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3. Danish Grey Flint Neolithic Scraper, Ca.
100,000 BC. Well fitting hand tool with sharp cutting edge. 4-7/8"L.
Handsome smokey grey color. Ex Dutch Collection. #3740 $175 
7. Sumerian Rectangular Cuneiform Tablet,
Ur, IIIrd Dynasty, Ca. 2050 BC. Baked biscuit inscribed with an
administrative record concerning 39 various personnel. Translation
included. 4-3/8"x 2-1/4"W. Ex New York City Collection.
#3652 $900
13. Rectangular Hardstone Cosmetic Palette, Old Kingdom, Ca. 3000 BC. Blackstone with sloped side walls and slightly depressed top. Good wear and deposits on top. 4-3/4"L. x 2-3/4"W. Ex Belgium Collection. #3754 SOLD
16. Cartonange Painting of a Falcon Headed Deity,
XXIst to XXIInd Dynasty, Ca. 1085 to 730 B.C. Finely detailed
striding figure Deity holding an Ankh and a Scepter. Remains of
a vertical and horizontal hieroglyph inscription and a winged
deity on top with outstretched talon. 8-1/2"H. Nice colors.
Ex German Collection. #3751 SOLD
19. Large Schist Offering Plate, Late Period,
Ca. 715 BC. Carved shallow with four dove-tails or lugs protruding
from thick rim. Ex New York City Gentleman. 17-1/2"D. One
lug has carved glyphs probably added later with the cartouche
of Sestortisos III. #3606
$3500
24. Egyptian Green Glaze Faience Scarab for Luck,
New Kingdom, 1550 to 1070 BC. Naturalistic carved, notched wing
case; base inscribed with protective powers of a papyrus blossom.
3/4"L. # 3000 SOLD
27. Wood & Gesso Mummy Mask, Late Period,
Ca. 715 to 300 BC. A sensitively modeled wood mask with wood core
overlaid with gesso and nice almond eyes and strong nose. 5"H.
Vestigial dowel pins visible. Ex Michigan Collection. #3749 SOLD
28. Bronze Standing Sekhmet, Saite Period,
Ca. 600 to 300 BC. Lion headed deity standing with incised whiskers,
mane and wearing bracelets and disc with cobra headdress. 3-5/8"H.
Mounted. #3784 $1200
33. Cypriot Bichrome Pottery Skyphos, Cypro-Geometric
to Cypro-Archaic, Ca. 1000 BC. Deep footed bowl with twin handles.
Interior painted with concentric circles. 4-1/4"H. 7-1/8"D.
Ex English WWII Collection with the old collection number penned
to base. LS 1058. #3687 $550
34. Attic White Ground Funerary Lekythos,
Ca. 5th Century BC. Cylindrical white painted body, disc foot
and funnel lip with black figure palmettes on shoulder. White
ground pottery was used specifically in Funerary contexts. 12-1/2"H.
Ex L. Curtis Collection. #1000 $2,250
36. Attic black-figure Eye Cup, Ca. 560 BC.
Wide graceful drinking cup with a fine gorgoneion in tondo; each
side painted with a winged goddess, perhaps Nike or Iris, running
between apotropaic eyes, with red tours molding at the juncture
of the stem and the bowl. Details in added red and white. 8-3/8"D.
Ex R. Vedasy Estate. #3639 $6500
39. Graeco-Roman Stucco Theater Mask, Ca.
2nd Century BC/AD. Excellent example of a comic elder with wide
open mouth with surrounding beard, pinched facial expression and
beady eyes. Ample traces of pink pigment remain. 6"H. custom
mounted. #2032 $1200
40. Large Apulian Red-Figure Globular Pyxis,
South Italy, Ca. 4th Century BC. Circular twin hemispherical halves.
The top with a rare depiction of a rare full frontal female headed
Goddess Nike with wings spread. Two added white owls flying at
either side. Profusely decorated with palmette leaves behind and
below. 8"H. 7-1/2"D. Really nice example. #3192 SOLD
43. Attic Black Glaze Amphoriskos, Athens,
Ca. 4th Century BC. Elegant and intact museum quality example
with amphora shape and fluted and incised body, high handles and
thick lip. 6-3/4"H. Choice. Custom mounted. A rare and refined
form. #3351 $3,800
48. South Italian Gnathian Oinochoe, Apulia, Ca. 350 BC. Bulbous pouring vessel with pinched
spout and loop handle. Overall black glaze and decorated and incised
with added yellow ochre, red and white slip band under rim and
body with stylized grape vines. 6-1/4"H. Ex German Collection.
#3507 $500
50. Apulian Black-Glazed Kylix, Ca. 4th Century
BC. Shallow vessel with rich black glaze, disc foot, stamped tondo
and twin horizontal handles. 10-5/8" diameter handle to handle.
2"H. #3654 WAS $750, now $625
52. Apulian or Laconian Black-Glaze Alabastron,
Ca. 350 BC. Cylindrical vessel with rounded base and large
circular disc rim. Decorated with thin bands of purple at base
and neck. 5-1/4"H. Custom mounted. Ex William Frolich, NY
City. #3325 SOLD
53. Daunian Ware High-Handled Jar, Ca. 350
BC. Rounded body funnel-rimmed bowl with round body and high,
flat handle. Painted dark brown and red over the tan terracotta.
6-3/8"H. Ex New York Collection. #3544 SOLD
61. Silver Bust of Artemis, Ca. 1st Century
AD. A repousse roundel with the bust of the Goddess, her head
turned to the right, a quiver and bow over her shoulder. 1-1/2"H.
Custom mounted. Ex James Alsdorf Collection. #3120 SOLD
64. Roman Bronze Votary, Ca. 1st to 3rd Century
BC. A flattened naturalistic figure wearing a stippled tunic with
hooded cape and nice face. 3"H. Custom mounted. Ex New York
Collection. #3176 $450
68. Bone Inlay Depicting a Youth, Alexandria,
Ca. 4th to 5th Century AD. A rectangular casket inlay with two
attachment holes. The scene consists of a nude youth striding
left; holding an offering, a cloak tied around his neck. Carved
from bovine tibula. Nice dendritic deposits. Rare. 4-1/4"H.
x 1-1/4"W.Custom mounted. #3728 $775
71. Seljuk Pottery Bowl, Kushan, 12th Century
AD. Delicate straight walled bowl on ring foot; carved and pierced
beneath the glaze with an encircling band of a scrolling vine,
painted with blue highlights with five radiating lines. 6-1/2"D.
Ex Eskenazi 1967. #3745 SOLD
72. Islamic Persian Safavid Blue and White Ceramic
Bowl, Ca. 14th to 16th Century AD. The bowl or dish with low
ring foot and shallow form; the interior decorated with a lovely
dense floral design in blue and white. 8-1/2"D. #3300 $450
77. Mezcala Grey-Green Stone Axe God, Ca.
300 BC. Beautiful carved highly abstracted flecked gray-green
stone with nice face. Rendered with the most minimal cut outs
to suggest the figural form! Highly ritualistic work of art, no
doubt used in a ceremony for the Gods. 5-7/8"H. Custom mounted.
Ex Cohen Collection #3463 $1,500
87. Colima Pottery Curled Redware Dog, Ca.
200 BC to 300 AD. A molded red ware pup effigy, seated and curled
with thin body, tail spout, perky nose and tail. 9-1/4"L.
#3308 SOLD
89. Colima Phallic Figural Warrior Whistle, Ca.
200 BC to 300 AD. Buff clay molded standing and wearing a headdress,
body carassis, leg cuffs and holding a shield in outstretched
hand. 5-1/2"H. Good deposits. Nice sounding whistle chamber
in head. Ex New Mexico Collection. #3684 $650
90. Colima Seated Pensodor [Thinker], Ca.
200 BC to 300 AD. Buff clay animated effigy, head cocked and hand
to mouth. 2-1/4"H. Nice face and details. Ex M. Hurling Collection,
Texas. #3741 $550
91. Colima Bed Figure, Ca. 200 BC to 300 AD.
Unique bed figure wearing a garment and with fine facial features.
Hands clasp as in prayer. 5"H. Nice face and details. Ex
Santa Fe Collection. #2689 $500
99. Vera Cruz Seated Figure in Ceremonial Attire,
Gulf Coast, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. Molded pottery seated kneeling
with hands on knees, wearing large protruding ear spools, tall
braided cap, rope necklace and loop tied belt. 4-3/8"H. Ex
M. Hurling Collection, Texas. Acquired 1960s. #3623 SOLD
103. Jaina Mayan Molded Figure, Late Classic,
Ca. 550 to 950 AD. He stands on outspread legs and holds his hand
bent at elbows. He has strong facial features, eyes cast downward,
strong mayan nose and full lips. He is adorned with a necklace,
earspools, and tufted headdress. Remains of original red pigment.
7-5/8"H. Ex S. Gilbert Collection. #3707 SOLD
104. Mayan Tall Polychrome Painted ‘Corn
God’ Cylinder, Late Classic, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. Depicted
as an elder, with fine Roman nose, necklace, ear-flares, loincloth
and an elaborate turban-like headdress with plumes and spires.
He is seated on a high throne and gestures in an offering position.
PSS glyphs under the rim. Posted by the noted Mayanist, Justin
Kerr, on Mayavase.com, archive #8450. Where he notes, "Aged
deities make offering of the symbol for last breath that appears
under the nose of persons who are dead. In many cases the decapitated
head of the Maize God shows these icons." 10-3/8”H.
# 3613 $12,500
105 Mayan Polychrome Plate with The Rain God 'Tlaloc',
Late Classic, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. Wide shallow bowl on ring
base boldly painted with the google eyed God encircled in a band
of clouds and decorative devices on shoulder. 13"D. 2-5/8"H.
