Ancient / Ethnographic Art Around The World

Two Egyptian Faience Amulets - Eye of Horus & Sekhmet

Ancient Egyptian Gesso / Painted Linen Horus Section

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Ancient / Ethnographic Art Around The World

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Plenty of options in this auction that will cater to all tastes and budgets. Classical antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy, the Near East. Asian art from China, Japan, Thailand, more! Pre-Columbian. Native American. African / Tribal / Oceanic. Spanish Colonial. Fossils. Jewelry. So much more!

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Cretaceous Period Pair of Fossil Dinosaur Eggs: New World, Cretaceous Period, ca. 80 million years ago. A pair of fossilized dinosaur eggs, hardened through mineralization into a red-brown stone, but with the egg shells partially exposed from the

0079A: Cretaceous Period Pair of Fossil Dinosaur EggsEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Huge Dinosaur Bone (from a Hadrosaur's Right Ulna): USA, Montana, Two Medicine Formation, ca. 71,000,000 million years ago. A beautiful, huge right ulna (thinner and longer forearm bone) from a member of the hadrosaur family (Hadrosauridae). The

0080: Huge Dinosaur Bone (from a Hadrosaur's Right Ulna)Est. $2,500-$3,500Lot Passed

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Fossilized Megalodon Teeth - Nicely Displayed!: Ancient seas, found off the coast of South Carolina, USA, ca. 2 million years ago. A pair of fossilized examples of Megalodon teeth with varied colors of fossilized stone. Megalodon (Carcharodon

0081: Fossilized Megalodon Teeth - Nicely Displayed!Est. $600-$900

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Dyrosaurus Fossil Skull, Lower Eocene Period: Morocco, Lower Eocene, 56 to 47.8 million years ago. This is a rare, lab-cleaned skull of a prehistoric Dyrosaurus found in the famous fossil deposits of the phosphate mines of Khouribga, Morocco.

0081A: Dyrosaurus Fossil Skull, Lower Eocene PeriodEst. $10,000-$15,000Lot Passed

North Sahara Desert Lifelike Petrified Tree Log: NW Sahara Desert, Cretaceous, ca. 95 to 90 million years ago. This unusually large portion of a split hollow tree log dates back to the days of the dinosaurs and has been petrified in solid stone

0082: North Sahara Desert Lifelike Petrified Tree LogEst. $10,000-$15,000Lot Passed

Rare Giant Pecopteris Permian Tree Fern Fossil: Rhineland - Pfalz, Germany, Permian, 290 million years ago. A major plant fossil like this is not only priceless in its scarcity, but the beauty and aesthetic it possesses can turn any interior into

0083: Rare Giant Pecopteris Permian Tree Fern FossilEst. $15,000-$22,000Lot Passed

Group of 3 Valdivian Pottery Venus Figures: Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian, ca. 3500 to 1500 BCE. A special trio of terracotta "Venus" figures, mold-made and finely detailed with petite visages comprised of delicately incised features,

0084: Group of 3 Valdivian Pottery Venus FiguresEst. $600-$800Lot Passed

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Pre-Columbian Tlatlico Terracotta Standing Female: Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A fabulous pottery 'pretty lady' from this very early Pre-Columbian culture. Clearly a fertility idol with ample hips suggestive of

0084A: Pre-Columbian Tlatlico Terracotta Standing FemaleEst. $400-$600

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Olmec Jade Spoon Pendant - During Shamanic Rituals: Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico/Guatemala, Olmec culture, ca. 1150 to 550 BCE. A grey-green jade spoon in an interesting form. A long, rectangular trough is at the top, pierced through the back for

0085: Olmec Jade Spoon Pendant - During Shamanic RitualsEst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

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Rare Olmec Blackware Transformational Jar: Pre-Columbian, Mesoamerica, Olmec culture, ca. 1150 to 550 BCE. An amazing blackware jar with rich, fascinating iconography. A crouched figure sits with spindly knees drawn up; there is little

0086: Rare Olmec Blackware Transformational JarEst. $2,500-$3,500

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Olmec Brown Stone Carved Sitting Figure: Pre-Columbian, Mesoamerica, Olmec culture, ca. 1150 to 550 BCE. A smooth brown stone figural carving of a standing person, bent slightly at the waist, with legs and feet pointed outward and hands

0087: Olmec Brown Stone Carved Sitting FigureEst. $2,500-$3,500Lot Passed

Olmec Incised Blackware Handled Cup: Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Olmec culture, ca. 10th to 6th century BCE. A pretty incised blackware cup with cinnabar coloring in the incisions. A long, low handle juts out from the lower body of the cup.

