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Exceptional Antiquities | Ethnographic Art

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An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Far East / Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Ancient Jewelry, so much more! All items offered for sale have been legally acquired, are legal to sell and are unconditionally guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

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Large Sinai Anthropoid Coffin / Sarcophagus Fragment: Ancient Near East, The Levant with Egyptian influence, early Iron Age, ca. 1500 to 1200 BCE. A rare find! Hand-molded from clay, this is a rounded coffin lid bearing the naturalistic face of a man

0075A: Large Sinai Anthropoid Coffin / Sarcophagus FragmentEst. $5,000-$7,000Lot Passed

Beautiful Marlik Black Stone Mace Head: Near East, north of Iran, Marlik, second half of 2nd millennium to early 1st millennium BCE. A thick-walled piriform macehead carved from a lustrous black stone with a cylindrical socket, open at

0075B: Beautiful Marlik Black Stone Mace HeadEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

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Rare / Important Sumarian Bronze Sickle Sword: Near East, Levant, probably Sumerian or similar, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A fascinating and rare bronze sword of sickle shape, with a long, slightly curved tang projecting from one end. The blade is

0076: Rare / Important Sumarian Bronze Sickle SwordEst. $4,000-$6,000

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Rare Canaanite Bronze Standing Goddess - Extremely Tall: Ancient Near East, the Levant, Canaanite people, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A tall, thin, lost wax cast bronze figure of a woman with a fierce face. She has deepset eyes that were probably once inlaid

0077: Rare Canaanite Bronze Standing Goddess - Extremely TallEst. $15,000-$22,500

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Rare Canaanite Bronze Standing Baal - Very Tall!: Ancient Near East, the Levant, Canaanite people, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A large figure of the god Baal, here depicted as tall and thin, with one arm outstretched, the hand in a fist as if it once

0078: Rare Canaanite Bronze Standing Baal - Very Tall!Est. $10,000-$15,000

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Beautiful Luristan Bronze Short Sword: Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A lost-wax cast bronze short sword, with handle and blade cast from different alloys. The blade is wide, with a broad, flat ridge,

0079: Beautiful Luristan Bronze Short SwordEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Fine Luristan Bronze Master of Animals Finial: Ancient Near, East, modern day Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 700 BCE. An incredible example of a bronze hollow tubular standard in the style of a "master of animals". This motif features god-like

0080: Fine Luristan Bronze Master of Animals FinialEst. $3,000-$4,500

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Luristan Gilded Bronze Master of Animal Standard Finial: Ancient Near East, modern day Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 700 BCE. A bronze, hollow tubular standard in the style of a "master of animals", a subhuman figure standing between the heads, necks, and

0081: Luristan Gilded Bronze Master of Animal Standard FinialEst. $1,750-$2,500Lot Passed

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Superb Amlash Bronze Dagger: Ancient Near East, Iran, Amlash culture, ca. 13th to 10th century BCE. A beautifully-shaped dagger handle and thin, sharp blade, made of bronze. The handle has twin rounded spikes projecting from

0082: Superb Amlash Bronze DaggerEst. $2,800-$4,200

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South Arabian Alabaster Funerary Stela with Bull Head: South Arabia, possibly Qatabanian, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. An intriguing stela carved from lush, golden alabaster, the panel featuring a bull's head delineated in relief. The bull

0082A: South Arabian Alabaster Funerary Stela with Bull HeadEst. $3,000-$4,500Lot Passed

Luristan Bronze Double Disc Pommel Sword: Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 700 BCE. A large example of a classic double disc pommel sword, made using the lost wax bronze casting technique. The blade is wide, with a

0083: Luristan Bronze Double Disc Pommel SwordEst. $5,000-$7,000Lot Passed

Rare Sumerian Terracotta Impressed Panel - Gula & Dog: Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. An impressed decorative ceramic panel depicting what is most likely the Mesopotamian goddess Gula/Ninkarrak, shown here as she often

0083A: Rare Sumerian Terracotta Impressed Panel - Gula & DogEst. $2,500-$3,500Lot Passed

Persian / Sassanian Bronze Pitcher Handle w/ Lion: Persia, modern day Iran, ca. 224 to 651 CE. Perhaps the finest bronze handle we have had the pleasure of handling. One can only imagine the vessel this came from and how extraordinary it looked in

0085: Persian / Sassanian Bronze Pitcher Handle w/ LionEst. $6,000-$8,000Lot Passed

