Sold2021A Luba Lupona Royal Throne Stool Ex~ Robert Banks coll.A very finely carved wooden stool, made from a dense and heavy wood. Despite their functional form, royal stools are never used for sitting They serve as metaphorical, not literal, seats of kingship.See Sold Price
Sold2023Luba African Carved Wood Lupona Royal Seat Female Caryatid StoolCa. late 19th to early 20thC. Very good with age cracks and original rich dark patina. Minor wood loss at edges, age-appropriate wear. Ex-Nooter coll.See Sold Price
Sold2019A Fine Old Mumuye Healing Fetish Ex Robert Banks Coll.A Very fine and rare "lagalagana" Healing fetish with highly stylized form and features. Mumuye peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Ex Robert banks Collection, Maryland, USA.The sculpture measures 22 inches talSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Luba Shankadi Female Effigy Ex Robert Banks CollectionA Carved wooden female idol with serene downcast heavy eye lids and hands in front of abdomen in a traditional pose. According to the literature it was believed that only the image of a woman’s bodySee Sold Price
Sold2022African Art Luba StoolA royal stool, Luba, early 20th century. 19-1/2" H; 14 lbs. 5 oz. Provenance: Ex private collection, New York, NYSee Sold Price
Sold2023Antique Luba African Carved Wood Stool Caryatid Seat DRCCa. early 20thC. Fair with partially missing base, wood losses and patina wear, including rubs. Ex-Nooter coll.See Sold Price
Sold2023Luba African Carved Wood Caryatid Prestige Stool DRCCa. first half 20thC. Good with minor age cracks, light edge wood loss, and original patina. Caryatid seat; foreshortened legs. Ex-Nooter coll.See Sold Price
Sold2023Antique Luba African Carved and Eroded Wood Caryatid Stool DRCCa. late 19th/early 20thC. Fair with both top and bottom showing extensive eroded wood loss and old insect damage. Original patina is mostly intact. Ex-Nooter coll.See Sold Price
Sold2020Songye Nkisi Magic fetish Ex Robert Banks collectionThe Songye people called upon supernatural forces which they believed could be contacted and manipulated in their favor through power sculptures known as "Nkisi". The Songye regarded the wood figure aSee Sold Price
Sold2021Songye Kifwebe Dance mask Ex Robert Banks CollectionA Highly stylized dance mask with precise linear incised designs accented with black paint and white kaolin clay pigments. The mask has a woven rope netting and traditional "tail" on the back. The memSee Sold Price
Sold2021Rare Ibibio Eket Mask Cross River, Ex Robert Banks 1995A very rare old carved wooden mask in disc shape with various mineral pigments and geometric designs. The mask shows extensive handling and wear suggesting many years of traditional Use. Eket ethnic gSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Dramatic Dan Ceremonial Spoon Ex Robert BanksA large carved wooden feast ladle (known as wunkirmian or wakemia) in anthropomorphic form with incised linear designs, well worn surface. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The spoon measures 31See Sold Price
Sold2021A Chokwe Chihongo Male mask Ex Robert BanksA Carved wooden mask found amongst the Chokwe of Angola, these masculine masks (Chihongo, sometimes called Cihongo, meaning ‘spirit of wealth’) are used to symbolize wealth and power. The masqueraSee Sold Price
Sold2021Egypt Late Dynastic Wood Throne Legs w/ Lions**Originally Listed At $6000** Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic period, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. Carved wooden legs, perhaps from a throne, an auxiliary royal seat, or a stool intended for a statue of a diviniSee Sold Price
Sold2018Ancient Chinese Burial Tiles EX: Robert EllsworthChina; c. 1-200 century AD. Group of 22 tiles and fragments. Possibly jade. From a Burial suit of a high ranking individual. Most of tiles are pierced for attachment, several have carved images of draSee Sold Price
Sold2015A RARE BENIN ROYAL STOOLRound wooden stool with old stable erosion at the center of the seat, a plaited rope design carved toward the edge and a chevron design on the edge. Two writhing serpents supporting the top, one withSee Sold Price
Sold2017East Persian 'Royal-Throne' Carpet (Made On Order, ToEast Persian 'Royal-Throne' Carpet (Made On Order, To The Jubilee Of The Pahlavi-Dynastie, Shah-Lion With Royal-Throne), East Persia, circa 1960/1970, wool/cotton, approx. 418 x 311 cm, condition: 2 (See Sold Price
Sold2016Charles Perry Bronze 1966, Ex Coll Georges KaplanCharles Perry (American, 1929); Untitled "Op-Art" Bronze executed in 1966. Good condition. Size 8 inches cubic (20.5 cm. cu.). Provenance: Waddell Gallery Inc., New York, Ex Coll Georges Kaplan Furs CSee Sold Price
Sold2016Ex Coll Elsie de Wolfe, Lintott, Pierrot & PoodleEdward Barnard Lintott (American, 1875–1951), "Pierrot & Poodle" 1941, oil on board signed recto upper right, dated verso, signed and titled "White Clown" on frame, framed. Good condition. Height ofSee Sold Price
Sold2020Set of Four Chinese Hungmu Chairs, Ex. Robert EllsworthChinese, ca. 1720-1730. Four very attractive Hungmu side chairs. Purchased from the renowned dealer and connoisseur of Chinese furniture, Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (see photocopy of original receipt dSee Sold Price
Sold2023British Admiralty Chart #1917 - Van. Isl & Gulf of Georgia, Ex. Coll Admiral Nelles, 25".British Admiralty Chart #1917 - Van. Isl & Gulf of Georgia, Ex. Coll Admiral Nelles, 25".See Sold Price
Sold2023British Admiralty Chart #1897 "Victoria Harbour" ex. Coll. Adm. Percy Nelles, 25 1/8".British Admiralty Chart #1897 "Victoria Harbour" ex. Coll. Adm. Percy Nelles, 25 1/8".See Sold Price
Sold2019Attributed to Huang Binhong (Chinese, 1865-1955) AlbumAlbum with ten leaves, ink on paper. Each image measures 6 3/4" x 9 3/4". Ex. Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Collection. Purchased directly from the artist's daughter in the early 1980's.See Sold Price
Sold2022Fine Konya Rug, Central Anatolia, Ca. 1800, 3'9'' x 9'11''Fine Konya Rug, Central Anatolia, Ca. 1800, 3'9'' x 9'11'' (114 x 302 cm). Purchased in the 1960's by Shehady from the Arbuthnot estate, Pittsburgh, PA; ex. Rob and Ada Brandegee; ex. Robert B. Faye.See Sold Price
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Jun 09Heartland Artifact Auctions Inc4.7/8" Smith, Killer Size, Motley COA, Found by David Pence in Calhoun Co IL, Ex Glen Leasman Coll.US$10