46. EROTIC FOLK ART STANHOPE CANE -CA.1900 -FASHIONED ...46. Erotic Folk Art Stanhope Cane -Ca. 1900 -Fashioned of a natural branch with an integral handle grown at an angle and carved to depict a reclined nude...
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19TH C. NORTHWEST COAST NOOTKA HEALINGRITUAL BOWL**Originally Listed At $8500**
Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, Nuu-chah-nulth people (Nootka), ca. 19th century CE. A fascinating wooden bowl, made to...
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LARGE PROTO NAZCA POLYCHROME TEXTILEW/ STRIPES**Originally Listed At $850**
Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Proto-Nazca, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A gorgeous textile panel of a large form composed of tightly woven...
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EGYPTIAN GLAZED FAIENCE PENDANT OF STRIDINGNEPHTHYSEgypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A mold-formed faience pendant of Nephthys, the goddess of night and sleep, covered in lustrous...
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HUGE 20TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN MAIDU WOVENBASKETNative American, Western United States, California, Maidu, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A large handwoven basket with a flared rim and linear motifs. The basket...
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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...
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FINE FRANKISH / OSTROGOTH GILT SILVER& GLASS FIBULAWestern / Central Europe, Franks or Ostrogoths, ca. 5th to 6th century CE. An incredible 76% silver fibula or brooch of elegant form featuring a crescent-shaped...
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18TH C. DUTCH / USA GLASS ONION BOTTLES(PR)Western Europe, The Netherlands or Belgium, or United States, ca. 18th century CE. A lovely pair of mouth-blown onion glass bottles in a dark amber-green hue. These bottles...
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ROMAN GLASS DOUBLE UNGUENTARIUM W/ COBALTHANDLERoman, Imperial Period, ca. 4th century CE. A stunning, free-blown glass double unguentarium comprised of a conjoined pair of tubular chambers with folded rims - both...
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16TH / 18TH C. EUROPEAN MAPS OF NEWSPAIN (2)**Originally Listed At $300**
Cartographer: Gerard Mercator. "Hispaniae Novae Nova Descriptio" Published by I.E. Cloppenburgh, Amsterdam, 1632. AND Stieler's "Mexico...
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19TH C. INDONESIAN WOOD BOWL W/ ANCESTORHEAD**Originally Listed At $500**
Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sumba Island, ca. late 19th century CE. A lovely hand-carved wooden bowl, with an anthropomorphic head that forms...
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ANN CHRISTOPHER BRONZE - THROUGH THEDARK (1985)Ann Christopher (British, b. 1947). "Through the Dark" bronze sculpture, 1985. Stamped "AC 1.9" to indicate artist's initials and edition number on lower edge of...
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3 ARCHAIC NATIVE AMERICAN CHERT SPEARTIPSNative American, United States, Missouri, Transitional Archaic Period, ca. 1st millennium CE. A fine set of 3 hand-knapped chert spear points from modern-day Missouri....
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19TH C. TLINGIT / HAIDA BONE PENDANTEAGLE HEAD SHAMANNative American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit or Haida people, ca. 19th century CE. A marine mammal bone amulet and pendant in...
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JOHN COLLINS PHOTO - EXHIBITED AT 1933WORLD'S FAIRJohn F. Collins (American, 1888-1990). Bromoil gelatin silver print photograph, 1927. A striking "Machine Age" photograph of an adding machine by John F. Collins...
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PUBLISHED 19TH C. AFRICAN DAN WOOD KAGLEMASKWest Africa, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire, Dan peoples, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A fabulous example of a wooden mask from the Dan peoples known as a "kagle" (spirit...
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PAIR OF HUGE BYZANTINE STONE MOSAICSW/ GEOMETRIC MOTIF...Near Eastern, Eastern Empire, Early Byzantine Period, ca. 7th century CE. An opulent pair of ornamental floor or wall mosaics, each of a massive, rectangular...
