MID-CENTURY MELPOMENE TRAGEDY TERRACOTTAMASK Mid-Century polychrome glazed terracotta theater mask in the form of the Greek muse of tragedy Melpomene, apparently unsigned. 10.5" H x 9" W x 3.5" D....
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MID-CENTURY SATYR COMEDY THEATER TERRACOTTAMASK Mid-Century Modern polychrome glazed terracotta ceramic comedy theater mask in the form of the grinning Greek god Pan, apparently unmarked. 11.5" H x 9" W x 3.5" D....
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THREE SOUTHWEST AMERICAN CARVED ANDPAINTED REDWARE POTS, LATE 20-21ST CENTURY; THE FIRST, CARVED WITH A FACE, SIGNED SOPHU CATU (?)/SANTA CLARA/PUE; THE SECOND, CARVED WITH FOUR STYLIZED MASKS, SIGNED NORMAN...
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AN ANIMISTIC FANGED MASK OF CARVED WOODSHIMALAYAS An Animistic Fanged Mask of carved woods Himalayas, Nepal or possibly Middle Hills, 19th or 20th centuries, made for tribal village use, mask: 12"h, overall with...
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(2 PC) BALINESE MASK BOOK SETDESCRIPTION:( 2 Pc) Balinese Mask and Balinese Masks Book Set. Set includes:
- Balinese Mask made of hand carved wood and hand painted in cream, red, black and gold colors. - H:10 "...
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17TH C. SILVER CUP, ANOINTING SPOONTwopieces 17th century Continental silver. 1st item: German tumbler with parcel-gilt rim and fire-gilded interior, hallmark for Augsburg, mid 17th century, additional partially...
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KEN KIDDER, NATIVE AMERICAN KWAKIUTLTRIBAL MASK PLUS B...Ken Kidder (Washington, 20th-21st century) Northwest Native American-style polychrome painted, carved Kwakiutl tribal mask depicting a face with thick...
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HANDSOME AZTEC STONE FACE OF MANPre-Columbian,Central & Gulf Coast Mexico, Veracruz region, Aztec culture, Post Classic period, ca. 1200 to 1521 CE. A dramatic mask carved from a gray volcanic stone, the head of a young...
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20TH C. BALINESE PAINTED WOOD MASK,MONKEYSoutheast Asia, Indonesia, Java or Bali, ca. late 20th century CE. An expressive wooden festival mask with painted motifs and raffia fiber hair details. The fierce face...
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20TH C. YUPIK / INUPIAQ WOOD SHAMANICMASK W/ WOLFNative American, Northern United States / Canada, Inupiaq or Yupik people, ca. mid-20th to 21st century CE. A remarkable shamanic dance mask with a wolf's head...
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MAPUCHE STONE MASK - FINE EXAMPLEPre-Columbian,South America, Argentina or Chile, Mapuche Culture, ca. 1200 to 1700 CE. If ever there was a mask that captured the element of surprise, this one is it! A remarkably rare...
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SICAN LAMBAYEQUE HAMMERED COPPER MASKPre-Columbian,north coast of Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 10th to 11th century CE. A mask made of hammered copper, with two huge copper projections that rise, similar to horns...
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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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DYNAMIC GREEK CANOSAN MASKED ACTOR &MAIDENAncient Greece, Magna Graecia, Apulia, Canosan Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd century BCE. A fascinating and rare ceramic figure, dynamically posed, featuring a masked...
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AZTEC MASK MOON GODDESS COYOLXAUHQUIW/ MONTEZUMA GLYPH...Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Aztec Empire, ca. 16th century CE. Wow! An extraordinarily rare greenstone mask of the Aztec moon goddess Coyolxauhqui with an...
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MOCHE LOMA NEGRA COPPER MASK POWERFULLORDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Loma Negra region, Moche culture, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. A stunning gilt copper funerary mask inlaid with white shells and blue lapis...
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ORNATE 8TH C. JAVANESE GOLD LEAF MASKOF KALASoutheast Asia, Indonesia, East Java, Classic Period, ca. 8th to 11th century CE. Stunningly detailed and brimming with sophistication, an ornate funerary mask made...
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SUPERB CHONTAL STONE FACE MASK**FirstTime At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Chontal culture, Late Preclassic Period, ca. 300 to 100 BCE. A handsome mask carved from tan-brown stone...
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ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS PANEL W/ THEATERMASK**First Time At Auction**
Roman, Imperial period, probably Phrygia (modern Turkey), ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A breathtaking marble sarcophagus panel, festooned with...
