DON BALKE (B. 1933) "SOUTHERN FLYINGSQUIRREL"Don Balke (North Carolina, B. 1933) "Southern Flying Squirrel" Signed lower middle. Original Watercolor on Illustration Board.
Provenance: Collection of James A....
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EXEMPLARY OLMEC RIO PESQUERO GREENSTONEMASKETTEPre-Columbian, Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 600 BCE. In a word, wow! Finely carved and string-cut from a sage-hued greenstone with natural swirls of butterscotch...
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19TH C. INDONESIAN WOOD ANCESTOR FIGUREFOR A CANOEOceania, Indonesia, west New Guinea, Huon Gulf / Geelvinck Bay (Cenderawasih Bay), Poon village, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. An impressive, hand-carved ancestor...
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MASSIVE ROMAN MARBLE TRAPEZOPHORON W/LION HEAD & PAWRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd century CE. A handsome, large marble table leg, also known as a trapezophoron, with a giant clawed foot, leg joint, and smooth...
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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY SEATED CAMEL WEARINGSADDLE, TL'DEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A handsome terracotta statue of a camel, shown seated with legs bent beneath him and head tilted skyward as...
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RARE / LARGE ROMAN LEAD DOMED SARCOPHAGUSLID**Originally Listed At $9500**
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Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. How exciting!...
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COLIMA POLYCHROME FIGURE, NUDE DWARFCARGADOR**Originally Listed At $900**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A wonderful pottery vessel depicting a male dwarf cargador - a carrier...
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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY CAMEL (TOMB FIGURE)**OriginallyListed At $3500**
East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A charming, hollow, mold-made ceramic camel, standing proud with a long curved neck and a pair of pointed...
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FINE FAMILLE ROSE ‘MAGU’ CHARGER
QINGDYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD ??? ?????????the interior delicately enamelled with Magu, the goddess of longevity, holding a lingzhi spray, beside a boy attendant carrying a basket...
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ASIAN: FIVE CARVED IVORY ANIMALS ANDA ZODIAC ON BASE, 20TH C., INCLUDING: A HORSE, ELEPHANT, YAK, HIPPO, AND A LION CARRYING A HUMA...ASIAN: Five carved ivory animals and a zodiac on base, 20th C., including:...
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CAST IRON BEAVER RELIEF PLAQUE, C. 1900,DEPICTS THE CHUBBY RODENT IN PROFILE CARRYING A LEAF BRANCH IN IT'S MOUTH, PIERCED AND IN RELIEF, WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND USE INCLUDING OXIDATION, SOLD AS IS, 15 1/2"...
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FINE LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ‘MAGU’ CHARGER
QINGDYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD, CIRCA 1730 ??? ?????????the interior delicately enamelled with Magu, the goddess of longevity, holding a lingzhi spray, beside a boy attendant carrying...
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WWII MILITARY TRENCH ART IDENTIFIEDLIGHTER GROUP United States,1914-1943Includes a WWII lighter identified "Larry N. Africa 1943" with President Roosevelt's profile and lady liberty, second WWI lighter identified...
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MAQBOOL FIDA HUSSAIN RAGING HORSE WCPAINTING India,1915-2011Depicts a leaping white horse with open mouth draped with a green saddle blanket and carrying a flag with the image of a sun. Dubbed as the "Picasso...
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James Guy Evans (English b. 1810; activeNew Orleans 1843-1853) "Arrival of Gen. Z. Taylor & Staff at Balize on the U. S. Steam Ship Monmouth B. T. Willse Commander / November 30th 1847" oil on canvas signed lower...
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Two Large Chinese Pottery Roof Tiles,Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), in the form of celestial hounds running atop ribboned bases, the male dog carrying a rider on his saddled back, both dogs with fanged mouths and...
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Attributed to Charles-Louis Clérisseau(French worked in Italy 1721-1820) "A Chimneypiece in the Neo-Classical Style" c. 1770s/1780s ink and two tones of gray wash on cream-colored laid paper (perhaps with an even...
