CHINESE PAINTED POTTERY TOMB FIGUREOF LOKAPALA. Tang Dynasty. Raised on a custom wood base. From an Upper East Side NYC estate. Dimensions: figure measures approx. 37.75" h, excluding base. Condition: Old...
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MINIATURE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER PROCESSIONSCENEMiniature Chinese export silver tableau depicting a parade procession scene, including figures with musical instruments and weapons and two figures wearing dragon or...
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CHINESE EXPORT CHESS SET IN GILT ANDLACQUERED CASEmid 19th century, chess set (complete) with folding lacquered and gilt wood playing board and 32 carved ivory pieces, white pieces in the form of European rulers...
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SILVER AND MALACCA DAGGER CANE-Ca 1900-Cylindrical figural South East Asian silver handle hand chased and engraved with three local deities standing within framing panels and various borders. Its top is embellished...
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ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ELAMITE BRONZEAXE HEADAncient Near East, Southwestern Iran, Elamite culture, ca. 1900 to 1300 BCE. A gorgeous bronze axe head, made to imitate a fierce weapon but with ornate flourishes...
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CANAANITE LEADED BRONZE / COPPER DUCKBILLAXE HEADS (2)...Ancient Near East, the Levant, Canaan, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 1950 to 1539 BCE. A fine pair of cast leaded-bronze and copper axe heads with a characteristic...
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LURISTAN BRONZE SHORT SWORD W/ RECESSEDHANDLEAncient Near East, northwestern Iran and Turkey, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A formidable short sword that is cast from bronze via the lost wax (cire perdue) technique....
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CHINESE WARRING STATES BRONZE CROSSBOWTRIGGER**Originally Listed At $250**
East Asia, China, Warring States Period, ca. 475 to 221 BCE. A bronze crossbow trigger mechanism with good movement of its components....
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ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF TROPAEUM FRAGMENT,CUIRASS & SHIELD...Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2ndto 3rd century CE. An exceptional marble relief fragment of a tropaeum or trophy monument depicting the spoils of war with...
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RARE ROMAN TERRACOTTA MURMILLO GLADIATORFIGURERoman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. This is an outstanding example of a gladiator figure made from terracotta wielding a short sword and holding up a...
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RARE GRECO-PERSIAN BRONZE DAGGER W/GRIFFIN HEADGreece or Central Asia, Persia, Hellenistic to Greco-Persian, ca. 5th to 3rd century BCE. This is a fantastical single bronze cast forming a small dagger with...
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19TH C. RUSSIAN STONE RELIEF - ST. GEORGE& THE DRAGONEastern Europe, Russia, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. An exceptional stone panel depicting a dramatic scene: Saint George on horseback piercing the dragon...
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CELTIC IRON SPEAR TIP W/ PATTERNED BLADEAncientCentral / Northern Europe, Celtic Iron Age, ca. 5th to 1st century BCE. A lengthy spear tip exhibiting a petaloid blade above a tapered socketing shaft. Along the spine on...
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CHINESE SHANG DYNASTY BRONZE GU / WINEVESSEL**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, China, Late Shang Dynasty, ca. 12th to 11th century BCE. A gorgeously preserved ritual wine vessel, known as a "gu", from the Chinese...
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CHINESE SHANG DYNASTY JADE CONG / RITUALITEM**Originally Listed At $1500**
East Asia, China, Shang Dynasty, ca. 1558 to 1046 BCE. A hand-carved ritual funerary item known as a "cong" that is hand-carved from mottled...
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FINE CHINESE WARRING STATES FUNERARYBRONZE SHORT SWORD...**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, China, Warring States Period, ca. 475 to 221 BCE. A lovely short sword - known as a duan jian - that is cast from...
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PAIR OF SCYTHIAN REPOUSSE GOLD PLAQUES,LION & DEERWestern Asia, Scythian culture, ca. mid-1st millennium BCE. An enticing pair of gold applique plaques, each displaying lively repousse images of a lion attacking...
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LURISTAN BRONZE SHORT SWORDAncient NearEast, Northwestern Iran to Southeastern Turkey, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A forged-bronze short sword with a petite ear pommel. The openwork handle faces were intended...
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TALL LURISTAN BRONZE MACE HEADAncientNear East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A cast bronze cylinder, made to be part of a mace - probably placed around a wooden or less decorated metal staff...
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EAST AFRICAN MAASAI DOUBLE EDGED WEAPON/ SPEAR East African, Kenya / Tanzania. Tall double ended Maasai spear in three parts, two metal ends and dark wood center. One side wrapped in animal hide. Unmarked. Provenance:...
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GROUP OF BOOKS ON FOREIGN POLICY IIIGROUPOF BOOKS ON FOREIGN POLICY III, titles include: Leadership; Congratulations America You Did It; Leadership for Today: Leadership for those who keep life civilized; Reykjavik...
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THREE EAST ASIAN EDGED WEAPONS Mid-20thcentury, to include: a kris sword, the 18-1/2 in. blade with copper inlay below a brass grip its wooden scabbard sheathed with decorative metal elements; a second kris with...
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*Prototype Searle Semi-Automatic Pistol.32 cal. 3" barrel no serial number. Prototype ?no markings. Finished in the white with black grips. Includes eight mechanical drawings used to build the pistol from 1917...
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Five tribal weapons: arrow with finehand-forged iron tip, 32-3/4 in., separations; spear with wooden shaft, fine hand-wrought 13 in. iron point (sight), leather-wrapped end, 52 in.; staff with wire-wrapped wooden...
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Ben E. Green Politician & Colonel UnpublishedHandwritten Memoirs & Related Ephemera 406pp manuscript; 2 pamphlets. Ca 1900. It never ceases to amaze how so many arguments for the causes of the Civil come together combine...
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