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8th C. Russian Bronze Pendant - Shield & Crow Feet

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Ancient | Ethnographic | Folk Art

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Classical antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy, Europe, Near East, Far East; Pre-Columbian Art from Mexico, Central America and South America; Native American and Tribal Art; pre-20th century art from Europe; plus the third part of a 1000 piece collection of Folk Art with a portion of the proceeds going to benefit The Fowler Museum at UCLA.

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Egyptian Wooden Shabti - 19th Dyn, Ex-Sotheby: Egypt, 19th Dynasty, 1292 to 1189 BCE. This is a tall wooden shabti that would have originally been covered in plaster and painted with facial features, headdress, and hieroglyphs. The arms are

0001: Egyptian Wooden Shabti - 19th Dyn, Ex-SothebyEst. US$700-US$1,000

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Tall & Elegant Egyptian Alabastron: Egypt, Third Intermediate, Dynasties 21-25, ca. 1069 to 664 BCE. An exquisite Egyptian alabastron, hand carved from translucent, white alabaster - hence the name, with a characteristically elongated

0002: Tall & Elegant Egyptian AlabastronEst. US$1,300-US$1,900

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Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Ushabti: Egypt, Late Period, Dynasties 26 to 31, ca. 664 to 343 BCE. A beautiful standing mummiform ushabti figure in saturated aqua blue faience, waiting to do the work of the newly deceased. Hands holding

0002A: Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience UshabtiEst. US$900-US$1,200

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Fine Egyptian Wooden Uraeus: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, ca. 712 to 332 BCE. A carved piece of light wood, a uraeus, representation of the sacred serpent worn on the headdresses of Egyptian deities and sovereigns. Some white

0002B: Fine Egyptian Wooden UraeusEst. US$1,200-US$1,600

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Ancient Egyptian Faience Flask w/ Baboons: Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, ca. 664 to 525 BCE. A faience flask with baboons flanking the neck and a light blue faience glaze. There is a vertical band around the body, which in some other

0002C: Ancient Egyptian Faience Flask w/ BaboonsEst. US$2,500-US$3,000Lot Passed

Ancient Egyptian Wooden Mummy Mask: Egypt, Late Period, dynasties 26 through 30, ca. 662 to 315 BCE. A finely carved wooden face mask with lentoid eyes, D-section nose and elliptical mouth; three wooden attachment pegs in situ. An

0002D: Ancient Egyptian Wooden Mummy MaskEst. US$1,800-US$2,500Lot Passed

Egyptian Bronze Head of a Pharaoh: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, Dynasties 26 through 30, ca. 662 to 330 BCE. Very attractive bronze head of an Egyptian pharaoh. Huge atef feathered crown, solar disc and false beard. Once part of an

0002E: Egyptian Bronze Head of a PharaohEst. US$600-US$800Lot Passed

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Egyptian Wood Ptah Sokar Osiris Figure, ex-Arnovick: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, Dynasties 26 through 30, ca. 662 to 330 BCE. Tall, thin wooden Ptah Sokar Osiris figure, once standing on a wooden plynth. Such figures were placed in the tombs of the

0002F: Egyptian Wood Ptah Sokar Osiris Figure, ex-ArnovickEst. US$1,200-US$1,800

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Rare Egyptian Bronze Sceptre - Lotus Flower: Egypt, Late Dynastic period, ca. 712 to 332 BCE. This is a small votive was, a sceptre from ancient Egypt, with a lotus flower design at the top, and a long, straight bronze staff with a forked end.

0003: Rare Egyptian Bronze Sceptre - Lotus FlowerEst. US$1,400-US$2,100

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Romano-Egyptian Multicolored Glass Bracelet Necklace: Egypt, Romano-Egyptian, found in Northern Africa, ca. 4th to 6th century CE. A lovely necklace comprised of a breathtaking multi-colored glass bracelet pendant with six sections of symmetrical

0003A: Romano-Egyptian Multicolored Glass Bracelet NecklaceEst. US$1,200-US$1,500Lot Passed

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Wonderful Small Egyptian Wooden Uraeus Amulet: Egypt, Late Dynastic, Dynasties 26 through 30, ca. 662 to 330 BCE. Wonderfully detailed small wooden cobra - uraeus ( a sacred serpent as an emblem of supreme power, worn on the headdresses of

