TIBETAN DUNG-DKAR WHITE CONCH SHELL,SILVER AND GEMS RITUAL TRUMPET 8 ¾" x 4 ¾" x 3 ¾" Carved and polished conch shell right-handed Dung-Dkar Trumpet, high silver mounted with lavishly hand embossed and chased...
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ROMARE BEARDEN (AMERICAN, 1911-1988)8 ½" x 11" "Salome with the Head of John the Baptist" from the Prevalence of Ritual Portfolio, 1974. Silkscreen print, signed lower right by the artist, printed after the...
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20TH C. INDIAN NAGA NECKLACES GLASSBEADS W/ PENDANTSSouth Asia, India, Naga peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fine pair of glass bead necklaces with brass face pendants that were made by the Naga culture...
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RARE ZAPOTEC MONTE ALBAN POTTERY FIGUREOF CAMAZOTZPre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban, Phase III, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A hand-built pottery figure of intriguing form depicting the Zapotec...
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19TH C. THAI BLUE-ON-WHITE POTTERY KENDI,ELEPHANT FORM...Southeast Asia, Thailand, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a charming porcelain elephant form kendi or ewer with an attractive blue on white...
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6 COLIMA OBSIDIAN PECTORALS & MANY WHITESHELL BEADS**Originally Listed At $500**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A magnificent ensemble of over 100 hand-carved shell beads and 6 hand-knapped...
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CHAVIN TEMBLADERA TRI-COLORED STIRRUPSHAMAN IN TRANCEPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, from Tembladera in the Jequetepeque Valley, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A rare tri-colored stirrup vessel depicting a shaman engaged...
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GREEK BOEOTIAN POTTERY KANTHAROS W/WHITE IVY MOTIFAncient Greece, Boeotia, ca. 450 to 425 BCE. A fabulous Boeotian kantharos, boasting an elegant silhouette with a cup-shaped body, a flared rim, and a pair...
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20TH C. TLINGIT WALRUS IVORY & NACRESHAMAN ORCA AMULET...Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. This is a stunning walrus ivory pendant...
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GREEK APULIAN KANTHAROS W/ LADIES OFFASHIONMagna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 340 to 320 BCE. An elegant kantharos (wine cup) boasting a pair of sweeping high handles with support struts, and thumb spurs....
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PREHISTORIC MIMBRES BLACK ON WHITE BOWLW/ KILL HOLENative American, Southwestern United States, New Mexico, Mimbres Valley, Mimbres, ca. 1025 to 1250 CE. A coil-and-scrape pottery bowl featuring beautiful black...
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RARE LUSATIAN URNFIELD POTTERY BURIALURN W/ WHITE HUES...Central Europe, Germany & Poland, Urnfield & Lusatian (Lausitz) culture, Bronze Age, ca. 1300 BCE to 500 BCE. An extremely rare Bronze Age ceramic vessel...
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EARLY 20TH C. PLAINS TRIBE CHEYENNEGHOST DANCE DRESSNative American, Western United Sates, Plains Tribes, Cheyenne people, ca. early 20th century CE. An incredibly important piece of religious attire, a cotton...
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MAYA CYLINDER - JAGUAR / SMOKING GODS,EX KERR**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An exemplary pottery cylinder vessel, finely painted with scenes...
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RARE PAPUA NEW GUINEA WOOD / SEED STORK(DEMA RITUALS)**First Time At Auction**
Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Marind / Marind-Anim people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A rare example of a wood and seed covered...
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RARE 19TH C. AFRICAN DR CONGO MBAGANIWOOD RITUAL MASK**Originally Listed At $600**
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbagani (Babindji) culture, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A large wood ceremonial...
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OLMEC GREENSTONE BLOODLETTER - HUMMINGBIRDPre-Columbian,Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A charming bloodletting tool called a piercer in the shape of a hummingbird, all hand-carved from mottled blue-green...
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TWO TIBETAN WHITE METAL AMULETS, GAU
QINGDYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ????????????????? ? ??????????????????????comprising: an ogee-shaped shrine, the cover decorated with scrolling vine ground and beaded borders, inlaid...