Nice deposits and root marks. #1733 $6,000
106. Mayan Blackware Carved Cylinder with God
K, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. Well carved on one side with diagonal
band of glyphs, the other with deity head. 6-7/8"H. 4-7/8"D.
Mayavase.com #8507. Ex New York Private Collection. #1585 $6,000
109. Mayan Tlaloc Symbol Codex Cylinder, Ca.
600 to 900 AD. A deep ritual beaker with two large Tlaloc's or
war symbols to either side. Tlaloc, also a Mexican rain god, depicted
with goggles encircling the eyes under the Kan-cross headdress.
The thick upper mouth ridge with rows of large fangs and scrolls
below; a band of repeating glyphs below the rim. 6-7/8"H.
4-3/8"D. Mayavase.com #8486. #3481 SOLD
113. Vera Cruz or El Quiche Incensario, Late
Classic, Ca. 600 to 900 AD.The cylindrical censer with unusual
extended bib atop and molded on one side with an imposing head
of a deity; wrinkled features, large circular ear spools. Overall
remains of white and red pigment. 21-3/4"L. Ex S. Gilbert
Collection. #3694 $4,500
118. Mayan Tall Incised and Ribbed Cylinder,
Late Classic, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. Elegant orange painted slender
ritual vessel with incised and fluted motifs along body. 3-5/8"D.
9"H. #3476 $1250
119. Mayan Copador Cylinder, Late Classic,
Ca. 600 to 900 AD. An elegant painted ritual beaker in overall
red pigment with two bands of interlocking scroll work near base
and under rim; two more bands of thin tan lines around body. 4-1/8"H.
#3734 SOLD
122. Mayan Copador Polychrome Monkey Bowl,
Ca. Late Classic Period, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. The polychrome surface
painted with monkeys under a hieroglyphic band. Excellent color
and brushwork. 7-1/2"D. 3-12"H. Good surface age. #3434
SOLD
123. Michoacan Polychrome Stirrup Vessel "Tea
Pot", Mexico, Ca. 1000 AD. Sometimes called Tzintzuntzan
these rare circular squat vessel have a long flared spout and
high bridge handle. This one is nicely painted with bands of cream,
brown and maroon banding. 7-1/2"H. #2792 SOLD
126. Fantastic Panamanian Cocle Pottery Plate,
Ca. 800 to 1000 AD. Circular plate painted with creatures in quadrants
in tan, purple, and red within an orange border. 13"D. Multiple
repairs. Choice scene. See Guardians of the Life Stream, by A.
Lebbe for iconography. Cp example in Sothebys sale May 2000 for
parallels where similar plates sold for $3500. #3327 $1,800
127. Cocle Polychrome Pottery Fruitera, Ca.
800 to 1000 AD. Beautifully painted pottery tazza with scene in
tondo of a frontal creature with wings spread and great fine line
details. Exterior plain. 8-1/4"D. 4"H. Great manganese
deposits. Ex Michigan Collection. #3733 $850
135. Manteno Pottery Censor, Ecuador, Ca.
700 to 1200 AD. A burnished chocolate colored vessel consisting
of a wide shallow bowl atop and wide bell shaped base, the center
consisting of a standing nude male figure at attention, with hands
at sides, large pierced nose and earspools. 15-1/4"H. Compare
similar examples in Alan Lapiner's, Pre Columbian Art of South
America, nos. 785-794. #3468 $2,250
137. Tumaco/La Tolita Sanding Shaman, Ca.
300 BC/AD. Expressive example of a warrior or priest with a shamanic
animal head headdress. He stands and hold his tail in his hand.
Was once a cargador (figure attached to a vessel) as evident in
the hole behind. 7-1/4"H. #2264 $2000
139. Tumaco/La Tolita Pottery Fish Grater, Ca.
300 BC/AD. Colombia Ecuador border. Flat clay fish form with red
painted outline and interior studded with abrasive mica. 11-3/4"L.
Compare similar example in A. Lebbe's, Colombia Before Columbus.
Custom mounted. #3338 SOLD
142. Jamacoaque Seated Important Personage,
Ecuador, Ca. 500 AD. A marvelous effigy wearing ornate headdress
with overhanging lappets, earrings, lip plug, large nose ring,
broad tunic over chest and necklace with ample suspended pectoral.
Substantial remains of yellow and blue pigment. 8"H. Remarkable
remains of original pigment. Cp. an almost identical example in
Schatze aus Ecuador, no. 94. #2841 $1500
146. Tairona Double Spout Vessel, Ca. 500
AD. Hand built vessel with elongated cylindrical body on raised
foot, twin tubular spouts at either side connected by grooved
arched handle. Overall covered in chocolate brown slip. 8-3/4"H.
10-1/2"L. Cp. Labbe, Colombia Before Columbus, no. 154 for
exact parallel. #452 $1400
147. Fine Narino Anthromorphic Vessel, Colombia,
SA, Ca. 1000 to 1200 AD. Beautiful bulbous pottery vessel with
geometric designs in brown and red resist technique. Neck molded
with bird-head with applied eyes on either side, loop holes with
rings as ears and protruding mouth design in front. 9-1/2"H.
Custom mounted. #3335 $3,500
148. Narino Finely Painted Vessel, Ca. 1200
AD. Globular vessel with slightly raised circular lip; each hemisphere
decorated in a lovely interlocking geometric design in a wax resist
technique. 9-5/8"D. 7-3/8"H. On plexi-ring base. #2800
$2,500
149. Fine Narino Seated Pottery Male Coca Chewer,
Capuli culture complex, Ca. 850 to 1500 AD. Colombia SA. Molded
seated on a bench with resist design on face and sash over shoulder
showing budge of coca at back and also with characteristic bulge
of coca in cheek. 7-1/2"H. Ex R. Heinz Collection. #3330 SOLD
152. Nazca Feather Panel, South Coast, Ca.
400 to 600 AD. Gauze backing with well preserved red and green
feathers sewn into panel and parrot feathers dangling below. 7"W.
14"H. Preserved in plexiglass shadow box. Ex Mark Stryker
Collection. #3696 SOLD
157. Moche Finely Modeled Pan Pipe Player Vessel,
Moche V, Ca. 650 AD. A fine and large stirrup, the vessel molded
with rounded body, surmounted by a strong and handsome human head.
Good painted surface. 9-1/2"H. #3516 $3250
161. Moche Blackware Figural Stirrup Vessel,
Ca. 400 to 600 AD. Mold made depicting a seated man; he holds
an animal on his lap. Overall burnished black. 6-1/4"H. #3735
SOLD
179. Gupta Period Terracotta Bull Plaque,
Ca. 6th Century AD. Well animated bull [Vrisha] facing left with
an auspicious lions head and a pot at right. Uttar Pradesh, 13-3/4"L.
8-5/8"H. Published:
P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey, Indian Himalayan and Southeast Asian
Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, no. 350 #3771 $1,600
181. Central India Sandstone Carved Brahma in
Architectural Framework, Ca. 10th to 12th Century AD. The
Bearded Deity sits in animated posture between columns holding
a sruk (a spoon to pour libations into the sacred fire and a book
(long palm-leaf type) in his two top hands; figures to the side
and on top surround niche. 16"H. Custom mounted. Rare. #3244
SOLD
192. Khmer Bronze Figure of a Standing Uma,
Cambodia, Ca. 12th to 13th Century AD. Cast on integral base and
with nude upper torso; she wears an elaborate dhoti decorated
with a vertical plaiting and frontal sash in relief encircled
by a belt with relief rosette. She holds a lotus stalk in one
hand. She is bejeweled with neckless, armlets, earrings. 10"H.
Green patina. Ex. R. Taylor Collection. #3633 SOLD
197. Nok Terracotta Female Head, Nigeria, Ca. 400 BC to 200 AD. Almond eyes and high
bonnet headdress. 7-5/8"H. Thermoluminescence #840A5. Mounted.
#3618 $1950
198. Sokoto Terracotta Head, Nigeria, Ca.
400 BC to 200 AD. Doughy modeled head with heavy brows and high
forehead. 11-1/2"H. Thermoluminescence #840A5. Mounted. #3619
$1950
199. Bassa Wood Mask Aged dark gloss patina.
The hollowed form, pierced around rim for attachment, with a small
protruding mouth, narrow pierced eyes, protruding forehead and
plaited coiffure. 7-1/2"H. Extremely fine example. Custom
museum mount. #3674 $1500
202. Baule Fine Carved Wood Ancestor Figure, Arms held at abdomen, fine scarification patter on
chest, back, neck and face. The large head with long nose, arched
brows, short chin beard and elaborate coiffure; standing on notched
base, 17"H. #3664 $800
205. Yoruba Wood Divination Bowl, Aged patina.
Finely rendered female figure with elongated head and breasts,
kneeling on round base, the upturned arms and head supporting
a shallow bowl with incised upper edge and flanges, traces of
pigments. 6"H. #3671 $3000
207. Kamba Carved Wood Female Light nut brown
patina. The pleasant plump figure seated on three footed stool,
with arms resting on knees, the large bald head with large stylized
ears, small incised mouth, broad nose and inlaid metal eyes. Good
age wear. 6-1/2"H. #3668 $675
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Earliest Cultures
1. Eastern European Paleolithic Hand Axe, Ca. 50,000 BC. Brown chert palm fitting hand axe from
Neanderthal man. 6-3/4"L. Ex Dutch Collection. #3738 SOLD
2. Achulean Chert Scraper, Ca. 50,000 BC.
Tan stone palm fitting biface hand tool from Neanderthal man.
5-1/2"L. Minimal desert varnish. Ex Dutch Collection. #3739
SOLD
3. Danish Grey Flint Neolithic Scraper, Ca.
100,000 BC. Well fitting hand tool with sharp cutting edge. 4-7/8"L.