0088: Olmec Incised Blackware Handled CupEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

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Guerrero Greenstone Snake Pendant: Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala culture (Balsas culture), ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A pretty, rare form of greenstone pendant from this culture, which is famous for its abstract greenstone

0088A: Guerrero Greenstone Snake PendantEst. $500-$750

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Mezcala Guerrero Greenstone Pectoral: Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala culture (Balsas culture), ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A greenstone pectoral, carved on one side to have a sun-like motif. Lines radiate from a deeply incised central

0088B: Mezcala Guerrero Greenstone PectoralEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

Chavin Carved Llama Bone Shaman's Spatula: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin, Tembladera, ca. 700 to 400 BCE. A gorgeous spatula carved from a piece of llama (or possibly alpaca) bone, with a highly abstract form that looks like stylized faces down

0088C: Chavin Carved Llama Bone Shaman's SpatulaEst. $500-$750Lot Passed

Attractive Michoacan Pottery Vessel - Tea Pot Style: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan, pre-Classic period, ca. 800 BCE to 100 BCE. This rare and very old, circular, squat vessel has a long, flared spout and a high bridge handle. This one is nicely

0089: Attractive Michoacan Pottery Vessel - Tea Pot StyleEst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

Calima Alcarraza Incised Redware Vessel - Avians: Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Calima, Valle de Cauca, Ilama phase, ca. 800 to 100 BCE. A striking bird effigy redware vessel, the body virtually spherical with a protruding head presenting a sweet visage

0090: Calima Alcarraza Incised Redware Vessel - AviansEst. $3,600-$4,800Lot Passed

Mezcala Green Stone Plate - Scalloped Edge: Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala culture (Balsas culture), ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A round stone plate with a raised, scalloped edge. The stone was shaped by artisans using string cutting

0091: Mezcala Green Stone Plate - Scalloped EdgeEst. $2,400-$3,600Lot Passed

Paracas Bone Spatula - For Extracting Lime: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Paracas culture, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A tapering bone spatula, carved with a finial in the form of a jaguar. Below the finial are incised lines, spiked and wavy, with stippling,

0092: Paracas Bone Spatula - For Extracting LimeEst. $1,400-$2,100Lot Passed

Paracas Incised Sone Spatula - Abstract Eagle Finial: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Paracas culture, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A bone spatula, carved to be flat, with a finial in the form of an abstract eagle's head. Incised lines give the eagle his features,

0093: Paracas Incised Sone Spatula - Abstract Eagle FinialEst. $1,600-$2,400Lot Passed

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Rare Chavin-Salinar Transitional Stirrup Vessel: Pre-Columbian, Andean region, Santa Ana Chavin-Salinar transitional, ca. 500 BCE. A very rare and beautiful bichrome pottery stirrup vessel, the body of a quasi-piriform shape, the substantial

0094: Rare Chavin-Salinar Transitional Stirrup VesselEst. $1,200-$1,500

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Expressive Guerrero Chontal Stone Shaman Figure: Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Chontal, ca. 400 BCE. Chontal greenstone figure with oversized head donning a pointed headdress (a sign of shaman status), its expressive visage with bold features, a

0095: Expressive Guerrero Chontal Stone Shaman FigureEst. $700-$900

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Published Calima Incised Globular Pottery Alcarraza: Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Calima zone, Valle Del Cauca, Ilama phase, ca. 800 BCE to 100 BCE. A stunning brown-slipped double bridge spout vessel with a near spherical globular body that is elaborately

0095A: Published Calima Incised Globular Pottery AlcarrazaEst. $800-$1,200

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Colombian San Augustin Blackware Lidded Vessel: Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1550 BCE. A burnished, monochromatic, dark brown to black lidded pottery vessel, the lower section of a carinated drum form, the lid created to fit

0095B: Colombian San Augustin Blackware Lidded VesselEst. $900-$1,400Lot Passed

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