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12:00 PM PT - May 1st, 2005

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Michael Malter

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Art from the Ancient World

333 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
301
Lot 301
Peru, Chimu, c. 1100-1400 AD. A small white slip b

owl with pale gray linear and fish designs throughout. Small lug...

400
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500
302
Lot 302
Peru, Chimu. c.1100 – 1450 AD. A Chirimoya bottle.

A blackware effigy of a popular fruit indigenous to the Andean...

200
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250
303
Lot 303
Peru, Chimu. c.1100 – 1450 AD. A blackware zoomorp

hic effigy vessel of a viringo, a hairless canine indigenous to...

150
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200
304
Lot 304
Peru, Chimu, c.1100 – 1450 AD. A ceremonial whistl

e in the form of a bat-faced creature perhaps holding a textile...

200
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305
Lot 305
Peru, Lambayeque. c.700 – 1300 AD. A nice spouted

cream ware monkey vessel with strap handle, which is enhanced...

200
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250
306
Lot 306
Peru, Moche, c. 250 - 550 AD. A wonderful portrait

vessel of a rotund noble. In crθme slip ceramic, figure stands...

1,200
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1,500
307
Lot 307
Peru, Moche, c. 250 – 550 AD. A pale red ware cera

mic seated warrior stirrup figure. Typical rotund body, figure is...

1,000
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1,200
308
Lot 308
Peru, Moche, c. 250 – 550 AD. A pale red ware cera

mic seated warrior stirrup figure. Typical rotund body, figure is...

600
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1,200
309
Lot 309
Peru, Moche, c.250 – 550 AD. A Moche IV stirrup ve

ssel, executed in a geometric fine line style. The motif is one of...

400
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500
310
Lot 310
Peru, Moche, c. 100-700 AD. A finely carved wood s

poon with shaman standing and holding a cup with both hands...

550
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750
311
Lot 311
Peru, Moche. c.550 – 700 AD. A late Moche Cazador

(hunter) vessel. This seated figural jar depicts a seated hunter...

300
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400
312
Lot 312
Peru, Nazca. c.100 – 300 AD. A large polychrome bo

wl which depicts the popular Wairulo seeds. These were used by the...

200
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250
313
Lot 313
Peru, Nazca. c.200 – 500 AD. A large avian bowl wi

th a deep, rounded bottom. This thin-walled bowl features a pair...

375
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475
314
Lot 314
Peru, Nazca, c. 100 – 700 AD. A lovely double spou

ted stirrup pot beautifully painted with 3 bird motif design...

800
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1,000
315
Lot 315
Peru, Vicus. c.200 – 200 AD. A delightful figural

vessel which portrays a male cargador (burden carrier). He is...

200
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250
316
Lot 316
Peru, Shipibo, c. mid 20th century pot in the form

of a rotund seated female. Typical brown and rust colored linear...

400
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500
317
Lot 317
Book, "Along the Peruvian Andes" – a Travel Advent

ure. By John Sayles, Jr. Vantage Press Inc., New York. Copyright 1953

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25
318
Lot 318
Bolivia, Tiahuanaco. Pre 1000 AD. A nice kero depi

cting a duality motif, with one side representing an avian deity...

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200
319
Lot 319
Bolivia, Pukara. c.1 – 200 AD. An awesome tripod d

ish, from the Lake Titicaca region. This thin-walled vessel was...

300
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400
320
Lot 320
Peru, Chancay. C.1100 – 1450 AD. A large coca leaf

bag. In choice condition, despite signs of wear. Woven handle has...

100
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125
321
Lot 321
Peru, Chancay. C.1100 – 1450 AD. A beautifully wov

en coca leaf bag. Weaving pattern is extraordinary and colorful...

100
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125
322
Lot 322
Peru, Chancay. C.1100 – 1450 AD. A textile panel d

epicting two llamas in the upper right corner facing an...

50
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75
323
Lot 323
Peru, Chancay. C.1100 – 1450 AD. A thickly embroid

ered support strap for a backstrap loom. Mice woven multicolor...

100
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125
324
Lot 324
Peru, Chancay. C.1100 – 1450 AD. A nice textile fr

agment in a small frame. Depicts four birds facing right in red...

40
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50
325
Lot 325
Peru, South Coast, Paracas, c. 650 - 100 BC. An em

broidered textile fragment. Depicts animals, perhaps rodent? A row...

75
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100
326
Lot 326
Peru, South Coast, Paracas, c. 650 - 100 BC. An em

broidered sash with a geometric decoration in red, yellow and...

100
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125
327
Lot 327
Peru, South Coast, Paracas, c. 650 - 100 BC. A nic

e embroidered textile fragment within a square frame. Alternating...

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50
328
Lot 328
Peru, South Coast, Paracas, c. 650 - 100 BC. An em

broidered textile fragment within a round frame. Depicts the upper...

50
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75
329
Lot 329
Nigeria, Benin style, c. 20th century. A finely ca

st small bronze head in the form of a chieftain. Highly detailed...

550
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650
330
Lot 330
Nigeria, Benin style of the "Edo" court, c. 20th c

entury. A fine casting in bronze depicting 3 standing warriors...

1,000
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1,250
331
Lot 331
Zaire, c. Kasai Province, Zaire, 1880s-1910, "Kata

nga Cross". Copper X-shaped ingot (10" long) Named after a region...

100
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150
332
Lot 332
Canada, 20th century Eskimo stone carving. In gree

nish black stone, a rotund fisherman in hunched posture carries a...

400
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500
333
Lot 333
1995 BMW 525i Automatic


Description: Body Style-Sedan, Mileage-141,010, Exterior...

4,750
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7,500
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