- ANCIENT PERSIAN SASANIAN EMPIRE SILVER
DRACHM COINDESCRIPTION: An ancient Persian Sasanian Silver drachm coin. Depicting King Khusro II, 591 - 628 A.D. The observe in Pahlavi script, depicts crowned bust of Khusro...
[more like this] - STUNNING MAYA GREENSTONE MASK W/ EARSPOOLS**Originally
Listed At $22000**
Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Maya Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A stunning mottled greenstone mask, made to be worn...
[more like this] - EXEMPLARY OLMEC RIO PESQUERO GREENSTONE
MASKETTEPre-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...
[more like this] - ANCIENT BABYLONIAN POTTERY FACE OF HUMBABAAncient
Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Old Babylonian Period, ca. 2000 to 1600 BCE. A fine, press-molded terracotta plaque featuring the intimidating countenance of the legendary...
[more like this] - LARGE PRE-COLUMBIAN PACHACAMAC TEXTILE
PANELPre-Columbian, Peru, Lurin Valley, Pachacamac, ca. 11th to 16th century CE. A finely woven textile comprised of camelid (alpaca or llama) fibers of red, yellow, umber,...
[more like this] - 21 BAROQUE ENGRAVINGS OF ARMOR (CUSTODIS-FONTANA)David
Custodis (German, active early 17th century) after Giovanni Battista Fontana (Italian, 1524-1587), ca. early 17th century CE. Twenty one early Baroque engravings, broadsheets...
[more like this] - 20TH C. RUSSIAN ICON - LIFE OF PROPHET
ELIJAHEastern Europe, Russia, ca. 20th century CE. Finely rendered in egg tempera and gesso on wood, a breathtaking icon showing scenes from the life of the Prophet Elijah....
[more like this] - 20TH C. AFRICAN DOGON LEADED KING FIGURE,
EX-MUSEUM**First Time At Auction**
West Africa, Central Mali, Dogon peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A large cast brass sculpture of a king or chief upon a chair...
[more like this] - VIRU-MOCHICA COPPER FIGURAL - KING ROWING
TO AFTERLIFE**Originally Listed At $2000**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Viru-Moche Transition, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. Skillfully cut and crafted from copper sheet, a sculptural...
[more like this] - CHAVIN POTTERY INCISED JAGUAR VESSEL,
TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, Santana-Santa River, ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A delightful ceramic vessel in the form of a stylized jaguar presenting a portly...
[more like this] - CHINESE TANG LOKAPALA / GUARDIAN FIGURE,
TL TESTEDEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A hollow cast pottery guardian figure known as a lokapala with a fierce expression wearing elaborate armor and...
[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] - ATTIC BLACK FIGURE AMPHORA, LIGHT-MAKE
CLASSGreece, Attic, Light-Make Class, ca. 540 to 480 BCE. An exceptional pottery neck amphora, meticulously decorated with hand-painted black-figure technique attributed to...
[more like this] - CHINESE TANG POTTERY LOKAPALA W/ SANCAI
GLAZE, TL'DEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A fantastical mold-formed pottery guardian figure known as a lokapala with a serious expression wearing elaborate...
[more like this] - TRANSLATED BYZANTINE MOSAIC GEOMETRIC
MOTIF W/ CROSSNear East or Europe, Byzantine / Early Christian Period, possibly southern Spain, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. A riveting mosaic presenting an elaborate, abstract...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF PANEL W/ PORTRAIT,
EX EDEEgypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. A gorgeous, hand-carved sandstone relief of rough trapezoidal form depicting the left-facing visage of a god or king. The...
[more like this] - GORGEOUS MAYA JADE FIGURAL PENDANT -
SITTING LORDPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A beautiful pendant, hand-carved from stunning apple-green omphacite...
[more like this] - RARE 6TH C. SASANIAN SWORD, EX-CHRISTIE'SAncient
Near East / Central Asia, Sasanian (Sassanian / Sassanid) Empire, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. An incredible sword with a remarkable 91% to 94% silver repousse hilt and scabbard,...
[more like this] - MAYA CYLINDER - JAGUAR / SMOKING GODS,
EX KERR**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An exemplary pottery cylinder vessel, finely painted with scenes...
