MC ESCHER "FLATWORMS" (1959 LITHOGRAPH,PENCIL-SIGNED)M.C. Escher (Maurits Cornelis)
(Netherlands, 1898-1972)
Flat Worms , 1959
Lithograph on cream paper
13 1/4" x 16 1/4"
Pencil-signed and numbered (#17/45) to...
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LARGE PROTO NAZCA POLYCHROME TEXTILEW/ STRIPES**Originally Listed At $850**
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FINE MAPUCHE STONE PIPE W/ HANDLEPre-Columbian,southwestern Argentina or south-central Chile, Mapuche people, ca. 1500 CE. This is a fine example of a pipe meant for smoking tobacco, hand-carved from a hardstone of a lustrous...
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FOSSILIZED ALASKAN EQUUS HORSE FORELEGNorth America, Northwestern United States, Alaska, Pleistocene (Ice Age), ca. 200,000 to 10,000 years ago. A wonderful, fossilized leg from a prehistoric species, likely...
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5+ INCH FOSSILIZED BLACK MEGALODON TOOTHAncientSeas, Middle Miocene to end of Pliocene eras, ca. 28 to 2.6 million years ago. An exquisite, fossilized tooth from one of the ancient seas' largest and most ferocious hunters,...
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6 COLIMA OBSIDIAN PECTORALS & MANY WHITESHELL BEADS**Originally Listed At $500**
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FOSSILIZED INDONESIAN MEGALODON TOOTHW/ POLISHING**Originally Listed At $250**
Ancient Seas, Indonesia, Middle Miocene to end of Pliocene eras, ca. 28 to 2.6 million years old. A beautiful megalodon tooth that...
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GORGEOUS / TALL 10TH C. ISLAMIC GLASSFLASK**Originally Listed At $600**
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16TH C. FACON DE VENISE GLASS BOTTLEW/ ST. NICHOLAS**Originally Listed At $1200**
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MASSIVE / SPECTACULAR OLMEC JADE CELTPre-Columbian,Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 600 BCE. A spectacular and massive celt made from a beautiful jade stone. This celt is an ancient tool, shaped like an axe...
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TALL GREEK GNATHIAN POLYCHROME NET LEKYTHOSMagnaGraecia, South Italy, probably Gnathian, ca. 325 BCE. An opulent pottery lekythos boasting a refined silhouette with an ovoid body, a sloped shoulder, an attenuated neck,...
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CORINTHIAN POLYCHROME SKYPHOS W/ STAG,LION, BIRDAncient Greece, Corinth, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. A lovely wheel-thrown pottery drinking vessel called a skyphos presenting with a discoid foot, an inverted bell-shaped...
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19TH C. CHINESE QING PORCELAIN JARDINIEREW/ DEDICATION...East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, reign of Emperor Guangxu, ca. 1878 CE. An incredible blue-on-white porcelain jardiniere with a dragon motif as well as an intricately...
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LARGE CHINESE EASTERN ZHOU BRONZE DINGW/ LIDEast Asia, China, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A stunning and large leaded bronze ritualistic cauldron known as a ding vessel with a matched lid...
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GANDHARA PANEL BUDDHA FEET ATOP BODHISATTVARELIEF**First Time At Auction**
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ANCIENT LURISTAN BRONZE FINIAL ABSTRACTZOOMORPHS**Originally Listed At $1000**
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GREEK ATTIC BLACKWARE KRATER**FirstTime At Auction**
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19TH C. ASIAN PAIWAN HOUSE PANEL W/WARRIOR CHIEF**Originally Listed At $4000**
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