"DUTCH SHIPS OPPOSITE MESSINA" (SCHOOLOF CASEMBROOT)School of Abraham Casembroot (Dutch, 1593-1658)
Dutch Ships Opposite Messina , circa 2nd half 18th c.
Oil on canvas
47" x 64"
A large European oil of ships...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE TOOTH - WHALE ATTACKScrimshawwhale tooth with scene of whale attacking men on one side, men in long boat opposite. 6 x 2.5 inches, weighs 11.3 oz....
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LATE 19TH C. MARQUESAS ISLANDS WOOD& STONE ADZE**Originally Listed At $1500**
Oceania, French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, Enata peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hefty utilitarian tool known...
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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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MAYA POTTERY CYLINDER VESSEL GLYPH BAND**OriginallyListed At $1200**
Pre-Columbian, Guatemala and southern Mexico, Maya, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A sizable handbuilt, terracotta, cylinder vessel with fluted walls framed by upper...
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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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18TH C. INUIT COPPER OIL LAMP & BRASSFIRE POKERNative American, Pacific Northwest, Inuit, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A fine pair of hammered metal objects: a copper oil lamp known as a qulliq, and brass fire...
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19TH C. AFRICAN KUBA WOOD & BONE PALMWINE VESSEL**Originally Listed At $400**
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba peoples (also Bakuba), ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful...
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20TH C. IVORY COAST BAULE WOOD FLYWHISKHANDLE W/ BIRD**Originally Listed At $100**
West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire / Ivory Coast, Baule peoples, ca. 1961 CE. This is an ornately detailed example of a wooden Baule flywhisk,...
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NATIVE AMERICAN MISSISSIPPIAN KNAPPEDSTONE TOOL**Originally Listed At $500**
North America, Native American, Kentucky, Fulton County, Mississippian culture, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-knapped stone tool with...
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LOVELY CHIMU WOOD ZOOMORPHIC DISH**OriginallyListed At $250**
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. An attractive hand-carved wood bowl in the form of a zoomorph resembling a reptile. Sitting upon 4 squat...
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SIGNED 19TH C. CHINESE QING DYNASTYLIDDED PITCHER**Originally Listed At $400**
East Asia, China, Qing dynasty, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A gorgeous handmade pottery teapot presenting a globular...
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3 ROMAN LEADED BRONZE PHALLIC AMULETS**OriginallyListed At $250**
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An interesting group of 3 leaded-bronze amulets depicting double phalluses and a "manus fica" with a phallus....
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ROMAN POLYCHROME MORTARIUM**First TimeAt Auction**
Rome, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A beautiful pottery mortarium presenting a wide rim that dramatically flares outwards above a shallow basin,...
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FOSSILIZED DINOSAUR BONE HANDLE & DAMASCUSSTEEL KNIFENorth America, Western United States, ca. 21st century CE. An impressive knife made from Damascus steel with a lovely, watered pattern and a handsome handle made...
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RARE ROMAN TERRACOTTA MURMILLO GLADIATORFIGURERoman, 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...
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GREEK CAMPANIAN POTTERY HYDRIA W/ SATYR,TL TESTEDAncient Greece, Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Campania, near present-day Ignazia, ca. 340 to 320 BCE. A spectacular pottery hydria from the Greek territories of...
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RARE EGYPTIAN STRIDING IBIS BRONZE /COBALT BLUE GLASSEgypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. An extremely rare example of a majestic ibis exhibiting a body shaped from solid glass in an opaque, cobalt-blue...
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ANCIENT ALASKAN BERING SEA BONE OR ANTLERHARPOON TIPNative American, Northwestern United States, Alaska, Beringian / Old Bering Sea Culture, ca. 200 BCE to 1000 CE. A hand carved marine animal bone or caribou antler...
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ANCIENT ALASKAN BERING SEA BONE DRILLEDPENDANTNative American, Northwestern United States, Alaska, Beringian / Old Bering Sea Culture, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. A fine marine mammal or caribou bone pendant incised...
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19TH C. TLINGIT / HAIDA WALRUS IVORYPENDANT & AMULET 2...Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit or Haida people, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A pair of walrus ivory...
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20TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN HOPI HIDE &WOOD HAND DRUMNative American, Southwestern United States, Hopi, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fabulous hand drum comprised of 2 circular pieces of animal hide sewn...
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PANAMANIAN COCLE POLYCHROME EFFIGY VESSELJAGUAR 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...
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CHAVIN CUPISNIQUE POTTERY VESSEL W/FALCON HEADSPre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chavin-Cupisnique, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A sizable example of a hand-built pottery stirrup vessel exhibiting a planar base,...
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GREEK ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS -HORSE + 4 YOUTHSGreece, Athens (Attic), ca. 5th century BCE. A wonderful pottery lekythos showcasing a classic silhouette and black-figure decoration of 4 draped youths with...
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TALL GREEK GNATHIAN POTTERY TREFOILOINOCHOEMagna Graecia, southern Italy, near present day Ignazia, Gnathian, ca. 340 to 320 BCE. An attractive blackware pottery pitcher with a trefoil spout decorated via the...
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ELEGANT GREEK HELLENISTIC ELECTRUM REPOUSSEDIADEMEastern Mediterranean, Greece, Hellenistic period, ca. 3rd to 2nd century BCE. A stunning electrum diadem with an extraordinary repousse decoration across the obverse...
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19TH C. LAKOTA BEAVER TOP HAT + BOX,TIMOTHY W. AUDISSNorthwestern Europe, England, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE; Timothy W. Audiss (Lakota Sioux, 1961 to present). This is an interesting commentary...
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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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19TH C. HAWAIIAN BONE, STONE, & SHELLOCTOPUS LURENorth Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, Maui, Hana, ca. 19th century CE. A fine octopus or squid lure (known locally as a "leho he'e") comprised of a slender central...
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ROYAL DOULTON ANTAGONISTS TOBY JUGSLarge"Antagonists' Collection" toby mugs, one depicting Lee opposite Grant, the other Custer opposite Sitting Bull. Measure 7" high. Fine condition. shipping info This item will...
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PRINCE OF WALES COMMEMORATIVE SHIP'SWHEEL CANADA OR AMERICA, MID-19TH CENTURY DIAMETER 48". DEPTH 7.5". WHEEL, Canada or America, Mid-19th Century, One of the fanciest and well-constructed ship's wheels we...
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"BIRMINGHAM PACKET" BRONZE SHIP’SBELL AMERICA, LATE 18TH CENTURY HEIGHT 14”. DIAMETER 14.5”."BIRMINGHAM PACKET" BRONZE SHIP'S BELL, America, Late 18th Century, Marked "Ship Birmingham Packet of Philadelphia...
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Marine Corps Battle Report on Attackon Pensacola Florida 1861 3pp DS dated U.S. Flag Ship "Colorado" 14 Sept. 1861. The battle report of the pre-dawn raid on Confederate-occupied Pensacola Navy Yard and destruction...
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157 works by Arthur Fuller (Arthur DavenportFuller, Connecticut, 1889-1967), held in a scrapbook titled "Arthur D. Fuller: Record of his Artistic Career/Compiled by H.K.F" (probably Fuller's daughter);...
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Three pitchers with pink luster decorationEnglish 19th C. the largest ''An East via at the New Bridge Sunderland '' opposite ''The Sailors Return '' and below the spout a legend ''Be Wise then Christian…'';...
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