Decorative female display head, approx33cm H...
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2 GREEK ARCHAIC & APULIAN POTTERY FRAGMENTSGreekEmpire, Archaic Period, ca. 7th to 6th century BCE; Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A lovely pair of pottery fragments, each depicting the head...
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NAYARIT POTTERY STANDING FEMALE FIGUREPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Nayarit, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A large and impressive clay figure of a nude female shown standing on two thick-set legs. The stocky figure...
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NAYARIT IXTLAN DEL RIO POLYCHROME FEMALEW/ BOWLSPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan Del Rio type, ca. 200 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery figural sculpture of a female kneeling atop a pair of slender...
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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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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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GROUP OF 6 COLIMA REDWARE FIGURESPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Coahuayana Valley type, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A wonderful ensemble of 6 pottery figures: 2 archaic "gingerbread"...
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3 VALDIVIAN POTTERY VENUS FIGURES -TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A charming trio of female or Venus figures, all skillfully hand-built from pottery to present stylized...
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LOT OF 8 ANCIENT MEXICAN POTTERY & STONEOBJECTSPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE; West Mexico, Jalisco and Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 3rd...
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CHANCAY POLYCHROME STANDING FEMALE FIGUREPre-Columbian,Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1470 CE. An endearing female figure comprised of slip painted earthenware, mold made from two pieces and hand painted in hues of russet...
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CHANCAY POTTERY STANDING FEMALE CUCHIMILCOFIGUREPre-Columbian, Central Coast of Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A hand-built pottery female figure known as a cuchimilco or "stargazer" who stands on thick,...
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CHANCAY POLYCHROME FEMALE CUCHIMILCO/ STARGAZERPre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A delightful pottery figure known as a cuchimilco or stargazer, shown standing atop long...
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CELTIC IBERIAN LEADED BRONZE FIGURALAMULET FERTILITYWestern Europe, Spain / Portugal, Iberian, Late Bronze Age (Celtic), ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A lovely leaded bronze pendant in the form of a male figure...
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RARE HUASTEC SAN JERONIMO POTTERY FEMALEFIGUREPre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Huastec culture, San Jeronimo type, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A hand-built pottery female figure standing atop tapered legs...
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TALL NAYARIT POTTERY STANDING FEMALEFIGUREPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery female figure standing nude atop broad feet and delineated legs. Highly burnished and...
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JALISCO POTTERY JAR + NAYARIT POTTERYFEMALE FIGUREPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco and Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A pair of hand-built pottery artifacts from ancient West Mexico. First is a Jalisco piriform...
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INDUS VALLEY MEHRGARH POTTERY FEMALEFIGURE, TL TESTEDAncient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A lovely, hand-built pottery fertility idol exhibiting highly stylized feminine...
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EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTIS - GROUP OF5Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 664 BCE. A fine ensemble of 5 mold-formed, faience ushabti, all presenting upright in a mummiform...
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7 COLIMA, AZTEC, JALISCO & TLATILCOPOTTERY 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...
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20TH C. INDONESIAN WOOD FEMALE FIGURE- AITOS**Originally Listed At $1000**
Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Timor Island, Tetum, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A stunning hand-carved wood female figure of sizeable...
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INDUS VALLEY MEHRGARH POTTERY FERTILITYIDOL, TL TESTED...**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A hand-built pottery female fertility idol of a characteristically...
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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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VERACRUZ HUASTEC POTTERY STANDING FEMALESHAMANPre-Columbian, central Mexico, northern Veracruz, Huastec culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A fantastic standing ceramic figure of a woman boasting applied decorative ornaments...
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MEZCALA POTTERY FEMALE FIGURE W/ CESAREANINCISIONPre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala culture, ca. 1000 to 400 BCE. An impressive pottery female figure of an unusual form - depicted post-birth after undergoing...
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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;...
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EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM GRANITE HEAD- PRIEST / SCRIBEAncient Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 11th to 13th Dynasty, ca. 2030 to 1650 BCE. An attractive head carved from granite of a man with rounded features, perhaps...
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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...
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GREEK APULIAN POTTERY PLATE W/ LADYOF FASHIONMagna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A stunning red-figure plate on a raised foot featuring a "Lady of Fashion" wearing a saccos - head scarf...
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ZACATECAS POTTERY SEATED NUDE FEMALEFIGURAL 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...
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RARE & LARGE JALISCO BICHROME NUDE SEATEDFEMALE 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...
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19TH C. JAPANESE EDO / MEIJI WOOD SHOKANNON BODHISATTV...East Asia, Japan, Edo to Meiji Period, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A beautiful wood carving of Sho Kannon the Japanese version of Guanyin or Avalokiteshvara,...
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LURISTAN BRASS FIBULA NUDE WOMAN GIVINGBIRTHAncient Near East, Luristan, ca. 900 to 700 BCE. A fascinating brass fibula with a head of discoid form displaying the relief of a woman giving birth. The female is shown...
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GREEK ARCHAIC POTTERY PROTOME (VOTIVEHEAD)Western Greece, Archaic Period, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. A lovely mold-made earthenware protome of a female face, probably a goddess, with a slender visage, comprised...
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2 HOLYLAND POTTERY VESSELS + 2 GREEK& ROMAN HEADSNear East, Holy Land, ca. 1st millennium BCE; Greek, Hellenistic, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE; Roman, Imperial, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A fabulous collection...
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JALISCO POTTERY NUDE PREGNANT FEMALE,EX-SOTHEBY'SPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, Late Preclassic period, ca. 300 to 200 BCE. A charming pottery figure of a pregnant female figure depicted nude as she stands...
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GREEK HELLENISTIC GOLD APPLIQUE IMAGEOF GORGONEION**First Time At Auction**
Greece, Hellenistic period, ca. 323 to 30 BCE. A dazzling gold applique featuring the repousse image of a gorgoneion - the head of...
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