- No Reserve Important Antique 12th century
Japanese - carved wood figure of a seated Buddha. Unkei (1150–1223). Dated 1198 Kamakura period. Carved in the warihagi zukuri technique and seated in the lotus position....
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HUNTSMAN Tankard. An exceptional Georgian period English silver footed tankard executed in the repousse style. This tankard features a delightful hunt scene depicting a huntsman...
[more like this] - A JAPANESE BUDDHIST PRIEST GOLD AND
SILVER WOVEN SILK B... SILVER WOVEN SILK BROCADE KESA ROBE, EDO/MEIJI PERIOD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, of rectangular form and finely woven with circular floral mons on a golden...
[more like this] - VERACRUZ LORD IN REGAL ATTIRE, EX-HOLLYWOOD,
TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A remarkable ceramic figure: a standing lord with a lifelike face and elaborate costume....
[more like this] - TEOTIHUACAN POTTERY FIGURAL INCENSARIO
LID 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...
[more like this] - TEOTIHUACAN POTTERY LIDDED INCENSARIO,
EX SOTHEBY'SPre-Columbian, Mexico, Pacific Slope region, Teotihuacan culture, Escuintla type, Classic Period, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A stunning incensario used to burn copal incense,...
[more like this] - TALL / TRANSLATED EGYPTIAN 30TH DYNASTY
FAIENCE USHABTI...Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 30th Dynasty, ca. 380 to 343 BCE. A fantastic mold-formed faience ushabti covered in soft turquoise-hued glaze. The figure stands...
[more like this] - CELTIC IBERIAN LEADED BRONZE FIGURAL
AMULET FERTILITYWestern Europe, Spain / Portugal, Iberian, Late Bronze Age (Celtic), ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A lovely leaded bronze pendant in the form of a male figure...
[more like this] - UNUSUAL VERACRUZ POTTERY STANDING FIGURE
WHISTLEPre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz culture, also known as Totonac (Totonaca), Remojadas, ca. 300 to 600 CE. A fascinating figure of a woman, probably a shaman but possibly...
[more like this] - TEOTIHUACAN POTTERY FIGURAL LEG OF VESSEL,
TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 150 to 650 CE. A stunning openwork pottery leg of a vessel of rectangular form featuring a central figure, perhaps...
[more like this] - HUARI LLAMA BONE DRUG SPOON W/ BIRD
& CRUSTACEANSPre-Columbian, Central Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A stunning hand-carved spoon made from the leg bone of a camelid, likely a llama with zoomorphic...
[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] - TEOTIHUACAN POTTERY INCENSARIO OF RAIN
GOD 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...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN MUMMIFIED IBIS + X-RAY PHOTO
- 1910 PROVENANCE...Ancient Egypt, found at Abydos, Late Dynastic to Roman Period, ca. 400 BCE to 200 CE. An incredibly well-preserved mummified ibis exhibiting expert layering...
[more like this] - EARLY MOCHE LOMA NEGRA COPPER CROWN
WARRIOR HEAD**Originally Listed At $9900**
Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, early Moche period, ca. 100 CE. A remarkable copper crown featuring the head of a warrior with intense...
[more like this] - FINE EGYPTIAN BRONZE MUMMIFORM OSIRIS**First
Time At Auction**
Egypt, Late Dynastic period, 25th to 26th Dynasty, ca. 712 to 525 BCE. A remarkable leaded bronze figure of the mummiform Osiris, god of the Underworld....
[more like this] - EXHIBITED / PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN GLASS
SARCOPHAGUS EYE**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. An alluring, mold-cast glass eye from an Egyptian...
[more like this] - ARCHAIC GREEK BRONZE KNEELING NUDE KOUROS
(MALE YOUTH)Ancient Greece, Archaic to Classical Period, ca. 640 to 430 BCE. A cast-bronze figure of a nude male youth called a kouros in a kneeling position with feet drawn...
