- RARE POTTERY BEAKER
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY
?? ????of tapering cylindrical form supported on a pedestal foot, two incised bands decorating the upper part of the body(1)18.7cm highProvenance: Blitz Chinese Ceramics &...
[more like this] - THREE CARVED & PAINTED FOLK ART WOODEN
FIGURESA group of 3 hand carved and painted folk art wood figures, one in the form of an old man with finely executed features, wearing patched trousers, minor losses, signed...
[more like this] - C. 1868-1919 SATSUMA GOLD GILT BOWL
W/ WOOD BASEThis lot includes this Satsuma Ware Gold Gilt Bowl with hand-carved wooden base. The scene depicted featured three Samurai, two in the foreground wearing armor...
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& STONE ADZE**Originally Listed At $1500**
Oceania, French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, Enata peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hefty utilitarian tool known...
[more like this] - MASSIVE CHINESE MING DYNASTY STONE PANEL
W/ FOO DOGS**Originally Listed At $4000**
East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A beautiful hand-carved stone panel made from a massive piece of granite featuring...
[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] - 2ND C. GANDHARAN SCHIST HEAD OF BUDDHACentral
Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A hand-carved miniature grey schist Buddha head, depicted nearly in the round, with a wavy coiffure,...
[more like this] - EARLY 20TH C. AFRICAN WOOD YORUBA IBEJI
FIGURE - MALE**Originally Listed At $300**
Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male "ere ibeji" figure, most likely from...
[more like this] - 19TH C. NEOCLASSICAL GOLD RING, AGATE
INTAGLIO NUDE MAN...Western Europe, Neoclassical Period, ca. 19th century CE. A lovely ring of a sizable and hefty form that is wearable with any number of outfits, all formed...
[more like this] - TRANSLATED ROMAN LIMESTONE FUNERARY
STELE OF COUPLERoman, Imperial period, Eastern Empire, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A captivating limestone stele of a massive, rectangular form, skillfully hand-carved to display...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR W/ QEBEHSENUEF
LIDAncient Egypt, Third Intermediate to early Late Dynastic (Saite) Period, 21st to 26th Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 525 BCE. A gorgeous and sizable canopic jar from ancient Egypt...
[more like this] - 20TH C. SIOUX CATLINITE PIPE W/ TIN
INLAYSNative American, Western United States, Plains tribes, likely Sioux, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved catlinite pipe body of deep red hues. The body is...
[more like this] - ANCIENT ARGENTINE CONDORHUASI-ALAMITO
STONE MASKPre-Columbian, Northwest Argentina, Condorhuasi-Alamito culture, Early Period, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. An incredible funerary mask hand-carved from a large stone...
[more like this] - EASTERN ROMAN MARBLE FEMALE HEAD W/
SEA ENCRUSTATIONSRoman, Eastern Empire, late Imperial Period, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A wonderful, attractive, and expressive example of a female head in provincial stylization...
[more like this] - 1900S NATIVE AMERICAN TLINGIT MAMMOTH
IVORY TOTEM POLENative American, Northwestern United States, Tlingit, ca. 1900s to 1920s CE. An impressive hand-carved miniature totem pole made from fossilized mammoth ivory....
[more like this] - 19TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN SIOUX WOOD HORSE
DANCE CLUB**First Time At Auction**
Native American, Western United States, Plains Tribes, Sioux (Lakota), ca. 19th century CE. A hand carved wooden dance club in the shape...
[more like this] - CHINESE TANG DYNASTY BLACK GRANITE FOO
LIONS (PR)**Originally Listed At $4500**
East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A wonderful pair of Buddhist foo lions or foo dogs (also "fu" lion or "fu" dog)...
[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] - DELBERT BUCK FOLK ART SCULPTURE - COWBOY
WITH SADDLE**First Time At Auction**
Delbert Buck (Navajo, b. 1976). Mixed media folk sculpture (cottonwood, acrylic paint, string, and wool) n.d. Signed on underside of...
[more like this] - 18TH C. INDO-PORTUGUESE IVORY STATUETTE
OF MARYSouth Asia, western India, Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka) or Goa, Indo-Portuguese culture, ca. 18th century CE. A beautiful ivory carving of the Virgin of the Immaculate...