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[A PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION, EDINBURGH]COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ON CHINESE ART: MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS ?????????????????????Including but not limited to:Art Chinois: Musée Cernuschi acquisitions...
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(3) CHINESE CARVED JADE RITUAL ARTICLES19th/20th c., incl, (2) Bi discs in white and spinach green, and (1) white to green butterfly buckle, 2"h x 3"w (largest)...
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(9) ANTIQUE TIBETAN SILVER LIBATIONCUPS AND BOWLS 19th & 20th c., silver or white metal, includes 3 bowls with flared rims and engraved designs, 2.25"h x 3.75"dia (largest), and 6 footed cups or ritual bowls,...
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ANTIQUE SINO-TIBETAN SILVER METAL RITUALEWER Late 19th c., silver or white metal and brass, with floral engraving and avian central medallion, 9.5"h x 6"w...
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PUNU CARVED WOOD RITUAL MASK, CAMEROONPunuof Bapunu ritual carved wood mask, Cameroon, Africa, depicting a female with white face, representing an ancestor, the white representing peace, scarification marks at forehead...
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A LARGE INDIAN CARVED BLACK STONE KRISHNASCULPTURE 20th century, the youthful Krishna is depicted as a cowherd playing the flute, the lure of his music was irresistible to his female admirers, the gopis, who symbolize...
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TRIBAL: TIBETAN INSTRUMENTS, FOUR PIECES,HIMALAYAS, BONE, METAL, STONE, RITUAL BUDDHIST INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING: TWO HORNS MADE OUT O...TRIBAL: Tibetan Instruments, four pieces, Himalayas, bone, metal, stone, ritual...
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FOSCARINI RITUALS MODERN GLASS PENDANTCHANDELIER Foscarini Italian Modern minimalist pendant chandelier with three opaque white glass pendant elements. 35" H x 24" diameter....
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MINOR WHITE, PHOTOGRAPH, 1958 MinorWhite (American, 1908-1976), "Ritual Branch", original vintage gelatin silver photograph mounted on board, studio stamp verso, 3.5"squ (image), 11"h x 8.5"w (board)...
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Two Indian white metal ritual hand fans,one marked silver, approximately 363g/Provenance: The Rookery, Middlesex...
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CHINESE ARCHAIC STYLE RITUAL DING TRIPODVESSEL Possibly Western Zhou Dynasty (10th c. BCE), patinated metal, the bell-shaped body with studded rim and upright loop handles on round tapering legs, with elaborately...
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YELLOW CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE
ANDO MARK,TAISHO PERIOD ?? ??? ????? ????of baluster form with tall tapering neck and silver mount, the neck worked in musen(wireless) enamels with a band of white striations, the base...
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CHINESE ARCHAIC STYLE RITUAL DING TRIPODVESSEL Possibly Western Zhou Dynasty (10th c. BCE), patinated metal bowl, the bell-shaped body with studded rim and upright loop handles on round tapering legs, with elaborately...
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LARGE PAPUA NEW GUINEA CARVED WOOD PIGA Solid Hardwood 'Bunukwa' Pig with white engraved scarification, Massim region, Milne Bay, well proportioned, used as a throne in ritual, roughly 13" x 29" x 8", small shrinkage...
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Korean white glazed ritual vessel; withcalligraphic poem; 5 3/4" x 2 3/4" (approx.)...
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MATEO ROMERO (BORN 1966) MIXED MEDIAON PANELMateo Romero (Born 1966)End of the Line (2012)This depiction of a Cochiti Night Dance is signed lower left by Cochiti pueblo artist Mateo Romero, and titled verso...
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Whiting Judaica sterling Netilat Yedayimor hand washing cup New York circa 1900 large shaped vessel with Hebrew engraving pertaining to the Jewish ritual decorated with scrolling and floral base and leaf-capped...
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A Chinese pale green jade ''Jia'' ritualone handled vessel in the ''Archaistic'' manner on wooden stand 7.5ins (191mm) high (one leg repaired) and six green/white jade cylindrical cups 2.375ins (61mm) high...
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