Near-Miniature Chavin Anthracite Mortar Jaguar Form

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A beautiful miniature feline pendant, hand-carved from a chalky white shell and embellished with finely-incised designs. The form depicts

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Northern Coast of Peru, Cupisnique / Chavin culture, ca. 1250 to 500 BCE. A superb hand-carved red-jasper jar in the form of a miniature feline - a puma or jag

Pre-Columbian Chavin jaguar stone mortar from Peru, ca. 1100-900 BC. Carved dark stone in the form of a jaguar, decorated with low relief patterns. A nice and rare example! 3 5/8" H. x 6 1/2" L.

Roman, early Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. A gorgeous glass bottle of an attractive, near-miniature form and a beautiful cobalt blue hue. The vessel has a piriform body, a cylindrical neck, and

**Originally Listed At $250** Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Campania, ca. 360 to 320 BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery kantharos of a near-miniature form with a flared foot, a tapered lower body beneath co

Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, 21st to 31st Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. A hand-carved lapis lazuli amulet of rare near-miniature form depicting Thoth, the ibis-headed god

**Originally Listed At $250** Ancient Greece, Corinth, ca. 7th to 6th century BCE. A fine wheel-thrown pottery aryballos of a near-miniature form with a round but stable base, a spherical body, a squa

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec culture, ca. 1150 to 550 BCE. A finely carved, near miniature, greenstone were-jaguar head. Its face has classic Olmec features including an elongate

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A finely carved and string cut jade figure, of a near miniature and apparently pregnant form, with long arms wrapped around her

Late Rome, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. An exquisite form, this near miniature flask created from hand blown green glass boasts a ribbed body, dimpled base with broken pontil, and most intriguing, the n

**Originally Listed At $1200** Roman, Holyland / Parthian, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A miniature bull effigy askos vessel, standing on petite legs with a ring handle and spout set al

Ancient Greece, Classical Period, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. A beautiful example of a core-formed glass amphoriskos once used to hold scented oils. The near-miniature vase boasts an elegant form with

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. An exquisite, finely carved, near-miniature, blue-green jade were-jaguar figurine, standing in a characteristically stiff pose w

Etruria, northern Italy, ca. last quarter of 6th century BCE. A near-miniature aryballos of an elegant form with a globular body, tubular neck, and flat rim with a single strap handle. The vase is pai

Etruria, northern Italy, Etrusco-Corinthian, ca. 630 to 540 BCE. A near-miniature aryballos of an elegant form with an inverted piriform body, a tubular neck, and a flat rim with a single strap handle

**First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A wonderful selection of 4 near-miniature jarlets of free-blown forms. First is a spherical jarlet with a rough pontil scar

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. A stunning miniature bead, hand-carved from a violet-hued amethyst fragment with effervescent white inclusions. The form of the bead resem

Classical World, Italy, Etrusco-Corinthian, late 7th century BCE. A near-miniature polychrome vessel of an elegant form - a cross between an aryballos and an alabastron - with a piriform body that cor

Native American, North America, Southwest, Arizona, Hohokam, ca. 600 to 1200 CE. A miniature carved stone paint mortar in the form of an adorable turtle - its round body serving as a shallow vessel, w

**First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. A mold-made near-miniature oil lamp with an elongated form, a tall loop handle, a deep-set discus, and a round spout set into a wi

**Originally Listed At $300** West to Central Asia, Islamic/Persian, Seljuk culture, ca. 12th century CE. A near miniature cast bronze lock in the form of a zoomorph - perhaps of the canine persuasion

Ancient Greece, Athens, ca. late 5th century BCE. A near miniature fine Attic skyphos vessel of characteristic form with twin handles extending outward on opposing sides, attached to remarkably thin p

Ancient Greece, ca. 6th to 4th century BCE. A very early example of a core-formed glass amphoriskos (miniature amphora) once used to hold perfumed oil. This near miniature vase boasts an exceptionally

Ancient Greece, Classical period, ca. 5th century BCE. A beautiful example of a core-formed glass amphoriskos (miniature amphora) once used to hold perfumed oils. The near-miniature vase boasts an exc