AFRICAN HAND CARVED SCULPTURELarge AntiqueAfrican Banama Culture Hand Carved Female Fertility Sculpture with Iron Mounts. Measures 27-3/4" x 6-1/4". Condition: Surface scuffs, split to the wood otherwise good condition....
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SIR WM. RUSSELL FLINT WATERCOLOR BEACHSCENESir William Russell Flint (United Kingdom/Scotland, 1880 - 1969) watercolor on paper titled "Girls on the Beach" depicting three females sunbathing on a beach. Signed...
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FREDA DIESING TRIBAL MASK, 1979, ALDERWOODFreda Diesing (Canada, 1925 - 2002) decorative tribal mask inscribed to inside "Human face mask made of alder wood By Freda Diesing 1979". Hand carved of alder wood, cedar...
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CHIWARA HEADDRESS FROM BAMANA TRIBE,PAIRPair of headdresses from the African Bamana tribe, a carved and decorated complete set for male and female with original woven hats intact; tallest carving measures approximately...
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MASSIVE CHINESE MING DYNASTY STONE PANELW/ FOO DOGS**Originally Listed At $4000**
East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A beautiful hand-carved stone panel made from a massive piece of granite featuring...
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RARE MEZCALA STONE FEMALE VOTIVE - STYLIZEDVULVAPre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. A rare votive item, hand-carved and highly polished from a mottled brown stone into a stylized...
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1947 HAIDA WOOD & IVORY DZUNUKWA MASK,B. WILLIAMSNative American, Northwestern Canada, Haida, ca. 1947 CE. A stunning wood and walrus ivory mask of Dzunukwa (or Dzonokwa) or Wild Woman, skillfully hand-carved...
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ROMANO-EGYPTIAN CARVED BONE FRAGMENTMAIDENSEgypt, Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 1st century BCE to 4th century CE. Skillfully carved from bovine bone, a beautiful image of two female maidens, each one dressed...
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LOT OF 8 ANCIENT MEXICAN POTTERY & STONEOBJECTSPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE; West Mexico, Jalisco and Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 3rd...
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LATE ROMAN BONE CARVING OF A WOMAN W/JARRoman, late Imperial to early Byzantine Period, ca. 4th to 6th century CE. A beautiful sculpture of a woman, likely the Roman goddess Venus, meticulously hand-carved from...
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20TH C. MALI POLYCHROME WOOD PUPPETMAMI WATA**Originally Listed At $500**
West Africa, Mali, Bozo peoples, ca. 20th century CE. An impressive Bozo puppet depicting Mami Wata, the water deity and ultimate Mother...
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EARLY 20TH C. AFRICAN SONGYE WOODENMALE KIFWEBE MASK**Originally Listed At $400**
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Songye peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask...
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20TH C. INDONESIAN WOOD FEMALE FIGURE- AITOS**Originally Listed At $1000**
Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Timor Island, Tetum, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A stunning hand-carved wood female figure of sizeable...
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CHINESE QING DYNASTY STONE FU LION -"FOO DOG"**Originally Listed At $300**
East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 1644 to 1912 CE. An imposing stone carving of a fu lion, or "foo dog", on an integral stone plinth....
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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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HUGE 20TH C. MELANESIAN VANUATU SLITDRUM / TAMTAMOceania, Melanesia, Vanuatu, ca. early 20th century CE. A splendid and sizeable slit drum or tamtam, skillfully hand-carved from butterscotch-hued wood in the...
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2ND C. GANDHARAN SCHIST RELIEF NARRATIVEPANELNorthwest Pakistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A remarkable grey schist panel skillfully carved in high relief with two scenes divided by framed classical...
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EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM GRANITE HEAD- PRIEST / SCRIBEAncient Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 11th to 13th Dynasty, ca. 2030 to 1650 BCE. An attractive head carved from granite of a man with rounded features, perhaps...
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19TH C. PHILIPPINE IFUGAO WOOD BULULMALE IDOL FIGURESoutheast Asia, Philippines, Luzon Island, Ifugao culture, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a large hand-carved wooden guardian figure known...
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EASTERN ROMAN MARBLE FEMALE HEAD W/SEA ENCRUSTATIONSRoman, Eastern Empire, late Imperial Period, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A wonderful, attractive, and expressive example of a female head in provincial stylization...
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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...
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GREEK CLASSICAL MARBLE STELE, RELIEFOF WOMANAncient Greece, Classical to Hellenistic Period, ca. 5th to 3rd century CE. A stunning marble funerary stele hand-carved to depict the relief of a woman in profile....
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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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19TH C. PHILIPPINE IFUGAO WOOD NUDEMALE DEITY / BULULSoutheast Asia, Philippines, Luzon Island, Ifugao culture, ca. 19th to early 20th century. A fantastic hand-carved wooden male deity figure known as bulul...
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IMPORTANT TAINO MARBLE DUHO / CEREMONIALSTOOLPre-Columbian, Caribbean area, perhaps Dominican Republic, Taino (Arawak) Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. What a find! A magnificent marble ceremonial stool known as a...
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10TH C. INDIAN RAJASTHAN RELIEF LION,ELEPHANT, CONSORT...South Asia, India, Rajasthan, ca. 10th to 13th century CE. A remarkable figural relief sculpture, meticulously carved from sandstone to depict a lion,...
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PALMYRENE / ROMAN LIMESTONE HEAD YOUTHFULFEMALENear East, Palmyra, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A finely carved Palmyrene limestone head of a youthful female beauty, her quixotic visage comprised...
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17TH C. JAPANESE EDO NOH MASK HANNYA,EX MFA 1884**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, Japan, Edo period, ca. 17th to 18th century CE. A dramatic carved and painted wooden mask in the Noh style depicting a hannya,...
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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY BLACK GRANITE FOOLIONS (PR)**Originally Listed At $4500**
East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A wonderful pair of Buddhist foo lions or foo dogs (also "fu" lion or "fu" dog)...
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19TH C. AFRICAN CARVED / PAINTED NUDEANCESTOR COUPLE**Originally Listed At $2000**
West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A pair of tall hand-carved and painted wood figures, a...
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5TH C. EGYPTIAN COPTIC BONE PENDANT/ TALISMAN**Originally Listed At $400**
Egypt, Coptic culture, 5th to 8th century CE. A hand-carved ungulate or bovine bone idol of an abstract standing figure for use as...
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19TH C. PAIWAN WOOD SHAMAN BOX W/ FEMALEFIGUREEast Asia, Taiwan, Paiwan culture, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden shaman box depicting several stylized figures on the sides and lid. Atop the...
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9TH C. INDIAN STONE TEMPLE PANEL TRIMURTI& CONSORTSSouth Asia, India, Middle Kingdom period, ca. 900 to 1200 CE. A high relief stone panel carving of the Brahmanical Triad, flanked by a female consort, possibly Saraswati,...
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OKVIK CULTURE, CARVED FEMALE HUMAN FIGUREc. 200 BC-200 CE, Bering Strait, carved walrus tusk with dark brown encrusted patina, the oval head with classic features, slit mouth and finely etched eyebrow hairs, above...
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Ghana Mother and Child Fertility Sculptureca. 20th Century Carved wood female figure with child seated breast feeding part of a series of fertility sculptures depicting motherhood and the caring of children. With...
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A Chinese Ivory Carving of Figures RaisingBooks Cultural Revolution period depicting two female figures with hands raised thrusting the text into the air raised upon a trapezoidal base. Height 7 3/4 x width 4 1/4...
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