FINE CHINESE ANCESTOR REVERSE PAINTINGON GLASSFramed Chinese ancestor painting, early 20thc., reverse painted on glass, depicting seated male figure in elaborate gold dress, characters to upper left and upper...
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FINE CHINESE ANCESTOR REVERSE PAINTINGON GLASSFramed Chinese ancestor painting, early 20thc., reverse painted on glass, depicting seated male figure in elaborate dress, characters to upper left and upper right,...
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FINE CHINESE ANCESTOR REVERSE PAINTINGON GLASSFramed Chinese ancestor painting, reverse painted on glass, depicting seated female figure in elaborate dress, sight: approx 25"h, 17.5"w, overall: approx 27"h, 19"w,...
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CHINESE ANCESTOR PORTRAIT SILK PAINTING,19THC. large Chinese ancestor portrait painting on silk, dated to 19th C, large painting depicting many generations of 8 ancestors, both male and female sitting in two columns,...
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Old Chinese Seated Ancestor CeramicFigure with Sack 10'' - Some chipping to hat...
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CHINESE ANCESTOR SCROLL PAINTINGDESCRIPTION:An antique Chinese ancestor scroll painting. Features the portrait of a regal female figure in multi-colored decorated garb. Mounted in a black painted gilt accented frame....
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LATE QING CHINESE ANCESTOR PORTRAITLateQing Chinese ancestor portrait, ink and color on paper, depicting three figures, two women and one man. The central male figure is dressed in a vibrant blue surcoat with a...
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TAINO STONE ZEMI W/ TRANSFORMATION FIGUREPre-Columbian,Hispaniola, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino / Arawak Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. Among the only items specifically referenced by Spanish chroniclers of the 15th century,...
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FINE TAINO / ARAWAK STONE ZEMI FIGUREPre-Columbian,Caribbean, Taino culture, Arawak People, ca. 15th century CE. A superb hand-carved stone figural effigy in ovoid form presenting a highly stylized figure known as a zemi....
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RARE TAINO STONE ZEMI STAMP W/ LINEARGLYPHSPre-Columbian, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. This is a remarkable hand-carved zemi figural stamp made from a creamy white quartzite stone...
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19TH C. INDONESIAN WOOD ANCESTOR FIGUREFOR A CANOEOceania, Indonesia, west New Guinea, Huon Gulf / Geelvinck Bay (Cenderawasih Bay), Poon village, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. An impressive, hand-carved ancestor...
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FINE TAINO STONE AXE W/ ZEMI FACEPre-Columbian,Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. This is an amazing and fine polished stone effigy axe featuring an abstract zoomorphic or anthropomorphic zemi figure...
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REMARKABLE TAINO STONE ZEMI FIGURE HOLDINGWEAPONPre-Columbian, Caribbean/Florida, Arawak People, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. A fascinating stone carving of a stylized figure known as a zemi, presenting an ovoid form....
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LARGE WARI WOOD STAFF FINIAL W/ ANCESTORFACE & REPTILE...Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. An impressive hand-carved wooden staff or finial with a head atop a lengthy pole...
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19TH C. INDONESIAN WOOD BOWL W/ ANCESTORHEAD**Originally Listed At $500**
Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sumba Island, ca. late 19th century CE. A lovely hand-carved wooden bowl, with an anthropomorphic head that forms...
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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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ORNATE 20TH C. MAORI WOOD CANOE TAUIHUPROWOceania, New Zealand, Maori, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. This is an incredibly ornate canoe prow known a tauihu with several figure heads, hand-carved from wood,...
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20TH C. DRC HEMBA KUSU WOOD POWER FIGURE,EX-DARTEVELLE...Central Africa, Dominican Republic of Congo, Hemba / Kusu peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fantastic and fascinating wooden power figure known as a kakudji,...
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FINE EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM LIMESTONEUSHABTIAncient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1077 BCE. An ancient Egyptian ushabti, carved from a single piece of limestone standing with fused legs...
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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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19TH C. SUMATRA BATAK WOOD MEDICINALVESSEL W/ SINGASoutheast Asia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Toba Batak peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fabulous hand-carved priest's container known as naga marsarang,...
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19TH C. NIAS WOOD ADU ZATUA PANEL, EXBONHAMSSoutheast Asia, Indonesia, North Sumatra Province, Nias Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fabulous wood architectural panel featuring a high relief carving...
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DELIGHTFUL ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP - EROTICSATYRRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A delightfully well-endowed bronze oil lamp in the form of a squatting satyr. His faun's lower body is crouched, with...
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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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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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PAIR, CHINESE GOUACHE FIGURAL ANCESTORPORTRAITS Chinese. Pair of figural ancestor paintings in gouache and watercolor on silk. Unsigned. Approx. 21.25" x 17.125" (frame), 11.25" x 7.25" (sight)....
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EIGHTEEN CHINESE PAINTINGS ON SILK 20THCENTURYEIGHTEEN CHINESE PAINTINGS ON SILK, 20th Century, 1-6) Six double-page story boards depicting figures in various daily life pursuits and a folding painting of birds....
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CHINESE ANCESTOR PORTRAIT SILK PAINTING,19THC. large Chinese ancestor portrait painting on silk, dated to 19th C, large painting depicting many generations of 8 ancestors, both male and female sitting in two columns,...
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SELECTION OF INDIGENOUS STYLE WOOD CARVINGSIncluding a Chinese male ancestor figure; an Ekoi standing female figure; a Teke power figure; a Baule asie usu; and a Luba stool....
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FRAMED CHINESE GOUACHE ANCESTRAL PORTRAITFramedChinese ancestor portrait, gouache painting on paper, depicting seated male figure, some spotting throughout, sight: approx 46.25"h, 29.25"w, overall: approx 52"h, 34 7/8"w,...
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JAPANESE & CHINESE FIGURAL SCULPTURESComprising a Japanese Carved wood figure of a seated samurai, attributed to Shoin Yoshida, 19th century or earlier, with losses; and a Chinese carved and lacquered ancestor...
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Chinese Male Ancestor Scroll Chinese.A painted scroll on rice paper depicting a male ancestral figure seated underneath a large block of calligraphic text; 69.5 x 34.25 in. (176.5 x 87 cm). Condition: Loss of...
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Framed Chinese Double Ancestor Scroll,Kuang Hsu period (1875-1908), gouache on paper, with a figural silk border, depicting a Civil official of the first rank and his wife, he in informal robes and she with rank...
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PAIR OF CHINESE ANCESTOR PAINTINGS.On silk depicting enthroned male and female figures seated on tiger skins. Female figure with gilt accents. In black painted faux bamboo frames 15 1/2'' h. 12 1/2'' w. ...
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