WORKS OF ART REFERENCE BOOK COLLECTION??????????????????????????????????????????????Including: Chinese works of art, cloisonne enamel, archaic bronze, furniture, Buddhist art, Scholar's pieces etc, in total 36...
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TIBETAN BUDDHIST GOAT SKULL & HORN KAPALATibetan Buddhist ritual / ceremonial goat skull and horn kapala, clad in repousse sheet metal and inset with glass stones. 9" H x 16" W x 4.5" D....
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TOMA AFRICAN MASKS, GUINEA, EARLY 20THC.Two Toma Ritual Masks, Guinea/Liberia, Aftrica, early 20th C. Typical Toma style with distinctive flat face with drilled eye holes, horns; decorated with fabric, glass and...
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20TH C. INDIAN NAGA NECKLACES GLASSBEADS W/ PENDANTSSouth Asia, India, Naga peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fine pair of glass bead necklaces with brass face pendants that were made by the Naga culture...
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LOVELY GREEK HELLENISTIC BRONZE PHIALEW/ OMPHALOSGreece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A remarkable, cast-bronze phiale, a special libation bowl used for holding wine, with a hollow, rounded,...
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6 COLIMA OBSIDIAN PECTORALS & MANY WHITESHELL BEADS**Originally Listed At $500**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A magnificent ensemble of over 100 hand-carved shell beads and 6 hand-knapped...
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RARE EGYPTIAN STRIDING IBIS BRONZE /COBALT BLUE GLASSEgypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. An extremely rare example of a majestic ibis exhibiting a body shaped from solid glass in an opaque, cobalt-blue...
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MASSIVE 19TH C. TIBETAN SILVER CONCHSHELL TRUMPETCentral Asia, Tibet or Nepal, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A massive conch shell trumpet covered in a sterling silver repousse plating adorned with...
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ANCIENT ACHAEMENID GILDED SILVER PHIALE(FOR WINE)Ancient Near East, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 500 to 330 BCE. A thick 94.96% to 95.78% silver basin or phiale, a special libation bowl used for holding wine,...
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RARE 19TH C. CENTRAL ASIAN BRONZE CEREMONIALSUGAR AXE**Originally Listed At $1500**
Near East / Central Asia, Iraq & Afghanistan, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. An incredibly rare and beautiful tool known as a sugar...
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EXHIBITED ROMAN GLASS DIPPER CUP W/IRIDESCENCERoman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A dazzling dipper cup or pan known as a trulla, made from translucent blue green glass to present a deep, ribbed...
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ACHAEMENID SILVER PHIALE / LIBATIONBOWL (FOR WINE)Ancient Near East, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 500 to 330 BCE. A gorgeous libation bowl used for holding wine known as a phiale that exhibits a slightly...
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EXHIBITED MARGARET MELLIS PASTEL - "BIGBURDOCK LEAF"Margaret Mellis (Scottish born in China, 1914-2009). "Big Burdock Leaf" pastel on envelope, n.d. Initialed "M.M." twice at lower left and once at lower right....
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KONGO PEOPLES, LARGE FETISH "NKISI NKONDE"figure 20th c., Yombe group, DRC, carved wood figure with aggressive posture and expression, with applied animal hide, bones, metal, plant fibers, pigment, seeds and glass,...
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AFRICAN FETISH FIGURE Namji ProtectiveFigure for Girls, Cameroon, mid 20th c, painted wood, glass beads and leather, 14 1/2" tall. Doll-like figures like this one were used for ritual purposes, as a protective...
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FOSCARINI RITUALS MODERN GLASS PENDANTCHANDELIER Foscarini Italian Modern minimalist pendant chandelier with three opaque white glass pendant elements. 35" H x 24" diameter....
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A TIBETAN THANKGA PAINTING OF HVASHANG19th or 20th century, ink, colors, and gilt on fabric, very finely painted with many wonderful details, Hvashang, the Patron of Arhats, is seated by a lacquered table with...
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FERNANDO AUGUSTO TORRES CEVALLOS FOURLITHOGRAPHSFOUR LITHOGRAPHS BY FERNANDO AUGUSTO TORRES CEVALLOS (Ecuador, 20th century): "Puestera," "Vilcabamba," "Napo," and "Ritual." Each pencil signed, titled, dated...
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LARGE BURMESE OFFERING VESSEL: Ritualtemple offering vessel of stupa form, with a surmounting bird finial. Gilt & lacquered wood with attached glass & mirrored jewels. Approx. 37.75'' h x 21.5'' dia.
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TIBETAN THANGKA OF KALACHAKARA & VISHVAMATATibetan Thangka of Kalachakara holding Vishvamata in a Tantric pose, Kalachakara having four faces and multiple arms, each hand holding a Buddhist ritual object, standing...
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COLLECTION OF PREDOMINANTLY INTERNATIONALWOOD AND STONE DEVOTIONAL ARTICLES, INCLUDING ROCK CRYSTAL AND TWO BRONZE RITUAL PEGS OR PHURBACollection of Predominantly International Wood and Stone Devotional Articles,...
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HELEN KALVAK (1901-1984, CANADA) SIGNEDSTONE CUTon paper, #32/50, titled "Shaman's Ritual". Also pencil signed, "Eskimo Western Arctic, 1970". Also signed Kalvak in plate. On watermarked paper, Holman. Also identified...
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A Sino-Tibetan Dagger Handle Handlefeaturing a figure holding a fan gilt and worked in relief and with colored glass cabochons of various sizes mounted throughout. The figure appears to be a deity from the...
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