Robert Venturi. Custom desk. 1972, oak,lacquered wood. 30 h × 62 w × 29¾ d in. estimate: $1,500–2,000. This custom desk was created for a private commission. Desk features two modular cabinets with three drawers...
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VICTORIAN ENGRAVED PRINT, THE CUSTOMHOUSE, T.S. BOYSAn original antique print depicting THE CUSTOM HOUSE from Original Views of London As It Is by the artist and lithographer Thomas Shotter Boys. From a ca....
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RARE / HUGE NAZCA POLYCHROME SITTINGVENUS FIGURE**Originally Listed At $2000**
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A stunning ceramic female Venus figure of an exceedingly rare...
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NAZCA WOOD SNUFF TUBE - ABSTRACT LIZARD**OriginallyListed At $400**
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 100 BCE to 800 CE. A charming hand-carved wooden tube for use when ingesting snuff, in the form of a...
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MOCHE BI-CHROME VESSEL W/ AI APEC, FIGURALHANDLE**Originally Listed At $850**
Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Moche V, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A fascinating vessel of unusual form, hand-sculpted from ceramic with...
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MOCHE BICHROME MASK- PORTRAIT OF A MALE**OriginallyListed At $900**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A mesmerizing portrait mask in terracotta with an attractive bi-chrome finish. The visage is skillfully...
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RARE MOCHE SILVER AND GOLD LABRETS**OriginallyListed At $700**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. An opulent set of four labret plugs comprised of gold and silver. All four column-like labrets...
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CHIMU WOOD FIGURE OF A KNEELING LORDKING**Originally Listed At $300**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A hand-carved wooden figure depicting a Lord-King, perhaps once used as the...
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RARE / LARGE PRE-COLUMBIAN PUKARA STONEJANIFORM HEAD**Originally Listed At $3000**
Pre-Columbian, southern Peruvian Highlands, northern basin of Lake Titicaca, Pucara (also Pukara) culture, 250 BCE to 700 CE....
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CHANCAY / HUARI WOOD MUMMY MASK, EX-ARTEPRIMITIVO**Originally Listed At $1400**
Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay / Wari (Huari) Transition period, ca. 1000 CE. A fabulous anthropomorphic mummy mask carved...
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CHANCAY WOOD / TEXTILE SCULPTURE - MOTHER& CHILD**Originally Listed At $450**
Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 CE. A hand-carved and painted wooden maternal pair. The mother's visage is delineated...
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MAYA STONE QUETZALCOATL HEAD W/ HUMANHEAD IN MOUTH**Originally Listed At $2000**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A finely preserved stone sculpture...
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STUNNING MAYA GREENSTONE MASK W/ EARSPOOLS**OriginallyListed At $22000**
Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Maya Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A stunning mottled greenstone mask, made to be worn...
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19TH C. CHINESE WOOD ACUPUNCTURE TEACHINGMODEL**Originally Listed At $2500**
East Asia, China, ca. 1860 to 1880 CE. A sizeable, carved wooden male model with black-painted inscriptions used to teach acupuncture...
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CHINESE MING SANDSTONE RECTANGULAR VESSEL- SEA LIFE**Originally Listed At $4000**
East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A monumental hand-carved sandstone vessel boasting a rectangular base and thick...
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MASSIVE CHINESE MING DYNASTY STONE PANELW/ FOO DOGS**Originally Listed At $4000**
East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A beautiful hand-carved stone panel made from a massive piece of granite featuring...
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VIETNAMESE DONG SON BRONZE AXE HEAD- CURVED FORM**Originally Listed At $250**
Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Dong Son Culture, ca. late 1st millennium BCE. An elegant curved axe head with an asymmetrical blade and...
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16TH C. INDIAN BRONZE STATUETTE DANCINGKRISHNA**Originally Listed At $600**
Central Asia, India, ca. 16th century CE. A cast-bronze statuette depicting Krishna in a dancing pose. The deity stands with one foot...