Handsome smokey grey color. Ex Dutch Collection. #3740 $175
4. Vinca Culture Neolithic Terracotta Head,
Southern Yugoslavia, Ca. 5th Millennium BC. Abstractly rendered
with large almond eyes; pate and cheeks incised. 3"H. Rare!
Ex Belgium Collection. #3310 SOLD
5. Tel Halaf Mother Goddess, Chalcolithic,
Ca. late 6th to early 5th Millennium BC. Abstract fertility Goddess
with large breasts, painted eyes, pinched head. 3-5/8"H.
Ex. Dr. Steinberg collection. NY. # 3781 SOLD
6. Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet, IIIrd Dynasty
of Ur, Ca. 2050 BC. Baked clay biscuit inscribed in clean clear
text as a receipt for quantities of barley and flour delivered
by Ur-Shulpea'a. Sealed with a cylinder seal impression of Ensi
of Umma. Dated the year Shu-Sin became King. 1-1/2"x 1-3/4
x 1-7/8"W. Ex W. Steinberg Collection. #3716 SOLD
7. Sumerian Rectangular Cuneiform Tablet,
Ur, IIIrd Dynasty, Ca. 2050 BC. Baked biscuit inscribed with an
administrative record concerning 39 various personnel. Translation
included. 4-3/8"x 2-1/4"W. Ex New York City Collection.
#3652 $900
8. Persian Glazed Tile Fragment from Persepolis,
Ca. 5th Century BC. Glazed composition, 5"L. x 3-1/2"H.
perhaps from a wall mural. From a time of great conquest and Renaissance
for the Ancient Persian Empire. Persepolis was the ceremonial
center for the reign of King Darius. Everything was calculated
to stimulate the sense of Nationalism, with long promenades, terraces
and staircases, it was a perfect setting for the ceremonies that
took place there. Collected in situ in 1958 by William Frolich
of New York and a signed note accompanies this piece. #3205 SOLD
9. Central European Bronze Applique, La Tene
Period, Ca. 500 to 100 BC. In the form of a wirligig of three
rays, each terminating in a stylized horse's head with incised
mane. 4-7/8"L. Ex Samuel Eilenberg Collection. Ex Brooklyn
Museum. Custom mounted. Compare similar smaller example in Ancient
Bronzes Ceramics and Seals, LACMA, no 1299. #3775 SOLD
10. Large Pre Dynastic Black Top Jar, Naqada II, Ca. 3600 to 3100 BC. Large deep conical
jar constructed of Nile river clay jar where the top is blackened
due to unequal oxidation in the firing process. 16-1/2"H.
7-1/4"D. Ex English Collection. Mounted. #3762 SOLD
11. Pre Dynastic Polished Redware Jar, Naqada
I, Ca. 4000 to 3500 BC. Bulbous ample vessel with rolled rim.
8-1/4"H. Originally purchased from Sayed Molattam, Luxor
in the 1970s. Ref 24G3. Comes with original reference card. Compare
similar example in Ancient Egyptian Art At Yale, No. 4. Ex New
England Collection. #3756 SOLD
12. Old Kingdom Conical Jar, Dynasty 4 to
6, Ca. 2500 BC. Contemporary with the great pyramids and made
of Nile River clay, this undecorated example of natural reddish-brown
color was probably used for votive offerings, having originally
contained food or grain. 6-1/2"H. Mounted. #3629 SOLD
13. Rectangular Hardstone Cosmetic Palette,
Old Kingdom, Ca. 3000 BC. Blackstone with sloped side walls and
slightly depressed top. Good wear and deposits on top. 4-3/4"L.
x 2-3/4"W. Ex Belgium Collection. #3754 $1200
14. XXIst Dynasty Polychrome Wood Panel, XXIst
Dynasty, Ca. 1065 to 945 BC. Well rendered polychrome sarcophagus
panel painted with a vignette from the Book of the Dead. The deceased
before Osiris with offering table; other Deities as well as hieroglyphic
inscription. 24-1/2"L. x 9"H. Custom mounted. Ex Dutch
Collection. #3752 SOLD
15. Turquoise Glaze Faience Bastet, New Kingdom
to 3rd Intermediate Period, Ca. 1550 to 700 BC. Beautiful color
from rich blue-green glaze, she sits erect on throne, wears triparte
wig, her hands in lap and ears fully erect and alert. Loop hole
for suspension. 1-7/8"H. Ex Harrison New York Collection.
#3429 SOLD
16. Cartonange Painting of a Falcon Headed Deity,
XXIst to XXIInd Dynasty, Ca. 1085 to 730 B.C. Finely detailed
striding figure Deity holding an Ankh and a Scepter. Remains of
a vertical and horizontal hieroglyph inscription and a winged
deity on top with outstretched talon. 8-1/2"H. Nice colors.
Ex German Collection. #3751 $1900
17. Faience Falcon Headed Horus, Late Period,
Ca. 715 to 20 BC Modeled in blue faience striding and wearing
a striated kilt and sun disc atop head. Possibly Khonsu. 2-5/8”H.
Ex French Collection. #3729 SOLD
18. Turquoise Double Headed Ba-Bird Amulet,
Late Period, Ca. 715 BC. Rare depiction of two human headed bird,
co-joined with flat headdress atop head, feathers visible on chest.
1-5/8"H. With an old string tag ticket dated 1935. Mounted.
#2170 SOLD
19. Large Schist Offering Plate, Late Period,
Ca. 715 BC. Carved shallow with four dove-tails or lugs protruding
from thick rim. Ex New York City Gentleman. 17-1/2"D. One
lug has carved glyphs probably added later with the cartouche
of Sestortisos III. #3606
$4500
20. Green Glaze Faience Ushabti, XXVIth Dynasty,
Ca. 626 to 525 BC. Nice size greenish glaze mummiform standing
figure with eight rows of hieroglyphic text. Old typed partial
translation reads....."Born of Ta-Amun". 6-7/8"H.
Mounted. #3761 SOLD
21. Blue Faience Ushabti for Horem-heb, 26
to 30th Dynasty, Ca. 664 to 342 BC. Faience ushabti with bright
azure glaze, modeled in the form of Osiris, holding hoes for work
in the afterlife, wearing a beard and tripartite wig. A single
vertical panel of finely carved hieroglyphs at the front proclaims:
"Illuminate the Osiris, the renep-priest Horemheb, son of
Ankh-pa-khered". The back pillar is further inscribed: "born
to the lady of the house Ta-khered-en-ta-ihe". 4-1/2"H.
Custom mounted. #3229SOLD
22. Green Glaze Diminutive Ushabti, XXVth
Dynasty, Ca. 664 BC. A green molded blue servant figure with nice
long wig and beard. Hoe and sickle folded across chest for the
work in the afterlife. A crisp line of glyphs down front has a
bird atop. 2-5/8"H. Custom mounted. Ex W. Frolich Collection.
#3109 SOLD
23. Egyptian Steatite Plaque for Tutmosis III,
18th Dynasty, 1479 to 1401 BC. Base carved with Royal Cartouche,
three cobras and other glyphs. Top with cross-hatch design. 1/2
x 3/4 "L. Ex French Collection. #3753 SOLD
24. Egyptian Green Glaze Faience Scarab for Luck,
New Kingdom, 1550 to 1070 BC. Naturalistic carved, notched wing
case; base inscribed with protective powers of a papyrus blossom.
3/4"L. # 3000 $400
25. Sandstone Head of a Priest, Ptolemaic
Period, Ca. 305 to 30 BC. With short hair incised with tiers of
waves; plain narrow back pillar. 10"H. Published, Eisenberg
The Age of Cleopatra, 1988. #3403 SOLD
26. Wood & Gesso Head of a Bastet, Late
Period, Ca. 715 to 300 BC. A sensitively modeled head with wood
core overlaid with gesso and nice almond eyes and strong mouth.
8"H. Vestigial dowel pins visible atop. #3492 $1200 SOLD
27. Wood & Gesso Mummy Mask, Late Period,
Ca. 715 to 300 BC. A sensitively modeled wood mask with wood core
overlaid with gesso and nice almond eyes and strong nose. 5"H.
Vestigial dowel pins visible. Ex Michigan Collection. #3749 $300
28. Bronze Standing Sekhmet, Saite Period,
Ca. 600 to 300 BC. Lion headed deity standing with incised whiskers,
mane and wearing bracelets and disc with cobra headdress. 3-5/8"H.
Mounted. #3784 $1200
Etruscan Art
29. Etruscan Pottery Fine Female Votive Head, Ca. 4th Century BC. Buff clay with light deposits
and fine features. She with beautiful thin nose, sensuous lips,
centrally parted short hair in diadem and ornate dangling earrings.
11"H. Ex Illinois Private Collection. #3352 SOLD
30. Large Etruscan Pottery Fine Male Votive Head,
Ca. 4th Century BC. Modeled in buff clay with similar handsome
facial features and short wavy hair. 12"H. Ex Illinois Private
Collection. #3776 SOLD
31. Etruscan Terracotta Votive Viscera, Ca.
4th Century BC. Flat back large tan slip paint sculpture of human
internal organs. Clearly visible are intestines below and a bent
esophagus above. An amazing representation. 21"L. Extremely
rare! Ex New England Collection. #3446 SOLD
32. Etruscan Bucchero Pottery Oinochoe, Ca.
4th Century BC. An ample pouring vessel on ring foot with strap
handle. Nice black glaze surface with light deposits. 8-5/8”H.
Nice surface deposits. #3730 SOLD
33. Cypriot Bichrome Pottery Skyphos, Cypro-Geometric
to Cypro-Archaic, Ca. 1000 BC. Deep footed bowl with twin handles.
Interior painted with concentric circles. 4-1/4"H. 7-1/8"D.
