Rarities, Ancient, Old Masters, Contemporary 2021-10-31 Auction - 211 Price Results - Artoptima in MA
Rarities, Ancient, Old Masters, Contemporary
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Woburn, MA, United States
Auction Details

Rarities, Ancient, Old Masters, Contemporary

Most Lots are presented in this Auction Sale with very low or no reserves: In our present Early Fall Art and Rarities Auction we are honored to offer two sculptures, excellent works of Art by Kahlil Gibran, several good and early Chinese bronzes, many Lots of Antiquities, Japanese Satsuma, Imari and other Asian ceramics and early bronzes. Collectors will also find early and rare Maps of the New World as well Religious Sculpture and an excellent Medieval miniature, Old Master Drawings and Paintings, by Greuze and other French and Italian Masters and two good Early Mexican paintings from the 17th/early 18th century. We are happy that we secured and are offering several Modern and Contemporary paintings of the New York School as well as Contemporary paintings by European and Asian artists. This Auction also includes a sampling of quality Russian Icons, European Ceramics, and artifacts. Opportunity can and will be found in this Sale. We wish our bidders best of luck, we strive to have only satisfied customers here.
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Bronze Age Cypriot Vase: Museum quality Cypriot vase, Bronze age to Early Iron Age, 1299-850 BC, body decorated with a red ochre color and with bands of black and the neck with a cross-hatched pattern. Great opportunity to
Est.
$1,600
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$2,600
Lot Passed
SOLD
Two Carved Wood Santos: Two Colonial American carved wood santos, 19 th Century 17 ½ in. tall for the larger.
Est.
$300
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$400
Chinese Porcelain Brush Pot: Chinese Artist's porcelain brush pot in the Famille-Rose manner, 6 3/8 in. x 6 & frac12; in. diameter.
Est.
$300
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$400
Lot Passed
SOLD
Byzantine Processional Cross: Nestorian Byzantine. A very rare ancient Near East Nestorian processional cross, from the Christian Near east, and possibly Byzantine period 11 ½ in. high on stand together with a metal
Est.
$400
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$600
Near Eastern Steel Dagger: A Near eastern steel dagger decorated all over with inlaid silver (?), 19th Century, 17 in. long
Est.
$400
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$600
Lot Passed
Two Peking Glass Finial Tops: Two Peking glass Mandarin finial hot tops, 19 th Century or earlier 1 3/8 in. in diameter for the largest.
Est.
$200
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$300
Lot Passed
SOLD
Ancient Egyptian Bronze Bull: Ancient Egyptian bronze statuette of the bull with the crown of the sun Late period, unfinished condition. 2 ½ in. high x 2 ¾ in. long
Est.
$200
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$300
Roman Bronze Figure: An ancient Roman bronze figurine probably of a Celtic Warrior distinguished here in his dress of a captive slave, 2 nd -3 rd Century AD 3 1/8 in. high
Est.
$200
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$300
Lot Passed
SOLD
A Group of Ancient Egyptian Amulets: Eleven ancient Egyptian amulets, two large Eye of Horus and three smaller Eye of Horus as well as two Anubis and one of the plum 1 ¼ in. (for the tallest)
Est.
$300
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$400
SOLD
Terracotta Buddha Head: A terracotta Buddha head, Southeast Asian, 19 th Century 2 7/8 in. tall
Est.
$200
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$400
SOLD
Volume of Travels in Asia Minor: Turkey and Greece. A rare volume on travels in Asia Minor or an account of a tour made at the expense of Society of Dilettanti, published in Oxford, disbound, extensive foxing, and front cover
Est.
$200
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$300
SE Asian Glazed Terracotta: A glazed terracotta, Southeast Asian, Swankalong, of a man offering a prayer on top of an elephant, a dedication to a Buddhist monastery, deep reddish brown glaze 3 ½ in. high.
Est.
$200
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$300
Lot Passed
Japanese Miniature Bronze Vase: An antique miniature bronze vase used during a tea ceremony, finely cast and ornamented with cherry blossoms, Japan, 19 th Century 3 7/8 in.
Est.
$200
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$300
Lot Passed
Gilt Bronze Buddha: Antique and handsome gilt bronze figure of a Buddha, seated on a lotus throne and holding a sacred vessel, probably 19 th Century 7 1/8 in. high
Est.
$400
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$600
Lot Passed
Ming Dynasty Bronze Mythical Animal: From the personal collection of a professor, a small bronze mythical figure of an animal with characteristics of a goat and a pig, 17th/18th Century or earlier, 2 ¼ in. high x 3 in. wide.
Est.
$400
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$600
Lot Passed
Bronze Seated Ox: Ming Dynasty or earlier, from the same home as Lot# 19, the collection of a professor in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a very finely cast and chased bronze of a seated ox, 17th / 18th Century or
Est.
$600
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$800
Lot Passed
Bronze Chinese Bull Cup: From the same collection of a professor, a very early Chinese bronze drinking cup in the shape of a bull (rhyton), Ming Dynasty or earlier, 3 ¼ in. high x 3 ¾ in. wide
Est.
$800
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$1,200
Lot Passed
Jade Cup with Ox Carving: A very well carved jade drinking cup (rhyton), showing an ox with long horns and signs of a very early age, probably 18 th . Century, 2 7/8 in. high x 5 ½ in. long
Est.
$700
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$900
Lot Passed
Chinese Jade Talisman: An ancient Chinese jade talisman, probably archaic and worn for protection by a dragon, 2 in.
Est.
$300
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$400
Lot Passed
Bronze Incense Burner: A good antique bronze incense burner with an extensive inscription at the bottom, 19 th Century or earlier, with two flaring handles 2 1/8 in. high x 4 ¾ in. across the handles
Est.
$400
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$500
Lot Passed