TN IRON INDUSTRY POTTERS LEDGER ANDOTHER TN EPHEMERALedger related to an early Greene County Tennessee furnace and pottery, 1820s, plus a doctor's ledger and various ephemera. 1st item: "Potters Book for the...
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MAP AND ATLAS LOT, 3 PCS INCL. MELISHDIRECTORY1st item: THE TRAVELLER'S DIRECTORY THROUGH THE UNITED STATES by John Melish, published by T. H. Palmer, Philadelphia, 5th edition, 134 pages with fold out map, tables,...
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COWAN POTTERY ISAAC W/ RAM SCULPTURE- RARE UNCATALOGUE...The Cowan Pottery Studio, Ohio, USA. Early 20th century biblical figural sculpture of Abraham's son, Isaac, bound to a rock with ram by his side rendered...
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GRP: 2 STUDIO POTTERY YUNOMI VESSELS- CHARLES BOUND & ...Group of two studio pottery yunomi vessels including one Charles Bound (American, b. 1939) wood-fired stoneware yunomi with slip applications; and one...
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COLIMA POTTERY BOUND PRISONER & TWOSTAMPSPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A nice selection of 3 hand-built pottery items from ancient Colima. First is a pair of pottery stamp seals:...
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FINE ZAPOTEC POTTERY DOUBLE JAR W/ INCISEDDEITIES TL'D...Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec, Monte Alban IIIa, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A rare and fine example of a hand-built pottery vessel containing two...
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RARE COLIMA POTTERY FIGURAL WHISTLE- BOUND PRISONERPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A rare and interesting pottery figure that depicts a captive prisoner seated with bent legs and...
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INDUS VALLEY MEHRGARH POTTERY FEMALEFIGURE, TL TESTEDAncient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A lovely, hand-built pottery fertility idol exhibiting highly stylized feminine...
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ANCIENT ANATOLIAN POTTERY ABSTRACT HEAD,TL TESTEDNear East, Turkey, Anatolia, Neolithic / Chalcolithic, ca. 5500 to 4300 BCE. A wonderful and rare hand-built pottery head with an elongated brow, impressed narrowed...
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INDUS VALLEY MEHRGARH POTTERY FERTILITYIDOL, TL TESTED...**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A hand-built pottery female fertility idol of a characteristically...
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TEOTIHUACAN POTTERY FIGURAL LEG OF VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 150 to 650 CE. A stunning openwork pottery leg of a vessel of rectangular form featuring a central figure, perhaps...
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IMPRESSIVE MOCHE POTTERY BOUND PRISONERVESSELPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III to IV, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A dramatic pottery vessel of a bound prisoner shown nude. Limbs spread and tied with ropes to a...
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CHAVIN POTTERY INCISED JAGUAR VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, Santana-Santa River, ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A delightful ceramic vessel in the form of a stylized jaguar presenting a portly...
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MISSISSIPPIAN POTTERY BOWL WOUNDED HAWK,TL'DNative American, Southeast or Midwest, Mississippian, Mound Builders, ca. 900 to 1543 CE. An exemplary, hand-built pottery bowl boasting a flat, circular base, a bulbous...
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ANCIENT JAPANESE JOMON TERRACOTTA VESSEL,TL TESTEDEast Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon Period, ca. 3000 BCE. A hand-built terracotta vessel of a tall, deep form with a flat base, the exterior walls impressed with...
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TALL ANCIENT JAPANESE JOMON POTTERYVESSEL, TL TESTEDEast Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2600 to 1400 BCE. A hand-built pottery jar of a tall and conical form exhibiting the ancient coil and scrape methods...
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CHINESE TANG POTTERY LOKAPALA W/ SANCAIGLAZE, TL'DEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A fantastical mold-formed pottery guardian figure known as a lokapala with a serious expression wearing elaborate...
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18TH C. CHINESE QING GLAZED POTTERYDISH, TL TESTEDEast Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 18th century CE. A hand-built pottery dish of sizable form with a ringed foot, squat walls, and a thick rim surrounding...
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TRANSLATED MAYA COPADOR CYLINDER W/STUCCO, TL'DPre-Columbian, Central America, El Salvador, Maya, Copador, Ruler 13, ca. 724 to 726 CE. An exemplary pottery cylinder vessel boasting an incised band of glyphs,...
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HUGE INDUS VALLEY POTTERY VESSEL BULLS,FISH TL TESTEDAncient Central Asia, Indus Valley, ca. 3rd millennium BCE. An enormous example of some of the earliest decorated pottery in Central Asia, a broad pottery vessel...
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HUGE ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO WARE KYATHOS- TL TESTEDClassical World, Etruria, ca. early 6th century BCE. A massive, perfectly formed ceramic kyathos, a bowl-like vessel with a distinctive high, strap handle. It is...
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MOCHE FINELINE STIRRUP MUSICIAN HOLDINGCONCH SHELL, TL...Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, late Moche to early Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A fascinating pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a musician...
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RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $4000**
Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery...
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CHINESE HAN LIFAN POTTERY AMPHORA W/BRONZE, TL TESTED**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, Western China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A large pottery vase, the surface burnished to a fine grey hue and...
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CHINESE HAN DYNASTY MYTHICAL RHINO BEAST,TL'DEast Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A fantastic mold made pottery effigy of a rhinoceroses-pig hybrid creature, with horns protruding from the neck and...
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RARE PERSIAN ARDEBIL BEAKED PITCHER,BIRD SPOUT, TL'D**Originally Listed At $1200**
Ancient Central Asia, southern Azerbaijan and northern Iran, Ardabil region, ca. mid-3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A sizable,...
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CANOSAN POTTERY VOLUTE KRATER W/ EQUESTRIAN& NIKE, TL**First Time At Auction**
Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, Canosa, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A gorgeous polychrome volute krater, meticulously hand-painted...
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GREEK BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS - HOUND& HARE GROUP, TL'D**First Time At Auction**
Greece, Attic (Athens), attributed to the Hound and Hare Group, ca. 500 to 480 BCE. A splendid pottery lekythos attributed to...
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RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $4000**
Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery...
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TALL ANCIENT PERSIAN IRON AGE PEDESTALDISH, TL TESTED**Originally Listed At $2000**
Central Asia, Persia, Iron Age I-II, ca. 1350 to 800 BCE. A refined pottery pedestal dish of a complex form with 3 elongated,...
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PALMYRENE ROMAN IMPERIAL HEAD DIVINITY/ WISDOM, TL'DNear East, Palmyra, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A graceful pottery head with huge eyes - a symbol of divinity or wisdom that is characteristic...
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GREEK TANAGRA POTTERY VOTIVE FIGUREOF A FEMALE, TL'DAncient Greece, Tanagra, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd century BCE. A stunning pottery female, boasting expertly rendered and impressively preserved details...
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RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,EX-SCHMITTPre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery bowl exquisitely carved 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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THREE MEXICAN POTTERY JARSThree Mexicanpottery jars, Three works: A rawhide-bound pottery jar Mid-20th Century or Earlier; Tarahumara people, Chihuahua, Mexico With narrow neck and flared waist 11" H x 12"...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE POTTERY PRISONERFORM VESSEL Pre-Columbian, Moche / Mochica, Peruvian, circa 200 to 700 CE, ceramic pottery vase in the form of a prisoner figure with a rope around his neck and hands bound...
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