Ex English WWII Collection with the old collection number penned
to base. LS 1058. #3687 $550
34. Attic White Ground Funerary Lekythos,
Ca. 5th Century BC. Cylindrical white painted body, disc foot
and funnel lip with black figure palmettes on shoulder. White
ground pottery was used specifically in Funerary contexts. 12-1/2"H.
Ex L. Curtis Collection. #1000 $2,250
35. Archaic Greek Terracotta Plaque of a Nude
Banqueter, Tarentum, South Italy, early 5th Century B.C. Molded
relief of a nude male holding drinking bowl. Fragmented borders.
Custom mounted. 5"H. Ex Hans Erlenmeyer Collection, Basel.
#3634 SOLD
36. Attic black-figure Eye Cup, Ca. 560 BC.
Wide graceful drinking cup with a fine gorgoneion in tondo; each
side painted with a winged goddess, perhaps Nike or Iris, running
between apotropaic eyes, with red tours molding at the juncture
of the stem and the bowl. Details in added red and white. 8-3/8"D.
Ex R. Vedasy Estate. #3639 $6500
37. Hellenistic Bronze Mirror Cover, Ca. 3rd
to 2nd Century BC. Cast with a dramatic relief scene of a drunk
Dionysus leaning on the shoulder Satyr and a Goddess or Maenad
standing to the right. Remains of panther heads below. Wonderfully
expressive with good drapery and motion. 3-7/8"D. Ex James
Alsdorf Collection. Choice and rare. #3119 $3,500 SOLD
38. Hellenistic Small Marble Head of a Man,
Ca. 300 BC. Carved full-faced depiction, having wavy hair and
well carved almond shaped eyes. Some wear and weathering, traces
of red coloring. Custom mount. A nice example. 2-1/2"H. #3546
reserved
39. Graeco-Roman Stucco Theater Mask, Ca.
2nd Century BC/AD. Excellent example of a comic elder with wide
open mouth with surrounding beard, pinched facial expression and
beady eyes. Ample traces of pink pigment remain. 6"H. custom
mounted. #2032 $1200
40. Large Apulian Red-Figure Globular Pyxis,
South Italy, Ca. 4th Century BC. Circular twin hemispherical halves.
The top with a rare depiction of a rare full frontal female headed
Goddess Nike with wings spread. Two added white owls flying at
either side. Profusely decorated with palmette leaves behind and
below. 8"H. 7-1/2"D. Really nice example. #3192 $4500
41. Canosan Terracotta Head of a Female, Ca.
350 BC. Modeled with naturalistic features and centrally parted
wavy hair surmounted by a black water jug or hydria. 8-1/4"H.
Nice original pigment remaining. Ex Old French Collection. #3755
SOLD
42. Greek Red Figure Column Krater, Ca. 350
BC. A miniature votive vessel with a female head at either side.
Much added white detail remains. Nice old patina. 5"H. An
extremely rare form in miniature. #3656 SOLD
43. Attic Black Glaze Amphoriskos, Athens,
Ca. 4th Century BC. Elegant and intact museum quality example
with amphora shape and fluted and incised body, high handles and
thick lip. 6-3/4"H. Choice. Custom mounted. A rare and refined
form. #3351 $3,800
44. Greek Red-Figure Owl Cup, South Italy, Ca. 4th
Century BC. Deep vessel with twin horizontal handles at rim decorated
with a wide eyed alert owl on either side between laurel branches.
The Owl was a symbol for knowledge and the City-state of Athens.
3-3/4"H. 6"D. Choice. Ex New York City Collection. #
3650 SOLD
45.
Greek Red-Figure Covered Lekanis, South Italy, Ca. 4th Century
BC. Two part vessel with twin horizontal handles at rim decorated
with a a female head of the Lady of Fashion on either side. Knob
handle atop. Palmette leaves between heads. 3-5/8"H. #3655
SOLD
46. Apulian Red-Figure Profile Head Face Plate,
South Italy, Ca. 4th Century BC. A beautifully painted plate
with a female profile head in center. She wears a saccos tied
in a bow, jewels and a necklace and is encircled by a band of
ivy leaves with added white dots. Ray bands at rim. All original
added white remains! 6-3/4"D. Fine style. Ex. German Collection.
#3780 SOLD
47. South Italian Gnathian Amphora, Apulia,
Ca. 350 BC. Bulbous vessel with thin cylindrical neck, thick flared
rim and twin strap handles. Decorated in added white and yellow
with a panel around the neck depicting a bird. 5-5/8"H. #3732
SOLD
48. South Italian Gnathian Oinochoe, Apulia,
Ca. 350 BC. Bulbous pouring vessel with pinched spout and loop
handle. Overall black glaze and decorated and incised with added
yellow ochre, red and white slip band under rim and body with
stylized grape vines. 6-1/4"H. Ex German Collection. #3507
$500
49. Attic or South Italian Black Glaze Beaked
Oinochoe, Ca. 4th Century BC. Elegant spool shape body, slender
graceful neck and handle; pinched back spout. 6-3/4"H. Choice
shape. Ex New England Collection. #3350 SOLD
50. Apulian Black-Glazed Kylix, Ca. 4th Century
BC. Shallow vessel with rich black glaze, disc foot, stamped tondo
and twin horizontal handles. 10-5/8" diameter handle to handle.
2"H. #3654 WAS $750, now $625
51. Campanian Black Glaze Erote Guttos, Ca.
350 BC. Ribbed disc shaped oil vessel on a ring foot with loop
handle and long flared pouring spout. Tondo molded with winged
erote kneeling and holding a club. Used in antiquity to fill lamps.
3-1/2"H. Repairs. Ex. W. Frolich Collection. New York. #3657
SOLD
52. Apulian or Laconian Black-Glaze Alabastron,
Ca. 350 BC. Cylindrical vessel with rounded base and large
circular disc rim. Decorated with thin bands of purple at base
and neck. 5-1/4"H. Custom mounted. Ex William Frolich, NY
City. #3325 $750
53. Daunian Ware High-Handled Jar, Ca. 350
BC. Rounded body funnel-rimmed bowl with round body and high,
flat handle. Painted dark brown and red over the tan terracotta.
6-3/8"H. Ex New York Collection. #3544 $650
54. Daunian Bird Form Strainer Askos, Ca.
6th to 5th Century BC. Modeled in the form of a bird, long neck
and tail spout. The strainer holes in the tail for filtering the
sediment from the wine. 8-1/4"L. 5-1/4"H. Rare type.
Ex Trier, Germany Collection. #3278 SOLD
55. Marble Seated Enthroned Cybele, Ca. 2nd to 3rd Century AD. A large and impressive figure
of the Mother Goddess, often associated with fertility, carved
here in a creamy colored marble stone. She wears a long flowing
chignon tied under her breast and seated lions, each with a long
furry mane sits at either side of her feet. 24"H. Good surface
and drill marks. A real monumental museum quality piece. #3765
SOLD
56. Marble Male Nude Torso, Ca. 2nd to 3rd
Century A.D. Probably depicting Sylvanus, he holds pine branches
and a chlamys laden with fruit. Sylvanus was the Roman God of
the woods and was the husband of the goddess of the changing seasons
Pomona. 22"H. #3405 SOLD
57. Marble Sarcophagus Fragment from a Legionary
Officer, Ca. 1st Century AD. Carved Relief Fragment of a Military
Trophy or trophaeum consisting of a panoply of captured enemy
armor including an anatomical cuirass and a shield with nude figure
(Herakles or Laocoon?) holding a staff and a rock with serpents
curling up his leg. This fragment is presumably from the sarcophagus
of a Roman legionary officer. Trophaea were erected on battlefields
by victorious Roman armies generally at the point where the battle
turned (the Greek root 'troph' means to turn) or where military
leaders met in mortal combat. Examples of Trophaea are the trophy
of Augustus at La Turbie and the trophy of Trajan at Adamklissi.
10"W. 14-3/4"H. 3-1/2"D. Custom mounted. #182 SOLD
58. Marble Sarcophagus Fragment: Reclining Nude
Youth, Ca. 2nd to 3rd Century AD. The shallow relief carving
of a seated chubby young male, reclining with one knee bent and
one raised which is supporting a vessel. He wears a pinned cloak
around his neck which folds over his chest. Custom mounted. 12"L.
9-1/2"H Nice deposits on surface. #3594 SOLD
59. Marble Sarcophagus Fragment: Bucolic Scene,
Ca. 2nd to 3rd Century AD. Carved with a reclining sheep above
a basket full of fruit and a standing pig. Custom mounted. 14-1/2"L.
Nice deposits on surface. #3593 SOLD
60. Marble Sandaled Foot, Ca. 1st to 2nd Century
AD. Well weathered marble fragment from the base of a statue.
A rounded flat socle from which the open sandaled foot sits on
with good details in straps and toes. 10"L. 4"H. Ex
W. Frolich Collection. #3206 SOLD
61. Silver Bust of Artemis, Ca. 1st Century
AD. A repousse roundel with the bust of the Goddess, her head
turned to the right, a quiver and bow over her shoulder. 1-1/2"H.
Custom mounted. Ex James Alsdorf Collection. #3120 $1,800
62. Bronze Fortuna, Ca. 1st to 2nd Century
AD. Cast in long flowing robes wearing a crown, holding a cornicopa
in her left arm and standing on a raised pedestal. Eyes once inlaid.
