WORKS OF ART REFERENCE BOOK COLLECTION??????????????????????????????????????????????Including: Chinese works of art, cloisonne enamel, archaic bronze, furniture, Buddhist art, Scholar's pieces etc, in total 36...
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A PRE-COLUMBIAN CERAMIC VESSEL DEPICTINGA BUFFO TOAD A Pre-Columbian ceramic vessel depicting a Buffo toad, life-sized, red and yellow-cream, with a stirrup-shaped spout atop, Moche culture, Peru, circa AD1000,...
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CONFEDERATE CSS SHENANDOAH DIARY ANDARCHIVEImportant 1865 Confederate CSS Shenandoah ship diary archive of Lieutenant Dabney Scales including 1865 diary journal (85 pages, 104 pages total), an ambrotype and...
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WILLIAM LANGLEY SEASCAPE, SHIP IN HARBORWilliamLangley (United Kingdom, 1852 - 1922) oil on canvas marine painting depicting a sailing vessel tethered near shore while other vessels are sailing in the background. Signed...
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AN ANTIQUE BIRD'S EYE VIEW MAP, "GALVESTON,TEXAS," 188...AN ANTIQUE BIRD'S EYE VIEW MAP, "Galveston, Texas," 1885, color lithograph on paper, Augustus Koch, cartographer, signed in margin in print and with hand stamped...
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SIX BRITISH PRATTWARE CERAMIC ITEMSlate18th/early 19th century, comprising: teapot depicting a putto pulling a goat by the horns to one side, the other a goat kicking a fox, with leafy borders, lobed finial, 6...
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PUBLISHED MESOPOTAMIAN GLAZED HEAD -GYPSUM & BITUMENAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Kassite period, ca. 14th to 13th century BCE. Staring past the confine of time, a head depicting a haunting guise carved in...
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INCA STONE CEREMONIAL VESSEL W/ SNAKESPre-Columbian,North Coast Peru, Inca, ca. 1400 to 1533 CE. A fine hand-carved stone ceremonial bowl featuring high relief snakes across the sides. The vessel's body has a rounded but stable...
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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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PUBLISHED LARGE ROMAN GLASS MASTOIDBOWLRoman, early Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. A gorgeous mold-made, translucent glass bowl of a pale green hue with occasional bands of dark purple-red near the rim....
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GREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE STEMMED KYLIXW/ EPHEBESAncient Greece, Athens, ca. 500 to 480 BCE. A beautiful pottery kylix, expertly hand-painted with images of ephebes or Greek youths in red-figure technique. Boasting...
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IMPORTANT LARGE SIGNED AND DATED DAVEDRAKE STONEWARE J...(Edgefield, South Carolina, b. circa 1800, d. after 1873) made by Dave Drake, Lewis Miles Stony Bluff Manufactory, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District,...
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SCARCE AND IMPORTANT DAVE DRAKE SIGNEDAND DATED STONEW...(Edgefield, South Carolina, b. circa 1800, d. after 1873) made by Dave Drake, Lewis Miles Stony Bluff Manufactory, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District,...
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ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE OINOCHOE W/ ACHILLES,EX-CHRISTIE'SAncient Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 530 BCE. Finely decorated via the black-figure technique with incised and added fugitive red painted details, a beautiful...
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PUBLISHED CHAVIN STIRRUP VESSEL EAGLE& JAGUAR**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chavin culture, Jequetepeque-Templadera type, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. One of the more striking examples of ancient...
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ANCIENT PHOENICIAN POTTERY TRANSPORTAMPHORA**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Near East, Phoenicia, ca. 8th to 5th century BCE. A sizable and splendid wheel-thrown pottery transport amphora with a wide hemispherical...
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PUBLISHED ROMAN / BYZANTINE GLASS BEAKER**FirstTime At Auction**
Late Roman Imperial Period to Early Byzantine, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A conical mold-blown glass beaker with a rounded bottom and a thick, flat rim,...
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PUBLISHED / EXHIBITED ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUMRoman,Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A wonder to behold; the most astonishing example of iridescence in Roman glass that we have ever seen! A captivating candlestick...
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EXHIBITED / PUBLISHED GREEK COREFORMGLASS ALABASTRONAncient Greece, Classical Period, ca. 5th century BCE. A stunning core-formed glass alabastron comprised of deep sea blue glass with opaque tangerine yellow...
