EGYPTIAN ANTIQUE BLUE FAIENCE GROUPING(4 PCS) 4 different mounted Egyptian faience pottery groupings. 1) a 2" tall blue depiction of a god, together with a falcon headed depiction of another god (Horus?), 2)...
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A Large Jain-Style Marble Figure ofa Seated Jina, Together With a Polychromed Wood Shrine, 18th Century The figure carved seated on a cushion and exhibiting a shrivatsa mark between his smooth pectorals; figure...
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VERACRUZ LORD IN REGAL ATTIRE, EX-HOLLYWOOD,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A remarkable ceramic figure: a standing lord with a lifelike face and elaborate costume....
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TEOTIHUACAN POTTERY FIGURAL INCENSARIOLID TL'DPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A lovely incensario lid used to funnel the smoke from burning copal incense upwards and out of the...
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EARLY 20TH C. NIGERIAN YORUBA WOOD EREIBEJI FIGUREWestern Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden standing figure, known as an ere ibeji, that traditionally comes in a...
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CHANCAY POTTERY DOUBLE CHAMBER VESSELW/ FIGUREPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 CE. A wonderful, bridge-spouted, double-chambered vessel adorned in black and cream pigments. Mold-made, the fascinating...
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LOVELY CHANCAY BICHROME WHISTLING VESSELW/ FIGUREPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 CE. A fabulous, musical whistling vessel comprised of 2 discoid vessels atop conical feet, all intricately painted...
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ZAPOTEC MONTE ALBAN IV POTTERY DOUBLEINCENSARIOPre-Columbian, Oaxaca, Mexico, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban IV, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A mold-made ceramic double incensario, in the form of a seated lord, with two...
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JAMACOAQUE POTTERY VESSEL - TRANSFORMEDJAGUAR SHAMANPre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque (Jama Coaque), ca. 100 to 500 CE. An extremely expressive pottery vessel in the form of a snarling jaguar with almond-shaped...
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SICAN GOLD REPOUSSE DEPICTION OF NAYLAMP- 6.4 GPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican/Lambayeque, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A remarkable example of the exceptional luxury arts created by the Sican/Lambayeque peoples,...
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EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM WOOD STRIDINGMALE FIGUREAncient Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 11th to 13th Dynasty, ca. 2130 to 1649 BCE. A wonderful example of a hand-carved wooden male figure, perhaps a servant in a tomb...
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RARE ECUDORAN LA TOLITA BONE FIGURALCARVING**Originally Listed At $800**
Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, La Tolita (sometimes Tumaco), ca. 350 BCE to 350 CE. A rare example of a stylized anthropomorphic figure carved...
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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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18TH C. SPANISH SANTO OF CHRIST CHILDON ORNATE BASEEurope, Spain, ca. 19th century CE. Expertly carved in the round from elephant tusk, a Santo of the Christ Child with a cherubic visage featuring liberally lashed...
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MISSISSIPPIAN SHELL GORGET W/ COSMOLOGICALFIGURENative American, United States, Eastern Woodland, Mississippian, ca. 200 to 1500 CE. This is a beautiful and rare incised and openwork gorget made from a white shell...
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RARE MISSISSIPPIAN SHELL GORGET W/ COSMOLOGICALFIGURES...Native American, Southeastern United States, Eastern Woodland, Mississippian, ca. 200 to 1000 CE. This is a beautiful and rare incised and openwork gorget made from...
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VERACRUZ HUASTEC POTTERY STANDING FEMALESHAMANPre-Columbian, central Mexico, northern Veracruz, Huastec culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A fantastic standing ceramic figure of a woman boasting applied decorative ornaments...
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MASSIVE MOCHE COPPER PANELS AI APECFIGURE (8 PCS)Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche culture, ca. 300 to 500 CE. This is a spectacular and rare copper depiction of the god Ai Apaec (also Ai Apec) as a near...
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ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF TROPAEUM FRAGMENT,CUIRASS & SHIELD...Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2ndto 3rd century CE. An exceptional marble relief fragment of a tropaeum or trophy monument depicting the spoils of war with...
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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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19TH C. NORTHWEST COAST BONE ZOOMORPHICPECTORALNative American, United States and Canada, Pacific Northwest Coast, probably Tlingit, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved whale bone pectoral in the form...
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MOCHE PHASE III / IV POTTERY STIRRUPVESSEL OF AI APECPre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche culture, Phase III to IV, ca. 350 to 700 CE. An evocative, mold-made stirrup vessel in the form of the chief deity of...
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RARE 18TH C. TIBETAN GILT BRASS SNOWLION PLAQUESCentral Asia, Tibet, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. An exceptional pair of brass Tibetan Snow Lion repousse plaques each adorned with a gilt body and a verdigris...
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RARE TAIRONA EFFIGY VESSEL CONJOINEDMAN & WOMAN**Originally Listed At $1800**
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca.1000 to 1550 CE. A hand-built earthenware effigy vessel of a conjoined type with a pair of...
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EGYPTIAN SEBENNYTIC-PTOLEMAIC GLASSINLAY**First Time At Auction**
Egypt, perhaps the city of Sebennytos, Late Dynastic (30th Dynasty) to Ptolemaic Period, Sebennytic-Ptolemaic Period, ca. 380 to 30 BCE. A...
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ZAPOTEC POTTERY SEATED GOD COCIJO VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban III, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A magnificent ceramic vessel in the form of a seated god, Cocijo or Cociyo, the...
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MAYA JADE FIGURAL PECTORALS LORDS /DEITIES (2)Pre-Columbian, Maya Territories, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A lovely pair of omphacite jade pendants, both stringcut to feature a lord or deity with...
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A MIXTEC-STYLE XANTIL DEITY CENSERAMixtec-style xantil deity censer, Late Postclassic Period (circa 1200–1500) or later Likely Mixtec or Nahua, the anthropomorphic, ceramic effigy brazier in the form of...
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COLIMA EARTHENWARE FIGURAL VESSEL SouthwesternCoast of Mexico, circa 300 B.C. - 400 A.D.; modeled as a seated man, arms raised asymmetrically, wearing a large pectoral, 12 1/4 in. H....
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? LIFE-SIZED ANCIENT ROMAN MARBLE TORSOOF A YOUNG MAN
C. 1ST - 2ND CENTURY AD carved marble, the figure shown in resting contrapposto, with the weight placed on the left leg, the torso with a subtle twist to further...
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Large Darien Region Culture Gold AnthropomorphicPectoral, 1-500 A.D., Colombia, the human figure with trapezoidal head, triangular nose, bead eyes, long legs, stylized feet, and wire-like hands, depicted holding a pair...
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FREDERICK WILLIAM MACMONNIES (american1863-1937) "PAN OF ROHALLION" Inscribed 'Frederick MacMonnies / copyright 1894 / Paris 1890' on reverse of sphere; also inscribed 'TO PAN OF ROHALLION ANNO DOMINI MDCCCLXL'...
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Darien Region Culture AnthropomorphicTumbaga Pectoral, 1-500 A.D., Colombia, in the gold and copper alloy called "tumbaga", the highly stylized human figure with horizontally bisected circles for eyes and double...
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