ATTRIB. TO GIUSEPPE BESSI (1857) ALABASTER& MARBLE "BE...DESCRIPTION: An attrib. to Giuseppe Bessi (1857-1922) Italian Renaissance style carved alabaster & marble bust depicting "Beatrice" after the character in Dante's...
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SILVER FIGURAL CANECa. 1890-Large silverhandle fashioned in the shape of a stylized and crested eagle head emerging of an eagle claw with four talons and with, what seems to be, a curving giant eagle claw in its...
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CHINESE QI LIMESTONE STELA W/ BUDDHA& BODHISATTVASEast Asia, China, Six Dynasties Period, Northern Qi Dynasty, ca. 550 to 577 CE. A gorgeous carved-limestone stela featuring a seated Buddha flanked by two bodhisattvas...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN PACHACAMAC TEXTILE PANEL- ORACLE SPIDERS...**Originally Listed At $500**
Pre-Columbian, Central / South Coast Peru, Pachacamac culture, ca. 1000 CE. A lovely fragmentary textile panel comprised...
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EGYPTIAN STEATITE RELIEF AMULET W/ DEITIESEgypt,Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A wonderful amulet, skillfully hand-carved from steatite to display the relief of 3 standing deities: Ptah, the creator...
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FINE OLMEC STONE STANDING WERE-JAGUARFIGUREPre-Columbian, Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A magnificent Olmec figurine expertly carved from beautiful deep black stone that demonstrates superb...
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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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ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF TROPAEUM FRAGMENT,CUIRASS & SHIELD...Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2ndto 3rd century CE. An exceptional marble relief fragment of a tropaeum or trophy monument depicting the spoils of war with...
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SUPERB AZTEC STONE COILED SERPENT /QUETZALCOATLPre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1325 to 1475 CE. An incredible stone carving of a serpent with the coils interlacing, forming a large and solid ball,...
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LIFESIZE+ 2ND C. GANDHARAN SCHIST HEADOF BUDDHACentral Asia, Gandharan Empire, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. An exceptional, larger-than-life head of the enlightened Buddha, skillfully sculpted from gray schist to...
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OLMEC STONE PENDANT - WERE-JAGUAR, EX-SCHMITT**OriginallyListed At $2000**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A remarkable andesite stone pendant or applique low relief carved into a figure...
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CHINESE SONG DYNASTY STONE BUDDHA HEAD**FirstTime At Auction**
East Asia, China, Song Dynasty, ca. 960 to 1270 CE. A sensitively hand-carved stone Buddha head, a piece from a larger sculpture that perhaps resided in...
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ROMAN LIMESTONE CIPPUS W/ MEDICAL GODS& INSCRIPTION**First Time At Auction**
Roman, Republican period, ca. 2nd to 1st century BCE. An important travertine limestone relief cippus or marker featuring the 3 gods...
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JALISCO POTTERY HUNCHBACK FIGURE, EX-SOTHEBY'S**FirstTime At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An evocative pottery hunchback figure depicted nude and lunging forward as he sits with...
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PALMYRENE ROMAN IMPERIAL HEAD DIVINITY/ WISDOM, TL'DNear East, Palmyra, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A graceful pottery head with huge eyes - a symbol of divinity or wisdom that is characteristic...
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ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FIGURE OF OSIRIS
EGYPT,LATE PERIOD, 664 - 332 B.C. bronze, gold and lapis lazuli, standing deity in typical mummiform pose, holding a crook and flail in his crossed hands, wearing the atefcrown...
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BRONZE DAOIST FIGURE OF VIRUPAKSHA
MINGDYNASTY ? ????????the Buddhist Guardian General is cast standing mightily on a trapezoid podium supported with four pillars enclosing openwork panels on a larger trapezoid...
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NIGERIAN BENIN LOST WAX BRONZE HEAD:Benin bronze head of Oba Nigerian African. Measures 16'' h x 10'' w x 7'' d. These heads are considered royal art and were place on altars to glorify a king or OBA who is...
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LEONARD BASKIN, LARGE INK DRAWING, 1967Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000), "The New Ugolino", depicting Ugolino devouring the head of Ruggieri from the Divine Comedy, ink and wash on paper, pencil signed and...
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SILVER-TONE METAL SANTO'S CROWN OF THORNSColonialstyle silver-tone metal saint's crown, to be mounted on the head of an altar figure, likely intended for a Santo Nino or Christ figure, woven crown of thorns issuing three...
