- TWO CARVED FIGURAL FUNERARY MEMORIAL
POSTS (KIKANGU) Two carved figural funerary memorial posts (Kikangu), Giriami people, Kenya, greatest 6'9" (overall). Provenance: Collection of Vanna and N. Lee Lacy (Palm...
[more like this] - AKAN AFRICAN TERRACOTTA FUNERARY FIGUREAkan
terracotta funerary figure. Figures of this sort are common among the Akan peoples of Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana and generally represent deceased community members who held high...
[more like this] - LARGE TLATILCO POTTERY SEATED FEMALE
FIGURE, EX-BONHAMS...Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco culture, Early Formative period, ca. 1150 to 550 BCE. A splendid, hollow-built, pottery figure of sizable form...
[more like this] - MAYA JAINA POTTERY STANDING DIGNITARY
FIGURE W/ TLPre-Columbian, Gulf Coast of Mexico, Western Yucatan Peninsula, Jaina/Campeche, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A gorgeous and hand-built pottery...
[more like this] - INSCRIBED PALMYRAN MARBLE RELIEF W/
BANQUETERNear East / Holy Land, Palmyra, Roman Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. An impressive Palmyran funerary relief, hand-carved from creamy white marble to depict a...
[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] - ANCIENT ARGENTINE CONDORHUASI-ALAMITO
STONE MASKPre-Columbian, Northwest Argentina, Condorhuasi-Alamito culture, Early Period, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. An incredible funerary mask hand-carved from a large stone...
[more like this] - FINE SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER MALE HEADAncient
Middle East, South Arabia, modern-day Yemen, Qatabanian culture, ca. 3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE. A hand-carved alabaster head boasting soft honey-yellow and white hues,...
[more like this] - PRE-COLUMBIAN CHIMU GOLD RITUAL KERO
(DRINKING VESSEL)Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chimu, Late Intermediate Period, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. An elegant ritual kero (drinking cup) formed from a single sheet...
[more like this] - RARE / GORGEOUS OLMEC BLUE JADE CELTPre-Columbian,
Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec culture, ca. 1150 to 550 BCE. A rare, hand-carved ceremonial jade celt (hand axe) with a muted blue-green coloration and an elegant presentation....
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR OF HAPY,
BABOON HEADEgypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A gorgeous canopic jar, hand-carved from banded alabaster to boast a baboon-head lid representing...
[more like this] - SUPERB CHONTAL STONE FACE MASK**First
Time 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...
[more like this] - LARGE CHINESE NEOLITHIC LIANGZHU STONE
CONG CARVING**First Time At Auction**
China, late Neolithic, Liangzhu period to Shang Dynasty, ca. 2500 to 1046 BCE. A stunning ritual item known as a "cong" that is hand-carved...
[more like this] - CHINESE SHANG DYNASTY JADE CONG / RITUAL
ITEM**Originally Listed At $1500**
East Asia, China, Shang Dynasty, ca. 1558 to 1046 BCE. A hand-carved ritual funerary item known as a "cong" that is hand-carved from mottled...
[more like this] - CHINESE NEOLITHIC LIANGZHU STONE CONG
W/ ABSTRACT FACES...**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, China, Neolithic, Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300 to 2250 BCE. A stunning and finely-formed ritual funerary item known...
[more like this] - RIO MAGDALENA MOSKITO POTTERY URN W/
LID, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Northern Colombia, Rio Magdalena, Moskito, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A This is an incredible funerary effigy vessel with a figural lid, and a conical...
[more like this] - PRE-COLUMBIAN HUARI MUMMY BUNDLE PAINTED
FACEPre-Columbian, southern Peru, Huari culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. Perhaps the finest mummy bundle from this region we have seen. Most examples have painted faces directly...
[more like this] - MAHONGWE/GABON CARVED WOOD, BRASS AND
COPPER MOUNTED FUNERARY GUARDIAN, H: 22 1/2 IN. (57.2 CM.)Mahongwe/Gabon Carved Wood, Brass and Copper Mounted Funerary Guardian,, Mahongwe: Northern Branch of the Kota People...
[more like this] - VEZO PEOPLES, FUNERARY POST, EX J.J.
KLEJMAN 19th/20th c., Madagascar, carved wood, depicting a standing female figure bearing a tower of stacked paired half-moons, erected for the tombs of important chiefs and...
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