Ancient & Ethnographic Art Through The Ages

Romano-Egyptian Polychrome Cartonnage Mummy Mask

Chinese Tang Dynasty Sandstone Buddha in Lotus Pose

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Ancient & Ethnographic Art Through The Ages

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8 Chinese Han Dynasty Terracotta Figures: East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A lovely ensemble of eight mold-formed pottery tomb attendants, all shown standing in floor-length robes that cascade down their slender figures

0122: 8 Chinese Han Dynasty Terracotta FiguresEst. $1,600-$2,400Lot Passed

Chinese Han Dynasty Gilt Bronze Tao Tie Handles: East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A beautiful matched pair of gilt bronze handles with mask faces known as taoties. These taoties are characteristically shown with a forward

0123: Chinese Han Dynasty Gilt Bronze Tao Tie HandlesEst. $2,000-$3,300Lot Passed

Chinese Han Dynasty Polychrome Plaque Avians, Leonines: East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A hand-built pottery plaque of a fabulous style depicting finely detailed registers of curvilinear, avian, and leonine motifs. The rectangular

0124: Chinese Han Dynasty Polychrome Plaque Avians, LeoninesEst. $2,800-$4,800Lot Passed

14th C. Chinese Ming Stone Monkey Eating Peach: East Asia, China, Ming dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A large stone baluster or pillar, known in Chinese as "wangzhu," featuring a monkey and two offspring eating fruit. The simian creature is

0125: 14th C. Chinese Ming Stone Monkey Eating PeachEst. $4,500-$6,500Lot Passed

Ancient Mongolian Ordos Bronze Bull Effigy: Northern China, Mongolia, Ordos culture or a neighboring group, ca. 6th to 2nd centuries BCE. A magnificent cast bronze effigy of a bull. He stands on an integral rectangular base with four legs

0126: Ancient Mongolian Ordos Bronze Bull EffigyEst. $1,400-$2,400Lot Passed

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18th Century Qing Porcelain Bowl: East Asia, China, Qing Dyasty, ca. 18th century CE. A magnificent porcelain bowl presenting a sunken central basin and walls that spread dramatically outwards to a broad, castellated rim, all

0127: 18th Century Qing Porcelain BowlEst. $2,200-$3,900

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19th C. Chinese Qing Wood Carving of a Fierce Deity: East Asia, China, late Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask depicting a fierce protector of an abstract form that exhibits highly stylized and even slightly demonic

0128: 19th C. Chinese Qing Wood Carving of a Fierce DeityEst. $1,200-$1,800

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19th C. Chinese Qing Wood Panel w/ Flying Lohan (Arhat): East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th century CE. A handsome hand carved wooden architectural panel with an openwork scene depicting a flying Lohan (Arhat). He holds a strand with coins of

0129: 19th C. Chinese Qing Wood Panel w/ Flying Lohan (Arhat)Est. $2,400-$3,600Lot Passed

Pair of 19th C. Chinese Qing Porcelain Vases, ex-Museum: East Asia, China, Qing dynasty, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A matched pair of antique porcelain vases with motifs in hues of blue, red, green, and yellow. They rest on two-tiered feet

0130: Pair of 19th C. Chinese Qing Porcelain Vases, ex-MuseumEst. $900-$1,400Lot Passed

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19th C. Chinese Qing Dynasty Porcelain Opium Pot: East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th century CE. A beautiful ceramic opium pot presenting a concave base and corseted body with a bulbous lower section and a discoid top fit with a copper neck,

0131: 19th C. Chinese Qing Dynasty Porcelain Opium PotEst. $600-$900

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Chinese Tang Dynasty Sandstone Buddha in Lotus Pose: East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, T'ien Lung Shan type, ca. 8th century CE. An elegant and attractive sculpture, of a sizable form carved from pale-grey sandstone, depicting the Buddha seated in a

0132: Chinese Tang Dynasty Sandstone Buddha in Lotus PoseEst. $7,500-$12,000Lot Passed

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19th C. Japanese Meiji Gilt Wood & Copper Zushi Shrine: East Asia, Japan, Meiji Period, ca. 19th century CE. A finely carved and gilt wooden zushi (a petite Buddhist shrine) portraying a divinity, likely Marici - a divine bodhisattva associated with light