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PUBLISHED / EXHIBITED ROMAN GLASS BOWL**OriginallyListed At $1500**
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A broad and deep bowl that is free-blown from semi-translucent glass of soft yellow-green hues. The substantial...
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PUBLISHED / EXHIBITED ROMAN GLASS JARW/ ZIGZAG TRAILRoman, Imperial period, Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 3rd to 4th century CE. A gorgeous jar free-blown from light green glass to present a thick trailing that...
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PUBLISHED PREHISTORIC ANASAZI WINGATEBLACK-ON-RED BOWL...Native American, southwestern United States, Four Corners region, southern Colorado Plateau, Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan), ca. 1125 to 1200 CE. An attractive...
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EXHIBITED / PUBLISHED ROMANO-EGYPTIANFLASK ST. MENAS, ...Egypt, Romano-Egyptian to Coptic Period, ca. 4th to 7th century CE. A mold-formed pottery flask depicting Saint Menas, an early Christian martyr, on both...
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PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN EFFIGY SOTHIC DOG,EXHIBITED LACMAEgypt, late Ptolemaic to Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 1st century BCE to 3rd century CE. An exceedingly rare, mold-formed terracotta canine, known as the Sothic...
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EXHIBITED / PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTICNAQADA I BRE...Ancient Egypt, Predynastic Period, Naqada I to II, ca. 3650 to 3200 BCE. A stunning jar of tall and slender form that is hand-carved from breccia exhibiting...
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(12) SAWANKHALOK CELADON-GLAZED MINIATUREVESSELS(lot of 12) Celadon-glazed earthenware ceramics, likely Sawankhalok, Thailand, many miniature jars, highlights include: (1) double gourd vase, with incised bands, approx...
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PRINT "PRIVATE SIGNALS OF THE WHALINGVESSELS &C. BELONGING TO THE PORT OF NEW BEDFORD." 19TH CENTURY 22.25” X 31.5” SIGHT. FRAMED 24.25” X 33.5”. VESSELS &C. BELONGING TO THE PORT OF NEW BEDFORD.", 19th...
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HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPH "DESTRUCTIONOF THE WHALING FLEET IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN." 14" X 20.5" SIGHT. FRAMED 21.75" X 28.5". OF THE WHALING FLEET IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN.", Designed and drawn on stone by Captain Kelly...
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TWO CHINESE PAINTED POTTERY VESSELS,HAN DYNASTY HAN DYNASTY, the first a small globular lantern set atop a tripod circular base, the domed top with central aperture painted with bold scrolling motifs, dia: 8.25...
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THREE ROYAL DOULTON PORCELAIN DICKENSWAREPLATES, FIVE OTHER ROYAL DOULTON SERIES WARE VESSELS AND A DOULTON BURSLEM 1902 CORONATION... PLATES, FIVE OTHER ROYAL DOULTON SERIES WARE VESSELS AND A DOULTON BURSLEM 1902...
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ERTé (ROMAINE DE TIRTOFF) (RUSSIAN/FRENCH,1892-1990), EVE VESSEL, 1989 Patinated and gilt bronze, cast as a six lobed vessel with Eve with serpent reliefs, signed and numbered edition 149 of 395, impressed publisher...
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RARE POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW PANBONE PLAQUEWITH SHIPWRECK SCENE 19TH CENTURY PANBONE 5.75" X 10.75". PRINT FRAMED 12.5" X 15.5". WITH SHIPWRECK SCENE, 19th Century, Depicts a skeleton watching over two shipwrecked...
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ROBERT MORRIS. AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNEDTO ALEXANDRIA MAYOR, WILLIAM HUNTER, JR., 1787 TO ALEXANDRIA MAYOR, WILLIAM HUNTER, JR., 1787, [Americana/ Documents] the one-page letter, glued down to board, is written...
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SEVEN PIECE EPHEMERA LOT RELATED TOWHALING. TOINCLUDE: 1) CLOTH BOUND BOOK TITLED “BIRTH OF A WHALE SHIP” BY REGINALD B HEGARTY. PUBLISHED BY NEW BEDFORD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1964. COVER DESIGNED BY MILTON...
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Important Southern Edgefield Districtstoneware pictorial jug attributed to Stoney Bluff possibly Dave South Carolina circa 1860 rich alkaline glaze with single ring spout aside strap handle leading to ovoid body...
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CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE YU AND COVER.Late Western Zhou Dynasty. The compressed body of classic form and undecorated and with separately cast high loop handle terminating in rams' heads the bronze of smooth water-green...
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