ESKIMO FANCIS ALVANNA WALRUS TUSK &BONE CARVINGFeatured in this lot is this walrus tusk and bone hunter carving from Alaskan Eskimo artist Francis Alvanna. The carving features a wonderfully and professionally...
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MARI MESZAROS,LONELINESSSigned,UnknownYear,Pate de verre figure with copper mesh and marble base. 16h x 11w 3.5d · Meszaros is a Hungarian glass artist that has been working with glass since 1980, specializing...
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LOT OF 3 HUARI REED AND WOOL FIBER WEAVINGS**OriginallyListed At $200**
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Huari/Wari culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A brightly colored group of three woven images made from dyed camelid fiber on a backing of...
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FOSSILIZED MOROCANITES TRILOBITE W/MATRIXAncient Seas, Morocco, Alnif, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Devonian period, ca. 419.2 to 358.9 million years ago. A fabulous fossilized trilobite upon a stone matrix with...
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5 COLIMA OBSIDIAN BLADES IN RIKER CASEPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine collection of 5 stone spear blades hand-knapped from sizeable pieces of lustrous, black obsidian. The largest blade presents...
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4 SEA LIFE FOSSILS: CRINOID, TRILOBITES,& SNAILSNorth America, United States, Ohio, New York, & Indiana, Ordovician, Devonian, & Mississippian period, ca. 488.3 to 318 million years ago. This is a fascinating collection...
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RARE FOSSILIZED SIBERIAN BERINGIAN CAVELION JAWEastern Europe, Russia, Southwestern Siberia, Pleistocene Epoch (Ice Age), ca. 370,000 to 10,000 years ago. A fossilized jawbone from a carnivore of the Ice Age, the...
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FINE LURISTAN BRONZE SHORT SWORD W/LUNATE POMMELAncient Western Asia, Northwestern Iran and Southwestern Turkey, South Caspian Sea region, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 600 BCE. A gorgeous short sword of a formidable...
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RARE PARACAS POLYCHROME BOWL OCULATEBEING, TL'DPre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Ica Valley, Paracas culture, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A hand-built pottery bowl exhibiting astounding decorative motifs that are incised...
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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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MAYA POTTERY JAGUAR URN LID W/ BAREDTEETHPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A sizable and expressive urn lid, perhaps from a burial cache, depicting the...
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FOSSILIZED AMMOLITE AMMONITE W/ MOSASAURBITEMARKNorth America, Canada, Alberta, Bearpaw formation, late Cretaceous, ca. 71 million years ago. This is a breathtaking ammonite of the Placenticerus costatum genus,...
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PUBLISHED / HUGE GANDHARAN STUCCO BUDDHAHEADCentral 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...
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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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EGYPTIAN FAIENCE OFFERING CUP W/ RAMESSIDECARTOUCHEAncient Egypt, New Kingdom, Ramesside Period, 19th Dynasty (reign of Ramesses II), ca. 1279 to 1213 BCE or 20th Dynasty (reign of Ramesses III), ca. 1186 to 1155...
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OUTSTANDING HUARI / TIWANAKU MUMMY BUNDLEHEADPre-Columbian, Coastal Peru, Huari (Wari) or Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) culture, ca. 600 to 1000 CE. An incredible mummy head made of woven textiles and colorful feathers from...
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4TH C. GANDHARAN STUCCO HEAD ENLIGHTENEDBUDDHACentral 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...
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EGYPTIAN WOOD SARCOPHAGUS MASK W/ BRONZE& SHELL EYESEgypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A sarcophagus mask carved from cedar (or possibly sycamore) wood presenting a mesmerizing...
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JOHN GOULD (GREENLAND GYRFALCON) FALCOCANDICANS**First Time At Auction**
John Gould (British, 1804-1881). "(Greenland Gyrfalcon) Falco Candicans" - an original antique hand-colored lithograph of the Greenland...
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SUPERB CHONTAL STONE FACE MASK**FirstTime At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Chontal culture, Late Preclassic Period, ca. 300 to 100 BCE. A handsome mask carved from tan-brown stone...
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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 EGYPTIAN STONE PANEL TOMBOF 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,...
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6TH C. BYZANTINE GOLD RING BERYL STONE**OriginallyListed At $4250**
Near East, Byzantine Period, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. A gorgeous high-quality gold ring inlaid with a sizable beryl stone cut into a rhomboid shape. The...
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LARGE ANASAZI TULAROSA POTTERY BLACKON WHITE OLLANative American, southwest New Mexico, villages in southern Cibola Anasazi/northern Mogollon, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) culture, Tularosa, ca. 1200 to 1400...
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2ND C. GANDHARA KUSHAN SCHIST STANDINGMAITREYA BUDDHACentral Asia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Northern India, Gandhara / Kushan Empire, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A superb gray schist bust of the Bodhisattva Maitreya,...
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INCREDIBLY RARE GREEK HELLENISTIC IRONSHORT SWORDAncient Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. An incredibly rare forged-iron short sword with a slender handle and a bar-shaped pommel. The elongated...
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[EXPLORATION -- AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND].HAMILTON, Augustus (1853-1913). Maori Art. [The Art Workmanship of the Maori Race in New Zealand]. Dunedin & Wellington, New Zealand: The Governors of the New Zealand Institute,...
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MARY IRELAND (1891-C.1980)
‘ENCHANTMENT’TRIPTYCH, DATED 1933 appliqué ‘fabric mosaic panel’, painted silk, with applied signature to left-hand panel MARY IRELANDCentral image 32cm x 36.5cm; Side panels each...
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Theodore Holliday 11th Ohio CavalryTintype Plus Knife & Sheath Bow-Case & Quiver Taken from Sioux Indian Theodore Holliday was 18 years old when he enlisted in the 11th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry on June 22 1863...
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Stamp Album and Preservation Material1985 and 1986 United States Liberty Album Supplement Pages five (5) Crystal Mount protector packs all ''small size'' and unopened bag of misc. size wax paper stamp protectors....
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Southern stoneware preserve jar Landrum-StorkColumbia South Carolina circa 1870 rich Columbia slip glaze with tooled rim above cylindrical form and glaze-wiped bottom. H9'' W5 1/8'' Provenance: South Carolina private...
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A Collection of Preservation Hall JazzBand Promotional and Advertising Materials c. 1960s/1970s including flyers from 1963 Minneapolis Tour Memphis Tour Panama City Beach Tour 1974 Flagstaff Summer Festival and...
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A Chitimacha Double Weave Carba redblack and natural cane body with "Alligator Entrails" pattern lid with "worm tracks" height 5 1/2 in. width 5 1/2 in. depth 5 1/4 in. Note: In 1899 Clara Darden realizing...
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12 pieces. Autograph Material. Ormandy,Eugene: Photographs signed (3), ca. 1959, 1 also inscribed. Silver prints, 10 x 8 or 8 x 10 inches (254 x 203 or 203 x 254 mm); occasional minor wear. * 7 Philadelphia Orchestra...
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Minton porcelain partial dinner servicegold and cream pattern comprising: 18 plates Dia.10 1/4'' 12 plates Dia.8 7/8'' 15 soup plates Dia.8 1/4'' 11 bread and butter plates 15 cream soups with 16 saucers 5 cups...
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Thomas Harding Pinhole Photography (American,1911-2002) four limited edition platinum prints: "Cows in Fog", 7-1/4 x 9-1/8 in. (image); "Gas Station at the Y", 4-1/2 x 15-1/4 in. (image); "Sunset, Gulf of Mexico", 3-1/2...
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