- 1. -The Flowering of American Folk Art,
Jean Lipman and Alice Winchester, 1987, hard cover with dust jacket (excellent) 2. -The Index of American Design, Erwin O. Christensen, 1950, hardcover with plain dust jacket...
[more like this] - CHINESE QI DYNASTY STONE SEATED BUDDHA**Originally
Listed At $4500**
East Asia, China, Six Dynasties Period, Northern Qi Dynasty, ca. 550 to 577 CE. A remarkable hand-carved stone sculpture of Buddha shown seated in lotus...
[more like this] - 300+ ROMAN, BYZANTINE, & ISLAMIC COPPER
/ BRONZE COINSNear East, Byzantine Empire, ca. 5th to 14th century CE; Roman, Imperial Period, 1st to 5th century CE; Near East, Islamic, ca. 10th to 13th century CE. A great...
[more like this] - VERACRUZ STONE HACHA - ABSTRACT FACE
W/ CINNABARPre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz (Vera Cruz) culture, ca. 5th to 7th century CE. A fabulous example of a hand-carved stone hacha depicting an abstract...
[more like this] - 200+ ROMAN, BYZANTINE, & ISLAMIC COPPER
/ BRONZE COINSRoman, Imperial Period, 1st to 5th century CE; Near East, Byzantine Empire, ca. 5th to 14th century CE; Islamic, ca. 10th to 13th century CE. A collection of...
[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] - 1ST C. GANDHARAN STUCCO HEAD OF BUDDHAPakistan
and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 1st century CE. A miniature stucco head of Buddha, with a serene face, downcast eyes, large ears, and a small nose and mouth. A gently...
[more like this] - 6 VIKING & MEDIEVAL ERA SILVER TRADE
INGOTSNorthern and Western Europe, Viking to Medieval period, ca. 9th to 13th century CE. A collection of 6 high quality 90% silver ingots used for trade throughout Viking...
[more like this] - ROMAN BONE PANEL W/ RELIEF OF WARRIORRoman,
Imperial Period, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A wonderful inlay, likely from a casket, exhibiting a rectangular shape and convex face skillfully hand-carved from the bone of...
[more like this] - 8 EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC & ROMANO POTTERY
HEAD FRAGMENTSEgypt, Late Dynastic and Ptolemaic to early Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 5th to 1st century BCE; Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 2nd century BCE. This...
[more like this] - 16TH C. FACON DE VENISE GLASS BOTTLE
W/ ST. NICHOLAS**Originally Listed At $1200**
Europe, Western or Lowlands, Renaissance to Early Modern Period, ca. 16th to 17th century CE. A beautiful bottle formed from...
[more like this] - SICAN LAMBAYEQUE HAMMERED COPPER MASKPre-Columbian,
north coast of Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 10th to 11th century CE. A mask made of hammered copper, with two huge copper projections that rise, similar to horns...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED / HUGE GANDHARAN STUCCO BUDDHA
HEADCentral Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 4th to mid-5th century CE. A larger-than-life stucco head of the enlightened Buddha, modeled in the traditional...
[more like this] - MESOPOTAMIAN POTTERY CUNEIFORM TABLETMesopotamia,
Sumer, ca. late 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A fascinating pottery cuneiform tablet displaying one of the oldest known writing systems in the world upon both sides of the large...
[more like this] - SOUTH ARABIAN LIMESTONE FUNERARY STELE
W/ INSCRIPTIONAncient Near East, South Arabia, Yemen, probably Qatabanian culture, ca. 2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE. This is a pale brown limestone slab with a carved...
[more like this] - 13TH C. MEDIEVAL ENGLISH SILVER SEAL
TEMPLAR KNIGHTNorthwestern Europe, England, or Byzantium, Medieval period, ca. 13th century CE. A lovely Medieval era 95% silver seal from the time of crusades! This seal...
[more like this] - ROMAN IRON SPATHA W/ BRONZE POMMEL,
IVORY HANDLERoman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A beautiful forged iron spatha of a bifacial design bearing a shallow midrib, extremely sharp edges, and a pointed...
[more like this] - RARE ROMAN TERRACOTTA MURMILLO GLADIATOR
FIGURERoman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. This is an outstanding example of a gladiator figure made from terracotta wielding a short sword and holding up a...
[more like this] - ROMANO-EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK,
EX-CHRISTIE'SIt's not often we start a listing by stating the provenance, but in this case the pedigree is almost as impressive as the piece. Sold - Christies, December 1996;...
