- LARGE TLATILCO POTTERY SEATED FEMALE
FIGURE, EX-BONHAMS...Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco culture, Early Formative period, ca. 1150 to 550 BCE. A splendid, hollow-built, pottery figure of sizable form...
[more like this] - MAYA JAINA POTTERY STANDING DIGNITARY
FIGURE W/ TLPre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Western Yucatan Peninsula, Jaina/Campeche, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A gorgeous and hand-built pottery...
[more like this] - CHINESE SHANG DYNASTY NEPHRITE JADE
CONGEast Asia, China, Shang Dynasty, ca. 1558 to 1046 BCE. An elegant ritual funerary item known as a "cong," hand-carved from a deep green nephrite jade, and exhibiting a...
[more like this] - MAPUCHE STONE MASK - FINE EXAMPLEPre-Columbian,
South America, Argentina or Chile, Mapuche Culture, ca. 1200 to 1700 CE. If ever there was a mask that captured the element of surprise, this one is it! A remarkably rare...
[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] - LURISTAN BRONZE STANDARD / FINIAL MASTER
OF ANIMALSAncient Near East, Luristan (modern day Iran), ca. 1000 to 700 BCE. An impressively preserved, bronze standard in the style of a "master of animals" presenting a...
[more like this] - RARE LUSATIAN URNFIELD POTTERY BURIAL
URN W/ WHITE HUES...Central Europe, Germany & Poland, Urnfield & Lusatian (Lausitz) culture, Bronze Age, ca. 1300 BCE to 500 BCE. An extremely rare Bronze Age ceramic vessel...
[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] - LARGE CHINESE NEOLITHIC LIANGZHU STONE
CONG CARVING**First Time At Auction**
China, late Neolithic, Liangzhu period to Shang Dynasty, ca. 2500 to 1046 BCE. A stunning ritual item known as a "cong" that is hand-carved...
[more like this] - TRANSLATED SOUTH ARABIAN LIMESTONE STELE
ABYD**Originally Listed At $6000**
Ancient Middle East, South Arabia, Qatabanian culture, ca. 3rd century BCE to 1st century CE. A striking limestone stele finely carved...
[more like this] - ANCIENT LURISTAN BRONZE FINIAL ABSTRACT
ZOOMORPHS**Originally Listed At $1000**
Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran and southwestern Turkey, Caspian Sea region, Luristan culture, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A wonderful...
[more like this] - CHINESE SHANG DYNASTY JADE CONG / RITUAL
ITEM**Originally Listed At $1500**
East Asia, China, Shang Dynasty, ca. 1558 to 1046 BCE. A hand-carved ritual funerary item known as a "cong" that is hand-carved from mottled...
[more like this] - CHINESE NEOLITHIC LIANGZHU STONE CONG
W/ ABSTRACT FACES...**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, China, Neolithic, Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300 to 2250 BCE. A stunning and finely-formed ritual funerary item known...
[more like this] - HUGE ANCIENT AMLASH POTTERY PITCHER
PINCHED SPOUT**Originally Listed At $1500**
Ancient Near East / Ancient Mediterranean, Amlash culture, ca. 1400 to 1000 BCE. A hand-built redware pottery vessel of a grand...
[more like this] - EARLY CHINESE RITUAL JADE Funerary Ritual
Jade in the Form of a Sword Slide, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC), subtle mossy celadon and umber color, carved in shallow relief with wind patterns...
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