Fine Art and Furniture & Decorative Arts Auction 2004-11-01 Auction - 264 Price Results - Auctions By The Bay Inc in CA - Page 4
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30: GREAT LAKES PAINTED HIDE ROBE AMERICAN INDIAN ART25: GREAT NAVAJO YEI RUG 6 FIGURES IN NATIVE DRESS73: ANCIENT PERU NAZCA CLAM PRE-COLUMBIAN VESSEL
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Alameda, CA, United States
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Fine Art and Furniture & Decorative Arts Auction

On November 1, Auctions by the Bay will offer a sensational selection of tribal art from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, plus ancient art from Mesoamerica, South America, and Asia. First up is a selection of handsome pottery, rugs, and carvings from the native people of the American southwest, and Alaska. “Godzilla in the Arctic” is a startling narrative scene made from whalebone and ivory in the Eskimo style (circa 1950-1960) depicting the giant dragon with a harpoon in its side engaged in a bloody battle with two men wearing parkas (lot 7, estimate $1000/1500). This unusual scene, and other vintage ivory scrimshaw items, comes to us from the estate of Irena Narell whose large collection of folk art from around the world to be sold in this and other upcoming sales. One of the most decorative items in the sale is the richly beaded Cree Metis “Octopus Bag”, so-called for the eight tentacle-like flaps that hang from the pouch (lot 31, estimate $3000/5000). Both sides of this 19th century bag are covered with floral designs of vines and flowers in tiny vividly colored beads on red velvet. On the auction block is an extensive collection of ancient Ecuadorian stone artifacts excavated in 1965 and brought back to the United States in 1968 by the archeologist Colonel William R. Cameron. More than two thousand years ago, the ancient people of the area mounted delicately carved, vividly colored stone blades on ceremonial axes. The stone they selected was like jade, it usually is a deep sea-green color with a high polish. Most of the axe heads in this sale were exhibited in 1977 at an important exhibition of Ecuadorian artifacts at the Monterey Museum of Art in California.Rounding out the November 1 sale, Auctions by the Bay is offering masterpieces from ancient India, China, and Southeast Asia. Highlights include two large stone carvings (called stele) of Hindu gods and goddesses from ancient India. The 11th century stele of Vishnu (god of preservation) surrounded by goddesses is carved from a dense black stone (lot 266, estimate $8000/12000). An engaging glimpse into the love life of Hindu divinities is found on the other (lot 265, estimate $6000/8000).
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MOCHE PERU BIRD SHAMAN PRE-COLUMBIAN ART: MOCHE DRUMMING BIRD SHAMAN. Seated, holding strap of drum with his right hand, beating it with stick held in left, bird head and wings, stirrup spout at back. Ceramic painted with cream and red
0075: MOCHE PERU BIRD SHAMAN PRE-COLUMBIAN ARTEst. US$5,000-US$6,000Lot Passed
S. AMERICA PRE-COLUMBIAN GOLD CROWN: CHIMU CROWN. Sheet of shining gold or bronze, tied with metal tacks at back, numerous large and small metal disks attached to surface, long rectangular tabs in a row along top. Many of the disks
0078: S. AMERICA PRE-COLUMBIAN GOLD CROWNEst. US$500-US$800Lot Passed
TLATILCO PRETTY LADY PRE-COLUMBIAN ART: TLATILCO FEMALE FIGURE. A "pretty lady" with wide thighs, slightly protruding abdomen, face with punctate eyes and mouth, grooved headband and coiffure with tresses hanging to shoulders. Brown
0081: TLATILCO PRETTY LADY PRE-COLUMBIAN ARTEst. US$1,000-US$1,500Lot Passed
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PRE-COLUMBIAN ART SEATED COLIMA LADY IN SUN HAT: COLIMA SEATED FEMALE. Burnished redware with firing clouds, seated with legs straight out in front, hands to thighs, pellets on shoulders, slit eyes and mouth, large flaring spout at top of head
0087: PRE-COLUMBIAN ART SEATED COLIMA LADY IN SUN HATEst. US$1,200-US$1,500
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PRE-COLUMBIAN COLIMA SEATED MALE RARE AREA: PIHUAMO SEATED MALE FIGURE. Wide bodied male leaning forward with legs apart, hands blending into knees, a cup on his right forearm, nude except for a tight fitting cap, spine indicated at broad
0089: PRE-COLUMBIAN COLIMA SEATED MALE RARE AREAEst. US$1,200-US$1,500Lot Passed
COLIMA CIRCLE DANCE PRE-COLUMBIAN ART: COLIMA FIGURAL GROUP. Ten alternating male/female figures standing in a circle with linked arms, enclosing two figures at center facing each other, one holding a bundle to its chest, the other with a
0092: COLIMA CIRCLE DANCE PRE-COLUMBIAN ARTEst. US$1,000-US$1,500Lot Passed
BIG JALISCO FEMALE PRE-COLUMBIAN ART: LARGE JASLICO FEMALE FIGURE. Crouching with right leg slightly raised as though kneeling, left leg tucked under, wearing wrap-around skirt, broad pelleted shoulders hunched, short arms extended out,
0095: BIG JALISCO FEMALE PRE-COLUMBIAN ARTEst. US$4,000-US$6,000Lot Passed
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