CHINESE BLUE & WHITE BOGU OR ANCIENTTHINGS BASIN Chinese blue and white 'Bogu' or Ancient Things basin, having a wide mouth with flared rim, and a flattened ovoid body on a footed base, the exterior decorated...
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CHINESE HAND PAINTED INK AND GOUACHESCROLL Chinese hand painted ink and gouache scroll, depicting Guanyin and the baby Buddha in an interior with Bogu or ancient things, both wearing a gilt and polychrome...
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TWO ANCIENT EGYPTIAN WOODEN SCULPTUREFRAGMENTS Two ancient Egyptian wooden sculpture fragments, both depicting a scribe's arm holding a scroll or quill, the larger having vestiges of pigment and gesso including...
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ANCIENT TERRACOTTA FRAGMENT IN SHADOWBOXAncient terracotta architectural fragment, likely Roman, circa 20AD, depicting a male bust framed by acanthus scrolls and anthemion, retaining vestiges of white slip, displayed...
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AFTER LANG SHINING A.K.A. GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE(ITALIAN... (ITALIAN 1688-1768) A CHINESE WATERCOLOR ON PAPER SCROLL PAINTING, "Three Frolicking Horses," LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, painted in colors as three horses galloping...
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A NAPOLEON III EGYPTIAN REVIVAL GILTBRASS AND COPPER M... BRASS AND COPPER MANTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1870, the alternating brass and copper dual handled urn with relief bouquet swag, stands atop a tapered obelisk...
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A NAPOLEON III NEO-GREC GILT METAL CLOCK,"ALLEGORY OF ... "Allegory of Poetry," 1852-1870, the figure of the Greek muse Calliope is crouching and seated on an ancient diphros stool seat raised on cloven-footed goat...
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19TH C. RUSSIAN WOODEN ICON - JOY OFALL WHO SORROWEastern Europe, Russia, ca. 19th century CE. A gorgeous wooden icon known as "Joy of All Who Sorrow" featuring the image of the Mother of God or Theotokos holding...
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ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO W/ NEOCLASSICALGOLD RINGRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE; Northern Europe, Neoclassical, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A beautiful Roman carnelian intaglio incised with the...
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19TH C. JAPANESE SILK SCROLL BY UKITAIKKEIUkita Ikkei (Japanese, 1795-1859). A beautiful 19th century silk painting mounted as a scroll by Ukita Ikkei, a significant figure in the revival of yamato-e painting,...
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ATTIC BLACK FIGURE AMPHORA, LIGHT-MAKECLASSGreece, Attic, Light-Make Class, ca. 540 to 480 BCE. An exceptional pottery neck amphora, meticulously decorated with hand-painted black-figure technique attributed to...
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RARE & STUNNING OLMEC JADEITE CEREMONIALPECTORALPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 1500 to 550 BCE. This astounding and rare jadeite pectoral or funerary mask has been skillfully pecked into...
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ROMAN MARBLE CAPITAL CORINTHIAN STYLE(WALL COLUMN)Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A gorgeous marble capital of a wall column from the Corinthian order boasting classic trompe l'oeil relief...
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RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $4000**
Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery...
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EXCEPTIONAL MAYA POTTERY SEATED SCRIBE,EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $18000**
Pre-Columbian, Mayan territories, Highlands, ca. 600 to 900 CE. In a word - breathtaking! Important, large and literally beyond...
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MAYA STONE FIGURE JAGUAR GUARDIAN, EX-SCHMITT**OriginallyListed At $2500**
Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, probably Guatemala, late Preclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 100 CE. A fabulous stone sculpture of a jaguar - an important animal...
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QI BAISHI HANDSCROLL PAINTING - SHRIMP,CRABS, FROGS**Originally Listed At $75000**
Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864-1957). Shrimp, Crabs, Frogs, and Aquatic Plants Handscroll Painting - ink and colors on paper, n.d. Signed...
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HUGE 5TH C. PERSIAN MARLIK PITCHER,TL TESTED**Originally Listed At $2500**
Central Asia, Persia, Gilan, Marlik / Cheragh-Ali Tepe, ca. 4th to 6th century CE. A beautiful and rare terracotta pitcher of magnificent...
