Ancient / Ethnographic Art - Holiday Kickoff

Egyptian Late Period Green Faience Ushabti

Central Asian Bronze Bracelet with Duck Terminals

Chinese Qing Ceramic Roof Tiles - Fenghuang (Bird)

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Ancient / Ethnographic Art - Holiday Kickoff

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Iberian Celtic Terracotta Vessel - Very Rare!: Europe, Spain to France, Celtic / Iberian culture, ca. 300 BCE to 100 CE. A beautiful piriform wheel-thrown, baked clay vessel with a bulbous body decorated with fine line paintings in a red umber

0025A: Iberian Celtic Terracotta Vessel - Very Rare!Est. US$2,000-US$3,000Lot Passed

Viking / Norse Silver Brooch, Inlaid Gold - XRF Tested: Northern Europe, Viking / Norse or Anglo-Saxon, Migration Period, ca. 9th to 10th century CE. A tremendous circular brooch, made from silver and with inlaid gold details, with its face decorated with

0025B: Viking / Norse Silver Brooch, Inlaid Gold - XRF TestedEst. US$12,000-US$18,000Lot Passed

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Viking Silver Stamp Decorated Bracelet - 74.5 grams: Northern Europe, Viking / Norse culture, ca. 8th to 11th century CE. A heavy, hammered silver bracelet. The exterior face of the bracelet is stamped with repeated and regular triangles, each with

0025C: Viking Silver Stamp Decorated Bracelet - 74.5 gramsEst. US$1,200-US$1,800

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Beautiful Viking Glass & White Bronze Beaded Necklace: Northern Europe, Viking / Norse peoples, ca. 8th to 11th centuries CE. A pretty double-stranded necklace composed of Viking glass and stone beads around a central white bronze bead. The white bronze

0026: Beautiful Viking Glass & White Bronze Beaded NecklaceEst. US$800-US$1,200Lot Passed

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9th C. Viking Incised Silver Bracelet - 73 gr: Northern Europe, Viking / Norse, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A gorgeous silver bracelet in fantastic condition. The body of the bracelet is a wide silver band, its surface stamped with repeated

0026A: 9th C. Viking Incised Silver Bracelet - 73 grEst. US$2,000-US$3,000

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Viking 24K Gold Filigree Lunate Pendant - 1.5 g: Northern Europe, Viking, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A breathtakingly beautiful 24K gold pendant of a lunate form with a symmetrical composition featuring a repeated motif of granule clusters -

0026B: Viking 24K Gold Filigree Lunate Pendant - 1.5 gEst. US$1,000-US$1,500

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Pair Viking Braided Bracelets - Silver, Bronze: Northern Europe, Viking / Norse culture, ca. 8th to 11th century CE. A fabulous pair of braided Viking-era bracelets, both made from multiple strands of long, thread-like wires wrapped and twined

0026C: Pair Viking Braided Bracelets - Silver, BronzeEst. US$1,500-US$2,000

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Viking Bead Necklace w/ Bronze Bird Feet Pendant: Northern Europe, Russia, Viking / Kievan Rus, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A beautiful, unique necklace made from thirty-eight Viking beads, half of blue-green glass, the other half of blue glass, and with a

0026D: Viking Bead Necklace w/ Bronze Bird Feet PendantEst. US$800-US$1,200

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Large European Medieval Stone Cannonball: Europe, late Medieval period, ca. 13th to 15th century CE. A large, round, stone cannonball with a fascinating surface covered in pocked encrustation, the result of deposition in a bog or even wetter

0027: Large European Medieval Stone CannonballEst. US$1,000-US$1,500

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Viking 18K Gold Axe-Shaped Pendant with Scroll - 2.5 g: Northern Europe, probably Eastern area, Viking, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A breathtakingly beautiful 18K gold pendant of an axe-shaped form adorned with a stunning reverse 'S' scrolled design

0027A: Viking 18K Gold Axe-Shaped Pendant with Scroll - 2.5 gEst. US$1,500-US$2,000

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Rare Levant Chalcolithic Basalt Stone Mortar: Ancient Near East / the Levant, later Chalcolithic Period to Early Bronze Age, ca. 4000 to 3000 BCE. A hand-drilled and polished grey basalt mortar, decorated with a slightly raised band around its

