LARGE FIGURE HEADNatural material carvingLARGE FIGURE HEADNatural material carving of a head, uncovered with accentuated traditional hair design and carved facial features. Signed “Kapi” in syllabics, 10 x 10 x 6 inches. This lot is subject to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
RENAISSANCE REVIVAL WALNUT DINING TABLE,RENAISSANCE REVIVAL WALNUT DINING TABLE, 19THC.Italian Renaissance Revival walnut extension table, 19thc., having rectangular top over carved edge, leading to scoop molding with grotesque figure heads, over six turned legs on joined rectangular supports, rising on bun feet, approx 31"h, 44"w, 48"d, extended: 108"w (no leaves present)
ITALIAN BAROQUE STYLE CARVED STAINEDITALIAN BAROQUE STYLE CARVED STAINED WOOD CHESTThe top carved with three helmeted figures.
24 x 54 x 21 1/2 in.
Condition
Minor wear and losses to the extremities. One figure head detached (retained). Hinges are replaced. Lock mechanism lacking. Minor age splits. Otherwise structurally sound and in good condition.Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.
GROUP OF PRE-COLOMBIAN ARTIFACTSComprising:
TaironaGROUP OF PRE-COLOMBIAN ARTIFACTSComprising:
Tairona figure head fragment
Six gold and copper pendants
Large Tumbaga pendant
Two Peruvian carved bone fragments
The largest 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 1 in., (10 pcs).
Condition
Wear and encrustations, some fragmentary in nature. The head and the pendants with greater bruising and some perforations. Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.
Continental carved oak cassone, carvedContinental carved oak cassone, carved back with three panels depicting dragons, flanking a grotesque face, over lift lid base with 3 carved panels, on paw feet, mid 19th C, arms need reattached with figure heads at end, 41"h x 47"w x 21"d
2 LARGE TOLEDO SWORDS, 20TH CENTURY2 LARGE TOLEDO SWORDS, 20TH CENTURY A (lot of 2) Large Toledo, Spain swords, second half 20th century fashioned in the 15th century style, double edged and etched cross guard terminating in figure heads, faux ivory handle set with enameled heraldic shields, each 39"l
DOULTON LAMBETH STAMP DAMPER, LLOYDDOULTON LAMBETH STAMP DAMPER, LLOYD GEORGEStoneware; light green glazed finish. Figure head modelled as David Llyod George.
Figurative commemorative piece made for the National Insurance Act of 1911 in the UK. Doulton backstamp. #LlyodGeorge #stampdamper
Issued: 1911
Dimensions: 3.5"H
Manufacturer: Doulton Lambeth
Country of Origin: England
Provenance: Berkowitz Collection
VINTAGE MICHAEL SUTTY FINE CHINA CHESSVINTAGE MICHAEL SUTTY FINE CHINA CHESS PIECE, LORD NELS...Hand painted figure head of Vice-Admiral Nelson on a cylindrical black base.
Michael Sutty backstamp.
Dimensions: 2.25" L x 2.5" W x 3.75" H
Manufacturer: Michael Sutty
Country of Origin: England
Condition: : Age related wear. Chip to base.
High Res Image 1
High Res Image 2
High Res Image 3
Condition:
Age related wear. Chip to base.
MICHAEL SUTTY FINE CHINA CHESS PIECE,MICHAEL SUTTY FINE CHINA CHESS PIECE, DUKE OF WELLINGTO...Vintage; hand painted figure head of Arthur Wellesley on a cylindrical black base.
Michael Sutty backstamp.
Dimensions: 2" L x 2" W x 3.5" H
Manufacturer: Michael Sutty
Country of Origin: England
Condition: : Age related wear. Chip to base.
High Res Image 1
High Res Image 2
High Res Image 3
Condition:
Age related wear. Chip to base.
CONTINENTAL CARVED SHIPS FIGURE HEADDESCRIPTION:CONTINENTAL CARVED SHIPS FIGURE HEADDESCRIPTION: A 19th Cent. Continental Ships figure head, features a handcarved semi nude embellished with polychrome finishes. CIRCA: Late 19th Cent. ORIGIN: Continental DIMENSIONS: W: 27" H: 51" CONDITION: Great condition. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS (305) 333-4134. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
VINTAGE JAPANESE CERAMIC FIGURAL HEADVINTAGE JAPANESE CERAMIC FIGURAL HEAD CARNIVAL CANEHand painted figure head of a comic character wearing a orange bowler hat. Attached to a wood dowel. 'Japan' impressed on the back of the neck.
Dimensions: 33.5"L x 1.75"W
Country of Origin: Japan
Condition:
Age related wear.
