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Human Head on Turtle Body Sculpture.

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Ancient Pre Columbian Vera Cruz Pottery Whistle Figure c.550 AD.: Ancient Pre Columbian Vera Cruz Pottery Whistle Figure c.550 AD. Size 4 inches high. Unusual Hollow Pottery Figure with Bird Body and human head painted in black. Condition: perfect. Provenance: from

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Ancient Pre Columbian Vera Cruz Pottery Whistle Figure: Ancient Pre Columbian Vera Cruz Pottery Whistle Figure c.550 AD. Size 4 inches high. Unusual Hollow Pottery Figure with Bird Body and human head painted in black. Condition: perfect. Provenance: from

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Ancient African Nok Terracotta Head: DESCRIPTION: Ancient African Nok Terracotta Head. The Nok culture produced sculptures of human heads and figures of humans and animals in terracotta, the earliest such sculpture produced in sub-Sahara

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Ancient African Nok Terracotta Head Fragment: DESCRIPTION: Ancient African Nok Terracotta Head Fragment with carved protruded symmetric eyes and lips. The Nok culture produced sculptures of human heads and figures of humans and animals in terraco

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Chinese Tang Dynasty Terracotta Mystical Beast: China, Tang Dynasty, 618 - 907 CE. An extremely rare mythical beast crafted in unglazed baked terracotta featuring a human head and a crouching animal's body. Evidence of extensive original polychrome

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Brown & White Jade Bixi, 17th Century: Brown and white jade dragon turtle or Bixi from the 17th Century. The mottled jade is beautifully carved into a Bixi or a creature with a turtle's body, a dragon's head, a horse's tail, and cloven bac

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American School, "Downloading Thought"-1978: American School, circa 1978. "Untitled (Downloading Thought)", bronze with verdigris patination, signed "R. McDowell 78". Abstract sculpture depicting a human head within an open-cage rectangle with w

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Mythological Creature Sphinx Egyptian Bronze Statue on: A sphinx is widely known mythological creature with a lion body and a human head. This image is highly revered in Egyptian and Greek art. The body is of a powerful and strong lion laying on its stomac

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Human Head on Turtle Body Sculpture. Japan, twentieth century. Polychrome figure, carved in heavy hardwood, gilt, painted and decorated with sequins, the head, extending out from the shell, depicting an Asian man. 19 x 9 ½ x 8 ½". Few sequins lost, tail chipped.