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Rare Byzantine Bronze Religious Plaque - St. Paul: Near East/Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 5th to 7th century CE. A large, very slightly convex, thin bronze plaque or medallion depicting scenes from the life of St. Paul the Apostle (Saul). There

0085A: Rare Byzantine Bronze Religious Plaque - St. PaulEst. $5,000-$7,000

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Rare / Superb Scythian Copper Dagger: Eastern Europe / Western Asia, Scythian culture, Ukraine, ca. 5th to 3rd century BCE. A pretty copper dagger, cast in a single piece, with a handle nearly as long as its blade. The blade is

0085B: Rare / Superb Scythian Copper DaggerEst. $1,000-$1,400

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Ancient Byzantine 16K Gold / Seed Pearl Earrings: Byzantine Empire, Greece or Turkey, ca. 5th to 10th century CE. Lovely gold earrings presenting a stunning openwork design comprised of an outer channel of repeated figure eight motifs surrounding a

0087: Ancient Byzantine 16K Gold / Seed Pearl EarringsEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Byzantine 18K Gold Cross Pendant w/ Ruby & Pearls: Byzantium, ca. 6th to 12th century CE. A very precious, high karat gold Byzantine cross with a large natural ruby round cabochon in the center set within a gold bezel and surrounded by gold granules.

0088: Byzantine 18K Gold Cross Pendant w/ Ruby & PearlsEst. $1,800-$2,500

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Ancient Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross: Near East, Byzantine Empire, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A heavy, cast bronze reliquary with low relief iconography of Christ dressed in flowing robes on front and back - one side depicts him facing

0089: Ancient Byzantine Bronze Reliquary CrossEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Bactrian Chlorite Schist Petite Vase: Central Asia, Bactrian, ca. 2500 to 2250 BCE. Skillfully carved from grey-green schist, an ornately incised vessel with a cylindrical form that rises to a slightly flared flat rim and resolves at the

0091: Bactrian Chlorite Schist Petite VaseEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

Early Bactrian Alabaster Lidded Jar: Central Asia, Bactria (Bactria-Margiana/BMAC), ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A huge alabaster jar, hollowed out internally about halfway down its body, with two zoomorphic or possibly mask-like

0091A: Early Bactrian Alabaster Lidded JarEst. $3,000-$4,500Lot Passed

Early & Rare Bactrian Stone Circular Idol: Central Asia, Bactria, ca. 3rd to 2nd Millennium BCE. A large stone idol, with a shallow slot/groove on each flat face, dividing both surfaces into semi-circles. This particular example is cut and

0091B: Early & Rare Bactrian Stone Circular IdolEst. $3,000-$4,500Lot Passed

Ancient Bactrian Carnelian and Lapis Necklace: Central Asia, Bactrian culture, ca. 1st Millennium BCE. A beautiful Bactrian necklace composed of 49 polished carnelian beads - including a large near-spherical pendant and 4 that are lozenge shaped,

0091C: Ancient Bactrian Carnelian and Lapis NecklaceEst. $700-$900Lot Passed

Rare Ancient Dagestan Bronze Human Male Figure: Western Asia, Dagestan Region, located on the northwestern shores of the Caspian Sea, ca. 1500 to 500 BCE. A miniature bronze standing idol, with hands raised in the classic style of the region, with

0092: Rare Ancient Dagestan Bronze Human Male FigureEst. $2,500-$3,500Lot Passed

Bronze Man and Woman Idols from Ancient Dagestan: Western Asia, Dagestan Region, located on the northwestern shores of the Caspian Sea, ca. 1500 to 500 BCE. A miniature pair of bronze standing idols, a male and a female, with hands raised in the

0092A: Bronze Man and Woman Idols from Ancient DagestanEst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

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The following are the TERMS OF SALE for bidding in our Online Auction, Thursday, October 5, 2017: AUCTION will start at 8 a.m. MT, 10 a.m. EST, 7 a.m. PST - bidding online, absentee or by phone. Please do not bid in this auction if you do not agree to all the terms listed below. Your submission of bids in this auction constitutes your acceptance of these "Terms of Sale." 1. All items in this auction have been legally acquired, are legal to sell, and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. All celebrity signatures are guaranteed authentic. 2. This is an auction sale, not an approval sale. By bidding in this auction, the bidder personally guarantees payment. The auctioneer has final discretion in all matters. In case of dispute, the lot(s) in question may be resold. Lots will be sold in their numerical sequence unless the auctioneer directs otherwise. 3. HIGH and LOW ESTIMATES are provided for each lot for reference only. 4. 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