Antiquities, European Art, Early Islamic 2021-02-28 Auction - 162 Price Results - Artoptima in MA - Page 7
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Painting of the Virgin and Child, van Dyck or circle ofPolychrome Terracotta Bust of ChristLimoges Enamel Plaque
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Woburn, MA, United States
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Antiquities, European Art, Early Islamic

For our upcoming Late Winter Auction, Artoptima is offering selections from the life-time collections of several notable persons: a university professor, a restorer/conservator of Art with many years of experience with Museums and important private collections, as well as a well-known collector who has sponsored several widely praised exhibitions. Among the important offerings in our sale, we are proud to have included a fine Old Master Painting attributed to Anthony van Dyck (or a painter in the studio of Peter Paul Rubens), an Italian Early Renaissance terra cotta bust of Jesus Christ and several noteworthy Hellenistic and Egyptian ancient objects. Included in this auction are fine pieces, such as an interesting bronze of Bes and two Hellenistic exceptional small size bronze figures of children or Erotes, three good Ancient Egyptian miniature stone vessels, a large Greek Late Bronze Age jar from Cyprus and other interesting relatively seldom seen cultural and artistic artifacts. Finally, we offer to our bidders a now scarce album of original watercolors illustrative of Characters in Ottoman Period Constantinople. We believe that collectors and persons interested in the physical manifestations of art and the artifacts bequeathed to us by human history all over the world, will find plenty of objects of interest in this auction sale. At Artoptima we always endeavor to offer interesting and mind-enriching objects. It is our hope that our buyers will see and appreciate these objects just as the collectors who recognized, loved, and preserved them in the recent past.
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A Luristan Bronze Axe: Excellent cast, the elegant shape of this ax head, belies its deadly purpose in war. Northwest Persia, Late 2 nd millennium BC. Museum stand, 2 ½ in. high by 5 ¾ in. wide.
0149: A Luristan Bronze AxeEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed
Satsuma painted Lobed Bowl: A miniature Satsuma lobed bowl, decorated with flowers and Geishas, black and gold signature at the bottom. 1 ¼ in. by 2 ¾ outside dia.
0151: Satsuma painted Lobed BowlEst. $400-$600Lot Passed
Ancient Mayan Pre-Columbian Vase: Cylindrical vase with image of two priests or rulers conversing in an animated fashion, and with an entire line of hieroglyphics all around at the top and with other symbols and hieroglyphs elsewhere
0152: Ancient Mayan Pre-Columbian VaseEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed
Pre-Columbian Large Aztec Head: Terracotta, of an Aztec warrior, unusually large fragment. 6” in high by 5 ¼” wide.
0153: Pre-Columbian Large Aztec HeadEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed
Native American Bowl: Well-decorated terracotta bowl with geometric designs and vibrant colors, hand-shaped without the use of a potter’s wheel, 4 ¼” wide by 2 ¼” H.
0154: Native American BowlEst. $300-$400Lot Passed
Japanese Mixed Metal Dish: Japanese mixed metal shallow dish with gold and silver. A beautiful small dish with a scene of two farmers engaged in their daily tasks. Inlays in different colors. 4 ¾ diameter
0156: Japanese Mixed Metal DishEst. $600-$1,000Lot Passed
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Tall Chinese Painted Porcelain Vase: Chinese tall vase painted in enamel colors with ancient vases and calligraphy. Antique, wonderful shape with a wide flaring top and unusual colors. The painted scenes evocative of Chinese ancient
0157: Tall Chinese Painted Porcelain VaseEst. $400-$800
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Native American Terracotta Frog Bowl: Masterfully fashioned in the shape of a frog and signed “Marie Welch Cherokee NC”, this good Native American bowl represents some of the best and most inventive output that Native
0158: Native American Terracotta Frog BowlEst. $600-$800
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Old Master on Board: Old Master painting on board, Italian 16th/17th century, framed with red velvet surround, 20 x 14 ¾ with frame, 16 x 10 ¾ sight.
0161: Old Master on BoardEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed
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Chinese Snuff or Perfume Bottle: Antique Chinese perfume or snuff bottle, mid-late 1800s from a Cambridge, Massachusetts professor, nice cracked ice effect on the subsurface, excellent condition, blue, white and oatmeal color body,
0162: Chinese Snuff or Perfume BottleEst. $300-$400
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Chinese Water Dropper: Early Chinese, fantastic and rare straw-color glaze water dropper, 8th/9th century, depicting a duck turning to rest its head on it back-side feathers, beautiful and evocative piece, very poetic in
0163: Chinese Water DropperEst. $400-$600Lot Passed
Qajar Glazed Ceramic Tile: Ancient Persia, Qajar Period glazed ceramic tile of a Warrior on a horse, 1700/early 1800s, very good decoration as the white glaze blends in with any modern of traditional interiors. 10 3/4 x 9
0164: Qajar Glazed Ceramic TileEst. $300-$400Lot Passed
Old Master on Wood Panel: Old Master painting on wood panel, possibly Spanish Colonial, Mexico or Peru, of a Monk or Monastic Saint shown holding a book and his right hand with pointer finger raised; the iconography may
0165: Old Master on Wood PanelEst. $400-$800Lot Passed
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