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Ida Bagus Tilem (Indonesian/Bali b.1936) "Mythical Lion" carved wood male figure seated on its back haunches carrying a large leafy branch in his mouth incised decoration throughout base inscribed with the...
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Tim Tansel engraved powder horn (born1810, Scott County Kentucky; died 1852, Hendricks County, Indiana), shaped as open-mouthed fish with serrated edge, engraved eagle with shield in breast, arrows in proper...
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Pair of Green Glazed Fu-Lions 19th CenturyPlayfully rendered with each carrying a branch of flowers in their mouths one with a ball beneath its front paw the other with a small cub lying on its back covered in thick...
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A Chinese Polychrome and Gilt DecoratedCarved Wood Architectural Element carved in the form of a recumbent Buddhist lion its head turned over its backside toward its bushy tail carrying a large floral spray within...
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Mottled Brown Jade Study of a Dog 19thCentury Crouched and with its tail wrapped around its back haunches the dog with its head turned to one side while carrying a ruyi sprig in its mouth. Wood stand 5.1" (Length)...
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DACHSUND CARRYING BOX IN MOUTH Germanyhand painted in realistic colors great mechanical action allows dog to turn head and move forward. 6 1/2'' l. Spring tail slightly unrolled body has scratches to paint. (VG...
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A Large Archive of Confederate MartyrWilliam B. Mumford 1860s-1950s hundreds of photographs and ephemera from Mumford his family and later generations including newspapers tintype albums CDVs cabinet cards advertisements...
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USS Brooklyn Landsman George TittleCivil War Archive This archive of seven letters written between January 16 and June 18 1861 by Surgeon??Ts Steward George A. Tittle aboard the USS Brooklyn gives the reader...
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Antique Heinrich Handwerck, Simon HalbigDoll, attributed to Heinrich Handwerck of Germany, the bisque head with brown glass sleep eyes, open mouth, and pierced ears on a ball-jointed body, wearing an ecru cotton...
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Earthenware fish bottle, articulatedmouth, eyes and tail, two looped handles flanking central spout, green and brown manganese glaze, possibly made to be suspended or carried over the shoulder as suggested by...
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A yellow metal (tests 15 ct gold)broochin the form of a swallow carrying a heart in its mouth measuring approx 5 x 5 cm and weighing approx. 3.8 grams....
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Large and Impressive Chinese Sancai-GlazedPottery Figure of a Tian Ma (Heavenly Horse), Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.), the muscular beast standing fore square on a rectangular base, its head slightly turned, mouth...
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A Chinese White Jade Finger Citron andChilong Group 19th c. milky white stone with russet inclusions carved as a 'Buddha's hand' or finger citron with curling tendrils surmounted by a chilong dragon carrying a...
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Two Chinese "Yellow Dragon Jade" orSoapstone Seals the first carved as a dragon-tortoise with a dragon head and a tortoise body carrying a pearl in its mouth and a string of cash over its rounded back raised...
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Large cold painted bronze cat carryinga mouse in his mouth late 19th c. and with an inset brush to his back. 4.5"h. x8"l....
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A Chinese Pale Gray Jade Buffalo Groupcarved as a recumbent buffalo lying next to its young carrying a lingzhi spray in its mouth height 3/8 in. width 3 1/2 in....
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A Chinese Jadeite Figure of the LuckyToad Chan Chu mottled pale green lavender dark green and russet stone carved as a crouching three-legged toad carrying a string of pierced cash coins in his mouth and on his...
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Interesting Collection of Six StaffordshirePottery Dogs, consisting of an alert recumbent greyhound on an oblong rocaille base, a seated collared pug, a diminutive setter dog, a clipped poodle carrying a basket in...
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Mettlach Half Liter Beer Steincirca1900 the underside carries the Mettlach VB (Villeroy & Boch) mark and the number 2662 denoting the scene which shows a drunken student being entertained by an invasion of...
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