18th-19th Century. Collection of thirty-eightladles. coin silver, sterling silver. result: $5,000. estimate: $3,000–5,000. Lot includes one spoon by important Canadian silversmith Laurent Amiot (Quebec, late 18th or...
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ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY(Massachusetts/British,1737-1815)
Portrait studies for The Death of the Earl of Chatham , after the painting held by The Tate Gallery on loan to the National Portrait Gallery, London, oil over...
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3 LURISTAN BRONZE IBEX PENDANTS, 1 W/DOUBLE HEADAncient Near East, northwestern Iran and Turkey, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A handsome trio of Near Eastern cast bronze ibexes, each stylized with high horns...
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FINE ROMAN GLASS RIBBON BRACELET W/GREAT IRIDESCENCERoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A gorgeous bracelet of annular form shaped by hand from nearly opaque, aubergine-hued glass that has darkened...
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EXHIBITED COLIMA REDWARE RECLINATARIO,EX MUSEUMPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An impressive hand-made pottery reclinatario with one side in the form an abstract zoomorph, perhaps a...
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PUBLISHED ANATOLIAN BEYCESULTAN MARBLEIDOL, EX EDEAncient Near East, modern day Turkey, Anatolia, Beycesultan type, Early Bronze Age I-II, ca. 3200 to 2300 BCE. A captivating, hand-carved marble figural effigy...
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ROMAN LEAD SARCOPHAGUS PANEL, EX-ARTEPRIMITIVORoman, Holy Land / Phoenicia, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A remarkable lead sarcophagus panel executed in relief divided into 2 quadrilateral frames with braided borders,...
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LOVELY & IMPORTANT ROMAN SILVER STATUETTEOF VENUSRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to early 3rd century CE. An exquisite statuette cast from 70% to 75% silver depicting Venus (Greek Aphrodite), the goddess of love,...
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SICAN LAMBAYEQUE SILVER VOTIVE PLAQUEFLORA & FAUNAPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A stunning sheet plaque formed from hammered high-grade (98%) silver of a rectangular...
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ROMAN 15K+ GOLD PENDANT CRESCENT SHAPED,8.5 GRoman, Hellenistic to Imperial Period, ca. 1st century BDE to 1st century CE. A gorgeous 15K+ gold (72% gold, equivalent to just under 18K) pendant of an overall crescent...
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EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM POLYCHROME USHABTIFOR BA-SHA-WERAncient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reigns of Amenhotep III to Akhenaten, ca. 1360 to 1330 BCE. A lovely example of a hand-built pottery ushabti of slender...
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LARGE TLATILCO POTTERY FEMALE FIGURE,EX ARTE PRIMITIVO...**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 1200 to 200 BCE. An exemplary hand-built pottery sculpture of a standing female...
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ROMAN PARTHIAN GLASS CUP, EX-ROYAL ATHENA**OriginallyListed At $1400**
Roman, Parthian, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A squat, free-blown, emerald-green glass cup with a concave base and a rough pontil scar, short...
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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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RARE MESOPOTAMIAN TELL BRAK STONE DOUBLEEYE 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...
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ROMAN YELLOW GLASS FLASK W/ APPLIEDDECORATIONRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A lovely free-blown green glass vessel with a concave base and smooth pontil, spherical body, a squat tubular...
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ROMANO-EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK,EX-CHRISTIE'SIt's not often we start a listing by stating the provenance, but in this case the pedigree is almost as impressive as the piece. Sold - Christies, December 1996;...
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RARE MESOPOTAMIAN TELL BRAK STONE DOUBLEEYE 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...
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LARGE / EXPRESSIVE ROMAN MARBLE SPOUT- LION HEAD FORMRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 3rd century CE. A finely carved marble lion-headed spout, likely from an ancient fountain, with wonderful deep drilling characteristic...
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MOCHE POLYCHROME STIRRUP VESSEL - PORTRAITHEAD FORMPre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A gorgeous example of a hand-built pottery vessel with a planar base, a head-shaped body,...
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DYNAMIC GREEK CANOSAN MASKED ACTOR &MAIDENAncient Greece, Magna Graecia, Apulia, Canosan Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd century BCE. A fascinating and rare ceramic figure, dynamically posed, featuring a masked...
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6TH C. EGYPTIAN COPTIC POTTERY AMPULLAOF SAINT MENASEgypt, Abu Mina, Coptic Culture, ca. 6th to 8th century CE. A delightful pottery pilgrim flask or ampulla presenting a flattened, discoid body adorned on each...
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EGYPTIAN GLAZED FAIENCE RING - AEGISW/ SEKHMETAncient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1069 to 664 BCE. A stunning faience ring of delicate form comprised of a mold-made aegis attached...
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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 MAYA CARVED SHELL TINKLER W/ SCREAMINGSKULL FACE**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico Yucatan to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An incredible and expressive olive...
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MASSIVE 14TH C. THAI AYUTTHAYA STONEBUDDHA HEAD**Originally Listed At $6000**
Southeast Asia, Thailand, Ayutthaya Kingdom, ca. 14th to 16th century CE. A red sandstone buddha head that is slightly over life-sized,...
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EXHIBITED ROMAN BRONZE STATUE NUDE APOLLO**FirstTime At Auction**
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An exquisite bronze statue of Apollo in the nude standing in contrapposto with his left leg bent at the...
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EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CYLINDER VESSEL,EX SOTHEBY'S**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Egypt, Early Dynastic Period, 1st to 2nd Dynasty, ca. 3150 to 2686 BCE. A gorgeous vase of a slender form that is hand-carved...
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19TH C. AFRICAN IGBO SPIRIT MASKS OKOROSHIOJO STYLE**Originally Listed At $750**
Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A pair of dark wooden masks in the Okoroshi Ojo style carved...
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JALISCO POTTERY HUNCHBACK FIGURE, EX-SOTHEBY'S**FirstTime At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An evocative pottery hunchback figure depicted nude and lunging forward as he sits with...
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17TH C. INDIAN MUGHAL WALRUS IVORY ARCHER'SRING**Originally Listed At $500**
Near East, Mughal Empire, ca. 17th century CE. An elegant archer's ring, hand-carved from walrus ivory in a traditional form with a pointed...
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TALL TLATILCO POTTERY FEMALE FIGURE,EX-ARTE PRIMITIVOPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 1200 to 200 BCE. An exemplary hand-built pottery sculpture of a standing female presenting bulbous legs, wide...
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GREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX W/ NUDEEPHEBESAncient Greece, Athens / Attic, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A remarkable pottery kylix adorned with red-figure decoration of nude ephebes and athletes as well as geometric...
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COSTA RICAN NICOYA GREENSTONE FIGURALAXE GOD CELTPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rican, Nicoya region, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 300 to 500 CE. An intriguing and abstract anthropomorphic figure known as an...
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ROMAN BRONZE NUDE FIGURE OF PRIAPUSRoman,Imperial period, ca. 2nd century CE. An excellent leaded bronze figure of the Greco-Roman god Priapus - god of fertility and protector of vegetation, livestock, and male genitals...
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RARE ROMAN COPPER APPLIQUE - HORSE HEADRoman,Imperial period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A fine and quite rare copper applique in the form of a horse head, naturalistically rendered with fleshy folds of skin lining the...
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