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Roman Marble Head of a Youthful Barbarian

18th C. Indian Red Sandalwood Nude Ragini / Musician

Rare Moche Gilded Copper Bell - Owl - 56 g

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Fine Ancient | Asian | Ethnographic Art

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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe, plus fine art. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fine Art, so much more! All legally acquired, legal to sell. Convenient in-house shipping!

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0001: Egyptian Middle Paleolithic Chert Hand AxeEst. $900-$1,400

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Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Naqada III Breccia Stone Vessel: Egypt, Pre-Dynastic, Naqada III period, ca. 3200 to 3000 BCE. An incredibly rare and well-preserved example of an iconic form, this is a heavy, bulbous jar made from breccia, with a variegated

0002: Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Naqada III Breccia Stone VesselEst. $15,000-$20,000Lot Passed

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Egyptian Middle Kingdom Painted Wood Boatman: Ancient Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 11th to 13th Dynasty, ca. 2040 to 1782 BCE. A fine wooden sacred boatman figure, skillfully carved in the characteristic squatting position of a rower, with arms held

0002A: Egyptian Middle Kingdom Painted Wood BoatmanEst. $800-$1,200

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Egyptian New Kingdom Pottery Standing Concubine: Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom Period, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1549 to 1069 BCE. A mold-formed pottery female concubine figure standing with fused legs atop an integral circular plinth. She presents

0003: Egyptian New Kingdom Pottery Standing ConcubineEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Egyptian Faience Cup w/ Royal Cartouche: Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom Period, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1549 to 1069 BCE. A petite faience offering cup with a planar base, a cylindrical body, and a rounded rim, all covered in lustrous

0003A: Egyptian Faience Cup w/ Royal CartoucheEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Egyptian New Kingdom Polychrome Limestone Ushabti: Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, Ramesside Period, 19th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1292 to 1070 BCE. A beautiful, hand-carved limestone ushabti displaying a myriad of fine details. The figure stands in

0004: Egyptian New Kingdom Polychrome Limestone UshabtiEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Egyptian Faience, Amber & Shell Beaded Necklace: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A beautiful and wearable necklace composed of 7 discoid amber beads separated by several faience seed beads - in cream and blue

0004A: Egyptian Faience, Amber & Shell Beaded NecklaceEst. $500-$800

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Egyptian Terracotta Figural Flask - God Bes: Ancient Egypt, Late Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A fascinating / rare terracotta vessel, with one side of its body incised and formed to show the face of the god Bes. Made from a

0005: Egyptian Terracotta Figural Flask - God BesEst. $5,000-$7,500Lot Passed

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Traslated Egyptian Late Dynastic Faience Ushabti: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A fabulous mold-formed faience ushabti displaying faint traces of blue-green pigmentation across the body and head. The figure

0006: Traslated Egyptian Late Dynastic Faience UshabtiEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Egyptian Wood & Painted Gesso Coffin Panel Fragment: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A beautiful sarcophagus panel fragment, of a rectangular form carved from finely-grained cedar wood, with a painted yellow-brown

0007: Egyptian Wood & Painted Gesso Coffin Panel FragmentEst. $4,500-$6,500Lot Passed

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Egyptian Cedar Wood Sarcophagus Mask, ex-Christie's: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th Dynasty to Ptolemaic period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A tall and finely-carved cedar wood sarcophagus mask with strikingly naturalistic features. The mask is defined by

0009: Egyptian Cedar Wood Sarcophagus Mask, ex-Christie'sEst. $5,000-$8,000

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Impressive Egyptian Gesso'd Wood Sarcophagus Mask: Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A hand-carved wooden mask with large almond-shaped eyes and recessed brows, a prominent nose, a gentle mouth with full lips,

0010: Impressive Egyptian Gesso'd Wood Sarcophagus MaskEst. $5,000-$8,000Lot Passed

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Egyptian Bronze Seated Figure - Imhotep: Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A lovely mold-cast bronze figure of Imhotep, a royal architect during the 3rd Dynasty of the Old Kingdom Period who was the mastermind

