Auction 32: Fine Ancient Artifacts

Egyptian green jasper head of a man, New Kingdom

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Glendale, CA, United States

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Auction 32: Fine Ancient Artifacts

Ancient Resource Auctions

Our June 29th auction will be filled with over 400 lots of fine museum-quality items. This auction offers a spectacular selection of authentic, museum quality, and well-provenanced Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Precolumbian, Near Eastern, Islamic, and Byzantine artifacts, as well as a selection of fine ancient-style antiques. We will again be offering a large selection of African items as well as smaller groupings of other cultures not usually seen.

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Wooden carved staff, handle a carved Maternity figure: A wooden carved staff with the handle being a carved-in-the-round Maternity figure, Central Africa, the Maternity figure being a favorite subject for them as they were devout Catholics and interested

0274: Wooden carved staff, handle a carved Maternity figureEst. $1,000-$1,200Lot Passed

A heavily carved wood staff from Central Africa: A heavily carved wood staff from Central Africa, very dark, with a glossy patina. Masterfully carved, the handle is an inverted cone above a janiform-headed two-sided standing figure, one male and

0275: A heavily carved wood staff from Central AfricaEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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East African wooden staff resembling a 'Knobkerry': A nice East African wooden staff resembling a 'Knobkerry', a club common to Southern Africa. However, this darkly-patinated piece has a face carved into the head. The eyes are inlaid with seed beads.

0276: East African wooden staff resembling a 'Knobkerry'Est. $400-$600

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East African wood staff with a kneeling female finial: A lovely East African wood staff with a kneeling, long-haired female as a finial. She has her hands on her lower abdomen. It has a wonderful old patina and color. L.50.75 in (29cm). Cf. Art & Life

0277: East African wood staff with a kneeling female finialEst. $400-$600

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East African wood staff with a carved female terminal: A pleasant East African wood staff with a carved female terminal. It looks to have once had a metal cap on the tip, now lacking. The finial is a short-haired bust. Wonderful glossy patina and much

0278: East African wood staff with a carved female terminalEst. $400-$600

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East African staff set into long, four-sided iron spike: A distinctive carved East African wood staff set into a long, four-sided iron 'spike', obviously worked by a black-smith. The glossy-patinated handle is a torso, arms at its sides, with a very

0279: East African staff set into long, four-sided iron spikeEst. $400-$600

East African staff, the handle being a female torso: A nicely carved East African wood staff, the handle being a torso, obviously female, with 'arms' at its sides. Beneath the torso is a wide band decorated with circles. This does not mean that there

0280: East African staff, the handle being a female torsoEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

Carved hardwood sword, possibly Sub-Saharan West Africa: A carved hard-wood sword, possibly Sub-Saharan West Africa, the wide serrated blade double-edged and the handle well-worn with a flattened Brazil-nut-shaped pommel with a 'face' carved on one end.

0281: Carved hardwood sword, possibly Sub-Saharan West AfricaEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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A choice Shamans Staff, Borneo, Dyak: A choice Shamans Staff, Borneo, Dyak. An amazing work, carved 'Totem Pole' fashion in dark hardwood, with figures, animals, and an insect or two carved above each-other almost the entire length of

0282: A choice Shamans Staff, Borneo, DyakEst. $400-$600

Mask from Papua New Guinea, Boroi #2 Village: A well-carved wooden Mask from Papua New Guinea, Boroi #2 Village, located near the mouth of the Ramu River, 1950’s, hand-held, and exhibiting some use, it has what appears to be a name in pencil

0283: Mask from Papua New Guinea, Boroi #2 VillageEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Painted red mask of Papua New Guinea, Boroi #2 Village: An attractive painted red mask from Papua New Guinea, Boroi #2 Village, located near the mouth of the Ramu River. A large piece with much red pigment still remaining, oval in shape and hewn from a

0284: Painted red mask of Papua New Guinea, Boroi #2 VillageEst. $400-$600

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Carved wood mask of Papua New Guinea, Boroi #2 Village: A large carved wood mask from Papua New Guinea, Boroi #2 Village, located near the mouth of the Ramu River. Carved from a solid piece of wood and oval-shaped with inset eyes and characteristic hooked

