- 19TH C. AMERICAN WOOD FIGURAL WALKING
CANE HANDLE**Originally Listed At $900**
North America, USA, ca. 19th century CE. A folk art Americana carved wooden walking cane handle, in the form of a grotesque female...
[more like this] - HUGE 19TH C. FIJIAN WOOD YAQONA BOWL
(TANOA)**Originally Listed At $2000**
Polynesia, Fiji, ca. 19th century CE. An enormous wooden kava vessel carved in the form of a sea turtle. The deep circular bowl is supported...
[more like this] - 20TH C. FIRST NATIONS KWAKIUTL WOOD
MASK, TONY HUNT JR....Canada, British Columbia, First Nations. Tony Hunt Jr. (Kwakwaka'wakw / Kwakiutl / Kwagiulth, 1961-2017), ca. late 20th to early 21st century CE. An...
[more like this] - 1947 HAIDA WOOD & IVORY DZUNUKWA MASK,
B. WILLIAMSNative American, Northwestern Canada, Haida, ca. 1947 CE. A stunning wood and walrus ivory mask of Dzunukwa (or Dzonokwa) or Wild Woman, skillfully hand-carved...
[more like this] - 20TH C. KWAKWAKA'WAKW WOOD RAVEN BY
DAVID ROBERTSONDavid Robertson (First Nations, Canada, British Columbia, Kwakwaka'wakw / Kwakiutl, 1943 to present), ca. late 20th century CE, "Raven." This is a fine hand-carved...
[more like this] - INSCRIBED PALMYRAN MARBLE RELIEF W/
BANQUETERNear East / Holy Land, Palmyra, Roman Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. An impressive Palmyran funerary relief, hand-carved from creamy white marble to depict a...
[more like this] - 20TH C. CENTRAL AFRICAN KUBA WOOD PORTRAIT
CUPCentral Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fascinating carved-wood cup in the form of a human head. Sitting upon...
[more like this] - 19TH C. NEPALESE WOOD FESTIVAL MASK
- SKELETALCentral Asia, Nepal, Himalayan region, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful, hand-carved wood mask somewhat resembling a skull as it displays an expressive...
[more like this] - 4TH C. INDIAN GUPTA STONE HEAD FRAGMENT
OF DEITYSouth Asia, India, Gupta, ca. 4th to 6th century CE. This is a fine fragmentary sculpture of a head from the neck up depiction a bodhisattva or deity, perhaps Vishnu....
[more like this] - HUGE 20TH C. MELANESIAN VANUATU SLIT
DRUM / TAMTAMOceania, Melanesia, Vanuatu, ca. early 20th century CE. A splendid and sizeable slit drum or tamtam, skillfully hand-carved from butterscotch-hued wood in the...
[more like this] - SICAN-LAMBAYEQUE WOOD THRONE FOR AN
EMPERORPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican-Lambayeque, ca. 750 to 1375 CE. A hand-carved wooden throne from the Sican-Lambayeque Empire which was known for creating the...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED / HUGE GANDHARAN STUCCO BUDDHA
HEADCentral Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 4th to mid-5th century CE. A larger-than-life stucco head of the enlightened Buddha, modeled in the traditional...
[more like this] - RARE MESOPOTAMIAN TELL BRAK STONE DOUBLE
EYE IDOLAncient Near East, The Levant, Tell Brak, Middle Uruk Period, ca. 3700 to 3500 BCE. An abstract gray stone idol of conjoined figures carved with flat bodies surmounted...
[more like this] - SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER LIBATION TABLE,
BULL & IBEXESSouth Arabia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, probably Qatabanian culture, ca. 2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE. A huge slab of thick alabaster, carved into a table...
[more like this] - ROMAN IRON SPATHA W/ BRONZE POMMEL,
IVORY HANDLERoman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A beautiful forged iron spatha of a bifacial design bearing a shallow midrib, extremely sharp edges, and a pointed...
[more like this] - 1940S NORTHWEST COAST NUU-CHAH-NULTH
CEDAR MODEL TOTEMNative American/First Nations, Pacific Northwest Coast, British Columbia, Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) people, ca. 1940s CE. An impressive model totem pole, hand-carved...
[more like this] - RARE MESOPOTAMIAN TELL BRAK STONE DOUBLE
EYE IDOLAncient Near East, The Levant, Tell Brak, Middle Uruk Period, ca. 3700 to 3500 BCE. A petite and abstract gray stone idol of conjoined figures carved with flat bodies...
