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4335. North Syrian Bird
Face Goddess, Ca. 2nd Millennium BC. Buff pottery abstract Goddess
with arms extended, necklace, applied eyes and pierced headdress,
5-1/2”H. Neck repaired. Choice. Custom mounted. SOLD  |
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4340. Phoenician Gold Sheet Covered
Head, Ca. Late 1st Millennium BC. High copper content core head
wearing a pointed cap and with good modeled facial details sheathed
in thick high karat gold 1-1/2 in H. + mount. Suspension loop
visible under sheeting. Very rare and choice ritual object. SOLD |
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4341. Jemdet Nasr Marble
Stamp Seal in the Form of a Pig, Mesopotamia, Ca. 3100 to 2900
BC. Marble seal carved in the form of a pig in profile, with
pronounced snout and ear, the eye circular drilled, the base
inscribed with abstract symbols. 1-1/2 in L.Choice. SOLD |
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4446. Mycenaean Pottery Alabastron,
Late Helladic, Ca. 13th Century BC. A squat alabastron with three
loop handles and U-shaped motifs on the shoulder in umber slip
pigment on shoulder. Bands of slip on body. 3-1/2 in. H. Ex.
Christie's London. SOLD |
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3801. Egyptian Old Kingdom
Polychrome Limestone Relief, Ca. 5th to 6th Dynasty, 2520-2195
BC. Finely carved with two oarsmen facing right and leaning back
to lever the oars, their faces with long black tapering eyebrows
and cosmetic lines, the lips outlined, a fragmentary inscription
in the register above. 6-1/8” x 11 1/4 in. (15.6 by 28.6cm.)
For related scenes cf. Hayes, Scepter of Egypt, part I, fig.
56. Ex Japanese Private Collection. $6750 |
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4313. Egyptian Blue Faience
Mother Holding Children, Roman Period, Ca. 100 BC/AD. The statuette
in bright blue glaze with details in added black, of a kneeling
woman holding a child on her lap, another clings to her back
in a basket. 3-1/2in. (8.9cm.) H. Compare an identical example
in Life and Death under the Pharaohs; Egyptian Art from the
National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, The Netherlands,
no. 162. Provenance: Acquired at an auction in the north of England.
Rare. SOLD |
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4303. Egyptian clay foundation
cone with inscription, Late 18th - Early 19th Dynasty, Beautifully
inscribed with pressed glyphs for 'Amen-Mose true of Voice';
overseer of the large house. Nice pressed hieroglyphic text atop
cone, pointed tip missing. 5-3/4 in L. Ex Charter House School,
London England. SOLD |
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3885. Egyptian Sandstone
Relief with Hieroglyphics, Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 300 to 30 BC.
Carved in sunk relief with remains of red and white pigment and
two registers of glyphs: Top left is a head glyph next to a sun
disc flanked by cobra. Bottom register we have a loaf of bread
next to a ntr (cloth wound on a pole) which represents
a God and lastly, a block or base glyph. 13-1/4 in W. x 8 in
H. + mount. Ex Belgium Private Collection. SOLD |
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4305. Egyptian Faience Head of
the goddess Hathor from a sistrum handle, Late Period, Ca. 715
BC. Light green glaze double Hathor middle section of the instrument
with remains of the upper bar remaining. 2-5/16 in H. Ex Charter
House School Collection, London England. Custom mounted. SOLD |
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4240. Apulian Red-Figure
Kantharos, Attributed to the Kantharos Group. Ca. 350 BC. A lovely
vessel with high stem foot with tall scrolliate raised handles.
One side decorate with a seated draped female. She sits on a
rocky crop and holds a casket (box) in her raised left had. The
other side has a profile head of a lady of fashion. Chips to
foot else very good condition. 8-1/2 in H. 21.8 cm. Ex Berlin
Germany Collection. Cp. Similar examples in Vase Painting
in Italy, Red-Figure and Related Works in the MFA, Boston.
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4310. Attic Red-Figure Hydria
from the Kirsch Group, Ca. 350 BC. Showing on side (a), a central
female figure seated on a scrolling shrub, wearing a belted chiton
and holding up a scrolled foliate sprig, to the right Eros is
depicted bending over and releasing a bird by its wings, on the
left stands a female figure wearing a chiton with a dotted neckline,
gesturing with her left hand, with ovolo along the baseline,
a band of laurel around the neck and dashes on the rim and around
the handles, 123/4in. (32.4cm.) Ex English Collection. $7,500
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4311. Colossal Roman Pottery
Trade Amphora, Ca. 2nd Century BC/AD. The pyriform body tapering
to a pointed base, thin cylindrical neck with two strong twin
handles and collar rim, 43in. (109cm.) H! Intact with age wear.
On custom tripod metal stand. Collected mid 1850. See several
similar examples in the British Museum. London. Compare Heinrich
Dressel, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, VOl. XV, (Berling
1899), Form 1. Also see a near identical example in Amphoras
and the Ancient Wine Trade, no. 38 by the American School
of Classical Studies in Athens, where it states that this type
of amphora was the first know to have carried wine from Italy
to Greece. SOLD |
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4332. Fine Roman Marble Head
of a Youth, Ca. 1st to 2nd Century AD. Carved with great skill,
tossed short hair curls defined all around his head, sensitively
modeled eyes with drilled pupils, incised eyebrows and handsome
facial proportions. Ample calcite deposits. Nose, mouth and chin
damage. 7 in H. + mount. Ex English Collector. Rare and extremely
high quality. SOLD |
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4321. Roman Volcanic Stone
Bearded Male Head, Syrian, Ca. 3rd Century AD. with thick moustache
and furrowed brow, a broad extension from its back. 9-1/2in.
