CHINESE JADE OR HARDSTONE ROUND PLAQUEMOTHER AND BOYSwith four character reign mark of the Qianlong emperor, relief carved plaque of mother in a walled garden, rocky outcroppings and flowering trees and two boys...
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20TH C. NORTHWEST COAST WALRUS IVORYTOTEM POLENative American, North America, Pacific Northwest Coast, probably Alaska, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved walrus ivory totem pole of a slender form presented...
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19TH C. AFRICAN IGBO BRASS OFO SHRINEFIGUREWest Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fascinating brass ritual object known as an ofo, presenting a tubular form intended to...
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19TH C. AFRICAN ANGOLA OVIMBUNDU WOODPOWER STAFFSouthern Africa, Angola, Ovimbundu, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A special scepter, perhaps once belonging to an Ovimbundu chief, finely carved from...
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EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTIS - GROUP OF5Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 664 BCE. A fine ensemble of 5 mold-formed, faience ushabti, all presenting upright in a mummiform...
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NAZCA POLYCHROME KERO W/ GEOMETRIC MOTIFS,TL TESTED**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. A wonderful pottery kero presenting a corseted body and tall, flared neck that...
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HUARI LLAMA BONE DRUG SPOON W/ BIRD& CRUSTACEANSPre-Columbian, Central Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A stunning hand-carved spoon made from the leg bone of a camelid, likely a llama with zoomorphic...
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TALL GREEK GNATHIAN POTTERY TREFOILOINOCHOEMagna Graecia, southern Italy, near present day Ignazia, Gnathian, ca. 340 to 320 BCE. An attractive blackware pottery pitcher with a trefoil spout decorated via the...
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PREHISTORIC ANASAZI TULAROSA BLACK-ON-WHITEPITCHERNative American, southwest New Mexico, villages in southern Cibola Anasazi/northern Mogollon, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) culture, ca. 1200 to 1400 CE. A stunning...
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RARE & STUNNING OLMEC JADEITE CEREMONIALPECTORALPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 1500 to 550 BCE. This astounding and rare jadeite pectoral or funerary mask has been skillfully pecked into...
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FINE MAYA SHELL AMULET W/ CINNABAR &INCISED LORD MOTIF...Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A beautiful shell incised with the face of a king or deity...
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TRANSLATED BYZANTINE MOSAIC GEOMETRICMOTIF W/ CROSSNear East or Europe, Byzantine / Early Christian Period, possibly southern Spain, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. A riveting mosaic presenting an elaborate, abstract...
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MASSIVE GNATHIAN POLYCHROME SKYPHOS,TL TESTED**First Time At Auction**
Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 360 to 325 BCE. A magnificent pottery skyphos finely hand-painted in intricate decoration of...
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Tall Southern Chinese Elaborately Mother-of-Pearl-InlaidMahogany Scroll-End Altar Table, in the Kuang-Hsu style, the edges of the top inlaid with alternating floral/avian and "Precious Object" reserves in mother-of-pearl, the...
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