[more like this] - SPLENDID ROMAN MARBLE STATUETTE NUDE
VENUS PUDICARoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. What a knockout! Finely carved in the round, a marble sculpture of Venus, the Roman goddess of love, sensitively...
[more like this] - GREEK ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA, DIONYSIAN
& BATTLEGreek, Attic (Athens), ca. 480 BCE. A splendid pottery amphora adorned with black-figure decoration of a Dionysian scene on 1 side and 2 warriors on the other, both...
[more like this] - SIGNED 20TH C. NORTHWEST COAST PAINTED
WOOD WHALENative American, Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, Canada, ca. 20th century CE. Signed "MARK" on underside. A beautiful wood sculpture of a whale, skillfully...
[more like this] - FINE SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER MALE HEADAncient
Middle East, South Arabia, modern-day Yemen, Qatabanian culture, ca. 3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE. A hand-carved alabaster head boasting soft honey-yellow and white hues,...
[more like this] - EXHIBITED TAINO WOOD ZEMI COHOBA STAND,
C-14 TESTEDPre-Columbian, Hispaniola, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino/ Arawak Indians, ca. 15th to early 16th century CE. Incredible! An exemplary wood zemi figure that served...
[more like this] - IMPORTANT TAINO MARBLE DUHO / CEREMONIAL
STOOLPre-Columbian, Caribbean area, perhaps Dominican Republic, Taino (Arawak) Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. What a find! A magnificent marble ceremonial stool known as a...
[more like this] - HUGE TEOTIHUACAN / AZTEC STONE WATER
SPOUT ZOOMORPHPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan to early Aztec culture, ca. 600 to 1400 CE. This is a superb volcanic rock carving of a recumbent dog-like or jaguar...
[more like this] - 4TH C. GANDHARAN STUCCO HEAD ENLIGHTENED
BUDDHACentral Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 4th to mid-5th century CE. A larger-than-life stucco head of the enlightened Buddha, modeled in the traditional...
[more like this] - HUGE 19TH C. HAWAIIAN WOOD FEAST PLATTER**First
Time At Auction**
North Pacific, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A massive platter carved from a single piece of wood into a ovoid shape for serving poi, enough for...
[more like this] - ROMAN MARBLE STELE OF DRAPED MALE W/
INSCRIPTION**First Time At Auction**
*This item may be oversized. Please inquire about shipping prior to bidding.
Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A...
[more like this] - 20TH C. NORTHWEST COAST PAINTED CEDAR
THUNDERBIRDNative American, Pacific Northwest, ca. 20th to early 21st century CE. A fine, hand-carved cedar plaque in the form of the head of a Thunderbird with clear cut...
[more like this] - SIGNED 20TH C. INUIT SOAPSTONE OWL BY
JOE TALIRUNILINative American, Canada, northern Quebec, Nunavik, Puvirnituq, ca. 1960s to 1970s CE. Signed by Joe Talirunili (Inuit, 1893-1976) in English and syllabics. An...
[more like this] - TALL ANCIENT BACTRIAN ALABASTER VESSELAncient
Central Asia, Bactria, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A tall and slender vase that is hand-carved from creamy honey-yellow alabaster that fluoresces when placed next to a bright...
[more like this] - 20TH C. FILIPINO IFUGAO WOOD DOUBLE
BOWL ZOOMORPHSSoutheast Asia, Philippines, Luzon Island, Ifugao culture, ca. 20th century CE. A lovely hand-carved wood double bowl featuring the head of a zoomorph protruding...
[more like this] - RARE OLMEC / MAYA STONE JAGUAR MASKPre-Columbian,
Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec to Maya cultures, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A hand-carved stone mask of grand form depicting a stylized jaguar in all of its ferocity. The...
[more like this] - LARGE CHINESE TANG SANDSTONE BUDDHIST
LOHAN HEADEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty to Song Dynasty, ca. 618 to 1270 CE. A remarkable life-sized Lohan head hand-carved from a warm-gray sandstone. The bald head and...
[more like this] - HUGE CARVED BONE BOAT WITH ROOSTER BOWLarge
carving of a boat with rooster figurehead. Triple mast sail with carved sailors & fish bounty. Super detail for rudder to bow. Ship measures approx. 37" long x 19 1/2" wide...
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