CERAMIC ANIMAL CARNIVAL CANEAn adorableCERAMIC ANIMAL CARNIVAL CANEAn adorable hand painted figure head of a cartoon pig with a blue bowtie. Attached to a painted blue wooden dowel.
Dimensions: 35"L x 1.5"W
Condition:
Age related wear.
(2 PC) ANTIQUE KOREAN HORSE & RIDER(2 PC) ANTIQUE KOREAN HORSE & RIDER VESSELSDESCRIPTION: (2 Pc) A Pair of antique Korean funerary pottery vessels in the form of a horse and rider, the horse standing four square atop a platform with a long spout beneath its chin, with ornate trappings and saddle rug; the rider traveling rider with tall headdress, and a vessel positioned behind him with Silla Dynasty style.
CIRCA: 20th Century, possibly older.
ORIGIN: Korea.
DIMENSIONS: W: 10 1/2" H: 7 1/2".
Have a similar item to sell? Contact: Info@Akibaantiques.com.
CONDITION: Antique condition with broken figure head that needs repair on both pieces. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS(305)-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission."
CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT PAINTINGAmericanCONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT PAINTINGAmerican School (Late 20th century), encaustic on paper abstract of a figure head device with bright coral color ground, illegibly signed and dated lower right: "[?] 1986." Paper size: 21 1/4" H x 21 1/4" W. Loosely mounted to matting and unframed.
Condition:
Overall good condition. Light rippling to paper. Pinholes to each corner. Light surface scratch to upper right quadrant, 2 1/2".
CONTINENTAL SIDEBOARD HAVING HINGEDCONTINENTAL SIDEBOARD HAVING HINGED TOP OPENING TO REVE...Continental Sideboard having hinged top opening to reveal fitted silverware compartment, over 2 doors opening to drawers and shelves, overall hand painted doors carved with drapes and classical figure heads and painted urns, all set on plain base, 17th Century, height 37 inches, top 18 3/4" x 52 1/2".
Condition:
All lots are sold "AS IS" The condition of lots can vary widely and are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. *No credit card payments will be accepted for silver, gold, or jewelry from buyers that have not purchased from our gallery in the past.
PAIR FINE WOOL AND SILK NEEDLEWORKSBritishPAIR FINE WOOL AND SILK NEEDLEWORKSBritish or Continental, probably late 18th century, each with female figure within bucolic landscape, one standing and holding a sickle, the other in bird figure headed chair, wool and silk on canvas, each sight approximately 12-3/4 x 9-1/4 in.; paint and gilt decorated wood frames, 15-1/2 x 12 in.
Provenance: Private Collection, Middleburg, Virginia
Condition:
both with good strong colors, seated figure either unfinished or losses all round chair, both with losses to wool throughout, not examined out of frame
ORNATE 20TH C. MAORI WOOD CANOE TAUIHUORNATE 20TH C. MAORI WOOD CANOE TAUIHU PROWOceania, New Zealand, Maori, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. This is an incredibly ornate canoe prow known a tauihu with several figure heads, hand-carved from wood, and inlaid with nacre shells. The piece is composed of 3 pieces- a thick base with a V shaped slot for mounting on the canoe with a figure etched in the center, and head projecting from the front. An upright panel with a relief carved figure faces into the boat and represents a hauki guardian figure, an ancestor watching over the paddlers. A sweeping openwork fin with swirling spiral motifs and a figure with a bird-like beak on the tip, and a second figure along the spine represent additional deities and guardian spirits. Each figure is a stylized tiki form, with incised curvilinear details and the eyes of all are inlaid with nacre. Throughout is a beautiful dark and lustrous patina of a red-brown hue, and this may have been a handsome and imposing prow on a war canoe! Size: 38" L x 13" W x 23" H (96.5 cm x 33 cm x 58.4 cm)
Maori wood carving is an incredible art form, as this piece can attest to, its practitioners rightly recognized as masters. Their woodcarving tradition lasted in many areas into the later nineteenth century despite colonization and missionaries. Carving schools in several areas of the country kept the Maori tradition alive. Carvers used local trees, and a prayer known as a karakia would be said prior to cutting them down, thus showing respect for the forest. Their war canoes, known as waka taua, were lengthy vessels that were not only swift battleships, but symbols of prestige with symbolic ancestor figures that would watch over and imbue power to the paddlers.
For a similar example and more detailed information about Maori prow carvings please see the Penn Museum website article "Maori War Canoe Ornaments" by H. U. Hall, Museum Bulletin V, no. 5 (March 1935): 55-59, and the Penn Museum object number: 18128.