5-1/2"H. #3758 SOLD
63. Bronze Trulla [Sauce pan], Ca. 2nd Century
AD. Deep handled vessel, originally had inlays. Signed on the
handle 'SEXTIUS'. 12-5/8"L. 6-5/8"D. bowl. #3763 SOLD
64. Roman Bronze Votary, Ca. 1st to 3rd Century
BC. A flattened naturalistic figure wearing a stippled tunic with
hooded cape and nice face. 3"H. Custom mounted. Ex New York
Collection. #3176 $500
65. Bronze Opposing Panthers Springing from a
Lotus, 1st to 3rd Century AD. Nice cast with good details
especially to eyes. 1-3/8"H. Nice patina and good age. Custom
mounted. Ex German Collection. #3368 $425 SOLD
66. Green Glazed Skyphos, Ca. 1st Century
BC/AD. Deep bowl with twin horizontal handles at rim and decorated
with relief bands of grape vines. Good color glaze. 5-5/8"D.
x 3-1/8"H. Ex Christies. #3757 SOLD
67. Erotic Lamp Gypsum Mold, Ca. 3rd to 4th
Century AD. Scene has two figures in lively action in tondo, textured
border pattern and lug handle. 6"L. Compare a lamp from a
similar (or the same) mold from the Ars Amatoria Haddad Family
Collection of Ancient Erotic which sold at Christies NY, 17th
December 1998, lot 44 for $3680. Also illustrated is an impression
of the mold. #3364 $900 SOLD
68. Bone Inlay Depicting a Youth, Alexandria,
Ca. 4th to 5th Century AD. A rectangular casket inlay with two
attachment holes. The scene consists of a nude youth striding
left; holding an offering, a cloak tied around his neck. Carved
from bovine tibula. Nice dendritic deposits. Rare. 4-1/4"H.
x 1-1/4"W.Custom mounted. #3728 $900
69. Light Blue Glass Flask, Ca. 2nd to 3rd
Century AD. Elegant thin neck with trefoil rim, swelling bulbous
middle and thin pointed base. 5-1/2"H. Intact with good iridescence.
A similar larger example sold at Christies NY for $9,400 in June
2001. #3774 SOLD
Islamic Art
70. Islamic Amber Glass Jar, Ca. 8th to 11th Century AD. Delicate light amber colored
cylindrical vessel with lovely applied 'cage'. threading around
body. 4-1/4"H. Choice and rare. A Jewel! #3773 SOLD
71. Seljuk Pottery Bowl, Kushan, 12th Century
AD. Delicate straight walled bowl on ring foot; carved and pierced
beneath the glaze with an encircling band of a scrolling vine,
painted with blue highlights with five radiating lines. 6-1/2"D.
Ex Eskenazi 1967. #3745 $500
72. Islamic Persian Safavid Blue and White Ceramic
Bowl, Ca. 14th to 16th Century AD. The bowl or dish with low
ring foot and shallow form; the interior decorated with a lovely
dense floral design in blue and white. 8-1/2"D. #3300 $450
73. Olmecoid Pregnant Female, Ca. 650 to 350 BC. El Salvador, Chalchuapa. A solid
buff clay slip painted modeled female with hands to protruding
belly. This is a provincial Olmec style. See 'Little People of
the Earth; Ceramic Figures From Ancient America', Denver Art Museum,
show catalog, no.21 for similar examples. It is suggested that
these types of figures relate closely to Olmec types found in
Mexico so it may be inferred that this example is provincial Olmec.
6-1/4"H. #3715 SOLD
74. Tlatilco Wide Hip Pottery Figure, Mexico
Basin, Ca. 1150-550 BC. Abstract flat terracotta figure having
wide hipped legs, nice face with oval eyes with pierced pupils,
small relief nose. Nice details all in all and a rare type. 4"H.
Complete with custom mount. #3347 SOLD
75. Chupicuro Large Pottery Bi-Chrome Tripod,
Ca. 500 to 300 BC. Good size red on tan slip painted plate
with good tight geometric design in tondo and linear motif at
base of each leg. 14-3/8"D. 9-1/2"H. Compare similar
example in The Natalie Wood Collection of Pre Columbian Ceramics
from Chupicuaro, nos. 242 & 252. Ex Peter Wray Collection.
#3346 $1750
76. Mezcala Green Diorite M-2 Standing Figure,
Chontal, Mexico, Ca. 300 BC. Carved anthropomorphized axe
form with deep groove neck and separated legs. 4"H. Mounted.
Cp. Gay & Pratt: Mezcala for the type. Choice. Ex New York
Collection. #414 SOLD
77. Mezcala Grey-Green Stone Axe God, Ca.
300 BC. Beautiful carved highly abstracted flecked gray-green
stone with nice face. Rendered with the most minimal cut outs
to suggest the figural form! Highly ritualistic work of art, no
doubt used in a ceremony for the Gods. 5-7/8"H. Custom mounted.
Ex Cohen Collection #3463 $1,750
78.
Mezcala Dark Greenish Stone Axe God, Mexico, Ca. 300 BC. Carved
anthropomorphized axe form with deep groove neck, facial features,
delineated arms and separated legs. 6-3/4"H. Nice surface
deposits. Cp. Gay & Pratt, Mezcala for type. Ex New York Collection.
#3553 SOLD
79. Fantastic Nayarit Mourning Male and Female
Couple, Ca. 100 BC to 250 AD. This pair of sweet little Ixtlan
del Rio style figures, sensitively and abstractly molded with
scarified incised bodies with painted red and cream slip designs,
each figure holds an offering cup and the male holds a staff over
right shoulder. They possess slit mouth cheeks with pierced rods
which are tided up to their headdresses. 9-3/8"H. ea. Spectacular.
This is a rarely depicted and little know ritual found only in
Pre-Hispanic West Mexico. #2828 SOLD
80. Nayarit Ixtlan Del Rio Seated Musician, Protoclassic, Ca. 100 BC to 250 AD. Modeled with legs
folded in front and he holds and plays a ridged percussion device
surmounted by a human head. The wide face distinguished by resist
tattooing, rimmed eyes, pierced nose and opened mouth, wearing
tunic with geometric headdress and earspools; painted in cream,
reddish brown and black. 15"H. Ex New York Collection. Compare
Von Winning's, The Shaft Tomb Figures of Ancient Mexico, Los Angeles,
1974 for type. #3271 SOLD
81. Chinesca White Painted Female, West Mexico,
Ca. 300 AD. Protoclassic, Ca. 100 BC to 300 AD. Depicted kneeling
with arms on stomach, one under her breast and her refined face
has plaited hair and nosering. Most notable are the red painted
markings; a hand on inscribed on her breast and other symbols
on her face and arm. 10-3/4 "H. Type E effigies are considered
very sophisticated. Compare Out of Depths , no 14 for the type.
Ex S. Gilbert Collection. #3704 $8750
82. Nayarit Seated Mother and Child, West Mexico, Ca. 200 BC to 300 AD. She sits cradling
her child to her right shoulder, with legs out front, rounded
shoulders, and face high elongated forehead and pleasing expression;
covered overall with deep reddish brown. 12"H. Ex Elizabeth
Norcross Collection. #3489 SOLD
83. Jalisco San Juanito Seated Female Matron, West Mexico Ca. 200 BC to 100 AD. Modeled and painted
buff pottery effigy of an important female personage with large
abstracted plump breasts and body, elongated head with ear clips,
seated with short stubby limbs protruding. Cream slip painted
with reddish banding. Large at 17-3/4"H. #3499 SOLD
84. Jalisco Ameca Kneeling Male Figure, Protoclassic,
Ca. 100 BC to 250 AD. A fine figure, painted orange and tan, abstract
elongated handsome face, hunched kneeling forward as if ready
to spring, with baldric over his shoulder and shin guards on legs.
Nice deposits. 10-1/2"H. Ex California Collection. #3474
SOLD
85. Strong Colima Pottery Redware Seated Dog, Ca. 200 BC to 300 AD. A molded burnished red-ware
dog effigy of extremely fine style and artistic merit, seated
in good erect posture on hind legs, strong thick neck and shoulders,
plump rounded body, and short curled tail. His head with pointed
perky ears, incised almond eyes, large regal nose and thin incised
mouth. 14"L. x 13-3/8"H. #3572 SOLD
86. Fine Colima Pottery Redware Dog, Ca. 200 BC to 300 AD. A molded red ware pup effigy,
standing with plump body, tail spout, tall pointed perky ears
and fine large head, strong nose, well incised almond eyes and
toothy grin. 12"L. 7-5/8"H. Good deposits. Choice. Ex
New York Collection. #3059 SOLD
87. Colima Pottery Curled Redware Dog, Ca.
200 BC to 300 AD. A molded red ware pup effigy, seated and curled
with thin body, tail spout, perky nose and tail. 9-1/4"L.
#3308 $1,800
88. Colima Archaic Warrior Holding Long Club, Ca. 200 BC to 300 AD. Standing in a fluid motion-like
filled position with arms raised at the ready holding the club.
A spread feather-like attachment is sinched to his back. Applied
donut circular eyes typical of the archaic style. Buff clay with
good deposits. 7-1/2"H. Nice sounding whistle chamber in
head. Ex New Mexico Collection. #3685 SOLD
89. Colima Phallic Figural Warrior Whistle, Ca.
200 BC to 300 AD. Buff clay molded standing and wearing a headdress,
body carassis, leg cuffs and holding a shield in outstretched
hand. 5-1/2"H. Good deposits. Nice sounding whistle chamber
in head. Ex New Mexico Collection. #3684 $650
90. Colima Seated Pensodor [Thinker], Ca.
200 BC to 300 AD. Buff clay animated effigy, head cocked and hand
to mouth. 2-1/4"H. Nice face and details. Ex M. Hurling Collection,
Texas. #3741 $650
91. Colima Bed Figure, Ca. 200 BC to 300 AD.
Unique bed figure wearing a garment and with fine facial features.
Hands clasp as in prayer. 5"H. Nice face and details. Ex
Santa Fe Collection. #2689 $500
92. Colima Whistling Drummer Figure, Ca. 200 BC to 300 AD. A cute buff clay effigy of
a musician with headdress and nice sounding whistle. 6-3/4"H.
