VARIETY SALE | Antiquities & Ethnographic Art

Nazca Polychrome Jar w/ Abstract Faces, ex-Museum

Vintage Signed & Framed M. Yono Batik Painting of Fish

Egyptian Glazed Faience Amulet - Triad of Alexandria

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VARIETY SALE | Antiquities & Ethnographic Art

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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Fine Art, more! All legally acquired, legal to sell. Satisfaction guaranteed. Convenient in-house shipping.

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Maya Architectural Base Kinich Ahau, ex-Museum: Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A striking, large carved architecture feature - a base of a wall - featuring a high relief face mask

0124: Maya Architectural Base Kinich Ahau, ex-MuseumEst. US$6,000-US$9,000Lot Passed

Maya Campeche / Chiapas Stone Zoomorphic Head: Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Campeche or Chiapas, Maya Territories, Classic Period, ca. 400 to 900 CE. An intriguing zoomorphic visage hand-carved from stone bearing an expression of fear or

0125: Maya Campeche / Chiapas Stone Zoomorphic HeadEst. US$3,800-US$5,700Lot Passed

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Gorgeous Maya Apple Green Jade Tube Bead: Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A stunning and sizeable jadeite bead, hand-carved to display a tubular form, an annular drill hole,

0126: Gorgeous Maya Apple Green Jade Tube BeadEst. US$1,200-US$1,800

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Stunning Olmec Incised Jade Pendant: Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 1200 to 600 BCE. A stunning jade pendant boasting mottled hues of sage and cream with natural emerald, forest green, and red sienna inclusions.

0127: Stunning Olmec Incised Jade PendantEst. US$1,100-US$1,650

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Chancay Whistling Vessel w/ Figure, ex-Museum: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 CE. A musical whistling bridge-spouted, double-chambered vessel adorned in a hue of pale yellow. Mold-made, the fascinating vessel features two

0128: Chancay Whistling Vessel w/ Figure, ex-MuseumEst. US$800-US$1,200

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Chancay Textile Panel w/ Open Weave: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. An amazing textile comprised of two woven panels of camelid fibers, likely alpaca or llama, in earthen tones of chestnut brown,

0129: Chancay Textile Panel w/ Open WeaveEst. US$700-US$1,050Lot Passed

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Chancay Polychrome Textile Panel w/ Zoomorphs: Pre-Columbian, central coast Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A fascinating textile displaying a pair of abstract avian figures flanked above and below by a border of horizontal bands, all

0130: Chancay Polychrome Textile Panel w/ ZoomorphsEst. US$550-US$825

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Chancay Wood / Textile Sculpture - Mother & Child: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 CE. A hand-carved and painted wooden maternal pair. The mother's visage is delineated with characteristically diamond-shaped white eyes, a

0131: Chancay Wood / Textile Sculpture - Mother & ChildEst. US$600-US$900Lot Passed

Large Chancay Lace Textile w/ Avian Motif: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A fabulous and sizable example of a lace-like textile panel that is loosely woven from camelid (alpaca or llama wool) fibers in

0132: Large Chancay Lace Textile w/ Avian MotifEst. US$1,400-US$2,100Lot Passed

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Chancay Bichrome Standing Female Cuchimilco Figure: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. Sizable and impressive, a hollow-built female stargazer figure known as a cuchimilco standing upon broad feet and delineated

0133: Chancay Bichrome Standing Female Cuchimilco FigureEst. US$1,600-US$2,400

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Chavin Cupisnique Pottery Bottle: Pre-Columbian, north coast Peru, Chavin-Cupisnique, ca. 1200 to 600 BCE. A hand-built brownware pottery bottle of a bell-shaped form with a flat base, tall walls, a rounded shoulder, a tapered spout,

0134: Chavin Cupisnique Pottery BottleEst. US$1,100-US$1,650Lot Passed

Chavin Bone Amulet - Jaguar God Head w/ Inlays: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A petite amulet of a tapered rectangular form, hand-carved from a fragment of human bone. The pendant depicts an expressive,