(23.7cm.), mounted. Nose damaged. Ex English Estate. $3900 |
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4309. Roman Green Glass Beaker, Ca. 4th Century A.D, with straight
sides, out-turned thickened rim and carinated at the base 4in.
(10cm.) Ex Old English Collection. SOLD |
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4308. Roman Glass Bottle,
Ca. 3rd-4th Century AD, A glass unguentarium with bell-shaped
body, tall cylindrical neck and out-turned disc rim, 61/2in.
H, Intact. Ex Old English Collection. $475 |
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4315. Roman Green Glass
Unguent(s), Ca. 200 AD. Blown with bulbous wells and thin cylindrical
necks. 4-3/8in. (11cm.) Provenance: Acquired at an auction in
the north of England by the present owner. SOLD |
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4337. Roman Aubergine Glass Unguentarium,
Ca. 1st to 2nd Century AD. Delicate bulbous blown vessel on pointed
base with slender neck and outturned rim. 5-1/8 in L. Custom
mounted (not illus). Choice. $1200 |
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4307. Roman pale Green
Glass Feeder Vessel, Ca. 3rd-4th Century AD. With squat spherical
body, cylindrical neck and out-turned thickened rim. 4in. H.
Intact and with light iridescence. Ex Old English Collection.
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3245. Nayarit Seated Figure w
Dog Headdress, Ca. 100 BC to 300 AD. Modeled with legs folded
in front and holding a fan in the right hand, the wide face with
open mouth expression. He is adorned with earspools, neckcords,
and he is wearing a great dog headdress across forehead. Overall
reddish brown and cream slip pigment. 8-1/4"H. Intact and
choice. SOLD |
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4349. Vera cruz Smiling Soriente,
Remojades, Classic Period, Ca 600 AD. Buff clay pottery standing
slender figure in an animated posture, both hands raised. He
wears a large zig-zag headdress on his triangular head and ear
clips on his large ears. He has wide almond eyes and wide smiling
face grin. 11-3/8 in H. For more on Veracruz see Ancient Art
of Veracruz, Ethnic Arts Council of L.A., 1971. Ex. Menninger
Foundation Museum, KS. No. M797 Sold |
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4381. 4381.
Mayan Pottery Copador Underworld Figure Bowl, ES Ca. 600 to 900
AD. Wide flared well painted bowl decorated on exterior with
two elongated snake like figural depictions of male figures slithering
under a band of glyphs, one a warrior holding a spear! Over the
figures is a band of stylized hieroglyphics. Interior with band
of glyphs. 7-3/4 in D. x 3in H. Ex Florida Collection. SOLD |
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3468. Manteno Pottery Figural
Censor, Ecuador, Ca. 700 to 1200 AD. Burnished chocolate color;
consisting of a wide shallow bowl atop and wide bell shaped base,
the center consisting of a nude male figure, standing at attention,
with hands at sides, large pierced nose and ear spools. 15-1/4”H.
Compare similar examples in Alan Lapiner’s, Pre Columbian
Art of South America, nos. 785 to 794. Rare and handsome example.
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4216. Valdavian Stone Abstract
Idol, Earliest Horizon, Ca. 2300 to 2000 BC. Ecuador, a carved
abstract light green stone slab of rectangular form with delineated
eyes, nose and torso. Very fine style. 8-7/8”H. Intact.
Ample age deposits. Custom mounted. Impressive in person. SOLD |
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4252. Inca Pottery Ritual ‘Pacha’,
Ca. 1400 AD. A sacred implement used in the Inca water cult.
It is a ceramic form molded into the form of a digging stick
(taklya), a branch used to prepare the soil for cultivation.
Attached to the handle is a perched aryballos (jar) and an ear
of corn. 13"L, Intact, minor losses to rim of aryballos
and a handle. Old collection sticker and number on base. Ex estate
of James McWilliams Kellers, Summit, New Jersey, noted anthropologist,
scholar and collector. Compare similar example in Ancient Andean
Arts in the Collection of the Krannert Art Museum by Alan Sawyer,
no. 87. Custom mount included but not illustrated. SOLD
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4329. Indian Pink Sandstone Torso
of a Female Durga, Madhya Predesh, Ca. 12th Century AD. Lovely
celestial female with ample body and full breasts; clad in finely
rendered dhoti with sheer patter along her backside. 17”H.
+ mount. Ex English Private Collection. SOLD |
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4243. African Wood Female Ibeji
Figure, 19th Century. A handsome female figure carved on circular
base, standing with hands held to hips. She has an elaborate
ridged coiffure, wears strands of beads around neck and waist
and has fine facial details. 11 in H. Nice dark patina. Old tag
reads University Museum. Provenance: Estate of James McWilliams
Kellers, Summit, New Jersey, noted anthropologist, scholar and
collector. $750 |
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4107. Songye Kifwebe Initiation
Mask. Early to Mid 20th century. A lovely and very well balanced
Kifwebe bird mask with carved and painted details. Constrained
from the front ; but from the side, it jumps out with fantastic
lines and patterns. Wonderful presence. A large 20 in. The masks
probably comes from the Southern Part of the Kalebwe region of
Songye territory, and Hersak attributes this style to "Ebombo
chiefdom, Kalebwe origin". Ex New York City Artist Collection.
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