Nice face and details. Ex Hurling Collection, Texas. #3508 SOLD
93. Colima Seated Cargador [Bundle Carrier], Ca. 200 BC to 300 AD. Buff clay animated effigy of
a male carrying a jug on his back, the strap against his head.
Head also contains whistle. 3-1/4"H. Nice face and details.
#3742 SOLD
94. Colima Archaic Gingerbread Flat, West Mexico, Ca. 200 BC to 300 AD. Buff clay effigy
figure of highly abstracted form with elongated cone head with
appliques, added necklace, protruding nose and pierced ears. Good
deposits. Custom mounted. 8-1/4"H. #3573 SOLD
95. Fine Colima Pottery Figure Holding A Cone, Ca. 200 BC to 300 AD. She stands nude with fine facial
features, ear spools and unusual hairdo. Overall covered with
traces of yellow linear pigment. 5-3/8"H. Good deposits.
#3686 SOLD
96. Veracruz Polished Granite Ritual Stone Yoke,
Classic Period, Ca. 450 to 640 AD. Horseshoe shape with slightly
rounded sides. Intact, with beautiful surface with original patina
and age signs. 16-1/2"L. x 14-1/2"W. Custom mounted.
Compare similar examples in Secrets in Stone: Yokes, Hachas and
Palmas from Southern Mesoamerica by E. M. Shook & E. Marquis,
page 30. Ex New Mexico Collection. #3345 SOLD
97. Vera Cruz Nopiloa Figural Rattle, Ca.
550 to 950 AD. A beautiful molded female with a sweet smile and
face, she stands in carefully painted tunic and headdress and
holds a small animal in one arm and a bundle over her shoulder.
5-5/8"H. Intact with abrasions near bundle on shoulder. Compare;
Ceremonial Sculpture from Ancient Vera Cruz for this type. Hillwood
Art Gallery, Island Island University. Ex. W. Frolich Collection.
#3173 SOLD
98. Vera Cruz Seated Xic Tolec, Classic Period,
Ca. 400 to 600 AD. The God of springtime, seeding, planting, growth,
and renewal depicted here, seated cross legged with hands resting
on knees, staring forward in a trance, with openwork eyes, and
mouth modeled in such a way as to depict a laughing changing expression.
He has a tied headdress, black painted earspools and wears a skirt.
11-1/2"H. Ex S. Gilbert Collection. #3527 SOLD
99. Vera Cruz Seated Figure in Ceremonial Attire,
Gulf Coast, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. Molded pottery seated kneeling
with hands on knees, wearing large protruding ear spools, tall
braided cap, rope necklace and loop tied belt. 4-3/8"H. Ex
M. Hurling Collection, Texas. Acquired 1960s. #3623 $375
100. Teotihuacan Incensario Urn, Classic Period,
Ca. 500 AD. A two piece thin walled buffware incense burner
with hourglass lower section. The upper is formed on a flaring
base supported by long hollow columns through which the copal
incense smoke flows. At the top are fan shaped feather ornaments,
below is a rectangular frame in which the center can be seen a
mask, decorated with large ear spools. All the applique ornaments
were attached post-firing and the censor overall retains much
of the original yellow, white and blue pigment. 23"H. Compare
similar examples in Teotihuacan, Art From the City of the Gods,
nos. 68-70. Ex S. Gilbert Coll.ection. #3710 SOLD
101. Teotihuacan Censor, Ca. 650 to 750 AD.
Cone shaped upper section of a censor adorned with multi-colored
molded pieces and a wide headband central figure. Retains much
original frescoed yellow and green pigment. 14-1/2"H. Ex
S. Gilbert Collection #3709 SOLD
102. Teotihuacan Green Serpentine Standing Figure,
Ca. 300 to 500 AD. A green flecked stone male effigy figure wearing
horizontal headdress. 4-1/4"H. Custom mount. #3587 SOLD
103. Jaina Mayan Molded Figure, Late Classic,
Ca. 550 to 950 AD.He stands on outspread legs and holds his hand
bent at elbows. He has strong facial features, eyes cast downward,
strong mayan nose and full lips. He is adorned with a necklace,
earspools, and tufted headdress. Remains of original red pigment.
7-5/8"H. Ex S. Gilbert Collection. #3707 $3,500
104. Mayan Tall Polychrome Painted ‘Corn
God’ Cylinder, Late Classic, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. Depicted
as an elder, with fine Roman nose, necklace, ear-flares, loincloth
and an elaborate turban-like headdress with plumes and spires.
He is seated on a high throne and gestures in an offering position.
PSS glyphs under the rim. Posted by the noted Mayanist, Justin
Kerr, on Mayavase.com, archive #8450. Where he notes, "Aged
deities make offering of the symbol for last breath that appears
under the nose of persons who are dead. In many cases the decapitated
head of the Maize God shows these icons." 10-3/8”H.
# 3613 $11,500
105 Mayan Polychrome Plate with The Rain God 'Tlaloc',
Late Classic, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. Wide shallow bowl on ring
base boldly painted with the google eyed God encircled in a band
of clouds and decorative devices on shoulder. 13"D. 2-5/8"H.
Nice deposits and root marks. #1733 $6,000
106. Mayan Blackware Carved Cylinder with God
K, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. Well carved on one side with diagonal
band of glyphs, the other with deity head. 6-7/8"H. 4-7/8"D.
Mayavase.com #8507. Ex New York Private Collection. #1585 $6,000
107. Early Mayan Brownstone Carved Monkey Marker, Classic, Ca. 400 AD. A brown stone boundry marker pole
of flattened plank form surmounted by an seated monkey with big
tail curled up behind and a lively face. 35"H. See, Parson,
The Origins of Mayan Art: Monumental Sculpture of Kaminaljyu,
Guatemala and the Souther Pacific Coast, photos 40 and 41 for
similar examples. Custom mounted. very rare. #3442 SOLD
108. Mayan or Teotihuacan Molded
Blackware Tripod Ritual Vessel,
Late Classic, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. Each side has an underworld scene;
a frontal Jaguar with captured animals; a rabbit below and a dear
to the side in the tree. A molded band of stylized bells above
legs to alert the deities. 8-1/8"H. 4-3/8"D. Mayavase.com
#8528. Choice and rare. Ex Texas Collection. #3586 SOLD
109. Mayan Tlaloc Symbol Codex Cylinder, Ca.
600 to 900 AD. A deep ritual beaker with two large Tlaloc's or
war symbols to either side. Tlaloc, also a Mexican rain god, depicted
with goggles encircling the eyes under the Kan-cross headdress.
The thick upper mouth ridge with rows of large fangs and scrolls
below; a band of repeating glyphs below the rim. 6-7/8"H.
4-3/8"D. Mayavase.com #8486. #3481 $4,250
110.
Mayan Polychrome Painted Presentation Scene Cylinder, Classic,
Ca. 400 AD. This vessel can be considered part of the IK site
series. A deep ritual beaker with inward flared side walls painted
with five important personages perhaps at a palace gathering.
One Cacique gestures with a delicate object, a shield at his feet,
the opposing figure with a cauldron. Remains of a hieroglyphic
inscription and a ‘PSS’. 7"H. 3-5/8"D. Mayavase.com
#8484. #3482 SOLD
111. Mayan Polychrome Tripod Plate, Petan,
Ca. 600 to 900 AD. Wide flared plate with small tripod feet. Painted
in broad strokes with a dignitary, standing profile in full flourish
wearing a yoke and elaborate animal headdress. A fluid readable
band of hieroglyphics in black below rim. 11"D. A ritual
"Kill hole" carefully drilled at center. Ex Schmidt
Collection. #3747 SOLD
112. Mayan Pottery 'Sun God' Urn, Early Classic,
Ca. 350 BC. Thick wall urn with elaborate head with long nose,
ear spools and headdress. Some color remails. Reportedly from
Chincochultun-El Zotz. 12-1/2"D. x 10-1/2"H. Ex Land
Collection. Published Land Coll. 128A #3764 SOLD
113. Mayan Vera Cruz or El Quiche Incensario,
Late Classic, Ca. 600 to 900 AD.The cylindrical censer with unusual
extended bib atop and molded on one side with an imposing head
of a deity; wrinkled features, large circular ear spools. Overall
remains of white and red pigment. 21-3/4"L. Ex S. Gilbert
Collection. #3694 $4,000
114. El Tajan Brownware Carved Pottery Bowl,
Classic Period, Ca. 400 to 600 AD. Intricately carved frieze consists
of seated figures; each with elaborate headdress and alternating
serpents. 5-5/8"D. 3-3/4"H. #3559 SOLD
113. Mayan Vera Cruz or El Quiche Incensario,
Late Classic, Ca. 600 to 900 AD.The cylindrical censer with unusual
extended bib atop and molded on one side with an imposing head
of a deity; wrinkled features, large circular ear spools. Overall
remains of white and red pigment. 21-3/4"L. Ex S. Gilbert
Collection. #3694 $4,000
116. Mayan Circular Inscribed Poison Pot, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. Symbolic head glyph on both sides;
exquisite band of hieroglyphics with fine little human head glyphs
on the two sides of the vessel. 2-3/8"H. #3484 SOLD
117. Mayan Ulua Valley Tripod Cylinder with Jaguars, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. Three cartouches with open mouth
spitting jaguars facing left. Interlocking geometric panels between.
Monkey tails as spirals under rim. 5-3/4"D. 4"H. A nice
example with good brushwork. Ex Michigan Collection. #2935 SOLD
118. Mayan Tall Incised and Ribbed Cylinder,
Late Classic, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. Elegant orange painted slender
ritual vessel with incised and fluted motifs along body. 3-5/8"D.
9"H. #3476 $1250
119. Mayan Copador Cylinder, Late Classic,
Ca. 600 to 900 AD. An elegant painted ritual beaker in overall
red pigment with two bands of interlocking scroll work near base
and under rim; two more bands of thin tan lines around body. 4-1/8"H.