0135: Chavin Bone Amulet - Jaguar God Head w/ InlaysEst. US$2,200-US$3,300Lot Passed

Late Chavin Pottery Owl Head Vessel w/ TL, ex-Museum: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Late Chavin to Early Moche Culture, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A delightful mold-made pottery stirrup vessel in the form of the head of an owl. Boasting a minimalist design, the

0136: Late Chavin Pottery Owl Head Vessel w/ TL, ex-MuseumEst. US$800-US$1,200Lot Passed

Elegantly Decorated Chavin Pottery Vessel: Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 600 BCE. A wonderful handmade pottery vase boasting a cylindrical body, a curved shoulder, and a brief, tubular neck that flares gently

0137: Elegantly Decorated Chavin Pottery VesselEst. US$1,500-US$2,250Lot Passed

Fine Chimu-Inca Electrum Tweezers: Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chimu-Inca, ca. 1100 to 1500 CE. An elegant tweezer tool made from electrum, with a content of 62% gold and 32% silver. The tool is constructed from a sheet that is cut

0138: Fine Chimu-Inca Electrum TweezersEst. US$900-US$1,350Lot Passed

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Chimu / Inca Pottery Figural Whistle Vessel, ex-Museum: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu / Inca cultures, ca. 1100 to 1400 CE. A marvelous blackware whistle vessel comprised of 2 spherical chambers, each with a rounded base and connected to one

0139: Chimu / Inca Pottery Figural Whistle Vessel, ex-MuseumEst. US$600-US$900

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Chimu Blackware Dog Stirrup Vessel, ex-Museum: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished blackware pottery vessel depicting a male dog lying on its side. Presented in a gray-black hue, the

0140: Chimu Blackware Dog Stirrup Vessel, ex-MuseumEst. US$600-US$900

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4 Chimu Pieces, 2 Pottery Vessels & 2 Copper Tupu Pins: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A fantastic set of three Chimu artifacts; a figural vessel, a double-chamber vessel, and a pair of tupu pins. Presenting in a pale

0141: 4 Chimu Pieces, 2 Pottery Vessels & 2 Copper Tupu PinsEst. US$800-US$1,200

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Chimu / Inca Pottery Vessel w/ Caballito de Totora: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu / Inca cultures, ca. 1100 to 1400 CE. A hand built blackware vessel molded in the form of two reed boats, caballito de totora, with two human figures. The

0142: Chimu / Inca Pottery Vessel w/ Caballito de TotoraEst. US$1,700-US$2,550Lot Passed

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Inca Pottery Portrait Vessel: Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Inca, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. An unusual blackware face vessel created by the Inca culture. The vessel depicts an expressive visage of a gentleman with deeply set eyes, a

0143: Inca Pottery Portrait VesselEst. US$700-US$1,050

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Inca Pottery Figural Aryballos w/ Llama: Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery aryballos with a stylized anthropomorphic head comprising the neck and a llama wrapped around

0144: Inca Pottery Figural Aryballos w/ LlamaEst. US$900-US$1,350

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Large Inca Pottery Handled Jar: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1400 to 1533 CE. A splendid and sizeable pottery jar displaying a bulbous body, a slender, conical neck, and an annular rim, all sitting upon a round yet stable base.

0145: Large Inca Pottery Handled JarEst. US$1,300-US$1,950

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Large and Colorful Inca Textile Tunic: Pre-Columbian, central highlands of Peru, Inca culture, ca. 1350 to 1500 CE. By far the most well known and "popular" of the pre-contact South American cultures, the Inca were also perhaps the most

0146: Large and Colorful Inca Textile TunicEst. US$7,500-US$11,250Lot Passed

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3 Moche Copper Mace Heads w/ Etchings - Disc & Sun: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche or Vicus culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A fantastic collection of three dazzling copper mace heads, cast via the lost-wax technique. Two are disc shaped with a

0147: 3 Moche Copper Mace Heads w/ Etchings - Disc & SunEst. US$800-US$1,200

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