[more like this] - GUSTAVE BAUMANN, AMERICAN 1881-1971,
COCHITI ENSEMBLE, 1942-47, OIL ON BOARD, 32 X 36 IN., HOUSED IN A HAND-CARVED SILVER GILT PENTAGONAL FRAME: 33 1/4 X 38 IN.GUSTAVE BAUMANN, (American, 1881-1971) Cochiti...
[more like this] - VARIOUS ARTISTS, GROUP OF SIX MINIATURE
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[more like this] - A VERY ELABORATE CHARLES P. SHIPLEY
WESTERN SADDLEThe fine Western saddle with wide fork having laced embellishment on the pommel is profusely hand carved overall with florals, ferns and foliage. The top of...
[more like this] - ELABORATE WESTERN SADDLE & BREASTPLATE
SIGNED SHIPLEYThe saddle with hand wide tooled and leather laced undercut swell having nickel horn is profusely tooled on every surface except the seat in fine, deep floral...
[more like this] - ALLAN HOUSER, AMERICAN (1914-1994),
HEAD OF A WOMAN, 1993, BRONZE, 14" H X 6 1/2" WAllan Houser, American, (1914-1994) Head of a Woman, 1993, bronze Signed, titled, dated, and numbered 7/20. Biography from...
[more like this] - VERONICA POBLANO (B. 1951, ZUNI)Veronica
Poblano (b. 1951, Zuni), A set of abstract sterling wire and set moonstone and mother of pearl jewelry, 2000 Each stamped: Veronica Comprising a silver wire cuff with swivel...
[more like this] - VERONICA POBLANO (B. 1951, ZUNI)Veronica
Poblano (b. 1951, Zuni), A group of Veronica Zuni silver wire and stone set earrings, 1999 Each stamped: Veronica Comprising three pairs of abstract design stone set earrings,...
[more like this] - (7) SOUTHWEST & NATIVE AMERICAN OBJECTS
& POEM(lot of 7) Southwest and Native American objects, including: (2) hand-painted gourds, signed Marliu Kent Norden (New Mexico/ Arizona, b.1925), (one) "Storybook Santa...
[more like this] - TWO CHINESE CERAMIC CELADON VESSELSTwo
Chinese ceramic celadon vessels, Two works: A small Chinese carved celadon Song-style covered jar 20th century Paper label on interior: Christie's Rancho Mi Solar 697;...
[more like this] - EDGAR LOUIS YAEGER, MICHIGAN / FRANCE
(1904 - 1997), UNTITLED ABSTRACT, 1937, OIL ON CANVAS, 20 1/2"H X 27 1/2"W (SIGHT), 25"H X 32"W (FRAME)Edgar Louis Yaeger, Michigan / France, (1904 - 1997) untitled abstract,...
[more like this] - AN ARTS & CRAFTS CARVED OAK BLANKET
CHEST IN THE WESTERN TASTE An Arts & Crafts carved oak blanket chest in the Western taste, with wrought strap hardware, the top with a hand carved frieze depicting wild horses,...
[more like this] - MARION POWERS (KIRKPATRICK) (ME, ?-1962)
'The Lovers and the Butterfly', oil on panel, signed lower right, titled on tag from the PAFA Exhibition and 1930 Copley Society of Boston Exhibition, giving a Fenway Studios...
[more like this] - An Indian Carved Western Subject Ivory
Figure of Daniel in the Lion's Den depicting Daniel with a knife strapped to his hip and a quiver of arrows to his back challenging the lion with his hand on the lion's mouth...
[more like this] - NORTHWEST COAST CEREMONIAL POTLACH/FEAST
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square skirt, padded seat, covered stirrups, buckstitching, tandem rig, lady or child size, older Blevin buckles; includes wooden cactus shaped saddle rack and vintage double...
[more like this] - Shona Hah Kwakiutl Carving of a Cayuse
Woman hand-carved woman with hide dress and felt blanket signed on base height 16 in.20th centuryShona-Hah (1912-1997) or Mary J. Smith was Cherokee by birth and became the...
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