#3734 $725
120. Choice Mayan Polychrome Pottery Copador Bowl,
Late Classic Period, Ca. 600 to 900 AD Wide flared bowl with ribbed
base; decorated with a band of the seated Chiefs; each holding
his hand out and expels scrolls. Interior has striking lip pattern,
crosshatch design and a band of water fowl. Excellent deposits.
8-3/4"D. 3-1/4"H. Ex Cohen Collection. # 374 SOLD
121. Mayan Copador Polychrome Underworld Bowl,
El Salvador, Ca. 600-900 AD. Wide flared well painted bowl decorated
on exterior with two elongated snake like figural depiction's
of male figures slithering under a band of glyphs, perhaps a representation
of the underworld. Over the figures is a band of stylized hieroglyhphics.
Interior with band of glyphs. 8-1/2"D. 3-1/2"H. Ex Cohen
Collection. #3262 SOLD
122. Mayan Copador Polychrome Monkey Bowl,
Ca. Late Classic Period, Ca. 600 to 900 AD. The polychrome surface
painted with monkeys under a hieroglyphic band. Excellent color
and brushwork. 7-1/2"D. 3-12"H. Good surface age. #3434
$550
123. Michoacan Polychrome Stirrup Vessel "Tea
Pot", Mexico, Ca. 1000 AD. Sometimes called Tzintzuntzan
these rare circular squat vessel have a long flared spout and
high bridge handle. This one is nicely painted with bands of cream,
brown and maroon banding. 7-1/2"H. #2792 $1350
124. Costa Rican Jade Axe God Pendant, Guanacaste/Nicoya
region, Ca. 1 to 500 AD. Beautiful green stone, finely carved
with a blade end opposite a human headed figure wearing a headdress
and with hands clasp together at the waist. Drilled through the
neck for suspension. 3-5/8"H. Nice original polish. #3555
SOLD
125. Costa Rican Flecked Jade Bird Pendant,
Guanacaste/Nicoya region, Ca. 1 to 500 AD. Beautiful green stone,
finely carved with a blade end opposite a bird headed figure with
triangular protruding beak and protruding ears. Drilled through
the neck for suspension. Nice original polish. 4-3/4"H. #3556
SOLD
126. Fantastic Panamanian Cocle Pottery Plate,
Ca. 800 to 1000 AD. Circular plate painted with creatures in quadrants
in tan, purple, and red within an orange border. 13"D. Multiple
repairs. Choice scene. See Guardians of the Life Stream, by A.
Lebbe for iconography. Cp example in Sothebys sale May 2000 for
parallels where similar plates sold for $3500. #3327 $1,800
127. Cocle Polychrome Pottery Fruitera, Ca.
800 to 1000 AD. Beautifully painted pottery tazza with scene in
tondo of a frontal creature with wings spread and great fine line
details. Exterior plain. 8-1/4"D. 4"H. Great manganese
deposits. Ex Michigan Collection. #3733 $850
128. Cocle Polychrome Pottery Fruitera, Ca.
800 to 1000 AD. Beautifully painted pottery tazza with scene in
tondo of opposing fish like creatures within geometric framework.
Exterior plain. Great manganese deposits. See Lebbe's, Guardians
of the Life Stream, for iconography. #3354 SOLD
129. Valdavian Tall Stone Idol, Earliest Horizon,
Ca. 2300 to 2000 BC. Ecuador. A carved abstract light green stone
slab of trapizodal form with high forehead, delineated eyes, nose,
neck, naval, and legs. Very fine style.11-3/8"H. Good maganeze
deposits. Custom mounted. #3683 SOLD
130. Valdavian Stone Idol, Earliest Horizon,
Ca. 2300 to 2000 BC. Ecuador. A carved abstract light green stone
slab of rectangular form with delineated eyes, nose torso, and
neck. 7-3/4"H. Very good encrustations and age deposits.
Custom mounted. #3682 SOLD
131. Valdavian Tapered Stone Idol, Earliest
Horizon, Ca. 2300 to 2000 BC. Ecuador, a carved abstract light
green stone slab of pointed form with delineated eyes, nose and
torso. Very fine style. 8-7/8"H. Good age deposits. Custom
mounted. #3727 SOLD
132. Valdivian Chorrera Stone Monkey Mortar,
Ecuador, Ca. 2000 to 1500 BC. Native stone carved in an abstract
form with exaggerated large head with incised toothy grin opposite
delicate tail curled into a tight spiral. A tiny mortar depression
atop and four slight delineated feet below. 3"W. # 3466 SOLD
133. Valdivian Terracotta Female Bust, Ecuador,
Phase 3, Ca. 2300 to 2000 BC. Burnished red clay with painted
hair and incised facial details. Denotes fertility and holds hands
under pregnant stomach. 3-1/2"H. Custom mounted. This figurine
is from the culture from which the earliest representations of
pottery figurines have thus far been found in the new world. #3731
SOLD
134. Chorrera Pottery Seated Male Pito [Whistle],
Ecuador, Ca. 1800 to 500 BC. Hollow molded pottery tan slip painted
and burnished figure with cap-like headdresses and seated with
hands at sides. Blowhole below and vent holes under arms. 5 in
H. Cp. Amerindian Signs, 5000 Years of Pre Columbian Art in Ecuador
by Valdez for type. #3660 SOLD
135. Manteno Pottery Censor, Ecuador, Ca.
700 to 1200 AD. A burnished chocolate colored vessel consisting
of a wide shallow bowl atop and wide bell shaped base, the center
consisting of a standing nude male figure at attention, with hands
at sides, large pierced nose and earspools. 15-1/4"H. Compare
similar examples in Alan Lapiner's, Pre Columbian Art of South
America, nos. 785-794. #3468 $2,650
136. Manteno Pottery Figural Vessel, Ecuador,
Ca. 700 to 1200 AD. A burnished chocolate colored vessel of a
female with her head molded into the neck, wide flared rim, molded
hands breasts and feet and incised genitalia. She wears large
nose clip, ear spools and armlets. 7-5/8"H. #3714 SOLD
137. Tumaco/La Tolita Sanding Shaman, Ca.
300 BC/AD. Expressive example of a warrior or priest with a shamanic
animal head headdress. He stands and hold his tail in his hand.
Was once a cargador (figure attached to a vessel) as evident in
the hole behind. 7-1/4"H. #2264 $2000
138. Tumaco/La Tolita Sanding Creature, Ca.
300 BC/AD. Animated, standing on two legs with tail support, nude
with penis exposed, feline head with pointed ears and barbed mouth.
Hands up in grimace stance. Faint red dots on surface. 7"H.
#3427 SOLD
139. Tumaco/La Tolita Pottery Fish Grater, Ca.
300 BC/AD. Colombia Ecuador border. Flat clay fish form with red
painted outline and interior studded with abrasive mica. 11-3/4"L.
Compare similar example in A. Lebbe's, Colombia Before Columbus.
Custom mounted. #3338 $695
140. Tumaco/La Tolita Sanding Female, Ca.
300 BC/AD. A buff clay standing figure in a votive posture and
with red painted hands, feet, face and swirl pattern across chest.
Wonderful original incised facial tattooing. She also wears an
elaborate necklace and headdress. 8-1/2"H. Custom mount included.
Rare. #3331 SOLD
141. Tall Jamacoaque Large Votive Female, Ecuador,
Ca. 500 AD. Molded standing female with arms out at sides and
with traces of blue pigment remaining. She wears bag wig with
feather delineation and large flaps, long neck cords, and nose
ring. Very fine example. 14-1/4"H. Cp. Amerindian Signs,
5000 Years of Pre-Columbian Art in Ecuador by Valdez for similar
examples. #2842 SOLD
142. Jamacoaque Seated Important Personage,
Ecuador, Ca. 500 AD. A marvelous effigy wearing ornate headdress
with overhanging lappets, earrings, lip plug, large nose ring,
broad tunic over chest and necklace with ample suspended pectoral.
Substantial remains of yellow and blue pigment. 8"H. Remarkable
remains of original pigment. Cp. an almost identical example in
Schatze aus Ecuador, no. 94. #2841 $1495
143. Jamacoaque Pottery Mask Mold, Ecuador,
Ca. 500 AD. A lovely insight into terracotta figure construction
with nice detailed facial features and nose ring. Intact and custom
mounted. 6"H. Old collection number inscribed behind '563'.
Ex Michigan Collection. #3726 SOLD
144. Quimbaya Pottery Seated Slab Figure [Retablo],
Colombia, Ca. 1000 to 1200 AD Abstract slab figure, seated with
cylindrical protruding limbs and body piercing. Ancient gold nose
ring. 8-1/2"H. Good surface deposits. Ex Grace Shipping Line.
#3591 SOLD
145. Quimbaya Pottery Seated Slab Figure [Retablo],
Colombia, Ca. 1000 to 1200 AD. Seated and with cylindrical protruding
limbs and body piercing. Nice remains of painted tattoo facial
details and ancient gold nose ring. 7-1/2"H. Good surface
deposits. Custom mounted. Cp. similar examples in Lebbe, Colombia
Before Columbus. Ex California Collection. #3469 SOLD
146. Tairona Double Spout Vessel, Ca. 500
AD. Hand built vessel with elongated cylindrical body on raised
foot, twin tubular spouts at either side connected by grooved
arched handle. Overall covered in chocolate brown slip. 8-3/4"H.
10-1/2"L. Cp. Labbe, Colombia Before Columbus, no. 154 for
exact parallel. #452 $1400
147. Fine Narino Anthromorphic Vessel, Colombia,
SA, Ca. 1000 to 1200 AD. Beautiful bulbous pottery vessel with
geometric designs in brown and red resist technique. Neck molded
with bird-head with applied eyes on either side, loop holes with
rings as ears and protruding mouth design in front. 9-1/2"H.