Provenance: Whisnant Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA acquired prior to 2000
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#170373
Condition:
The 3 main wood pieces easily come apart via pegs and tenons and are missing several pegs and is slightly loose when upright, but easily could be reinforced. Wear chips and abrasions to base due to shifting of wood panels and small areas of discoloration with a modern white pigment. Nicks to high pointed area of largest panel, but overall excellent condition and intact carvings.
ANCIENT POTTERY HEADPottery figure headANCIENT POTTERY HEADPottery figure head of possibly a serpent or Quetzalcoatl. Figure head has the look of Pre Columbian, Aztec or Mayan. Approx. 4 1/2" long. shipping info This lot can be shipped in-house.
LLADRO KITAKAMI CRUISEThe undersideLLADRO KITAKAMI CRUISEThe underside marked, number 1605, limited edition of 500, issued 1989. The vessel with a princess seated beneath a pagoda roof, and with numerous attendants, the bow with a dragon head figure head, the stern with a swan, on a wood base, with the original box. Height 12.5 in. Width 40 in. Depth 9 in. (Cond: lantern restored)
(VIEW) CAPE COD - PROVINCETOWN - COMMERCIAL(VIEW) CAPE COD - PROVINCETOWN - COMMERCIAL STREET: 101 POSTCARDS EARLY TO MID-20TH CENTURY(VIEW) CAPE COD - PROVINCETOWN - COMMERCIAL STREET: 101 POSTCARDS, Early to Mid-20th Century, East End (38) and West End (63) views. Fourteen real photo: digging out after a snow storm, laying rocks for bulkhead, launching boat with skids onshore and near pilings, High Street near Gifford House and more. Also: several "Way Up Along" cards, "Commercial St., Provincetown, Mass. 18 feet in width, with 4 foot sidewalk", cottages in East End, "Willow From Napoleon's Grave", Figure Head Tea Room, The Red House and more.
AMERICAN CARVED CLASSICAL MAHOGANY SETTEEAMERICAN CARVED CLASSICAL MAHOGANY SETTEE Circa 1830, raised crest with relief carved central shell, flanked by two shaped and relief carved rear dolphins to the left and right side, acanthus relief carved arms with figure head terminus, acanthus relief carved front seat rail with central drop shell, raised on four relief carved dolphin form feet.
A COLLECTION OF (21) CONTINENTAL ANTIQUEA COLLECTION OF (21) CONTINENTAL ANTIQUE WHITE CLAY PIPES 19th-early 20th century, including one marked O'BRIEN MAYO ST DUBLIN, numbered 61, circa 1880-1920; (2) French pipes with mark of Fiolet factory in Saint-Omer (1764-1920), one bowl with floral motif and the other bulldog form; (2) French pipes marked GAMBIER/A PARIS/M*H/DEPOSE," circa 1890 - 1910; a single French pipe marked Noel / Paris / FRANCE; (2) featuring French officer head bowl, one numbered No421; (3) "Zenith" Gouda dutch pipe with label P.J. van der Want Azn.; one celebrating Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, marked Queen 1837-1897; one marked J JOLEY / ST. HELENS to stem with foot and ball motif bowl; (3) marked Derry Castle / Inniskilling / EGYPT; one with female figure head numbered 1264; one with cup and hand form bowl, worn impressed stamp, numbered 45; one with bowl featuring a lady in hat with partial label of LAVAMER; one with embossed "FOR AUD LANG SYN" and hands shake relief motif to bowl; and one with head of bearded man in turban, unmarked.
Included with the pipes is a related hardcover reference book on the subject A complete guide to collecting Antique Pipes, published 1979, by Benjamin Rapaport.
INDIAN QUARTZ STONE GANESH FIGURE HeadINDIAN QUARTZ STONE GANESH FIGURE Head and Partial Torso, the Elephant features of the Great God Ganesh, 5" tall, worn and encrusted.
THREE CHINESE POLYCHROME DECORATED FIGURESTHREE CHINESE POLYCHROME DECORATED FIGURES AND A FAMILLE NOIRE VASE H OF TALLEST: 16 IN. (40.6 CM.)Three Chinese Polychrome Decorated Figures and a Famille Noire Vase, Tallest Figure head with repair Dimensions: H of tallest: 16 in. (40.6 cm.)
