ROMAN LEADED BRONZE PROTOME OF BACCHUSRoman,Imperial, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A fabulous bronze protome displaying the bust of Bacchus - Greek Dionysus - the Roman god of wine, vegetation, and festivity, depicted...
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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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OVER-LIFESIZE ROMAN BASALT HEAD OF SERAPIS**Thisis an oversized piece that may require special shipping. Please inquire for a quote prior to bidding.
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A finely sculpted...
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3 VALDIVIAN POTTERY VENUS FIGURES -TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A charming trio of female or Venus figures, all skillfully hand-built from pottery to present stylized...
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INDUS VALLEY MEHRGARH POTTERY FERTILITYIDOL, TL TESTED...Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A lovely, hand-built pottery fertility idol exhibiting characteristically feminine...
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2 POTTERY FIGURES OF DEITIES - MESOPOTAMIAN& EGYPTIANAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, ca. late 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE; Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A wonderful pair of pottery...
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NATIVE AMERICAN WOODLANDS STONE AXEHEAD - FULL GROOVENative American, Midwestern United States, Michigan, Farwell, Eastern Woodland, Archaic Period, ca. 5000 BCE (7000 BP). A hefty stone axe head that is hand-pecked...
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LOT OF 8 ANCIENT MEXICAN POTTERY & STONEOBJECTSPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE; West Mexico, Jalisco and Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 3rd...
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KUSHAN SCHIST RELIEF FRIEZE OF MAN W/LION HEADCentral Asia, Pakistan & Northwestern India, Kushan Empire, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A hand-carved gray schist frieze depicting an elite man dressed in a tunic...
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20TH C. CENTRAL AFRICAN KUBA WOOD PORTRAITCUPCentral Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fascinating carved-wood cup in the form of a human head. Sitting upon...
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NAZCA POTTERY TROPHY HEAD JAR + CHIMUPOTTERY JARPre-Columbian, South Coast of Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 400 CE; Central Coast of Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A nice set of 2 hand-built pottery vessels from...
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NAZCA POLYCHROME VESSEL W/ MYTHICALBEING, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. A hand-built pottery cup adorned with a vibrantly colored depiction of the fierce "Anthropomorphic...
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2ND C. GANDHARAN SCHIST HEAD OF BUDDHACentralAsia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A hand-carved miniature grey schist Buddha head, depicted nearly in the round, with a wavy coiffure,...
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ANCIENT ANATOLIAN POTTERY ABSTRACT HEAD,TL TESTEDNear East, Turkey, Anatolia, Neolithic / Chalcolithic, ca. 5500 to 4300 BCE. A wonderful and rare hand-built pottery head with an elongated brow, impressed narrowed...
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8 EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC & ROMANO POTTERYHEAD FRAGMENTSEgypt, Late Dynastic and Ptolemaic to early Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 5th to 1st century BCE; Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 2nd century BCE. This...
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INDUS VALLEY MEHRGARH POTTERY FERTILITYIDOL, TL TESTED...**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh culture, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A hand-built pottery female fertility idol of a characteristically...
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UNUSUAL VERACRUZ POTTERY STANDING FIGUREWHISTLEPre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz culture, also known as Totonac (Totonaca), Remojadas, ca. 300 to 600 CE. A fascinating figure of a woman, probably a shaman but possibly...
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CHAVIN POTTERY INCISED JAGUAR VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, Santana-Santa River, ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A delightful ceramic vessel in the form of a stylized jaguar presenting a portly...
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PUBLISHED / HUGE GANDHARAN STUCCO BUDDHAHEADCentral Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 4th to mid-5th century CE. A larger-than-life stucco head of the enlightened Buddha, modeled in the traditional...
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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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18TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN & USA IRON &STONE AXES (3)Native American, United States, Plains Tribes, ca. 18th to 19th century CE; North America, United States, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A collection of 3 iron...
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MASSIVE ARCHAIC EASTERN WOODLAND STONEFULL GROOVE AXENative American, southeastern United States, western North Carolina, Caney Fork Township, Eastern Woodland, Late Archaic period, ca. 2000 to 1000 BCE. An impressive...
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MISSISSIPPIAN POTTERY BOWL WOUNDED HAWK,TL'DNative American, Southeast or Midwest, Mississippian, Mound Builders, ca. 900 to 1543 CE. An exemplary, hand-built pottery bowl boasting a flat, circular base, a bulbous...
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JAMACOAQUE POLYCHROME MYTHICAL BEASTVESSEL, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque culture, ca. 500 CE. A large ceramic vessel in the form of a transformational beast - probably representing a shaman in...
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19TH C. BURMESE MANDALAY MARBLE SEATEDBUDDHASoutheast Asia, Burma (modern-day Myanmar), Mandalay period, ca. 19th century CE. A sizable and splendid statue of a seated Buddha, expertly hand-carved from creamy...
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EASTERN ROMAN MARBLE FEMALE HEAD W/SEA ENCRUSTATIONSRoman, Eastern Empire, late Imperial Period, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A wonderful, attractive, and expressive example of a female head in provincial stylization...
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MASSIVE ROMAN MARBLE TRAPEZOPHORON W/LION HEAD & PAWRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd century CE. A handsome, large marble table leg, also known as a trapezophoron, with a giant clawed foot, leg joint, and smooth...
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ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT - HEADOF A BEARDED MANRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A marvelous marble head, expertly hand-carved in high relief to display a veristic presentation of a man,...
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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY SEATED CAMEL WEARINGSADDLE, TL'DEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A handsome terracotta statue of a camel, shown seated with legs bent beneath him and head tilted skyward as...
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CHINESE MING DYNASTY STONE BUST OF BUDDHAEastAsia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A superb stone bust of Buddha draped in a robe with a skillfully-incised, spiral motif hem that folds at his chest, all adorned...
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PUBLISHED CHAVIN STIRRUP VESSEL EAGLE& JAGUAR**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chavin culture, Jequetepeque-Templadera type, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. One of the more striking examples of ancient...
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GREEK ARCHAIC POLYCHROME PROTOME, PERSEPHONEDEMETER TL...**First Time At Auction**
Greece, Archaic period, ca. 470 to 450 BCE. Doesn't she take your breath away? This beautiful, mold-made terracotta protome bust probably...
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VINTAGE GERMAN LIONS HEAD FULL SIZEVIOLIN W/ CASEVintage German full size 4/4 violin, having lions-head carved peghead, with painted red tongue, Aubert a Mirecourt bridge, minor loss to end of fingerboard near...
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WWII German Naval Officer's Swordunmarkedhighly polished steel blade with wire-bound celluloid grip. The lion's head pommel D-guard and hinged cross guard are heavily gilded a high relief fouled anchor and the number...
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Contemporary Full-Stock Flintlock KentuckyRifle .45 cal. 42'' octagonal barrel. German silver front sight blade; notched fixed rear sight. Top of barrel signed W. Buchele. Finely carved curly maple stock with German...
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