ANCIENT GREEK APULIAN RED-FIGURE FOOTEDASKOS Ancient Hellenistic Apulian Southern Italian ceramic terracotta askos, circa 350-330 B.C.E., the redware vessel hand-painted in glossy black with a seated female figure...
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ANCIENT ORIENTAL FIGURAL LIDDED URNDESCRIPTION:An ancient Oriental lidded urn, features double figural handles and a dragon decorated inlaid bronze motif. Finished with an animal formed handle adorned lid and raised on...
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A GROUP OF THREE SATSUMA PARCEL GILTAND POLYCHROME PAI... AND POLYCHROME PAINTED EARTHENWARES, IMPRESSED AND OVERGLAZE PAINTED MARKS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, each gilt and painted in traditional palette,...
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NEAR PAIR CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE LIDDEDVASESstamped iron red Tongzhi seal mark, enamel decorated with books, table screens, vases, flowers and fruits, planters, censers, and other precious objects, with calligraphic...
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PAIR OF ANCIENT LIDDED APULIAN OLPESGreek,probably 4th century BCE, two rare and unique polychrome vessels, decoration of Lady of Fashion and birds, lids in matching design, intricate knot form strap handles, 8-3/8...
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9 MINIATURE HITTITE, LURISTAN, & ROMANBRONZE FIGURINES...Ancient Near East, The Levant, Hittite culture, ca. first half of the 2nd millennium BCE; northwestern Iran and northeastern Turkey, Luristan, ca. 1000...
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TEOTIHUACAN POTTERY FIGURAL INCENSARIOLID TL'DPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A lovely incensario lid used to funnel the smoke from burning copal incense upwards and out of the...
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16TH C. TIBETAN IRON LIDDED BOWL W/SILVER INLAYCentral Asia, Tibet, ca. 16th to 17th century CE. A stunning iron bowl presenting a discoid foot, curved walls, a flared rim, and a circular lid. The exterior...
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INSCRIBED PALMYRAN MARBLE RELIEF W/BANQUETERNear East / Holy Land, Palmyra, Roman Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. An impressive Palmyran funerary relief, hand-carved from creamy white marble to depict a...
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GREEK POTTERY LIDDED LEKANISAncientGreece, Classical period, ca. 5th century CE. A wheel-thrown pottery lekanis with a broad lower body and a form-fitting lid. The lower half bears a squat foot, a hemispherical...
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12TH C. KHMER ANGKOR POTTERY LIDDEDSTUPA INCENSE JAR**First Time At Auction**
Southeast Asia, Cambodia or Northern Thailand, Khmer Empire (Angkor culture), ca. 12th to 14th century CE. This is a beautiful...
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RARE / INCREDIBLE HUARI POTTERY FUNERARYMASK TL TESTED...Pre-Columbian, Central Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. This is an amazing pottery mask that is slightly larger than life-sized of a stylized...
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PUBLISHED MAYA POTTERY RITUAL CACHEVESSEL W/ GIPre-Columbian, Central America, Guatemala, Peten region, Maya culture, Early Classic Period, Tzakol phase, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. An incredible and sizable...
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RARE LIFESIZE+ MAYA STUCCO HEAD OF ADIGNITARYPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A larger-than-life stucco head of a dignitary, portrayed here with projecting...
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PUBLISHED / HUGE GANDHARAN STUCCO BUDDHAHEADCentral Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 4th to mid-5th century CE. A larger-than-life stucco head of the enlightened Buddha, modeled in the traditional...
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HELLENISTIC GREEK ALABASTER LIDDED PYXIS,EX SOTHEBY'SAncient Near East, Mesopotamia to Eastern Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 5th to 3rd century BCE. This is a beautiful and elegant pyxis vessel hand carved from...
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EGYPTIAN WOOD & PAINTED GESSO SARCOPHAGUSMASKEgypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. An attractive sarcophagus mask that is hand-carved from hardwood and perhaps depicts a high-class...
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EGYPTIAN PAINTED / GESSO CEDAR SARCOPHAGUSMASKEgypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A gorgeous and endearing example of a mask that is hand-carved from finely grained cedar that would have attached...