Custom mounted. #3335 $3,500
148. Narino Finely Painted Vessel, Ca. 1200
AD. Globular vessel with slightly raised circular lip; each hemisphere
decorated in a lovely interlocking geometric design in a wax resist
technique. 9-5/8"D. 7-3/8"H. On plexi-ring base. #2800
$2,500
149. Fine Narino Seated Pottery Male Coca Chewer,
Capuli culture complex, Ca. 850 to 1500 AD. Colombia SA. Molded
seated on a bench with resist design on face and sash over shoulder
showing budge of coca at back and also with characteristic bulge
of coca in cheek. 7-1/2"H. Ex R. Heinz Collection. #3330 $1500
150. Chavin Prisoner Stirrup Vessel, Peru, Ca. 500 to 300 BC.Molded figural polychrome
vessel with stirrup spout behind. The figure represents a mythological
hero as he sits with his hands tied behind his back but also has
a horn and a third eye! 9"H. Ex Washington DC Collection.
#3700 SOLD
151. Nazca Feather Panel,
South Coast, Ca. 400 to 600 AD. Gauze sheet with well preserved
orange, blue and yellow feathers sewn into it. 17" x 9"
custom mounted in plexi-mount shadow box. Ex M. Stryker Collection.
#3695 SOLD
152. Nazca Feather Panel, South Coast, Ca.
400 to 600 AD. Gauze backing with well preserved red and green
feathers sewn into panel and parrot feathers dangling below. 7"W.
14"H. Preserved in plexiglass shadow box. Ex Mark Stryker
Collection. #3696 $1,800
153. Nazca Fiber and Macaw
Feather Fan, Ca. 400 AD. A triangular woven
handle fringed with orange and grey tipped macaw feathers. Ex.
Rev Dr. Brasington, Acq. 1950s. 11"W. Beautifully displayed
in presentation frame. #3770 SOLD
154. Nazca Globular Stirrup with Mythological Being, Ca. 400 AD. Globular Stirrup vessel with bridge handle
spout and highly elaborated painted scene on either side consisting
of a fantastic feline headed creature with two trophy heads on
its back. 6-3/8”H. #3503 SOLD
155. Nazca Human Trophy Head Kero, Middle Nazca, Ca. 300 AD. Deep cylindrical vessel
with rounded bottom, flared rim and painted in vivid brushstroke
with wide clan marked eyes and headband. 5-5/8"D. 6-1/4"H.
Ex New York City Collection. #3766 SOLD
156. Moche Positive Negative Fineline Painted Vessel, Moche IV, Ca. 450 to 600 AD. Lavishly painted on entire
surface; I-Iapec on both sides, zodiac symbols, and agricultural
beans. 9-5/8"H. For more on Positive-negative painting see
Donnan's Moche Fineline Paining: Its Evolution and Its Artists.
Ex Washington DC Collection. #3778. SOLD
157. Moche Finely Modeled Pan Pipe Player Vessel,
Moche V, Ca. 650 AD. A fine and large stirrup, the vessel molded
with rounded body, surmounted by a strong and handsome human head.
Good painted surface. 9-1/2"H. #3516 $3250
158. Moche Erotic Stirrup
Vessel, Moche IV, Ca. 450 AD. A rectangular
vessel decorated with a zig-zag pattern on exterior. A well rendered
couple atop on a bed having sex atop. Stirrup spout to the side.
7"H. 5-1/4"L. Compare similar examples in Checan, Essays
on Erotic Elements in Peruvian Art by Rafael Larco Hoyle, Nagel
publishers, 1965. Ex Belgium Collection. #3214 SOLD
159. Moche Figural Seated Stirrup Vessel, Ca. 400 to 600 AD. Ample size vessel molded in the
form of a seated male with typical Andean features. Painted in
bichrome with cream and orange pigment. 9"H. #3680 SOLD
160. Moche Anthromorphic Stirrup Vessel, Moche IV, Ca. 450 to 600 AD. A fine and large stirrup,
the vessel molded with rounded body, surmounted by a strong and
handsome human head. 9-1/4"H. #3486 SOLD
161. Moche Blackware Figural Stirrup Vessel,
Ca. 400 to 600 AD. Mold made depicting a seated man; he holds
an animal on his lap. Overall burnished black. 6-1/4"H. #3735
$600
162. Moche Pottery Trussed Deer Stirrup Vessel, North Coast Peru, Ca. 500 AD. A tender depiction of
a bound animal on its side with large ears and legs drawn close
to body. 6-3/4"H. 9"W. #3608 SOLD
163. Moche Molded Scene Bottle, Moche Phase IV, Ca. 450 to 550 AD. Relief scene molded
on either side of a bird pecking atop a prone figure. Decorated
with orange and cream pigment. 9"H. #3472 SOLD
164. Moche Portrait Head Vessel,Phase IV Ca. 600 AD. A human male portrait with individualized
fat cheeks and large ear rings, cylindrical spouts and loop handle.
8-1/4"H. #3721 SOLD
165. Vicus Erotic Stirrup Vessel, North Coast, Peru, Ca. 400 AD. Globular bodied vessel with twin phallic spouts at either side joined by a bridge handle. Whistles out of one spout and with tiny vent holes at base of other. Traces of umber resist design decoration. Repair to spout and one shaft, surface wear. 7-3/4"H. Compare similar examples in Checan, Essays on Erotic Elements in Peruvian Art by Rafael Larco Hoyle, 1965, for a similar example. #3609 SOLD
166. Lambayeque Silver Necklace, Ca. 1000 AD, Comprised of 14 mold made repousse figures
separated by spherical spacer beads. Each figure with high arched
headdress, standing with hands held together at waist. 15"L.
Ready to wear. #3713 SOLD
167. Vicus Negative Resist Double Vessel,
North Coast, Ca. 100 BC to 300 A.D. A two part effigy; a cylindrical
vessel co-joined to a figural musician. He stands, nude, crowned
and playing a drum. 9-3/4"H. See A. Lapiner, Pre-Columbian
Art of South America, for double Vicus vessels. #3783 SOLD
168. Lambayeque Quadrupal Chambered Whistling
Monkey Vessel, Ca. 900 to 1200 AD. Nice cream and orange vessel
with bridge handle, conical spout, four globes and is surmounted
by a little monkey who sits and drinks from his own vessel. 5-3/4"H.
#3699 SOLD
169. Chimu Blackware 'Kissers' Vessel, Ca.
800 to 1100 AD. A double chambered whistling vessel with long
spout, bridge handle and the cutest standing couple atop, each
holding each other by the side of the head and getting ready to
kiss. 8-1/4"L. 7-1/8"H. Ex New England Collection. #3515
SOLD
170. Chancay Pottery Tri-Color Storage Jar,
North Coast, Ca. 1000 to 1200 AD. A deep and tall ovoid shaped
buff clay 'china' or jar, anthromorphic in form with a human head
molded into the neck with relief features, especially the large
separately fashioned circular ear spools. Tiny relief hands at
center of body hold a cup. 17-3/4"H. Rare polychrome specimen!
#3703 SOLD
171. Inca Curled Agouti Stirrup Vessel, Ca.
1400 AD. A lovely painted and molded stirrup with a cute and unusual
weasel-like creature with head in high relief, curled around itself
on the shoulder of this vessel. Decorated cross-hatch pattern
as skin and the feet also in relief. A lively monkey sits at bridge
of handle. 9"H. #3523 SOLD
Asian Art
179. Gupta Period Terracotta Bull Plaque,
Ca. 6th Century AD. Well animated bull [Vrisha] facing left with
an auspicious lions head and a pot at right. Uttar Pradesh, 13-3/4"L.
8-5/8"H. Published:
P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey, Indian Himalayan and Southeast Asian
Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, no. 350 #3771 $1,500181. Central India Sandstone Carved Brahma in
Architectural Framework, Ca. 10th to 12th Century AD. The
Bearded Deity sits in animated posture between columns holding
a sruk (a spoon to pour libations into the sacred fire and a book
(long palm-leaf type) in his two top hands; figures to the side
and on top surround niche. 16"H. Custom mounted. Rare. #3244
$1250192. Khmer Angor Wat Bronze Figure of a Standing
Uma, Cambodia, Ca. 12th to 13th Century AD. Cast on integral
base and with nude upper torso; she wears an elaborate dhoti decorated
with a vertical plaiting and frontal sash in relief encircled
by a belt with relief rosette. She holds a lotus stalk in one
hand. She is bejeweled with neckless, armlets, earrings. 10"H.
Green patina. Ex. R. Taylor Collection. #3633 $2250 199. Bassa Wood Mask Aged dark gloss patina.
The hollowed form, pierced around rim for attachment, with a small
protruding mouth, narrow pierced eyes, protruding forehead and
plaited coiffure. 7-1/2"H. Extremely fine example. Custom
museum mount. #3674 $1500
203. Chokwe Wood Carved Mask of hollow oval
form with pierced rectangular mouth showing teeth, small nose,
coffee bean eyes with pierced slits, small round indentations
on cheeks, tripartite coiffure and fiber headdress. Pierced around
rim for attachment. 9-1/2"H. #3672 $950(reserved)205. Yoruba Wood Divination Bowl, Aged patina.
Finely rendered female figure with elongated head and breasts,
kneeling on round base, the upturned arms and head supporting
a shallow bowl with incised upper edge and flanges, traces of
pigments. 6"H. #3671 $3000
207. Kamba Carved Wood Female Light nut brown
patina. The pleasant plump figure seated on three footed stool,
with arms resting on knees, the large bald head with large stylized
ears, small incised mouth, broad nose and inlaid metal eyes. Good
age wear. 6-1/2"H. #3668 $475
