ORNATE CHINESE KINGFISHER FEATHER HEADDRESSCROWN. Antique Chinese kingfisher feather headdress decorated throughout with birds and flowers. Accompanied by a beautiful fitted display case with central stand and mirrored...
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GROUP ASIAN DECORATIVE ITEMS, 7 PCS.1stitem: Chinese carved jade disc with central bird design and beaded edge border. Light celadon color with russet and black inclusions. 2 1/4" H. 20th century. 2nd item: Chinese...
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ANTIQUE ASIATIC CIRCUS ELEPHANT HEADDRESS.AntiqueAsiatic Circus Elephant Headdress. American, ca. 1940s. Thick leather with intricate and well-preserved brass beadwork, together with bridle belt. Central piece and contoured...
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LARGE CIGAR STORE PLAINS CHIEF TOTEMPOLE CARVINGFor your consideration is this large American Cigar Store Triple Head Carved Indian Totem Pole. Historically, these carvings would be placed outside of tobacco...
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CHINESE MING SANDSTONE RECTANGULAR VESSEL- SEA LIFE**Originally Listed At $4000**
East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A monumental hand-carved sandstone vessel boasting a rectangular base and thick...
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MAYA POTTERY SEATED FEMALE FIGUREPre-Columbian,Mexico and northern Central America, Maya Territories, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A delightful ceramic figure of a kneeling woman with an exaggeratedly...
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MAYA JAINA POTTERY STANDING DIGNITARYFIGURE 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...
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ANCIENT SYRO-HITTITE POTTERY HEAD OFA GODDESSAncient Near East, The Levant, Syro-Hittite, ca. 2500 BCE to 1800 BCE. A lovely pottery head of a goddess enveloped in a caramel-hued glaze. The fascinating visage...
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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 PAINTED WOOD FIGURE TEXTILECLOTHINGPre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1425 CE. An anthropomorphic wooden figure with painted details and a hand-woven textile headdress and cape...
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COSTA RICAN STONE KNEELING FIGUREPre-Columbian,Central America, Costa Rica, Central Highlands, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A remarkable volcanic stone figure shown seated upon one knee as the other is propped...
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20TH C. DRC HEMBA KUSU WOOD POWER FIGURE,EX-DARTEVELLE...Central Africa, Dominican Republic of Congo, Hemba / Kusu peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fantastic and fascinating wooden power figure known as a kakudji,...
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MISSISSIPPIAN SHELL GORGET W/ COSMOLOGICALFIGURENative American, United States, Eastern Woodland, Mississippian, ca. 200 to 1500 CE. This is a beautiful and rare incised and openwork gorget made from a white shell...
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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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TEOTIHUACAN POTTERY FIGURAL LEG OF VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 150 to 650 CE. A stunning openwork pottery leg of a vessel of rectangular form featuring a central figure, perhaps...
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HUARI JAGUAR JAR, EX-CHRISTIE'S, EX-DENVERART MUSEUMPre-Columbian, central highlands of Peru or Lake Titicaca region of Bolivia, Huari (Wari), ca. 6th to 9th century CE. A wonderful pottery jar in the form of a seated...
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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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RARE EGYPTIAN LAPIS LAZULI SEATED SEKHMETAMULETEgypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A lovely and petite amulet depicting Sekhmet, the lioness-headed goddess of war, military strategy,...
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VERACRUZ POTTERY ARTICULATED MALE SONRIENTEPre-Columbian,Mexico, Gulf Coast, Veracruz, Classic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 900 CE. An outstanding terracotta figure known as a sonriente - meaning "smiling face" - depicted standing with...
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RARE AZTEC SHELL ORNAMENT / LABRET CARVEDEAGLE HEADPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A fascinating and rare hand carved shell ornament with a separately carved eagle head set into the upper...
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CHIRIQUI GOLD SHAMAN LORD PENDANT**FirstTime At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama or Costa Rica, Chiriqui or Veraguas culture, ca. 8th to 14th century CE. A superb gold figural pendant of a shamanic...
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18TH C. TIBETAN GILT TANTRIC / WRATHFULDEITY HAYAGRIVA...**First Time At Auction**
Central Asia, Himalaya region, Tibet / Nepal, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A fabulous gilt brass tantric and wrathful deity known...
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FINE 1ST C. GANDHARAN STONE HEAD PRINCESIDDHARTHA**First Time At Auction**
Central Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 1st century CE. An incredible schist head wearing a turban-style...
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GREEK ARCHAIC POLYCHROME PROTOME, PERSEPHONEDEMETER TL...**First Time At Auction**
Greece, Archaic period, ca. 470 to 450 BCE. Doesn't she take your breath away? This beautiful, mold-made terracotta protome bust probably...
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COSTA RICAN BASALT SEATED MALE SHAMANFIGUREPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Central Highlands, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. An intriguing hand carved basalt stone sculpture of a squatting...
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LARGE DIQUIS TUMBAGA PENDANT OF NUDESHAMANPre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Diquis, ca. 500 to 1200 CE. A wonderful tumbaga - gold copper alloy - pendant in the form of a nude male shaman in an ecstatic...
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2ND C. GANDHARA KUSHAN SCHIST STANDINGMAITREYA BUDDHACentral Asia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Northern India, Gandhara / Kushan Empire, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A superb gray schist bust of the Bodhisattva Maitreya,...
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THREE ASIAN POTTERY FRAGMENTSTHREE ASIANPOTTERY FRAGMENTS, a central Asian head of a soldier wearing a handlebar mustache, now set in a small case; a buff pottery part figure of a deity on a square base, h: 5 in.;...
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HERTER TYPE VICTORIAN SETTEE WITH UNUSUALAND ORNATE CARVINGS, LATE 19TH C., CENTRAL CREST WITH INLAID MEDALLION FEATURING WOODWIND...Herter type Victorian settee with unusual and ornate carvings, late 19th C., central...
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19TH C. CABINET CARD OF NATIVE AMERICANFAMILYLate nineteenth century cabinet card depicting an unusual view of what appears to be a Northern Plains Tribe Native American Indian family. Seated man wearing a buffalo...
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FIVE CENTRAL ASIAN CAMEL HEADDRESS,AND OTHER HANGINGS, LARGEST: 1 FT 11 IN X 1 FT 10 INFive Central Asian Camel Headdress, and other Hangings,, Dimensions: Largest: 1 ft 11 in x 1 ft 10 in,...
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4PC JAPANESE NOH & CENTRAL AMERICANCARVED MASKS Japan, Central America,20th centuryIncludes a large Noh mask with wide round eyes, flared nostrils, and large teeth, a Noh mask painted white with red makeup,...
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Abraham Lincoln Indian Peace Medal Approximately3.0 x 0.2 in. (76mm x 5mm) bronze. Obverse with raised bust of Lincoln dated 1862 and credit to sculptor S. Ellis; reverse featuring an American Indian preparing to scalp...
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A pair of 16th Century French oak panelscarved in the ''Renaissance'' manner with central heads wearing elaborate headdresses surrounded by strapwork and scrolls 19.25ins x 9.25ins (in later oak doors - some restoration...
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A Chinese Jade Headdress Ornament ofnear white stone with russet and opaque veining depicting a squating figure in front of a purse form with cords carved in relief the reverse having circular central medallion...
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A Pende Carved and Painted Wood GizengiMask Democratic Republic of Congo hollowed crescent form carved in the traditional manner with three mask heads the central bearded mask with pierced eyes and nose surmounted...
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