SACRIFICE VESSEL. AFTER MODELS OF ANCIENT RITUAL

Possibly Moche, given the inclusion of the two figures resembling the Lord of the Sipan. A fabulous artifact measuring approximately 3.5" X 3" X 1 3/4. Found at a massive estate in Saint Louis, Missou

High ancient style, jade cong looks like a pen holder, with a square shape and a round hole inside. It is one of the important ritual vessels in ancient China. D: 5.5cm, W: 6cm, H: 9cm 玉&#29742

A Ancient Bronze Ritual Food Vessel. The body flat-cast with animal masks centered on narrow flanges flanked by rounded eyes and bird beaks, all reserved on liewen grounds with mottled greenish patina

Famous Dealer Christian Deydier 2014 Ancient Chinese Ritual Bronze Vessels , hard cover and good condition!

DESCRIPTION: Antique gilt brass cloisonne vessel fashioned as a li ding (ancient ritual tripod cauldron) featuring filigree around enameled birds, flowers, and foliage framed by geometric patterns bet

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. An elegant hammered-bronze pitcher boasting a distinctively Luristan form with a huge elongated spout that resembles the beak of a

A Mesopotamian ritual vessel inscribed with ancient script and symbols measuring approximately 4.5" X 3 1/4" X 2". This, and many lots forthcoming are from the massive central Florida estate of a true

A Ancient Bronze Quadripod Ritual Food Vessel, Ding, With Inscriptions. Raised on four columnar legs, the rectangular body cast with liewen patterns, with a pair of upright loop handles rising from th

A Ancient Bronze Quadripod Ritual Food Vessel, Ding, With Inscriptions. Raised on four columnar legs, the rectangular body cast in relief with a large human mask, with a pair of upright loop handles r

Book ANCIENT CHINESE BRONZE VESSELS Art From Ritual. 14 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches.

to include a cast metal vessel, likely a later copy of an Ancient model (wear and holes); and a small Asian pottery vessel (missing handle and with damage). Larger 5 x 8 in diameter. From the Collecti

A CHINESE ANCIENT BRONZE LIDDED TRIPOD RITUAL VESSEL. Of compressed circular form with extending loop handles raised on three splayed legs and surmounted with a domed cover with ring handle. Length 1

This resplendent glazed steatite kohl pot from Egypt's Post-Pharaonic Epoch is not only an artifact but a symbol of ancient wellness and beauty rituals. Measuring 9 by 4 centimeters, its celestial blu

The shape of this vessel derives from the ancient bronze 'Gui' used since antiquity for funerary or ritual use along with the prototype 'Ding'. It is made of ceramic and covered with a celadon-green g

A Ancient Bronze 'Animal Mask' Quadripod Ritual Food Vessel, Ding, With Inscriptions. Raised on four columnar legs, the trapezoidal body cast with animal masks, all reserved on liewen grounds, with a

An Ancient Bronze Tripod 'Animal Mask' Ritual Food Vessel, Ding , With Inscriptions. Raised on three columnar legs, the body flat-cast with taotie masks and dense scrolls, all reserved on leiwen groun

A Ancient Bronze 'Animal Mask' Quadripod Ritual Food Vessel, Ding, With Inscriptions. Raised on four columnar legs, the rectangular body cast with animal masks centered on narrow flanges flanked by ro

A choice Near Eastern zoomorphic ceramic ritual vessel, c. 1400 - 1000 BC, hand modeled with wide, flat body, long slender legs and a tail. The head nicely rendered with short snout and pointed ears,

Rituelles Wasser-Gefäss, "rikwa" (= "Krug") Habab, Eritrea, Sudan Ohne Sockel / without base Terrakotta. H 18,5 cm. Provenienz: Gérald Minkoff (1937-2009) und Muriel Olesen (1948-2020), Genf

Nuo-Maske China, Yunnan H 26,5 cm. Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung, Neuenburg. Nuo, also called the "nuo sacrifice" or "nuo ceremony," was originally a type of sacrificial and magical ritual held

A Wonderful Rectangular Bronze 'Human Mask' Ritual Food Vessel, Ding , With Inscriptions. Supported on four columnar legs, body is cast with a human mask. From The Ancient Times. Size:24cmx18.5cmx33cm

A Wonderful Bronze 'Taotie' Tripod Ritual Food Vessel, Ding . Supported on three columnar legs, body is cast with archaistic motifs and a pair of upright loop handles. From The Ancient Times. Size:27.

Ancient Central Asia, southern Azerbaijan and northern Iran, Ardabil region, Bronze Age, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A blackware kernos or ritualistic altar vessel, the voluminous body resting on a flared

Large Egyptian Bronze Situla Third Intermediate Period, XXIst Dynasty ca. 1085 to 945 BC. A good size ritual basket shaped vessel with pointed base and long swinging arched handle attached to rim at l