SUE KRZYSTON O/C STILL LIFE PAINTING,A REGIONS CULTURE...Sue Krzyston (Arizona, b. 1948) oil on canvas still life canvas titled "A Regions Culture" depicting traditionally decorated Native American pottery and...
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CHINESE NEOLITHIC POTTERY JAR GEOMETRICMOTIFEast Asia, China, Neolithic Period, Majiayao culture, ca. 3300 to 2000 BCE A stunning pottery vessel of sizable form decorated with a complex brown and russet painted...
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TALL GUERRERO MEZCALA STONE TYPE M-14FIGUREPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 300 to 100 BCE. This is an incredible, abstract standing anthropomorphic figure of a large size,...
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CASAS GRANDES POLYCHROME FISH VESSELMEANDER MOTIFPre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Chihuahua, Corralitos, Casas Grandes, ca. 1060 to 1340 CE. An impressive vessel in the form of a fish, where the body bows outward...
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19TH C. MOROCCAN GLAZED POTTERY BOWL,EX-MUSEUMNorth Africa, Morocco, Fez (Fes) region, Islamic culture, ca. 19th century CE. A gorgeous pottery bowl adorned with blue and white pigments. Sitting upon a ring-form...
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5 CHAVIN, BAHIA, TEOTIHUACAN & HUASTECPOTTERY FIGURESPre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 500 BCE; Ecuador, Manabi Province, Bahia culture, ca. 500 to 100 BCE; Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan,...
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GUERRERO MEZCALA GREENSTONE TYPE M-22AXE GOD FIGUREPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A large and pretty example of a hand-carved greenstone axe god of the Type...
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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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2ND C. GANDHARAN SANDSTONE BUDDHA DHARMA-CHAKRAMUDRACentral 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...
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RARE & FINE SARMATIAN IRON SWORD W/ANTENNAE POMMELAncient Central/Eastern Europe, Black Sea region, Sarmatians or other nomadic tribes of the region (Sargat, Sauromation, Saka, or Scythian), ca. 4th to 1st...
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ROMAN / BYZANTINE MOSAIC, BANQUET SCENEKIMBROS CYCLERoman, late Imperial to Byzantine period, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A magnificent mosaic from the Kimbros cycle featuring a banquet scene of several figures...
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LATE ROMAN MOSAIC PANEL OF EIKAS FROMKIMBROS CYCLERoman, late Imperial to Byzantine period, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A remarkable mosaic from the Kimbros cycle featuring a seated male figure in front of the...
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STUNNING SICAN SILVER & TURQUOISE LORDAQUILLA VESSEL**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque or Chimu culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A silver drinking vessel with portrait-like...
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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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NICOYA POLYCHROME TROPHY HEAD VESSEL**FirstTime At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Atlantic Watershed, Costa Rica, Nicoya or Guanacaste region, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A wonderful pottery vessel in the form of a trophy head decorated...
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19TH C. MOROCCAN FEZ SERVING BOWL, EX-MUSEUMNorthAfrica, Morocco, Fez (Fes) region, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a lovely and large serving vessel, wheel thrown, and hand painted using traditional methods developed...
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EDWARD S. CURTIS, THE NORTH AMERICANINDIAN PORTFOLIO XII, 1922Edward S. Curtis, (1868 - 1952) The North American Indian Portfolio XII, 1922, 36 photogravures on Japanese Gampi tissue with original Van Gelder...
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Large Darien Region Culture Gold AnthropomorphicPectoral, 1-500 A.D., Colombia, the human figure with trapezoidal head, triangular nose, bead eyes, long legs, stylized feet, and wire-like hands, depicted holding a pair...
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Fine Tolima Region Culture Gold MaleWarrior Figure, 500-1000 A.D., Colombia, the standing figure depicted wearing a feather-shaped headdress, large open-ring ear ornaments and horizontal nose ornament, each...
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Tairona Region Culture Gold Pectoral,1000-1500 A.D., Colombia, in the form of a pair of twin birds with exaggerated beads and wearing pairs of fan-shaped headdresses, both perched on a large, flat, unadorned...
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Tairona Region Culture Gold Spiral Ornament,1000-1500 A.D., Colombia, in the form of a pair of tightly coiled addorsed spirals of cut, flat, unadorned sheet metal, presented in a custom fitted black velvet-lined case....
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Three Sinu Region Culture Gold FiligreeEarrings, 500-1000 A.D., Colombia, in the form of fan-shaped crescents of fine false filigree openwork bands with C-shaped loops, two pairs surmounted with geometric decorations,...
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Two Pairs of Sinu Region Culture GoldFiligree Earrings, 500-1000 A.D., Colombia, in the form of fan-shaped crescents of false filigree openwork bands with C-shaped loops, one pair surmounted with abstracted...
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Sinu Region Culture Gold and HardstoneNecklace, 500-1000 A.D., Colombia, with sixteen gold openwork tubular beads of inter-connected spirals interspersed with tubular rock quartz, jasper and agate tubular and...
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Sinu Region Culture Gold and HardstoneNecklace, 500-1000 A.D., Colombia, with twenty-seven gold openwork tubular beads of inter-connected spirals interspersed with tubular rock quartz, jade and agate tubular...
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Sinu Region Culture Tumbaga Staff Head,500-1000 A.D., Colombia, in the form of a male figure in the gold and copper alloy called "tumbaga", the figure with sex exposed depicted standing on a hollow rectangular...
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Chancay Region Culture Wooden WeavingTool, 100-1400 A.D., Peru, in the form of a male figure with enlarged head wearing a headdress, standing with arms at the sides of the body and with openwork legs, with pointed...
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Three Calima Region Culture Gold NoseOrnaments, 200-400 A.D., Colombia, in graduated sizes, all simple, flat, unadorned oval shapes of hammered metal with a circular void at the top of each, with meeting points...
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Two Pairs of Sinu Region Culture GoldEarrings, 500-1000 A.D., Colombia, the first pair in the form of stylized wings, surmounted with a row of stylized birds, with C-shaped loop attachments, w. 2-1/4", the other...
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Two Sinu Region Culture Gold Nose Ornaments,500-1000 A.D., Colombia, each in the form a long, flat, tapering horizontal bar with a U-shaped dip at the center for attachment, decorated with weave pattern and double-spiral...
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Two Sinu Region Culture Gold Nose Ornaments,500-1000 A.D., Colombia, each in the form a long, tapering, tubular horizontal bar with a U-shaped dip at the center for attachment, decorated with double-spiral and loop...
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Three Sinu Region Culture Gold NoseOrnaments, 500-1000 A.D., Colombia, each in the form a long, flat, tapering horizontal bar with a U-shaped dip at the center for attachment, with double-spiral and loop termini,...
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Darien Region Culture AnthropomorphicTumbaga Pectoral, 1-500 A.D., Colombia, in the gold and copper alloy called "tumbaga", the highly stylized human figure with horizontally bisected circles for eyes and double...
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Sinu Region Culture Tumbaga Staff Head,500-1000 A.D., Colombia, in the form of a jaguar in the gold and copper alloy called "tumbaga", the animal with bent legs, open grimacing mouth revealing teeth, semicircular...
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Two Diquis and Veragus Region CultureTumbaga Figures, 800-1200 A.D., Costa Rica, in the gold and copper alloy called "tumbaga", the Diguis figure ca. 1100 A.D. and depicting a standing male figure with coffee...
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Five Sinu Region Culture Tumbaga StaffHeads, 500-1000 A.D., Colombia, in the gold and copper alloy called "tumbaga", each in the form of a jaguar with grimacing open mouth showing the teeth and curled tail, standing...
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