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NECKLACE W/ ANCIENT ROMAN GLASS MILLEFIORIBEADSRoman, Imperial period, ca. 1st century CE. A gorgeous strand of 29 glass millefiori beads of various shapes - mostly spherical, some ovoid and cylindrical - as well...
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RARE & STUNNING 20TH C. MEXICAN SILVERDEVIL DANCE MASK...Latin America, Mexico, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A stunning festival mask made from high quality 88% silver but painted - the surface presents like...
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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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19TH C. JAPANESE EDO / MEIJI WOOD SHOKANNON BODHISATTV...East Asia, Japan, Edo to Meiji Period, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A beautiful wood carving of Sho Kannon the Japanese version of Guanyin or Avalokiteshvara,...
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20TH C. TIBET / NEPAL COPPER DANCE MASKOF CITIPATICentral Asia, Himalayan region, Tibet or Nepal, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A copper dance mask depicting the face of a Citipati, a skeletal protector deity...
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19TH C. TIBETAN SILVER / LEATHER CHUCKMUCK(FIRE START)...Central Asia, Tibet, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A gathering of 3 decorative leather straps and a belt pouch decorated with iron and gilt silver...
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MASSIVE 19TH C. TIBETAN SILVER CONCHSHELL TRUMPETCentral Asia, Tibet or Nepal, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A massive conch shell trumpet covered in a sterling silver repousse plating adorned with...
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20TH C. INDIAN RAJASTHAN JAIN BUDDHISTALTAR SHRINESouth Asia, Western India, Rajasthan, ca. mid-20th century CE. A cast-brass Jain Buddhist altar shrine of Buddha or Jain Tirthankara meditating under a canopy...
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LARGE CORINTHIAN SKYPHOS ANIMAL FRIEZE,TL TESTEDAncient Greece, Corinth, ca. 6th to 5th century CE. A wheel-thrown skyphos of sizable form with a flared discoid foot, an inverted bell-shaped body with swelling...
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EGYPTIAN DARK GLAZED FAIENCE USHABTIEgypt,Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A fine ushabti figure formed from faience that stands in mummiform atop an integral rectangular plinth with...
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RARE EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC GOLD RING INCISEDSTYLIZED PYRA...Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. A hand-built 22K gold ring of wearable form with a circular face incised with a stylized pyramid surrounded by...
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ANSEL ADAMS "MOONRISE, HERNANDEZ, NEWMEXICO" (1941)Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984). "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico" gelatin silver print, 1941. "Moon, Hernandez, New Mexico" was shot by Ansel Adams in the...
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DEARDORFF LARGE FORMAT FIELD CAMERACirca1950, Deardorff 8x10 field camera with front swings. Additional items included: C.P. Goerz Dagor 12" 305mm f6.8 lens, 4x5 back with original glass, 5x7 back, (5) 8x10 film...
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(6) VOLS. PHOTOGRAPHY & PHOTOGRAPHERSMostly softcover, includes: 1) Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Painting Photography Film. MIT Press, 1973; 2) Edward Weston On Photography. Gibbs M. Smith, 1983; 3) A.A.E. Disderi and...
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GROUP OF VARGA & ESQUIRE PINUP CALENDARS,1943-'54 Comprising: 1943, with unusual spiral binder across the entire top; 1947, incomplete, with nine sheets only; 1948, complete, with envelope; 1949, complete, with envelope...
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EPHEMERA: APPROXIMATELY 500 PIECES OFEARLY POSTCARDS, LETTERS AND EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY INCLUDING STEREOGRAPHS AND ONE CASED DAGUERREOT...EPHEMERA: Approximately 500 pieces of early postcards, letters and early photography...
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A GROUP OF IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM BOOKS ANDEPHEMERAA group of Imogen Cunningham books and ephemera, Eight works: Mann, Margery (intro). "Imogen Cunningham: Photographs." Seattle and London: University of Washington...
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Chinese carved white jade table screenQianlong period circa 1736-1795 upright rectangular panel finely carved in high relief on both sides with figures in boat on mountainous fluminous landscape with pavilion...
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Lot misc. dark room photography equipmentincluding condenser dry mount laminating press etc....
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