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EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR W/ QEBEHSENUEFLIDAncient Egypt, Third Intermediate to early Late Dynastic (Saite) Period, 21st to 26th Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 525 BCE. A gorgeous and sizable canopic jar from ancient Egypt...
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IMPRESSIVE NAYARIT CHINESCO POTTERYSEATED NUDE MALEPre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco, Type C, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. An impressive pottery figure of a male shown seated with...
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EXCEPTIONAL JAMACOAQUE ZOOMORPHIC VESSELPre-Columbian,Ecuador, Jamacoaque culture, ca. 500 CE. A captivating pottery vessel in the form of a fantastical quadruped ornately decorated with incised and applied features, as well...
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LARGE CHINESE EASTERN ZHOU BRONZE DINGW/ LIDEast Asia, China, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A stunning and large leaded bronze ritualistic cauldron known as a ding vessel with a matched lid...
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GREEK APULIAN LIDDED LEKANIS W/ LADIESOF FASHIONMagna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A fine wheel-thrown lekanis with a shallow basin, pedestal foot, and lid beautifully decorated via the...
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TEOTIHUACAN POTTERY INCENSARIO OF RAINGOD TLALOC, TL'D...Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 150 to 650 CE. A marvelous and massive theatre-type incensario featuring an ornately decorated lid with...
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EGYPTIAN GLAZED FAIENCE RING - AEGISW/ SEKHMETAncient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1069 to 664 BCE. A stunning faience ring of delicate form comprised of a mold-made aegis attached...
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STUNNING MAYA GREENSTONE MASK (FOR KINGIN GRAVE)**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Maya Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A stunning mottled greenstone mask,...
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SUPERB CHONTAL STONE FACE MASK**FirstTime At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Chontal culture, Late Preclassic Period, ca. 300 to 100 BCE. A handsome mask carved from tan-brown stone...
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GANDHARA SCHIST LIDDED RELIQUARY W/FLORAL MOTIF**First Time At Auction**
Central Asia, Pakistan / Afghanistan, Gandhara, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A hand carved schist reliquary or casket jar, made from 2...
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EXHIBITED ROMAN BRONZE STATUE NUDE APOLLO**FirstTime At Auction**
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An exquisite bronze statue of Apollo in the nude standing in contrapposto with his left leg bent at the...
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RARE CHINESE HAN DYNASTY BRONZE HU VESSELW/ LID!**Originally Listed At $2500**
East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, 206 BCE to 220 CE. An elegant, pear shaped hu vessel, the iconographic program of this piece comes to...
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST ARDABIL TRIPOD VESSEL,TL TESTED**Originally Listed At $2000**
Ancient Central Asia, southern Azerbaijan and northern Iran, Ardabil region, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 2200 BCE. A fabulous tripod vessel...
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COSTA RICAN OLLA, BIRD FORM, EX-SCHMITT**OriginallyListed At $400**
Pre-Columbian, Costa Rican, Post-Classic Period, ca. 500 to 900 CE. A delightful pottery jar featuring an avianesque visage comprised of a triangular, beak-like...
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EGYPTIAN LATE DYNASTIC FAIENCE USHABTIW/ HIEROGLYPHSEgypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A lovely faience ushabti with finely delineated facial features as he stands mummiform atop an integral...
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MAYA STUCCO LIDDED CYLINDER BIRD HEADATOPPre-Columbian, Mexico and Guatemala, Mayan Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A tall cylinder vessel with a lid and bird head ring handle- the lid does not...
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RIO MAGDALENA MOSKITO POTTERY URN W/LID, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Northern Colombia, Rio Magdalena, Moskito, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A This is an incredible funerary effigy vessel with a figural lid, and a conical...
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RARE MINIATURE APULIAN LIDDED LEKANISLADY OF FASHIONMagna Graecia, South Italy, Apulia, ca. 4th century BCE. A lovely Greek lekanis, the lid decorated in red-figure with a pair of elegant Ladies of Fashion alternating...
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