Artifacts From Ancient & Later Civilizations

Chinese Han / Jin Terracotta Mythical Chimera Qilin

Roman Bronze Attachment, ex-Royal Athena

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Artifacts From Ancient & Later Civilizations

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Chinese Royal Dian Bronze Bracelets w/ Malachite (3): South Western China, Yunnan Province, Warring States Period, ca. 475 - 221 BCE. A stunning bracelet composed of bronze with high tin content and intricate malachite inlays. The perforated discs of

0097A: Chinese Royal Dian Bronze Bracelets w/ Malachite (3)Est. US$1,400-US$1,800Lot Passed

Chinese Warring States Bronze Tao Mask w/ Ring: China, Warring States Period, 475 to 221 BCE. A stunning bronze hanging ring with a mask-shaped holder, possibly a door knocker. The bronze is recognizable as Chinese bronze from this period by its

0098: Chinese Warring States Bronze Tao Mask w/ RingEst. US$800-US$1,200Lot Passed

Chinese Zhou Bronze Chariot Fitting - Fanged Animal: China, late Zhou Dynasty / Warring States period to early Han Dynasty, ca. 400 to 200 BCE. A bronze chariot fitting, cast from a single large piece of bronze aside from its tongue, which has been

0099: Chinese Zhou Bronze Chariot Fitting - Fanged AnimalEst. US$1,800-US$2,500Lot Passed

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Chinese Han Dynasty Bronze Knife (Dao), ex-Piscopo: China, Han Dynasty, 206 BCE to 220 CE. This is a bronze knife, known as a dao, with blade, guard, and tang; it is missing its perishable handle. The tang ends in a clover shape; the guard has a

0100: Chinese Han Dynasty Bronze Knife (Dao), ex-PiscopoEst. US$400-US$600

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Chinese Han Dynasty Bronze Parasol Fittings (12): China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. This is a group of twelve small bronze objects with traces of original gilding that are the kind of thing you're likely to find in the British Museum's

0101: Chinese Han Dynasty Bronze Parasol Fittings (12)Est. US$200-US$300Lot Passed

Gandharan Gray Schist Statue - Seated Atlas: India/Pakistan, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. Large and quite lovely gray schist stone carving of the seated Atlas. While this region of Asia was conquered by Alexander the Great five centuries

0102: Gandharan Gray Schist Statue - Seated AtlasEst. US$3,000-US$5,000Lot Passed

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Chinese Han / Jin Terracotta Mythical Chimera Qilin: Far East, China, Late Han / Jin Dynasty, ca. 100 to 420 CE. A powerful hybrid mythical chimera creature with a large pig-like head, flared nostrils, round ears, full pouty and strangely almost human

0103: Chinese Han / Jin Terracotta Mythical Chimera QilinEst. US$1,500-US$2,000

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Chinese Six Dynasties Brown-Glazed Jar: China, Six Dynasties Period, ca. 222 to 589 CE. Large brown wheel-thrown glazed jar with short rim and two attached handles in modified Tao mask style. Rare to find from this time period! Size: 10"

0103A: Chinese Six Dynasties Brown-Glazed JarEst. US$500-US$700

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Fine Chinese Tang Dynasty Terracotta Horse on Plinth: China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. Large redware pottery horse on integral plinth. Standing with back legs slightly bent, head turned ever so slightly to the left, mouth open with combed mane

0103B: Fine Chinese Tang Dynasty Terracotta Horse on PlinthEst. US$1,800-US$2,200Lot Passed

18th C. Burmese Ava Period Bronze Buddha & Attendant: Southeast Asia, Burma, Ava Period, ca. 18th to 19th centuries CE. This is an interesting small bronze object that looks like it was cast to sit atop an altar or be a part of a larger religious item,

0104: 18th C. Burmese Ava Period Bronze Buddha & AttendantEst. US$750-US$1,000Lot Passed

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18th C. Burmese Gilded Bronze Buddha / Shrine: Southeast Asia, Burma, Ava Period, ca. 18th to 19th centuries CE. This is a gilded bronze statue of a Buddha figure seated before an altar; it appears to have been made as a component of something

0105: 18th C. Burmese Gilded Bronze Buddha / ShrineEst. US$600-US$800

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Japanese Edo / Genroku Stone Tombstone Dated 1702: Japan, Edo period, Genroku era, dated March 1702 CE. A larger section of a Japanese tombstone incised with three columns of characters, the rightmost translates to Genroku 15 - Genroku being the name

0106: Japanese Edo / Genroku Stone Tombstone Dated 1702Est. US$1,500-US$2,500Lot Passed

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19th C. Chinese Qing Dynasty Vases - Famille Rose (pr): China, Qing Dynasty (Ching), 19th century CE. Lovely pair of thinly potted ceramic vases. Each liberally decorated in floral patterns and blue over white floral scenes. Each is marked on the base.