0011: Egyptian Bronze Seated Figure - ImhotepEst. $2,500-$3,500

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Early Cycladic Marble Kandila / Bowl: Greece, Cycladic culture, probably Early Cycladic, ca. 3200 to 2800 BCE. A heavy, hollowed out, roughly spheroid bowl standing on a round pedestal foot that was likely once taller. Four lugged

0012: Early Cycladic Marble Kandila / BowlEst. $5,000-$7,500

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Greek Geometric Bronze Pyxis - Sickle Type w/ Birds: Ancient Greece, Geometric period, ca. 8th century BCE. A lidded pyxis with a flattened, globular body decorated with incised striations at the shoulder and a pair of abstract bird protomes at the

0013: Greek Geometric Bronze Pyxis - Sickle Type w/ BirdsEst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

Mycenaean Pottery Kalathos w/ Striated Design: Ancient Greece, Mycenaean, Middle Helladic II to Late Helladic II, ca. 1900 to 1400 BCE. A sizable wheel-thrown kalathos (or basket) with a slightly-concave discoid base, an inverted bell-shaped body

0013A: Mycenaean Pottery Kalathos w/ Striated DesignEst. $2,500-$3,000Lot Passed

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Greek Phrygian Pottery Horse Head Rhyton - TL Tested: East Greek, Phrygian, ca. 7th to 6th century BCE. A wonderful wheel-formed (note the fingermarks from pulling up the form on the wheel visible on the interior of the piece) and hand-modeled

0014: Greek Phrygian Pottery Horse Head Rhyton - TL TestedEst. $6,000-$12,000

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Archaic Greek Illyrian Bronze Hoplite Helmet: Northwestern Greece, Illyria, Archaic period, ca. late 7th to 6th centuries BCE. A war helmet made of hammered bronze sheet, with a rectilinear opening for the face, long, pointed cheek pieces,

0014A: Archaic Greek Illyrian Bronze Hoplite HelmetEst. $22,000-$30,000

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18K Gold Pin w/ Greek Carnelian Scarab, ex- Christie's: Ancient Greece, Archaic Period, ca. late 6th to early 5th century BCE (scarab); Western Europe, France, dated June 12, 1879 (gold setting). An exquisite beetle-form scarab of a

0015: 18K Gold Pin w/ Greek Carnelian Scarab, ex- Christie'sEst. $5,000-$7,500Lot Passed

Greek Boeotian Terracotta Horse & Rider: Greek, Boetian, ca. 575 to 550 BCE. A wonderful hand-built terracotta horse and rider of a characteristically abstract style. Both the rider and the horse are decorated with red striations. The

0015A: Greek Boeotian Terracotta Horse & RiderEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Archaic Greek Pottery Head Protome Fragment - Female: Ancient Greece, Archaic, ca. 650 to 480 BCE. A fragment of a mold-made terracotta protome depicting a female head, wearing a himation drawn up and over her head with round earrings, with a scalloped

0015B: Archaic Greek Pottery Head Protome Fragment - FemaleEst. $4,600-$7,000Lot Passed

Superb / Tall Greek Corinthian Polychrome Alabastron: Greece, Corinth, ca. 6th century BCE. A tall, slender polychrome alabastron - used for holding perfumes and scented oils - with a characteristic round bottomed, piriform body that rises to a flat rim

0015C: Superb / Tall Greek Corinthian Polychrome AlabastronEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

Impressive Greek Terracotta Protome of a Goddess: Western Greece, Magna Graecia, ca. late 6th to early 5th century BCE. An elegant terracotta protome depicting a lovely goddess with well-modeled facial features including a lovely Archaic smile,

0016: Impressive Greek Terracotta Protome of a GoddessEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

Archaic Greek Terracotta Statue of Goddess w/ Polos: Greece, Archaic Period, ca. 6th century BCE. A mold-made votive head and torso of a woman. She is nude aside from a polos crown over a towering wiglike hairstyle. The Greeks adopted the polos from

0016A: Archaic Greek Terracotta Statue of Goddess w/ PolosEst. $5,000-$7,500Lot Passed

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