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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Nazca Bridge Spout Vessel Mythical Being, ex-Museum: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca, ca. 1st to 5th century CE. A charming, hand-built pottery stirrup vessel of spherical form with a rounded base, sloped shoulders, and a pair of cylindrical spouts

0172: Nazca Bridge Spout Vessel Mythical Being, ex-MuseumEst. US$700-US$1,050

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Fine Sican Electrum Dish w/ Great Patina: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican-Lambayeque, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A dazzling dish formed from electrum to feature a flat, annular base, and straight walls that rise to a circular rim. The

0173: Fine Sican Electrum Dish w/ Great PatinaEst. US$1,500-US$2,250Lot Passed

Sican Lambayeque Silver Coca Spoon w/Bird Finial: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican Lambayeque, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A monumental high grade silver coca spoon (also called lime spoon) with an avian finial topped by a bowl-shaped receptacle, and

0174: Sican Lambayeque Silver Coca Spoon w/Bird FinialEst. US$2,800-US$4,200Lot Passed

Sican Lambayeque Ceremonial Copper Disk: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A wonderful 99.5% copper ceremonial disk adorned with an openwork oracle spider or scorpion featuring eight slender

0175: Sican Lambayeque Ceremonial Copper DiskEst. US$1,400-US$2,100Lot Passed

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Sican Lambayeque Pottery Whistle Vessel w/ Bird: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican/Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. An impressive hand-built whistle vessel comprised of 4 gourd-shaped chambers with a towering, conical spout rising from

0176: Sican Lambayeque Pottery Whistle Vessel w/ BirdEst. US$900-US$1,350

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Wari Wood Finial / Staff w/ Shaman Visage: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. An intriguing staff or finial carved from a slender piece of wood. The rod is a cylindrical with a pointed tip like a

0177: Wari Wood Finial / Staff w/ Shaman VisageEst. US$700-US$1,050

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Huari Polychrome Feline Portrait Vessel: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A whimsical hand-built pottery vessel in the form of a feline head featuring a circular base, a wide prominent neck, and playfully

0178: Huari Polychrome Feline Portrait VesselEst. US$700-US$1,050

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Large Wari Wood Staff Finial w/ Ancestor Face & Reptile: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. An impressive hand-carved wooden staff or finial with a head atop a lengthy pole with an uncarved, paddle-shaped base. The

0179: Large Wari Wood Staff Finial w/ Ancestor Face & ReptileEst. US$1,100-US$1,650Lot Passed

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Mapuche Stone Pipe: Pre-Columbian, northern Chile, Mapuche people, ca. 1500 CE. A handsome pipe carved from a single piece of dark volcanic stone, with a long boat-like body and a raised central cylindrical chamber.

0180: Mapuche Stone PipeEst. US$700-US$1,050

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Valdivian Spondylus Shell Coatimundi Amulet: Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Valdivia culture, ca. 3500 to 1500 BCE. A gorgeous hand-carved Spondylus shell amulet in the shape of a long zoomorphic creature with two integral hand-drilled piercings

0181: Valdivian Spondylus Shell Coatimundi AmuletEst. US$1,300-US$1,950Lot Passed

Costa Rican Stone Flying Panel Metate - Zoomorphs: Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed region, ca. 1st to 5th century CE. An enormous flying panel ceremonial metate, expertly carved from a single piece of volcanic stone

0182: Costa Rican Stone Flying Panel Metate - ZoomorphsEst. US$9,500-US$14,250Lot Passed

Costa Rican Stone Avian Celt Pendants (2): Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 800 CE. A wonderful pair of axe celts, each one finely carved from a single piece of greenstone, both depicting avian figures with

0183: Costa Rican Stone Avian Celt Pendants (2)Est. US$550-US$825Lot Passed

Nicoya Polychrome Tripod Rattle Jar, ex-Museum: Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste / Nicoya region, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A wonderful pottery rattle jar presenting a spherical body that narrows to an annular rim, all sitting upon 3 nub-like feet.

0184: Nicoya Polychrome Tripod Rattle Jar, ex-MuseumEst. US$800-US$1,200Lot Passed

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Lot of 3 Chupicuaro Pottery Vessels - Ex Harner: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Guanajuato Valley, Chupicuaro, ca. 800 BCE to 200 CE. A delightful set of three pottery bowls, all displaying a lustrous burnish. Enveloped in a warm shade of orange-red,

0185: Lot of 3 Chupicuaro Pottery Vessels - Ex HarnerEst. US$600-US$900

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Huge Colima Mahogany Obsidian Spear Tip: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A pretty spearhead that was hand-knapped from a mahogany obsidian stone with russet red/orange hues and mottled black inclusions. The

0186: Huge Colima Mahogany Obsidian Spear TipEst. US$1,100-US$1,650

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Colima & Guerrero Carved Greenstone & Shell Figures (3): Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero-Mezcala, ca. 300 to 100 BCE. A fine selection of three pre-Columbian sculptures; a Colima greenstone mace

0187: Colima & Guerrero Carved Greenstone & Shell Figures (3)Est. US$3,200-US$4,800Lot Passed

5 Colima Obsidian Pectorals and 117 Shell Beads: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A magnificent ensemble of 117 hand-carved white shell beads and 5 hand-knapped obsidian pectoral pendants/beads. Boasting a lustrous

0188: 5 Colima Obsidian Pectorals and 117 Shell BeadsEst. US$900-US$1,350Lot Passed

Colima Redware Seated Figure Vessel, ex-Sotheby's: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built seated female figural redware vessel, nude with a pear-shaped body, delineated genitalia and large nipples,

0189: Colima Redware Seated Figure Vessel, ex-Sotheby'sEst. US$1,600-US$2,400Lot Passed

Two Large Colima Pottery Gingerbread Figures: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A pair of hand-built pottery figures of characteristically flat forms that are known colloquially as 'gingerbread' figures. The first figure

0190: Two Large Colima Pottery Gingerbread FiguresEst. US$700-US$1,000Lot Passed

Colima Carved Greenstone Jaguar: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An intriguing sculpture that is hand-carved from pale, sage green stone with mottled gray and beige inclusions within the matrix. The

0191: Colima Carved Greenstone JaguarEst. US$4,000-US$6,000Lot Passed

Rare Colima Redware Vessel - Conjoined Dogs: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built redware pottery sculpture of an incredibly rare form composed of two emaciated canines that are conjoined

0192: Rare Colima Redware Vessel - Conjoined DogsEst. US$2,200-US$3,300Lot Passed

Superb Colima Redware Dog Vessel Wrinkled Body: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An endearing Colima dog vessel, finely mold-made in lustrous redware, seated upon all four legs, and particularly precious for those

0193: Superb Colima Redware Dog Vessel Wrinkled BodyEst. US$8,000-US$12,000Lot Passed

Colima Coahuayana Valley Redware Seated Male Figure: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Coahuayana Valley type, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hollow-built redware pottery vessel of a rare form from the Coahuayana Valley depicting a

0194: Colima Coahuayana Valley Redware Seated Male FigureEst. US$7,500-US$11,250Lot Passed

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Colima Pottery Gingerbread Figure: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built Colima redware of the early Tico typology depicting an ornate flat figure, sometimes referred to as a 'gingerbread' form with a

0195: Colima Pottery Gingerbread FigureEst. US$600-US$900

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