- MEL CRAWFORD (B. 1925) "AUSTRALIA"Mel
Crawford (Canadian, B. 1925) "Australia" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media on Cold Press Illustration Board.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008),...
[more like this] - FINE TAINO STONE TRIGONOLITH ZEMIPre-Columbian,
Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. This is a fine example of a "three pointer" or "trigonolith" stone zemi head - a human effigy face carved from a...
[more like this] - RARE TAINO STONE ZEMI STAMP W/ LINEAR
GLYPHSPre-Columbian, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. This is a remarkable hand-carved zemi figural stamp made from a creamy white quartzite stone...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - PENCIL SIGNED SALVADOR DALI CHRISTMAS
CARD, 1967Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989). Christmas card from Dali to the Lucas family, 1967 - an original etching by Salvador Dali, pencil signed and numbered 67/150...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED 19TH C. NEOCLASSICAL SARDONYX
CAMEO ARETHUSAEurope, Neoclassical, 19th century CE. A beautiful sardonyx cameo of the nymph Arethusa, so finely sculpted with mesmerizing details - note her wavy coiffure...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED ANATOLIAN BEYCESULTAN MARBLE
IDOL, EX EDEAncient Near East, modern day Turkey, Anatolia, Beycesultan type, Early Bronze Age I-II, ca. 3200 to 2300 BCE. A captivating, hand-carved marble figural effigy...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED 12TH C. BYZANTINE IRON PROCESSIONAL
CROSSAncient Near East / Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 12th to 14th century CE. An exquisite cast copper-iron processional cross composed of two flared sections pinned...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED / EXHIBITED ROMAN MARBLE TORSO
OF NUDE YOUTHRoman, Imperial, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A finely carved marble torso of a youth with an appropriately fleshy body, nude save the fascinating cord of amulets...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED ROMAN STONE MOSAIC HEAD OF
OCEANUSRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A very fine Roman stone mosaic comprised of thousands of stone tesserae, depicting the head of Oceanus - the personification...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED GREEK TERRACOTTA ROUNDEL OF
SATYR - TL TESTED...Greece, late Hellenistic period, ca. 1st century BCE. An impressive, mold-made terracotta roundel, presenting with a raised rim, a projecting head of a...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED ROMAN GAUL SILVER-WASHED BRONZE
FIBULARoman Gaul (France)/ Western Roman Empire, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. A delightful silver-washed, cast bronze fibula or brooch in the form of a standing...
[more like this] - 17TH C. DUTCH MAP - REGNO DI NAPOLI
- BY BLAEUWillem Janszoon Blaeu (Dutch, 1571-1638). "Regno Di Napoli" copper plate engraving with hand coloring. Published in Amsterdam, ca. 1640. A beautifully engraved map...
[more like this] - FINE TAINO STONE AXE W/ ZEMI FACEPre-Columbian,
Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. This is an amazing and fine polished stone effigy axe featuring an abstract zoomorphic or anthropomorphic zemi figure...
[more like this] - 2 FRAMED 18TH C. FADEN MAPS - GREECE
& DENMARK**Originally Listed At $200**
Cartographer: William Faden (British, 1749-1836). Engraver: William Palmer (British, 1735-1812). "Graecie Antiquae et Aegaei Maris...
[more like this] - 16TH / 18TH C. EUROPEAN MAPS OF NEW
SPAIN (2)**Originally Listed At $300**
Cartographer: Gerard Mercator. "Hispaniae Novae Nova Descriptio" Published by I.E. Cloppenburgh, Amsterdam, 1632. AND Stieler's "Mexico...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED MAYA POTTERY RITUAL CACHE
VESSEL 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...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED / HUGE GANDHARAN STUCCO BUDDHA
HEADCentral Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 4th to mid-5th century CE. A larger-than-life stucco head of the enlightened Buddha, modeled in the traditional...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED LARGE ROMAN GLASS MASTOID
BOWLRoman, 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....
[more like this] - PUBLISHED / EXHIBITED ROMAN BRONZE VENUS
W/ SILVER EYES...Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A stunning leaded bronze figure of Venus (Greek Aphrodite), the goddess of love and beauty, enveloped in...
[more like this] - ROMANO-EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK,
EX-CHRISTIE'SIt's not often we start a listing by stating the provenance, but in this case the pedigree is almost as impressive as the piece. Sold - Christies, December 1996;...
[more like this] - 7 BARBARA VAN CLEVE PHOTOS - RANCH LIFE,
1980SBarbara Van Cleve (American, b. 1935). "Filly Chasing" "Running Before the Storm"; "Noon Break"; "Running Horses"; "Team Roping Motion"; "Tough Hombres" and "Barbara...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED 19TH C. AFRICAN DAN WOOD KAGLE
MASKWest Africa, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire, Dan peoples, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A fabulous example of a wooden mask from the Dan peoples known as a "kagle" (spirit...
[more like this] - EXHIBITED & PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN SILVER
AMULET OF HATHOREgypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A beautiful, cast silver amulet of Hathor - the goddess of music, love, dance, and motherhood,...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM LIMESTONE
USHABTIAncient Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1292 to 1189 BCE. A gorgeous ushabti figure carved by hand from gray-white limestone exhibiting a slender form. The figure...
[more like this] - FRAMED SIGNED TAMAYO LITHOGRAPH "TORSO
DE JOVEN" 1969Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899-1991). "Torso de Joven" lithograph in colors, 1969. Printed by Desjobert, Paris. Published by Touchstone Publishers, Ltd, New York....
[more like this] - PUBLISHED & EXHIBITED ROMAN BRONZE OIL
LAMP WITH LIONRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. A stupendous leaded bronze oil lamp, cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) process, with an elegant, elongated body,...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED THRACIAN SILVER DIADEM, EX-ROYAL
ATHENAEastern Greek / Thracian, ca. 4th century BCE. Finely hammered and modeled in repousse, a beautiful diadem or plaquette comprised of a copper silver alloy and presenting...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - ANCIENT PHOENICIAN POTTERY TRANSPORT
AMPHORA**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...
[more like this] - PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN STONE PANEL TOMB
OF NEB-AMUN (TT90)**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, later 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose IV to Amenhotep III, from the tomb of Neb-Amun (TT90) in Thebes,...
[more like this] - Dahl (Knut), In Savage Australia, published
Philip Allen & Co., Ltd. London 1926, first edition and Coghlan (T.A), The Wealth and Progress of New South Wales in two volumes, published William Applegate Gullick, Government...
[more like this] - Vivienne (May) Travels in Western Australia,
published William Heinemann, London 1901, first edition and Sidney (Samuel), The Three Colonies of Australia, published Ingram, Cooke, & Co., London 1852, first edition...
[more like this] - SPENCE AND FOX, AUSTRALIA, PUBLISHED
BY ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, 1910, ONE VOLUMESpence and Fox, Australia, Published by Adam and Charles Black, 1910, One Volume,...
[more like this] - ? FINE AND RARE CERAMIC 'SYDNEY COVE
MEDALLION' BY JOSIAH WEDGWOOD
THE ORIGINAL ISSUE, 1789 modelled from dark brown unglazed earthenware, with crisply moulded decoration depicting a female figure, emblematic...
[more like this] - 1858 MAP OF THE INDIAN OCEAN, FROM THE
CAPEOF GOOD HOPE TO CAPE COMORIN, FROM CAPE COMORIN TO AUSTRALIA. PUBLISHED BY THE HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE. 43" X 62". VERY POOR CONDITION, PAPER LOSS, CHIPPING, CRACKING, BACKED...
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