0107: 19th C. Chinese Qing Dynasty Vases - Famille Rose (pr)Est. US$800-US$1,500

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Large 19th C. Burmese Painted Wood Puppet Head: Southeast Asia, Burma (modern day Myanmar), ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved and hand-painted traditional Burmese theater puppet head, probably carved from Gmelina arborea

0108: Large 19th C. Burmese Painted Wood Puppet HeadEst. US$900-US$1,400Lot Passed

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Chinese Jade / Aventurine Quartz Bead Necklace: China, ca. 20th century CE. Featuring a large carved jadeite center pendant / plaque incised with Chinese characters on both sides, suspended from a strand of eighteen aventurine quartz beads and

0109: Chinese Jade / Aventurine Quartz Bead NecklaceEst. US$400-US$600

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Huge Dinosaur Bone (from a Hadrosaur's Right Ulna): USA, Montana, Two Medicine Formation, ca. 71,000,000 million years ago. A beautiful, huge right ulna (thinner and longer forearm bone) from a member of the hadrosaur family (Hadrosauridae). The

0110: Huge Dinosaur Bone (from a Hadrosaur's Right Ulna)Est. US$2,500-US$3,500Lot Passed

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Massive Fossilized Megalodon Tooth - 6"H!: Ancient seas, ca. 2 million years ago. Gorgeous example of a Megalodon tooth that has turned a glossy black through the fossilization process. The edge remains razor sharp, with all serrations

0110A: Massive Fossilized Megalodon Tooth - 6"H!Est. US$1,000-US$1,500

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Massive Male Mammoth Tusk From Alaska - 20 Pounds!: Alaska, United States, Late Pleistocene, ca. 40,000 to 10,000 BCE. Huge tip of a mammoth tusk of the genus Mammuthus primigenius (Woolly mammoth). This comes off a huge mammoth bull that could have

0111: Massive Male Mammoth Tusk From Alaska - 20 Pounds!Est. US$7,000-US$9,000

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40,000 Year Old Mammoth Vertebrae Found in Alaska: North America, Alaska, Pleistocene period, ca. 40,000 years ago. A caudal vertebrae from a mammoth. The bone has absorbed iron from the surrounding soil, giving it a rust color. Comes with custom

0112: 40,000 Year Old Mammoth Vertebrae Found in AlaskaEst. US$400-US$800

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Group of 3 Valdivian Pottery Venus Heads: Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian culture, ca. 3500 BCE. A trio of reddish pottery heads with thin slits for eyes, brows, and mouths, and bulbous hair. These fired clay figures were produced,

0113: Group of 3 Valdivian Pottery Venus HeadsEst. US$800-US$1,500

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Partially Fossilized Walrus Baculum (Oosik): Arctic shores, ca. 5000 years ago. The walrus is an iconic Arctic animal, famous for having the largest baculum (known to native peoples in the Arctic as an "oosik") of all animals. This example

0113A: Partially Fossilized Walrus Baculum (Oosik)Est. US$500-US$700

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Group of 3 Valdivian Pottery Venus Figures: Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivian, ca. 3500 to 1500 BCE. A special trio of terracotta "Venus" figures, mold-made and finely detailed with petite visages comprised of delicately incised features,

0114: Group of 3 Valdivian Pottery Venus FiguresEst. US$600-US$800Lot Passed

Valdivian Limestone Carved Waterbird Relief: Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Earliest Horizon, Valdivian, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A very fine limestone avian carving, depicting a waterbird, both its beaked visage as well as winged body. Boldly carved

0114A: Valdivian Limestone Carved Waterbird ReliefEst. US$2,000-US$3,000Lot Passed

Valdivian Limestone Plank Relief - Owl Eyes: Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Earliest Horizon, Valdivian, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A skillfully-executed limestone carving of a wide-eyed owl visage with streaming tear marks on a quasi-ovoid plank. The

0114B: Valdivian Limestone Plank Relief - Owl EyesEst. US$2,000-US$3,000Lot Passed

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