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INDIAN PETRIFIED BONE MIRROR HANDLE- DANCERS, DWARF**Originally Listed At $700**
Ancient South Asia, eastern India, Bengal, Chandraketugarh, ca. 200 BCE to 100 BCE. A lovely intricately hand-carved mirror...
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ANCIENT GANDHARAN STUCCO BUDDHA HEAD**OriginallyListed At $500**
Central Asia, Afghanistan, Gandhara, ca. 500 BCE. An impressive mold-made stucco Buddha head presenting as the epitome of tranquility with an arched brow,...
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8TH C. INDIAN PALA DYNASTY STONE RELIEFOF SURYA**Originally Listed At $6000**
South Asia, India, Pala Dynasty, ca. 8th to 10th century. This stone stele depicts the deity Surya (the supreme light), the principle...
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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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19TH C. AMERICAN FOLK ART WOOD WALKINGSTICK WITH FACES...United States, Southern states, 19th century. An American folk art wooden walking stick, signed "JMS" at the upper end, that was hand-carved from a single...
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COLIMA POTTERY FIGURE W/ DOG & MAYAPOTTERY FLAT FIGURE...Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A nice gathering...
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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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SICAN LAMBAYEQUE SILVER VOTIVE PLAQUEFLORA & FAUNAPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A stunning sheet plaque formed from hammered high-grade (98%) silver of a rectangular...
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18TH C. INDIAN SILVER ELEPHANT HEADFINIALSouth Asia, India, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. This is a charming sterling silver elephant head finial with a curved trunk that is hollow with an opening on the tip....
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FINE 19TH C. MAORI WOOD BUST CARVINGOF MAN W/ MOKOOceania, New Zealand, Maori culture, ca. late 19th century to early 20th century CE. This is a fine hand carved portrait style bust of a Maori warrior or chieftain....
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19TH C. INDONESIAN BONE & WOOD KRISHANDLES (3)Southeast Asia, Indonesia, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A fine collection of 3 handles from ceremonial kris (keris) swords; 2 made of wood, and one made...
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FRAMED ALLMEYER PRINT, JAPANESE SCHOOLGIRLS SEE GAIJIN...**Originally Listed At $300**
Guy John Allmeyer (American, 20th century). "Four Japanese School Girls Seeing the 'Gaijin'" print, 1978. Signed and dated...
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VIRU-MOCHICA COPPER FIGURAL - KING ROWINGTO AFTERLIFE**Originally Listed At $2000**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Viru-Moche Transition, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. Skillfully cut and crafted from copper sheet, a sculptural...
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SYRO-HITTITE TERRACOTTA EQUESTRIAN FIGURE**OriginallyListed At $250**
Ancient Near East, Syro-Hittite, ca. 1180 to 700 BCE. A hand-built terracotta equestrian figure riding on a horse. The figure, while fragmentary, has a flat...
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ANCIENT SOUTH ARABIAN LEADED COPPERCAMEL**Originally Listed At $400**
Ancient South Arabia, Yemen, ca. early first millennium BCE. A cast leaded-copper statuette of a camel with an erect head and neck, a slight...
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HUGE 20TH C. MELANESIAN VANUATU SLITDRUM / TAMTAMOceania, Melanesia, Vanuatu, ca. early 20th century CE. A splendid and sizeable slit drum or tamtam, skillfully hand-carved from butterscotch-hued wood in the...
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SICAN-LAMBAYEQUE WOOD THRONE FOR ANEMPERORPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican-Lambayeque, ca. 750 to 1375 CE. A hand-carved wooden throne from the Sican-Lambayeque Empire which was known for creating the...
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GREEK HELLENISTIC BRONZE HERAKLES W/NEMEAN LION PELTAncient Greece, late Hellenistic Period, ca. 2nd to 1st century BCE. A lovely cast-bronze figure of Herakles (Roman Hercules) standing nude atop an integral...
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