[more like this] - ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE SITULA
EGYPT,
LATE PERIOD, 664 - 332 B.C. bronze, the ovoid body with a knopped base and swing handle, with an incised rectangular panel containing on the left a priest seated on a stool...
[more like this] - JAPANESE TEA STAINED OKIMONO OF A PRIESTMeiji
Period. Unsigned. The priest in long robes, holding his beads, the boy at his side. Height 7 in. (Cond: good)...
[more like this] - TWO JAPANESE OKIMONO OF A PRIEST AND
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[more like this] - A Japanese Gilt and Painted Wood Figure
of a Seated Priest
Edo Period, 18th Century
wearing a simple robe that is wrapped around the body and draped over the right shoulder. The face is sensitively carved with a...
[more like this] - EARLY 18TH C. CHINESE FOLDING SCREEN
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722) Six-Panel Screen, ink and watercolor on paper, on a later mount, signed with two characters lower left of left hand...
[more like this] - RARE 18C. MELKITE ICON OF ST. GEORGE
WITH ARABIC SCRIPTThe large 17th / 18th century painting on cloth of St. George is inscribed Saint George the Martyr along the top in ARABIC and near the lower edge The one...
[more like this] - A pair of Japanese square tapering section
bottle vases, Meiji period, painted priests and flowers, 19cm high...
[more like this] - C.1900 MEIJI PERIOD DEEP PURPLE PRIEST
ROBE KIMONO Japan,Circa 1900Hand woven silk satin damask with floral patterns incorporated into the fabrics design. 67" wingspan x 19 3/4" across x 46" length...
[more like this] - C.1900 MEIJI PERIOD WHITE GAUZY PRIEST
ROBE KIMONO Japan,Circa 1900Hand woven thin silk damask robe with clouds and mons incorporated into the design. 69" wingspan x 21 1/2" across x 51" length...
[more like this] - PR EDO PERIOD CEREMONIAL PRIEST OPEN
JACKET KIMONO Japan,Circa 1860Hand woven silk brocade ceremonial jackets with vibrant green and blue coloring and stunning gold thread designs throughout. 31 3/4" wingspan...
[more like this] - C.1850 JAPANESE EDO PERIOD IRIDESCENT
PRIEST ROBE Japan,Circa 1850Hand woven silk damask robe with mons pattern throughout and striking red to green color shift. 69" wingspan x 22 3/4" across x 49" length...
[more like this] - C.1890 JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD PRIEST
ROBE KIMONO Japan,Circa 1890Hand woven cream silk brocade with intricate yellow and green embroidery throughout. 23 1/4" x 49 1/2"...
[more like this] - PR EDO PERIOD CEREMONIAL PRIEST OPEN
JACKET KIMONO Japan,Circa 1860Hand woven silk brocade ceremonial jackets with vibrant green and blue coloring and stunning gold thread designs throughout. 31 3/4" wingspan...
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Carolina 1823-1909) "Team of Oxen Pulling a Logging Cart Possibly Florida" oil on canvas laid onto board signed lower right 16 in. x 32 in. period frame. Note: Mostly...
[more like this] - Colt Model 1877 Lighting Revolver Used
by Samuel F. Priest .38 cal. 2.5'' round barrel S/N 4613. Two-line barrel address etched panel on the right side of barrel checkered walnut grips. Double case coin silver...
[more like this] - Attractive English Regency Black-and-Ivory
Penwork Octagonal Jewel Casket, in the neoclassical taste, first quarter 19th century, the lid centered with a figural reserve of classical priests and vestals at an altar,...
[more like this] - JAPANESE SILK DAMASK TEXTILE FRAGMENT
EDO PERIOD possibly a fragment of a kesa (priest's robe) the material woven of polychrome and gold threads in a large pattern of flowering peony with two patches of contemporary...
[more like this] - Two Japanese Nishiki Brocade Kesa (Buddhist
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