- A HIMALAYAN BUDDHIST THANGKA PAINTING
18th or 19th century, Bhutan or Tibet, pigments and gold on cloth, colors are very vivid and possible mineral pigments, an unusual composition with Shakyamuni Buddha standing...
[more like this] - FIBROUS MALACHITE & OTHER MINERAL SPECIMENS
Comprising six unusual and attractive items, including a large piece of malachite, partly polished but with vug faces covered with tiny crystals, from Dem. Republic of Congo,...
[more like this] - BULL PIZZLE CANE-Ca 1920 -The single
piece cane with an integral crook handle is fashioned of a stretched, twisted and dried bull penis. Stiff enough to lean on, the cane has an intriguing fibrous structure and...
[more like this] - COAHUAYANA TYPE MALE SHAMAN EFFIGYThe
unusual, black ware male shaman with hunchback characteristics, seated in a hunkered position, his bloated body with ribs and spine protruding along his back. Long spindly...
[more like this] - UNUSUAL FIGURAL VESSEL FROM PANAMAAn
unusual figural vessel from Panama, ca. 1000 - 1500 AD. It is 6-1/2 in. high, 5-1/2 in. in diameter and depicts an individual with spindly arms reaching over his chest. The...
[more like this] - BEAUTIFUL NATURAL MALACHITE BOTRYOIDAL
MASSCentral Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ca. millions of years ago. This is a lovely natural malachite mineral with unusual bubbly crystalline structures known...
[more like this] - GREEK GEOMETRIC BRONZE IMPLEMENT, ROOSTER
& BRACELETAncient Greece, Geometric period, ca. 8th century BCE. A fine gathering of bronze items from ancient Greece, cast into a bracelet, bird finial, and an unusual pendant-like...
[more like this] - LARGE 18TH C. INDIAN STONE PANEL W/
GANESH**Originally Listed At $2000**
South Asia, India, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. Finely carved in relief from a single block of stone, this is a high relief hand-carved...
[more like this] - RARE / LARGE JALISCO POLYCHROME 2-HEADED
FIGURALPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. This unusual and large hand-built pottery figure is notably made with 2 heads protruding from the shoulder,...
[more like this] - COLIMA SHALLOW POTTERY DISH W/ SCORPIONSPre-Columbian,
West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery dish with an applied creature in the center and a two resting upon the rim. The vessel has a rounded, stable...
[more like this] - RARE CHAVIN ANTHRACITE BOX - INLAID
DISCS, ORIG. CORDPre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. An incredibly rare carved anthracite box held together with cotton cords and inlaid with...
[more like this] - CHINESE HAN DYNASTY MYTHICAL RHINO BEAST,
TL'DEast Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A fantastic mold made pottery effigy of a rhinoceroses-pig hybrid creature, with horns protruding from the neck and...
[more like this] - GIANMARIA BUCCELLATI SILVER MALACHITE
CENTERPIECE Gianmaria Buccellati (Italian, 1929-2015) silver and malachite centerpiece, in the form of a cornucopia issuing harvest fruits, the whole with leaves, grape clusters,...
[more like this] - GIANMARIA BUCCELLATI SILVER MALACHITE
CENTERPIECE Gianmaria Buccellati (Italian, 1929-2015) silver and malachite centerpiece, in the form of a cornucopia issuing harvest fruits, the whole with leaves, grape clusters,...
[more like this] - Unusual Pair of Matched Mineral Spheres,
each fashioned of amgoidal basalt of a reddish-brown matrix with irregular black and gray included shards, dia. 6-1/2"....
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