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AFTER LEONARDO DI SER PIERO DA VINCI(ITALY, 1452 - 1519) "Five grotesque heads, and three heads of men in profile" c.1510-20, sanguine ink on laid paper, in oak frame, matted and glazed, OS: 12 3/4" square,...
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FIVE INDIAN PINK-BUFF SANDSTONE HEADSOF SHIVA AND OTHER DIVINITIES, H OF TALLEST: 10 INFive Indian Pink-Buff Sandstone Heads of Shiva and other Divinities, Central or Northern India, Madhya Pradesh or Uttar...
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SIX INDIAN PINK-BUFF SANDSTONE HEADSAND TORSOS OF DIVINITIES AND ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS, H OF TALLEST: 12 INSix Indian Pink-Buff Sandstone Heads and Torsos of Divinities and Architectural Elements, Central...
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FIVE INDIAN PINK-BUFF SANDSTONE HEADSOF DIVINITIES AND A HEAD OF A LION, H OF TALLEST INCLUDING STAND: 7-3/4 INFive Indian Pink-Buff Sandstone Heads of Divinities and a Head of a Lion, Central or Northern India,...
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FIVE INDIAN PINK-BUFF SANDSTONE HEADSOF DIVINITIES, H OF TALLEST: 8-1/2 INFive Indian Pink-Buff Sandstone Heads of Divinities, Central or Northern India, Madhya Pradesh or Uttar Pradesh, Gupta-Chalukya Period,...
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SIX INDIAN PINK-BUFF SANDSTONE OR POTTERYHEADS OF DIVINITIES ON HARDWOOD STANDS, H OF TALLEST (INCLUDING STAND): 8 INSix Indian Pink-Buff Sandstone or Pottery Heads of Divinities on Hardwood Stands, H of tallest...
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FIVE INDIAN BUFF SANDSTONE OR POTTERYHEADS OF DIVINITIES ON HARDWOOD STANDS, H OF TALLEST: 6-3/4 INFive Indian Buff Sandstone or Pottery Heads of Divinities on Hardwood Stands, H of tallest: 6-3/4 in...
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INDIAN PINK-BUFF POTTERY FIGURE OF SEATEDDIVINITY AND TWO HEADS OF DIVINITIES, EACH ON HARDWOOD STANDS, H OF TALLEST: 11 INIndian Pink-Buff Pottery Figure of Seated Divinity and Two Heads of Divinities, each on hardwood...
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SIX INDIAN PINK-BUFF POTTERY HEADS OFDIVINITIES ON HARDWOOD STANDS, H OF TALLEST: 6 INSix Indian Pink-Buff Pottery Heads of Divinities on Hardwood Stands, H of tallest: 6 in...
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AFRICAN BRONZE BELL Late 18th c. BeninBronze Bell form Divination Cup with Oba's Face having projecting features and images of two snakes climbing the back of the head, Nigeria, 2 1/2" tall, 4 3/8" diam. Age patina....
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SILVER-TONE METAL SANTO'S CROWN OF THORNSColonialstyle silver-tone metal saint's crown, to be mounted on the head of an altar figure, likely intended for a Santo Nino or Christ figure, woven crown of thorns issuing three...
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CHINESE PATINATED & PARCEL GILT METALVIRUDHAKA Patinated and parcel gilt metal Virudhaka, protector of the south and one of the Four Heavenly Kings, the deity is portrayed wearing a crown and armor and holding...
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GROUP OF AFRICAN CEREMONIAL AND MUSICALOBJECTS Africa,20th CenturyIncludes a guitar like instrument, divination bowl with bird figure, small carved figure, and a redware pottery head....
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5 vols. Science Fiction & Horror Fiction:Bradbury, Ray. The Graveyard for Lunatics. New York: Knopf, 1990. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. cloth & bds., d/j. Signed by Bradbury on front free endpaper recto. NF/F. * _ _. One...
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A Sterling Silver Niello Siamese Compact,ca. 20th Century Round shape with hinged lid and spring clasp; inside compartment with fitted hinged lid. Decorated with meticulously fine niello depicting Vishnu with symbols...
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Three Indian brass finials, 19th centuryeach modeled as the head of an unidentified Hindu divinity; the largest 3 7/8 in. H....
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