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CAMPANIAN BLACKWARE ARYBALLOS - GREEKCOMEDY MASK, TL'D...Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Campania, ca. late 4th to early 3rd century BCE. An enticing and rare pottery aryballos in the form of a head wearing a...
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IDA BAGUS ANOM SURYAWAN, (20TH/21STCENTURY, BALINESE), SIX CONTEMPORARY CARVED WOOD PERFORMANCE MASKS, POLYCHROMED WOOD, LARGEST: 9.25Ida Bagus Anom Suryawan, (20th/21st Century, Balinese) Six contemporary...
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TWO NORTHWEST COAST POLYCHROME MASKSTwoNorthwest Coast polychrome masks, Mid-20th Century or Later Two works: A polychrome carved wood mask by Gary Rice with cedar bark strip hair and four feathers (b. 1930s,...
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TWO NORTHWEST COAST POLYCHROME MASKSTwoNorthwest Coast polychrome masks, Late 20th/21st Century Two works: A carved cedar mask by D. A. Weir with painted features and strands of hair (b. 1939-40, Haida Gwaii)...
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TWO NORTHWEST COAST POLYCHROME MASKSTwoNorthwest Coast polychrome masks, Late 20th/21st Century Two works: A carved cedar mask by D. A. Weir with painted features and strands of hair (b. 1939-40, Haida Gwaii)...
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GILTWOOD RELIEF PANEL CARVED WITH THEVEIL OF ST. VERONICA, ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY 26 X 12 X 1 1/2 IN. (66 X 30.5 X 3.8 CM.) VEIL OF ST. VERONICA, ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY, carved in relief with a satyr mask above...
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RONAN HALPIN (IRISH 21ST CENTURY) CASTIRON AND BRASS HANGING MASK, H: 10 IN. (25.4 CM.)Ronan Halpin (Irish 21st Century) Cast Iron and Brass Hanging Mask,, Dimensions: H: 10 in. (25.4 cm.)...
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DEROY SHARP DEACON (KANSAS, 20TH/21STCENTURY) BRODEROY SHARP DEACON (Kansas, 20th/21st century) bronze wall sculpture, "Snow Mask," a wolf mask. Signed and titled verso, numbered 15/36, dated 1990. 13" x 9.5"...
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FOUR BOXES OF BOOKS ON JAPANESE ANDTHEATRE, CULTURE, LITERATURE AND ART THEATRE, CULTURE, LITERATURE AND ART, including 'Shanks' Mare, Japan's Great Comic Novel of Travel and Ribaldry' by Ikku Jippensha, Translated...
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A KARUMBA "ADONE" PAINTED WOOD ANTELOPEHEADDRESS/MASKA Karumba "Adone" painted wood antelope headdress/mask, Mid-20th century; Karumba Peoples, Burkina Faso, Africa Paper label affixed to the Lucite stand: Acquired...
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JUAN JOSE HORTA (B. 20TH CENTURY), TWO-FACEDMASK, 21ST CENTURY; TOCUARO, MICHOACAN, MEXICOJuan Jose Horta, (b. 20th century) Two-faced mask, 21st century; Tocuaro, Michoacan, Mexico, Wood, paint, and varnish Signed...
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SEVEN AFRICAN WOODEN MASKS AND SPIRITCARVINGS. Twentieth century. Three masks with pigments including one with movable jaw and stick teeth. 8.25" to 12"h., one mask with carved bird, cowrie shells and black pigment,...
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AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC GILT CARTONNAGEMASK
CIRCA 2ND/1ST CENTURY B.C. Polychrome pigment and gilding over cartonnage, the tripartite wig elaborately decorated with the upper section a gold and blue checked pattern,...
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Three German Bellarmine jugs, salt glazedstoneware: one with bearded mask above oval medallion, mottled brown glaze, 9-1/2 in., minor chips and base cracks, several related cracks to left of medallion (longest 4...
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Charles II ebony and gilt-brass mountedtable clock joseph knibb, london, circa 1685 Of Knibb phase III design, the case with typical faceted and foliate-tied handle to the cushion-molded top applied with...
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Spanish manuscript, "Don CarlosPrince of Asturias" (1545-1568), biography of the young prince, text begins with a beautifully illuminated "D" bearing a mask encircling a coat of arms with...
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American School early 20th c. "McIntyre& Heath Billy Cumsand's Georgia Minstrels" signed "Dryden" lower left 68 in. x 37 1/4 in. framed. Note: Recent scholarship on blackface minstrelsy by authors such as...
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