- THREE 19TH C. SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER
DRINKING CUPSSpanish Colonial, South America, probably Peru, ca. late 19th century CE. A lovely ensemble of 3 hammered silver drinking cups. The first 2 present elegant forms,...
[more like this] - NECKLACE W/ OLMEC JADE BEADS, DUCK HEAD
PENDANTPre-Columbian, southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec culture, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A stunning necklace comprised of nearly 100 ancient beads carved from omphacite jade,...
[more like this] - FANTASTIC EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEAD NECKLACE
- 19 STRANDSAncient Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, 21st to 31st Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. A fabulous necklace containing thousands of petite faience...
[more like this] - BEAUTIFUL BACTRIAN QUARTZ BEAD NECKLACECentral
Asia, Bactria, ca. 2000 to 1000 BCE. This is a stunning and wearable collection of 19 rock crystals or quartz beads, hand-cut and drilled in ancient times, gathered here and...
[more like this] - 17 ROMAN BRASS, BRONZE, GLASS, & AMETHYST
RINGSRoman, Imperial to Early Byzantine Period, ca. 1st to 6th century CE. A fabulous ensemble of 17 ancient rings - 7 brass, 6 leaded bronzes, 1 bronze, 1 leaded brass, 1...
[more like this] - 19TH C. AFRICAN IGBO BRASS OFO SHRINE
FIGUREWest Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fascinating brass ritual object known as an ofo, presenting a tubular form intended to...
[more like this] - GROUP OF 6 COLIMA REDWARE FIGURESPre-Columbian,
West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Coahuayana Valley type, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A wonderful ensemble of 6 pottery figures: 2 archaic "gingerbread"...
[more like this] - LURISTAN LEADED BRONZE FIGURES - RHYTON,
RAM & STAMPAncient Near East, Northwestern Iran and Northeastern Turkey, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A lovely ensemble of 3 leaded bronze figurines: a rhyton, a ram pendant,...
[more like this] - CHIMU BLACKWARE STIRRUP VESSEL W/ FRUIT
& VINESPre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A delightful pottery vessel exhibiting a wide hip, a rounded shoulder, a stirrup handle, and a tubular...
[more like this] - GUERRERO MEZCALA GREENSTONE BEAD NECKLACEPre-Columbian,
Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. A fabulous ensemble of 51 greenstone beads boasting hues of pistachio, celadon, seafoam, and cream with gray,...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN FAIENCE NECKLACE & BRACELET
W/ EYES OF HORUSAncient Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, 21st to 31st Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. A fine necklace and bracelet of wearable form, each constructed...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEAD NECKLACE W/ PAPYRUS
PILLARAncient Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, 21st to 31st Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. A lovely necklace of a wearable form that is constructed from dozens...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEADED CHOKER NECKLACEAncient
Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, 21st to 31st Dynasty, ca. 1076 to 332 BCE. A gorgeous choker necklace with a crescent-shaped form bedecked with dozens of...
[more like this] - HUARI JAGUAR JAR, EX-CHRISTIE'S, EX-DENVER
ART MUSEUMPre-Columbian, central highlands of Peru or Lake Titicaca region of Bolivia, Huari (Wari), ca. 6th to 9th century CE. A wonderful pottery jar in the form of a seated...
[more like this] - MOCHE GOLD TWEEZER IMPLEMENT ANTHROPOMORPHICPre-Columbian,
Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A fine pair of tweezers skillfully made from a hammered sheet of 50.89% (equivalent to over 12 karat) gold folded in...
[more like this] - ROMAN YELLOW GLASS FLASK W/ APPLIED
DECORATIONRoman, 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...
[more like this] - GREEK CAMPANIAN POTTERY HYDRIA W/ SATYR,
TL TESTEDAncient Greece, Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Campania, near present-day Ignazia, ca. 340 to 320 BCE. A spectacular pottery hydria from the Greek territories of...
[more like this] - RARE ARCHAIC NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTED
TUBULAR BANNERSTONE...Native American, Midwestern United States, Indiana, White County, Eastern Woodland, Archaic period, ca. 5000 to 1000 BCE. A rare type of bannerstone...