0004: Wonderful Small Egyptian Wooden Uraeus AmuletEst. US$600-US$900

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Romano Egyptian Terracotta Isis Fragment: Egypt, Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 30 BCE to 2nd century CE. A molded terracotta head of the goddess Isis, chief female deity in Ancient Egypt. The face is naturalistic and she wears a huge Egyptian

0004A: Romano Egyptian Terracotta Isis FragmentEst. US$400-US$600

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Fine Egypto-Romano Terracotta Plaque, Man with Bird: Egypt, Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 30 BCE to 2nd century CE. This terracotta plaque has an interesting theme! An older man - possibly a Silenus figure - sits with a parrot. His clothing design

0005: Fine Egypto-Romano Terracotta Plaque, Man with BirdEst. US$800-US$1,200Lot Passed

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Egyptian Coptic Textile Panel - Ex Museum: Ancient Egypt, ca. 3rd to 7th century CE. An extremely finely woven, framed and matted Coptic (Christian Egyptian) textile comprised of black animorphic motifs against a natural beige linen, a

0005A: Egyptian Coptic Textile Panel - Ex MuseumEst. US$400-US$600

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0006: Large Greek Geometric Period Bronze Bird PendantEst. US$2,000-US$3,000Lot Passed

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Rare Greek Geometric Period Bronze Stopper - Monkey: Ancient Greece, Geometric period, ca. 750 to 700 CE. An incredibly rare Geometric bronze bottle stopper in the form of a seated monkey with elbows upon upraised knees and holding a vessel, fruit, or

0007: Rare Greek Geometric Period Bronze Stopper - MonkeyEst. US$900-US$1,400

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Greek Pottery Statuette of Young Man - Tanagra: Greece, Tanagra, Boeotia, ca. 4th century BCE. A mold-made pottery statuette of a young man standing with hips thrust outwards, one hand on his hip, a draped cloth over one arm. Athletic young men

0007A: Greek Pottery Statuette of Young Man - TanagraEst. US$900-US$1,500Lot Passed

East Greek Bronze Votive Oinochoe: East Greek, late Archaic to Classical period, 6th to 4th century BCE. This is a miniature lost wax cast bronze oinochoe, which in full size is a jug with a single handle from shoulder to spout used

0008: East Greek Bronze Votive OinochoeEst. US$600-US$900Lot Passed

Western Greek Pottery Protome of a Goddess: Ancient Greece, western colonies, ca. 600 to 400 BCE. A beautiful mold-made figurative pottery protome depicting a lovely goddess with sensitively modeled facial planes and delicately delineated eye

0008A: Western Greek Pottery Protome of a GoddessEst. US$500-US$700Lot Passed

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Daunian Polychrome Pottery Kyathos: Italy, Apulia / Daunian, ca. 300 BCE. Daunian society was a mixture of native Italians and Greeks who had settled in the area. The shapes of the vessels remained strongly influenced by the Italians

0008B: Daunian Polychrome Pottery KyathosEst. US$600-US$800

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Exceptional Greek Hellenistic Pottery Head of Goddess: Greece, Hellenistic period, ca. late 4th to 3rd century BCE. A very finely molded pottery head of a goddess. Tan clay with hair in long rows down her head tied in a bun at the back, wearing a

0008C: Exceptional Greek Hellenistic Pottery Head of GoddessEst. US$400-US$600

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Greek South Italic Pottery Kalathos: Southern Italy, Greek period, ca. 4th century BCE. This is a pottery kalathos, a wool bucket, painted with bands of black, cream, and red pigment, with a flat base and evenly flaring sides. In

0009: Greek South Italic Pottery KalathosEst. US$400-US$600

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Hallstatt Iron Axe, ex-Piscopo: Central Europe (Germany, Austria), Eastern Hallstatt Culture, ca. 8th to 6th centuries BCE. An amazingly well-preserved iron artifact, from the Early Iron Age in Europe. A large axe head, thin,

0009A: Hallstatt Iron Axe, ex-PiscopoEst. US$725-US$1,100Lot Passed

Selection of 7 Roman Bronze Medical Instruments: Roman Empire, ca. 1st to 3rd centuries CE. Interesting selection of 7 bronze medical tools showing the level of medical skill and technology almost 2000 years ago. Included in the group are

0009B: Selection of 7 Roman Bronze Medical InstrumentsEst. US$1,800-US$2,500Lot Passed

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