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Fine 26th Dynasty Egyptian Faience Ushabti for Ankh-Hor

Jalisco Standing Pottery Barrel Warrior w/ Club

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Ancient | Asian | Ethnographic Art

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A one-day auction featuring authentic ancient and ethnographic art from around the world. Egyptian. Greek. Roman. Etruscan. Near East. Far East. Asian. African / Tribal. Ethnographic. Spanish Colonial. Fossils. Russian icons. So much more. All price ranges, no hidden reserves.

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Japanese 19th C. Articulated Bronze Lobster - Signed: East Asia, Japan, Edo to Meiji period, ca. mid 19th to early 20th century CE. A bronze articulated model of a lobster, with a signature on the underside of its carapace. Meticulously constructed of

0055C: Japanese 19th C. Articulated Bronze Lobster - SignedEst. US$1,800-US$2,500

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Prehistoric Fossil Ammonite Cluster from Hokkaido Japan: East Asia, Japan, Hokkaido (northern island), ca. 400 million years ago. A cluster of ammonites - at least nine - with some other extinct sea animals. Two are very large and well-preserved, the

0056: Prehistoric Fossil Ammonite Cluster from Hokkaido JapanEst. US$800-US$1,200

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Fossil Naumann Elephant Tooth Seto Inland Sea Japan: East Asia, Japan, Seto Inland Sea, later Pleistocene, ca. 500,000 to 15,000 years ago. A large, fossilized tooth from Palaeoloxodon naumanni, colloquially Naumann's Elephant, an extinct species whose

0056A: Fossil Naumann Elephant Tooth Seto Inland Sea JapanEst. US$900-US$1,400Lot Passed

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Beautiful Fossilized Ice Age Siberian Mammoth Tooth: Central Asia, Siberia, Early Pliocene to Early Holocene, probably from the earlier part of this spectrum, ca. 5 million years ago to 5000 years ago. A fine, fossilized example of a mammoth tooth. The

0056B: Beautiful Fossilized Ice Age Siberian Mammoth ToothEst. US$500-US$750

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Fossil Naumann Elephant Tusk Section - Seto Inland Sea: East Asia, Japan, Seto Inland Sea, later Pleistocene, ca. 500,000 to 15,000 years ago. A large, fossilized section of a tusk from Palaeoloxodon naumanni, colloquially Naumann's Elephant, an extinct

0057: Fossil Naumann Elephant Tusk Section - Seto Inland SeaEst. US$800-US$1,200Lot Passed

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Fossilized Siberian Adolescent Mammoth Tusk - 27.75"L: Central Asia, Russia/Siberia, Pleistocene epoch (Ice Age), ca. 35,000 years ago. A stunning mammoth tusk, probably from an adolescent, partially fossilized, with a mainly dark brown color. The

0057A: Fossilized Siberian Adolescent Mammoth Tusk - 27.75"LEst. US$2,000-US$3,000

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Meteorite Fragment from Sikhote Alin - 157 Grams: Russia, Siberia, Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Maritime Province, fall date and time: February 12, 1947, 10:38 am local time. In 1947, an iron meteorite fell upon the Sikhote-Alin Mountains in southeastern

0057B: Meteorite Fragment from Sikhote Alin - 157 GramsEst. US$600-US$900

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Huge Arizona Petrified Tree Slice - Over 40" W!: United States, Arizona, Triassic period, ca. 250 to 200 million years before present (BP). Huge and gorgeous thick slice of Araucarioxylon arizonicum. Araucarioxylon arizonicum is estimated to have

0058: Huge Arizona Petrified Tree Slice - Over 40" W!Est. US$6,000-US$8,000Lot Passed

Rare Meteorite Fragment Found in New Mexico - 23.9 g: New Mexico, found on the date it fell, June 13, 1998 CE. This is a chondrite fragment of a meteorite found in the Portales Valley in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, very near the northern border with

0058A: Rare Meteorite Fragment Found in New Mexico - 23.9 gEst. US$1,500-US$2,000Lot Passed

Large Lovely Brazilian Golden Citrine Geode: South America, Brazil, millions and millions of years old. A half-section of a long, ovoid geode with a golden citrine (yellow quartz) interior. Geodes form from hollow bubbles inside of a layer of

0058B: Large Lovely Brazilian Golden Citrine GeodeEst. US$1,000-US$1,500Lot Passed

