RAMONA STITES. "ANCIENT HILLS," PASTEL(American, 20th century). Pastel on paper, 2014,signed "Stites" ll, signed, titled and dated on verso, sight size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in., framed size: 13 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches....
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COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ONASIAN CERAMICS ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????including art reference books on asian art ceramics, in total 85 publications:Ashmolean...
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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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ANTIQUITIES AND ARCHEOLOGY BOOKS, 13Group of books related to antiquities and archeology, 13, and comprising: Philipp von Zabern, The Egyptian Museum Cairo, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz, 1987; Various, The...
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3 ANCIENT BRONZES & 1 ANCIENT GREEKPELIKE1st item: Ancient bronze statuette depicting a deity, possibly the Sumerian goddess Lama, wearing a long tiered robe and a horned tiara with outstretched arms on a decorative...
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CLASSIC CHAVIN BROWNWARE STIRRUP VESSEL- HOUSE**Originally Listed At $1800**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Casa Grande, earliest type of stirrup vessel called "Classic Chavin", ca. 1200 BCE. A very fine example...
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LATE PALEO-INDIAN CHERT ARROWHEADNativeAmerican, North America, Eastern to Midwest United States, Late Paleo-Indian Period, ca. 9000 to 7000 BCE (11,000 to 9,000 BP). An exemplary hand-knapped chert projectile...
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NAYARIT POTTERY STANDING FEMALE FIGUREPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Nayarit, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A large and impressive clay figure of a nude female shown standing on two thick-set legs. The stocky figure...
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ZACATECAS BICHROME POTTERY DISH GEOMETRICMOTIFPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Zacatecas culture, Early Classic Period, ca. 250 to 450 CE. A stunning pottery bowl on a rounded base with thick walls that rise up to a wide,...
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NAYARIT IXTLAN DEL RIO POLYCHROME SEATEDMALEPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A polychrome terracotta male figure, seated in a cross-legged position, holding a rattle, mirror,...
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4 EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS + 1 ROMANSTONE SEALAncient Egypt, Second Intermediate Period, 15th to 17th Dynasty, ca. 1650 to 1550 BCE; New Kingdom, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1077 BCE; Late Dynastic Period,...
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SALINAR POTTERY STIRRUP VESSEL W/ ZOOMORPHS,TL TESTED**Originally Listed At $1200**
Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Salinar culture, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A striking ceramic stirrup vessel with a round body with...
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MASSIVE / SPECTACULAR OLMEC JADE CELTPre-Columbian,Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 600 BCE. A spectacular and massive celt made from a beautiful jade stone. This celt is an ancient tool, shaped like an axe...
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RARE CAMPANIAN BLACKWARE MAMMIFORM BABYFEEDERClassical World, Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Campania, ca. 340 to 320 BCE. A fascinating pottery baby feeder presenting in the shape of a breast with a globular body...
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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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JAMACOAQUE POLYCHROME MYTHICAL BEASTVESSEL, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque culture, ca. 500 CE. A large ceramic vessel in the form of a transformational beast - probably representing a shaman in...
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ANCIENT ARGENTINE CONDORHUASI-ALAMITOSTONE MASKPre-Columbian, Northwest Argentina, Condorhuasi-Alamito culture, Early Period, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. An incredible funerary mask hand-carved from a large stone...
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MOCHE PHASE III / IV POTTERY STIRRUPVESSEL OF AI APECPre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche culture, Phase III to IV, ca. 350 to 700 CE. An evocative, mold-made stirrup vessel in the form of the chief deity of...
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CHINESE TANG POTTERY LOKAPALA W/ SANCAIGLAZE, TL'DEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A fantastical mold-formed pottery guardian figure known as a lokapala with a serious expression wearing elaborate...
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EGYPTIAN DARK GLAZED FAIENCE USHABTIEgypt,Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A fine ushabti figure formed from faience that stands in mummiform atop an integral rectangular plinth with...
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RARE COLIMA REDWARE EFFIGY VESSEL PARROTFORMPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A delightful redware parrot vessel presenting a pleasantly plump body and a flared spout leading to the hollow...
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APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER DIONYSIANSCENEMagna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 330 to 320 BCE. An essential for any drinking symposium - a lovely, terracotta bell krater featuring red figure decoration...
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18TH C. BURMESE KAREN LEADED BRONZERAIN DRUM**Originally Listed At $1200**
Southeast Asia, Myanmar and Thailand, Karen people, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A stunning and quite impressive leaded bronze rain...
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (ITALIAN,1720-1778)Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian, 1720-1778
Veduta del Tempio di Giove Tonante (View of the temple of Jupiter Tonans), 1756
Etching
The temple to the left of the...
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[JADES AND BRONZES]
A group of importantreference books about Chinese jades and bronzes, comprising:
BAGLEY, Robert W. Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, 1987.—SALMONY, Alfred. Carved Jade...
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[CHINESE JADE]
A group of referencebooks and catalogues about Chinese jades, including several important early publications, with titles comprising:
LAUFER, Berthold. Archaic Chinese Jades Collected in China...
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[CHINESE JADE]
A group of referencebooks and catalogues about Chinese jades, including several important early publications, with titles comprising:
LAUFER, Berthold. Archaic Chinese Jades Collected in China...
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CHINESE BRONZE MIRROR W/ SQUIRREL, TANGDYNASTY A Chinese bronze mirror, dating from the Tang Dynasty , Ancient round bronze mirror with flat edge and finely detailed design on back of mirror. Center area molded...
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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, COLERIDGColeridge,Samuel Taylor, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Edinburgh, Alexander Hill and London, Ackermann & Co. 1837, first illustrated edition, folio (20 3/8 in. x 13 1/4 in.), 3/4...
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CHINESE BRONZE SQUIRREL &GRAPE MIRROR,TANGDYNASTY A Chinese bronze mirror, dating from the Tang Dynasty , Ancient round bronze mirror with flat edge and finely detailed design on back of mirror. Center area molded...
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RICHARD HAYLEY LEVER, AMERICAN (1876-1958),"SUNSHINE IN THE HILLS", 1904, OIL ON CANVAS, 40 X 50 INCHESRICHARD HAYLEY LEVER, American, (1876-1958) "Sunshine in the Hills", 1904, oil on canvas signed and dated lower...
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[American Indian - Southwest] Bookson Hopi and Zuni Katsinas collection of 19 books including:Bassman Theda. Hopi Kachina Dolls and Their Carvers. West Chester: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 1991.Breunig Robert...
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Chinese Bronze Ink BoxFinely etcheddepicting figures under an ancient tree raised on short foot ring bearing three character mark 1.75''H X 3''D.Private collection Rochester Hills Michigan....
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A Set of Cloth-Bound Books Library ofthe World's Best Literature Ancient and Modern New York J. A. Hill & Company 45 volumes....
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A DERBY BISCUIT GROUP OF THE ANTIQUESEASONS
the four ancient divinities standing on a rocky mound about a tree, the base with a cascade and applied with flowers and moss, 27cm h, incised mark and that of the...
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1 vol. Hotchkin, S.F. Ancient and ModernGermantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill. Philadelphia: P.W. Zigler, 1889. 1st ed. 4to, orig. purple-brown gilt-lettered pebbled cloth; spine ends frayed, other light to...
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