0133: 19th C. Japanese Meiji Gilt Wood & Copper Zushi ShrineEst. $1,700-$2,550

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18th C. Japanese Edo Brass Hibachi by Murata Seimin: East Asia, Japan, late Edo period, ca. late 18th to early 19th century. An elegant brass brazier, also known as a hibachi, made by the metalsmith Murata Seimin (1761-1837). This piece was cast using

0134: 18th C. Japanese Edo Brass Hibachi by Murata SeiminEst. $2,400-$3,600Lot Passed

20th C. Tibetan Silvered Brass Tantric Yab Yum Couple: Central Asia, Tibet, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A remarkable silvered brass statue depicting a male deity engaged in tantric yab-yum with his female consort - perhaps depicting the Green

0135: 20th C. Tibetan Silvered Brass Tantric Yab Yum CoupleEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

20th C. Iban Dayak Wood & Rattan Dart Quiver: Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Borneo, Sarawak, Iban Dayak peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden quiver known as a tolor or telenga used for storing thin, poison-tipped darts. The

0136: 20th C. Iban Dayak Wood & Rattan Dart QuiverEst. $1,600-$2,700Lot Passed

13th C. Indonesia Java Majapahit Brass Bell: Southeast Asia, Indonesia, East Java, Majapahit, ca. 13th to 18th century CE. A beautiful and large brass bell possibly for ceremonial use for elephants or cows to wear. The bell is cast with a

0137: 13th C. Indonesia Java Majapahit Brass BellEst. $600-$1,050Lot Passed

Sukhothai Pottery Jar w/ Polychrome Glaze, ex-Museum: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Sukhothai Kingdom, ca. 13th to 14th century CE. A stunning pottery jar featuring an underglaze of mottled green, blue, purple, and pink hues. The ancient vessel presents a

0138: Sukhothai Pottery Jar w/ Polychrome Glaze, ex-MuseumEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

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13th C. Thai Sukhothai Bichrome Turtle, ex-Museum: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Sukhothai Kingdom, ca. 13th to 14th century CE. An endearing pottery turtle displaying a large, convex shell, 4 fin-like feet, a petite, pointed tail, and a raised head with

0139: 13th C. Thai Sukhothai Bichrome Turtle, ex-MuseumEst. $1,100-$1,650

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14th C. Thai Sawankhalok Pottery Jar, ex-Museum: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Sukhothai Period, Sawankhalok (Si Satchanalai), ca. 14th to 16th century CE. A splendid and sizeable buffware pottery jar with robust shoulders, flared walls, and a flat

0140: 14th C. Thai Sawankhalok Pottery Jar, ex-MuseumEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

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14th C. Thai Si Satchanalai Pottery Jar, ex-Museum: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Sukhothai Period, Sawankhalok (Si Satchanalai), ca. 14th to 16th century CE. A sizeable buffware pottery jar with robust shoulders, flared walls, and a flared, circular base

0141: 14th C. Thai Si Satchanalai Pottery Jar, ex-MuseumEst. $1,400-$2,100

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Large Thai Sawankhalok Glazed Pottery Bowl, ex-Museum: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Sawankhalok (Si Satchanalai), ca. 15th century CE. A gorgeous pottery bowl presenting a squat body with a rounded shoulder, brief, narrow neck, and flared rim, all sitting

0142: Large Thai Sawankhalok Glazed Pottery Bowl, ex-MuseumEst. $1,100-$1,650

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13th C. Sukhothai Pottery Jar - Floral Motif, ex-Museum: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Sukhothai Kingdom, ca. 13th to 14th century CE. A beautiful pottery bowl presenting a bulbous body and circular rim that curves gently inward over a deep basin, all sitting

0143: 13th C. Sukhothai Pottery Jar - Floral Motif, ex-MuseumEst. $900-$1,350Lot Passed

14th C. Thai Sawankhalok Stoneware Jar: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Sawankhalok (Sawankalok) culture, Sukhothai Period, ca. 14th to 15th century CE. A gorgeous, full-bodied pottery jar with a rotund body, a squatted neck, and heavily tapered

0144: 14th C. Thai Sawankhalok Stoneware JarEst. $550-$900Lot Passed

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15th C. Thai Sawankhalok Lidded Pottery Jar: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Sawankhalok culture, ca. 15th century CE. A lovely pottery jar presenting a hemispherical form and fitted, round lid, all sitting upon a ring-form base. Adorned in hues of

0145: 15th C. Thai Sawankhalok Lidded Pottery JarEst. $400-$600

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