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ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS PANEL W/ THEATERMASK**First Time At Auction**
Roman, Imperial period, probably Phrygia (modern Turkey), ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A breathtaking marble sarcophagus panel, festooned with...
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CANOSAN POTTERY VOLUTE KRATER W/ EQUESTRIAN& NIKE, TL**First Time At Auction**
Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, Canosa, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A gorgeous polychrome volute krater, meticulously hand-painted...
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MASSIVE GNATHIAN POLYCHROME SKYPHOS,TL TESTED**First Time At Auction**
Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 360 to 325 BCE. A magnificent pottery skyphos finely hand-painted in intricate decoration of...
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RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,EX-SCHMITT**Originally Listed At $4000**
Pre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery...
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ANCIENT THAI BAN CHIANG BICHROME JAR,EX SOTHEBY'S**Originally Listed At $750**
Ancient Southeast Asia, Thailand, Ban Chiang, Udon Thani province, Baan Pulu people, ca. 300 BCE to 200 CE. A beautiful example...
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HUGE 5TH C. PERSIAN MARLIK PITCHER,TL TESTED**Originally Listed At $2500**
Central Asia, Persia, Gilan, Marlik / Cheragh-Ali Tepe, ca. 4th to 6th century CE. A beautiful and rare terracotta pitcher of magnificent...
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ROMAN SIDONIAN GLASS FLASK BACCHIC IMAGERY**OriginallyListed At $1500**
Roman, Sidonian, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. Wow! An opulent mold-made glass flask boasting gorgeous relief decoration of Bacchic imagery: a row of wine...
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RUSSIAN ICON - MOTHER OF GOD (THEOTOKOS)EasternEurope, Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (current-day Russia), ca. second or third quarter of 20th century CE. Painted in egg tempera and gesso on wood, a striking icon...
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CHINESE HAN DYNASTY POLYCHROME FUNERARYHU, TL TESTEDEast Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A beautiful funerary "hu" vessel that was used for storing offerings of wine for the deceased. The surface...
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RARE MAYA POTTERY BOWL CARVED GLYPHS,EX-SCHMITTPre-Columbian, Maya culture, Guatemala, Late Classic period, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Truly a wonder to behold - an incredibly rare pottery bowl exquisitely carved with...
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PAIR ANCIENT ROMAN PARCHMENT SCROLLREPRODUCTIONS Ex-museum, acquired 1936, ink on animal hide parchment with scroll case, mounted in plastic display case, scrolls are identical passages from "The Satires of...
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A Chinese Porcelain Beaker Vase Afteran ancient bronze shape the vase decorated in underglaze blue dragon and scroll pattern and accented with overglaze green and red enameling. Jiajing mark under the rim but...
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An Important American Rococo Carvedand Laminated Rosewood Center Table c. 1850 attributed to John Henry Belter New York the serpentine white marble top above a conforming pierced skirt with grapevine carving...
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A Fine Chinese Carved Rosewood MountainFinelycarved to depict elders under an ancient pine one elder holding a scroll with four characters one holding a ruyi scepter one holding a boy and the other helping to hold the...
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THREE SMALL IMPRESSED GRAY POTTERY VESSELSWARRING STATES One a globular bowl with deep thinly potted sides impressed with a fine mesh pattern and applied with two s-scroll appliques below the rim; the other two miniature...
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CHINESE PAINTED GRAY POTTERY BOX ANDCOVER The bowl and cover painted in salmon pink and pale greenish white with bands of sweeping interlaced scrolls set between decorative salmon-pink borders the bowl raised...
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Pair Barrel-Back Garden Seats Italian,early 20th century, in the ancient style, cast stone, each with relief decoration depicting a winged god flanked by scroll decoration, winged ram arms and arm supports, 27-1/2...
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15 ancient grease lamps: molded ceramic,some with relief decoration, one with soldier, one with figure on horseback, one with quadruped, one with scrolled decoration, five with handles, possibly Greek and/or Roman,...
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