MC ESCHER "FLATWORMS" (1959 LITHOGRAPH,PENCIL-SIGNED)M.C. Escher (Maurits Cornelis)
(Netherlands, 1898-1972)
Flat Worms , 1959
Lithograph on cream paper
13 1/4" x 16 1/4"
Pencil-signed and numbered (#17/45) to...
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A STARK, SAN FRANCISCO, CUSTOM AREARUG A Stark, San Francisco, custom area rug
The contemporary carpet executed in wool and silk, hand woven in Nepal, overall 9' x 12'
Time: January 2023...
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TWO CUSTOM AREA RUGS, 5' X 8' 6" AND5' 8" X 9' 7".Two Custom Area Rugs, 5' x 8' 6" and 5' 8" x 9' 7". Provenance: David and Cynthia Kim, 22 Stoney Wylde Lane, Greenwich, Connecticut. View home by visiting: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/22-Stoney-Wylde-Ln-Greenwich-CT-06830/177238281_zpid/
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RARE 10TH C. SICAN GOLD TUNIC APPLIQUES**OriginallyListed At $32000**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Sican / Lambayeque, ca. 10th to 11th century CE. A fabulous and impressive number of 14K gold - 691 to be exact - of...
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LARGE PROTO NAZCA POLYCHROME TEXTILEW/ STRIPES**Originally Listed At $850**
Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Proto-Nazca, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A gorgeous textile panel of a large form composed of tightly woven...
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IMPRESSIVE MOCHICA POTTERY VESSEL, SMILINGDRUMMER**Originally Listed At $1200**
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche, ca. 400 CE. This is one enthusiastic percussionist! A finely rendered and quite sizeable polychrome terracotta...
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TEOTIHUACAN POTTERY FIGURAL INCENSARIOLID TL'DPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A lovely incensario lid used to funnel the smoke from burning copal incense upwards and out of the...
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LOVELY & IMPORTANT ROMAN SILVER STATUETTEOF VENUSRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to early 3rd century CE. An exquisite statuette cast from 70% to 75% silver depicting Venus (Greek Aphrodite), the goddess of love,...
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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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LARGE COLIMA POTTERY SEATED MALE FIGUREPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A large and lovely pottery figure depicting a serene man seated with bent legs upon a pair of posterior spikes. Highly burnished...
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EGYPTIAN COPTIC TEXTILE EMBROIDEREDW/ BIRDSEgypt, late Coptic to early Byzantine Empire, ca. 4th to 7th century CE. A beautiful copper-colored textile fragment featuring a pair of embroidered birds of paradise...
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RARE COLIMA POTTERY FIGURAL WHISTLE- BOUND PRISONERPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A rare and interesting pottery figure that depicts a captive prisoner seated with bent legs and...
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MAYA POLYCHROME VESSELS - PETEN BOWL+ HANDLED JARPre-Columbian, Central America, Southern Mexico to Guatemala (Peten Region), Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An attractive set of 2 hand-built pottery...
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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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ANCIENT THAI BAN CHIANG BICHROME PEDESTALDISHSoutheast Asia, Northeastern Thailand, Ban Chiang culture, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. A hand-built pottery dish resting atop a flared pedestal-form foot. The upper body...
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EARLY ETRUSCAN IMPASTO WARE CHALICEAncientEurope, Northern Italy, Etruria, ca. late 7th to early 6th century BCE. Wheel-thrown pottery chalice with a flared foot beneath a tapered stem, a broad body, and a thin rim...
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ROMAN PARTHIAN GLASS CUP, EX-ROYAL ATHENA**OriginallyListed At $1400**
Roman, Parthian, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A squat, free-blown, emerald-green glass cup with a concave base and a rough pontil scar, short...
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ORNATE 20TH C. MAORI WOOD CANOE TAUIHUPROWOceania, New Zealand, Maori, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. This is an incredibly ornate canoe prow known a tauihu with several figure heads, hand-carved from wood,...
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LARGE NATIVE AMERICAN TULAROSA POTTERYJARNative American, southwestern United States, New Mexico, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) period, Tularosa, ca. 900 to 1450 CE. A stunning pottery bowl of an impressive scale,...
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NATIVE AMERICAN CHACO BLACK-ON-WHITEPOTTERY OLLANative American, Southwestern United States, Four Corners region, New Mexico, Chaco Canyon area, ca. 1050 to 1200 CE. A superb pottery olla boasting a simple yet...
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ENORMOUS 20TH C. SHIPIBO POLYCHROMEPORTRAIT JARSouth American, Upper / Western Amazon Basin, Ucayali River, Peru, Shipibo people, ca. mid-20th century CE. Wow! A marvelous pottery portrait jar of a tremendous...
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SICAN LAMBAYEQUE HAMMERED COPPER MASKPre-Columbian,north coast of Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 10th to 11th century CE. A mask made of hammered copper, with two huge copper projections that rise, similar to horns...
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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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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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LOVELY IRIDESCENT ROMAN GLASS FOOTEDBOWLRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An elegant bowl, free blown from translucent, blue-green glass to present a flared, ring-form foot, a rounded bottom,...
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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;...
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EGYPTIAN WOOD & PAINTED GESSO SARCOPHAGUSMASKEgypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. An attractive sarcophagus mask that is hand-carved from hardwood and perhaps depicts a high-class...
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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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ANASAZI MESA VERDE POTTERY NEGATIVERESIST BOWLNative American, North America, Southwestern United States, Colorado or New Mexico, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), Mesa Verde type, Late Classic, ca. 1150 to 1280...
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VERACRUZ POTTERY ARTICULATED MALE SONRIENTEPre-Columbian,Mexico, Gulf Coast, Veracruz, Classic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 900 CE. An outstanding terracotta figure known as a sonriente - meaning "smiling face" - depicted standing with...
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LARGE / EXPRESSIVE ROMAN MARBLE SPOUT- LION HEAD FORMRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 3rd century CE. A finely carved marble lion-headed spout, likely from an ancient fountain, with wonderful deep drilling characteristic...
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GREEK ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS -HORSE + 4 YOUTHSGreece, Athens (Attic), ca. 5th century BCE. A wonderful pottery lekythos showcasing a classic silhouette and black-figure decoration of 4 draped youths with...
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GREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE STEMMED KYLIXW/ EPHEBESAncient Greece, Athens, ca. 500 to 480 BCE. A beautiful pottery kylix, expertly hand-painted with images of ephebes or Greek youths in red-figure technique. Boasting...
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GREEK BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA - DIONYSIAN& WARRIOR SCENES...Ancient Greece, Athens, ca. 520 BCE. A graceful neck amphora of the type B form with a clearly defined lip and neck, a dramatically curved shoulder, and...
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18TH C. BRAZIL GILT & PAINTED NICHOWITH STONE FIGURESSouth America, Brazil, 18th century. An impressive hand-carved and hand-painted 18th century wooden nicho with gilded details housing hand-carved and polychromed...
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LARGE PREHISTORIC ANASAZI WINGATE REDON BLACK JARNative American, Southwestern United States, Four Corners Region, southern Colorado Plateau, Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan), ca. 1030 to 1175 CE. A sizable redware...
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