RINGS (8)Native American, United States, Navajo, ca. early to mid 20th century CE; United States, Kansas, ca. late 20th early 21st century CE; Western Europe, England,...
[more like this] - RARE 19TH C. AFRICAN IGBO COPPER ARMLET
CUFFWest Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a fine and rare example of an open-sided cast copper cuff bracelet or wrist guard that is...
[more like this] - CHINESE SONG DYNASTY YAOZHOU WARE BOTTLE
LUSH FLORALSEast Asia, China, Northern Song Dynasty, ca. 960 to 1270 CE. A refined celadon bottle with a lush floral motif delineated across its exterior. The body is of cylindrical...
[more like this] - LURISTAN BRONZE MASTER OF ANIMALS STANDARD
FINIALAncient Near East, northwestern Iran and Turkey, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. An intriguing cast-bronze standard finial in the form known as the "master of animals."...
[more like this] - 9TH C. VIKING BRONZE CHAPE OR STYLUS
CASENorthern Europe, Viking / Norse culture, ca. 9th to 12h century CE. A fine cast-bronze chape to protect the blade of a petite blade or tool, with an attached chain for...
[more like this] - ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN POTTERY BULL RHYTON,
TL TESTEDAncient Near Eastern, Central Asia, or Egyptian, ca. 1600 to 1400 BCE. A beautiful hand-built rhyton or libation vase in the form of a bull head, replete with expressive...
[more like this] - SIGNED 1960S MORRIS KANTOR PAINTING
- "OPEN DOOR"Morris Kantor (Russian-American, 1896-1974). "Open Door" oil on canvas, ca. 1960s. Signed by the artist on the lower left. A striking painting by Morris Kantor...
[more like this] - 19TH C. AFRICAN ANGOLA OVIMBUNDU WOOD
POWER STAFFSouthern Africa, Angola, Ovimbundu, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A special scepter, perhaps once belonging to an Ovimbundu chief, finely carved from...
[more like this] - NATIVE AMERICAN WOODLAND ARCHAIC BANNERSTONE
PREFORMNative American, Southern United States, Missouri, Webster County, Eastern Woodland, Archaic period, ca. 5000 to 1000 BCE. A great example of a bannerstone preform,...
[more like this] - 19TH C. THAI BLUE-ON-WHITE POTTERY KENDI,
ELEPHANT FORM...Southeast Asia, Thailand, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a charming porcelain elephant form kendi or ewer with an attractive blue on white...
[more like this] - 7 COLIMA, AZTEC, JALISCO & TLATILCO
POTTERY FIGURES**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE; Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco...
[more like this] - RARE MISSISSIPPIAN CADDO INCISED POTTERY
SEED JARNative American, Southeastern United States, Arkansas, Hot Springs County, Mississippian / Caddo culture, ca. 800 to 1400 CE. This is a remarkable hand-built pottery...
[more like this] - VERACRUZ HUASTEC POTTERY STANDING FEMALE
SHAMANPre-Columbian, central Mexico, northern Veracruz, Huastec culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A fantastic standing ceramic figure of a woman boasting applied decorative ornaments...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - RARE MINIATURE EGYPTIAN OBSIDIAN PESESH-KEF
AMULETAncient Egypt, First Intermediate Period, 8th to 9th Dynasty, ca. 2181 to 2140 BCE. Perhaps one of the most unique and unusual Egyptian artifacts, a hand-carved black...
[more like this] - EXHIBITED MORRIS KANTOR PAINTING - RENDITION,
1965Morris Kantor (Russian-American, 1896-1974). "Rendition" oil on canvas, 1965. Signed and dated at lower right. A monumental painting by Morris Kantor that demonstrates...
[more like this] - PANAMANIAN COCLE GOLD BELLSPre-Columbian,
Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle, ca. 750 to 950 CE. An exquisite collection of 5 bells cast via the lost wax process from 63.6% to 66.5% (equivalent to 15K+) gold! Each...
[more like this] - PANAMANIAN COCLE POLYCHROME EFFIGY VESSEL
JAGUAR HEADPre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle culture, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A lovely hand-built pottery jar with a rounded but stable base and a gently carinated...
[more like this] - LARGE MAYA CONCH SHELL TRUMPET W/ CARVINGSPre-Columbian,
Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A magnificent trumpet carved from a massive conch shell and incised with geometric patterns. The...
[more like this] - 19TH C. TIBETAN BRASS VARAPANI HAND
W/ 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...
[more like this] - EXHIBITED KANTOR PAINTING - "IMAGE ON
RED GROUND" 1969This is an oversized item that may require special shipping. Please inquire for a quote before bidding.
Morris Kantor (Russian-American, 1896-1974). "Image...
[more like this] - EXHIBITED MORRIS KANTOR PAINTING - RENDITION,
1965Morris Kantor (Russian-American, 1896-1974). "Rendition" oil on canvas, 1965. Signed and dated at lower right. A monumental painting by Morris Kantor that demonstrates...
[more like this] - 19TH C. RUSSIAN GILT SILVER CLOISONNE
DIPTYCH ICONEastern Asia, Russia, ca. 19th century CE. A stunning gilt silver travelling icon in the form of a diptych intricately adorned in emerald, cobalt, scarlet, and...
[more like this] - ZACATECAS POTTERY SEATED NUDE FEMALE
FIGURAL VESSELPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco region, Zacatecas culture, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A splendid pottery vessel in the form of a nude female...
[more like this] - RARE & LARGE JALISCO BICHROME NUDE SEATED
FEMALE FIGURE...Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A splendid pottery female figure shown seated with legs stretched before her and slender arms bent...
[more like this] - RARE & STUNNING OLMEC JADEITE CEREMONIAL
PECTORALPre-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...
[more like this] - 19TH C. TIBETAN SILVER / LEATHER CHUCKMUCK
(FIRE START)...Central Asia, Tibet, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A gathering of 3 decorative leather straps and a belt pouch decorated with iron and gilt silver...
[more like this] - CHINESE EXPORT EUROPEAN SUBJECT TEA
BOWL & SAUCER Qianlong Era, circa 1750 rare and unusual subject of woman at spinning wheel, with assistant and possibly two customers in open courtyard executed in en grisaille...
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