0285: Carved wood mask of Papua New Guinea, Boroi #2 VillageEst. $400-$600

Carved wood mask of Papua New Guinea, Boroi #2 Village: A carved wood mask from Papua New Guinea, Boroi #2 Village, located near the mouth of the Ramu River, this large and interesting old Mask in dark monochrome with spiked beard, inset eyes and wildly

0286: Carved wood mask of Papua New Guinea, Boroi #2 VillageEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Carved wood mask, Papua New Guinea, Lower Sepik Region: A carved wooden mask with red and black pigment, Papua New Guinea, Lower Sepik Region, with clay above the forehead that had been covered over with nassa shells, long since removed. It looks to have

0287: Carved wood mask, Papua New Guinea, Lower Sepik RegionEst. $400-$600

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Carved wood statue from Papua New Guinea, Sepik Region: A heavily polychromed carved wood statue from Papua New Guinea, Sepik Region, Blackwater Lakes, with the characteristic oval concentric 'eyes'. Collected in the field during the same time period as

0288: Carved wood statue from Papua New Guinea, Sepik RegionEst. $400-$600

'Sanai' mask from Papua New Guinea, Madang Province: A carved wood 'Sanai' mask from Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, a less common type, nicely worked with traces of some under-pigment(?). L.26 in (66cm). Collected in the field by Dr. Prof C S

0289: 'Sanai' mask from Papua New Guinea, Madang ProvinceEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Wood mask from Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik, Angriman: A well-decorated wooden mask from Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik, Angriman (Ambunti), possessing clay overlay, inset overall with cowrie and nassa shells. There are feathers at the forehead, a 'yarn'

0290: Wood mask from Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik, AngrimanEst. $400-$600

American carved wooden spoon, Southern United States: A large American carved wooden spoon, Southern United States, c. 18th - 19th Century, resembling ladles carved in Western Africa, nicely carved with a glossy, old patina, evidence of long use. There

0291: American carved wooden spoon, Southern United StatesEst. $200-$300Lot Passed

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A pair of Colonial Mexican wood Santos figures: A pair of Colonial Mexican wood Santos figures, early 17th Century, each in the image of Christ wearing robe and nimbus, traces of original polychromed surfaces remain. H: 18 ¾ in (47.5 cm) and 18

0291A: A pair of Colonial Mexican wood Santos figuresEst. $200-$300

A Colonial Mexican wood Santos figure, early 17th Centu: A Colonial Mexican wood Santos figure, early 17th Century, in the image off Christ wearing robes and nimbus, traces of original polychromed surfaces remain. H: 18 ¼ in 46.3 cm). Some weathering and

0291B: A Colonial Mexican wood Santos figure, early 17th CentuEst. $200-$300Lot Passed

An attractive vase with crackle and polychrome-gilt gla: An attractive vase with crackle and polychrome-gilt glaze, France, early 20th Century, eight-sided, and flattened, with a blue-rimmed lozenge-shaped mouth. The bottom is marked with a coat-of-arms,

0292: An attractive vase with crackle and polychrome-gilt glaEst. $200-$300Lot Passed

A French 'Chinoiserie' 'In the Chinese Style' vase: A French 'Chinoiserie' 'In the Chinese Style' vase, c. 1900, blue-on-white under-glaze and marked FRANCE on its foot. The piece is on a nice, weighted Ormolu base, the gilt being somewhat rubbed, but

0293: A French 'Chinoiserie' 'In the Chinese Style' vaseEst. $200-$300Lot Passed

French carved wood multi-part mould of religious nature: A French carved wood multi-part mould of religious nature, 19th Century, once assembled, it produces a rectangular, thick 'tablet' with long crosses on either side. Carved on the reverse long side is

0294: French carved wood multi-part mould of religious natureEst. $200-$300Lot Passed

English carved and inlaid wood box, Victorian: An English carved and inlaid wood box, Victorian, stepped and from a church, with brass lock & key, brass hinges and an inlay on the lid with a large Maltese-like cross at center with long crosses on

0295: English carved and inlaid wood box, VictorianEst. $200-$300Lot Passed

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