0028: Rare Levant Chalcolithic Basalt Stone MortarEst. US$1,000-US$1,500Lot Passed

Holy Land Terracotta Goddess Asherah Figure w/ TL: Ancient Near East, Holyland, Israel (Canaan / the Levant), ca. 9th to 6th century BCE. An impressive example of a ceramic statue of a form known as a pillar figure depicting the goddess Asherah

0028A: Holy Land Terracotta Goddess Asherah Figure w/ TLEst. US$3,000-US$4,500Lot Passed

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Rare & Superb Amlash Bronze Dagger: Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Amlash, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A gorgeous example of a lost wax cast bronze weapon with a thick, twisted tang terminating in two tiny curls at the pommel. The

0028B: Rare & Superb Amlash Bronze DaggerEst. US$1,000-US$1,500

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Luristan Bronze Axe, ex-Royal Athena: Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A socketed axe of simple form, made from bronze using the lost wax casting method. The blade is elegant, widening and flattening

0028C: Luristan Bronze Axe, ex-Royal AthenaEst. US$800-US$1,200Lot Passed

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Luristan Bronze Spear Head: Ancient Near East, modern day northern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A well-preserved example of a lost wax cast bronze spear head, with a long, hooked tang, a square shaft, and a leaf-shaped

0028D: Luristan Bronze Spear HeadEst. US$300-US$450

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0029: Assyrian Black Stone Cylinder Seal - 3500 Years OldEst. US$600-US$900

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Luristan Bronze Axe and Adze Head: Ancient Near East, modern day northern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. An aesthetically beautiful lost wax cast bronze axe and adze head with an asymmetrical design and a mottled blue-green aged

0029A: Luristan Bronze Axe and Adze HeadEst. US$500-US$750Lot Passed

Luristan Bronze Dagger w/ Inlaid Handle: Ancient Near East, modern day northern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A fine example of a lost wax cast bronze dagger with a narrow handle designed to have an inlaid bone or ivory panel. A

0029C: Luristan Bronze Dagger w/ Inlaid HandleEst. US$500-US$750Lot Passed

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Large Luristan Bronze Spear Point - ex Piscopo: Ancient Near East, modern day northern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A long, flattened, leaf-shaped blade with a pointed midrib and a short, rectangular tang with a pierced terminal for

0029D: Large Luristan Bronze Spear Point - ex PiscopoEst. US$250-US$350

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Rare Luristan Bronze Adze Head - Feline Socket: Near East, modern-day Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A rare example of a lost-wax cast bronze adze head with its cylindrical socket in the form of a snarling lion. The blade itself is flat and

0030: Rare Luristan Bronze Adze Head - Feline SocketEst. US$600-US$900

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Rare Luristan Bronze Dagger w/ Crescent Handle: Ancient Near East, modern day northern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A thin-bladed bronze dagger, created by master artisans using the lost wax casting technique. The blade tapers rapidly from

0030A: Rare Luristan Bronze Dagger w/ Crescent HandleEst. US$3,000-US$4,500Lot Passed

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Rare South Arabian Gilded Scaraboid Seal - Sabaean Text: Middle East, Southern Arabia / Yemen, ca. late 1st millennium BCE. A fascinating and rare object, a scaraboid seal with its back covered with extremely thin gold sheet panels (three remain) and its

0030B: Rare South Arabian Gilded Scaraboid Seal - Sabaean TextEst. US$400-US$600

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Babylonian White Marble Duck Weight or Pendant: Mesopotamian, Babylon, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A mesmerizing weight or pendant carved from white marble and depicting an abstract rendering of a sleeping duck, bilaterally drilled behind the neck

0031: Babylonian White Marble Duck Weight or PendantEst. US$1,200-US$1,800Lot Passed

Indus Valley / Megharth Period Fertility Goddess: Near East, Pakistan/ Afghanistan, Megharth period, ca. 2800 to 2600 BCE. A characteristically bird-faced Indus Valley fertility goddess figurine, positioned in a quasi-sitting pose with arms toward

0031A: Indus Valley / Megharth Period Fertility GoddessEst. US$600-US$800Lot Passed

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