- STEUBEN ROSE QUARTZ VASEDESCRIPTION:
Steuben Rose Quartz vase features baluster form cut with a design of leaves and flowers in cameo on an acid finished ground with applied carved satin handles and large entwining...
[more like this] - NEW IRELAND MASK OR HEAD, HAVING ORIGINAL
PAINT AND HAI...New Ireland Mask or Head, having original paint and hair, depicting jumping fish on top as well as black snakes circling the face, small section missing from...
[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] - 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] - 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] - FINE CHANCAY WOOD MUMMY MASK W/ VIBRANT
WOOL TURBANTEPre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1425 CE. A large funerary mask carved from wood, painted with red pigments, and wrapped with a lovely...
[more like this] - 2ND C. GANDHARAN SANDSTONE BUDDHA DHARMA-CHAKRA
MUDRACentral Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A magnificent hand carved stone carving of Buddha seared in full lotus position...
[more like this] - SUPERB & IMPORTANT TAINO CORAL ZEMI
FACEPre-Columbian, Caribbean, Taino, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A stunning and scarce life-sized face of a zemi (sometimes cemi) carved from a single piece of coral! The forward-facing...
[more like this] - OLMEC STONE PENDANT - WERE-JAGUAR, EX-SCHMITT**Originally
Listed At $2000**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A remarkable andesite stone pendant or applique low relief carved into a figure...
[more like this] - COSTA RICAN BASALT JAGUAR EFFIGY METATE**First
Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A hand-carved basalt stone jaguar effigy grinding platform known as a metate, supported...
[more like this] - GANDHARAN SCHIST PALETTE - FIGURES /
SEA MONSTER**Originally Listed At $800**
Central Asia, Pakistan / Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca, 200 BCE to 100 CE. An intriguing schist palette relief carved with a...
[more like this] - GANDHARA SCHIST PANEL, BUDDHA'S DEATH
PARINIRVANACentral Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A remarkable grey schist panel skillfully carved in high relief depicting the...
[more like this] - TWO CARVED MINERAL OBJECTS Includes,
carved chalcedony rhinoceros, 3 1/2 in. H., 7 in. L., with fitted wood stand and tiger's eye type carved idol, 4 in. H....
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