Cretaceous Triceratops Dinosaur Spinal Vertebrae: North America, late Cretaceous Period, ca. 68 to 66 million years ago. A fossilized vertebrae from a triceratops (Triceratops horribus), one of the most famous dinosaurs. In total, each individual

0058C: Cretaceous Triceratops Dinosaur Spinal VertebraeEst. US$1,500-US$1,800Lot Passed

Large Fossil Fish, Priscacara & Mioplosus Labrocoides: New World, Green River Formation, Wyoming, Middle Eocene Era, ca. 40 million years old. Two fossilized fish preserved in sandstone matrix: Priscacara (the more round-bodied of the two), preserved

0058D: Large Fossil Fish, Priscacara & Mioplosus LabrocoidesEst. US$1,600-US$2,200Lot Passed

Gorgeous South American Amethyst Geode - 13.1 lbs.: South America, Bolivia or Uruguay, millions and millions of years old. A huge amethyst crystal quartz cluster, a natural mineral specimen lining the interior of a geode in an attractive, almost

0058E: Gorgeous South American Amethyst Geode - 13.1 lbs.Est. US$800-US$1,200Lot Passed

0058F: Stunning South American Amethyst GeodeEst. US$700-US$900Lot Passed

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Large & Gorgeous Megalodon Shark Tooth: Ancient seas, 2 million years ago. One of the prettier examples of a Megalodon tooth that we have seen, with a shiny black tooth surface and a matte black fossilized root. Megalodon (Carcharodon

0058G: Large & Gorgeous Megalodon Shark ToothEst. US$500-US$700

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Very Rare Valdivian Stone Venus Figure: Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivia, ca. 3500 to 2000 BCE. Most Valdivian Venus figures we come across are ceramic and much smaller than this example. This Venus figure is quite large and actually

0060: Very Rare Valdivian Stone Venus FigureEst. US$3,500-US$5,000Lot 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

0061: Valdivian Limestone Plank Relief - Owl EyesEst. US$2,000-US$3,000Lot Passed

Lot of 3 Xochipala Terracotta Standing Figures: Pre-Columbian, Mesoamerican Formative Period, Guerrero State, Mexico, Xochipala culture, ca. 13th to 10th century BCE. A trio of small pottery human figures made by hand and with added applied

0062: Lot of 3 Xochipala Terracotta Standing FiguresEst. US$1,000-US$1,500Lot Passed

Olmec Pottery Grayware Bowl: Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico/Guatemala, Olmec culture, Early period, ca. 1150 to 850 BCE. A broad grayware vessel with steep walls and a flat base. The exterior of the vessel has incised motifs on

0062A: Olmec Pottery Grayware BowlEst. US$1,000-US$1,500Lot Passed

Large Tlatilco Terracotta Pretty Lady, ex-Royal Athena: Pre-Columbian, Central Highlands of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A very nice example of one of the classic pieces of Mesoamerican art with an excellent provenance! This is a solid pottery

0063: Large Tlatilco Terracotta Pretty Lady, ex-Royal AthenaEst. US$3,000-US$4,500Lot Passed

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Recuay Pottery Tri-Lobed Vessel: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Recuay, ca. 500 BCE. An attractive polychrome vessel of a globular form, the body comprised of three lobes that rise to a flared rim. At the interstices of the three lobes upon

0063A: Recuay Pottery Tri-Lobed VesselEst. US$400-US$600

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Chorrera Pottery Vessel w/ Effigy Heads: Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Chorrera, ca. 500 BCE. A round-bottomed olla with a raised, slightly flared rim and four anthropomorphic heads protruding from the shoulders, equidistantly positioned to

0064: Chorrera Pottery Vessel w/ Effigy HeadsEst. US$800-US$1,200Lot Passed

Two Chavin Shell & Stone Atl Atl Grips: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin culture, 900 to 200 BCE. A pair of magnificently carved stone and shell anthropomorphic figures. The bodies are carved frin red sodalite and sponydlus shells form the

0065: Two Chavin Shell & Stone Atl Atl GripsEst. US$2,000-US$3,000Lot Passed

Large Guerrero Mezcala / Chontal Green Stone Figure: Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala / Chontal, ca. 800 to 400 BCE. Hand-carved, string-cut, and pecked from an gorgeous grey stone with white and russet inclusions, an abstract,

0066: Large Guerrero Mezcala / Chontal Green Stone FigureEst. US$2,000-US$3,000Lot Passed

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