[more like this] - STUNNING MAYA GREENSTONE MASK (FOR KING
IN GRAVE)**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Maya Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A stunning mottled greenstone mask,...
[more like this] - MAYA STONE FIGURE JAGUAR GUARDIAN, EX-SCHMITT**Originally
Listed At $2500**
Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, probably Guatemala, late Preclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 100 CE. A fabulous stone sculpture of a jaguar - an important animal...
[more like this] - MAYA GREENSTONE PECTORAL BEADS + EAR
SPOOL, EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $6000**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A staggering collection of 39 sizable...
[more like this] - 2ND C. GANDHARAN SCHIST RELIQUARY STUPA
MODEL**First Time At Auction**
Central Asia, Pakistan / Afghanistan, ancient region of Gandhara, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A model of a Buddhist stupa reliquary, finely...
[more like this] - VIKING JELLING GILT SILVER BROOCH W/
GRIPPING BEAST**Originally Listed At $4000**
Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Viking or Norse culture, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A beautiful 65% to 98.6% silver brooch or...
[more like this] - (PR) PLATINUM & YELLOW GOLD ANCIENT
COIN EARRINGS(pair) Platinum and yellow gold earrings, in the manner of Bvlgari, for pierced ears, Greek coins with portrait of Alexander the Great, post back with latch clip,...
[more like this] - (2) GEORGE VERTUE KINGS OF ENGLAND ENGRAVINGS(lot
of 2) Framed engravings on paper, after George Vertue (English, 1684-1756), including: (1) Edward III, King of England and France, from an ancient painting in Windsor Castle,...
[more like this] - [CHINESE JADE]
A group of reference
books and catalogues about Chinese jades, including several important early publications, with titles comprising:
LAUFER, Berthold. Archaic Chinese Jades Collected in China...
[more like this] - [CHINESE JADE]
A group of reference
books and catalogues about Chinese jades, including several important early publications, with titles comprising:
LAUFER, Berthold. Archaic Chinese Jades Collected in China...
[more like this] - SIX FRAMED PLATES FROM SAMUEL MEYRICK'S
A CRITICAL INQUIRY INTO ANCIENT ARMOUR AS IT EXISTED IN EUROPE... Hand-colored engravings, 19th century, full title reads A Critical Inquiry Into Ancient Armour As It Existed...
[more like this] - AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MUMMIFIED PEREGRINE
FALCONAn Ancient Egyptian mummified peregrine falcon , Late Period (circa 664-332 BCE) Falcon with intricate linen wrappings 13" H x 6.5" W x 3.5" D Provenance: Miss...
[more like this] - EDWARD JOHN STEVENS, ANCIENT KING, 1957
Edward John Stevens, Jr. (American, 1923 - 1988) "Ancient King" titled, signed, and dated on stretcher, with gallery label from the E. Weyhe Art Books Gallery on reverse reading...
[more like this] - IMPERIAL YELLOW-GROUND SILK BROCADE
'DRAGON' THRONE CUSHION COVER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD ??? ??????????????????finely embroidered with a front-facing, five-clawed gilt dragon worked in satin stitch and...
[more like this] - EDWARD JOHN STEVENS, ANCIENT KING, 1957
Edward John Stevens, Jr. (American, 1923 - 1988) "Ancient King" titled, signed, and dated on stretcher, with gallery label from the E. Weyhe Art Books Gallery on reverse reading...
[more like this] - ANCIENT ROMAN COIN GOLD STATER THRACIAN
OR SCYTHIAN?: A gold stater represented one month's pay issued to Brutus army. Also known as the gold Koson stater of Brutus. Obverse said to be King Koson and 2 bodyguards....
[more like this] - Large Ancient Babylonian Cuneiform Votive
Tablet, ca. 1500-1400 B.C., inscribed "For Sin-ga-Shid, the mighty hero, King of Erech, King of Amann in the temple of the goddess Ishtar which he built in the royal residence...
[more like this] - Ancient Conical Cuneiform Tablet, ca.
1600-1500 B.C., inscribed to "Sin-ga-shid, the mighty hero King of Erech, King of Amann, in the temple of the goddess Ishtar which he built in the royal residence of his kingdom",...
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