AFRICA. French West Africa. Rio de Oro Rio Muni Nigeria. BARTHOLOMEW 1952 map

West Africa, Nigeria, left bank of the Benue River, Tiv peoples, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A beautiful standing female ancestral figure known as an "ihambe," hand-carved from hard wood, standin

A Benin Style Bronze Bust of an Ife Ruler West Africa, Nigeria Height 29 11/16 inches (75.5 cm). Property from the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida Provenance: Gifted in 2001 (Inv. no. T20

West Africa, Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, first half of 20th century CE. A large and heavy cast bronze bell that is a masterpiece of detail and symbolic iconography. The bell has a flattened, conical shape

Romeo Tabuena (1921 - 2015) River Gold (Rio de Oro) signed and dated 1976 (upper left) acrylic on canvas 21" x 24 3/4" (53 cm x 62 cm) PROVENANCEPrivate Collection, USA Tabuena is known for his works

A LARGE COLLECTION OF EIGHTEEN WEST AFRICAN TEXTILES LARGELY NIGERIA, WEST AFRICA a large collection of eighteen West African textiles (18) (largest 284 x 183cm) Footnote: Provenance: The Keir McGuinn

NAVAL – MISCELLANY Group of miscellaneous correspondence from Naval commanders, taking in the French Revolutionary Wars, the Rio de Janeiro station and the discovery of the descendants of the Bo

Rare Galle French cameo glass vase in dark blue over yellow of Rio De Janeiro showing the mountains, forest and the city coastline, engraved on the side Rio de Janeiro and signed in cameo Galle, 9 1/2

the 2-sheet map of Africa and Asia, from the east coast of Brazil to Japan, charting the first Dutch voyage to the East Indies by Houtman, large titlecartouche upper centre of right sheet, ships, comp

CHINESE SCHOOLCirca 1847"Puerto de Whampoa en el Rio de Canton". Titled in Spanish lower margin outside the double inked border.Watercolor heightened with gouache on paper, 22" x 33" sight. Framed 31.

Montague J. Dawson (British, 1895-1973). British Destroyer in Rio de Janeiro Harbor, oil on board, signed "Montague Dawson" ll, 16 x 22 in., framed

West Africa and the Americas,Ca. Ancient - early 20th century Consisting of African gold weights and equestrian figures, a wooden whistle, a Pre-Columbian figural pottery whistle and a miniature bowl

AFRA & TOBIA SCARPA Rare suite de six chaises dites 'Africa' de la série 'Artona' Création en 1975 Edition Maxalto, estampillée, en bois de noyer, contreplaqué moulé et marque

Louis Valtat (French, 1869-1952)La tireuse de cartes, 1922oil on boardstamped with the artists monogram lower right12 1/2 x 12 1/2in (32 x 32cm) Provenance:The Collection of Peter

Idiophon, "ahianmwen-oro" Edo, Nigeria Mit Sockel / with base Gelbguss. H 36 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass René David (1928-2015), Zürich. Ausgestellt: Musée International du Golfe de Guinée, Togo (200

Idiophon, "ahianmwen-oro" Edo, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Gelbguss. H 28,5 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass René David (1928-2015), Zürich. Ausgestellt: Musée International du Golfe de Guinée, Tog

"Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland dressee sur la grande carte angloise de Mrs. Josue Fry et Pierre Jefferson", hand colored first state of Robert de Vaugondy's French edition of the Fry Jefferson m

*** START PRICE IS THE RESERVE *** [Africa]. GASTALDI, Giacomo (1500-1566) & FORLANI, Paolo (fl. 1560-1571). La Descrittione dell'Africa. Engraved Map. Venice: Paolo Forlani, 1562. 19 x 25 1/4 inches

DIDIER ROBERT DE VAUGONDY (FRENCH, 1688-1766) ATLAS VOLUME "Atlas Universel", 1757, folio, leather boards, engraved title page, 106 hand-colored double-page maps, missing numbers 24 and 40. With prote

BELA DE KRISTO (HUNGARIAN-FRENCH 1920-2006) Le bal de 14 juillet, 1952 oil on panel 50 x 40 cm (20 x 15 3/4 in.) signed lower right PROVENANCE Alexander Kahan Fine Arts, Ltd., New York (label on vers

Louis Valtat (French, 1869-1952) Paysage d'automne au bord de la riviere, c. 1935 oil on canvas signed with initials L.V. (lower right) 10 3/4 x 14 inches. This lot has previously been confirmed to be

Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887-1985) La Vidion de Elie (The Vision of Elijah), (from the Bible Series), 1952 etching with hand coloring initialed and numbered 94/100 in pencil 12 1/4 x 7 1/2 inche

Victor De Grailly, New York- French, 1804 - 1889, View of the Hudson River Seen from Highland West, oil on canvas. PROVENANCE: Lot: 463 Sotheby's New York 01/19/2007 - 01/21/2007, Sales Price**: $30,0

Ernest Pierre Guérin (French, 1887-1952) Port Kermé, Bretagne signed and inscribed 'PORT KERMÉ/PRESQUÎLE DE QUIBERON/BRETAGNE/E.GUÎÉRIN' (lower right) watercolour over tr

Flowers in a Straw Basket, oil on canvas, 17 3/4 x 22 1/8 in (45.1 x 56.2 cm), signed upper left, PROVENANCE: From the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donaldson, West Hartford, CT