EARLY CARVED SCREAMING EAGLE SHIP'SEARLY CARVED SCREAMING EAGLE SHIP'S FIGUREHEAD BYca. 18th-19th century; attributed to U.S. Naval use on unknown smaller size boat, the carved rock oak figure with simple single beam carved with sawn worked screaming eagle with open beak and protruding tongue, round five pointed stars on both sides with crest of stars and stripes on left side and musical lyre on right; the eagle head with carved eyes, detailed feathering carved cap and feathering along neck, retains some of original mounting trim along back rail and retains portion of original paints, 21 1/2"x 3 1/4"x 10" figure head; Condition: secondary box nail mounts are not uniform and probably hand forged, era of carving is possibly pre-Civil War period, figurehead is possibly for a smaller skiff or row craft, mounted to modern display
VICTORIAN MARBLE TOP PARLOR TABLE, LATEVICTORIAN MARBLE TOP PARLOR TABLE, LATE 19TH C.Inset white marble top with burled walnut panels and incised carvings with female figure heads. Old, refinished condition. 30" high x 36 1/4" wide x 21 1/2" deep. Overall condition is good.
Early 20th century African TanzanianEarly 20th century African Tanzanian tribal chair with carved figure head with inlayed eyes; overall good condition, H 40 1/2" x D 14" (approx.)Provenance: Dr. Peter T. Furst (1922-2015) collection thence by decent. Dr. Peter T. Furst was an anthropologist, author (150+ books) and teacher as well as the Foreign Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. Dr. Furst curated many exhibitions throughout the years.
Carved wood West African figure headCarved wood West African figure head with custom lucite stand; including stand H 5" x W 1 7/8" x D 1 7/8" (approx.)Provenance: Dr. Peter T. Furst (1922-2015) collection thence by decent. Dr. Peter T. Furst was an anthropologist, author (150+ books) and teacher as well as the Foreign Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. Dr. Furst curated many exhibitions throughout the years.
4 ANCIENT ASIAN EARTHENWARE POTTERY4 ANCIENT ASIAN EARTHENWARE POTTERY STONE FRAGMENT Asia,500 AD or earlierIncluding two pottery horse head fragments and figure head, Jaguar mask appears to be carved marble or stone.
Peter M. 20th C. green marble sculpturePeter M. 20th C. green marble sculpture of unknown origin of an elongated figure standing with attenuated features signed on base ''Peter M.'' small surface chip on face and near base 8 1/4'' h.; along with a grey marble modern abstract sculpture of an Inuit figure head on black painted rectangular wooden base 8'' h. x 7 1/4'' w. x 3 1/2'' deep with base
2 PIECE HELLENISTIC POTTERY HEADS: Both2 PIECE HELLENISTIC POTTERY HEADS: Both on custom stands, to include 1) Bearded male figure head. 2 3/4'' h., 5'' h. overall on stand. 2) African male figure 1 1/2'' h., 3 1/2'' overall on stand.
STAUDT RIVER BOAT Germany listed inSTAUDT RIVER BOAT Germany listed in the Moko catalog this 1928 example is painted in a striking green and white hull color scheme canopy at bow steps lead to upper cabin at stern single mast and stack double ventilators and fully railed detailed embossing to figure head. 16'' long. Canopy restored and mast replaced flaking to hull. (Exc. Cond)
ROCK & GRANER PADDLE WHEEL ''KAISERROCK & GRANER PADDLE WHEEL ''KAISER WILHELM'' #2111 Germany c.1875 steam powered example very rare and important offering painted in greens and accented in orange and maroon hull bands feature bell at bow figure head and bow spirit adds another 6'' to overall length name appears on paddlewheel covers funnel and boiler at center ornate deck cover. 21'' long. Minor enhancement to paddlewheels and red bell lever rare to find in such condition. (Exc. Cond)
A Group of Three Ivory Figural SnuffA Group of Three Ivory Figural Snuff Bottles each with polychrome decoration and gilt highlights the figure heads carved as scoop handles comprising a set of two depicting a man and a woman riding elephants and a double lidded bottle depicting a crowned couple the man holding a sword and the lady a fan and a basket of flowers. Height of tallest 3 1/8 inches.
Pair of Chinoiserie style gilt-metalPair of Chinoiserie style gilt-metal porcelain and paint decorated wood two-light sconces late 19th century; wood shaped back board with painted pagoda scenes and gilt-metal trim two gilt-metal leaf-form candle holders with porcelain flower heads and a Chinese Export porcelain figure of a woman mounted in center 16 in. L. Estimate $ 600-800 Many flower heads loose and chipped figure heads broken and glued back on crocodiling and wear to wood gilt wear.
MARKLIN BOXED ''NEW YORK'' CLOCKWORKMARKLIN BOXED ''NEW YORK'' CLOCKWORK 1ST SERIES BATT #1092/115 c. 1905 fully appointed upper deck completely railed multiple guns on two separate levels three tier masts embossed figure head superb condition highlights its original white and red contrast with simulated wood plank deck. 27 1/2'' long. One replaced mast with original box overall (Exc. Cond)