[more like this] - NATIVE AMERICAN MIDDLE WOODLAND STONE
EFFIGY PIPENative America, Midwestern / Southern USA, Middle Woodland period, ca. 200 to 1000 CE. A fascinating pipe, hand-carved from greenish-gray stone to display a tubular...
[more like this] - PANAMANIAN COCLE POLYCHROME EFFIGY VESSEL
JAGUAR HEADPre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle culture, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A lovely hand-built pottery jar with a rounded but stable base and a gently carinated...
[more like this] - MOCHE POTTERY SKELETAL FIGURE STIRRUP
VESSELPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A fabulous pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a figure with a globular body and a skeletal visage, all...
[more like this] - GREEK ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA, DIONYSIAN
& BATTLEGreek, Attic (Athens), ca. 480 BCE. A splendid pottery amphora adorned with black-figure decoration of a Dionysian scene on 1 side and 2 warriors on the other, both...
[more like this] - RECUAY FIGURAL DOUBLE-CHAMBER WHISTLE
VESSELPre-Columbian, Peru, Northern Highlands, Recuay culture, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A fascinating pottery whistle vessel comprised of 2 cuboid chambers with an anthropomorphic...
[more like this] - WEARABLE TAIRONA QUARTZ & ELECTRUM HUMMINGBIRD
NECKLACE...Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A wearable necklace comprised of 48 ancient quartzite crystal and carnelian beads with an electrum pendant...
[more like this] - WEARABLE NECKLACE W/ TAIRONA QUARTZ
BEAD & GOLD BIRDPre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A lovely necklace strung with semi-translucent gray chalcedony, black stones, 57.3% (equivalent to 13K+)...
[more like this] - MOCHE PHASE III / IV POTTERY STIRRUP
VESSEL 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...
[more like this] - 6TH C. EGYPTIAN COPTIC POTTERY AMPULLA
OF 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...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC TUFFACEOUS LIMESTONE
JARAncient Egypt, Early Dynastic Period to Old Kingdom, 2nd to 3rd Dynasty, ca. 2890 to 2613 BCE. A hand-carved stone jar with a graceful piriform body and a gently rounded...
[more like this] - ANCIENT LURISTAN BRONZE FINIAL ABSTRACT
ZOOMORPHS**Originally Listed At $1000**
Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran and southwestern Turkey, Caspian Sea region, Luristan culture, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A wonderful...
[more like this] - PAIR OF ROMAN GLASS VESSELS, AUBERGINE
& BLUE**First Time At Auction**
Roman, Imperial Period, Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A pleasing pair of glass vessels: an aubergine-hued unguentarium...
[more like this] - CHIMU POTTERY FIGURAL VESSELS W/ ZOOMORPHIC
MOTIFSPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A fantastic pair of Chimu artifacts: a grayware jar in the form of a figure bound by a coiled snake...
[more like this] - HUGE NAYARIT SEATED NUDE FEMALEPre-Columbian,
West Mexico, Nayarit, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A fabulous and quite massive clay sculpture of a seated female depicted nude with a long, rectangular torso,...
[more like this] - 19TH C. TLINGIT WOOD FISHING CLUB W/
ORCA WHALESNative American, North America, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Kwakwaka’wakw, Haida, or Tlingit, ca. late 19th to early-20th century CE. A...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN BRONZE THOTH WITH HIEROGLYPHS
& GREEK LETTERSEgypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 305 to 30 BCE. An exemplary leaded-bronze statue of Thoth, the ibis-headed god of writing, the moon, and generally all things intellectual....
[more like this] - NINE TUBULAR CHIME TALL CLOCK AMERICA,
20TH CENTURY HEIGHT 83.5”. WIDTH 20”. DEPTH 15.25”.NINE TUBULAR CHIME TALL CLOCK, America, 20th Century, Mahogany case. Broken arch pediment with central turned finial....
[more like this] - A Group of Eleven Mezcala Jade and Jadeite
Ornaments c. 200 BC - AD 300 including two tubular form ornaments as well as other beads and pendants of varying shapes and sizes each tubular length 2 3/4 in. Provenance:...
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