[more like this] - 20TH C. TLINGIT WOOD FEMALE DOLL W/
HIDE, FURNative American, Pacific Northwest, Tlingit peoples, ca. 20th century CE. A charming doll, made from carved wood and richly ornamented. She has a painted face, a...
[more like this] - REMARKABLE OLMEC POTTERY WAILING BABY
FIGUREPre-Columbian, Mexico, Olmec culture, ca. 10th to 6th century BCE. A dramatic terracotta figure of a seated human baby, posed with legs akimbo and both hands resting...
[more like this] - 11TH C. INDIAN RAJASTHAN SANDSTONE RELIEF
OF A JINASouth Asia, India, India, Rajasthan, ca. 11th to 12th century CE. A fabulous sandstone panel, meticulously hand-sculpted with the high relief scene of a Jain Tirthankara...
[more like this] - 2ND C. GANDHARAN SANDSTONE BUDDHA DHARMA-CHAKRA
MUDRACentral Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A magnificent hand carved stone carving of Buddha seared in full lotus position...
[more like this] - EASTERN ROMAN MARBLE FEMALE HEAD W/
SEA ENCRUSTATIONSRoman, Eastern Empire, late Imperial Period, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A wonderful, attractive, and expressive example of a female head in provincial stylization...
[more like this] - STUNNING ROMAN BRONZE TREFOIL OINOCHOE,
XRF TESTEDRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. A tall cast bronze oinochoe (pouring vessel) with a concentric ring base, an amphora-like body, and a rounded shoulder...
[more like this] - GREEK GOLD RING GARNET CABOCHON, EX-CHRISTIE'SAncient
Greece, late Classical to early Hellenistic period, ca. 4th century BCE. A fabulous 95% gold (equivalent to 22K+) ring with a garnet stone set into the discoid face. A thin...
[more like this] - GREEK ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA, DIONYSIAN
& BATTLEGreek, Attic (Athens), ca. 480 BCE. A splendid pottery amphora adorned with black-figure decoration of a Dionysian scene on 1 side and 2 warriors on the other, both...
[more like this] - GREEK CLASSICAL MARBLE STELE, RELIEF
OF WOMANAncient Greece, Classical to Hellenistic Period, ca. 5th to 3rd century CE. A stunning marble funerary stele hand-carved to depict the relief of a woman in profile....
[more like this] - FINE SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER MALE HEADAncient
Middle East, South Arabia, modern-day Yemen, Qatabanian culture, ca. 3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE. A hand-carved alabaster head boasting soft honey-yellow and white hues,...
[more like this] - 5TH C. BYZANTINE GOLD SIGNET RING, ANGEL
& DOVENear East, Byzantine, ca. 5th to 7th century CE. A dazzling gold signet ring presenting a slender band and stepped shoulder leading to a large bezel incised with the...
[more like this] - SUPERB CHONTAL STONE FACE MASK**First
Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Chontal culture, Late Preclassic Period, ca. 300 to 100 BCE. A handsome mask carved from tan-brown stone...
[more like this] - 12TH C. KHMER SANDSTONE BRAHMA HEAD
(4 FACES)**First Time At Auction**
Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Khmer Empire, 12th to 13th century CE. A beautiful red sandstone sculpture of the deity, Brahma, carved to be...
[more like this] - 12TH C. KASHAN LUSTERWARE EWER HORSES,
RIDERS, LEOPARDS...**First Time At Auction**
Western Asia, Iran, Kashan, ca. 12th to early 13th century CE. A delightful lusterware ewer, elaborately hand-painted with a...
[more like this] - 11TH C. PERSIAN GOLD RING GARNET INTAGLIO
W/ PEACOCK**Originally Listed At $2750**
Near East, Persia (Iran), Seljuq (Saljuq/Seljuk) Empire, ca. 12th to 13th century CE. An elegant cabochon garnet intaglio of a peacock,...
[more like this] - 6TH C. BYZANTINE GOLD RING BERYL STONE**Originally
Listed At $4250**
Near East, Byzantine Period, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. A gorgeous high-quality gold ring inlaid with a sizable beryl stone cut into a rhomboid shape. The...
[more like this] - Chinese elephant ivory carving of Quanyin
and child ming dynasty, 17th century Of slightly convex form, carved with a meditative broad face tilted downwards, parted incised hair, free-flowing partially open robe,...
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