GROUP OF GENTLEMAN'S DESK ACCESSORIESComprising:
Asmall marble vide poche
A specimen stone paperweight
A basalt porcelain portrait plaque
A carved wood model of a coin
The largest 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. diam, (4 pcs).
Condition
Minor...
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Costa Rican. Trophy head. carved basalt.7 h × 4½ w × 6½ d in. result: $585. estimate: $800–1,200....
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TAINO BASALT ANCESTRAL PORTRAIT HEADTaino.Carved black basalt ancestral Portrait Head. These were made to honor deceased tribal elite. There is a secondary ''ghost figure'' on top of head. The eyes formed by support...
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LARGE BABYLONIAN ANCIENT CARVED STONEDUCK OR GOOSE WEI...Large Babylonian Ancient Carved Stone Duck or Goose Weight B.C. stone, weight in the form of a stylized duck, hand-carved from black basalt having the...
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FINE AZTEC BASALT EFFIGY OF DEITY EHECATL-QUETZALCOATLPre-Columbian,Valley of Mexico, Aztec culture, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. This is an amazing carving from volcanic stone, displaying the stylized face of the wind deity Ehecatl - a form of Quetzalcoatl...
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INCA STONE CEREMONIAL VESSEL W/ SNAKESPre-Columbian,North Coast Peru, Inca, ca. 1400 to 1533 CE. A fine hand-carved stone ceremonial bowl featuring high relief snakes across the sides. The vessel's body has a rounded but stable...
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18TH C. HAWAIIAN PRE-CONTACT BASALTPOI POUNDERNorth Pacific, Hawaii, Maui, Pre-Contact Period, ca. 18th century CE or earlier. A sizable and hefty poi pounder, hand-carved from porous basalt in mottled hues...
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VERACRUZ BASALT PALMA WARRIOR / LORD(FOR BALLGAME)Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz, ca. 550 to 950 CE. Hand-carved from volcanic rock palma in the form of a warrior or lord with a swirling motif surrounding....
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IMPOSING MAYA BASALT RELIEF CARVINGOF TLALOCPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Cotzumalguapa region, Maya culture, Late Classic Period, ca. 650 to 900 CE. A stunning and large basalt stone fragment,...
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INCREDIBLE AZTEC STONE EFFIGY FIRE SERPENTXIUHCOATLPre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1325 to 1475 CE. A large and fantastical carving made from basalt stone in the form of Xiuhcoatl, a mythical fire serpent....
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MASSIVE MAYA BASALT BOUNDARY MARKERBOUND PRISONERPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Classic to Postclassic period, 500 to 1300 CE. A monumental volcanic stone carving of a prisoner crouching...
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COSTA RICAN BASALT JAGUAR EFFIGY METATE**FirstTime At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A hand-carved basalt stone jaguar effigy grinding platform known as a metate, supported...
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VERACRUZ BASALT PALMA WARRIOR / LORD(FOR BALLGAME)**Originally Listed At $2000**
Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz, ca. 550 to 950 CE. Hand-carved from volcanic rock palma in the form of a warrior or lord with...
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HOLYLAND IRON AGE II STONE TRIPOD BOWL**OriginallyListed At $500**
Ancient Near East, Holyland, Iron Age II, ca. 1200 to 586 BCE. A rare and quite impressive tripod bowl, skillfully carved from a single piece of basalt to...
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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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18TH C. TAHITIAN PRE-CONTACT BASALTPOI POUNDERFrench Polynesia, Tahiti, Moorea Island, Pre-Contact Period, ca. 18th century CE. A fabulous and hefty pounder, hand-carved from red-gray basalt, meant to pulverize...
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COSTA RICAN BASALT METATE - FELINE FORMPre-Columbian,Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-carved basalt grinding platform called a metate in the form of an abstract...
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WEDGEWOOD NAPOLEON BASALT PENDANT &2 BAKELITE PINS: Comprising; 1- Wedgewood carved Basalt pendant having a bust of Valerius Maximianus, incised at verso, whom was an important Roman General during the Marcomannic...
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TAINO, ZOOMORPHIC SHORT PURGING SPATULA.CLOSEDeyes denote drug induced transcendence. Suspension holes at elbows suggest this was worn during ritual events probably to induce vomiting prior to taking cohoba. A symbolic...
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EGYPTIAN BASALT MORTAR OR URN, EX-ROSENBACHLikely 5th/6th dynasty (c. 2500 BCE), Egypt, the diorite vessel tapers from top to bottom and is carved with stylized lotus and palm around the exterior, lion or cat's head...
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TWO EXAMPLES OF CANADIAN NATIVE SCULPTUREAs follows: a basalt carving of a seated man in Inuit dress, boldly carved with only schematic details (7 x 10 x 7 in); plus a small and delicate Haida figure of a squatting...
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TWO WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS,DR. JOHN WOODWARD (1665-1728) AND DR. RICHARD MEAD (1673-1754) DR. JOHN WOODWARD (1665-1728) AND DR. RICHARD MEAD (1673-1754), late 18th Century, impressed Wedgwood & Bentley...
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PAIR OF WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT RECTANGULARPLAQUES, ‘BACCHANALIAN TRIUMPH’ AND ‘BACCHANALIAN SACRIFICE’ PLAQUES, ‘BACCHANALIAN TRIUMPH’ AND ‘BACCHANALIAN SACRIFICE’, late 18th/early 19th Century, impressed...
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COLLECTION OF ASSORTED PREDOMINANTLYCERAMIC DECORATIVE DOMESTIC ARTICLES, L OF SEAL CARVING: 3 3/8 IN. (8.57 CM.)Collection of Assorted Predominantly Ceramic Decorative Domestic Articles,, Including: Pacific...
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TESTED 14 KARAT YELLOW GOLD, CARVEDLAVA CAMEO AND DIAMOND STICKPIN (4.5 DWT) AND WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT BROOCHTested 14 Karat Yellow Gold, Carved Lava Cameo and Diamond Stickpin (4.5 dwt) and Wedgwood Black...
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HUBLEY, HEREND, ETC., FOUR CAT THEMEDPIECES, INCLUDING: HEREND SEATED CAT FIGURE WITH GREEN FISHSCALE DECORATION AND GILT ACCENTS,...Hubley, Herend, etc., four cat themed pieces, including: Herend seated cat...
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TECOXQUIN PALEOLITHIC PETROGLYPH CARVEDBOULDER FOUND IN NAYARIT REGION MEXICO Oval Basalt Stone "Throat-Cutter" Petroglyph, with a shallow carved figure of a "Hocker", the figure of a man in frog-like spread eagle,...
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GRAND TOUR EGYPTIAN CARVED BASALT SCARAB,CA. 19TH CENTURY 3 ?" x 2 ?" x ¾" Traditionally carved Egyptian sacred scarab with carved hieroglyphs on the bottom....
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Four early black basalt items: largeroval medallion depicting a woman holding a bowl a small monogrammed medallion a small carved figural portrait medallion and a seal stamp. Condition: good see images. Large...
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Good Chinese, Jiangsu Province, PeachwoodWine Table, mid-18th century, the wooden frame with carved and openwork apron and canted square legs, the top centered with a panel of "pudding stone" (sedimentary basalt)...
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Lot of assorted art pottery. Includesa Mexican red/orange bottle vase with a figural face motif an etched pottery figural bottle vase a carved black basalt pottery low vase a Mexican art pottery figure of an...
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Pair of English Basalt-Finished PlasterOblong Bas-Relief Plaques, after the Antique, each presented in a bronze slubbed silk mat within a black-banded and laurel leaf-carved giltwood frame in the neoclassical...
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