- CHINESE FIGURE OF ZHENWU & ATTENDANTS
Chinese turquoise fahua glazed biscuit figure of the Daoist deity Zhenwu and his attendants, the personification of the North depicted seated on a throne with a snake...
[more like this] - ROMAN PERIOD TERRACOTTA UNGUENTARIUMS
(3)Presented in this lot are three (3) Roman Period Terracotta Unguentariums, circa 1st century BC-1st century AD. Provenance: Private collection Big Sky, Montana. An unguentarium,...
[more like this] - 16TH C. SPANISH COLONIAL STEEL / IRON
BROAD RAPIERWestern Europe or North America, Spain or Mexico, Spanish Colonial Period, ca. 16th century CE. A striking broad rapier, known as an espada ropera in Spanish or...
[more like this] - LARGE ROMAN POTTERY AMPHORA W/ MARINE
ENCRUSTATIONSRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A sizable and superb, wheel-thrown pottery transport amphora with a slender nubbin base, a globular body with...
[more like this] - 18TH C. SPANISH COLONIAL ANIMAL HIDE
PETACA**Originally Listed At $600**
North America, New Mexico, Spanish Colonial period, ca. late 18th to early 19th century CE. A fine example of a Spanish Colonial petaca...
[more like this] - SICAN-LAMBAYEQUE WOOD THRONE FOR AN
EMPERORPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican-Lambayeque, ca. 750 to 1375 CE. A hand-carved wooden throne from the Sican-Lambayeque Empire which was known for creating the...
[more like this] - PAIR OF HUGE BYZANTINE STONE MOSAICS
W/ 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...
[more like this] - STUNNING SICAN SILVER & TURQUOISE LORD
AQUILLA VESSEL**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque or Chimu culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A silver drinking vessel with portrait-like...
[more like this] - 16TH C. EUROPEAN BOXWOOD RELIEF CARVING,
ALLIANCE SCENE...**Originally Listed At $2500**
Northern or Western Europe, probably Germany or Italy, Renaissance period, ca. 16th to 17th century CE. A remarkably intricate...
[more like this] - ROMAN POTTERY TRANSPORT AMPHORA W/ MARINE
ENCRUSTATIONS...Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A quintessential terracotta transport amphora enveloped in extensive oceanic encrustations from centuries...
[more like this] - 3RD C. ROMAN BYZANTINE TILE - FACE W/
HALO, TL TESTEDLate Roman / Byzantine Empire, North Africa, Tunisia, Carthage, ca. 3rd to 4th century CE. A lovely mold-made terracotta tile in low relief with a face within...
[more like this] - Sir Thomas Lawrence portrait (British,
1769-1830), "Mrs. Thomas Babington" (died 1845), circa 1811, half length, wearing a white empire gown with a peach shawl, jeweled brooch, hair tied in a scarf, written...
[more like this] - RILEY WHITING WINCHESTER CT - 30-hour
wooden movement shelf clock ca. 1832. Riley Whiting (1785-1835) ran a large clock manufacturing operation on the Mad River just north of present-day Winsted CT. He went...
[more like this] - OUTSTANDING EMPIRE PERIOD NORTH SHORE
DRESSING STAND: Attrib. to A. Quervelle, Phila. Flame mahogany veneer, one drawer stand with pressed glass pulls. Lift top with mirrored interior, lift top desk surface and...
[more like this] - French Empire tall case clock, case
with dovetailed construction and highly figured veneers with pine secondary, pitched pediment, gilt bronze mounts, arched dial with painted winter scene centering a moon dial,...
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